Note: Hey again! Here's the next chapter in the story! (well obviously haha). Anyways, I wasn't really going to update until next week because I needed to get my thoughts together, but I decided to anyways, so don't get mad if it isn't as good as other chapters!

I'd like to thank the reviewers who keep reviewing. You all deserve a pat on the back! I decided to write this chapter today instead of later because of you all! Thanks for the motivation!

O yeah! Here's my reply to Aikoo: Don't you worry! Athrun and Cagalli will get their kiss…just not yet. I have to torture Cagalli with more embarrassing moments first!

Anyways I'll stop my rambling. Please read and review!

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Gundam Seed/Destiny!

Lacus woke up when the sun shined brightly in her eyes. She took her time in stretching and yawning. Looking to her side she found that Kira was gone. Wonder where he went too…

After getting ready for the morning, she went downstairs to find anyone who was awake. Going into the dining room, she found Stellar, Shinn, Rey, and surprisingly Cagalli. Hum... how did she get up so early?

Stellar and Shinn were seated and talking quietly to each other, Rey was reading the newspaper, and Cagalli had a stack of papers in front of her.

"Good morning!" She said cheerfully. They all replied back while she sat down next to Cagalli.

"Breakfast isn't ready yet…I was thinking of us all eating together so we have to wait for the others to get up." Cagalli said while flipping through the papers.

"Have you seen Kira?" Lacus asked hoping that his twin would know were to find him.

"Yeah…he's helping Meyrin with her homework again. Poor girl, she was complaining that she had to take classes during the summer. Luna as well." Cagalli stuck her tongue out at the thought of school. "If you want to know, they're in the living room."

"Thanks. I'll be back for breakfast then."

Cagalli nodded, not really paying attention. One would think that she was concentrating on the papers that needed signing and approving, but to tell you the truth, she wasn't. She was too busy thinking about Athrun and that girl, Isabel. After the banquet yesterday, everyone decided to go out for ice cream, but the representative from Rutherland declined saying she needed to take care of a few things. Now, there was no problem with that. In fact, Cagalli preferred for her to be absent, but the thing was that she tried to drag Athrun to help her. This got her angry and she started to grip the papers tightly. Good thing Athrun refused.

"Um…Cagalli? Are you ok? Whatever it is, don't take it out on the paper." Shinn said while looking at the angered princess.

She sighed and loosened her grip. "I'm fine." She mumbled.

Shinn gasped in exaggerated surprise. "What! No snappy comeback? Who are you and what have you done with the annoying blonde princess!"

Cagalli felt her eyes narrow. Slowly, she set down her papers and pinned a death glare on Shinn, who started laughing nervously and getting up from his chair ready to run if need be.

Stellar sighed and shook her head at her boyfriend's stupidity. Rey just ignored them and kept reading.

"I was just kidding Cagalli! You know…joking." Shinn said as Cagalli picked up a heavy looking paper weight. Shinn gulped and ran out of the room faster than Stellar could blink.

Cagalli dashed right after him with an angry expression but inside she was happy. Shinn…you always know when to distract people and get their minds off of stuff…thanks.

-

Athrun was walking towards the library to get a book to read before breakfast. He had gotten up early that morning to help Kisaka with something and decided to wait until breakfast to see everyone.

Before he could keep walking, he heard a voice behind him.

"Commander Zala!"

Turning around quickly he had to smile at the sight. It was Luna clad red pajamas with yellow stars on them. Only she would walk around looking like she just got up, which she probably did.

She saluted him jokingly and smiled. Athrun remembered when he first went on the Minerva, Luna was the only one to actually act friendly towards him. It took the others more time, but Athrun learned that Luna was friendly to everyone, unless they gave her reason not to be. At first, he was kind of uncomfortable, but he warmed up to her and now treated her with brotherly affection.

"Good morning." He replied. "If you're looking for the others, I think they're in the dining room waiting for breakfast."

"Oh no! I'm actually looking for the representative's room. I volunteered to get her since I haven't met her yet. But…I'm kind of lost." She smiled sheepishly and scratched her uncombed hair.

"Oh don't worry, I'll take you there."

"Thanks! So you met her yesterday? What kind of person is she? Cagalli didn't seem to like her much…when Kisaka told her to get her, she kind of scowled and started grumbling…that's why I volunteered." Luna said as they walked side by side down the hall.

