It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Yay! Tomorrow is my last day of school... so, I have nothing else to do but write this next chapter. We're going to have parties, and watch movies! Um... ok... I should calm down. Read, review and enjoy! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the first chapter! Oh yeah ::::pats self on the back:::: This is the fastest I've gotten a story out. I'm so proud of myself... or maybe it's just boredom?

My parents won't buy Gundam Wing for me... maybe some nice billionaire will... hmm I should look into that.

You're Under the Mistletoe

Chapter 2

I bet he isn't coming back... I was a fool to believe that he actually would...' Relena sighed, brushing her honey brown bangs from her face to join the rest of her fanned hair lying on her bed. 'I should stop thinking about it, just forget him. That could be my New Year's resolution: forget Heero and find someone else to be happy with.'

Though her mind was made up, her heart completely disagreed. Deep down, she knew that she could never forget Heero, but it was possible to become happy with another person. She doubted she could go through with it. Relena turned over to her back, feeling a headache coming on from frustration, helplessness and emptiness.

It wasn't only from the fact that she wasn't with Heero, or hadn't seen him for almost a year, but because she felt used. She couldn't really describe it. She felt he only made her the promise because she was hurt, like he had some duty to make sure she would be all right, and once he knew he could leave again...'Promises are meant to be kept, Heero, you know that... so why did you make it in the first place?'

Eventually she fell into a fitful slumber, the frustration, helplessness and emptiness plaguing her dreams, or rather nightmares like parasites.

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"She acts normal, goes to her speeches, but I swear that girl is hurting inside." Noin shook her head in sorrow, wishing she could help. Duo grinned in light of the current conversation.

"I've got a plan, one that should definently make her happy." She gave him a questioning look, that also urged him to continue. "We look for him."

"Easier said than done, Duo. I don't know Heero that well but I know that if he left it was because he didn't want to be here. And how would we look for him? He could be anywhere..."

Duo's grin was now hanging like a hammock by his ears. "He loves her, he just hasn't admitted it to himself yet. That's probably why he left... And as for finding him... who the hell knows where he is, but that's not the point. We need to find him, and put those to together."

"Duo, do you really want to look for him? We don't even know how tough it'll be... and imagine if..." Noin looked down, her face becoming somewhat distressed,"... imagine if he doesn't love her... then what?"

"Heh, don't worry your pretty little head about that, Noin." Duo suddenly grew more serious, his voice low. "They're both my friends, and it's as good a time as any for them to realize that this is right."

There was a long pause in the room, both people thinking about what could be done. Finally Noin looked back up at Duo and smiled slightly. "Where do we start looking?"

His grin disappeared so fast, it was like it was never there. "Honestly, I have no idea..."

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Relena woke the next morning with a migraine weighing down on her head, and the rest of her body. During the night, she had woken up almost every hour just to stare at the ceiling before falling asleep again. In addition, her throat was dry, and her stomach was growling for food.

Complying with it, she took her shower and dressed then exited her room to join everyone else for breakfast. Once she came in, the other people in the room noticed Relena didn't look well. Her face was downcast, and her blue eyes were dull, and focused on nothing. No one commented, or even asked about her appearance.

She noticed that everyone was, everyone being Noin, Milliardo, Duo and Hilde were staring at her. She smiled, a small, but real smile. Or as real as her smile could get with her physical and emotional pain, and sat down. "I'm starved, let's eat!"

Duo shook his head, as if being proud of her like she was his own. "I couldn't have put it better myself." Hilde cast a sideways glance at him and smacked him on his head. Relena found all of it amusing and smiled wider.

After breakfast, they all went their separate ways. Actually, Hilde and Relena went shopping while the other three stayed, planning on started their search, Milliardo finding out from Noin.

"Duo, don't you know anything that could help? Did Heero say anything to you?"

"I know that if he doesn't want to be found, then he won't be. I don't remember him saying exactly where he was going, but he did say something like... I going to search for a place to go."

Milliardo snorted, he obviously didn't like the idea of having to search for Heero, but he knew that's what his sister would really want. "And what the hell would that mean?"

"How should I know... that guy's hard enough to understand as it is."

Noin shook her head. 'This isn't going anywhere...' She tuned in and out of what the two men were saying, but none were coming to a similar conclusion. 'Men will be men...but how are we going to find him? He's looking for a place to go?...' Noin pondered the subject not too long before interrupted their conversation by slamming her hand on the table. This got both of their attentions.

"What'd you do that for?"

Noin eyed both of them. "It seems that to find Heero, we're going to have to think like him." 'That will be one difficult task in itself...'

All right, I'm sorry this part was even shorter than the first. My bad... this just seemed like a good place to stop the chapter. Well, y'all know the drill, you read... then review... I get happy by reading reviews... :) ---see, happy face. This is what I look like when I get a few reviews... :[ --- see, unhappy face. I'm kidding, but it is nice to see a lot of reviews. Merii Kurisumasu! (I think that's how it's spelled... that's merry christmas in japanese)

Remeber everyone: "Trust is the most valuable thing you'll ever earn."- Dove Promises chocolate (can you tell I eat a lot of these?)