If I Should Die Before You Wake
By: *~Angeldust~*
A/N: I'm back with another chapter! Yay! Thanks for all the great reviews. I borrowed some of your ideas. (He he. Hope that's all right.) To answer your most popular question, I did not write that poem. I found it on the net. It has a sad story behind it that I won't go into. But anyway, please enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: It *sob* doesn't belong to me! *Sob*
Warnings: See previous chapter.
Summary: Fighting, death, injuries, sadness, so on and so forth.
Relena awoke in a sleepy daze. The early morning sun peeked its way through her frilly pink curtains and crept onto her bed. She got out of bed and went into the bathroom, momentarily not seeing the flower or note. She stared at her image in the large bathroom mirror. Her hair was disheveled mess, which was taken care of by a few swipes of a brush. Her sleepy face was cleaned with soap and water. She brushed her teeth with a lavender toothbrush, and then proceeded to use her mouthwash. She then looked down at her pajamas. She had chosen to sleep in her favorite pair. A pair of long, soft pants with a cloud pattern all over them covered her legs. A short spaghetti strap tank top with the word "Dreamy" written on clods covered her torso. Then she wiggled her toes causing the clouds on the toes of her blue slippers to move around. She smoothed the wrinkles on her shirt and left the bathroom to go eat breakfast.
As she walked past her bed she noticed one of her bears were out of place. She walked over to put back in its rightful place when she noticed the bear was holding a sealed envelope and a white rose. She tried to pick up the rose and was pricked by one of the thorns. She quickly went back into the bathroom for a band-aid. When she reemerged she went right back to the letter. She left the rose where it had fallen on the bed, afraid to pick it up again. She picked up the envelope carefully and pulled open the seal. By the time she had gotten through the first two sentences she had to sit down with shock. She missed the bed and landed on the floor, but she didn't seem to notice. She read the rest of the letter, her eyes filling up with tears more and more each sentence. When she at last finished she held the letter in her hand and began to sob. She couldn't seem to stop the tears from coming. As she cried she thought to herself
'Pull yourself together. You never acted this way before. The stress must really be getting to you. Now stop crying this instant and go downstairs and tell the guys the news. They need to know.'
As much as she thought about stopping and getting up she couldn't seem to. Her relief came when a worried Dorothy came to upstairs to say that she would be late for her conference if she didn't get moving.
Dorothy ran into the room and immediately noticed the crying Relena on the floor. She rushed over to her and said,
"Miss Relena! What's wrong?"
All Relena could do was hand Dorothy the letter. Dorothy was silent for a moment as she read the letter. Her eyes widened with every sentence. When she was done she said to Relena,
"Come on now Miss Relena. The letter says you must be strong. I'm sure Quatre and the others can find him. You must do your part and bring this new rebel force to the attention of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation representatives. Now up!"
Dorothy dragged Relena to her wardrobe and pulled out a white pantsuit. She then pushed Relena and the suit into the bathroom, closed the door, and waited. Relena emerged a few minutes later, puffy eyed, but not crying. Silently the pair made their way down the stairs.
When Dorothy had seated Relena at the kitchen table with a plate of eggs she went over to Quatre on the other side of the kitchen. She handed him the note, said something, them walked away. Quatre walked out of the kitchen in a rush a few minutes later.
Relena spoke all day to the ESUN representatives. She told them of the new threat and the representatives slowly made arrangements to address the new problem. And for one more day Vice Foreign Minister Relena held the ESUN together. How long she could do that though she did not know.
She walked in the door and immediately went to watch the nightly news. News of the new battle was the top story that evening. The news team had captured spectacular images of the Wing Zero engaged in battle. She watched in fear but heard no reports of any injuries to the Gunman's pilot. Quatre had no luck getting to them. The area around the main battle was impenetrably guarded. All he could do was watch alongside Relena fearing for his friend's safety.
It went like that for many months. Relena held the ESUN together, Quatre and the others dealt with their daily lives, they all watched the news at night, and the fighting raged on. Until one night that is...
Relena got word that the battles were over. She was overjoyed and quickly got word to the others. She looked forward to going home to see Heero again. She ran through the door and was met only by Quatre and the others. Heero had not come. Her heart fell but she remained hopeful.
'He probably had trouble getting back. A lot of people wanted to talk to him.' Relena reasoned with herself.
She carried on like that until her secretary gave her the horrible news. Heero was in critical condition in a hospital in Sweden. He had been badly injured over the course of the fights and it caught up with him in the end.
Without calling anyone she canceled her appointments and flew to Sweden on her government jet. All through the ride she was bombarded with questions regarding her sudden departure. She refused to answer any of them.
At first the doctors said she could not see him. He was too weak for visitors. Relena was growing angry and finally pulled rank on the doctors, who immediately let her in once confirming her title.
She rushed to a chair beside his bed and looked down at him in utter fear. He was hooked up to so many machines she could hardly see his face. His breath was raspy and shallow. She gathered the courage to pick up his hand. She squeezed it gently and said, "I'm here for you Heero. Everything's going to be all right."
She gasped as he opened his eyes and said, "Relena…"
*~End~*
A/N: Oohh! I love to write cliffhangers. Tell me what y'all think and what I should do next. I have an idea but I need some more. Please review!