I know I promised lemon.. and I WILL insert a slice of citrus... but I don't want to chase my younger readers away. (My kids know who I mean, right, Tink?) SO... what I'll do.. is I'll write up the REALLY steamy scenes in an 'outtake' chappy after all this is done. This way... we have a lil bit of everything! :) OK????

I don't own GW, and I would like to! Anyone wanna give me a REALLY good belated b-day present??? HMMM????? J/k! :) I'm happy just watching and tormenting the characters.. I /REALLY/ can't draw, anyway!

Leeko

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Get out from under them,

Resist, unlearn, defy!

(From the song "Out from Under" by Incubus)

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 After the dance:

Duo Maxwell laid down on the mattress, and watched his Hilde get ready for bed. Zechs and Noin were on a weekend retreat, which was why he had managed to sneak into the house in the first place. As soon as he left for college, Zechs had given orders that Duo was not allowed back on the grounds again for any reason.

He smiled, thinking about the scene back at the ball. He had climbed the ancient oak, and was just about to hop down onto the balcony when Relena came out dragging Wufei and Hilde behind her. Surprised, he made to join them.. until he noticed that they were hiding behind the door, watching some one out on the dance floor. When they started snickering, he decided to remain in the tree and watch. Duo Maxwell, the god of death, did not live to be seventeen years old without being careful.

The wait was worth it. Wufei went to get rid of some girl, and Hilde grabbed Relena. She didn't warn the blond or anything, she just pulled her into her arms and started kissing her. He watched as his fiance's hands tore the pins out of Relena's hair and burrowed into the thick, glossy mane.

Relena tilted her head back, caught by surprise, and Hilde took advantage of it to nip at her neck. A low moan floated up to his perch as both girls tried to get closer, almost climbing into each other's skin with arousal. It was such a beautiful sight....

"Duo..." Her voice brought him back to the present, and he realized that she had been talking to him.

"Hmm? Babe? What?" He asked, blinking.

"I was just wondering what you were thinking about." She said, straddling his waist.

"Oh, that's easy. I was thinking about what I always think about.. you and sex.. a perfect mix." He smirked, wrapping his arms around her and holding her in place. She rubbed against him, and he groaned, sure that he was in heaven.

"Hilde.."

"Yes, Duo?" She smirked

"Do that again."

"Tell me what you were thinking of, first." She insisted, purposely holding still. She wanted to know what strange fantasy put that look of awe onto his face.

"I was thinking of how you were kissing Relena.. and how far you would have taken it.. if you could. Truth, Hilde.. did you enjoy it?" He asked, wondering about the possibilities.

"A lady doesn't kiss and tell." She teased, leaning over to kiss him.

He nipped at her lips with his teeth, not letting go.

"Tell me." He mumbled into her mouth. He wanted to hear all of it, "Did you like it? Did she? And, would you do it again?"

"Yes. I enjoyed it. Yes.. I think she did, too.. and yes. I would. Are you jealous?" She laughing, already knowing the answer. He was hard against her softness... He /really/ liked the idea.

He pushed against her, trying to burrow into her body through the sheet.

"What do you think?"

"I think your a pervert." It was said without heat.. well.. without THAT kind of heat.

Duo twisted, pushing her over onto her back. Capturing her hands, he pressed them into the bed as he latched onto her nipple through the lace of her nightgown. His knee was pressing against her center, causing her to squirm against it.

"You bitching, or thanking?" He asked, his eyes watching the play of emotion on her face.

The next day, Duo went looking for the rest of the boys. He had been up most of the night, just cuddling Hilde, and thinking about how much he had missed her. He could not deal with the loneliness for two more freakin' years. It was time to put their heads together.

He found Heero stumbling through the front gates. His tuxedo jacket hung open, and his pants were full of sand.

:::Hmm.. must have camped out last night...::: He thought, smelling the wood smoke rolling off of the other pilot.

"Heero.. I want you to call Trowa and Quatre.. I have a way out of this mess."

"Screw off, Duo. I've had the night from hell, and I know that I'll get nailed for anything that comes out of your warped mind."

"No! Seriously, Heero! It's a GOOD plan! Won't you at least listen to it?"

"Right now, I'm going to crawl into bed and sleep for the next twelve hours. You're on your own, Maxwell."

Yuy walked off, mumbling under his breath about crabs, sand and incompetent idiots.

"Hmmph! with that attitude.. I don't want your help!" Duo called out to him, ignoring the middle finger that 01 sent up.

Later that night, Duo pulled Wufei aside before he left to get back to college. He had already made arrangements for Quatre and Trowa to meet him at his place during spring break.. Now he had to get Wufei to convince Heero of coming.

"Look, Wu, I swear, I have the ULTIMATE plan! It will work! Just come down to my place with Hilde during spring break.. you can give me your opinion then, ok?"

