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Ed and Duo's Greatest Adventure

Chapter 13

By Devon Masterson

AN: Lucky number, no? Oh and I forgot to tell you guys that I drew a pic of Trowa and Ed. I can draw a little bit, but I'm out of practice. This fanart is copyright of me don't take it w/o asking me. If you're reading this on my site you are staring at the pic now. If not you see nothing b/c you're at ffnet. (http://www.geocities.com/aoi38/smlovers.jpg) This is the small version, the big as heck one is being colored and will take me and my mouse quite a while.

Trowa stroked Ed's face tenderly as she slept on top of him. He smiled to himself as he looked over her peaceful features. She looked quite beautiful when she was calm and asleep, one would never think that she was as energetic as she was, though he was responsible for the down time she was taking right now. Articles of clothing and a sheet strewn about them were the remnants of last night. He could not help himself; she looked so lovely in her dress. They were an hour late to the ball, but they made it. He could tell that it was important to Ed otherwise he would have kept her with him all night. He had been to enough political functions to last a lifetime, but it was her first one. Of course it was also entertaining to see the looks on the others' faces when they saw her, the shock was quite humorous. She was the most beautiful woman there and she was all his. He, of course, whisked her away again first chance he saw.

Ed snuggled closer to Trowa in her sleep and her lips curled into a smile as she whispered Trowa's name. He knew what she was dreaming about. She only called him by his chosen name when she was mad at him, around strange people she did not feel comfortable with, and in the throes of passion. Naturally the latter was his favorite time and he had never heard it so much or with as much expression as he did last night. It was the first time they had been together when they were totally alone. He was greatly considering moving out when they got back. It was something about having an entire place all to himself that held a lot of appeal. He would look into it.

His watch alarm went off. It was ten o'clock. If he was going to meet Catherine for lunch, he needed to wake Ed up so she could get ready. He was surprised she slept this long. He had never seen her sleep for more than four hours. He was always worried about that fact. She never ate regularly or slept regularly, she was always too busy. He was glad that she was finally starting to fall into some sort of habit the past few of weeks. She was eating regularly and sleeping six hours, she even gained a little weight, but that was to be expected. He and Quatre were finally rubbing off on her. Now it was time to wake up, he did feel a little guilty given that they only went to sleep three hours ago, but he also knew her well enough to know that if there was something more interesting to do she practically did not need sleep. He still needed to kiss up some though. "Baby, wake up," he said lowly as he shook her.

"Not now, boyfriend person, Ed needs sleep," she mumbled. "Ed will ride later."

Trowa flushed slightly and raised an eyebrow. He took offense to that comment. He never woke her up with the intentions of having sex, feel her up in her sleep yes, but wake her no. It was the other way around. "I want you to meet someone. We'll go for lunch."

"Trowa," she whispered lowly and smiled again.

He sighed. She was totally gone into her dream again. He would have to go without her and arrange another time for them to meet. He lifted her slowly then placed her on the bed and covered her with the covers. "I'll be back in a couple of hours," he whispered just before brushing his lips across hers. He quickly dressed and left her suite.

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Duo sat on the bed leafing through the program curriculum to figure out where to plan his exploits when the vid phone started to ring. He looked on the caller id and saw that the call was a local number. That threw out his theory of it being Quatre calling to check up on them. Her smirked as he wondered what he could have been thinking. Quatre was a cool guy and all, but he had been living with four other guys for six years and finally had a steady girlfriend, he was pretty sure that they were the furthest things from the Arabian's mind. He was probably stretching Faye in ways Gumby never thought possible. "Okay, ew, I got too much of a picture," he thought. He loved teasing the guys about their exploits but he really didn't want actual details. "Maybe it's a hot chick is on the other line." He hit the answer button. "City morgue you kill `em, we chill `em," he answered.

"Duo?" Catherine said in surprise. "What are you doing in Brazil?"

"Hanging around," he answered trying to hide the shock. He should have known that he would run into her sooner or later, she was his roommate's sister after all. "Trowa's not here."

"He must be on his way then," she commented not taking her eyes off him. She was carefully observing the room to see if she could see if he had any `company.' She could tell that it was not too long ago that he got up, he had not braided his hair yet. It was just pulled back in a rubber band. A long chestnut lock lay across his shoulder making him appear all the more sexier. "Be strong Catherine. He'll never be all yours." She cleared her throat. "I'll see him at eleven then. Enjoy your trip, it's beautiful here."

