Disclaimer
I do not own Gundam Wing. I do not own any songs, items, etc. that are mentioned in this story unless they are my own characters/items/songs. Even though I wish I do. Didn't mention this before but there might be pairings and there might not be. Depending on matters of some sort.
Also, I would like to apologize for my grammar and spelling mistakes I've made in my last few chapters. I have some Grammar Nazis friends who pointed them out so for those who are also Grammar Nazis then I hope you can bear with me since I stink at grammar, spelling, etc.
Another also, I would like to say that each chapter I've written so far has been written/dictated, to a certain extent, by my friends "Glory," "Veronica," "Nina," "Alex," "Alexandra," and a few others you people wouldn't know. ENJOY!
"Talk" Talking aloud
'Think' Thinking to themselves
"Sing" Singing
Another World
Previous Chapter
Nina gave him the evil eye, but was ruined when Alexandra asked, "Why another guy?"
"Because we must not allow you girls to over run the guys and what not."
"Wait, who is going to be living with us as our chaperone?"
"I won't be living here, but I will check up on you every once in awhile."
"WHAT!"
"Well have fun little chits and goodnight, you princes of Maine, you kings of New England." and with that Mr. Pan closed the door ignoring the freaked expressions on the teens faces.
Glory snapped her fingers suddenly remembering the groceries. "Crap! WUFIE! How could you let me forget about the groceries! Let's hurry before they spoil!" and she raced out the door with the others slowly following.
7:30 p.m.
Smoke was billowing out of the kitchen, but not as thick as it had been a few hours ago. The kitchen, family room, living room, dining room, and the library still smelled of burnt...EVERYTHING. All eleven teens marched, stumbled and crawled out of the kitchen. Duo kept looking at Sandy with worried eyes and made sure that the other guys stayed between him and her.
"You. Two. Will. Never. Cook. Again!" Sandy spat through gritted teeth as she glared at the scared Duo and a sheepish Glory.
"I don't get it?" Glory replied quizzically, "normally I'm a great at cooking and baking."
"THEN WHY IS HALF MY KITCHEN BURNT!" Glory hid behind Veronica.
"Great another screaming onna." Wufei muttered.
Before Sandy could snap at him Quatre quickly interjected. "Now now Miss Sandy. I'll help clean up the kitchen." The last thing he or the other pilots needed was a half crazed girl seeking vengeance.
Veronica also sensed the hostile aura surrounding her friend. She wondered what to do when she noticed that Nina was whispering something to Alex who then whispered it to Sandy. Sandy was suddenly all bubbles and giggles.
"I'll be right back." and with that she disappeared. The remaining three girls who were excluded from the whispering stood there in the family room with confused looks.
"Where did she go? What were you three whispering about?"
"Jeez, you do ask too many questions Glory. She went to go get the needed material for our game we're all going to play." Alex replied smoothly with a small smirk on her face. Nina was just staring at everybody and everything without making eye contact. She once again whispered to Alex and watched the latter disappear down the same hall as Sandy.
Again Glory and Veronica looked at each other with worried eyes. Alexandra started talking with Quatre in an attempt to learn more about the stony Heero. Actually, it was more like drilling him with question and watching him fidget as he tried to answer her questions.
Duo was attempting to make Nina laugh so she would tell him what they were whispering about but was failing miserably. Heero was typing on his laptop, once again, and ignored everyone else. Trowa and Wufei were talking to each other in hushed voices.
"I am not getting a good feeling about all of this Barton. What are those onnas trying to do?"
"...Whatever it is we'll have to wait and see..."
"Are we going out tonight?"
"No. We have to see more of e area while it's light out."
BARK! BARK! WOUF! WOUF!
"CLUCKY! Sweetie baby! How are you snuckums?"
The room was suddenly silent, silent enough to hear a door softly close. When Sandy reappeared everyone noticed how much bulkier she had gotten. Duo and Alexandra started cracking up and pointing at her. "You're fat! Hahahahahahahahaha!"
