Notes and Disclaimers: I don't own GW or HP, but Gaëlle, Lie, and Ivy are mine.

Chapter 3

Duo caught with Gaëlle a few minutes later and pulled her into a nearby empty classroom.

"Well? Who was the letter from?" he asked.

"Mom and Dad." Gaëlle replied. She pulled the letter out from her pocket and opened it.

"Is it really in French? Cuz if it is you'll have to read it to me." Duo admitted. "I learned French when I was little but I haven't used it in many years so it'll be more than just a little rusty."

"We can change that dear brother. Besides you will need to. Usually my mother and I only speak in our native language." She smiled evilly.

"You are cruel little sis." He said airily.

"Je sais mon frere." She said. She looked down at the letter and said, "You're in luck. Your, our father wrote the letter." She amended. She read and it and summarized, "They said the wedding is going to be two weeks after school's out. Oh and said to keep quiet still. While they were out and about they discovered someone searching for Dad."

Gaëlle handed the letter to Duo, who read it over and nodded. Then he handed the letter back to the girl.

"You better keep all the stuff they send us. I might accidentally leave it out in the open." He said with a slight serious tone.

She nodded, stuffing the note back into her pocket and suddenly said, "Class! We'll be late!" They scrambled to their dormitory and grabbed their books. Then they ran to their classes.

Gaëlle screeched to a halt when she reached McGonagall's classroom and walked in with a guilty look.

"Where were you?" Lie hissed as her friend sat beside her.

"Sorry Professor." Gale muttered as her teacher stared at her for an excuse. She ignored Lie's question.

"Next time do not be late Ms. Summers." Professor McGonagall said firmly with impatience.

"Yes Professor." Gaëlle replied meekly.

Duo on the other hand was not so lucky. He ran down to the dungeons and straight to his seat. But Snape had already seen him run in tardy.

"Detention Mr. Maxwell." Snape said quickly. "See me after class."

Duo bowed his head but in anger. He was only one minute late.

"Where were you?" Ivy, who sat in front of him, whispered.

"Busy." Duo said simply. He looked over at his Potions partner, Heero, but looked away. Heero knew he was lying but could not figure out why.

From across the room, Wufei looked over at his three Gryffindor friends with masked curiosity. He wondered what was up. Though Ivy had told him that Gaëlle and Duo were up to something. He hoped the two weren't planning trouble; Gaëlle was too sweet and kind for that.

After classes had ended Gaëlle received a note saying to meet Duo near Hagrid's hut so they could talk. She was supposed to go ten minutes after dinner. She slipped the note in her robe pocket and went to the library. After dinner she went back to the library, forgetting about meeting Duo until she was ten minutes late. She ran out of the library and out onto the castle grounds. When she neared a cluster of trees she knew Duo would prefer, she ran full-force into something she couldn't see.

"Oof." Escaped her throat as she fell to the ground. A torso garbed in Ravenclaw robes and a head was revealed—

"Trowa! I'm so sorry!" Gaëlle exclaimed. She tried to move off him, but he grabbed her upper arms.

"Trowa?" she cocked her head to the side. She looked confused and puzzled over his reaction.

He quickly lifted his head and kissed her lightly on the lips. Then he averted his eyes almost fearful of her reaction. He knew she wouldn't reject him, with the fact that he knew they both liked each other, but he made the first move.

Gaëlle continued to stare down at the older boy; her hands motionless on his chest, where they had ended up when they fell. Slowly she reached up with her right hand and turned his face back to where he looked at her. She looked into his deep green eyes (his bangs had fallen to the side) and then tentatively and sweetly kissed him back.

Then she giggled breathlessly when she broke off. She moved off him and sat by his side as he sat up. She fingered the cloak he wore and asked, "Invisibility cloak?"

He nodded and stood. He silently held a hand out to her, which she took and was helped up.

"Why? What were you doing?" she asked.

"I was intending to visit a friend in the forest but I heard voices and ran back. I guess I wasn't watching where I was going because the next thing I knew I was on my back with you on top." He grinned at her.

"Sorry. I was late in meeting someone," Gaëlle flushed, her French accent becoming thick.

"Would you want to see whom you were intending to speak to?" he asked. He still held her hand and kissed it lightly when she nodded, which caused her to flush again. Trowa opened the cloak and she joined him under it. She was small enough that the cloak covered both of them and left enough to move around without restriction. Trowa led the way to a tree near where he had heard the voices. Gaëlle listened and instantly realized her note was a hoax.

Lie Savenick, Ivy Newkirk, and Heero Yui were more or less arguing.

"She should have been here by now!" Ivy said.

"Maybe she forgot. I saw her in the library earlier." Heero said quietly.

"No. Not very likely. She couldn't have known Duo had detention, that's why we got you to forge the note." Lie replied looking at Heero.

"Then why isn't she here yet!" Ivy asked.

"Maybe she realized she was tricked and decided not to come," Heero said thoughtfully.

Gaëlle heard all she wanted to and nudged Trowa. He took the silent gesture and started leading her away, back to the castle. He slid an arm around her waist and she leaned into him for the consolation she would need.

