Chapter 8: Dreams

Lelouch waited for her in the cart. She soon emerged from the cottage looking beautiful as ever. Though he wouldn't admit to anyone, even to himself, he finds this mysterious girl beautiful, interesting and other adjectives that imply pure infatuation.

It was a crazy thought that he would be in love – no he refused to even acknowledge that term, interested would be better, she is an enigma after all and he loved puzzles – to a girl he barely knew. To a pregnant girl he barely knew.

Something at the back of his mind is telling him, whispering to him, that this girl is not just a new acquaintance. Something at the back of his mind is telling him that she is so much more than that. But that something at the back of his mind didn't tell him what she really is for him.

"What are you looking at?" She inquired as she saw him staring at blank space.

"Nothing. Come on."

Lelouch loaded the crates of oranges to the cart and told her to sit down beside him up front.

"I'm going to make a few deliveries first before I take you to the hospital." He said as he made the horse pulling the cart slowly trot.

"Why can't you take me first to the hospital, make the deliveries, and then come back for me later on?"

"Nope. It's much better my way. It won't tire Betty that much."

"Betty?"

"The horse." He grinned. "And anyway, my sister's orders."

"You mean Anya, don't you?"

He nodded.

"You do know that she's not your real sister don't you?"

"Yes. She and my brother, Jeremiah, found me. They told me that I look like someone they knew and that I reminded them of him. That's why they decided to take me in."

"What do you remember?"

"Before they took me in? Nothing. Nothing at all. My first memory is seeing their faces. I didn't tell this to them but, I'm starting to get weird dreams. I think they're flashbacks."

CC looked at him. Is it possible that he is starting to remember? She decided to take it slowly.

"What's in those dreams?"

"A girl I never knew. But if my dreams really are flashbacks, I guess I know her before I had amnesia."

CC fell silent for a moment praying to gods that it was her that Lelouch was talking about. Though it could be any other girl. Kallen, Shirley, Nunnally, Sayoko, Villeta, Millie, he was involved with a number of girls after all.

"Do you remember what she looks like?"

"That's just it. Whenever I wake up, she's gone. Her face, scent, hair, everything is gone from my memory. But what I do remember is she's pregnant with my child. If those dreams really are flashbacks, then that means I'm a father. A worthless one for I don't even know who or where the mother or my child is."

CC didn't speak as she took all of these information in. Lelouch was dreaming about her and he didn't even know it. A silent debate erupted in her mind. The logical part of her versus the part that already wanted to tell Lelouch everything.

Should I tell him?

No that's too risky. He shouldn't remember who he is. The more he remembers the more that people will suspect him as being the supposedly dead emperor.

That's it. That emperor is supposedly dead. He won't be suspected.

He would. Look a likes of the emperor that act like him and have the same social circles as him are bound to be suspicious.

But he's starting to remember. What's wrong with giving him a prod in the right direction?

Nuh-uh, wrong. It's not the right direction you're leading him. You're risking his life by making him remember more.

But I am carrying his child!

Which he knows nothing of. How do you think he would react if you dropped this bomb on him while he's in that state? I don't think he'd believe you.

I can get Anya or Jeremiah to back me up.

They're against him remembering in the first place, right?

So why is Anya playing matchmaker if she is against us?

She's not against you. She's just against him remembering. She wants him to fall in love with you again not remember that he is in love with you.

Okay, I can get Suzaku to back me up.

He's in love with you, remember? You're just going to hurt him.

CC sighed dejectedly. This argument with herself is leading her nowhere near a conclusion.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Lelouch asked as he heard her sigh.

"Nothing. Everything's fine." She lied. Of course everything isn't fine.

a/n: I'm unsure where to go after this part. I planned the next few chapters for some CC Lelouch bonding time so they can get closer but I don't really know how to proceed. Suggestions? It will take me sometime before I can update. Sorry about that and sorry if this chapter isn't that good. =)