Note: Only small changes to the dialogue and some grammar fixes.
Guest Room
Duo, Quatre, Trowa, and Wu-Fei walked inside the room and took a seat. Heero walked over to the mini-bar and poured 5 glasses of drinks. He then handed each pilot a glass and held his own up.
“I’d like to make a toast, to the man that’s responsible for this reunion, Duo Maxwell.”
The others look at Duo, he smiled and shook his head, “Thanks Heero, but I’d think it would be more appropriate to make this toast to the man responsible for us being alive.”
Heero nodded, “Alright, to Zechs.”
The others raised up their glasses, “To Zechs.”
They took a drink and set them down. Duo cleared his throat.
“Alright before we start any thing, there’s something I got to know,” He looked over at Quatre, “What is up with that new look. Last time I saw you, you were Mr. Sophisticated.”
Wu-Fei nodded, “You even bulked up to; your muscles are about as big as Trowa’s.”
Trowa shook his head, “I wouldn’t go that far, but I have to admit this is a good change for you.”
“I agree with that, but my question is why?” asked Heero.
Quatre smiled, “Well I just got tired of seeing the same old me in the mirror. I was tired of seeing myself as a pretty boy. So I decided to try something new, something different.”
Duo chuckled a bit, “Well I have to say this is defiantly a step up from a pink shirt.”
Quatre snickered, “Yeah, Yeah, don’t rub it in. Anyways how are you and Hilde doing?”
Duo looked at him and smiled, “Well… we’re engaged.”
Everyone looked at him wide-eyed.
“Well I’ll be… I’d never thought I’d live to see you get married, congratulations man,” said Wu-Fei.
“I have to say I’m a little surprised, although given your relationship with her I guess it’s not too hard to believe. In any case though I’m very happy for you two.” Quatre.
Trowa smiled, “I think hell just got a few degrees cooler, but all joking aside congratulations Duo, your going to make a good husband.”
Duo blushed slightly, “Thanks guys, anyways Trowa, what about you, have you found a women yet?”
Trowa shook his head, “No not really.”
“Well what about your sister, has she found anybody yet?” asked Heero.
Trowa bit his lip, “Um... Well… about Catherine, she and I got a DNA test about a year ago, we wanted to see if we were truly related. But as it turns out, the test came back negative, Catherine’s not my sister.”
Everyone looked at him with a shocked expression on their face.
“Wait a minute, if she’s not your sister, what does that make her?” asked Quatre.
Trowa shrugged, “To be honest I don’t know, I‘ve always looked at her like a sister, it’s kind of hard to look at her like anything else.”
“But she’s not, so that means you two can date,” said Duo with a smile.
Trowa raised an eyebrow, “You know something Duo, you’re crazy. You seriously need to get some help.”
Heero sighed, “That’s just weird.”
Trowa nodded, “No kidding, what about you Heero, how are you and Relena holding up?”
Heero smiled, “Were doing great, Relena says that she wants to run for president of the Sanq Kingdom, and I‘m thinking of getting a position on the senate.”
“Well I’m glad that you two are moving on,” said Wu-Fei.
“What about you Wu-Fei, how’s running the Preventer’s going?” asked Quatre.
“Pretty good, so far we’ve managed to stop every threat while it’s been small,” said Wu-Fei.
Heero nodded, “Well you keep on doing what you’re doing, the last thing we need is another war. By the way, how are you and Sally doing?”
Wu-Fei smiled, “Were doing just fine, we’ve been talking a lot about marriage, and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until it happens,” He looked over at Quatre, “but the thing I want to know is what’s up with you and Noin?”
“Well were just friends.”
“Anybody that thinks that’s BS raise your hands?” said Duo.
Everybody raised their hands; Quatre just shook his head.
“I’m serious guys, I only think of her as a friend, she’s still to attached to Zechs, she can’t let him go.”
“I feel for her, so you’re there for comfort?” asked Heero.
Quatre nodded, “Yeah, I’ve been doing everything I can to help her.”
“Well she seems to be doing great, so you must be doing a good job,” said Wu-Fei.
Quatre lowered his head, “That’s the problem, I’m not, she hasn’t improved much, and I sometimes feel like I’m wasting my time. She also doesn’t seem to appreciate my help. She is always comparing me to Zechs. And it bugs me because she needs to let him go. That’s the only way she‘ll be able to recover. But how can she do that when she looks at me like a lower form of Zechs. I’m doing all I can for her, but she doesn‘t seem to see it. I just wish she could show some signs of gratefulness.”
“But Quatre, you’re not doing this out of gratefulness, your doing this because she’s in need of a friend. She needs someone that will be their for her till the end,” said Trowa.
Quatre sighed, “Yeah I know, I just wish I could do something, but I’m running out of idea’s, I don’t want to give up on her, but I feel like I’ve done nothing.”
Heero placed a hand on his shoulder, “Trust me Quatre, your doing something. I can tell when I look in her eyes. Don‘t give up on her, you can do this.”
Quatre nodded, “You’re right,” He decided to change the subject, “So Duo, I know you didn‘t bring us in here just to talk about our love lives. You have something in-store for us, what is it?”
Duo smiled, “You’re good, actually I do,” He reached into his pocket and pulled out some photo’s, “Only Heero has seen this, take a good look at theses.”
He passed them out and the other looked at them; each one their jaws dropped.
“My god,” said Trowa.
Quatre gasped, “Theses can’t be real.”
“How can this be, why wasn’t I informed?” Stammered Wu-Fei.
Duo chuckled, “Well I decided to let you know at an appropriate time.”
Quatre shook his head, “Theses look like our Gundams, but they seem, different.”
“Well they should, I had them modified, and upgraded,” said Duo.
Trowa looked on in amazement, “Wow, how long have you had these upgraded?”
“Actually, Howard and his engineers just finished them recently.”
Wu-Fei looked at Duo, “Well that’s good and all, but my question to you is why?”
Duo cleared his throat, “Well… you all remembered what happened with our last battle, are Gundams are strong, but they are not invincible. They have many weaknesses; I have sought to correct them.”
Heero smiled, “Well from the looks of things you did a fine job, but what are the improvements?”
Duo bit his lip, “Well it would be difficult to tell you, I’d rather show you. That’s why next month; I have it arranged for all of us to go see them.”
“Where are they though?” asked Quatre.
“There on colony L2, my birthplace.”
Trowa grinned, “Well then, it looks like were going to take a little trip.”
“Man I can’t wait to see these,” said Wu-Fei.
Heero smiled, “Well this certainly has been a day of surprises, lets go check up on the girls, I want to go swimming.”
End Ch-2