"Shut-it you two."
Heero eyed the blankets suspiciously. "Why do you have all of those?"
"Oh my goodness gracious! It speaks!"
"Don't be so rude Sandy and what is up with all of those blankets?"
"We're playing strip poker with a little truth or dare on the side. No teams." Everyone, except the whisper and Alex who still hadn't come back, stared at her as though she had grown a second head.
"I'm back!" Alex greeted cheerfully. Now it was her turn to be stared at like she was some freak of nature. She was decked out in a variety of weapons and Heero stared in wonder at some of the 'antique' looking guns she had before schooling his face back into its usual stony look. "Let's begin...where's Veronica?" Everyone looked around and noticed the said teen was indeed missing until they saw her bound back into the room wearing what looked like layers upon layers upon layers of togas.
"What are those?"
"Peace banners. I'm not as good at card games as I am at school related stuff so I figured I should put some on. You know just incase."
"...Ok...let's begin the game!" They all went to the dining room to clear off the table and extended it so all eleven could sit comfortably around it and have it retain its roundish shape. The girls sat in random and not so random place in the order from left to right: Nina, Quatre, Alex, Heero, Alexandra, Wufei, Veronica, Glory, Duo, Sandy, and Trowa sitting next to Nina.
Nina began shuffling the deck of cards while explaining the rules. "I'm dealer throughout the game. Jokers are wild and we use the chips to place bets, and to make this game last awhile the person with the worst hand takes off an article of clothing, weapon, banner, and whatever else you people have on you. Understood. Good, you cut the deck and we'll begin to play." She placed the deck in front of Trowa and waited for him to cut the deck and dealt out the cards.
Eight Hands LaterGlory and Alexandra had already lost their sandals to Nina, Sandy, and Heero. Nina had Alexandra's and Sandy and Heero each had one of Glory's.
Nina's brows were furrowed as she dealt out the cards. 'The plan was simple. Give the guys most of the losing hands and allow one of them to win once in awhile to throw off suspicion. Why the hell are those two the only ones losing? Don't they know how to fold?' She sent Morse code to her accomplices and watched Alex nodded her head at her cards and Sandy clicked her tongue in agreement. While Alex focused her attention onto Quatre Sandy prepared the little speech she was going to give.
"Ok ladies and very delicious looking guys I would to say that we shall now begin our next game…truth or dare while still playing this one. The only limit is that you can't dare a person to do something that may endanger my mother's breakables. If any of you do then I will snap your arms in half. Also, let's keep this as a nice little game among friends and not act to viciously when daring someone or asking them something. Now since this was my brilliant idea I'll go first by asking…Veronica, truth or dare?" Startled said girl looked up from cards to stare at her friend.
"To choose truth or to choose dare, that is the question."
"This isn't Shakespeare. Just choose one fast." With that said Veronica tapped her chin as she pondered what to do while ignoring the stares everyone was giving her. Turns out that it's her turn to place a bet and she wasn't going to multitask.
Alex used the distraction to take a peek at Quatre's cards. 'This is going to be so easy. The sap will be sticking to my every word.' "I wouldn't fold if I were you. You have a very good hand." She muttered the words for his ears alone.
Startled he looks at her with confusion. 'Was she trying to help me? But why would she hate someone she hates?' "Pardon me?"
She looked at him from the corner of her eye grinning like the Cheshire Cat. "Don't look at me directly or the others will notice. And to repeat what I said you have a good hand and shouldn't fold. Trust me on this one."
He was astonished to the least. She had showed nothing but bitter contempt towards him and suddenly she was helping him. His face beamed with the joy that was swelling in his heart. She truly is a kind hearted person, but wasn't sure how to react to so many newcomers. "Thank you." She nodded her head in acknowledgement and while thinking about what a gullible sucker he was.
