When Lightning Strikes Twice
By Lolo Winner
Chapter One: Another Statistic
Disclaimer- I do not own the Gundam gang. I may own the plushies *hugs Quatre plushie* but I don't own the real charas. Those belong to Bandai, TV Ashi, and Sunrise
Note- Sorry it took me so long to get this up! This is the much anticipated (well maybe not MUCH, but it was anticipated) sequel to "First Date" There is less humor in this fiction for reasons you will see very very soon. It's not finished yet, for it has no ending thus far. Hopefully though it will soon. Oh, it's also a good deal longer. I'm starting a trend of short firsts with long follow-ups, sorry about that. Now with out further ado I give you my story!
Relena knocked on Mel's bathroom door again, "Sweetheart are you sure you are alight? You've been in there for over an hour."
"I'm fine." Mel said though her tears.
"You don't sound find. Come out here and talk to me."
"You wouldn't understand."
"I just might. Why don't you humor me?"
Thoughts swirled though Mel's head as she sat in her dry tub, hugging her knees, /She is going to find out sooner or later./ She told herself.
/I would prefer later to sooner./ She thought back.
/She's setting it up for you to tell her, you won't be handed another opportunity like this./Mel sighed a ragged, shaky sigh. Her mind was right. Slowly and reluctantly she stood and opened her bathroom door. She walked right past her mother and sat on her bed. She slid across to the headboard as Relena took a seat on the edge.
Relena looked at Mel. Her gaze wasn't harsh, but worried and caring. Mel was afraid the emotions portrayed in her eyes would shift suddenly in a very short amount of time. Mel tried to find the best way to say what had to be said. She had spent the majority of the last hour cooking up dozens of dialogues.
"Father isn't home yet, is he?" She asked quietly after a few moments of silence.
"No, if you want though, I can call him home."
Mel shook her head; her father was the very last person she wanted to know. /Now or never./ Her mind reminded her. She wiped the tears that streaked her face. She took in a deep breath of air to try and prepare herself. "Well," She started slowly, "you know how I've been sick lately?" Relena nodded. "Well. I. um." She stuttered, not one of her makeup sanarios seemed to want to be voiced at that moment. She drew her knees closer to her chest and stared down at her comforter, refusing to make eye contact. "I've missed my last two periods." Her voice was barely audible behind her knees.
"You aren't suggesting." Relena asked, her voice filling with fear.
Mel nodded as a new wave of tears flowed from her eyes. "I'm pregnant."
Relena gasped, her hand quickly flew up, covering her mouth. The hand covering her mouth was shaking. She was quiet for a moment, pushing the denial out of the way to make way for reasonable thinking. "Are you sure?" She finally asked.
Mel nodded. She looked towards the bathroom. Relena followed the gaze, suspecting the answer lie in what they were looking at. She was right. An opened box of pregnancy tests lay open on the counter.
Relena stared at the box in silence. Mel was afraid of what she would say when she finally decided to speak. "Does Clint know?" She said with a surprising tone of gentleness.
Mel shook her head, "I haven't told anyone yet."
Relena moved across the bed, over to Mel. She wrapped her arms around her shoulders. "Don't worry," She assured, "we'll think of something." Even as she said the words, she wasn't sure if they were true.
Mel squeezed her eyes shut, trying to stop the tears. "I'm so scared." She hiccupped though the sobs.
"I know, I know. Right now you need to rest. Let me think of what we are going to do."
"You aren't going to tell father are you?"
"We have to tell him Mel-Anna." Mel shook her head, "I won't tell him yet okay? Everything is going to be fine, understand?" Mel didn't understand she nodded nonetheless. "Good, now rest."
Relena shut Mel's door. She sighed; pressing her back against the door she let her back slid down until she was on the floor. She sat quietly for a few minutes; her head was pounding from the thoughts that ran though her mind. /Get a hold of yourself Relena. You're the strong one remember? Now isn't the time to loose that roll./ She tried to convince herself.
She continued to sit, unable to find the strength to back those words. There was no way she could get though this alone. /You're too strong for this. You can rule the world but you can't deal with one crisis?/
"It's more complicated then that." She whispered out loud, the sound of her voice startled her.
It was complicated. With her place in the government she wasn't sure what this would do. Would people look at this and ask, 'She can't even control he own daughter, how can she take control of this'? Sure, she also realized, that because of her roll, and her money, she could easily cover this up, and pretend that it never happened. At that moment she didn't see how the later could ever play out.
/Well you aren't going to find an answer by sitting there on the floor crying./ This thought sent a new strength though her system. She stood shakily, and went to the phone downstairs. She picked it up and hesitated.
Who could she call? It had to be someone who would understand, someone who could keep something to them self. Most of all, it had to be someone how could be supportive. She quickly decided that Noin was her friend that fit all these conditions.
