Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing, Nestle Crunches, Tootsie Rolls, or anything else you might think I own. I own nothing but the brain that came up with this idea. I make no profit everything's just for Fun! Remember this takes place after Endless Waltz, but it's AU only in the fact they still own their Gundams.

 

Small note: Large rectangular table. Very large. Read on, you'll figure it out.<:)

 

And Then There were Six.

By: Msmelanie

 

Chapter Three: The Meeting.

 

 

After a few hours pass, the pilots and their 'future families' arrive at the undisclosed location...

 

"Well, we're here." Quatre said putting down a suitcase. "We're supposed to meet right here."

 

Dorothy looked around. "...are we first?"

 

"Yes, you wanted to be, remember?" Quatre reminded her.

 

"Quatre!" Quatre heard from behind himself.

 

Quatre turned around. "I guess we weren't first. Hey Duo."

 

"You're early still. The others shouldn't arrive for another hour." Duo replied.

 

"Well, Dorothy wanted to get here early." Quatre replied.

 

Duo winked at Quatre. "First name basis already, Quatre?"

 

Quatre blushed. "Where is Ms. Hilde Schbeiker?"

 

"In front of you." Duo replied turning Quatre back around.

 

"Hello." Hilde said looking at Dorothy. "I don't think we've met."

 

"I'm Dorothy Catalonia," Dorothy curtsied. ", and you?"

 

"I'm Hilde Schbeiker." Hilde smiled.

 

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Dorothy replied.

 

Time passes by while the girls get to know each other personally...

 

"Oh yes, I completely know what you mean Dorothy!" Hilde laughed while sipping on the milkshake Duo had bought for her. She was sitting down with Dorothy on one side of her and Duo and Quatre on the opposite side.

 

Duo covered his face. "I can't believe they're talking about that stuff! They've only known each other for about an hour!" Duo sharply whispered to Quatre.

 

" I know." Quatre replied. "I wonder what they put in those milkshakes?"

 

"Yeah!" Dorothy shouted sipping on her own milkshake. "My former boyfriend wasn't smart enough to know how babies are born! Do you believe that?! He just looked at me and said 'You're too young to be visited by the stork though'."

 

"Hey!" Duo finally shouted at both of them. "Could we not compare me and Dorothy's boyfriends for like two seconds?!"

 

"Okay." Hilde giggled. "The others should be coming soon, right?"

 

"Onna, don't you dare!!" they suddenly heard from behind them.

 

 "Wufei's coming." Duo looked at Quatre. "You ever meet this MS he's supposed to bring, Quat?"

 

"No, not really." Quatre replied.

 

"Man, I feel sorry for this poor girl. If I were her, I would've locked the door and threw away the key." Duo replied as Wufei walked up with the mysterious girl.

 

Everyone looked at her and could immediately tell she was of Chinese decsent. She had long black hair and paler white skin than Wufei, but she looked incredibly like him.

 

"We're here." Wufei replied.

 

"Hello." Hilde smiled at Mae Linh. "I'm Hilde Schbeiker and you are?"

 

Mae Linh looked at Hilde. "Mae Linh."

 

"Well, have a seat Mae!" Hilde replied.

 

Mae Linh looked at her. "It's Mae Linh."

 

"Oh, well please have a seat Mae Linh!" Hilde repeated.

 

Suddenly everyone jumped as they suddenly heard "Wufei!!"

 

"What?" Wufei answered casually.

 

"I want to sit down." Mae Linh replied.

 

"I thought you'd be strong enough to stand." Wufei replied.

 

"-and I thought you'd be smart enough to know when to talk back to me!" Mae Linh shouted back.

 

"Mae Linh you sat all the way here in the plane comfortably. Are you so weak you need to sit down already?" Wufei rebuttaled.

 

"I don't need to sit down! I want to sit down otoko!" Mae Linh yelled back. "I also wanted the father of this baby to be a real man, but since I can't have that, don't I deserve to sit down?!"

 

Wufei crossed his arms and stared at Mae Linh.

 

'Oh man! What was I saying earlier?' Duo thought. 'This girl seems to be holding her own around Wufei.' "Hey Wufei, come on! The lady's carrying your kid after all!"

 

"Stay out of this Maxwell!!" Wufei shouted at Duo.

 

"Well." Mae lInh replied intrigued. "This otoko knows what he's talking about. Did you do the same for your woman?"

 

"Yes!" Hilde shouted happily. "-and he bought me a milkshake too! By the way Duo, I'm almost out."

 

"Okay, I'll get you another." Duo said casually standing up.

 

"Did you want another milkshake too?" Quatre kindly asked Dorothy.

 

"If it's not any trouble." Dorothy replied.

 

Quatre angelically smiled. "No, no trouble at all."

 

"Injustice." Mae Linh replied. "Why couldn't I have gotten a strong man like that, instead of you?"

