Soon, it was the last day of school and the last day of junior high for Trowa and his friends. That's why he found it very odd that a new student had arrived to the class. He didn't wear the traditional uniform due to the fact that there was no need for him to have one. He wore black spandex shorts and a green tank top. His cobalt blue eyes showed little interest and his face seemed stuck in concentration. He was introduced as Heero Yuy who had just arrived to California from Maine, but was born and raised in Japan until the age of 4. Heero took a seat in the back of the room and concentrated on his new surroundings.
'Ugh. I don't see why I had to come here, today...' Heero thought to himself. 'There's no point...'
Trowa watched Heero briefly before returning to his sketchpad.
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"Did you see the new guy?" Duo asked Trowa as they walked to their place by the band room. "He's a total babe!"
"Duo, I'm Trowa. Not Quatre."
"So?"
"I don't wanna hear those kind of things."
Duo laughed. "So then what do you and Quatre talk about?"
"Anything other than guys."
"Well then, how about eyes. His eyes are soooo dreamy. I could look into them all day long..." Duo was practically drooling on himself.
Trowa rolled his eyes and sat down. Duo leaned against the wall, opposite Trowa and dug into his bag of Ruffles.
"It's completely pointless to have snowshoes when you're in California, Quatre. Unless you're planning to visit the mountains in the winter, of course."
"Then that's what I'll do. I haven't seen snow for the last six years. And frankly, I'm finding that I'm missing the stuff."
Wufei sighed. "Well then don't plan any vacations until January cause that's the only time you'll be able to do anything about it."
"Hey guys." Quatre said glancing at Duo and Trowa.
"Hey." They replied. Wufei picked a book from his bag and began reading it.
"Geez, Wu-man. Leave it to you to study on the last day of school."
"Unlike you, Maxwell, I'd like to stay on top of things."
"But how much higher can you get? You're already Valedictorian."
Wufei shook his head and continued reading.
"Oh yeah, Quatre!" Duo brightened up. "You've got to see the new guy. He's hot. I swear I'd think I dreamt him if Trowa didn't see him too."
"New guy? Today?" Quatre asked a bit confused.
"That's what I was thinking." Trowa said, looking up from his sketch.
"Anyway, I wonder if he's in my last class. That would be awesome. Then I could drool over him for the rest of the day." Duo was lost in his daydreams with a stupefied grin across his face.
"So what's he like?" Quatre asked turning to Trowa.
"I don't know. I didn't talk to him. He didn't look too happy to be in school."
"That's understandable..." Quatre reached in his bag and pulled out a bag of Cheetos and started munching on them.
"Quatre..?" an unknown voice called out.
Quatre looked up to see the new kid, Heero, leaning over a railing about five feet higher from where Quatre sat. Quatre's jaw dropped and he stood to face the boy. Trowa looked at his friend then at Heero. A brilliant smile lit up Quatre's face as he looked up at where Heero was standing.
"Heero! What are you doing here?"
Heero hopped over the railing and landed in front of Quatre flashing him a small smile. "I go here."
Quatre ran up to Heero and hugged him. Trowa sat up, his sketch forgotten on the piece of paper.
"Man, I thought I'd never see you again. When'd you get here?"
"Two days ago."
"You moved here?"
"Yes."
"This is great!"
"Quatre! Buddy! Care to introduce me to your friend?" Duo said, obviously awake from his trance. Quatre laughed.
"Duo this is Heero. He and I were best friends."
"Were?" Heero asked Quatre, cocking an eyebrow. Trowa swung his legs over the edge off his seat, oblivious to the sketchpad that fell to the floor.
"Nice to meet you, Heero." Duo held out a hand to the boy who shook it.
Quatre sat down by Trowa, his smile still lighting his face. Trowa cleared his throat and looked at Quatre. Quatre glanced at Trowa. "Oh yeah. Heero, this is Trowa." He said nodding at Trowa. "And the boy sitting over there, reading, is Wufei." Wufei gave a slight wave, still not looking up from his book.
