Hiya, so maybe some of you are reading or have checked out Tangled Fates, just to let you know, that this story is just something i'm doing in my extra time and won't be updated as quickly as Tangled Fates probably.

Also, I have never been to public school so we're going to see how well I can portray it ^_^

And Last of all:

*Disclaimer I do not own Gundam Seed, nor do I own the poem below.

Like I said, I didn't write this poem. I don't know who did, but to whoever, thanks for inspiring me to write this story =)

The freshman girl- Oh so shy

Sits and watches the sophomore guy

The sophomore guy, head all in a whirl

Sits and watches the junior girl

The junior girl, in her red sedan,

Sits and admires the senior man

The senior man,

All hot and wild

Secretly loves

The freshman child

Notes: Cagalli and Lacus are fifteen. Kira and Athrun are eighteen.

Sorry for all chapter failness...

Chapter 1 - In which I find myself on someone else's lawn.

Today was a marvelous day. The sky was a deep blue specked with lazy, fluffy clouds. It was at that perfect time between fall and summer when the plants are still green and thick, but the weather is pleasantly warm but neither humid nor hot. The sun gleamed down brightly from the sky, showering the world in warm kisses of light.

Well, as Mr. Rogers would say (Lord bless his soul) "It's a lovely day in the neighborhood."

Cagalli Yula let out a lengthy sigh of delight as rocked her self with one foot on her hammock. It was of course the last day before highschool but it wasn't like she was going to let that stop her from enjoying the last moments of freedom. The sun drenched her in that fuzzy warmth that made her want to curl up and float in a dream state.

"Hi there, Cagalli!"

Cagalli didn't bother opening her eyes but raised a hand in a limp, lazy wave to her approaching neighbor and friend.

"Lacuuuus." She slurred, sleepily.

"Don't make me dump you!" Her friend's voice was much closer this time as if the speaker was right next to Cagalli.

Cagalli cracked an eye open and glared at the blurry image of her friend. "You wouldn't dare!" she hissed.

"Watch me!" The hammock started violently swinging in a threatening manner and Cagalli gripped it tightly in fists, squeezing her eyes shut.

"Eep- fine- I give!" She sat up fast only to startle Lacus who dumped her painfully onto the ground. Cagalli landed with a gasp sharply on her back. "Ooouuucccch." She yelped, rubbing the middle of her spine, finding the promise of a bruise there.

"Sorry," Lacus tried to sound apologetic but after a moment a grin spread across her lips.

Cagalli sighed, unable to find the motivation to argue. "Whatcha waaant?" she whined, looking forelornly at her limply swinging hammock.

"I called but your mom said that you weren't answering the phone."

Cagalli snorted. "So of course you decide to come over."

Lacus nodded. "I wanted to know if you would come for a bike ride."

Cagalli opened her mouth only to hear her mom yell from the porch. "She would love to! Cagalli, take Chewie with you! She's been dying to go for a walk!"

Lacus laughed.

"Thanks mom," Cagalli rolled her eyes, standing up, her hands smacking the dirt off her knees. She tugged the curled hems of her shorts down slightly and straightened her shirt before sighing again. "Must we? I feel like this is my last chance to be lazy."

"Yeah, what a shame that is." Lacus rolled her eyes, pulling at Cagalli's hand.

Cagalli squeezed her eyes shut as if denying the moment then opened her gleaming amber eyes and let out a shrill whistle sound.

"WOOF!" A massive dark brown saint-bernard with drool hanging from it's lips leapt at the back door (the catch on the back door was already broken from previous attempts to get out), making it fling open as the dog charged towards Cagalli.

"Hey Chewie," Cagalli tucked one side of her hair behind her ear as she leaned down to plant a kiss on her dog's head. Chewie, or Chewbacca, sloppily kissed her on the cheek with his lolling pink tongue.

Lacus wrinkled her nose. "That's cute."

Cagalli laughed and winked at her friend, wiping at her cheek. "Do you want to go for a waaalk?" she asked Chewie who's tail was waving back and forth frantically like a flag of brown fur.

"Go! Go get your leash!" Cagalli continued in her puppy-voice and like a flash, Chewie charged back to the house, nudged the back door open with his fat black nose and disappeared.

"One of the few commands Chewie knows." Lacus snorted. "Food. Walk. Leash."

"Let's not forget 'Mailman'." Cagalli added and Lacus made a face.

"I was actually trying to repress the memory of that one."

Cagalli put on a faux face of tragedy. "Poor Robert was never the same again."

"My bike's out there with your bike. And there's your dog."

Chewie burst out from the house again, a damp leash trailing from his mouth.

"Oooh, who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?" Cagalli ran her fingers through Chewie's thick soft fur, tugging the leash from his mouth. "You are!" she squealed, leaning over to attach the leash to his collar. She got a wet-face in return and she giggled, wiping off the dog saliva.