"Hello?" Noin's voice said.
"Noin? It's Relena."
"Relena what's wrong, you've been crying haven't you? Tell me what's the problem."
Millardo poked his head in from the other room. "What's wrong with Relena?" Noin motioned for him to stay away. Reluctantly, he went upstairs.
"Oh Noin, I'm so sorry to trouble you."
"Don't even give it a second though. I really don't mind. Now please, tell me what is wrong."
Heero came in a few minutes later. He heard Relena talking and decided to leave her alone.
"Mel-Anna was in the bathroom crying for over an hour." Heero stopped his climb upstairs and listened to the conversation. "No, Heero doesn't know yet. I'm not sure how to tell him. I know, I know, but seriously, what am I going to say? 'Hi honey you will never guess what happened! Your daughter's pregnant!'" Relena said in mock excitement.
Heero's grip on the banister intensified. The wood cracked under the pressure. Relena heard the crack. Pounding steps up the stairs followed it. /Oh no, Heero over heard me./ Relena started to run after him letting the phone slip out of her hand and clatter to the floor.
She caught up to him in the hall, "Heero stop, she's sleeping." Heero didn't answer her, and he didn't stop. "Please she's scared. Wait until you calm down." She pleaded. He still didn't stop, they were getting closer and closer to Mel's door.
Relena stepped in front of him. She trusted her arms out on either side, blocking his way. "Please stop, do this later when you aren't blinded by rage and she isn't scared out of her mind."
"Why should I stop?" Heero snapped.
"She's been though a lot."
"No shit." He said angrily, he tried to redirect his anger. "I knew that kid was trouble." He pointed his finger at Relena, "Why did I let you talk me into letting her see him?"
Heero didn't wait for an answer. He turned sharply and charged down the stairs. All was quiet for a moment as he retrieved his gun. He stormed out the door. The whole house shuttered with the force from the slamming from the door. The roar of an engine and screeching tiers replaced the echoing slam.
Heero didn't bother knocking on the Maxwell residence. He burst though the door, startling Hilde who was busy fixing dinner. Duo and Clint looked up from the basketball game on the television. Clint stood, "Mr. Yuy, what brings you here?"
Heero stormed across the kitchen and into the living room. Clint's eyes lit up with fear as he grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall. Heero drew his gun and pressed the cold barrel against Clint's forehead.
Hilde screamed. Duo gawked for a moment, unable to believe what was happening.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you."
"Because I don't know what I did wrong." Clint croaked.
Heero took the safety off The gun clicked.
"Now Heero calm down. You don't want to do something you're gunna regret." Duo reasoned, "Let's put the gun down and talk this out." Heero only tightened his grip. Clint gasped for air.
"Heero you're going to kill him!" Hilde yelled.
"I still don't have a good reason."
"What gives? I didn't do anything!"
"Didn't do anything?" Heero threw Clint to the floor. "Mel's pregnant! To me, that qualifies as doing something!" He re-aimed the gun at his head.
All of the color drained from Clint's face as he tried to breath. Duo's jaw dropped, "Oh my God." He said wide-eyed.
Hilde gasped; her hands went to covering her mouth, "Oh Clint. How could you?"
Heero's eyes left Clint for a second. They cut into Duo, "Like father like son eh Duo?" He said bitterly before turning back to Clint, "Now lets try this again. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you."
"Because I'm going to be a father!" Clint yelled, in desperate defense.
The sound of a dropped gym bag filled the air. Heero and Clint didn't look over to the door, where Clint's younger sister Sky now stood. She had just gotten home from track practice. Hilde rushed to her daughter, a maternal instinct to protect her offspring. "Whoa, cool. Hey Mr. Yuy, go for it!" She called out.
"Sky, shut up." Duo scolded.
Sky didn't stop though, "So Clint, you knocked up Mel, I knew that would happen."
"Geeze, don't say knocked up!" Clint said. He edged himself across the floor, trying to escape Heero's wrath.
"Sky!" Duo snapped.
If things weren't chaotic enough the phone started to ring. No one tried to answer it, since there were much more important things at hand. "Hi you've reached the Maxwell's," Sky's recorded voice said, "If ya want to leave a message for the parentals- aka Duo and Hilde, stay on the line. If you want Clint push star one, and for yours truly the magic buttons are star two. Oh yeah, and leave your name and number, otherwise we won't know who to call back. Ja!" There was the sound of the beep.
"Hilde? Duo? It's Relena." Heero looked over to the phone. Clint took the opportunity to get off the floor. "I know that Heero is there, and that you all know by now. Please come over to our home right away so that we can discuses this, and please, bring Clint. Oh, and Heero, behave yourself." She hung up the phone.
