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"Wow, I think that's a record for sleeping in for you." They smiled and he kissed her. "You should drink some coffee and get ready. I want to take you to that house today."

Milliardo got up and walked into the very large closet he had. Noin still couldn't believe it. She was sitting there… on Milliardo's bed. She was beginning to realize that all of this was actually very real. I don't think I could ever stop smiling today..

The gundam pilots were riding in a military jeep on their way to the headquarters located in St Petersburg. Duo insisted on driving. He noticed Heero had been acting even more strange than usual. Ever since the Russians came to Cinq he noticed Heero acting strange.

As Heero was riding in the Jeep, He started thinking about the night to come. I know I love her and I know I want to be with her… but I don't want to put her through this. Why did Val have to come? Why is she making me make this decision.

The pilots soon arrived at the building in St Petersburg. They all were shortly informed of the bomb threat and the tip on the location of the rebels headquarters. And with that, they were on their way.

Relena was up and ready. She was about to meet up with Kat to see how the plans for the ball were going. She was also thinking of the night to come. For a while now, she had avoided thinking about Heero's decision. She was entirely way too nervous. Either way, things were going to change. As she walked to her office, the world around her became lost in her thoughts of what the future may bring. She was suddenly kicked back to reality with Kat snapping her fingers in front of Relena's face.

"Relena… RELENA!...what the hell is going on with you" Kat made a strange face at relena and rolled her eyes.

"Oh sorry, I was just thinking" then Relena smiled as she brushed it off.

"Well if you keep thinking like that you might hurt someone." Relena laughed and they both went into her office and sat down.

"Well… how are the plans for the ball going?"

"Very good. The flowers are being delivered as we speak and the decorations are being placed within the next several hours." She handed Relena a sheet of paper, "Here is a list of the people who RSVP'd as going. I've also indicated their status and their importance to us and our cause."

"Oh, wonderful" Relena was looking down the list, "there are a lot more people attending than expected, but that's good… did we add another table at the front to make room for the Russians?"

"yes, I did, but I need to know who is sitting where."

"well, we will figure that out when we get there… all I can say is that things may change…" Kat seemed to look confused, but always assumed Relena knew what she was doing, which was usually the case.

"Relena, why don't we take the afternoon off and get ready? Relaxing before an event like this will probably be a good thing. Especially with all that has been happening lately."

"oh, I don't know. I really haven't been here much this week and should catch up."

"Relena, everything is done. You have nothing to worry about."

"ok, fine" Relena got up and Kat followed, "Why not." They smiled and went back to Relena's estate.

Heero was against the edge of the wall. He could hear the rebel leaders in the room speaking to each other. He was listening for the right moment and had his gun out. Duo was hiding against the wall across from Heero and had his gun as well. Then Heero looked at Duo to give him the signal. With that they jumped out behind the wall and pointed their guns at the 3 rebel leaders in sight. Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei fell down from the ceiling and grabbed them.

"Don't move! You're under arrest for conspiring against the Russian government and for an attempted bombing in Moscow." Duo was always good when it came to this.

"You have no evidence!"

Heero held up a device, "I just recorded everything you just said and we have areal photographs of your men loading explosives into the building in Moscow. Of course we've already detained those men and have confessed to everything including working for you." The gundam pilots all smiled and took the rebels to prison in Moscow.

Milliardo was driving Heero's jag with Noin on the way to his house. They pulled up to a gate and opened it. It was a 3 story Italian style house. It was made of concrete and a red tile roof. Noin couldn't believe how beautiful it looked. They ran inside to see it had a courtyard with a beautiful garden. The kitchen was large and brand new. The plastic was still on the oven.

"Oh, Milliardo… This is gorgeous! Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

"Well, I didn't want to be away from you and figured you wouldn't want to live here with me." He laughed and grabbed her hand, "Let me show you my favorite part." He showed her to the back yard And there was the ocean with a beautiful beach. Noin was speechless.

"Can we just stay here and never leave?"

Milliardo laughed again, "I knew you'd like it. Well we need to at least go to the ball tonight. Oh my god! The ball! We need to go back and get ready!"

Noin laughed and they raced back to Relena's estate to get ready.

It was nearing 4pm and Heero wondered if he was going to make it back on time. He was starting to look nervous in the plane. Duo needed to say something, "Are you OK, Heero? You look…. Well,… nervous."

"Huh?.. oh, ya. I'm fine. Just wondering if we're going to make it to that stupid ball on time." he looked at Duo and then looked away at the window.

Relena was staring at herself in the mirror. She was in her formal gown and had decided to leave her hair partially down. She was simply standing there and was thinking not of herself, but of Heero. A thousand things were racing through her mind. I wonder what Heero is going to decide… where is he? He promised he'd be here.. Then there was a knock at the door and it was Kat.

"Are you ready?" Kat was also in a beautiful black gown.

"Oh, you look wonderful, Kat!"

"Oh, thanks Relena." She blushed. "We really should get going. There are two limos, One for you and one for the Russians. I'm going to ride with them.. I guess Vlad wants to sit with me." She blushed again.

"Oh really?" Relena laughed, "that's fine." She smiled and they were on their way.

Heero grabbed his bike because it was the fastest thing he had. Come on… Come ON!

Relena got in the limo and closed the door. She got out her mirror to check her makeup. After several minutes, she noticed that they hadn't moved. She called Kat to see what the hold up was.

"What's going on?"

"Oh, uh.. Valentina forgot something and needed to go get it. It will be a few more minutes."

"Oh ok." Relena hung up her phone and sat patiently. She was now very worried about Heero.

All of a sudden the door opened to Relena's Limo and Heero jumped in and closed the door. He was deeply out of breath.

"HEERO!" she flung herself onto him and He kissed her like nothing he had done before. He figured it was ok if no one could see them.

"My god, Heero, I've never seen you out of breath! Is everything ok?"

He had a big smile on his face, "Ya."

She noticed Heero was wearing a uniform similar to his brothers and knew what he was deciding. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Heero smiled, "I don't ever want to put you through what I did today. I want to have a future with you. I have something to live for now." He put a black box in front of her and opened it. It was the necklace. Relena was speechless.

Heero smiled, "So I assume you like it?"

"How on earth…"

"How did I pay for it?.. I'm royalty… remember?" he winked at her, "How did I know? Well that's easy… I know everything." He winked again at her and then put the necklace on. She laughed and then looked at him. She had tears in her eyes.

"Oh no, don't cry!" He started wiping her eyes. She laughed.

"I'm just so happy… I thought this day would never happen!" with that he smiled and put his arm around her. The limo then began to move and they were off to the ball. Now to announce to the world who Heero really is.

Valentina's phone rang in the limo, "Hello?... oh.. but!..." the look on her face wasn't pleasing to every one else in the limo. She hung up the phone.

"What the hell was that about?" Nikolai was nervous.

Valentina looked at him, "We have a serious problem." And with that, both brothers knew exactly what was happening.