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Ed and Duo's Greatest Adventure

Chapter 14

By Devon Masterson

AN: I know a lot about Mardi Gras so enjoy

Duo walked up the steps of the dormitory where the participants of the exchange program were staying. He looked at his watch, it was seven o'clock. He hoped that Trowa spent the night with Ed the way he had been doing the last couple of days.

"Did Dueyo have fun last night?" Ed asked with a twinkle of mirth in her eye.

"Geez, you nearly gave me a heart attack, Ed," Duo replied looking up into the tree where she sat in her pajamas. "Where's Trowa?"

"You're safe. Boyfriend person is sleeping. Ed tired him out," she smiled.

"Thanks Ed, I owe you."

Ed jumped from the tree and stood before Duo in Trowa's t-shirt and a pair of spandex shorts. She winked. "Boyfriend person is like Batman. Be careful next time."

"Of course," Duo replied. "I was just caught off guard this time."

Ed smiled and shook her head. "Ed must go now before boyfriend person wakes up."

"Thanks, Ed," Duo called just before she ran off. His life looked like it was finally looking up.

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"Mardi Gras, huh?" Faye asked looking over the top of her sunglasses as they stepped off the jet.

"It'll be fun, I promise, besides I know you miss everyone else," Quatre commented. "It's been two and a half weeks…I thought we could use a different scene."

"It sounds fun from what Duo's been talking about. It was his whole reason for getting in the exchange program," Faye replied. "This could be fun."

"I knew you would like it," he smiled as he took her hand and led her to the car waiting.

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"Faye-Faye! Tre-Tre!" Ed greeted as she pounced on both Quatre and Faye. "You're just in time for the party."

"We know," Faye replied trying to put on an air of annoyance. She missed the crazy redhead. It was cool having Quatre all to herself, but she had gotten to used to all of sounds of six people moving around her.

"Did you miss, Ed?" she asked as she released them from her embrace.

Ed smiled then looked at Faye hopefully. "I might have thought of you at some point," Faye admitted.

"Ed missed you too," Ed said hugging Faye. "Let Ed show you around." Ed grabbed Faye's hand and pulled her out of the room.

Quatre watched as Trowa's eyes lingered on Ed's fleeting form. "We didn't interrupt anything did we?"

"I wouldn't have answered if you were," Trowa replied with a devilish smirk that caused Quatre to laugh.

"So where are the others?"

"Wufei is taking in the foreign culture, Heero is meeting with the mysterious Victoria, and Duo is tracking Heero so he can meet her."

"He'll never get anywhere like that," Quatre commented casually, shaking his head.

Trowa shook his head as well. "If he would not get so caught up in the drama of the situation her identity would be very obvious like it is to everybody else."

"It's fun watching him figure it out though," he replied with a smile of amusement then changed the subject. "What did you want to talk to me about?"

A brown eyebrow raised. He never could keep anything from Quatre. The blonde's innate ability to read him no matter what never failed. He did want to talk to him alone that's why he asked Ed to take Faye out sight seeing. "This," he replied leaving the room and returning with a small velvet box.

"Trowa, this is rather sudden don't you think?" Quatre asked in surprise. "What would Faye and Ed say?"

"You're in rare form today, Tre," Trowa replied rolling his eyes. "I'm going to ask Ed marry me tonight."

"Congratulations," he smiled just before hugging his best friend. "I'm glad everything is finally coming together."

"Me too," he agreed as he thought back to the letter that Quatre forwarded him last week. The school accepted him and wanted him to start in the fall. He might not finish his last semester at Sentara University and of course that would mean moving to Paris. What would Ed think of this opportunity? Naturally she would make him to go, but he did not want to lose her. It was no secret that there were plenty of guys interested in taking his place and he did not want to lose his importance to her. The only option left was to marry her and take her with him. He just hoped that she said yes.

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Ed smiled as she watched the festivities of the evening through the window. It was Mardi Gras and everyone was living it up. She wanted to join them as well, but there was something that Trowa wanted to discuss with her. She wished he would hurry up, but he seemed to be forever trapped in his room looking for something. A larger smile crossed her features as he finally emerged from the bedroom looking uneasy. "What's wrong, boyfriend person?"