By Lolo Winner
Chapter One: Another Statistic
Disclaimer- I do not own the Gundam gang. I may own the plushies *hugs Quatre plushie* but I don't own the real charas. Those belong to Bandai, TV Ashi, and Sunrise
Note- Sorry it took me so long to get this up! This is the much anticipated (well maybe not MUCH, but it was anticipated) sequel to "First Date" There is less humor in this fiction for reasons you will see very very soon. It's not finished yet, for it has no ending thus far. Hopefully though it will soon. Oh, it's also a good deal longer. I'm starting a trend of short firsts with long follow-ups, sorry about that. Now with out further ado I give you my story!
Relena knocked on Mel's bathroom door again, "Sweetheart are you sure you are alight? You've been in there for over an hour."
"I'm fine." Mel said though her tears.
"You don't sound find. Come out here and talk to me."
"You wouldn't understand."
"I just might. Why don't you humor me?"
Thoughts swirled though Mel's head as she sat in her dry tub, hugging her knees, /She is going to find out sooner or later./ She told herself.
/I would prefer later to sooner./ She thought back.
/She's setting it up for you to tell her, you won't be handed another opportunity like this./Mel sighed a ragged, shaky sigh. Her mind was right. Slowly and reluctantly she stood and opened her bathroom door. She walked right past her mother and sat on her bed. She slid across to the headboard as Relena took a seat on the edge.
Relena looked at Mel. Her gaze wasn't harsh, but worried and caring. Mel was afraid the emotions portrayed in her eyes would shift suddenly in a very short amount of time. Mel tried to find the best way to say what had to be said. She had spent the majority of the last hour cooking up dozens of dialogues.
"Father isn't home yet, is he?" She asked quietly after a few moments of silence.
"No, if you want though, I can call him home."
Mel shook her head; her father was the very last person she wanted to know. /Now or never./ Her mind reminded her. She wiped the tears that streaked her face. She took in a deep breath of air to try and prepare herself. "Well," She started slowly, "you know how I've been sick lately?" Relena nodded. "Well. I. um." She stuttered, not one of her makeup sanarios seemed to want to be voiced at that moment. She drew her knees closer to her chest and stared down at her comforter, refusing to make eye contact. "I've missed my last two periods." Her voice was barely audible behind her knees.
"You aren't suggesting." Relena asked, her voice filling with fear.
Mel nodded as a new wave of tears flowed from her eyes. "I'm pregnant."
Relena gasped, her hand quickly flew up, covering her mouth. The hand covering her mouth was shaking. She was quiet for a moment, pushing the denial out of the way to make way for reasonable thinking. "Are you sure?" She finally asked.
Mel nodded. She looked towards the bathroom. Relena followed the gaze, suspecting the answer lie in what they were looking at. She was right. An opened box of pregnancy tests lay open on the counter.
Relena stared at the box in silence. Mel was afraid of what she would say when she finally decided to speak. "Does Clint know?" She said with a surprising tone of gentleness.
Mel shook her head, "I haven't told anyone yet."
Relena moved across the bed, over to Mel. She wrapped her arms around her shoulders. "Don't worry," She assured, "we'll think of something." Even as she said the words, she wasn't sure if they were true.
Mel squeezed her eyes shut, trying to stop the tears. "I'm so scared." She hiccupped though the sobs.
"I know, I know. Right now you need to rest. Let me think of what we are going to do."
"You aren't going to tell father are you?"
"We have to tell him Mel-Anna." Mel shook her head, "I won't tell him yet okay? Everything is going to be fine, understand?" Mel didn't understand she nodded nonetheless. "Good, now rest."
Relena shut Mel's door. She sighed; pressing her back against the door she let her back slid down until she was on the floor. She sat quietly for a few minutes; her head was pounding from the thoughts that ran though her mind. /Get a hold of yourself Relena. You're the strong one remember? Now isn't the time to loose that roll./ She tried to convince herself.
She continued to sit, unable to find the strength to back those words. There was no way she could get though this alone. /You're too strong for this. You can rule the world but you can't deal with one crisis?/
"It's more complicated then that." She whispered out loud, the sound of her voice startled her.
It was complicated. With her place in the government she wasn't sure what this would do. Would people look at this and ask, 'She can't even control he own daughter, how can she take control of this'? Sure, she also realized, that because of her roll, and her money, she could easily cover this up, and pretend that it never happened. At that moment she didn't see how the later could ever play out.
/Well you aren't going to find an answer by sitting there on the floor crying./ This thought sent a new strength though her system. She stood shakily, and went to the phone downstairs. She picked it up and hesitated.
Who could she call? It had to be someone who would understand, someone who could keep something to them self. Most of all, it had to be someone how could be supportive. She quickly decided that Noin was her friend that fit all these conditions.
