another chapter to calendar girl.......

Calendar Girl

chapter 3

"JOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Duo yelled at the top of his lungs. He held the crumpled picture of Hilde in his hand. He stalked into the garage again. He went out back and found Joe digging through a barrel of small parts. "JOE!" He yelled.

Joe jumped out of the barrel and fell on the ground.

"Duo! WHAT'S THE HELL MATTER WITH YOU?" He yelled back, after he got his composure back.

Duo held up the picture. "THIS!!!!!"
"Yeah? SO? It's a calendar girl picture."
"IT"S HILDE!!!!!!"
"Really?! Damn. she's a babe!"
"AARRGG!" Duo yelled and launched himself at Joe, knocking him to the ground again. Duo raised his fists and was ready to pound him.

"DUO, STOP IT!" Then it dawned on him, "Oh, shit! Hilde's your partner, isn't she? Aw, man, I'm sorry!" He looked in Duo's face. "Shit, you're sweet on her, too! "

Duo slumped, then stood up. He reached out and held out his hand. "Sorry, man. My emotions got away from me."

Joe , with Duo's help , stood and grinned. "Damn, Duo. You had to pick the hottest girl on the colony to be in love with."
"Does it show that much?"
"Only when you're a raging maniac."
Duo reached up and ran his fingers through his hair. "Damn." He said softly. "I have gone off the deep end today. Hilde will kill me if she finds out. Um... can I ask one favor?"

"Yeah? " Joe asked warily.

He held up the crumpled picture. "Please don't put any of these up?" He pleaded. "I’m gonna have a hard enough time dealing with guys I couldn't talk to, gauking at her. But knowing a friend is ,would be even worse."

Joe nodded and said, "Sure, Duo. I won't put them up. Are we friends again?"
"Yeah, "Duo said , sheepishly. "Hey, I'm sorry, man."
"It's OK. But you had better tell her soon how you feel. She's going to see you going off the deep end and think you have really flipped this time. Although, I would be quite flattered if some psycho guy I knew tried to protect my honor." Joe said, laughing.

"No, actually, Joe. She'd probably kick my ass. You got those parts? I better go home and hide."
Joe burst in laughter and lead Duo to the parts.

As Duo was leaving Joe's, he stopped at the nearest dumpster and dropped all the calendars he had into it.

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Hilde walked back from the store with her arms loaded with food. She couldn't understand all the whisles and cat calls she was getting. She frowned and thought about it. Most time she was ignored . Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. That calendar! She scrunched down and pushed the bag up against her face. She would probably never be able to leave the house. She hurried home. She wanted to get inside , but she also wanted to be home before Duo.

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She dropped the bags on the table and ran to pick up the phone. She hit the button. Quatre's face appeared.
"Hilde!"
"Hello, Quatre! How are you? Um... Duo's not here right now.... I ...."
"Hilde, I wanted to talk to you. Ummm. Your calendar is here on L-4."
"WHAT?" She said in a shocked , voice. "No, it was only suppose to be on L-2." She muttered.

"Well, It's here. And your pictures are beautiful. I'm lucky that I got one!"
Hilde put both her hands over her face and mumbled, "Oh, dear god!"

Quatre looked at her inconcern." Hilde! Are you OK?"
"Oh, Quatre. Yes, I'm fine." She said as she looked back up at him. "You know. I better see the humor in this situation because I know 2 men that will not. especially after I'm through with them."

"What do you mean, Hilde?"

"Oh, nothing. Quatre, please don't tell Duo about this , OK?"
He frowned. "Why not, Hilde?"

"Um, I haven't told him yet."

"Ah. I got it, Hilde. Hey, how are you and Duo?"
"Well, He has been acting a little strange lately, but...." She heard the door open. "Duo's home. You better talk to him." She saw Quatre nod and she called to him.

"Duo!" She heard him grunt and come into the room. "Quatre's on the line."
She quickly left the seat and let him have it. She touched his shoulder and He looked up at her.

Quatre saw the significant look he gave her, and the one she gave back. He shook his head. Bakas.

"Duo! How’ it going, man?"

Duo shook his head. "Not good, man."
"Why?" Quatre paused and turned from the screen. "What , Trowa?" Quatre turned back to Duo, "Just a minute Duo." He turned back to Trowa, who Duo could now see coming in to view on the screen. "No. Trowa... I don't think this would be a good time......" Suddenly Quatre disappeared and a large photo of Hilde appeared on the screen, with Trowa's face next to it.

"Damn, Duo. You have one hot partner. How come you never told us she was a calendar girl."
Quatre peered over the edge of the photo. He saw Duo's face turn white and his jaw drop open. "Duo?"
"I....I.. it's there, too?" Quatre watched as Duo dropped his head to the table and began to pound his forehead against it. He looked up at Quatre and over at Trowa, and the picture of Hilde. "I....... I gotta go!!!!" He hung up.

Trowa looked at Quatre, "what did I say?"

Duo collapsed into the chair. He could hear Hilde putting way the food. He wanted to confront her, but did he have the right to say anything?

He started to get up when the phone rang again.

It was Heero.

"Hey, Heero." He said wearily.

"DUO. DO YOU KNOW OF THIS??" He said , loudly and with no emotion. He held up the calendar. He didn't open it, but held it up so the name could be seen.

"AARRGG!" He yelled. "It's there, too? On earth?"
"I take it you know about this."
"Only by accident. Hilde never told me."
"Why not?"
"I didn't give her a reason to. You know we aren't anything."
"Hn."

"Damn it Heero. Did you call to gloat or slobber all over the girl I love?"
Heero's head shot up and looked at Duo with concern on his face.

"Actually. I called to warn you about WuFei. He will be calling you."

"Great, what else can go wrong..?"
Heero just looked at him.

"Have you looked at them?" Duo asked, not expecting an answer.

Heero just looked at him again.

Duo sighed and said in a defeated voice, "OK, whatever, Heero."
"She's very beautiful. You should tell her."

Duo looked up as Heero disconnected.

"Arrgg! This is just not my day!" He got up and almost made it to the door before the phone rang once more. Duo actually thought about running out of the house and hiding in the shop, but he turned and answered it.

"MAXWELL! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR ONNA'S HAS BEEN UP TO?"

Duo just looked at WuFei.

"DO YOU REALIZE THAT SHE IS PINNED UP ALL OVER PERVENTER HEADQUARTERS?"
Again, Duo said nothing.

"MAXWELL. DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?"
Duo said nothing.

Suddenly WuFei was bodily removed from the screen and Sally appeared before him.
"Duo. Are you OK? You look a little shocked."
He blinked. "All over headquarters?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid so. Une will get on all them tomorrow."

"........."
"Duo.... are you all right?"
He shook his head and looked at Sally blankly.

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Ralph walked into the shop and stood quietly for a moment before he moved to his destination. He stopped in front of Duo's work bench and pinned a picture above, right in Duo's line of sight. He turned and left. Maybe he would take the off, tomorrow.

on to chapter 4.....

Hilde confronts Treize and Van and Duo finally confronts Hilde....With a few surprises in-between!

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