"Where did Duo and Lita go?" Quatre asked as he played a game of go fish with Mina.

"I think I heard her say something about her cooking. Got any two's?" Mina smiled over her cards at Quatre.

"Go fish. He more than likely took her to the kitchen then." Quatre laughed at the face she made when she got her card.

"Oh, Lita is a great cook. It's one of her best talents. She makes the best blueberry muffins. You might ask her to cook for a meal sometime." Mina said distractedly as she studied her cards.

"Got any fives? I couldn't ask that of a guest. It wouldn't be proper." Mina frowned as she gave her 2 fives to Quatre.

"She might be offended if you didn't ask her to after you heard what a great cook she is. Got any sixes?"

"Oh really?" He passed a six to her and smiled at her excited face. "So what do you like do? Got any nines?"

"Go fish. I like to sing, play in the rain, read, and hang-out with friends. Got any kings." Quatre handed her 2 kings and Mina let out a squeal as she laid down all her cards. "I win!"

Quatre smiled and laughed at the happy blond across from her. "It sounds like you do a lot of fun things."

"Well, thank you." Mina picks up the cards and starts to deal out the cards. "Do you know how to play poker?"

"Yes, I do. But we don't have any thing to wager."

"How about things about ourselves?"

"Sounds good."

Rei sat gazing out at the stars, trying to read them. Wufei came and leaned against the wall next to her. "What are you doing, woman?"

"My name is Rei. Not woman and I was just reading the stars." Rei gave Wufei a glare and then turned back to the stars.

"And what would a weak woman know about reading stars."

Rei's head spun around to glare at him again. "If you think that I am weak, you are sorely mistaken. I could kick your ass any day of the week. Just name the time and place." Her violet eyes flashed with anger as she looked at this arrogant man in front of her.

"I would not fight a woman. It would not be honorable." Wufei looked affronted that she would even suggest that he fight her.

"What do you know about honor? Where I come from it is not honorable to turn down a challenge unless the other person can not properly defend themselves. So either you are weak or a cowered."

Wufei's face turned a bright red as his anger started to rise. "I am neither weak nor a cowered. And unless you have an objection. I want to fight you now, woman!"

"Fine! Lead the way." Wufei and Rei left the room headed towards the sparing area out behind the manor.

Ami had been sitting there reading her book and also listening to everything else that had been going on. When Wufei challenged Rei a smile came to her face. She knew that Wufei had made a mistake by angering Rei.

"What is it that you find so amusing, Ami? I can not imagine that it would be your book." Trowa was sitting next to her and watching the room.

"It is just that I feel sorry for your friend, Wufei. Rei will pulverize him. She has quite the temper and your friend really has her riled up." Ami looked up at him from her book and smiled. "I just hope she doesn't hurt him to much."

"You really think that she will beat him. Wufei is really good at hand to hand combat and Wufei has quite the temper, also. Just ask Duo. He always seems to be on Wufei's bad side."

"Well, I guess we will have to just wait and see who comes out as the victor." she sat her book down in her lap and looked over the room. "It seem that everyone is getting along rather well, considering we all just met this afternoon."

"I don't know what it is about you all that seems to make you all so...welcoming I guess." Trowa had been thinking on this all night. Quatre was just being Quatre, who was always kind to everyone, but as for the rest of them. Normally, they tried to avoid taking to anyone, but these girls and some how made them more friendly.

"Maybe...But whatever the reason, it is nice to have friends in a new and strange place. We are far from home and have been traveling for long time. We haven't been home in a long time and we were starting to get rather down about it." Then she smiled as she remembered this afternoon. "That is why you found us in the park today. Serena always takes us some place where we can relax and think of home without any interruptions. She always sings that song you heard to us when we are down, also. It's a lullaby that her mother used to sing to her. It calms the spirit."

"That it does. Why have you been away from home for so long?"

Ami sat there silently thinking before she answered. "We are supposed to find something that our families need before we can go home and we haven't found it yet."

"What is it and I will try to help you find it." Trowa took one of her hands as she talked to her.

Ami blushed at the contact. "It is something that we must find on our own, but thank you for the offer." They sat there and continued to talk.