Part 4
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Trowa woke up early the next morning to the annoying beeping of the alarm clock. He sat up groggily and ran his fingers through his hair. He grunted loudly as he stretched his arms high above his head, and looked over at the occupied bed next to his. He couldn't help but smirk slightly as he looked at Alex as she slept. She was laying on her side facing him, but her legs hung off the side of the bed from the knees down. She looked like she had passed out while she sat on the edge of her bed. The covers were in a crumpled heap on the floor, and she was snoring quietly. Her long chestnut hair was sprawled out next to her.
'She even look like Duo while she's sleeping,'Trowa thought. As if she could feel him staring at her as she slept, she slowly opened her eyes. She yawned and blinked her eyes a few times to get the sleep out. Without warning she leapt out of bed.
"What time is it!?"she cried.
"Calm down,"Trowa yawned. "It's a hour until 9:00." She sighed with relief as she walked back over to her bed, and collapsed onto it, face down into the pillow. Trowa grunted for the second time as he threw the sheets off and stood up. Alex turned her head and watched him silently as he pulled some clothes out of his dresser drawers. He clumsily walked into the bathroom and started to take a shower. When he stepped out a while later Alex was already waiting and she went in after him to take a shower for herself. When she was done and walked out she was wearing the same boy's school uniform Trowa was wearing. "Why aren't you wearing a girl's school outfit?"Trowa asked as he looked at her curiously.
"No thanks,"Alex replied. "I better get going. I hope I don't get lost in this giant school." She picked up her binder of paper, her pen, and her schedule. She waved goodbye to Trowa as she walked out the door.
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Heero sighed impatiently as he walked out of his first period class.
"How the hell did I get stuck with Creative Writing?"he mumbled to himself. "I'm not creative." He looked down at his schedule as he walked down the long hallway. When he saw what his next class was he stopped dead in his tracks. "Home Economics!?"he growled angrily. Everyone else in the hallway stopped walking as well and stared at Heero. Heero stalked down the hallway. Instinctively all the students moved out of his way to give him a clear path.
Heero was relieved, however, when he walked into the class and saw Alex and Quatre. They were sitting at a table with their backs to him. Now from behind Alex does look an awful lot like Duo so it really is no surprise that Heero mistook her to be Duo. Alex and Quatre seemed to be having a cheerful conversation. Quatre was laughing and hit Alex playfully on the arm. Heero walked towards them. When he was directly behind Alex he tugged her braid gently, but affectionately, and he kissed Alex softly on the cheek. He lightly brushed Alex's neck with his fingertips. Heero thought he felt, who he thought was Duo's, neck twitch at his touch but he ignored the thought.
He walked around the table and sat down in a chair across from them. Heero looked over at Quatre who had the strangest expression on his face. Like he was surprised and scared. Heero looked at him curiously. "Quatre what's wrong?"he asked. Quatre didn't utter a single syllable, simply stared back at him. Heero turned his head and looked at Alex and screamed. "AAAH!! Duo!"he screamed as he stood up quickly. Too quickly. He tripped over his left foot and fell backwards, hitting the back of his head against the chair in the process. Everyone in the class turned their heads to look at what was making the commotion. All the students began to laugh and the teacher, who was going through some papers on her desk, looked at Heero sternly before looking back to her papers. Heero glared at the laughing students and they immediately became quiet. Heero's face can be a scary thing.
Heero picked up his chair which had fallen over and glared at Alex. It looked like Duo but it didn't. It was almost Duo's face but the features were more smaller and feminine. Alex just looked back at him wide-eyed.
"Heer...,"Quatre started but Heero raised his hand to silence him. Heero moved his eyes from Alex's face and down at her chest. Suddenly Heero reached across the table and grabbed Alex's chest. Alex squealed in alarm and shoved Heero's hand away from her breats. Heero's eyes opened wide in alarm. He leaned back across the table, and glanced at Quatre. Quatre's eyes were even bigger and they looked like they were about to pop out of his head. Quatre had gone extremely pale, so had Alex.
"You're not Duo,"Heero said accusingly, as he stared at Alex. "Either that or you got a sex change." Alex and Quatre began to laugh, and Heero noticed that it was a girl's laugh coming from Alex and not the laugh of his Duo. He looked at Quatre bewildered and demanded an explanation.
"You just groped Alex!"Quatre cried. He was laughing so hard it was hard for him to breath. Heero pointed a finger at Alex and shot a questioning look at Quatre. All Quatre could do to reply was knod his head.