 

Duo and Quatre continued to watch Wufei and Mae Linh bicker as they came back with the milkshakes.

 

"Onna! They're not strong! They're bending to their females will!!" Wufei shouted.

 

"They are smart otokos too! Aren't you smart enough to know that they are not bending to their females wills, they are caring for their future legacy!" Mae Linh shouted back.

 

"Fine!!" Wufei shouted in defeat. "...I'll help you sit down."

 

"Thank you." Mae Linh replied as Wufei helped her into a chair near the girls. Then Wufei took a seat next to Duo.

 

"Man Wufei, you've got one strange chick." Duo whispered to Wufei.

 

"Back off Maxwell! Do not insult Mae Linh!" Wufei yelled.

 

Duo and Quatre both jumped as they heard the urgency in Wufei's yell.

 

Quatre looked at Duo, then at Wufei. "Wufei, Duo didn't mean-"

 

"-and another thing! Stop showing off!!" Wufei shouted again.

 

"Showing off?" they both asked confused.

 

"I am not a weakling! I can take care of my future legacy too!!" Wufei shouted as he stood up and walked off.

 

Duo and Quatre looked at each other. "..."

 

Hilde looked nervously at Mae Linh. "So...how are you?"

 

Mae Linh smiled. "I'm in good health. You?"

 

"...great." Hilde squeaked out.

 

Dorothy saw Hilde's apparent nervousness and tried to help out. "Mae Linh is it? How is it that you've come to know Mr. Wufei?"

 

Mae Linh looked at her. "We are old childhood friends."

 

The girls suddenly choked on their milkshakes. "Friends?!" everyone at the table shouted.

 

Mae Linh looked at them all strangely. "You seem surprised."

 

"..."

 

Just then Wufei started to come back with a large box under one arm with a large milkshake in the other. He walked over to Mae Linh and put everything down in front of her.

 

"...what's this?" Mae Linh asked.

 

Wufei reclaimed his seat next to Duo. "I'm taking care of my future legacy."

 

Mae Linh looked at Wufei, then opened the cover of the box. "..."

 

"What? What is it?" Hilde asked peering into the box. "Oh...wow..."

 

"What?" Duo asked looking towards Wufei. "What's in that box?"

 

Wufei smirked triumphantly.

 

Mae linh turned it around. Inside were four creme horns, two apple turnovers, four double fudge cupcakes, five creme filled donuts each with a cherry on top...and a slice of lemon meringue pie.

 

"Like I said before." Wufei continued to smirk. "I'm taking care of my legacy."

 

"...Duo?" Hilde asked looking at the box.

 

"Nuh-uh!" Duo shouted. "I don't have the money to buy all that stuff!" Duo looked at Quatre. "...do you?"

 

Quatre looked at Duo nervously. "...I didn't bring my wallet."

 

"Well, then how did you pay for those milkshakes?" Duo asked confused.

 

"Oh...I brought a few dollars, but not that much." Quatre replied softly.

 

Duo looked nervously at Hilde and Dorothy who weren't looking very happy at the moment. "Look, Trowa's coming! Maybe he has some money."

 

Trowa and Catherine walked over to the others. "...Heero isn't here yet?"

 

"Nope." Duo replied.

 

Catherine looked inside Mae Linh's box. "Wow! Who bought you that?!"

 

Duo and Quatre both angrily looked at Wufei.

 

Trowa sat down next to Quatre. "You forgot your money again, didn't you?"

 

Quatre sheepishly shook his head yes.

 

The girls all looked eagerly at the box. "Are you going to finish that by yourself?" Catherine finally asked.

 

"Actually." Mae Linh looked at the box. "I never cared for doughnuts."

 

"What?!" Wufei shouted. The other guys smiled.

 

"Could we have them then?!" Hilde asked excitedly.

 

"Help yourself, but the milkshakes mine." Mae Linh replied.

 

"I don't believe this." Wufei muttered in defeat. "Mae Linh doesn't like doughnuts? Who doesn't like doughnuts?!"

 

"I don't." the pilots suddenly heard from behind them. They all turned around.

 

"Heero! Where've you been?! You should have been here a lot earlier than this!" Duo shouted.

 

Heero helped Relena sit down with the other women. "It's unimportant. Let's go."

 

The guys left the current table for a smaller table along the wall while the ladies stayed where they were.

 

"Well, Ms. Relena." Dorothy asked. "What happened that made you and the infamous Heero Yuy late?"

 

Relena bowed her head in shame. "Do we really need to talk about it? It's embarrasing."

 

The moment Relena said embarrassing all the women tried to lean in closer.

 

"Oh, then you definitely must spill!" Hilde shouted happily.

 

Relena bit her lip "..."

 

"Come on? Please?" Hilde persuaded.

