"Good morning, wife."

It took Cagalli several moments to compose herself after this unexpected revelation, during which Miriallia could be heard muttering, "Oh my God..." over and over. Of all the people Cagalli could have been married to, Athrun Zala would have been Miriallia's last guess. The two had been enemies since high school, despite the fact that Athrun was the best friend of Cagalli's brother, Kira.

"What the hell are you doing here, Zala?" Cagalli demanded once she'd recovered from the initial shock.

He shrugged and walked over to the table as if he didn't have a care in the world where he deposited the coffee and box of doughnuts. "Bringing you breakfast, obviously."

"Not here in my apartment. In Orb! Shouldn't you be off running some big corporation, far, far away?"

Athrun pulled out one of the chairs and sat down at the table, only to have Cagalli shout "Don't even think about getting comfortable! You're not staying."

He opened the box and pushed it across the table towards her. "Doughnut?"

"No...I. do. not. want. a. doughnut." she said through gritted teeth. "Just tell me why you're here." She heard the click of a door and looked up to see that Miriallia had gone into her own room. Cagalli was sure she wasn't imagining the fits of laughter she heard coming from behind the door.

He leaned back in his chair, smirking. "Is that any way to greet your husband?" he teased. "You seemed perfectly happy to see me last night."

"I was very, very, drunk last night in case you failed to notice. I probably didn't even know who you were."

"You called me by my name."

"I was still drunk and therefore cannot be held responsible for my actions."

"Fair enough, but to answer your question, I'm here for the wedding." He nodded towards Miriallia's closed door.

"But that's still weeks away!" Cagalli protested. "You could have just flown in the night before. I'm sure you're very busy at work."

Seeing that she wasn't going to accept the doughnut any time soon, Athrun pulled the box back towards himself and took one out. "I was overdue for a vacation anyway and I thought it would be nice to spend some time with everyone. Besides, I've arranged meetings with several important clients from Orb while I'm here. In fact," he glanced at his watch. "I'm meeting with one for lunch in half an hour. I'm sorry to have to leave you on the first day of our honeymoon, but this shouldn't take long."

Cagalli watched him get up and start towards the door. "Good riddance." She stood and started for the door as well. "You go do that and by the time your done, I'll have the annulment papers ready for your signature."

"I hate to break it to you, but I think all the lawyers' offices may be closed. It is, in fact, Saturday."

Cagalli froze in her tracks. He was right. She was married to Athrun Zala and there wasn't a damned thing she could do about it until Monday morning.

When he reached the door, he turned back to face her, still smiling pleasantly as if it were the most normal thing in the world to wake up married to your high school enemy. "Oh, and, dearest, I borrowed your key this morning to have a copy made. I hope you don't mind."

She caught the key he tossed back to her. "I guess I'll be having the locks changed then." she said, smiling back just as pleasantly. "Miriallia, call a locksmith."

"On it!" was heard from the next room, proving that Miriallia had, in fact, been listening to the entire exchange from the other side of the doorway.

After Cagalli slammed the door behind him, she heard him laughing all the way to the elevator.

Miriallia waited several minutes after she heard the front door shut before exiting her room cautiously. She found Cagalli sitting on the couch, rhythmically bumping the back of her head against the wall behind her.

"That's not going to help your headache any."

Cagalli let out a sigh of exasperation and opened her eyes. "Of all the people...why him? I would have even preferred that purple-haired freak from school..."

"You don't mean that."

"You're right. I don't. But it's close."

"It's only for two days...And he's not that bad. He's one of the most eligible bachelors right now." Miriallia pointed to one of the magazines strewn across the coffee table, which bore Athrun's picture on the front. Cagalli had tried to throw it away when it arrived, but Miriallia said she liked the articles in it. "And he's pretty good looking, too."

"Fine. I'll divorce him and you can marry him."

Miriallia laughed and shook her head. She picked up a doughnut and took a bite. "These are really good. You should eat one."

"I don't feel like eating."

"Oh, come on, it's not that bad. It's not like anyone will ever know."

As if on cue, Cagalli's cell phone began to ring. She glanced at the caller id. Kira.

"Hello?"

"Why didn't you tell me you were getting married?"

"What? No 'hello'? No 'good morning, dearest sister, and how are you today'?"

"Don't change the subject, Cagalli."

"I didn't know I was getting married and I'm not staying married long anyway."

Miriallia could hear Kira's laughter all the way across the room.

"So it is true?" More laughter. "I thought for sure it was a joke, but I always thought you and Athrun were sort of perfect for each other anyway."

"We are no such thing. And who told you anyway?" Cagalli noticed Miriallia's gulp just before she heard the answer.

"Dearka."

"Excuse me while I murder my roommate." Cagalli flipped the phone shut, silencing the laughter still coming from it, and turned her attention to Miriallia, who had carefully moved so that the table now stood between them.

"Okay, so I may have texted Dearka while I was in my room...but he wasn't supposed to tell anyone else."

"Apparently your fiance can't keep a secret. I could have told you that. Remember when Yzak admitted that he liked Shiho and Dearka texted her and the rest of us to let us know?"

"How could I forget? Dearka had a black eye for the week after that."

Cagalli sighed. "I'm sure he's called everyone else by now...I'm never going to hear the end of this, am I?"

"Probably not."

"I'm never drinking again."

"You don't mean that either."

Author's Note:

Thank you to everyone for the great response I got to the first chapter. I hope this explains a little more since I know several of you were confused. I'll eventually explain what actually happened that night in a later chapter.

As I have not planned this fic out in advance at all, I will update whenever I decide what to write next. I can guarantee it won't be for several more days at least since I have a cousin coming into town to stay with me for a week.

Until then!

As always, please R&R!