A/N: Sorry it took me so long to post this chapter. I've been feeling a little down lately... or more tired, actually.

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CHAPTER VI Groundings, Public Awareness,

And Unwanted Dreams

At the Clyne Mansion…

The girls were fast asleep in their sleeping bags spread out on the floor of Lacus' room. Cagalli was dreaming… it was a good dream, but also slightly disturbing...

Cagalliwas walking through a beautifully

flourished park that overlooked a shimmering

ocean. She stopped and sighed in awe. She'd

never seen something so… miraculous… the

sun was setting and it made the ocean look

even more amazing. That's when she noticed

someone was standing beside her. She looked

to see… Yzak. "Yzak?" She asked, completely

surprised. "Hello, Cagalli," he said softy, turning

to her. She smiled and moved closer. He smiled

too. "You know how cute I think you are…"

Cagalli closed her eyes, parted her lips slightly

and… they kissed…

"Mmm… Yzak…" She whispered out loud. She came out of her semiconscious state and mentally kicked herself when she realized what she'd said. "Damn it, Cagalli! Get a hold of yourself! I mean,why the hell would Yzak every say something like that! Stupid, stupid, STUPID!" She thought angrily.

"Cagalli? Are you awake?" She heard a voice. Quickly, she looked beside her to seeShiho. "Oh my god… what did you hear?" Cagalli asked nervously. "You moaning Yzak's name," She answered. "You were dreaming about him, weren't you?"

She sighed. "Who can help what they dream?"

Shiho looked away. "I can't sleep…"

"Why? What's the matter?" Cagalli asked. "I don't know… I just have a bad feeling about something… I'm not quite sure what it is yet…" Shiho answered quietly. Cagalli sighed again. "Weird..."

8:00 a.m.…

Lacus yawned and got up. The rest of the girls were still fast asleep so she quietly crept out of out of the room, down the stairs, to the front door and opened it. The newspaper lay on the porch. She bent down and picked it up. " 'Coordinator Plague'," She read. " 'Vaccine in short supply.' Oh dear…" Lacus sighed. "I better go order the vaccine for myself and Shiho before it all runs out…" She picked up the phone and called her 'Special-Only-Rich-People-Can-Afford' doctor, who set them both up for a vaccination that day at noon.

At the Elsman Mansion…

"Dearka, where were you last night?" Dearka's mother asked as he came out of his room that morning. "I was just at Yzak's place," he answered, shrugging. "No big deal, right?"

She shook her head. "You never told me you were going out."

"Well, if I told you, you wouldn't have let me go," Dearka retorted. She crossed her arms. "Dearka, if you can't give me two good reasons why you went out last night, then you're grounded…"

"Okay… Yzak called me and said he needed my help calming his baby sister down, so I went over to help him and you should have seen Yzak! He was as sick as dog!" He told her. "Yzak was sick?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. He nodded wildly. "Okay, you're grounded," she concluded. "What-? No! I'm telling the truth! I swear!" He protested. "Coordinators don't get sick. So how do you expect me to believe that?" She asked. "Uh… I don't expect, I hope…" Dearka said quickly. "Fine, you're free to go," she said simply. He looked at her, surprised. "-Straight to your room," she then added. "Damn…" he muttered as he turned and walked back into his room. "I'm seventeen years old for crying out loud…"

At the Jule Mansion…

Yzak had woken up again but his head now hurt even worse than yesterday. He tried to sit up but found it too difficult so he just trashed the whole idea.

"Mother!" He called weakly. She came right away. "Yzak? You're awake already?" Ezaria asked. "What do you mean already?" He asked, irritated. "Well, you should at least be sleeping in until ten," she answered. "Bed rest is the only thing that'll help you get better."

"What do I have?" He asked, closing his eyes. Ezaria bit her lip. Should she tell him? "It's just a mutated cold virus…" she finally lied. His eyes opened. "Cold? This isn't a cold,"

"Yes it is," she protested. "No it isn't," he argued.

"Yes it is."

"No it isn't!"

"Yes it is."

"No it isn't!"

"Yes it is."

"Mother, this can't be a cold," Yzak said angrily. "Well it is. And I don't care what you say, I'm not listening," she said, crossing her arms and looking away from him. She knew how much he hated being ignored and she was just trying to have some fun.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!" Yzak shouted. "Don't pretend I'm not here!"

She didn't move. "Look at me when I'm talking to you!" He ranted on. "I mean it!"

She still didn't move. He'd had enough… so with all the strength he could muster in his weaken state he screamed: "DAMMIT WOMAN! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

"Yzak, you know I'm just fooling around," she laughed. He breathed deeply with anger. "Now can't an old lady like me have some fun?" Ezaria asked, smiling softly. Yzak calmed down. "You're not old…"

She sat down at the side of the bed. "You're sweet… but there's no denying it… I'm old."

"No, you're not…" his voice was getting weak again. Sighing, she stroked his hair and he went back to sleep.

10:00a.m. At the Clyne Mansion…

The doorbell rang as all of the girls were packing up their sleeping bags.

Lacus quickly ran down the stairs and opened the door. There stood Doctor Hahnenfuss, Shiho's father.

"Oh, hello," Lacus said, a little surprised. She then turned and called up the stairs: "Shiho! Your father's here!"

Shiho came down the stairs with her rolled up sleeping bag, looking a little surprised as well.

"Don't forget to get your vaccination at noon today. I believe it's at the same office your father works at," Lacus reminded her sweetly.

"Oh? You ordered Shiho a vaccine?" Doctor Hahnenfuss asked. Lacus nodded. "Well, thank you Miss Clyne. That saves me the trouble of trying to keep one available for her. There's quite a short supply, sadly, " he said. "This plague will be deadly… to all Coordinators…"

Lacus sighed. "It'sreally very unfortunate…"

"In fact, one of my patients has already gotten it," he stated. "Already?" Shiho asked in disbelief. He nodded briefly. "Well, enough small talk, it's about time we be going, Shiho."

"Okay, then.Good bye, Shiho," Lacus said politely as she closed the door. As soon as the door had been completely closed, Doctor Hahnenfuss turned to his daughter. "We have to stop by one of my patients homes. I have to give her a vaccination and her son some fever medication. –He's the one I mentioned earlier, the one with the virus."

"Okay," she sighed as they walked down the driveway from the Clyne mansion. "You know…" he began suddenly, "he wasn't that bad looking. You should ask him out sometime- that is… if he lives."

Shiho looked at him in disbelief. "DAD!"

At the Elsman Mansion, 10:00…

Dearka sighed as he flipped through the latest yearbook. Yes, yearbooks… the ultimate time wasters…

He stopped when he came across a picture of Miriallia.

"Hmm…" he hummed, looking at her picture for a moment. "She's kinda cute…"

He then closed the yearbook, surprised at himself. "Look at me… I'm losing my mind…" Dearka muttered. He sat there for a moment before opening the yearbook back up again to find her picture. This time he stared. "I'm not losing my mind," he said, "She is cute!"


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