Lacus made a face. "Your chances with getting a boyfriend are currently slim."

Cagalli laughed and wrapped her arms around Chewie's thick neck, giving Lacus a pouty face. "I don't need a boyfriend! I have Chewie." She nuzzled her face into his coat of fur.

"You're just sick."

"And you're just jealous. Go find your own dog. Chewie is mine."

Lacus rolled her eyes and Cagalli grinned before straightening up. The two, pulled by an eager Chewie, made their way out to the front yard where two blue bikes stood.

Lacus hopped on to hers while Cagalli gave her dog a threatening look.

"Drag me off this bike and you're dead, you got it?" she growled at Chewie but as always, the severe words went in one ear and right out the fluffy other.

They started biking down the street, Chewie loping besides them, not pausing to sniff things though Cagalli kept an eye out for anything small or large that Chewie might decide was worth chasing. She didn't quite enjoy being dragged down the street. The last thing I need before school starts is scrapes and bruises all over.

She and Lacus chattered as they biked, the sun warming their shoulders and nice breezes blowing their hair gently back.

An hour had passed when Lacus decided to stop by her house that was across the street from Cagalli's.

"I'll get us some water." She called out before letting the screen door swing shut behind her.

Cagalli nodded, sitting on her bike, her feet on either side propping it up.

Chewie was straining at his leash, not at all tired or exerted. His tongue hung from his mouth as he panted happily, his brown eyes shining.

"Sit!" Cagalli told him with no hope of him actually doing it.

Chewie cocked his head at her, his fluffy ears rising giving her the dog-impression of: Did you say something?

"Down!" Cagalli tried again.

Instead he hopped up to her and she jumped off her bike to avoid the brown blur that was speeding to her.

She landed on her butt, the bike crashing down in front of her and Chewie flopping on top looking like a giant furry bean-bag. "No! No jumping! Bad boy!" she snapped, shaking a finger at his face.

Most dogs at least understood when they were in trouble. Not Chewie. There was always an exception to every rule.

Chewie bounded about her, happily barking.

"Bug off! Jeezums, why are you so dang hyp-" but before Cagalli could finish her words as she stood up Chewie let out a huge WOOF and started running.

"What the-" the leash snapped taught around Cagalli's wrist and the next thing she new was that she was scrambling after Chewie who was dragging her down the street.

"Chewie! Stop!" she yelled, panicking slightly. She struggled to stop herself and pull Chewie to a halt but every attempt she nearly lost her balance and fell.

"Cheeeeeewwwieeee!"

Once again, the brown saint-bernard and the blonde-teenager made a daily debut as they did on most of their walks. Neighbors had often told her mom that she should try taking Chewie to obedience class but her mom had only shook her head ruefully and asked them if they wanted to train Chewie.

The answer was rather obvious and besides- there was an exception to every rule and Cagalli doubted that Chewie would…fit in at obedience school. "You stupid dunce!" she screamed at her maniac of a dog.

Chewie seemed to have found his destination though cuz he dragged her ruthlessly onto a neighbors yard, pass a 'for sale' sign that was staked into the thick green grass.

Cagalli tripped over a hose and fell onto the soft green grass with a shriek.

Luckily Chewie had stopped running and Cagalli groaned, sitting up straight, grass stuck in her hair. "I hate you." She told her dog but Chewie wasn't listening to her.

"Is that a dog or a small-pony?" asked a warm teasing male voice and Cagalli felt her face going red as she craned her head up.

She squinted at a figure that loomed over her, the sun blinding her. "Um, I'm Chewie." She said as she raised a hand to shade her eyes. "Er, I mean. That's Chewie."

The boy leaned down next to her, amusement sparkling in his emerald-green eyes. "Excuse me?" he asked politely and Cagalli felt herself flushing. Not only was she caught with grass stains, grass bits all over her making her look like a pine-tree with her dog in a new neighbor's yard but she had been caught by a handsome young man.

He had thick blue locks of hair that hung to his shoulder, glinting green eyes and a lean build, muscular but not overly-buff. He smirked at her, obviously on the verge of laughing, and Cagalli prayed furtively that the earth would swallow her up.

"Chewbacca, that's my dog. Well it's Kira, my brother's dog mostly." Shut up already! Her mind screamed at her as her mouth babbled on of it's own accord. "I'm so sorry, sir. I don't know what Chewie's problem is. He just suddenly took off and I'm so sorry!"

"Chewbacca?" The boy's gaze slid over to peer at the dog who was sniffing a smaller dog that Cagalli had just noticed.

The boy's gaze snapped back over to Cagalli's. "It's no problem. A dog is a dog. That's my dog by the way, Justice."

