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Chapter 3: Plot to Hook up Neo-France

Gulskii residence, St. Petersburg, planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy- December 15,FC 62, 4:55 PM

"Hey guys, guess what I have!" exclaimed Shirley as she came into the living room at a dead run.

"What is it?" Bunny questioned, noting the excited sparkle in her friend's green eyes.

"Come to the den and see for yourselves," Shirley replied, winking slyly. The women in the room all shot excited and coy smiles at each other while the men nervously kept silent.

The women got up and walked out of the room, followed by the men. Just as Argo was about to leave Shirley grabbed his arm and said, "Argo, I think you'd better find Nastasha. She's upset over something and I'm afraid she's going to do something rash." Argo's green eyes spoke the depth of his worry over his soon-to-be wife and he ran out of the living room and took the stairs to the second floor three at a time.

'I swear Chib, you sure have one hell of a way of getting yourself in trouble. I'll give you that,' thought Shirley ruefully as she shook her head and began walking towards the den. She knew where Chibodee was- in his bedroom, asleep on his bed, a pillow under both his head, bandages around his ribs and ice over his face from where Nastasha's whip had hit him; hard.

As Shirley walked toward the den, the multitude of voices growing louder, she heard someone come up behind her. She spun around and saw to her great relief George there, looking a tad sheepish.

Shirley smiled and remarked, "Janet playing matchmaker again?" Out of all the fighters and crews, besides Marie-Louise, George trusted Shirley the most, knowing she would never tell a secret if asked to keep it silent.

George sighed, falling into step with Shirley and said, "But of course. I swear, if she tries to pair me up with Princess Marie-Louise once more, I shall…" George's words broke off in mid-sentence as he saw the object of his affections walking towards them excitedly; or rather, at a run.

George froze, his mouth hanging open a bit. Shirley rolled her eyes, knowing full well that George was too shy of telling Marie-Louise how he really felt. As a result he froze up almost instantly if it looked like Marie-Louise was after him or if they were alone and the topic of a relationship broke the surface of their conversations.

Shirley walked to Marie-Louise, pulled her close, and whispered something in her ear. George quickly shut his mouth amid giggles coming from the two women and his eyes began to narrow in suspicion of the plot he knew they were coming up with, not that he knew Shirley was completely innocent in any of the numerous plots that had been used in the past to try and get him and Marie-Louise together.

After a few minutes Shirley gave Marie-Louise a wink and began walking once more towards the den. Marie-Louise stood still for a moment then looked at George, excitement and something he couldn't place burning in her eyes. Marie-Louise then walked towards George, who began to back up.

After a few moments of this Marie-Louise broke into a run and tackled George, knocking the gundam pilot to the ground and sitting on his stomach.

"Miss Marie-Louise, what in the world are you…" began George angrily but was cut off as Marie-Louise's lips touched his, begging for entrance. George let her have it, relishing in the moment, throwing all dignity aside for a moment. After a few minutes they broke apart and stared into each other's eyes, seeing the reassurance that they loved each other burning brightly. Marie-Louise slowly got off the knight and got to her feet, looking away in shame, her cheeks burning bright pink. George got to his feet but instead of walking away he walked up to the princess and enfolded her in his arms, resting his head on hers. Marie-Louise's eyes widened in disbelief but she didn't try to pull away.

They stayed this way for a moment until they heard Argo and Nastasha coming down the stairs, Argo comforting Nastasha about something. Glancing at each other and silently agreeing to not tell anyone of their new relationship yet they walked towards the den, walking abnormally close to each other, their hands almost touching.