"Hello?" Noin's voice said.
"Noin? It's Relena."
"Relena what's wrong, you've been crying haven't you? Tell me what's the problem."
Millardo poked his head in from the other room. "What's wrong with Relena?" Noin motioned for him to stay away. Reluctantly, he went upstairs.
"Oh Noin, I'm so sorry to trouble you."
"Don't even give it a second though. I really don't mind. Now please, tell me what is wrong."
Heero came in a few minutes later. He heard Relena talking and decided to leave her alone.
"Mel-Anna was in the bathroom crying for over an hour." Heero stopped his climb upstairs and listened to the conversation. "No, Heero doesn't know yet. I'm not sure how to tell him. I know, I know, but seriously, what am I going to say? 'Hi honey you will never guess what happened! Your daughter's pregnant!'" Relena said in mock excitement.
Heero's grip on the banister intensified. The wood cracked under the pressure. Relena heard the crack. Pounding steps up the stairs followed it. /Oh no, Heero over heard me./ Relena started to run after him letting the phone slip out of her hand and clatter to the floor.
She caught up to him in the hall, "Heero stop, she's sleeping." Heero didn't answer her, and he didn't stop. "Please she's scared. Wait until you calm down." She pleaded. He still didn't stop, they were getting closer and closer to Mel's door.
Relena stepped in front of him. She trusted her arms out on either side, blocking his way. "Please stop, do this later when you aren't blinded by rage and she isn't scared out of her mind."
"Why should I stop?" Heero snapped.
"She's been though a lot."
"No shit." He said angrily, he tried to redirect his anger. "I knew that kid was trouble." He pointed his finger at Relena, "Why did I let you talk me into letting her see him?"
Heero didn't wait for an answer. He turned sharply and charged down the stairs. All was quiet for a moment as he retrieved his gun. He stormed out the door. The whole house shuttered with the force from the slamming from the door. The roar of an engine and screeching tiers replaced the echoing slam.
Heero didn't bother knocking on the Maxwell residence. He burst though the door, startling Hilde who was busy fixing dinner. Duo and Clint looked up from the basketball game on the television. Clint stood, "Mr. Yuy, what brings you here?"
Heero stormed across the kitchen and into the living room. Clint's eyes lit up with fear as he grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall. Heero drew his gun and pressed the cold barrel against Clint's forehead.
Hilde screamed. Duo gawked for a moment, unable to believe what was happening.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you."
"Because I don't know what I did wrong." Clint croaked.
Heero took the safety off The gun clicked.
"Now Heero calm down. You don't want to do something you're gunna regret." Duo reasoned, "Let's put the gun down and talk this out." Heero only tightened his grip. Clint gasped for air.
"Heero you're going to kill him!" Hilde yelled.
"I still don't have a good reason."
"What gives? I didn't do anything!"
"Didn't do anything?" Heero threw Clint to the floor. "Mel's pregnant! To me, that qualifies as doing something!" He re-aimed the gun at his head.
All of the color drained from Clint's face as he tried to breath. Duo's jaw dropped, "Oh my God." He said wide-eyed.
Hilde gasped; her hands went to covering her mouth, "Oh Clint. How could you?"
Heero's eyes left Clint for a second. They cut into Duo, "Like father like son eh Duo?" He said bitterly before turning back to Clint, "Now lets try this again. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you."
"Because I'm going to be a father!" Clint yelled, in desperate defense.
The sound of a dropped gym bag filled the air. Heero and Clint didn't look over to the door, where Clint's younger sister Sky now stood. She had just gotten home from track practice. Hilde rushed to her daughter, a maternal instinct to protect her offspring. "Whoa, cool. Hey Mr. Yuy, go for it!" She called out.
"Sky, shut up." Duo scolded.
Sky didn't stop though, "So Clint, you knocked up Mel, I knew that would happen."
"Geeze, don't say knocked up!" Clint said. He edged himself across the floor, trying to escape Heero's wrath.
"Sky!" Duo snapped.
If things weren't chaotic enough the phone started to ring. No one tried to answer it, since there were much more important things at hand. "Hi you've reached the Maxwell's," Sky's recorded voice said, "If ya want to leave a message for the parentals- aka Duo and Hilde, stay on the line. If you want Clint push star one, and for yours truly the magic buttons are star two. Oh yeah, and leave your name and number, otherwise we won't know who to call back. Ja!" There was the sound of the beep.
"Hilde? Duo? It's Relena." Heero looked over to the phone. Clint took the opportunity to get off the floor. "I know that Heero is there, and that you all know by now. Please come over to our home right away so that we can discuses this, and please, bring Clint. Oh, and Heero, behave yourself." She hung up the phone.