Trowa cursed himself inwardly. In his nervousness he had forgotten she had Quatre's ability to read him. To her he probably looked like he was going to throw up in nervousness, where as to the casual observer his face was a perfect mask of stoicism. "I'm fine."

The smile from Ed's face faded and was replaced with a look of stoicism. "Trowa, to bed, you don't feel well," she said sternly as she walked over to him.

"Great now she's mad because she thinks I'm sick and trying to hide it from her." He took her hand. "I'm not sick," he replied then got down on one knee.

Ed gasped and her cheeks reddened as she realized what he might be doing. "Boyfriend person?"

It was Trowa's turn to smile as his nervousness melted away. "Ed, will you marry me?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes," Ed sang. A big Cheshire grin crossed her face as he placed the ring on her finger, it was official. She kissed him deeply then danced around the room then stopped. She had to tell everybody. "Come on, fiancée person," she said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the room.

"Where are we going?" he asked as the left the building and intermixed with the festival.

"Celebrating," she answered.

Trowa smiled. This was not quite how he planned to celebrate. He was thinking of a more aerobic activity with strictly one on one interaction, but he also knew she had been itching to come downstairs every since the others left two hours ago. It took him that long just to get the nerve to ask her to marry him while he was `looking' for something. In the end all it took was her smile to make it easy. He would get to wake up next to her everyday forever.

"Happy Mardi Gras," a vender yelled as he ushered them over to his cart. "Have a drink. A sober Mardi Gras is never the same. Let go all of your inhibitions. This is a carnival, say farewell to the flesh. You actually want to be sorry for something when Lent comes."

Trowa smirked at the pitch. He was the happiest man in the world and Ed was with him. It could not hurt to have a few drinks. He and the others had a high tolerance for such things so a nice buzz wouldn't bring about stupidity. He turned to Ed. "Do you want a beer?"

Ed shook her head. "Ed will have water."

The vender looked curiously. "Are you sure you don't want to live it up?" he asked as he brought out two cups from underneath his counter.

"Just water with a little lemon," she replied.

The man nodded and poured the two drinks. He smiled when Trowa paid him and wished them well as they vanished into the crowd.

Ed downed her drink and made a face. Apparently the lemon made the water taste bitterer than she was used to. "What's wrong?" Trowa asked after finishing his own drink.

"Too much lemon," she commented then pulled him by the hand again. "Let's find the others."

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Duo leaned against the threshold of the door and looked at Catherine casually. He could feel his equilibrium shifting with each passing second. If this kept up he would not be able to tell up from down not to mention left from right.

"I think you had one too many drinks at the party," Catherine commented as she walked over to him. She put her arm around him.

"How many did I have?" he asked as she walked him over to her bed.

"You had at least six drinks. I'm surprised you're not passed out."

"I'm fine. I have a high tolerance," he replied his words slurring. He smiled once he realized he was on her bed. "What would Trowa say if he knew what I did his sister today and yesterday and the day before that?"

"Now, I know you're drunk," Catherine replied. She felt a bit tipsy herself but not nearly inebriated as Duo seemed to be. "You're staying here tonight."

"I can make it home," he commented as he tried to sit up and fell back down. "I have to tease Trowa about Ed."

"You can do it in the morning…if you're not too hung over," she replied laying beside him. The two laid in silence for a few moments when she sat up. "What? No protest?" she asked then shook her head. He passed out. She smiled and turned him on his side. She did right to put him to bed and herself for that matter. She could feel herself getting hazier and hazier as she reached the warm spot of slumber and climbed into it.

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Cheers sounded as Ed bent over and vomited into a trashcan. Several guys were clapping and making comments. She didn't like the way they seemed to be following her or the fact that she lost Trowa somewhere when she darted off. She imagined that he was not thinking too clearly right now. He was more friendly every since he succumbed to the party atmosphere. She couldn't blame him, she was having sober fun until she started to get sick. Now all she wanted to do was find him before he did something stupid and go lay down.

"Hey cutie, had too much to drink?" one of them taunted as three of them closed in.

Ed's eyes narrowed. This used to be a familiar situation for her when she was a little kid. Predators would always stalk about while she forged for food and parts for her computer. "Leave me alone."

"Oh no honey, we can't do that. You are just too sexy to be alone," the tallest one replied.