"Why haven't you taken my calls?" Duo asked. "If I didn't know any better I would think you didn't like me anymore."

"Things between us just did not work out," she answered.

"Why not?"

Catherine's eyes narrowed. "Ask your little redheaded friend that was all over you," she replied then hung up.

Duo's brow furrowed as he tried to figure out what the hell she was talking about. The only redhead he knew was Ed. It was possible that Catherine could have seen him and Ed together and misunderstood, but when Ed arrived, it had already been two months since they stopped talking. He laid back on the bed in frustration. "Everybody in that family in gunning for me."

"Any messages for me?" Trowa asked as he came into the room and started to pull out clothes.

"Catherine called," Duo answered. He sat up. "She wanted to know if you left yet." He pulled the rubber band out of his hair and started to braid it.

Trowa nodded then grabbed a towel then walked into the bathroom for a quick shower. Duo stood a few minutes later and grabbed his camera. It seemed that he was a completely a free man now, perhaps he would go sight seeing after all.

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"Where's Ed?" Catherine asked as she and Trowa sat down at the sidewalk restaurant.

"She's jetlagged," Trowa answered.

"I was looking forward to meeting her," Catherine replied disappointedly. "Don't you have a picture of her or something so I can see what she looks like."

Trowa pulled out his wallet and pulled out one of the two pictures he carried in his wallet. One was of her and the other was of Catherine. The picture was a candid shot of Ed sitting underneath the tree they all met under at school. He liberated it from the yearbook staff's collection. He and the others frequented the office often to keep tabs on how much they were photographed. They still had enemies out there and occasionally helped the Preventers so it was important that they kept on task about these things. He liked the thoughtful look she had on her face. "Here."

"How long have you had that?"

"About three months."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" she asked as she took the picture.

"You didn't ask," he answered with a slight smirk.

Catherine shook her head. She could definitely see the change in him since Ed came into his life. "A sense of humor? She's rubbing off on you." She looked down at the photograph and gasped inwardly. That was the girl that she saw Duo with some months ago. Her mind went back to a couple of conversations ago, she remembered Trowa telling her that Ed and Duo were very close. She must have interpreted the situation wrong. Now she felt like a fool, but then it was not like she could have blamed him in the first place. She had stopped talking to him way before she even saw him and Ed together. It was every since their first night together. It scared her…when she realized that… "She's pretty," she replied handing the picture back to him. "Where is she from?"

"I let you ask her that when you meet her," he replied as the waitress came up.

"Fine then," she smiled. "Bring her to the circus tomorrow. You can bring everyone. It has been awhile since I've seen everyone."

Trowa nodded.

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Ed squeezed Trowa's hand slightly as they walked the circus grounds after the show. She was going to meet Catherine. She loved meeting people, but she was nervous about meeting Catherine. It was the first time she was meeting his family and she knew that this was important to him. Duo was the first to point it out to her that Trowa was not the kind of guy to share his life with others. His trust did not span too far outside their small circle of six and naturally he only trusted them but so far, he was still a professional. She did not want Catherine to think she was idiot.

"Just be the woman I love," Trowa said lowly as they moved through the bustling people.

Ed smiled at his serious face and tone. He would always be like that, but she loved him. He gave her balance in life. "Thank you, boyfriend person." She gave him a quick hug and continued to look around. They received quite a few stares of curiosity as they walked about and some waved to Trowa, which he met with a nod.

"We're here," he said lowly as they stood in front of a good-sized trailer. Ed nodded to let him know she was ready then he knocked.

"Come in," Catherine said through the door. Trowa opened the door and ushered in Ed first. "You finally made it and this must be Ed," Catherine greeted as she hugged the two of them warmly.

"Cathy-cake," Ed greeted as she returned the hug.

Catherine looked at her slightly confused as she pulled away. Ed flashed her the brightest smile she ever seen and called her Cathy-cake again. This was not quite what she expected. Trowa told her that she was quite spirited, but he did not mention that she was so…young acting. "It's nice to finally meet you," she said politely. "Why don't we sit down? I made some tea."