 

Relena lifted her head. "I haven't introduced myself yet." Relena looked towards Catherine and Mae Linh. "I'm-"

 

"She's Relena Dorlain and I'm sure you've all seen her on T.V." Hilde finished hastily. Then she pointed quickly to Catherine and Mae Linh. "That's Catherine and that's Mae Linh! Introductions aside, spill!"

 

Relena looked at all the women eyeing her. "You won't leave me alone until I tell you, will you?"

 

"Not very likely." Dorothy replied.

 

Relena sighed. "Where to begin..."

 

To the event...

 

"Relena, who are you talking to?" a voice asked from down the hall.

 

Relena bit her lip. "I'm sorry Heero, but you should hide."

 

Heero looked at her. "Why?"

 

Then the woman who spoke earlier came into the room. "...oh my."

 

Relena sighed. "Hello mother."

 

Relena's mother giggled. "and just who might this young man be talking to my sweet daughter?" she asked looking toward Heero.

 

Heero didn't reply.

 

Relena looked toward the wall. 'It's all a bad dream. I know it. This can't be happening, it's too insane!'

 

Her mother looked at Relena. "Relena, you've never brought a boy your own age into this house before."

 

Relena didn't reply.

 

"Such a handsome boy too!" Her mother smiled at Heero. "Oh, you two shouldn't hide in this room! Come downstairs and have some tea and cookies with us! They've already been set out.

 

Heero looked down towards the ground. Relena's mother grabbed Relena's hand.

 

"I need to leave with Relena." Heero said. When there was no reply, Heero looked up and realized they were gone. "Damn."

 

"Mother, please let me go!" Relena whined as her mother continued to hold her hand down the stairs.

 

"Tsk. Tsk. Relena Dorlain, hiding a boy I've never met in your room while I was out? Darling, let me meet this boy!" her mother insisted as they came down the stairs. Ms. Dorlain helped Relena onto the couch. "There. Comfy?"

 

Relena watched in horror as Heero made his way down the stairs.

 

"Here comes the mysterious man himself!" Ms. Dorlain laughed as Heero came into the room. "Please, take a seat."

 

Heero took a seat in front of Ms. Dorlain. "We really need to get going."

 

"Oh, a small chat won't hurt." Relena's mother insisted. "Besides,  I'd like to get to know you. You're the first boy Relena likes close to her age.

 

Relena deeply blushed. "Mother!" she squeaked out.

 

"It's true." her mother insisted. "They were all at least in their 30's."

 

Heero glanced at Relena who was bowing her head in embarrassment.

 

"So, how did you two first meet?" she asked pouring Heero a cup of tea. "I bet she made the first move, didn't she?"

 

Heero looked at Relena's mother with an apparent 'how'd you know?' etched on his face.

 

"That's simple. She completely takes charge when she flirts. I bet that my daughter commanded you to do something like dance, didn't she?" Ms. Dorlain laughed. "That's her best tactic!"

 

Heero didn't reply but glanced over toward Relena.

 

"Well, I'm guessing by that look you're giving Relena, that'd be a yes?" Ms. Dorlain smiled as Heero quickly looked away from Relena. "Tell me, exactly what are you doing here?"

 

Heero nor Relena replied.

 

"That's okay...I've got all day." Relena's mother said as she laid the tea down on a coffee table in front of Heero. "By the way Relena, what are you clenching so tightly in your hand?"

 

Heero frowned and took the letter away from Relena. "Here." he said softly handing it to Ms. Dorlain.

 

Ms. Dorlain took a moment to read it while Relena gave a look at Heero saying 'you have no clue what you've just done'.

 

"HY=RP?" Relena's mother asked. "Is this you?"

 

"I am Heero Yuy." Heero stated.

 

"You are the father of my daughter's baby?" Ms. Dorlain asked.

 

Heero closed his eyes and shook his head yes, but before he knew what was happening he felt trapped and unbalanced. When he opened his eyes he realized why.

 

"That's wonderful news Heero!" her mother said as she continued to hug Heero tightly.

 

Relena plopped her face in her hands to try and hide her embarrassment. "Mother, we really need to get going now." she muffled out.

 

Ms. Dorlain finally let go of Heero and he immediately stood up and moved away. He wasn't used to anyone touching him. Definitely not like that.

 

"Oh, don't be bashful!" Relena's mother shouted happily. "You're the father of Relena's baby! you're practically my own son!"

 

Hearing this Heero backed up even further.

 

Relena, red in the face, tried to get up but seemed to fail no matter which tactic she used.

 

"Relena, you're pregnant. How are you going to get up by yourself? You should ask for help." her mother said as she helped Relena to her feet.

 

Relena immediately stepped away from her mother and started to head for the door. Heero followed while trying to avoid contact with Ms. Dorlain.

 

"Now don't be shy, you two! Come back again soon , so you can meet the whole family son!"

 

Heero closed the door behind them.

 

"Wow! She really said that?!" Hilde laughed.

 

"I warned him." Relena reminded her. "Now, enough about me and mother! What do you think the guys are discussing over there?