Taking a deep breath to help bolster her failing nerves, Cagalli stood up, combing bits of grass from her hair with her fingers. Do I look like a scare crow? She wondered to herself. I guess it doesn't help the fact that I have no chest. She looked down at her red shirt that lay rather flatly on her. Then she remembered where she was and her head snapped back up.

The boy however was watching the two dogs interact rather friendily with eachother and after a moment he said. "Justice, sit!"

Oooh, of course his dog sat for him.

Chewie, of course, bounded circles around the black lab, barking.

The boy didn't spare him either. "Sit, boy!" he commanded briskly and Cagalli flushed darker.

"That miiiight not wooork." She began to say only to gape as Chewbacca, the demon-possessed dog who could sleep through the end-of-the-world if needed, and could turn a deaf ear to any command…sat.

The boy grinned and leaned forward to pet Chewie as Cagalli simply stared.

Luck… It was just luck. She told her self, shooting Chewie death glares.

"Well, what is your name?" the boy asked, turning to face her again.

Feeling that her hair was- hopefully- clean of grass, Cagalli got to work on brushing off the rest of her body. "Cagalli, I live just over there." She made a vague wave in the direction of her house. She could see Lacus heading towards them then on her bike, her pink hair swinging in the breeze.

"I'm Athrun," the boy said. "I just moved in with my parents." He jerked his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of the 'for sale' house.

"Oh, a new neighbor." Cagalli blinked. "I didn't know someone had moved in."

"It was a fast move." Athrun said with a shrug and Cagalli felt stupid. She hadn't meant to say that all out loud.

"Cagaaalli!" Lacus called, skidding her bike to a stop, her gaze traveling over the pair of them on the lawn. Her eyes widened. "What…happened here?" she asked slowly, kicking the kick-stand of her bike down.

"Chewie is what happened." Cagalli growled and Athrun chuckled.

"This is Lacus," Cagalli added. "Lacus, this is Athrun, he just moved in."

"And I guess Chewie thought that now would be the correct time to form the welcome committee?" Lacus joked and Chewie barked.

He's still sitting! That stupid mutt! Cagalli gave her best look of betrayal to her dog.

Athrun who was watching her rather intently caught her strange glance at her dog. He raised an eyebrow but said nothing of it.

"So are you in college?" Cagalli asked, picking up Chewie's leash from the ground.

Athrun chuckled. "Nope, I'm still in highschool." He informed the blonde, feeling amused as she subtly tried to tug her huge dog upright.

"What highschool?" Lacus asked, cocking her head to one side.

"Archangel High."

"Oh! We're going there too!" Cagalli exclaimed, her eyes lighting up and her cheeks getting pink.

She's sorta cute. The thought popped into Athrun's head as his gaze flickered to Cagalli. The blonde, even with grass sticking out of her hair had a rather fiery look in her eyes, a huge grin on her face and her hands on her hips. He smiled. I wonder if I'll see her in school… She has to be a junior at the least. Maybe she'll be in some of my classes…

"Oh snap, it's dinner time." Cagalli said, checking her watch with a frown. She glanced up apologetically at Athrun. "Sorry, we gotta go." She pulled at the leash and Chewie let out a grumbling huff. "It's food! You like food!" she told her dog and Athrun snickered to see Chewie suddenly change tact and tackle Cagalli.

"Get off, you stupid dog!" the blonde yelled, scrambling up, Lacus openly laughing at her bright-red friend's face. Cagalli's amber eyes glanced at Athrun and she smiled timidly. "I'll see you later, I guess?"

Athrun grinned, nodding. "Certainly!"

Like a rocket, Chewie took off again, hauling his poor master along with him back to their house, Lacus biking behind them.

"He was nice." Lacus voiced aloud once they were walking across the lawn in front of Cagalli's house and Cagalli frowned.

"What?" Lacus asked.

"You're reading my mind and it's creepy."

Lacus rolled her eyes. "Well he was. I wonder if we'll get to know him well in school."

"I doubt it. A guy that good-looking? He'll probably get snapped up by Meer's crowd instantly."

"Thank you voice of optimism." Lacus said sarcastically.

"Holy crow! Did you see the car in their drive way?" Cagalli shook her head in awe. "Maybe I don't speak Car as well as Kira but I know the difference between a minivan and a Porsche."

"I guess it was his parents." Lacus shrugged, not seeing any issue with it. In fact, she was already planning her friend's love life, including a certain bluenette.

"I see that look on your face!"

"What?" Lacus yelped innocently as they walked into the Hibiki house-hold.

"You're plotting something that I won't like." Cagalli accused.

"Lies! You're just making that up."

I sincerely doubt it, Cagalli thought to herself, watching Lacus suspiciously.

"Woof!" said Chewie.

So, how did that do for Chapter one? Yes? No? Or is it too soon to tell... ^_^ Well, review your thoughts and I'll be happy to no end. =)

Happy Readings!

Azetta