A Summer's Vacation

Author's Note: Hey people! Sorry, I'm SO late with chapter 3, but I've been ultra busy…sorta xD! So anyways, I kinda figured that I owed it to my readers to have chapter 3 up by today (Friday the 13th of March) because I'm leaving for 2 weeks. I really was going to write it earlier, but I just got really lazy lol so here it is…and I apologize that you won't get another chapter for another 2 weeks because I'm going to AUSTRALIA with our school band, which will be awesome! So I hope you enjoy the chapter and hopefully I'll have the 4th chapter up as soon as I get back because of course I'll have TONS of time to plan out the chapters during the plane flight =P! Well, I hope everyone has an AWESOME March Break cuz I know I will =D!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED or Gundam SEED Destiny along with its' characters. I only own the plot of this fanfiction.

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Chapter 3 Home and Family

Cagalli stared out the window and yawned. She was so bored and the ride home was quite long. There was an upside though. It was the fact that the scenery was so beautiful! Everything on Plants seemed so real, although she knew it wasn't. "Most things are artificial in this place," she kept reminding herself. She then looked to her right and saw her little sister sleeping so peacefully. Stellar had dozed off as soon as they were all in the car. Her head had even fallen onto Cagalli's shoulder and he mouth was slightly parted. Cagalli smiled. Stellar was always so adorable when she was asleep.

Suddenly, the car drove into a regular sized house. It was simple, but well decorated. Cagalli thought it was beautiful and couldn't believe she'd be living in this house. She then nudged Stellar to wake up and when she did, they both got out of the car. At that point, her uncle and father had gotten out the luggage and were starting to bring them into the house along with their mother.

Cagalli and Stellar walked into the house and instantly fell in love with it. It was just right with the living room and dining room connected. There was a hallway from the door, right to the kitchen. There seemed to be a door in the kitchen that looked like it led to the backyard. The walls were a light shade of green, while the furniture was mostly dark green. The chairs and table in the dining room were brown and off-white. All light sources were chandeliers that shot beautiful rainbow colours onto the ceiling, but let clear, bright light shine down on us. Above the family and dining room, there was a balcony. They both guessed that the doors up there led to the bedrooms. All in all, the house was very homey and they loved it.

Cagalli and Stellar were so anxious to explore the house that they were jumping up and down staring at their parents and uncle, who all stood in the hallway waiting for them. Their parents were smiling, while their uncle was just glad that they seemed to like the house.

"Would you like to go and see the house?" asked Mu.

"YES!!" Cagalli and Stellar both shouted while nodding their heads like they were bobble head dolls. It was all quite amusing. Mu had a twinkle in his eyes, and nodded, which sent the kids off up the stairs and on their adventure.

Cagalli and Stellar reach the top of the stairs and look right and left. There were 6 doors. All looked the same and were practically calling out to them.

Cagalli said, "Let's go right!"

Stellar shook her said and said, "No, let's go left!"

Cagalli shook her head and replied "No, right!!"

"No, left!!"

"Right!"

"Left!"

"Right!!"

"Left!!"

"Righ-," Cagalli was about to argue until they both heard a bark coming from the door right in front of them.

They both smiled and said "STRAIGHT!" in unison. Cagalli and Stellar ran into the room and Stellar was knocked to the floor by a tiny, golden-brown dog. It was on top of her licking her face. Stellar was giggling while Cagalli tried to grab the dog. The dog noticed Cagalli behind it and jumped at Cagalli. Soon Cagalli was on the floor laughing as well.

Suddenly the dog was picked up. Cagalli and Stellar got up, wiped their face with their sleeves, and looked up. The dog was cradled neatly in the arms of a small woman. She was quite petite and pale. She had blue hair and was very elegant, but what caught Cagalli's attention, was her eyes. They were a beautiful shade of emerald. Cagalli felt like she could just drown in the colour, but was nudged back into reality by her sister.

Cagalli quickly stood up and joined Stellar as they slightly bowed to the beautiful lady. The beautiful lady smiled and said, "There's no need to bow to me, sweeties." Cagalli and Stellar both looked quite confused.

"I'm your aunt, silly." She giggled a little while covering her mouth and gave the most dazzling smile they had ever seen.

They were shocked to have such a beautiful aunt, but were very happy about it. They were about to introduce themselves, when their aunt interrupted them. She pointed to Stellar and said, "You must be Stellar" and then pointed to Cagalli and continued, "And you must be Cagalli. What beautiful nieces I have!" Cagalli and Stellar both blushed and said quiet thank yous.

"No need to be so shy around me, sweeties. I'm your Aunt Lenore."

Suddenly a tall man with greying hair and harsh eyes walked in. He might've had greying hair, but you could tell he was still a very active man due to the fact that he was quite fit. Cagalli and Stellar instantly tensed and looked anywhere but at the man who had just walked in. Lenore noticed the change of atmosphere and turned around just in time to see her husband walk into the room and put his arm around her waist.

She giggled and said, "Honey, you seem to have scared our precious nieces."

The man became confused and looked towards the two girls. They were both staring at their feet and he laughed a loud, strong laugh. "No need to be so afraid girls. I'm your uncle and husband to this lovely lady," he said, gesturing to Lenore. "I'm Uncle Patrick. It's nice to finally see my two little nieces. Oh, but of course you two aren't so little anymore. You've both grown up to be very lovely young ladies. I'm so proud."

Once again, Cagalli and Stellar blushed. They said thank you again and introduced themselves to Patrick.

"Now, let's all go and meet Mu and Murrue." Lenore said.

Cagalli and Stellar looked at each other with question in their eyes. Lenore and Patrick headed out the door and Cagalli and Stellar followed along. They followed their newly introduced aunt and uncle down to the main floor where they saw their parents sitting on a couch in the family room. On the couch opposite of their parents, sat Mu and a pretty woman with brown hair. Cagalli and Stellar went over to their parents as Lenore and Patrick pulled up a chair. Murrue looked at Cagalli and Stellar and they stared back innocently.

"Cagalli, Stellar, this is your aunt and Mu's wife, Murrue," explained Via.

Cagalli and Stellar smiled and said hello politely. Murrue smiled welcomingly and said, "Welcome ladies to our home. I hope you enjoy your stay here and if you need or want anything, feel free to ask any of us."

At that point, the golden-brown dog came along and jumped onto Stellar's lap and barked in agreement. Everyone laughed and started catching up from all the lost years.

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So, that's my third chapter everyone!! I hope you liked it and Athrun SHOULD be making his debut in the next chapter xD hopefully…lol I'm sorry if you've been waiting! Please don't give up lol! So anyways, I've stayed up late before my flight to Australia JUST to finish this chapter and post it, so please Read & Review =D!!! Thanks peoplezz 3!!