Athrun smiled at the mention of the blonde princess. She was always full of energy and spirit. "The representative is...like…um…" Athrun tried to think of a good word to describe her.

Then he got it. "You remember Mia Campbell?"

This time Luna scowled. "The Lacus wannabe?"

They had never had a good relationship together because the hyperactive girl always pushed Luna aside and also tried to get with Athrun. She had the idea in her head that Luna liked Athrun, just because she was friendly towards him. This made Luna mad because after she found out about his feelings for Cagalli, Luna wanted to make sure that they stayed for Cagalli and that no one would get in their way.

Athrun laughed. "Yes the...er…fake Lacus. Well, the representative is like that, except not hyper."

Luna gave Athrun a dry look. "So in other words, she clings onto you."

"Bingo."

The two continued to walk towards Isabel's room.

-

"I don't get it!" Meryrin screamed in frustration, while pulling at her pigtails; a habit she required since she started going to the university.

Kira, who was used to the younger girl's habits, calmly sat and waited for her to finish her little tantrum. Just then a small giggle came from the entrance to the room and Kira looked up.

"Good morning." Lacus said happily and she walked towards them. She went to Meyrin and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure you'll get sooner or later."

Meyrin calmed a bit and blushed at her behavior in embarrassment. It seemed that Lacus's calm and gentle presence made her quiet down.

Kira smiled as Lacus sat next to him. Maybe I should have Lacus here with me every time I help Meyrin. It would be easier on my ears…

"Let's try again Meyrin." Kira said as he pulled the laptop closer to them. The two started going over program analysis (AE: That's made up…I think) and Lacus watched in content.

Kira was such a good teacher. He will be a good father too. The last thought made Lacus blush and look away. Kira, noticing her movement turned to look at her curiously, as Meyrin furiously typed at the laptop. He raised an eyebrow at Lacus and she just smiled and grabbed his hand.

-

Stellar sat in the dining room where Shinn and Cagalli left her with Rey. Yes, she sat. That's all she did. She sat in complete silence, while Rey read the newspaper. What was so interesting in there anyway? Now, Stellar was probably the quietest girl of the group and she was fine with being independent and silent. But, this was around talkative people like Luna and Meyrin. When she was in a room with another silent person; that would be Rey, she started to feel annoyed.

All she heard was the ticking of the clock and the shuffling of Rey's newspaper. She never really did talk to Rey much, but this was getting ridiculous. There were two options. First one being would be to find an excuse and walk out of the room. Second one was to start up a conversation.

Decisions…decisions…

The clock kept ticking…

The newspaper kept shuffling…

Rey wasn't talking…

"That's it!" Stellar screamed in a very un-Stellar like way and slammed her hands on the desk. Being away from Shinn did this to her.

Rey slowly put his newspaper down, and blinked at her.

"Why don't you talk to me!" Stellar asked, her hands still on the table.

Rey blinked a couple of times, still startled at her outburst, which seemed like something Cagalli or Luna would do; not the serene and quiet blonde dancer.

"What is there to talk about?" he finally said in a neutral voice.

Stellar tried to calm herself down. She started thinking of her training from the war, and took deep breathes while counting to ten. 1…2…3…

"Well…what are you reading?" she finally asked, regaining her calm voice.

"An article." Came the short reply.

Stellar felt her eyebrow tick. And through clenched teeth, she said, "I know that…but what is it about?"

"The news." Rey answered back just as short.

Stellar felt like pulling her hair out. No. Remember you are always calm and quiet. Don't let him get to you.

"Ok…what is the news about?" she asked forcing herself not to sound too annoyed.

"You want to read it?" Rey said while holding the innocently looking paper out to her.

He doesn't get it does he…the only reason why I asked was to have a conversation! Not just to read in silence!

Forcing a smile, she shook her head and excused herself with a quiet "No, it's ok. I'm going to find Shinn and make sure Cagalli hasn't knocked him unconscious."

And with that she left the room in a hurry. I need to be with Shinn to keep my temper in check. Now I know why I'm with him…he keeps me calm.