Veronica was still undecided but finally noticing all the dirty looks being sent her way smiled cheekily. "I guess I'll choose truth. I mean sweet little Sandy would never do anything to—"
"Time for the juicy stuff. Why do you feel so normal in life?" Gasping, Veronica stared at the girl who fired off her question without letting her finish speaking. Before long sobs escaped her lips. Her glasses fell off and she covered her face with her hands as she cried.
"Stop blubbering and answer the question and while you're at it toss your chip in already." Glory snapped. She knew the answer as well as all the other girls.
"Oh yeah, be very detailed so the guys understand."
Veronica stared at Sandy for a moment longer before tossing her chip. She took a deep breath while whispering under her breath. "Well…it all started one bright sunny morning. The birds were…sob…chirping and the bees were buzzing. My mother greeted me lovingly as I walked into the…sob…kitchen…"
"She didn't ask for your life story Veronica. Just get to the point of the story."
"Don't rush me. This is a very emotional thing for me…sniffle…before I was so rudely interrupted…I was in Miss East's geometry class…sniffle…she was passing back our tests from last week. Usually she gave me test back with a proud smile and a little smiley face sticker next to my 100 saying 'excellent job'…sob…but…this…cry…time…"
"Yeah, this time?" Duo asked while leaning over the table. He was getting so wrapped up in her story that he hardly paid attention to the poker game.
"…This time she didn't smile at me. She wouldn't even look me in the eye. I thought it strange that she would disrupt our usual ritual…sniffle…but I pushed it out of my mind until I looked at my paper. The smiley face was replaced with a…cry…frowny face. Instead of a hundred I got a…"
"You got a what?"
"…I got a…mumble…"
"A what?"
"A…mumble…"
"For the love of god spit it out Homely!"
"…A…70…" She finally broke down into cries as she crawled into a corner covering her face. Duo was about to say something when someone kicked him in the shin. He looked up to see Glory looking at him while mouthing "Don't say a word."
Nina looked over and commented, "Well I guess she's out of the game for awhile."
"Well since we're already distracted some may I suggest that instead of the person with the worst hand takes something off how about the two people with the worst hands because this game is crawling by and with them." Glory nodded her head at the three girls decked out in weapons, clothes, and peace banners, "this game will never end." Everyone thought this new rule was sensible and unanimously agreed while trying to ignore the sobbing girl in the corner.
25 Hands Later
Everyone by now was either barefooted, shirtless, and/or pantless. Alexandra was out of the game and was currently wearing some of Veronica's peace banners like dresses. Veronica insisted on her wearing them and told her they were far more comfortable than the blankets. They had agreed beforehand that people who lost could only dress until after the game had ended.
The atmosphere surrounding the teens was tense. The truth or dare ended a long while ago after the guys either pointed guns at their heads, got all sensitive and serious, or other things that shall go unnamed. For their own safety, and to keep Alex from pulling out a gun and Glory from going on a rampage, the girls ended the game.
Glory turned out to be a better player then everyone was led to believe. She purposely lost so everyone would underestimate her and so far she only lost her pants while coming close to losing her overshirt.
Veronica lost at least 20 of her peace banners, but no one knows anymore since she looks as though she's never lost a single one.
Nina, not wanting to lose her favorite jacket in the whole world gave up her overshirt. To any unsuspecting person who had no idea as to what they were playing would have thought nothing out of the ordinary since she still looked to be fully dressed.
Alex had forgotten all about Quatre as she spoke with Wufei, Duo, and Heero. She lost several of her weapons to the three of them and all three guys either openly or secretly admired the guns and blades they acquired from the blond girl. She was trying and failing miserably to strike up deals with them for the safe return of her precious weapons. She would have pulled a gun on them if the other girls had not restrained her.
Sandy looked a great deal slimmer although she could also lose thirty straight games and still be playing.
All the guys, except Wufei and Trowa, were shirtless. All five of them were barefooted, but Trowa and Wufei ere the only guys to lose their pants. Much to the joy of Sandy who got to sit next to Trowa and stayed close to him no matter how many times he tried to move his seat away from her. Quatre stopped listening to Alex's helpful advice and was doing rather well for himself.