"Ed does not like to hurt people, but she will do what she has too," She warned.

"Hurt me then baby," another said.

Ed nodded then charged at them and with a few quick movements rendering them all unconscious. Now she needed to find Trowa. She started to run out of alley when she saw a flash of yellow. She rubbed her eyes and saw nothing in front of her but haziness. She rubbed her eyes again and the world started to swim about. "Trowa…" she called out.

Trowa's eyes fluttered open the next morning and he groaned. He felt like someone was calling him in the distance, but the only sounds around him were the moans and groans of hung over partygoers. "Ed, I think we partied a little too much," he replied as he sat up.

"Hmm?" A voice moaned as she awoke as well. She lifted her head and blinked her green eyes several times. "Who are you?"

In a controlled panic, Trowa sat up and removed the strange woman from off of him. He looked around and did not see Ed anywhere. That was a blessing and a curse, was not busted but he did not know she was safe. He started searching around leaving the red head he woke up with where he found her. Ed was no where in sight and his fears escalated with each second. He woke up fully clothed on a bench there was no telling how he would find her. He was lucky that no one assaulted him, but he feared she would not be so lucky.

"Maybe she went back home to look for me," he thought as he started for the dormitory. He was trying to figure out what happen. He only had a few beers. She would probably never forgive him for this and if anyone hurt her, he would make them sorry. His anxiety decreased somewhat as he finally reached the dormitory and ran up the stairs. "Please be there, Ed."

~

Ed snuggled closer to the warm body that held her protectively. She loved him so much and there was no place safer than in his arms. She opened her eyes and yawned when she found herself staring into violet ones. Both Ed and Duo blinked several times in recognition to make sure this was not some sort weird dream then pulled away in shock.

"What the hell?" they heard Trowa say lowly.

"Oh shit," Duo sighed. Could his life be any more screwed up?

Ed pulled a sheet up to cover herself as she sat up. "Fiancée person," she began.

"Do not call me that," he replied sharply raising his voice. Duo and Ed both flinched at his tone. He never raised his voice even when he was angry, they were in deep shit.

"Maxwell, could you and your one night stand keep it down. Some people are trying to… oh damn.." Wufei's sentence trailed as the gravity of situation suddenly weighed down upon him.

As if on cue, Quatre poked a disheveled blond head out. He hated it when someone woke him up and it was much too early to be dealing with Wufei and Duo's fighting. He was prepared to give them hell when he realized the situation. "Oh, god," he sighed just as Faye joined him at the doorway.

"Ed can explain," she said finding the courage to speak again. She had no clue how everything got like this, but she would try to figure out something.

He balled his fist and said nothing. Trowa turned on his heel and walked away, stepping around Heero as he came in from his date.

Heero looked around briefly confused for a moment then sighed.

"Fian…Trowa," Ed replied as she jumped off the couch with a sheet around her. She grabbed his arm to stop him.

Trowa stopped and gave her the dirtiest look he could muster. He yanked his arm away causing her to stumble back a few steps. "I never want to see you again," he said sternly just before entering the stairwell and disappearing.

Large tears welled up in her eyes and she ran off. "Ed wait," Faye called as she tore down the hall after her.

Ed kept running until she made it to her room and fumbled with the door combination. Once inside she started to dress, she was about half way when Faye grabbed her by the shoulders. "What happened?" Faye asked.

"I don't know," Ed answered tears streaming down her face. "Ed doesn't know. She doesn't remember. Ed does not understand. Ed does not understand."

"You were at Mardi Gras," Faye commented, "you must have had too much to drink."

"Ed only had water," she replied pulling away from Faye and finish dressing.

"You must have had something else. Quatre and I saw you and Trowa from the balcony…"

"Ed is pregnant. She only had water," Ed reiterated. "Ed does not understand."

"What did you say?" Faye asked in shock.

"Ed does not want to talk anymore," she replied sitting on the bed and burying her face in her hands.

Faye sighed. The situation was much more complicated now. She needed to talk to the others. "Stay right here," she said before heading upstairs.

Ed sat up and shook her head. She could not stay there anymore. He hated her and as long as she was around he would have no one. She was better off on her own, in the end everyone would leave her anyway. She quickly grabbed her things. "Bye."

©2002 Devon Masterson

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