"I'm sorry,"Alex said. "People seem to confuse me with Duo." Heero was speechless.
"Alex is sixteen and she's a sophmore,"Quatre explained when he finally stopped laughing.
"I don't understand,"Heero confessed. Quatre and Alex didn't have time to explain further because the teacher stood up and began to take role call and explain the requirements for the class. 'It's not possible,'Heero thought as he stared at Alex. 'How is it that this girl looks so much like Duo?'
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Duo walked sullenly into his second hair class, dragging his feet behind him. As soon as he walked through the door he immediately spotted that boy that he had seen yesterday morning. The boy with the gold eyes who had been with Alex. Drake was slouching behind a desk, arms crossed. He looked utterly miserable, so Duo, being Duo, bounced on over and sat down on the desk's top next to Drake's.
"Hiya,"Duo said, trying his best to sound cheery. Drake turned his head and looked at Duo suspiciously. "I'm Duo. Remeber....from yesterday."
"I remember,"Drake muttered, turning back around to face forward again. In walked Wufei a few minutes later with a miserable expression on his face equal to Drake's.
"Hey Wufei!"Duo shouted happily as he waved Wufei over.
"Why the hell do I have to have this class!?"Wufei shouted angrily as he walked over to Duo.
"Uh....I dunno. It might be fun,"Duo said trying to to cheer Wufei up. He just sighed angrily.
"Duo,"he muttered in a soft, dangerous tone. "How am i supposed to have fun in CHILD DEVELOPMENT!?" Drake watched the two of them with a watchful eye as Duo sat down in the desk he was sitting on, and Wufei took a seat in the desk next to Duo's.
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Quatre and Wufei were the first few to enter the cafeteria. Their last class which was P.E. was close to the cafeteria. Drake was also in the same P.E. class but he had gone off somewhere else. They chatted somewhat as they grabbed some lunch trays and headed over towards the lunch line.
"The others should be here soon,"Quatre remarked as they entered the lunch line. The line was short and moved ahead quickly. Just then someone put their hands over Quatre's eyes from behind.
"Guess who?"was whispered in a seductive voice into his ear.
"Alex?"Quatre asked as he put his hands over the ones covering his eyes. He removed the hands and turned around. Sure enough Alex was the owner of the hands and voice.
"Damn!"she shouted in mock anger. "How'd you know it was me?"
"Lucky guess,"Quatre replied with a grin. Wufei wanted to puke.
'There's something not quite right about her,'Wufei thought. Drake had been standing behind Alex equally disgusted by the sickening display.
"Come on Fukigen,"Alex said as she turned around and looked at Drake. She grabbed his arm and pulled him forward into the little group.
"Fukigen?"Quatre said as he looked at Alex questioningly.
"Oh! Fukigen is my nickname for Drake. It means 'sour attitude' in Japanese,"Alex explained.
"Well Drake, I'm Quatre. From yesterday morning,"Quatre said as he held out his hand for Drake to shake it. Drake didn't move.
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They were all sitted at a cafeteria table. All five gundam pilots, Alex, and Drake. The day's special had been spaghetti and they all looked at it warily. The sauce looked more like orange jello. Drake and Wufei were still glaring at each other. Trowa and Heero were next to Wufei watching Drake suspiciously. Duo, Alex, and Quatre were all sitting next to Drake, talking together happily.
"Drake is a little mopey but he's a great guy,"Alex said to Trowa and Heero, trying to ease the tension on the other side of the table. "You just got to get to know him."
"How long have you two known each other?"Duo asked Alex as he played with his spaghetti jello with his fork.
"Since we were babies,"she explained. "Our mothers were cousins, and they lived next to each other."
"Really. That's interesting,"Quatre commented. Drake turned his head and glared at Quatre.
"How is it interesting?"he questioned. Quatre dropped his fork onto his plate and stared at Drake stunned, taken aback by the sudden aggressiveness. Trowa and Heero narrowed their eyes as the also began to glare at Drake.
"That's it,"Alex said as she raised her hands, put them on the sides of Drake's face and forced his head forward and down. "You're being rude Fukigen." Alex wrapped her arm around his arm as if he were her boyfriend and continued to talk to Duo and Quatre again. "So how long have you all known each other?"she asked.
"For almost three years,"Trowa answered as he looked away from Drake and down at his plate.
"How did you all meet?"Alex asked, and the five gundam pilots exchanged nervous glances.
"It's a long complicated story,"Quatre finally answered.
