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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Relena Notes: Challenge 55. Baby Series 2 #155. Takes
place a few minutes following The Etiquette of Formality.
Delaying The Inevitable The unmistakable scent of chlorine pervaded the hallway and Relena wrinkled her nose in distaste. The smell of chlorine always upset her stomach, one of two reasons she rarely swam. The other being her hair had definite problems with the chemical and despite using the best shampoos and conditioners it felt awful for days after. She preferred the beach on the rare occasions she managed sufficient leisure time to indulge. //It was always a bother at St Gabriel’s. It seemed I would no sooner get my hair back into some sort of acceptable condition that we were required to swim again.// The door of doom was just ahead of her and she chided herself for her fear. It was likely to be awkward over the holidays, she was not so foolish as to believe her mother and her brother would love one another on sight. The best she could hope would be they would tolerate each other for her sake. //I honestly don’t understand his fascination with swimming. It seems every other day he is in the pool. Of course in winter it is a good form of exercise but…// Relena sighed. //Be honest, Relena, you are jealous he does not have a problem with his hair. Nothing seems to dull that platinum cascade and you are so jealous he has better hair.// She giggle softly to herself and sighed, staring at the door in front of her. She was delaying the inevitable with trivialities, using any excuse to delay entering the room and informing her brother she had invited her mother for Christmas. She should have asked him and certainly her staff would not thank her. There would now be a mad rush to rearrange the dinner placements over the Christmas period and include her mother in scheduled social gatherings. She had probably given some poor official a migraine. //Enough.// Placing her hand firmly against the door she pushed and strode through. Time to beard the lion in his den and hope she had not made a mistake in judging how much he would want to keep the peace between them. Why should he not tolerate her mother when to her knowledge they had never met? She was worrying over nothing. She was surprised to find Heero pacing Milliardo in the pool, the two men moving through the water at a fine pace. This was no leisurely exercise nor did it have the air of a race. The pace was high and for all the difference in their heights they were side by side. Nor were they the only one’s present. Duo and Wu Fei were on the far side of the pool shadowing each other in a mesmerizingly graceful kata. Relena admired the smoothly muscled chests and arms as they moved through the exercise she always thought of as a dance. //Mmm, it was no mistake to come here at this time of the day. Why do they have to be gay?// End
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