New Haven

Sorry it is a day late...........

Chapter Fifty-eight: Company.
Duo sighed as he slipped out of the shower to get ready for his friends visit to discuss food for the up coming reception. Une was insisting on paying for the food and he wasn’t going to gain say her. He just hoped that she understood that he was getting the catering done for free. He hadn’t told anyone that he new the owners of Coliers.
He sighed as he toweled his hair. He slipped into their room and blinked at the sight of Wufei holding a brush and a raised eyebrow waiting for him. He gave a lopsided grin and immediately hugged his loving mate then sat on the edge of the bed. He already had dinner and Sakura ready for their group of visitors and this was the best surprise of the day.
Wufei smiled as he watched a little of the tension leave his loves body as he brushed the luxuriant hair. He knew Duo was worried about tonight. He kept brushing until almost all of the tension disappeared then braided it quickly for his wraith.
Friends that he had that had never met each other were finally going to meet.
Duo blinked as the doorbell interrupted his thoughts of time snuggled up to his love. He groaned in dismay.
“I’ll get that if someone else hasn’t. You get dressed.” Wufei urged as he moved to leave the room. “Don’t worry if they love you they will put up with each other.” He assured as he left the room.
Duo sighed before going to the closet to dig out a pair of jeans and a dress shirt. Only a few more weeks till the wedding and even less before he and Heero went to be impregnated. He shrugged into his shirt and buttoned it as he headed for the door. He left the tail hanging and wandered down the hall to see who had arrived first.

