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The Trouble With the Truth Part Two: Time Marches On.

By: Msmelanie

Chapter Fourteen: Smiles and Suckers.

Hilde laughed. "Come on, Relena."

Relena laughed. "Alright. Rei, go get the other children so we can take some early christmas pictures."

Rei let go of Heero's neck and hopped off his lap to go upstairs. All the kids soon rushed downstairs.

"Christmas pictures?" Duo asked Hilde. "Do we really have to take pictures?"

Hilde laughed. "Of course, Duo! Wait, this is our first photo of the fathers too, isn't it?"

Relena smiled. "It sure is."

Hilde smiled at Duo. "Then we have to take extra pictures!"

Dorothy grabbed a nice silver camera with a time-stopper on it. "Who's first?"

"Let's take a couple of pictures of all of us." Relena said.

"Then we'll take pictures of each of the families!" Hilde continued.

"Okay, guys get in the center, kids up front, and ladies on the side!" Dorothy shouted.

Everyone got themselves arranged while Dorothy fixed the timer on the camera.

"Why do we have to take two pictures?" Duo asked.

"The kids always act up somehow when we take the picture, so we have a better chance of a nice picture with two shots!"

Duo just groaned.

"Okay, ready!" Dorothy said as she scrambled to the side of Relena. "Everybody smile!"

Everyone smiled except the guys.

Dorothy went back to reset the camera. "Okay, it's ready!" she said as she got back into her regular position. "Now smile or you'll give the kids a bath for a week!"

It was odd, but everyone smiled. Even Heero tried curling his mouth up a little.

"Good!" Dorothy shouted as she got the picture. "Dominic?"

"Whats up?" Dominic asked.

"Why are you standing like that?" Dorothy asked as she looked at the picture.

Dominic sniffed and pointed at Michael who was giggling. "He pinched my butt, mom."

"Well, should we take another picture?" Relena suggested. The guys all groaned.

Four pictures later...

"Oh, perfect! The kids are behaving and the guys are all 'trying' to smile." Dorothy replied as she looked at the picture. "Alright, time for family photos."

The guys groaned again.

"Let's go Mae Linh's family, My family, Relena's family, Catherine's family, and Hilde's family!" Dorothy said as she got behind the camera.

Wufei's family acted well in their first picture and so did Quatre's.

In Relena's photo though...

"For the last time, Neo. Please smile!" Relena pleaded to Neo.

Neo sniffled as he looked at Heero. He shouldn't be in this picture.

"Smile already, Neo!" Michael shouted. "Or we'll never get done!"

"Fine, I'll grin." Neo finally agreed.

Relena smiled as she told Dorothy to take the picture.

"Say cheese!" Dorothy shouted.

"Cheese!" Relena and the kids shouted. Mere seconds before it snapped though, Neo stepped on Heero's foot...hard.

Heero did his best to ignore the aching sensation running through his foot. He may have fractured a bone. Oohh...

"Good job, Neo!" Dorothy smiled. "You have the biggest grin of them all!"

Neo looked at Heero and continued to grin.

The rest of the pictures were taken in no time.

"Good job." Relena commented. "Just in time, too. We need to get going. Do you guys want to come with us?"

"Where to?" Duo asked.

Hilde laughed. "To perform at the circus, silly!"

Catherine looked at the others. "If they come, manager may want them to perform."

"That's true." Relena said. "Do you want to take care of-"

"No!" all the guys shouted.

Relena blinked. "Okay. We'll take them with us then."

"Be careful." Trowa warned.

"It's fine." Dorothy replied. "We have friends who will keep an eye out. Ready to go girls?"

The girls shook their heads yes while the kids grabbed their coats.

Later at home...

"Alright, we get the whole couch to ourselves for once!" Duo said as he stretched.

"Finally, some time alone." Quatre replied.

"Away from those kids." Trowa continued.

Heero laid his head back on the couch. No more staring, glaring, or hugging. This is the life...

At the Circus...

"Okay, kids! You mind Legato and his friends now!" Catherine shouted out. "We'll be back as soon as we're done."

The girls exited Legato's circus tent.

"Hey, do you have sniff any more of those suckers?" Michael sniffled.

"You ate them, did you?!" Legato replied.

Dominic coughed. "Yeah, they were great!"

"Sorry kids, I'm out of those 'special' suckers." Legato replied.

"Awwww..." Michael and Dominic moaned.

Legato looked at Rouge and her partner, Brigitte. "Why don't you girls take Rei and Mingh Loh to your tent and show them your...makeup... or something."

"I don't care about makeup!" Mingh Loh shouted.

"How come you're trying to get rid of the girls?" Michael asked.

Legato moved in closer to whisper. "You know, I have a few suckers left, but only enough for you guys."

"I hear that!" Mingh Loh shouted.

"I have suckers for you too, though!" Rouge said. "There in my tent just beyond the river. It's not far girls."

The girls looked at her suspiciously.

"Mother will be mad if we disobey them." Mingh Loh whispered to Rei. "Let's just go."

Rei shook her head yes while they left the tent along with Rouge and Brigitte.

"Oh, I suddenly remembered! I just ordered a big shipment of those suckers. Maybe they have arrived!" Legato said as he left the tent.

"That guys weird." Michael said.

"sniff. Jerk." Jimmy simply said.

"Look, here they are!" Legato said as he brought in a whole bag full of suckers. "Go ahead and take all you want!"

Michael and Dominic moved over to the suckers and had some. Jimmy and Neo simply watched them eat.

"I'll be back kids!" Legato shouted as he left the tent again. "I need to do something!"

"He left us again?" Dominic said. "He's not a very good babysitter."

Neo sniffed the air. "Something smells funny."

"It's strawberry or something!" Michael said. "See? It's coming frroomm thee..." Michael's head started to feel dizzy. "I think my colds getting bad again."

"I-I-I feeeelll a little strange tooooo..." Dominic said as he grabbed his head.

"Something's wrong, Neo. My visions becominng bllurrryyy..." Jimmy said to Neo. "Weee neeeeed to get out of heeere."

Suddenly, Neo fainted.

"Neo!" Michael shouted as he tried running to him. He wasn't getting very far though because the world was becoming very blurry.

Jimmy ran out of the circus tent. "Somebody, Hel-" he said until someone grabbed him.