When they made it into the castle, Trowa removed the cloak, folded it and hung it over his free arm. His other arm was now intertwined with Gaëlle's. He walked her to the portrait of the Fat Lady. She turned to face him and look up into his face.

"Thanks." She mumbled, getting lost in his deep green eyes.

Trowa ran the back of his hand over her cheek and she closed her eyes, leaning into the touch. He leaned down and quickly placed a soft kiss on her lips.

She looked at him again when he pulled back.

"Go with me to Hogsmeade this weekend?" he asked.

"Of course, anywhere with you." she replied immediately. Then blushed, her cheeks bright pink.

Trowa smiled warmly at her and hugged her.

"Bonne soir ma cherie." He said, surprising her. Her eyes widened a little but she echoed in English,

"Goodnight…darling."

He smiled again and left while she voiced the password to enter the Gryffindor common room.

But just as the portrait closed it reopened and Lie, Heero and Ivy entered.

"Gaëlle…Why was Trowa walking away from this direction?" Ivy asked smiling slyly.

Gaëlle shrugged saying, "I don't know."

"Oh come on Frenchie, are you and Mr. Quiet an item now?" Lie asked.

"So what if we are? What's it to you!" Gale demanded.

"I would say they are. Considering the way Trowa was smiling (smiling mind you) and the way Gaëlle is now blushing." Heero pointed out calmly. He smirked when the girl blushed even more and she threw a pillow at them.

"Quit it you guys!" Gaëlle said, then grew quite serious, "Hee-chan, why didn't you tell me Duo got a detention?" she demanded.

"How did you find out?" Ivy asked.

"I heard you arguing about me not meeting you. And why, Hee-chan did you ever AGREE to forge a note from Duo!" Gaëlle asked, slightly angered. But her anger was growing.

"I agreed to it because I too was wanting to hear the truth. But it was their idea to corner you in the first place," he replied pointing to the other girls.

"I can't believe you! Can't I have at least une secret!" she became so upset she unconsciously switched to her native language, "J'ai pense vous avait mes amis!" When that was said, Gaëlle had tears streaming down her face. She had gone from very happy of thinking about Trowa to very upset and angry because the action her friends took. Gaëlle ran up to the room she shared with the other Fourth Years and threw herself onto her bed. She cried into her pillow for awhile and didn't even speak when Lie came in and got ready for bed.

When Gaëlle woke the next morning she realized she had slept in her robes and now they were wrinkled like she couldn't believe.

"Juste quoi il me faut." She muttered. She quickly changed her clothes and instead of going to breakfast she went to her first class.

Gaëlle traded spots with Krista Spells, who also skipped breakfast and also a fellow Gryffindor Fourth Year, so she wouldn't have to sit next to Lie. She was still angry that her best friends would set her up but to set her up to try force the truth out of her…That is what made her angry and upset.

She doodled in her journal and nearly jumped out of her seat when her teacher said,

"Why Ms. Summers, why aren't you eating breakfast?"

"Professor Granger!" Gaëlle squeaked.

Professor Hermione Granger chuckled and handed a piece of toast with bacon to the girl.

"Thank you." Gaëlle said accepting the food. She ate it quickly and then sat back down.

"So did you have a fight with your friends?" Granger asked casually.

"Yes. How did you know?" Gaëlle replied.

"I did the same as you when I was your age." Granger said. "All that needs to happen is for all of you to calm down."

A few minutes following that, students started filing in with their books. Lie immediately saw that Gaëlle traded spots with Krista and was hurt that her best friend was still mad.

Later that Friday afternoon after classes were done, Duo found Gaëlle sitting under a tree reading a book.

"Sis?" he said tentatively.

Gaëlle looked up from her book and then set it down. Duo took that as an invitation and sat next to her.

"Detention?" she asked quietly.

Duo winced and nodded, "Snape. I was one minute late. I had to clean his classroom and it took forever."

"They tried to corner me, to force the truth out. Hee-chan forged a note to me saying it was from you and you wanted to talk. But I ran into Trowa on the way…" she smiled brightly, "Literally."

Duo grinned and replied, "Aw…So my little sister had gotten herself a boyfriend."

Gaëlle playfully shoved him and giggled. Then said, "Now, don't you get all older-brother protective of me. Remember they are not supposed to know yet!"

"Yeah, yeah I know." He sobered. "Well what happened with the others?"

"First I never knew you had detention. And Trowa and I snuck up on them to listen. That's when I found out…" Gaëlle told him about the fight and had tears in her eyes when she finished.

He comforted her the best her could and then she left. She was glad she talked to him, it relieved some of her anger but she did not want to talk to her three friends yet. She started walking to the Great Hall but three feet before entering she randomly twirled in place and knocked into someone. He caught her before they could fall and balanced the both of them.

"Oops. Sorry." She said quickly. But the person tightened his arms around her.

"Didn't we meet like this yesterday?" the person teased in a soft tone near her ear.

TBC