A/N: I know, I know, I'm extremely late. But before you start biting my head off, my defense is that I was very busy with school and football. And it was Halloween; I got stuff to blow up people! So to make up for the lateness, I made this chapter extra long, hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not Gundam Seed, not its charcters, not anything.

Chap 6:Doubt and Shopping

"Pregnant! N..No…that's can't be…that's absurd!" Miriallia said in a hushed voice, sounding fearful. Milly and Lacus were in a corner of the washroom talking.

"That's the only reason I can think of for all these symptoms." Lacus said, "Of course, we won't know for sure until you've taken a test."

"But if I am, how will I tell Dearka? We're not even married, let alone raise a kid. What if he leaves me?" Miriallia said with tears welling up in her eyes, "I can't stand losing another…."

"Stop this Milly, Dearka loves you very much. He will never leave you and you know it, so don't say such things. I'll bet he will be very happy he will become a father soon." Lacus said sternly, "so dry those tears."

"But I don't know the first thing about pregnancy, what will I do? I'm not ready to become a mother." Milly whimpered, tears still coming down her face.

"Don't worry, everyone says that when they first get pregnant. Besides, everyone will help you through this. Me and Cagalli especially." Lacus said reassuringly.

"Alright, but don't tell anyone yet, please. I want to tell Dearka on my own. Do you promise Lacus?" Milly asked.

"I promise. Now we have to get going or else the others will think we are in trouble or something."

Miriallia nodded and quickly washed her face in the sink, wiping away any signs that she was crying. After that, Lacus took Milly's hand and led her out of the washroom and back to the table.

At the Table

"Gahh, what is taking them so long?" Yzak whined impatiently, as always. "It's already been ten minutes. I'm bored"

Dearka didn't say anything, as he normally would. Instead, he just sat there, anxiously looking around for their return.

Shiho slapped him in the arm and looked at him sternly. "Don't you have any compassion at all, Yzak Joule? Everyone here is worried about them and all you can think about is yourself!"

"I care too." Yzak said meekly.

"Then act like it."

"He's right though. They have been gone for a while, do you think you should go look for them Cagalli?" Athrun asked calmly.

"Sure, I'll go right…wait, there they are." Cagalli said as she caught sight of them fighting their way through the crowds.

"Are you alright Mir?" Cagalli asked worriedly, as they drew nearer.

"Yeah, how are you feeling?" Shiho added.

"Yep, I'm fine now; I probably just ate too fast." Miriallia said with an unusually cheerful face, a mask to cover her true feelings right now. However, Cagalli and Shiho both noticed this, since they are girls and are more in tuned with each other, and suspected that something was wrong that Miriallia didn't want them to know. They even noticed that Lacus might know something too, even though she was doing her best to cover it. Cagalli made a mental note to pry it out of either of them later on.

Dearka pulled Milly into a tight embrace, "I'm glad you're all right. I was worried sick about you."

Miriallia pushed out of Dearka's hold and said, smiling her fake smile, "Don't be silly, I'm perfectly all right, you don't have to worry about me."

"But I want to." Dearka replied sincerely and kissed her forehead.

"Now that this is over with, I say we get going." Kira announced, with Lacus back in his arms. "We do have a lot to do."

"Yay! Shopping!" Lacus said gleefully.

"Yes honey, we'll do that and we'll see what else there is to do." Kira said, smiling down at her. Little did she know that Kira had something else planned today as well.

"Great, how bouts we go to this great store near here that I passed earlier. It has so many designer labels, it's amazing." Shiho said with excitement on her face as well.

"Pffhh, you women and your expensive clothes. What's wrong with the ones you have now?" Yzak said, looking annoyed.

"They're out of season (A/n I don't know what that means) and you're the one that has to pay for it, so ha!" Shiho said triumphantly and walked off to lead the way. Yzak ran after her, trying to catch up to her.

"Yes! I can't wait, let's go" Lacus said happily, hearing about all these clothes. She was pulling Kira along at a quick pace, but Kira had his hands full with Lacus's stuffed animals. The others hurried to join them as well.

"So Cagalli, would you like me to buy you a pretty new dress too?" Athrun asked, with his arm around Cagalli.

Cagalli punched him in the stomach, "Don't even think about it."

She pulled away from him and went to Kira.

"Hey little bro, we need to have a talk about you-know-what." Cagalli said, tugging at his shirt.

"What? What is it Kira? What are you hiding? Tell me." Lacus asked curiously.

"Nothing Lacus, why don't you go hang out with Athrun for a bit. We need a little brother and sister talk."

"Hmpf, fine, don't tell me, I'll ask Athrun." Lacus said pouting and walked off to Athrun. Kira and Cagalli lagged behind a bit.

"So, is everything ready Kira?" Cagalli asked. "Got everything you need?"

"Yup, everything is going according to schedule. We just have to be there on time." Kira said as he fingered a small box in his pocket. "You didn't tell anyone, did you? This is supposed to be a surprise."

"Not a soul, and it has been really hard not to tell everybody."

