Grasping her hand, Trowa led her to the car and let her get in ahead of him. Squeezing in beside her,

Katy: Since those limos sure are tiny.
Kain: And Trowa is so obese!

he grasped her hand again and smiled, his eyes clearly showing his uneasiness of the whole situation, but the fact that he held her hand so tightly eased Ania’s mind.
Quatre watched from the window as the car spend away into the evening twilight.

Professor G: Ooh! It's a big spender!
Livy: What's it buying, new occupants?

Heero brought the seventh round of drinks to the table, "Who’s next after this?"

Rowen: Ania eyed the drinks warily since she'd already thrown up the first six rounds.
Kain: [as Heero] Who wants to hit our new guest next?!
Katy: How can someone who's never drank before drink through seven rounds and still be conscious?!  I can't even drink seven rounds and I've been drinking for years!

"You hold your alcohol too well, Heeeero." Relena slurred into his shoulder as he set the tray down onto the table.
"I think itsss me." Ania said, handing Trowa two twentydollar bills. "Go get usss a round of shotsss. Sssomething really ssstrong."

Katy: Her talents as a shape-shifter became apparent when she turned herself into an anaconda.

Livy: Trowa, you little sneak! I always knew he was only interested in her money.

Her outburst sent the other two girls into fits of giggles,

Rowen: [as Heero] Did they get high when we weren't looking?!

while their dates looked on in amusement.
Hilde perked up at the sound of a slow song booming out of the speakers on the other side of the dance floor. "Duo, danccce with me. It’sss my favorite sssong."

Professor G: They've all turned into snakes!
Livy: [as Jafar] Perhaps you'd like to see how sss-snake-like I can be.

Duo grinned, pulling his partner to him and planting a drunken kiss on her cheek, "Hilde, every sssong isss your favorite sssong."
Heero and Relena laughed as Duo stumbled out on to the dance floor, while Hilde, drunk as she was, walked straight and proud.

Professor G: Because no one else there was straight.
Rowen: Little did Ania know...

Heero nudged Trowa, "How you feeling? Drunk yet? Drunk as that dope?"

Katy: I KNEW they had weed!

Trowa nodded, "I’m buzzed, but nothing like these girls. Or Duo."
Seeing her staring sadly at the other couples,

Kain: Because he just knew where this was leading...

Trowa leaned over and whispered into Ania’s ear, "Me, too?"
"Oh, Tro, I don’t thhhink I can walk." Ania answered, staring into his beautiful green eyes.
"You can walk enough to dance with me, Sweet Ania."

All: *vomit*
Livy: I'm just gonna shut my eyes and pretend I'm not even reading...
Professor G: This is terrible...

Trowa tugged on her hand and she slid

Rowen: Down onto the knife had positioned just below her feet!

from the small bar stool.
Ania managed not to stumble much as she followed Trowa out to the dance floor where he wrapped

Professor G: his hands around her throat and began to squeeze.

her into his arms and held her close, moving slowly to the music. Ania, for the first time that evening, alcohol and all, felt the safety of being in his arms. Nothing bad could touch them in that moment.

Katy: *trying to touch them* GRR! It's not working!

"Ania, honey, the music stopped." Trowa said, gently pulling her away from him.
"Trowa, I don’t want to move out of thisss moment. Ssstay with me, Trowa, don’t go away." She whispered.

Kain: Trowa is still impressed with her animal transformations.
Rowen: She'd be an ace at Hogwarts.
Katy: [as McGonagall] Why that's an AMAZING snake transfiguration!

Leading her away from the dance floor, he took her back to the table. "I’m not going anywhere, Ania, you’re drunk.

Rowen: [as Trowa] And SLOPPY!

You don’t know what you’re saying."
"I do!" She insisted, gulping down the last of her drink.

Kain: Which Trowa had secretly changed with a bottle of bleach.

He shook his head and turned to Heero, who was gently supporting a nearly asleep Relena, "I think we should take them home."

Livy: [as Trowa] And rape them.
Professor G: It would make as much sense as the rest of this drivel.

Duo, who held Hilde on his lap, nodded in agreement, "Yeah, Heeero. If we don’t, I’m not gonna get any tonight."

Katy: When did they all become such boozers?!

Hilde growled, her voice coming from somewhere near his chest where her head was buried, "Keep talking like that, Maxxxwell,

Rowen: The new XXX movie starring Vin Diesel, MaXXX Well!

and you’re not gonna get any at all."
Heero grinned, "Yeah, it’s a plan."
Lifting Ania from where she leaned against him, he asked her,

Rowen: [as Trowa] Why are you such a lightweight?

"Can you walk?"
Ania’s head swam as more of the

Kain: bleach.

alcohol she drank took its affect on her mind and body, "I don’t thhhink ssso, Trowa. Oh god, Trowa, I thhhink I’m going to fffall."

