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Chapter 4

The last time I had seen Heero was during the Mariemaia incident. As fast as he appeared he took off again leaving no one any assurance as to where he had gone. Months passed by and I heard no word from him. I soon lost all hope as to ever seeing him again. The only time he seemed to show up was when I was in trouble. So after awhile I think I pushed him to the back of my mind.

Then out of the blue here he is again.

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To say I was surprised would be an understatement. Though I wasn't the girl I use to be. I wasn't about to drop everything just to go chase him around. As upset as Une was about it she agreed that I shouldn't leave without Lee. As much as Heero disapproved (as Dorothy told me he was later) I wasn't going to follow through with his orders like a lapdog.

So one month later with Lee by my side I stood by Dorothy telling her goodbye. I knew I was being sappy but hey who could blame me? Dorothy was making small sniffing noises from time to time. I knew she was a strong person but she had changed a lot too. Maybe that's why we got to be such good friends.

"Hey look on the bright side of this!" I said in an attempt to make this a less awkward situation. Heero was due any moment and I really didn't want to be crying in front of him.

"What would that be?" Dorothy had the same voice as ever. Same old Dorothy. As bad as she might be feeling on the inside she tries her hardest to not show it on the outside.

"You can go find Quatre and elope." I told her with an impish smile. I heard her squeak and knew I had gotten to her. I could almost swear she was blushing right now.

"I can't believe you . . ." she stuttered. I only laughed at her. A few moments later Dorothy joined in. After we had gotten out laugh in we fell into a comfortable silence. I took the moment in as I listened to the animals around me. I was going to miss this place. It was my safety zone and I felt like I was going to be taken into enemy territory.

"I got you some things," I heard Dorothy tell me vaguely. She snapped me out of my mussing.

I felt her place one large object in my hands. It was ruff and square. I felt around and felt paper. A book? I opened it and felt bumps all around the pages.

"What is this?" I asked her. I had no idea what she had given me and there was more?

"It's a book of Braille. I was able to get you this CD player and a CD to go with it. It'll teach you Braille step by step." I felt tears gather in my eyes. This was too much. Dorothy had done so much for me. What in the world could I ever do to make it up to her? I few tears escaped my eyes but I brushed them away without much thought.

"I know how much a bore Yuy is and I know you'll be dieing with him the only person to talk too," she told me. My laugh came out of me before I knew it.

"A couple more things then. This is your harness for Lee." I felt her grabbing my hand and placing a plastic handle in it. I pulled on it and was surprised when Lee moved with it. He must have been connected to it. I made a mental note to later memorize how to put it on Lee before I took it off. Not that I would be using him a lot during my time in the woods but I felt better safe than sorry.

"Oh and I almost forgot!" I raised my eyebrow to where I thought Dorothy would be. That sounded way too happy to be a good thing. I heard her shuffling what sounded like paper and her enthusiastic yell when she supposedly found what she was looking for.

Once again she placed something in my hand. It was thin and smooth. With buttons on it too. Only from what I had seen before it seemed like some type of Braille. Maybe the numbers of Braille?

"It's a small cell phone I had made for you. It has Braille numbers on it instead of the normal numbers that other cell phones have. This way I can call you to see how you are. If Une says were not in direct contact with each other we'll just have to learn how to be sneaky now won't we?" I found my smile reaching my ears. I just couldn't believe all of this. I grabbed my handbag on the floor next to me. I pushed in my new book, CD player, the CD, and my cell phone just as I heard a car coming down my gravel road. The normal crunching of tire and rocks meeting made me bite my lip in irritation. Though I have to admit its better to know when someone is coming rather than having someone sneaking up on you.

"Hello Miss Relena," Une's voice said to me. I almost raised my eyebrow in puzzlement but remembered my manners. Sometimes I hate that I have to be so polite. Though I wonder what Une is doing here. I heard a car door slam and almost jumped at the sound. Another door father away did the same. So only two people were in the car. If Une was one person than Heero would have to be the other. This means that Une was just debriefing Heero on his new mission. Well time to face the music.

"Hello Lady Une, Heero." I nodded to where I thought they were. No one was moving so I wonder what everyone was staring at.

"Hn." Yup that is Heero all right.

"Well I guess you two should be going now. This is our last meeting. When we're all sure that is all clear I'll send word to Preventer Yuy. Then you'll be able to come out of hiding. Do be safe Miss Relena. I promise you that we'll take care of everything." Une stern voice told me. I know I'm suppose to believe her and be all naive but with everything that has happened I know to expect what's not suppose to happen. Things just seem to happen that way.

"It's time to get going Relena." Well I suppose it was. I grabbed my bag and Lee's harness. Dorothy took my elbow and led me to the car. I quietly told her I wanted to sit with Lee in the back when she was about to stop. With out telling me anything she started to move in a different direction. I felt around the door and gripped a handle. Lee jumped in at my command and I slid in after him. The door slammed right beside my ear and I held in my instant flinch at the loud noise.

The door in the front from where the driver seat was open and closed as I presume Heero slid into the car. The dangling keys and the ignition starting faintly registered in my mind as the car started to move. All I could think about was the place I was leaving to and the place I was leaving behind and how this all seemed to be some bad dream that I would wake up from any moment, but the coldness of the air, the pain in my heart, and my light head just from being this close to him told me I was wrong.

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The first thing I wanted to do when I got there was to take Lee and memorize the layout of the new house I was in. Heero took off somewhere to most likely check out the area. We hadn't said a word to each other since we got in the car and I wasn't expected him to start talking for a long time yet. Heero was always a silent person and I wasn't really expecting him to do anything. This was fine with me, because I didn't want to get much closer to him. If I had even been close to him in first place. Which I doubt I was.

So this was why I was in the living room counting the steps to my room with Lee by my side.

"I see you we're able to receive a guide dog." Heero's voice popped out of no where. That was strange. I could usually hear anyone coming towards me due to their footsteps. Well this is Heero though. I suppose I'll have to be on extra alert with him around. Now that I was more alert I seemed to take in the fact of just how silent this place was. I could hear the small musical concert of the crickets outside the door.

"One thing you need to know is to not go out into the woods. Outside is fine but don't leave the imitate area." He commanded me. I almost felt my anger burning up but I swallowed it down.

"One thing for me too Heero. Once I learn the format I need the floors to be completely clear. I can't really have anything in that I can trip on. I learned that I couple of days after I came home when I was starting to get use to it. Other than that I think I can manage just fine."

"Hn. Fine." Well at least that went well. I heard the front door closing so I could only assume that he had left the house. I continued with my counting but all my mind could think about was how strange it felt living in the same house yet so right. Maybe I was starting to like him again but I knew I was just setting my self up for heart break. I had to protect my heart and maybe just maybe I could start to live my life again after all this was over. After all this was over Dorothy and I are going to some exotic island. Just to get away from everything. Well hey I might just find somebody there.

The door slammed again and stomping feet made there way across the living room. I knew I had I curious look on my face so I was either being ignored or he didn't even look at me. What ever way I didn't care.

This was going to be a very long few months.

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