"What does Heero think?" Wufei asked, just knowing that it was probably one of the hair brained schemes that Maxwell was famous for.

"Well, you MIGHT have to convince him to come..."

"Forget it. I don't want to hear any plan that you came up with." Chang shook his head, and started to turn around.

"Fine! Just get Heero there, and we'll all sit down and think about this! I can not take two more years of this! Do you know what it's like, sitting though HOURS of lectures.. taking notebooks of notes... KNOWING that the professors are wrong about almost everything they are teaching?

Do you know what it's like.. going to sleep every night at four in the morning, 'cause you feel like a part of you is missing? Then, you have to wake up two hours later just to get to your fist class.. and listen to more facts that are just plain wrong?

Wu.... Take pity on me, man! I NEED to get out of this!"

Duo spoke in a rush, just spilling everything out to the one man who just wouldn't care.... but.. something happened. Wufei got a very strange look in his eyes, and his face actually softened for a moment. He then remembered that Chang was something of a scholar himself, and probably felt similarly at one point or another. Then.. there was Sally. How badly did Wu miss his partner?

"C'mon, Wu! I know you miss Sally! Well.. Here's our chance to break out of this joint! Help me?"

Wufei sighed, looked at him as if he couldn't believe he was doing this, then said :

"I'll come.. and I'll bring Heero and Hilde.. BUT - I'm NOT promising anything, Maxwell!"

"Hey, man! That's all I ask!"

That night, Chang stared into the window at the sleeping Sally. He would never admit it, but Duo had been right. Sure, he dreamed nightly of having the delectable Sally at his mercy... but it hadn't been all revenge on his mind. He really, really missed his partner.

If Duo had an idea of how to end this torture.. then he owed it to himself to listen.

Meanwhile:

"Relena..." His voice called out to her, buzzing madly into her mind as she pulled her pillow over her head.

"Go 'way." she said, trying to ignore that irritating voice.

"Re-len-a! Wake up, Princess..." He sang, not letting her fall back to sleep.

"What d'you want?" she mumbled, hoping to get rid of this person.

"Who were you kissing out on the balcony?" Heero finally asked, hoping that she would answer without waking up all the way.

Relena's awareness flashed in, and she almost sat up. Instead, she answered him.

"Hilde..." She let her voice drift, as if she was still half asleep.

"Hilde?" His surprised voice squeaked and he quickly shut his mouth.

"Hmmm... Not as nice as Heero.. but nice."

"Nice?"

"Hmm... Could be a good substitute for Heero.. "

"I don't think so!" He muttered, getting off the bed and leaving through the door. He never saw her sitting up, or heard her laughter through the thick wood.

The next morning:

"Mission accepted." Heero's voice came over the cell phone, shocking Duo. He didn't really expect the other pilot to give in this easily.

"And who can I thank for this honor?"

"Hilde.. did you know that they were kissing at the dance?"

"Yup. It was beautiful, man. I just hope that they let me watch if they ever go at it again." Duo started to phase out, thinking of it.

"You're a pervert, Maxwell!" Heero was outraged.

"Yeah, well, I'd rather be a pervert than an uptight prude! How does Relena stay awake, anyway?"

"Shut up! She doesn't have any problems there!" He insisted, losing what was left of his temper.

"Yeah? well, if she's so vanilla like you.. then why did she get into my girls' kiss? Heero, 'ol buddy.. You have to learn to go with the flow. Surprise her.. do something outrageous that she won't expect!"

"I don't need your advice, Maxwell!"

"Just think about it, Heero.. I'll see you during break.. we can talk it out then. Bye!"

"Vanilla?" Heero said out loud. "What does he mean by that?"

He shook his head, staring at the window. Outside, he could see Relena in the rose garden walking down the path with Hilde. They were talking, their heads close together. Every so often, they would start laughing, holding onto each other for support. He had to keep the two of them apart.. but how?

Thinking about what a strong relationship Duo had with Hilde, one that didn't seem to have boundaries or jealousy's, he decided to actually think of the other boy's advice. "Vanilla? What the hell does that mean?"

Shaking his head, he switched on his computer and investigated the term. If he was going to win this little battle with Hilde over Relena, he would have get some ideas. With that in mind, he confidently hacked into a website that specialized in sexual education.

::::I might find a few ideas here...::::

"HE DIDN'T! He actually came into your room just to ask you who you were kissing?" Hilde screeched, loving every minute of it. "What did he say when you told him that it was me?"

"Nothing much.. just that you would NOT be replacing him." She smirked.

"At least you know he still cares, right?"

"Yes...there is that. Hmm.. I wonder what he's going to do?"

"I have no idea.. but it should be interesting to watch!"

Relena looked at Hilde, Hilde looked at Relena. Then they both looked up to Heero's room, where they could see him glaring down at them. As one, they lost control and started laughing hard, hanging onto each other's waists as they stumbled into the breakfast room to eat.

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