"Well, you better hold it in for a couple more hours."

"I will."

The two siblings moved quicker to catch up with Athrun and Lacus, who were talking with the others.

"So Kira, what's the big secret that you two have that Lacus told me about?" Athrun asked as they walked up.

"Nothing!" said both of them in unison.

Athrun looked at them with his eyebrow raised "Really, well, I'll get it out of you some way or other."

"And I'll help him." Lacus said, still pretending to pout because Kira wouldn't tell her his secret.

Kira laughed at her extremely cute face. He loved it when she was pouting, with her arms crossed and her cheeks puffed up, it looked so cute. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek. "Don't worry Lacus, you'll find out soon enough."

"Great, it better be good." Lacus mood changed instantly. She turned her face and kissed him on the lips, totally catching Kira off guard, but he gladly accepted it.

"Hey you guys, what are you doing so slow, we're here." Shiho called out, waving her hands. She was a good 20 meters away from them with Yzak, Dearka and Milly, because the four of them were too preoccupied with talking. They hurried up to them in front of a large and flashy store. There were clothes and dresses galore as they looked inside the store. There were several figures dressed in the latest clothes lining the inside of the windows. (A/n, I can't think of a name for the store, make it what ever you want.)

"Wow, look at all these dresses; I can't wait to buy them all." Lacus squealed as she examined the dresses on display.

"What are we waiting for then, get your credit cards out ladies!" Said Shiho. Lacus and Shiho seemed the most excited. Usually, Miriallia would be just as excited, but she had a lot on her mind. Nonetheless, she followed Lacus and Shiho in as well. They momentarily forgot all about the guys and left them standing outside the store.

"Have fun!" Kira called out to them.

Cagalli didn't follow the trio in right away, but she thought "This would be the perfect time for me to corner Miriallia and find out what's wrong. All right, I'm going in." Cagalli left Athrun suddenly and went in to follow them.

"Stay there Athrun!" Cagalli shouted at him as she walked away.

"Hey Cagalli where are you going?" Athrun called after her. He was extremely puzzled since Cagalli hated dresses of any kind, so why would she go into that store.

"Well, guys, looks like we're broke for a month" Dearka joked

"Hey girls, wait up!" Cagalli yelled out at them.

The three of them spun around in amazement. They didn't think Cagalli would come with them.

"Cagalli, what are you doing here? I thought you hated dresses, or have you changed your mind?" Lacus inquired.

"Yeah right, I still hate them. I'm here to question Miriallia. She's been acting odd."

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I wanted to know what was wrong too." Shiho joined in, "Well?"

"It's nothing really." Miriallia said awkwardly.

"Oh no you don't, you better tell us what's wrong. It's not fair that Lacus gets to know. We're friends, you can trust us!" Cagalli said angrily. She also started to advance on Milly, backing her up into a corner.

"I don't know anything." Lacus said, trying to keep her cover.

"Give it up Lacus, it's so obvious."

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you." Miriallia said, defeated, "If you really want to know, I might be pregnant. There, you happy."

Cagalli and Shiho didn't know what to say. They just stood there and stared at her with their mouths hanging open. Cagalli was the first to recover.

"WHAT! You're pregnant! When, how, tell me everything."

"I just found out a few moments ago myself too, and it's not confirmed. But one thing I do know is that I have to tell Dearka soon."

"Well, you can test right now with one of those instant pregnancy tests." Shiho said.

"Where am I supposed to find one?" Miriallia asked.

"Right here." Shiho reached into her purse, and pulled out a box containing a pregnancy test.

"Why do you have one in your purse?" Lacus asked curiously.

Shiho blushed. "Well, me and Yzak are on vacation and we are together, so I bought one just in case."

"So, is Yzak good in bed?" Cagalli asked evilly. Shiho didn't say anything but blushed even harder.

"I'll take that as a yes"

"Shouldn't we be worried about Miriallia?" Shiho said, trying to change the subject. She handed the pregnancy test to Miriallia.

"What! I can't do it in here. If you forgotten, we're in a store." Miriallia said.

"Oh yeah, I forgot." Shiho said sheepishly. "Well, you can test after we leave."

"Yeah, so stop looking so glum. Whatever happens, we'll stick by you because we're friends forever." Cagalli said cheerfully. "So just enjoy yourself now and buy some new clothes. You know you want to."

"Fine, but only if you try a dress on." Miriallia teased.

"Okay...hey wait a minute, no way."

"Too bad, you said okay, so you're wearing one." Lacus giggled.

"Not if you can't catch me." Cagalli tried to run, but Shiho grabbed her and held her still.

"Hey get off me, let me go!" Cagalli said thrashing around. But Shiho still held on tightly.

Lacus and Miriallia quickly picked out a dress. It was an elegant light green strapless dress with lots of frills and little white flowers covered parts of the dress. They dragged a screaming and kicking Cagalli into a change room.

"You still can't make me wear it!" Cagalli howled.

