Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Family ❯ Shopping (cont.) ( Chapter 4 )

GUNDAM WING; FAMILY CHAPTER 4

A/N; Standard disclaimer applies. I do not own GW. I hope you will enjoy this chapter!!!

"So Relena," Hilde said holding a dress up to herself, "What's with you and Heero? Are you dating or what?"

"Well not officially. Right now he's just my bodyguard. I doubt he even really likes me. After all, "I'm just a silly little girl with a crush", as my brother said. He does, however, seem to have changed," she said thoughtfully.

"Relena, I'm sure he likes you. Wufei and I are engaged and look how he treats me? It's only to hide his true feelings," Sally said holding a shirt up to the llight to make sure it wasn't translucent.

"You're WHAT?" they all screamed. They attacked her with hugs and congratulatory remarks.

"Hm. Me and my big mouth," Sally said when they let down, "I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. We were planning on eloping."

"Don't worry. Our lips are sealed," Hilde said, "Now Relena, Duo told me about you and Heero in that cabin, and if what he said is true, then Heero definitely likes you."

"Oh no," Relena groaned, "Duo doesn't know left from right. I'll tell you what really happened," and so she did. Going into detail about how she tended his wounds and how "gentle" his hands were as he cleaned her leg up, and of course how perfect he looked without his shirt on. Also about how he held her hand when the pain in her leg got too much for her. She left out, of course, how she had whispered 'I love you' as she fell into slumber. "And in the morning when I felt a hand on my cheek, I woke up to find him gazing at me. His eyes were brighter and his face had softened. He looked so young," she finished.

The other girls sighed. "It's like something out of a romance novel," Hilde said wistfully.

"I still don't think he likes me," Relena said stubbornly.

"Why not?" Catherine said, hands on hips.

"Because if he did he would have asked me to the summer gala," she replied.

"Does he know about it? Did you tell him?" asked Sally.

Relena groaned and smacked her forehead. The other girls smiled knowingly.

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"Hey Heero, what's up with you and Lena? Dating?" asked Duo.

"Wha- no. I- she probably doesn't even like me," Heero said. (Uncanny how they seem to think the same thing, isn't it? ^_~)

"Well, with what I saw back at that cabin she definitely likes you," Duo said smugly. Heero stood up and grabbed the collar of his shirt. "Whoa whoa whoa! I'm only jokin'. Lena told us exactly what happened. She even explained how 'tender' you were when you cared for her leg. Heh! She likes ya,"

"Heero," said Quatre, failing to hide his amusement, "There's going to be this huge summer gala, and after that we're all going to spend the rest of the summer at my beach estate. You should invite Relena. I'm sure she needs a vacation."

Heero nodded and sat back down, smiling.

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They met up an hour later, and Heero decided to ask her then. He gathered his courage and put a hand on her shoulder. She turned to face him.

"Relena, I wanted to ask-" Heero swallowed air, "I wanted to know if you would go to the Summer Gala with me?"

"Huh? Of course!" she cried, grabbing his hand, "Jesus, it took you long enough to ask!"

Duo smiled. *Duo Maxwell. God of Death, babe magnet, and Match Maker! Oh my many, many talents!* he thought.

"OH NO!" Hilde suddenly exclaimed. Everyone turned to her. "The gala is next week! We still have to get dresses! You five," she pointed to the Gundam Pilots, "go get tuxes! We'll be getting our dresses!" With that they sped off, leaving a confused bunch of boys behind them.

It took them but a few minutes of searching to find their perfect dresses. Hilde chose a pale green dress with a slim waist and poofy skirt. It had 'tank-sleeves' as she called them. She got flats in the same color to go with it.

Catherine chose a pink dress much like Hilde's, but hers had white sparkly lining and a belt, and it had straps that crossed in the front and tied at the back of her neck. She got pink high heels to go with her dress.

Sally chose a dark violet dress with long sleeves and a low, 'V' shaped neckline. The skirt wasn't near as poofy as Cat's or Hilde's. Or as sparkly. It had a train that was so long, she would have to drape it over her arm in order to be able to dance. She got lavender shoes that were a lot like Sailor Mars' shoes.

Relena chose a dress that was the purest shade of white you could imagine. It had a heart shaped diamond broach. It was a flowing dress, and when she walked it looked as though she had wisps of cloud spun into her dress. The sleeves were two strips of cloth that hung off her shoulders and wound around the middle of her bicep.

They each got a necklace and earrings to go with their dress. Hilde got an emerald pendant and emerald tear drop earrings to go with hers, Catherine got a string of true pearls and pearl earrings, Sally got a rose gold chain with little amethyst stones placed at strategic points all the way around and amethyst rose earrings, and Relena got a white gold chain with white crystals placed a couple inches apart and a pure diamond cross and diamond cross earrings. (They really went all out for this gala thing huh?)

After they had bought their outfits, they decided to go to the salon, (of course). Hilde and Cathy only got trims, Sally however got it straightened and trimmed a couple inches off.

"Sally, wow! Your hair looks great, you should wear it like that for the gala!" Cathy said.

"Really? You like it?" she studied her reflection, "Maybe I will."

Relena was finally done and she emerged from the salon. She had gotten her hair cut. It was now only about an inch below her shoulders. Her bangs now framed her face. She walked over to friends who stood in shocked silence.

"What do you think? Do you hate it?" she asked them.

"Oh my God," Hilde breathed, "How could you cut all that hair off? Where did you get the courage? It looks great though."

"Yeah, Heero will love it," Cat said knowingly.

Relena blushed to the roots of her honey blonde hair. They walked to where the guys were hanging out. Heero and Wufei gaped at them.

"Your hair-" they gasped.

"What about it?" Relena asked, expecting him to say he hated it.

"It looks great!" they said, smiling when they received hugs.

They walked back through town, towards the Sanq Kingdom. They had a gala to plan.

A/N; I hope you liked it! Review please or no more chapters! Hahahahahahahaha! Just kidding! Review, still. I need comments! Thanks!