"I'm sure I could understand the complexities of your banning together,"Drake said as he locked gazes with Heero. Everyone stopped talking and stared at Drake suspiciously. No one else noticed but Alex kicked Drake's leg underneath the table. Drake immediately stood up and stalked off.
"Uh sorry about that,"Alex apologized. "It's hard for him to....adjust." She too jumped up and rushed after Drake.
"There's something strange about those two,"Heero muttered when Drake and Alex were out of earshot.
"Alex seems normal enough,"Quatre remarked. "And actually, Heero, I think Drake is a lot like you."
"You're insane!"Heero shouted.
"But Alex...well...looks strange,"Trowa said as he cast a worried glance at Duo.
"Hey! Whaddya mean?"Duo asked, looking up from his plate and staring at Trowa angrily.
"She looks too much like you,"Heero replied coming to Trowa's rescue. "Don't you find that suspicious?"
"Not especially,"Duo said as he looked at Heero blankly. "I imagine a lot of people look like me. After all there are a lot of people in the world."
"Yes but what is the chances you meeting someone who does look like you Duo?"Wufei asked. Duo shrugged and looked down at his spaghetti and contemplated the idea.
"Well I think that Alex is nice and Drake is a bit unfriendly but he seems normal enough,"Quatre commented, trying to stick up for his new friend.
"You're just gullible Quatre,"Heero said, completely unaware of the harsh stare he was getting from Trowa.
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"How many times do I have to tell you?"Alex asked. "You almost blew our cover. You're making them too susipicious. We have to keep a low profile." Alex and Drake were sitting at a small circular tabe in the Universitie's library. They had gone to the library after leaving the cafeteria shortly before. They were sitting close together and talking in low tones so no one else could hear them.
"Well you sure are good at keeping a low profile by looking like the enemy,"Drake said sarcasticly.
"Hey! I can't help it if I'm beautiful, and besides it makes things more interesting."
"Well why can't we just blow up the school and kill them all right now?"Drake asked, completely frustrated.
"Too many casualities. Besides people would obviously notice. We'll pick them off slowly and one at a time. I want to toy with them for a bit before they die."
"I want them to suffer, especially Heero,"Drake muttered angrily. "They will pay for what they've done."
"Don't worry they will,"Alex said reassuringly. "But first I have a little plan. Well more like a diversion. And guess what? You are a key part of my plan."
"What? Why me? You're not gonna make me one of your little chemistry experiments are you?"
"It's a secret,"she answered slyly as she winked at Drake. She stood up and stretched her arms over her head. "We better go. Lunch is almost over."
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"Geez what an exhausting day,"Alex said as she collapsed on to her bed . Classes first started at 9:00 a.m. and ended at 7:00 p.m.. They had been at school for seven hours. Trowa sat on the end of his bed and looked at Alex curiously. He wasn't sure if he should be suspicious of her at all. She seemed like any normal sixteen year old girl. Alex was in his P.E. 2 class and both Alex and Drake were in his Caculus class. "What? What is it?"Alex asked as she too sat up and stared back at Trowa. Trowa shook his head, and walked over to the small computer desk. He sat down in the chair and turned on the his laptop computer. "So what are you doing later?"Alex asked him a few moments later. When he turned to answer her around he noticed that Alex had pulled her braid over her shoulder and was playing with the end of the braid as she stared at Trowa. She knew she looked the picture of innocence when she did this and Trowa looked like he was falling for it.
"I'm not sure."Trowa replied. I haven't made any plans yet. Why?"
"Well then...do you wanna come with me to buy some more school supplies?"
"Thanks but no thanks. I don't really feel like shopping."
"Oh. Oh well then,"Alex said as she smiled and swung her braid back over her shoulder. She laid back down on her back on the bed and began to kick her legs into the air out of boredom.
"Hey Trowa, Alex,"Quatre greeted as he walked into their room.
"Hey Quatre!"she shouted happily as she jumped off the bed and ran over to Quatre, and he smiled cheerfully at her.
"Do you want to go to the store now?"he asked.
"Sure. Why?"
"Well.....Heero came to visit Duo again today and they're....a little occupied,"he said, completely embarrassed. Alex laughed.
"Alright let's go,"she said as she wrapped her arm around Quatre's and pulled him out the door. Trowa, who had been looking at his computer the whole time, turned around and frowned at the door.
'Quatre didn't ask me if I wanted to go.'Trowa thought disheartedly. 'I didn't even know Quatre was going.'
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The End
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