"Nice to meet you all." Heero said.
"So, Heero. How do you know Quatre?" Duo asked, leading Heero to once of the benches.
"Well, he and I met in Maine. I was the new kid that no one wanted to get to know. Except Quatre, of course."
Quatre nodded.
"We became instant best friends." Heero continued. "He introduced me to everyone he knew and showed me around town. I was devastated when he told me he was moving. He didn't even tell me where." Heero glared at Quatre.
"It slipped my mind." Quatre gave a weak laugh.
"And now you two are back together and you can be best friends all over again." Duo smiled. He liked the idea that Heero would be hanging out with them.
Trowa opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out.
"Does this mean that you'll be spending more time with us, since we're always around Quatre?" Duo added.
"I guess so...what are you guys gonna be doing over the summer?"
"Everything!" Quatre beamed. "This'll be great. We can all show you around town and you can meet everyone and it'll be just like last time. Well, except Iria isn't here to nag us."
Heero chuckled. "Where is she?"
"She went off to Harvard."
"Wow."
"Hey, maybe we could go swimming today." Duo winked at Quatre and Quatre gave him a knowing smile in return.
"Yeah sure. How about it, Heero? You up for a little swim?"
"Sure. Sounds fun. But you're gonna have to come get me cause I don't know my way around yet."
"That's fine. Where do you live?" Duo asked.
"In an area called 'The Glens.'"
"Awesome! I live in The Glens, too! I can take you to Quatre's house. Whaddaya say Q?"
"Sounds fine with me. You gonna come Wufei?"
"I don't know...I have a lot of reading to do."
"Awww, come one Wu-man. Last day of school signaling first day of summer. You gotta come!" Duo left his seat and sat down on the floor next to Wufei, placing an arm around his shoulders.
"Oh all right. I'll meet you all at Quatre's house."
"What time?" Quatre asked.
"How about three thirty? Is that okay with everyone?" Duo asked scanning the faces of his friends.
"Fine by me." Heero answered.
"All right." Wufei said returning to his book.
"This is gonna be great!" Quatre smiled.
Trowa looked at Quatre. 'They didn't even ask me...'
Duo got up and plopped down next to Heero once more. They initiated a conversation mainly about Heero and what his interests were.
Quatre turned to look at Trowa. He noticed that the look in Trowa's eyes was filled with a bit of shocked mixed with some hurt. Quatre's face instantly fell and he scooted over to his friend.
"You're gonna come right?" Quatre asked.
Trowa looked away. "I don't know. Maybe you should ask your best friend." He bent down to pick up his sketchpad and shoved it in his bag before standing to walk off.
'Whoa...' Quatre thought. He followed Trowa, somewhat confused, and they disappeared around the side of the building.
"Trowa, what the heck was that supposed to mean?"
"It means that now that you have your best friend back, you won't be wanting me around anymore and I'm more than willing to oblige."
"You're my best friend, Trowa."
"And yet, you completely ignored me when Heero came. You didn't even ask me if I wanted to go."
"Trowa, I didn't think you'd refuse to go. Since they're meeting at my house, I thought we could just walk on over to your house and go together. Why are you so upset?"
"I'm not upset."
"Liar. Trowa, talk to me..."
The bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Trowa sighed.
"I'll see you around."
"You're not walking home?"
"I gotta stay after for a while. Ms. Bradley wanted to talk to me about something."
"Then will you meet me at our spot when you're done?" Quatre asked.
Trowa sighed again. "I'll try to."
"Okay. Until then."
Trowa gave a slight nod before walking off to the last class of the day.
Quatre watched his friend walk away. 'Why was he hurt? He's still my best friend...He always will be...'
Author's Notes/Disclaimer: And Heero finally made his way into the story. Heero fans, you happy now? Slight cliffhanger. Sorry. It's cause this chapter would be too long otherwise. So what do you think? Please review. Good or bad. And thanks to all who've reviewed so far. It makes my day. I own nothing but the stuff I said I do before. Nothing's changed.