A/N: This has no canon time, mostly because I can't seem to watch enough Gundam Wing to make an accurate time slot for this. In other news, everyone who loves/likes/doesn't hate this story, thank Truish, who talked with me enough to inspire this story. Hi Truish, this one's for you.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, but I do own Jace Wildess. Please ask me if you want to use him, ok?


Noin wasn't sure where she was. She remembered the crash as her mobile suit was attacked, had a vague recollection of her head hitting something and everything going completely black.

Someone was holding her hand. Who was holding her hand? She tried to force her eyelids open, but she couldn't manage it. "Zechs..." She whispered, her mouth dry.

"No, try again." The voice was cheery, bright. She almost recognized it, but she couldn't quite put her finger on who it was.

She struggled for what seemed like hours trying to get her eyes to open. When she finally did, she still couldn't place the face of the person hovering above her.

"Still don't remember?" The guy asked, still smiling at her. "That's ok, you hit your head pretty hard. What's your name, do you know it?"

"Lucrezia Noin." Noin pushed herself into a sitting position despite the intense pain in her ribcage. "Give me your name."

"Hey, my patients don't talk to their doctor that way." The guy teased. "But it's Jace Wildess. Now do you remember me?"

Noin let the name bounce around in her brain for a minute. Jace, Jace, Jace Wildess. Then she caught a glance of his eyes, each one had a cat-eye mark that was green in the usual brown iris.

"Jace!" Noin hugged him tightly as memories hit her full force. Jace had been her childhood friend, and though he was a year older he had always been the bright, happy one.

"There we go." Jace laughed, slipping an arm around her gently. The touch still made Noin flinch, but it was better than being ignored. "Get some rest, I'll be back in to check on you in a bit. And cheer up, I hate seeing tears in those gorgeous eyes of yours."

Noin brushed her tears away with that hand that didn't have an IV needle in it. Jace gave her a smile, kissed her forehead like he had when they were kids, and headed for the door.

Noin suddenly felt incredibly tired. Everything ached, her head was pounding, and her vision was blurry. She closed her eyes as Jace switched off the light.

Right before she started to be washed away by a wave of sleep, she realized she hadn't asked where Zechs was.

She thought she was just too tired to care.


A/N: my first chapters are always short. The next ones should be longer. And yes, I do love ZechsXNoin; I just think that maybe Noin deserves a chance with someone else who isn't so jerky towards her. And I wasn't putting her with Treize. Anyway, I would love to hear from you, so leave me a review if you have time.