As Nina dealt out another hand Heero smirked to himself. After throwing away two cards and collecting the new ones he now had a royal flush of hearts. Everyone placed their chips in the pot one by one they revealed their hands. He laid his down with another triumphant smirk and was about to rake in his winnings when Nina also revealed a royal flush of spades. Her eyebrows raised in confusion as his face registered disbelief. There was no way they could be a mere coincident. She cut the decks and figured out the winner with him getting the high card. She threw him her shoe with Sandy yelling at them to be careful not to break any of her mom's nick knacks in the room.
Heero's suspicion continued to grow and started adding up all the wins and loses in his head. He conferred with Trowa and Duo about the feeling and they formulated a plan to prove Heero's theory that some scam is being played.
31 Hands Later'Shit! How could they have figured it out? Huh...it must have been when Heero and I both got a royal flush. Better tell Alex and Sandy to abort the mission.' Nina sighed again and folded. As she sat back she sent Morse code to Alex and Sandy. They both then traded in some cards and purposely lost. Sandy and Wufei had the worst hands so she took off one of her endless supply of shirts while Wufei too off his tank top.
He noticed Glory was gawking at his well-chiseled chest and smirked. She caught herself before anyone else could notice and muttered under her breath, "Egotistical, sexist jerk..."
Heero, Trowa, and Duo continued on with their plan. It was going perfectly as they were able to pinpoint Nina and her two accomplices. Oh so perfect until they heard Alex hrmph and throw her cards down.
"I'm done with this game. I refuse to lose anymore of my precious weapons to you people. Come on Alexandra until we get our clothes tomorrow we can raid Sandy's room."
"Ok. Oh yeah Sand can I raid…I mean go through your manga?" Alexandra asked innocently.
Duo looked up slightly miffed as though he missed something important. "The rules say that no one can—"
"Sure." Sandy replied while interrupting Duo's statement and continued to look over her cards to decide which ones to keep pretending that Duo never spoke. The two walked off happily to their friend's room as the others played. The guys looked at each other with quirked eyebrows thinking the same thing. 'Will this hurt the plan?'
39 Hands Later"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THREE WERE CHEATING! THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GAME YOU PEOPLE PLAYED US!"
The three guilty people tried to speak up but were interrupted by Duo.
"I thought I knew you three. I thought better of you three. Shame on you. Cheaters end up on the streets and that's were you three will end up if—"
"THEY'LL END UP IN BOXES WHEN I'M—"
"Peace friends. All this anger and hate is dampening the love train we have going on. Can't we put all these feelings aside and just be fellow equals with no negative labels?"
Before anyone could reply to Veronica's little peace speech Alexandra and Alex walked in fully dressed, unarmed, and holding W Juliet and Naruto in their hands. "What's with all the shouting?"
"THAT ONE!" Wufei jumped up and pointed to Alex, "AND THOSE TWO!" he pointed at Nina and Sandy, "WERE CHEATING! NOT US! THEY BLAMED IT ON US!"
Sandy placed her hand over her heart with tearful eyes and a wavering voice, "Not I, not I."
Glory turned back to Wufei with eyes a blazed. "HOW DARE YOU BLAME THIS ON MY FRIENDS YOU EGOTISTICAL SEXIST JERK!"
"Now now children. Let's not point fingers in this house. It's already 11:53 p.m. How so many hours could be wasted in so little time is beyond me, but we should be thinking of where we shall sleep."
The girls all jumped for joy, except Nina who didn't do that kind of stuff and Veronica because it would some how ruin her reputation and Glory who broke down into tears at the word sleep, but the remaining girls were all thrilled for various reasons. The guys all visibly paled while thinking, 'Where will we sleep?' "
Sorry it took me so long to update!If it helps "Glory" refused to leave me alone until I updated. Hope you enjoy and happiness all around because it's on me!