As Stellar left, Rey sat there with a confused frown. Did he do something wrong? Shaking the thought away, he returned to reading the interesting article. (AE: Which we will never know about because Rey is secretive like that). Now I know why Luna is my girlfriend.

-

Athrun and Luna finally made it to the representatives room and Luna, feeling somewhat excited about meeting her, knocked loudly.

After a few moments, the door opened to reveal Isabel in a navy blue blouse and a matching short skirt. Her hair was tied up in a bun. Her face scrunched a bit when she saw Luna in her pajamas and messy hair, but was immediately wiped off when she noticed Athrun.

"Mr. Zala! What a pleasant surprise!" She said ignoring Luna after sending a disgusted look at her appearance.

Luna blinked a bit…but then shook her head to clear her confused thoughts. Did she just ignore me on purpose? Was that a glare she gave me?

Deciding not to think much of it, she smiled and introduced herself cheerfully. "Hello! I'm Lunamaria Hawke, but you can call me Luna! I'm really excited that you'll be staying with us this summer."

Isabel stared at Luna for a bit and Luna started to feel uncomfortable. "Er..yes..hello Miss Hawke. I am Isabel Chapa, representative of Rutherland but I'm sure you are well aware of that." She finished her sentence with a haughty look, which didn't go unnoticed by Luna.

"Er…ok…" Luna said awkwardly.

"So Mr. Zala! What brings you here?" She asked walking up to Athrun while shoving Luna out of the way. "Omph!" Luna said as she stumbled back.

Athrun looked at how close Isabel was and felt uncomfortable. He saw Luna dust herself off and glare of Isabel's back.

"We're here to get you for breakfast." He said politely taking her hand off his arm and stepping back.

"I would love to have breakfast with you!" Isabel said looking at Athrun.

Luna cleared her throat and motioned to Athrun that they had to go. "Breakfast will be with everyone." She reminded Isabel sternly. This girl's on my bad list. No wonder Cagalli doesn't like her. I hope Cagalli slaps her a bit…she really is full of herself.

The three made their way back to the dining room with Luna in the middle of the two. She insisted and Athrun felt somewhat grateful so the persistent representative wouldn't come on to him again.

-

"Get back here you…you…menace!" Cagalli screamed as she chased Shinn around the house.

Shinn almost stumbled. "Menace!" he asked incredulously.

"Just shut up and get back here so I can beat you!" Cagalli yelled running around a table. Shinn grabbed a pillow from the couch, and in an attempt to stop the rampaging princess, threw it at her. Taking advantage of his safe time while she was distracted, he ran and turned the corner.

He saw Stellar walking towards them. "Stellar!" he yelled relieved. "Help me!"

Behind him, he heard Cagalli's cursing as she stumbled on a fallen lamp.

Stellar looked at him curiously and was about to ask what was going on, but a loud crash and lots of cursing could be heard in the background.

Behind her, Shinn saw Luna, Athrun, and some girl he didn't know turn the other corner and walk towards them.

"Shinn? What's going on?" Luna asked noticing his panicked expression.

"No time to explain! Come on Stellar, we have to get to safety! The princess can't take a joke!" with that, he grabbed her hand and dragged her towards the dining room saying something about using Rey as reinforcements.

Athrun just blinked.

"Shinn! When I get my hands on you, you're so going down! Do you know how many times I stubbed my toe chasing you!" they heard the unmistakable voice of Cagalli turning the corner.

She barreled right into Athrun, causing them both to land on the ground. "Omph!"

Cagalli was running so fast, that she failed to see them around the corner and thus ended up lying on top of Athrun. She opened her eyes and looked down. "A-Athrun?" she asked slowly.

Athrun looked back up at her. "What's up?" he asked. She blushed after she saw their positions and sat up quickly. Athrun sat up after, rubbing his head, which hit the floor rather hard.

"Mr. Zala! Are you ok?" came the voice that Cagalli would soon learn to hate.

She heard Luna sigh and mumbled about annoying purple haired people. Cagalli smiled. At least I'm not the only one who doesn't like her.

Athrun brushed Isabel off and stood up. He helped Cagalli stand as well and looked at her.

"Have fun exercising?" He asked, his eyes smiling with laughter.

Cagalli pouted. "I think I might have pulled a muscle."