Wufei smiled at the sight of Goliath vs. David. Sakura stood staring up at Caleb in awe.
“You bigger than Uncle Tro.” Sakura said in awe as she stared up at him. She then held her arms out to be picked up.
Caleb stared down at the tiny munchkin in his own awe. She looked almost exactly like her baba.
When he didn’t pick her up right away an adorable pout crossed her features. “UP!” She ordered with a stomp of a tiny foot.
Wufei rolled his eyes at the display and scooped his daughter up and deposited her into the giant’s arms. “It is not wise to disobey.” He told him dryly as he went to the stairs to the upper floors. “Katey, Damian, Angel, some of our guests have arrived. Please come down and meet them.” He called as he watched Sakura place her spell on the big man who was looking uncomfortably for rescue from his lovers.
Andy watched with a slight smile and gave a gaelic shrug at the dismay of his large love. He walked over and looked up at the little munchkin. “And you are?” He asked a twinkle in his green hazel eyes.
Sakura turned to look suspiciously at him. “I’m not supos to talk ta trangers.” She informed him solemnly.
Wufei blinked and chuckled. He heard a roar of laughter from the hall and laughed harder.
“Sakura this is a friend of Duo-Daddy.” Heero informed her as he came out of the kitchen. “The man holding you is Caleb Montelo, Andy (Andres) Porier, and Bev (Beverly) Colier.” He introduced as Duo and Wufei laughed their heads off at the utterings of their daughter. “Bev, Andy, Caleb this is Chang Sakura. The gentleman just rounding the corner is Damian Maxwell, Duo’s adopted brother. The ladies are Angel Barton, the brunette, and Chang Katey, the red head.”
Quatre popped out of the kitchen and grinned unrepentantly as he wiped his mouth from testing the dinner that had been prepared.
“Quatre!” Duo roared. “Get out of the kitchen Trowa!” He stormed to the kitchen and found Trowa bending over the pot of soup. He grabbed a damp towel and snapped it at the taller man. “Out I said. Out!” He glared as Trowa made his quick exit out of the kitchen.
Bev chortled happily at the sight of Duo chasing the men out of the kitchen. It was usually her that was chased out. She blinked in startlement as the door near the kitchen opened a group of four women stepped out with a very tall man, a little girl and two boys following them.
“Hello ladies,” Duo called from the depths of the kitchen.
“Good Evening Duo. Have you heard the good news yet?” Anne asked as she moved to greet the new people.
Duo’s head popped around one of the columns of the kitchen. “What news?”
Wufei stopped laughing to glare at Lady Une. She raised an eyebrow in return. “The case I have been working on won.” Wufei said simply as he turned to the love of his life.
“They’re going away for a long time?” Duo asked slowly.
“A hundred years hard time on Jupiter.”
Katey, Damian, and Angel turned at the news. “Really?” They asked in unison.
A big slow smile spread across Wufei’s face. “Yes.” He said simply.
A look of surprise crossed his face as four people tackled him and sent him to the floor in the joy of the announcement. Everyone but Sally and Anne stared in confusion at the attack.
“Wait a minute.” Caleb murmured as he watched. “Didn’t those men get sent away…” Dawning understanding at the reticence of the trio of teenagers hit him like a lightening bolt. “Oh shit.”
Heero glared as he pulled Sakura out of unresisting arms. “No swearing.”
The big man winced at the glare. He watched as the group untangled themselves from each other.
Andy seeing the glare stopped in his tracks. He snapped to attention and saluted. “General Wing.”
Heero turned to him questioningly.
Andy lowered his and grinned self-consciously. “Sorry your glare reminded me of the general I worked under during the war.”
Heero sighed and closed his eyes for a second. He opened them and looked at Andy. “Let me give you intros that you will not like. You already know who Lady Une and Dr. Po are. The tall man there is Zechs Merquise the Lightening Count, and his wife Lieutenant Colonel Lucrezia Noin-Merquise.” He motioned to Noin and Zechs. “Proper introductions of us is General Sandrock,” He pointed to Quatre, “General Heavyarms,” He pointed to Trowa, “General Shenlong,” He pointed to Wufei, “You know who I am. So last but not least,” He ignored the warning motions that Duo was giving him. “General Shinigami. And of course my mother Dr. Suki Yuy.”
Duo went white as a ghost as Heero ignored his motions. He waited for the looks of fear trying not to look at his friends. He was surprised as he felt arms envelope him. He looked up from his fringe to see Andy gripping him in a bear hug with Caleb and Bev standing close-by.
“I already knew and didn’t care.” Andy murmured to the younger man. “Bev of course knows first hand and Caleb doesn’t care.” He rubbed a hand over his back. “You’re still like a little brother to us. Don’t ever forget that.” He pulled back to look Duo in the eyes. “Okay?”
Duo nodded slowly and gave him a shy smile. “Can we change the subject now?” He asked wryly. As Caleb rubbed his back and Bev gave him a big hug of understanding.
Wufei smiled gently and extracted his love for a snuggle of his own as he glared at Heero.
“Real friends don’t care.” He stated simply as he used Sakura as a shield.
Wufei sneered at him as cuddled his love. He then swiftly changed his mood. “So lets see the menus you’ve come up with.” He said as he took his attention from Heero.
The group got down to business of discussing menus, both the double and Colier’s wedding. It was eventually decided to do a buffet of wonders that everyone could choose what they liked best.
Beverages
Pop
Pepsi Diet Pepsi
Rootbeer, iced tea
Orange, grape, cheery, strawberry
Crush
Milk, chocolate
Tea, herbal tea, decaf
Coffee, decaf
Aquafina, mineral, and RainPure
Water
Appetizers
Vegetable, cheese, meat, and fruit platters of every type that can be imagined.
Fresh bread and rolls of every type imaginable
Soups
Vegetable, Mushroom
Cheese and Broccoli
Chicken Noodle
Tomato, Chowder (corn and seafood)
Gazpacho, Bouillabaisse
Consommé, Vichyssoise
Creamy Shrimp Gumbo
Salads
Chef Mandarin
Caesar Potato
Garden Tuna
Greek Noodle
Main Dishes
Roasted
duck and beef
Rotisserie
turkey, chicken, quail, and pheasant
Stir-fry vegetables and rice
Lasagna
Meat lovers
Veggie lovers
Combination of both
Potatoes
Scalloped
Mashed
Baked
Eggplant Parmesan
Dessert
Ice cream (all you can imagine)
Pastries (all you can imagine)
Pies (all you can imagine)
Cakes (all you can imagine)
Wedding Cake tiered
Four tiers
Chocolate
Vanilla
Angel food cake
Devil food cake
They decided that the menu would work for both weddings and give it an easy feeling that their friends would enjoy greatly. It would also allow them to attend each wedding.
“Time to eat by the smell coming from the kitchen.” Andy announced.
“How much will this cost please so I may put in the down payment?” Anne demanded genteelly of the chefs.
Bev raised an eyebrow at Wufei and Duo. They shrugged and headed for the kitchen to get everything ready to serve. “Chickens.” She muttered. “It cancels each other out.” She told the woman calmly as she watched the two younger boys play with Sakura.
“Excuse me?” Anne’s brow furrowed in confusion.
“Free.” Caleb intoned solemnly.
“Free?” Anne said slowly
“Yup.” Quatre agreed happily as he looked over the buffet menu once more. “Duo will be catering their wedding, so they decided that since hiring him would normally cost a fortune it cancels out the cost. It is free for the catering it costs nothing.”
Everyone who didn’t know this stared at Quatre.
“Okay think about it Duo could open his own business. Because only the rich and famous could afford him as a private chef. He could get over 1 000 creds an hour. How many people do you know can afford that?” He emphasized as he looked over the recipes for possible allergy alerts. “Bev do you think it is possible to have the recipes beside the dishes or some sort of allergy alert sign to check for people. Maybe make sure that we have special waiters that can be near the ones with high possibility of allergies in it?”
“I never thought of that.” Bev murmured. “I’ll talk with Caleb and Andy about it.”
“It would really cost that much to have Duo cater a wedding?” Sally asked curiously.
“Yup,” Duo said as he joined them. “Dinner is ready.” He informed them as he moved toward the dinning area with a platter.
“Here,” Caleb told Quatre as he stood to go to the dining room. “A list of people you will need to invite to the wedding or they will be very upset.”
Quatre stared at the address book that was given to him. ‘How many friends does Duo have?’ He asked himself silently. He started to flip through it and was growled at about joining for dinner so everyone could eat.
Everyone sat down at the huge table and looked over the spread of food before them. Duo had once again outdone himself. They dug into the food when Quatre settled into his chair. The absent murmur of conversation punctuated the silence as they scarfed the food down.