"We'll see about that." Miriallia said. She seems a lot happier. She, Lacus and Shiho followed her into the change room and locked the door.

"What are you doing?" Cagalli asked as she was backed into a wall.

"Payback." Shiho said, grinning.

"What…" but Cagalli didn't have a chance to finish as all three of them tried to pull Cagalli's shirt off.

"Hey stop it, alright, I give up, I'll wear it." An embarrassed Cagalli said.

"Alright Cagalli, you said it yourself, so hurry up. We'll be waiting outside." Milly said happily.

The three of them left Cagalli to change while they waited outside. However, Lacus had another little scheme. She quickly ran outside to fetch the guys. They were outside talking and joking around.

"Lacus, what are you doing?" Kira asked as she pushed all four guys into the store.

"Just hurry up and follow me." Lacus quickly walked back to the change rooms, leading the way. The four bewildered guys just shrugged and followed her quickly as well. When they got there, they found that Miriallia and Shiho were there too. The girls put their fingers to their mouths to signal them to be quiet when they got nearer.

"What are we waiting for?" Dearka whispered to Miriallia.

"Just shut up and wait." Miriallia whispered back.

Suddenly, the door opened and a fuming Cagalli stepped out. She looked absolutely stunning in the dress, which complemented her slim figure and showed off her curves quite nicely, but of course, she didn't think so. Cagalli was still looking over her dress as she stepped out so she didn't see the additional audience at first.

"Well, what do you think?" Cagalli asked, still not looking up.

"I think it looks great." Athrun said, smirking. Cagalli quickly looked up, startled.

"ATHRUNNN! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Cagalli screamed as she tried to cover herself

"Hey, it wasn't my idea, Lacus told us to." Athrun said.

"WHAT! I'm going to KILL you Lacus!."

Dearka and Yzak were laughing uncontrollably nearby, while the others tried to suppress their laughter.

"What's so funny, boys?" Cagalli said menacingly as she kicked them both in the shins, hard.

"OWWWW" they both cried.

Athrun quickly pulled Cagalli away before she does more damage to them. He held her tightly around her waist.

"Cagalli, it looks beautiful on you, so stop beating everybody up." Kira said, trying to calm her down.

Cagalli raised her fists at him, "Shut up Kira, or else I'll force you into a dress."

That shut Kira up.

"I don't know why you hate dresses when they look so sexy on you." Athrun growled as he nuzzled Cagalli's neck and planted kisses on her bare shoulders.

"You really think so?" Cagalli said as she bit down on her lips to suppress a moan.

"I know so."

"Alright, I'll buy this one dress and no more for the day." Cagalli said, "Now get out of here, and take them with you." Cagalli turned and went back into the change room to get out of her dress.

"Or how bout we stay here and help you girls pick out dresses." Dearka suggested.

"That's a great idea! Kira, you can help me choose some dresses!" Lacus said gleefully.

"Yeah, Yamato, why don't you help her choose some lingerie too." Yzak sniggered. Kira blushed beet red at that.

"Hmpf, Kira, don't listen to the big meanie, you come with me now." Lacus said, glaring at Yzak and led Kira away to another part of the store to find some clothes.

"I don't know why you're so happy Yzak, you have to help me too." Shiho said grinning.

"I doing no such thing! Look for your own clothes!"

"All right then, I guess I'll have to find someone else to help me into my dresses." Shiho turned away and walked away. Yzak quickly ran to her like an obedient puppy. Shiho turned her head and gave them a wink before walking off with Yzak.

"Hahahaha, Yzak is so whipped." Dearka said laughing crazily.

"You are too, mister." Miriallia said

"Yes mistress, anything you say." Dearka said sarcastically.

"So Athrun, where are you going to? There's no point in staying here since Cagalli not buying anything more." Milly asked.

"I don't know, maybe we'll wait for you at that electronics store across from here." Athrun answered. Just then Cagalli came out, dressed back in her original clothes and holding her new dress.

"Hey, Cagalli, want to go to the electronics store across from here? You obviously don't want to stay here any longer." Athrun said.

"Damn right I don't want to be here! We'll go after I, wait, I mean, you pay for the dress." Cagalli said, looking annoyed.

"Alright, let's go then. See you later, Milly, Dearka." Athrun said as he walked with Cagalli to the front counter to pay for the dress.

"Bye"

"Well? What dress do you want?" Dearka inquired.

"I thought you were going to choose for me." Mirialla said mischievously.

He went to a nearby rack and pulled out several dresses, "I was thinking of this one."

A/N: Oooh, What is Kira planning and when will Milly tell Dearka? who knows? So what do you think? Yeah, I know, this chapter didn't really move the story along too much, but the next chapter will be good. This time, I won't be so late or so I hope. I'll try to update ASAP, if you review, it'll be faster. So REVIEW!

And thank you to my reviewers: thousandbirds, chibiaegis42, rockerchick224, Kiraluver93, Dearka'sgirl1, KiraFreedom, MXC –the show- rocks my socks, ANNOYMOUS-gsd, kari490, hibiscus8