Just then, something, or rather someone shoved Cagalli away from Athrun causing her to land into Luna. Luna had stumbled back and hit the wall as Cagalli tried to steady herself.

"Geez…that's the second time today, and she didn't even shove me back…"Cagalli heard Luna mumble.

"Mr. Zala? I do hope you are well. That fall must have been painful. I mean, if some people weren't so careless…" Isabel trailed off glancing at Cagalli.

This caused our favorite hot-tempered princess to get angry. She watched as Isabel got closer to Athrun. His eyes got wide and he tried to push her off, but the girl had a mean grip.

Losing the little patience that she had, Cagalli stomped up to the pair, grabbed Athrun by the shirt sleeve and pulled him to her.

"I would appreciate it, Miss Chapa, if you would stop forcing yourself onto my ma- friend." She corrected herself. I almost called him my man! Geez Cagalli! "I would think that a dignified person from Rutherland wouldn't act like this." She added while narrowing her eyes.

"Go Cagalli! You tell her!" Luna cheered behind them.

Isabel glared at Cagalli and Luna. She smiled gracefully at Athrun and bowed to him. "I am sorry if I seem very direct. But I am a woman who goes for what she wants. Forgive me if I am too intrusive. It's just that sometimes…I can't control my attraction…" she ended by tucking a lose piece of dark purple hair behind her ear.

Geez…is she trying to seduce him or something! Grrrr! I will NOT let that happen!

"Let's go to breakfast." Cagalli said briskly deciding to ignore the Isabel.

Luna was all up for this, so she started off first, saying something about needing to get Rey to give her shoulders a massage because of the hostile treatment towards her. Isabel followed after, her heels tapping on the floor.

Cagalli sighed and let go of Athrun's shirt after she realized how tightly she was gripping it. She looked up at him with her amber eyes.

He smiled at the princess. "You handled that well, Cagalli. Thanks for getting her off of me. It was kind of scary."

Cagalli grinned. "No problem, Mr. Zala." She said imitating the way Isabel said it. "Knowing you, you can't be impolite to a girl. I'm happy to help."

Athrun laughed and they two proceeded to walk behind Luna and Isabel.

-

As Cagalli and Athrun entered the room, they saw that everyone was already sitting and breakfast was on the table. Shinn avoided Cagalli's gaze and started talking to Rey. Lacus and Meyrin were talking about some fashion show and Kira was looking out the window.

Stellar played with her fork by spinning it on the table. Luna stomped in, sat next to Rey, and leaned her head on his shoulder.

He looked at her curiously, but she just closed her eyes. Isabel sat herself down and everyone stopped talking and looked at her.

"Er..this is Isabel Chapa. The representative from Rutherland." Cagalli said while sitting next to Athrun and Lacus.

Lacus, forever being polite, smiled and offered her hand to shake. "I'm Lacus Clyne. Nice to meet you."

Isabel took it but she had a fake smile on her face. "The pleasure's mine, Miss Clyne."

Other introductions were given and everyone concluded that Isabel was not a very friendly person. She was only friendly…and if anything…too friendly to Athurn.

All the girls smelt trouble. Isabel was an obstacle in Athrun and Cagalli's relationship.

As they ate, Kira, who sat next to Athrun nudged him with his elbow and whispered in his ear, "I don't think that Isabel character is very trustworthy. She seems fake."

Athrun took a drink of juice and whispered back, "Yeah I know what you mean…but she hasn't done anything so we don't really have valid proof."

"Well…I'm just saying…we should keep out eye on her." Kira said.

Athrun nodded in agreement and went back to his breakfast. This summer is getting more and more interesting…I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

…End of Chapter…

Note: Well! There you go! Sorry if everyone is OCC, especially Stellar, but I had to put it in. This chapter had more of interaction between characters who weren't romantically involved, ie: Athrun and Luna…Shinn and Cagalli…Stellar and Rey… you know the rest. I just wanted to establish that they are good friend. I sometimes get annoyed with fics that just stick to interactions with the pairings…it makes it seem like they all have separate stories. Anyways…don't worry, there will be more romantic fluff or whatever next time!

Don't worry people! Isabel will get what she has coming in later chapters! For now, please don't get too annoyed by her! .

Once again! Thanks for the reviews! Bye for now!