Duo sighed happily as he snuggled into Wufei as Heero, Trowa, and Quatre worked on the dishes. “It went really well.” He said absently as he watched Damian tease Katey and Angel as they played a game of cards.
“Yes it did.” Wufei murmured contentedly. He had put Sakura to bed a few minutes ago and was enjoying the peace and quiet. He snuggled his wraith closer and reveled in the peace. He reached over and picked up the book that Quatre had left on the table earlier.

Damian sighed happily as he played a game of crazy 8 count down with Angel and Katey. Caleb, Andy, and Bev were nice people. Of course he knew they would be. Duo was usually a good judge of character to go by. He placed another card on the pile and waited his turn again.
“I liked them.” Katey interrupted his thoughts to state firmly. “They gave us our space unlike other adults.”
Angel nodded in agreement. “Do you know what that book was that Caleb gave to Quatre?”
“Yeah, a list of people that need to be invited to the wedding.” Damian supplied as he placed a card on the pile. “Pick up two.”
“Damn!” Grumbled Katey as she picked up the two cards and hoped for a two to continue the chain. She smirked as A two came into view. She promptly put it down. “Pick up four.” She told Angel. “Should we offer Quatre help in doing up the invitations?”
Angel shook her head negatively. “He’ll send it to Iria and she’ll get them done. She’ll also make sure their aren’t any repeat names in it.” She put another two on the pile. “Pick up six.”
Damian rolled his eyes as he picked up the cards. He already had the last two ready to place. He sighed happily as he placed it and sorted his cards. “What are you two doing tomorrow?”
“I’m going on a ride-a-long in an ambulance. Duo arranged it with Dr. Prenski.” Katey told them happily. She had already taken a first aid course and knew what to do. She was also going to sign up for the Junior Assistance Brigade.
Angel smiled. “Dr. Beauchamp is taking me on her runs to the zoo.” She placed her card and grinned as Damian placed his own. “What are you doing Damian?”
“Helping Mr. Cantry. of course.” Damian responded promptly as he watched the other girls play.
They laughed and changed the subject.

Quatre sighed and he wiped the last pan. “So do we tell them about the rooms on the third floor now or wait till they’re done?”
“Wait till they’re done.” Heero stated simply. He rubbed the cloth over the sink to wipe away the last traces of soap suds. He looked around to see if he forgot anything and smiled as Trowa leaned over to put away a serving platter. He immediately felt the tightening in his groin and looked questioningly at Quatre.
Quatre had followed Heero’s gaze and returned the glance the evening was looking up.
Trowa didn’t know what was going on when he was suddenly attacked by horny arabian and japanese men.

Duo and Wufei murmured their goodnight to the playing teens and headed for bed. They had a lot to do and little time to do it in. They would need their rest.