"ED would like that very much," Ed replied just before turning to Trowa. "Cathy-cake and Ed need to talk woman stuff alone."

"Are you sure?" Trowa asked.

Ed nodded and gave him quick kiss. "Ed will be okay. She's a big girl."

"I'll be around," he replied then left just before acknowledging Catherine.

"So," Ed began once he was gone, "what do you want to know about Ed?"

"Where are you from?" Catherine asked as she motioned for her to sit down.

"Ed was born in Brazil, but Ed's father was born in Singapore and took her there when Ed's mom died."

"I'm sorry," Catherine replied. She understood about lost, being that Trowa was her only surviving relative. "How did you meet Trowa?"

"Tre-Tre brought Faye-Faye and Ed home," Ed smiled thinking about that first day they all met, nearly a year ago. Her birthday was three weeks away.

"Tre-Tre?"

"Quatre is Tre-Tre that is Ed's name for him. He loves it," she replied hugging herself.

"You're not quite the girl I imagined for Trowa," Catherine commented.

"Oh," Ed replied her tone sobering up. Perhaps she had gone a bit overboard and showed too much too soon. "What do you think of me?"

Catherine detected the change in the tone. "I don't know what to think. You seem too young for him and I'm rather surprised that you two still are still together. You're a nice girl, but I don't know."

"So you don't like me?" Ed asked.

"I wouldn't say that," Catherine answered, "but you are overwhelming. I'm more surprised that you're not with someone like Duo."

Ed's eyes flashed for a moment with indignation then went back to normal. She was not pleased with that assessment even it was true. "Dueyo and Ed are friends. Ed loves boyfriend person and will forever."

"I'm sorry if that offended you, but I believe in being honest."

Ed smiled. "Honesty is always the best policy. You're not mean like eyebrow girl. I still like you. Ed will grow on you sometime. She knows this." She stood and spun around in joy as though she accomplished something. She stopped when something caught her eye. "Ed must go now, Cathy-cake needs time to think. Bye-bye."

And before Catherine could say anything, she was gone. "She is too much energy," Catherine sighed. She did not know why she did not like Ed right off or even why she brought Duo's name into everything. She never took shots at people unless they were asking for it and Ed did nothing wrong. She was polite the entire time. She would apologize to her again.

A soft knock sounded on her door. "Come in," she said without looking.

"Where do you get off telling Ed that you don't know why Trowa is with her," Duo replied as he stalked over to her.

"What were you doing listening?" Catherine replied angrily.

"We're protective of Ed we were all listening," Duo replied. "So Trowa knows as well. Speaking of Trowa, why did you have to bring my good name into this? Not that it's any of your business, but Ed and I are just friends. I admit I find her attractive, but that's where it stops…"

"And why is that?" Catherine asked indignantly. "Because she won't have you."

"No," he said annoyed, "because I'm in love with you…" Catherine's eyes widened. "But we all know that does not matter to you. I could not possibly settle on one girl, I have to screw around with every girl behind your back and take my best friend's girl."

"I didn't say that," Catherine said defensively.

"You didn't have to your actions did," he yelled then lowered his voice. Even though he knew that Trowa and the others were gone, he was never really accustomed to losing his cool. "I'm out of here."

"Wait," she said before grabbing his arm.

"What do you want?"

"I'm sorry," Catherine replied.

"It's too late for that," he said before pulling his arm away.

"I was scared," she exclaimed lowly.

"Scared of what?" he asked before turning around.

"We had been dating for three months and I was falling in love with you. I was unsure about everything. I thought if I made you disappear then my feelings would too, but they didn't and when I saw you and Ed…I…I..I've messed everything up," she said as she fell to her knees and started to cry.

Duo sighed as he knelt down beside her. He wrapped his arms around her. "Look let's just let it go."

"No," she replied turning towards him. "I don't want to let you go. That's how this all started, I let you go." She kissed him.

"Catherine," Duo said lowly into her mouth as she pushed him to the floor

©2002 Devon Masterson

Another Bond Girl Blue Production.

Let's be real here… we all know that I don't own these characters or you would be watching this instead of reading it [with the exception of manga of course]. I just do this for kicks and wiggles [yes, I know the real expression, and this is mine] anywho don't sue me, hire me instead;p