The Foreign Exchange Student

Here it is, Chapter 6, and I am trying to get to Duo\'s and Heero\'s first meeting as quickly as possible. Expect it in a chapter or two. Thanks for the reviews. I really appreciate all the readers I get! It makes writing these all the more worthwhile. Well, here\'s the next chapter.



The Foreign Exchange Student: Chapter 6





"Is this his car, Duo?" Quatre asked, eyeing the silver car parked next to Duo\'s.



"I think so," Duo replied. "What kind of car is it?"



"I don\'t know, I have never seen one of these before," Quatre said, puzzled. "Do you know how old Heero is?"



"No, I\'m not sure, I would imagine he would be 17. Well, I would think so, anyway," Duo replied. Duo now had a new wave of confusion. "I have got so much to learn about him."



"Well, let\'s go, I\'m starving. I can\'t wait to have something fattening. I tell you, that tofu is horrible," Quatre mentioned.



They began walking toward the elevator, taking them back to the street. The limo was there waiting on them. The driver, Manuel, had been waiting on them and opened the door for them to get in.



"Doesn\'t it bother you to be rich sometimes?" Quatre asked, finding a cozy seat inside the limo.



Manuel rolled down the window, "So where to, boys?"



"We are picking up Trowa and then going to McDonalds," Quatre said quickly.



"Okay, so off to pick up Master Barton," Manuel said and he rolled up the window.



"You know Quatre," Duo sighed, "It\'s nice, but sometimes I wonder what it would be like growing up being just a regular person. Someone who didn\'t stand out in a crowd. I would want to live that life one day. I don\'t think I would miss being rich very often."



"I would just die. I would miss getting taken everywhere, being able to shop when I wanted to and most of all, my family has been rich for a very long time. It\'s not something that I can decide that I don\'t want to do. It\'s in my blood."



"My parents were dirt poor at one time. It was when I was a small child. My father was still attending college and my mother was at home with me. My father had so many student loans to pay back, but he wanted to go into real estate. He didn\'t give up on his dream and it made him rich. I am doomed to take over his company. It\'s not something that I am all too crazy about. I haven\'t even thought about what I really want to do. I guess I should, huh, I am at the end of my junior year. I can\'t really think of anything I am good at." Duo sighs. "Sorry for talking so much, I don\'t mean for anyone to feel sorry for me. It\'s just, you know what you are going to do. Trowa does too. I\'m stuck somewhere in the middle. I guess I should just live one day at a time."



"You will find what you were meant to do one day," Quatre told him. "Sometimes we don\'t find out until is smacks us in the face."



"I suppose you\'re right Quatre," Duo smiled. "You are a good friend."



Manuel rolled the window down again, "Master Maxwell, Master Winner, we have arrived at Master Barton\'s, shall I get him?"



"No, I will," Quatre replied quickly, "I will be right back, Duo."



Duo nodded at him and he surrendered himself to deep thought. It seems like everyone had their lives planned out, and me a 17 year old, not knowing anything about his life beyond what he\'s going to wear for this, and who\'s he\'s going to party with. Instantly, he felt he would be trapped in his father\'s business forever. He knew the job, he could do it well. But, he didn\'t like it. He hated it. He knew how much his father had devoted himself to it and would understand when he didn\'t want anyone else but a Maxwell running it. He understood that. He decided to stop thinking about it. He was starting to get a headache.



Manuel opened the door for Trowa and Quatre. Both came in with smiling faces. They both eyed Duo and they knew he was into some intense thinking, so they decided not to bother him.



"So, how has your day gone, Trowa?" Duo asked.



"Well, not so good until now," Trowa commented, looking deep into Quatre\'s eyes.



"Show him the picture, Duo," Quatre said. "You remember that foreign exchange student that is coming to live with Duo?"



"Yeah, I remember you both talking about it," Trowa said.



Duo handed Trowa the picture, "That\'s Heero Yuy. I have to go pick him up from the airport tomorrow."



"I do admit, he is a cutie," Trowa said, "But, he compares nothing to my Quatre." Trowa stole a kiss from him. "So, Duo, are you excited?"



"Of course I am!" Duo grinned. "I\'m so excited, I can\'t focus."



"Has anyone heard from Wu Fei?" Trowa asked. "Last I knew he was really broke up because Zechs is leaving for college in a few months."



"I better call him later," Duo reminded himself. "I got caught up with preparing for Heero\'s arrival, I completely forgot."



"Well, the reason why he is so sad is that Zechs is going to Harvard," Quatre added. "Wu Fei is afraid he will never see him again. Zechs wants to be a lawyer and he wants a severe change of scenery."



"Oh gosh, I think we should pick him up too!" Duo commented. Duo walked up to the window and rolled it down. "Manuel, can you go by and pick up Wu Fei too?"



"Sure thing, Master Maxwell," Manuel replied, with a smile and he rolled up the window.



"I feel so bad for him," Quatre explained. "If Trowa were doing that, I would have to follow him. I wouldn\'t let him leave without me."



"I wish Wu Fei had that option," Trowa said. "He still has a year of high school to finish."



"What do you say, we\'ll all go to the spa tomorrow and get massages?" Duo asked. "That\'s bound to make Wu Fei feel loads better."



"What about Heero?" Quatre asked.



"I\'m sure he won\'t mind coming along. I don\'t know anyone that says no to a free massage," Duo mentioned. "So, after I pick up Heero, I will have Manuel swing by and get the rest of you and we will suprise Wu Fei."