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Chapter 4: Meet the Family

Duo now sat on a chair looking at the 6 people standing before him. He squeaked uncomfortably.

"H…Hi" He stuttered.

"MOTHER!" Relena screeched again and Duo winced. Eve shook her head and quickly whispered something into a boy about his age's ear. The blonde nodded.

"I think there's been a slight misunderstanding" he began.

"Oh keep quiet Quatre" Relena hissed. "HE practically assaulted me! MOTHER!" Anita looked from Duo to her daughter then back to Duo.

"What do you think YOU'RE doing here?" she asked suspiciously. " are you from some paparazzi English tabloid trying to take pictures of my beautiful daughter!"

Duo blinked at the assumption and quickly fell into a fit of giggles that even the old lady he'd been sketching chorused.

"What is he laughing at?" Relena asked looking at her mother pleadingly.

"Oh..I'm sorry" Duo gasped between snorts. "I..I'm here to find my father, Miles Clearwater?"

Anita's face turned pale, Relena seemed to be at the brink of fainting.

"Anita? I'm home!" a voice came from down the hall

"MIIIILLLEEESSSS!" Anita and Relena screeched.

"bloody hell what is going on down there?" A long haired blonde was walking down the stairs followed by a ginger haired man.

"ZECHS! This…this… BOY claims to be Miles' off spring!" Relena breathed

Zech straightened out a ruffled shirt and looked at Duo.

"It seems you've got the Clearwater eyes, don't you think so Treize?" Zechs turned to the ginger haired man eyed Duo questioningly.

"Violet is a very rare color, am I correct Mrs. Clearwater.?"

"yes, it is the Clearwater's pride" the old lady said.

"What was that yell from."

"Miles….This BOY claims to be your son!" Miles shook his head.

"Lies, I have no son" Miles replied and looked at the boy. Amethyst eyes met and Mile stopped.

"YES YOU ARE!" Duo said digging onto his pocket and removing a birth certificate. He showed it stubbornly. Miles' eyes moved to the braid of chestnut brown and he quickly grabbed the birth certificate.

"Katrina? Impossible." Miles whispered.

"MILES!" Relena and Anita screamed.

"Are you going to throw him out Miles?" the old woman asked her son. "This is Katrina's boy"

"Mother…I…" Miles looked at Duo his eyes blazing with life.

"WHAT IS GOING ON!" Anita was now turning an odd shade of purple.

"Anita…this boy is my son" Miles said looking unsure of himself.

"SEE!" Duo said looking at Anita and Relena contemptuously

Anita and Relena had no answer. They simply fainted.

Treize and Zech caught them.

"We'll take them to their respective rooms Miles…" Zechs said reassuringly. He liked Miles much more that his control freak of a mother and superficial ego of a sister.and quickly disappered.

"I'm going to back to my gardening, Fall is almost upon us and I want my flowers safely in the green house.

"I'll help you Mrs. Clearwater" Eve said politely giving Duo an encouraging smile before leaving.

Quatre pulled a hand through his hair and sighed. "I've still got some contracts to go over. If you'll excuse me" He left as well. Miles and Duo looked at each other. It was almost like a standoff before Duo broke it looking shyly down at his feet.

"I apologize for the inconvenience; I just wanted to see you in person." Duo whispered and Miles immediately felt for the boy.

"Come, lets get comfortable in my study." Miles said and motioned for Duo to follow. "It really is of no inconvenience, it's just…we're in the middle of election year and I've been running around for quite sometime, also I'm shocked I never knew of your existence."

"yeah, I thought so" Duo said shyly suddenly all his courage had escaped him.

"So uh… how old are you?" Miles asked noticing the boys sudden shyness.

"18, I just turned it yesterday" Duo said with a smile. "This is the period of my life I can get away with doing something this crazy, right after high school and just before college"

"You plan on attending a university?" Miles asked.

"Well DUH" Duo said relaxing immediately. "You think mom would let me NOT go to college? She'd have a cow if I even considered the idea!" Miles chuckled, Katrina's view on education had definitely changed.

"Tell me Duo, tell me about yourself" Miles said leaning back on his chair. Duo blushed at the attention for only a second before digging through his bad and removing a scrapbook he had been forced to do his junior year in high school for psychology.

"I… I thought that would be nice, it's in chronological order." Duo said opening the book and showing the first page with bore a baby foot print and hand print. "Mom made them stamp my feet two times, one for them and one for her" Duo chuckled as he turned the pages.

That night Miles learned about his new son, Duo, and as he flipped through pictures he realized, Katrina was still as beautiful as he last saw her.

It was 12 midnight when Duo had gotten to his last page. There in the last page was a sketch of Heero, sleeping peacefully.

"Who's this?" Miles asked flipping to his friends section. "ahh I see Heero… You have a lot of pictures of him." Duo blushed. He was rather torn on whether breaking the news to his father that Heero was his boyfriend or not. Unsure of his father's reaction Duo smiled.

"Heero is my best friend. He's my age. We met when we were freshman and well we're still the best of buds." Duo said nervously. Technically he wasn't lying, Heero really WAS his best friend, he just happened to also be his lover too.

"Oh I see" Miles nodded. He shut the book and placed it on his desk. "I shall like to look at this again, is it ok that I keep it for just a while."

"No problem" duo said between a yawn, jet lag was a bitch.

"Duo, please stay in the house for as long as you'd like? I'm sure Eve already fixed you a room in the guest room" Miles offered. Duo grinned.

"Thanks Dad" he said cheerfully.

"once out side the office take the stairs to your right and do down the hall, third door to your right." Mile said giving Duo a warm smile. Duo nodded and left the room. Miles smiled turned into a frown as he looked at the scrapbook.why hadn't she told me? why did she leave with my son? Miles picked up his phone and dialed a friend of his in the US.

"Hey john…I was wondering if you could give me the number of Katrina Maxwell in Greenwich, new york" there was a pause before John replied. Miles wrote down a number and nodded. "Thank you John" He ended the call and dialed the number.

Katrina had just gotten home when her phone rang. Duo… her heart leapt as she grabbed the phone.

"Duo MAXWELL Goddess help me! I swear on Aunt Kiki's grave as soon as you get home you are is SOOOOO much trouble young man!" She snapped.

"Katrina?" Her heart stopped.

"Miles?"

"Katrina… Why didn't you tell me?"

"I…I knew it would mess up ALL your future plans. I'm a simpleton girl and you are a politician what good was I to any of your families plans?" Jatrina sighed

"But…"

"Miles, lets not reflect on the mistakes of the past…" Katrina interrupted "Is he ok? Is he safe?"

"He's fine…very…"

"hyper? Owning the attention of a five year old?"

"interesting"

"ha! That's another way to put it" Katrina smirked. "take good care of him"

"wait! I want to talk to you about us!"

"No Miles" Katrina's voice hitched. "You have someone…please" and she hung up

TBC

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