Note: I added more dialogue and fixed the grammar problems to the best of my ability, again, not much else.
Women’s Guest Room
“So if you could have guy besides your current one, who would it be?” asked Relena.
All the girls looked at each other then back at Relena, “Quatre.”
Relena smiled, “I don’t know, I’m can’t decided between Duo and Quatre.”
“Why Duo?” asked Hilde.
“Because I think he looks incredibly cute with that braid,” said Relena with a giggle.
Hilde smiled, “Yep, and he’s all mine.”
“You girls are so lucky to have such good men; all I get are the assholes,” said Catherine.
“What do you mean?” asked Sally.
“All guys seem to want from me is sex and more sex. A few years ago a guy tried to rape me.”
“What happened?” asked Noin.
“Well, I managed to run home and tell Trowa. And boy, he went livid; he went over to the guy’s house and sent the jerk to the emergency room.”
“Well good for him, I’m glad that at least you have somebody to look after you,” said Relena.
“Me too, even though he’s not my brother, I still look and treat him like one.”
“Well that’s good; hopefully one day you’ll find a man that will treat you with respect,” said Hilde.
Catherine smiled, “Yeah, me too, I wish I had a man like Quatre, you’re a lucky girl Noin.”
The other girls nodded in agreement.
Noin looked at them oddly, “What are you talking about, were just friends.”
“Sure, you expect us to believe that your living with one of the cutest guys on the planet, and that your just friends?” said Sally.
“We may live together but we sleep in separate rooms, I stayed with Quatre because he took me in. After Zechs died… I fell into a deep depression. I felt like I had nothing, but Quatre helped me. He gave me a place to stay, and he helped comfort me in my time of need.”
Relena smiled, “Aww, that Quatre is such a sweetheart.”
Noin lowered her head, “It’s actually not as good as it sounds, it hasn’t been easy. He’s done so much for me, but I’ve been so unappreciative.”
Hilde raised an eyebrow, “How so?”
Noin took a breath, “All I ever do is bring him down, I keep comparing him to Zechs. About 3 weeks ago, we had an argument about something, I don’t quite remember what. But he told me that he was doing all he could, and I told him that if Zechs was here this wouldn’t be a problem. He didn’t say anything else but I could tell by the look on his face that I had hurt him immensely. We’ve barely spoken to each other since.”
“Have you apologized?” asked Sally.
Noin shook her head, “No… I don’t know why though. I just wish that I could tell him that I appreciate all he’s done for me, and apologize for always hurting him. I wish that…”
Noin fell silent and lowered her head; tears could be seen coming down her face. The other girls walked up to her and comforted her. After a few minutes she stopped crying and looked at the others.
“Thank you, I needed to get that off my chest.”
Relena nodded, “Yes, but you still have to talk to Quatre, he needs to know that you appreciate his help. Otherwise he’ll feel like he’s not doing anything.”
Noin sighed, “Yeah, your right… I’ll tell him tonight, thank you Relena.”
Relena nodded, “Don’t mention it.”
Noin looked at the others, “Well, enough about me and Quatre, anybody else have a surprise in store for us?”
“Well actually I do,” answered Relena.
Relena pulled out some pictures and handed them to the others.
“Take a good look at these.”
The others looked at the photos in shock.
“What are these things?” asked Sally.
“They’re Gundams,” answered Relena.
“Wait a minute, these don’t look like the Gundams,” said Hilde.
Relena smirked, “That’s because they’re not, these are brand new. About a year ago I got together the best engineers and had them secretly build 5 new Gundams. They are Thor, Firestarter, Raven, WolfClaw, and Epyon 2.”
“But who are going to be the pilots?” asked Catherine.
Relena smiled slightly, “Well I was kind of hoping that it would be us.”
Noin gasped, “But why us?”
“Well you, Sally, and Hilde all have experience with piloting mobile suit; I myself have been training thanks to a computer program I found on Heero’s computer.”
“Wait a minute, for one, I have no experience with a mobile suit, nor do I want any,” interrupted Catherine.
Relena looked at her, “Cathy I know you are woman of peace, I am too. But I’m tired of always watching our men fighting for their lives, while we sit back and do nothing. My brother’s death made me realize a lot of things. But the thing I learned the most from it, was the truth. Peace just doesn’t come to you, it has to be earned, it has to be fought and defended for. But in the past all I could do is talk, and that can only go so far. Zech died out there in the darkness of space, and none of us could do anything to prevent it. So I decided to build theses Gundams, in hopes to prevent losing anybody else I care about. Next time Heero goes out to battle, I want to be by his side, so that maybe, just maybe, I can do something to help,” Relena looked around the room briefly at the others faces, “I know this is sudden, but I didn’t know how else to bring it up. I won’t ask you to decide now, all that I ask, is for you to think about it.”
There was a long silence between them as they all thought about what Relena said. Finally, Noin slowly stood up, “I loved Zechs with all my heart, and everyday I ask myself what can I do to honor his memory? And you know what; I think this is the best way to do it. I will fight, to ensure that nobody else I care about ends up like Zechs. So that none of you will have to go through what I have.”
Hilde nodded, “Every time Duo goes out into battle, I keep wishing to myself, that I could be there with him. I can no longer just sit on the sidelines and watch him fight, I’m in.”
Sally smiled, “Being the head of the Preventers, I feel like I have a duty to protect the one’s I love. Count me in Relena.”
Catherine sighed, “I may not like fighting, but every time I think about what happened to Zechs. I keep asking myself what if it was Trowa who died. I don’t know what I’d do if I lost him. So I’ll do it, but I still do not know how.”
Relena nodded, “Thank you, I‘m glad that were all in this together."
She looked over at Catherine, “And don‘t worry about the controls Catherine, I modified each Gundam to suit each of your abilities. Noin, you will be the pilot of the WolfClaw Gundam. Sally you will pilot the Firestarter Gundam. Hilde you will pilot the Raven Gundam. And Catherine, you will be the pilot of the Thor Gundam. I will pilot the Epyon 2. After the party I will give each of you a folder that will contain information on your Gundam.”
“Where are they stationed at?” asked Noin.
“On the Colony L2, with the other Gundams. And speaking of which, next month Heero and the others will be visiting L2 to see there old Gundams, so I figured we should all go with them so I can show you yours. Also that will be the time when I let Heero and the others know about this. So make you don’t let them know until then, I want to make it a surprise.”
“No problem Relena, we’ll keep quiet until then,” said Catherine.
Hilde smiled, “This is so exciting, I can’t wait to see them.”
“Yeah, but hopefully we’ll never have to pilot them,” said Noin.
Sally nodded, “Got that right.”
Just then they heard multiple knocks on the door, followed by Duo’s voice.
“HEY LADIES, COME ON OUT, WE WANT TO GO SWIMMING!”
“DUO SHUT UP, WE’LL BE OUT IN A MINUTE!” Shouted Hilde.
Relena snickered, “I can already tell you two will make a great couple.”
End Ch-3