[b]Title: Might As Well

Author: Mistress Fangs
Rating: PG
Summary: Cade finally gets to see what they've been working on

Pairings: N/A
Author notes: a fic for lordtwinblade to welcome him to the board [/b]

"How in all that is right with the world did I ever let you two talk me into this?" Cade muttered under her breath.

She stood on a small block in front of a number of mirrors; Titus had kidnapped her in order to make sure that they looked right.

"Because if you didn't Soren and I would more than likely kill each other." T said with a smile, she had already changed back into her overalls and tank top. The bright pink had been traded for lime green.

"But a three piece flight suit?" she said turning and looking at T cocking an eyebrow, "Most teams just get matching t-shirts of jumpsuits."

"Oh come on these are sooooo much cooler. That and you even said it yourself, it's in the rules we need to match." She said with a coy smile.

"And any reason to spend more of your dad's money." Cade guessed.

"Now you got it." She said with a smile.

Cade sighed and looked at herself in the mirror one more time. When she thought of the Gothic Lolita line that T normally wore she was great full that this was as simple as it was.

"So what do you think of the colors, Soren and I haven't exactly agreed on what we want them to be yet." Titus said, and stuck tongue out at Cade seeing the knowing look in the girl's eyes.

The three of them had known one another as far back as they could remember, Cade was pretty much the only reason that T and Soren were even still friends, mainly because of an argument that had stemmed back in preschool when Soren stole her Barbie doll, needless to say everything had pretty much gone down hill from there.

"Let me guess you wanted bright and girlie?" she asked with a smile.

"And he wanted something along the lines of a foot ball team!" Titus said with a sigh sitting back down on the overly stuffed arm chair.

"I'm good with the colors we've got. There are enough flashy mechs out there as it is, they pretty much move fast enough to give you a damn seizure."

"Point taken,"

"Classic works." She said, she hated to admit it but she was getting used to the idea of the suit.

The pants were a simple white with a silver stripe down the leg, at least for hers and T's. The collared shirt was straight black much to Cade's delight. The jacket had the option of fully buttoning but, she left it part way open, a majority of it black with a white stripe down the front spots of silver on the sleeves, the edges trimmed in gold, as well as the shoulders, the four striped patch across the breast stood for crew along with 2 of their team colors.

"I win," Titus said with a smile looking at Cade in the suit, "No alterations needed."

"How is that when ever you get anyone's clothes you know the exact measurements?" Cade said stepping down and into the changing room.

"It's a gift, mind you I was little loose on Soren's jacket." She called, knowing that Cade's cheeks had turned light pink.

Titus had known for a good while now about Cade's feelings on the Neanderthal, as Titus liked to refer to him. At first he had done a great deal trying to convince Cade otherwise, the other half mocking her relentlessly. Now it had become just mocking, much to Cade's horror and Titus' delight she was always careful not to do it around Soren. Knowing full well the Cade would kick her ass.

"So when do we get to take these home?" Cade ask feeling the desperate need for a change in topic.

"Yours and mine today actually. Soren's should be in the day before the competition." Titus said with a smile.

"Perfect Soren, mentioned something about the mech being done tomorrow, if the painting crew isn't lazy." Cade said coming out the dressing room, the suit back in the garment bag.

"Sweet more practice." Titus said with a smile, her mind trying to figure out a plan to get her best friend and Soren together, "Hey when did you say Riley was going to come by and see the mech?"

"Today hopefully." Cade shrugged.

~*~

Soren swore to himself and threw the wrench away from him, wincing when he heard it hit the other side of the cockpit, hoping to god it didn't damage anything. The control board still needed some work, he wanted to get it done before the girls got back. He smiled to himself thinking of the look that Cade must've gotten seeing the flight suits. He swore at himself on more time and rested his head on the floor. He still had no clue how he had gained feelings for his best friend… Part of him still denying that he even had them.

Mind you the resident pest didn't help much. She managed to fully irate him when the project started, talking about Cade non stop which didn't help at all. He could still remember clear as a bell the last time he worked on the board. Titus sitting on one of the chair swinging her legs cheerily babbling on, him only half listening, most of his concentration on the circuit boards above him. When she mentioned something about Cade having a date that night, he could still remember sitting straight up hitting his head on the board above him, Titus gleeful to get even more black mail on him, which wasn't the best thing in the world.

He let out a sigh and went back to the board wanting any form of distraction from his own mind at the moment.

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Alright so the one part fic is now going to be three parts…. Damn you all