Katy: [as Trowa] YES! *lets her fall*

"It’s alright, honey, you’re not going anywhere." He picked her up and carried her out to the car, followed by Heero and Relena and Duo and Hilde.

Rowen: Boy, use some commas instead.

In the car, Ania snuggled up to Trowa, laying her head

Kain: on his large machete, thusly killing herself in her drunken stupor.
All: YAAAY!

on his chest. He put an arm around her pulling her close, and let his face fall gently into her hair, breathing in her distinct scent of jasmine perfume.

Katy: It WAS Aladdin!  She really was Jafar!

Heero watched them out of the corner of his eye and

Rowen: Vomited out the window.

smiled, feeling if only slightly pleased

Rowen: That the wind blew it back into Ania's face.
All: ROWEN!!
Rowen: What?!  I don't want to see the lemon! *struggles violently*

at Trowa’s newfound attraction.

Professor G: to his crotch.

Back at the manor, Trowa gently lifted Ania from the car and carried her upstairs as she moaned quietly into his chest, "Shhh, Ania, we’ve almost got you into bed."
Quietly opening the door to her room,

Katy: He found Wufei and Quatre engaged in acts that are illegal in 26 states.

he laid her down on the bed, kneeling silently next to her bed, brushing the white-blonde locks of hair away from her face.
She moaned and rolled over, staring at him, "Help me, Trowa, I can’t ssssleep in this dresss, help me with my clothesss."

All: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Livy: Ahhhhh! Stop it now! Please! End the scene!
Katy: *moans into her hands*

He pulled the satin nightgown from its place on the end of the bed and handed it to her, and then helped her take off her shoes.
Ania pointed to

Rowen: the bulge in Trowa's pants.  "What is THAT?!"

the zipper at the back of her dress and Trowa reached up, pulling the zipper down revealing more of her pale soft skin. He let one finger trail down her back to the top of her satin panties.

Professor G: *covers eyes*
Kain: *screams*
Rowen: *retches*
Katy: *sobs*

She sighed quietly and leaned back against

Rowen: *distraught* I can't even make a joke here!!

him.

"Ania, don’t." He whispered,

All: YES!! PLEASE DON'T!!

as his hands wandered back up her body to her bare shoulders, "Not now, not like this."

Kain: Not EVER!

Frustrated, she sighed and taking her pajamas, Ania disappeared into the bathroom and changed her clothes.

Livy and Professor G: Whew!!!

Returning, he still had not moved from his place next to her bed. She stumbled in her drunken state and collapsed

Katy: Into her recently sharpened knife collection!

into her bed.
"Trowa, don’t leave, ssstay with me. Pleasse, ssstay with me."
"I’m not going anywhere."
She watched, snuggling into her comforter, him removing his clothes, all except the boxer shorts he wore underneath. His cheeks flushed a rosy color when he noticed Ania’s blue eyes, staring intently at his mostly naked body.

Livy: This is almost too much.
Kain: Are you kidding? I don't think there's anything left in my stomach!

"I’m ssso tired, Trowa."

Crawling into the bed beside her, he moved up close, pressing his hard muscled body against her small form,

Professor G: smothering her until her breathing stopped. [as Trowa]: "Perfect.."

"Sleep then, Angel, sleep. I won’t leave you."
They both drifted off into an alcohol-induced slumber, Ania contented and safe in Trowa’s strong arms.
Ania squinted, shielding her tired eyes from the bright sunlight as best she could. Frightened by the form in the bed next to her, she sat bolt upright, startling her partner awake.
Pulling up the covers around her, she shook him further awake, "Oh my god, Trowa, what are you doing here?"
Smiling, he

Katy: Plunged the knife hilt deep into her chest...

brushed a couple of lose strands of her hair fromher face, "Shhh, it’s alright, nothing happened last night. Do you remember any of it?"

Livy: [as Ania]: "Well, I remember Wufei, and then OH GOD NO!!"

Ania held a hand to her throbbing head, "No, nothing except that I had too much to drink last night."
Trowa rolled over onto his stomach, and propped himself up on his elbows, "Wanna hear about what happened last night?"

Rowen: [as Ania] No, I TOLD you, I already remembered the part with Wufei!

"Is it embarrassing?"

Katy: [as Trowa] Oh yes, very.
Kain: [as Trowa] We almost had sex0r!

Chuckling, Trowa shook his head, "No, not really."
"You don’t sound very convincing."

Kain: [as Trowa] Duh.

"Well, it’s not as bad as you’re trying to make it out. You were pretty drunk by the time the last dance finished and I carried you out of the bar and out to the car where you slept most of the way home. I carried you in the house and up the stairs." His cheeks flushed,

Rowen: [as Trowa] You asked me to sex you up.
Katy: [as Trowa] Repeatedly.
Kain: [as Trowa] In multiple languages.

"I helped you change your clothes and you begged me not to leave you. So I stayed and I promise you that nothing happened between the two of us."
Ania gave him a sly little look, sparks flashing into her eyes, "Why not?"