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Written by: Ankara Stark
Authors notes: This is my second fiction. My last fic was a song-fic. This is my first story-fic, so don't flame me! Enjoy! :)
More information: The sentences that are written like this 'EXAMPLE' are what the charactors are thinking.
The sentences that are written like this "EXAMPLE" are what the charactors are saying, and so on. Now that we've been through the beginning info... On to the story!
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Chapter Two: The Morning After
Relena laid in her bed, sleeping peacefully when suddenly, everything started to shake. 'Earthquake!' she thought in alarm. Her blue eyes flew open to reveal Lucrezia Noin standing above her, her sister in law's hand upon her shoulder.
The older woman's face lit up in a relieved smile. "Good morning, Relena. You gave me quite a scare there- I've been shaking you for the last three minutes, and you didn't wake up. The only way I knew you were alive was because I saw that you were still breathing!" Her smile faded somewhat. "At first, I wasn't sure if you were just sleeping, or if something happened to you..." her voice trailed off and a frown replaced the smile on the pregnant woman's face.
Relena sat upright and swung her legs around to the side of the bed and pushed herself onto her feet. "Don't worry, miss Noin," she said calmly as she slipped into the bathrobe her sister-in-law held out to her. "I assure you that I am quite safe when I am asleep."
"How can you be so sure, miss Relena?"
The vice-foreign minister smiled as she padded across the floor to the bathroom. She had to get ready for the conference... "I am certain of this, because I know he wouldn't let me get hurt. I believe in him- he will protect me with his life, Noin. He told me so himself-"
The very pregnant woman looked at Relena, confusion in her eyes. "He who?" she interrupted. "One of our assigned security officers?"
Relena just smiled at her. "No." She grabbed a towel and made her way into the bathroom, calling over her shoulder a name that made Noin's jaw drop open in surprise. "Heero Yuy."
Noin just stared at the nineteen year old in amazement. "Do you mean that Heero watches over you at night sometimes? He wasn't assigned the night shift! Why would he-"
She cut off the rest of the lieutenant's sentence by crossing the large bedroom and placing her hand on Noin's arm, and she stopped talking. Relena's voice dropped considerably in volume. "Miss Noin, he doesn't just watch over me 'sometimes' at night... He's here every night." A coy smile lit her features. "And I'm glad."
"Does Milliardo know about this?"
Relena looked down as if she had a sudden interest in her feet. "No." After a few moments, her gaze returned to Noin's face. "Please, Noin, don't tell him."
Noin frowned a little. "Don't you think your brother should know about this?"
"This is not his concern. It is mine and mine alone." After a moment, Relena took the woman's hands into her own. "Please, Noin. Don't tell him!" When Noin sighed in defeat, Relena threw her arms around the other woman in a gentle hug, careful not to squish the baby Noin carried within. "Thank you. You have no idea how much I appreciate this!"
Noin smiled and put a hand over her swollen abdomen. "Oh, I think I have an idea about that..." After a moment, she lifted her arm and looked at her wrist watch. "You should go get a shower, miss Relena. Then join us for breakfast down stairs."
Relena's grin widened, if possible. "Alright." She let go of Noin's other hand and crossed the room once more. She turned around in the bathroom's doorway. "Again, Noin... Thank you." Before the older woman could reply, Relena closed the bathroom door.
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A guard stationed at the base of the stairs nodded to her as she made her way down the last steps of the large staircase. She smiled at the young officer as she passed and walked to the dining room.
"Good morning, miss Relena," called a voice from up above her.
She turned to see Noin walk down the staircase behind her and a smile graced her lips. "Good morning, Noin." She waited until the pregnant woman reached her at the bottom of the stairs before she made her way toward the dining room with Noin at her side.
When Relena entered the dining room, what she saw made a smile light up her face. Ex-Gundam pilot Duo Maxwell and ex-OZ soldier Hilde Schbeiker stood next to Milliardo Peacecraft on the other side of the dining table. "Duo! Hilde! What are you guys doing here?" Leaving her sister-in-law's side, she rushed forward to hug them both.
Duo Maxwell, the ex-Gundam pilot 02, who became a Preventer after the war, shot her a lopsided grin when he pulled back from the hug. "Hey, Lena. How're you doing?"
Relena laughed and smiled. "I'm great! I haven't seen you guys in months; where have you been?"
Hilde Schbeiker, who was currently Duo's girlfriend, glanced over at Duo before turning back to the Vice-Foreign Minister. "Don't tell me that old friends aren't allowed to drop in once in a while to say hello?" She flashed a smile and brushed one of her black hair spikes out of her face.
She laughed. "Knowing you two, no, you couldn't just drop by for a friendly visit. What's up?"
Duo, who took a seat at the table, reached up to his standing girlfriend and slipped one arm around Hilde's waist, giving it a small squeeze. "Babe and I just had some files and documents to give to your brother."
A look of disappointment crossed her face, but was immediately replaced with a smile. "Well, do you think you'll have time to stay for breakfast? We could chat for a little while and catch up on things."
Hilde smiled apologetically, "I wish I could, Relena, but I'm expected back at work. I'm going to leave as soon as your brother is through looking at the documents." She motioned with her hand to Duo, who was currently shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth. "But I'm sure he'd love to stay with you."
Duo glanced up sheepishly from the plate of food before him. He swallowed the mouthful of food before answering. "Uhh, actually, I can't stay long either. Once your brother is finished with the files, I'll have to get back to work as well."
Hilde frowned slightly and smacked him lightly on the arm. "You're going to eat and run? Duo!" She let out a small sigh, "I'm sorry about this, Relena... Well, maybe Heero can keep you company!"
"Heero? You expect him to keep her company, let alone carry on a conversation?" Duo laughed. "She can do many things as vice-foreign minister, but she can't perform miracles!"
The three of them laughed.
"I am capible of carrying on a conversation."
Duo, who was currently gulping down a glass of water nearly choked on his drink at the sound of the voice. He coughed, his eyes were wide in shock, "H-Heero! How long were you standing there, pally?"
"Long enough," came the reply. Heero stood leaning against the doorjamb, his blue eyes locked on Duo, knowing that it made him uncomfortable. His gaze switched from Maxwell's face to Relena's after a moment, his attention focused on her completely, as if no one else was in the room. "I'm going to leave in a few minutes. I need to pick up a few things from the Preventer headquarters, so I won't be able to drive you to your meeting, Relena. I got Wu-Fei to agree to take you though."
'That is just like Heero; straight to the point,' she thought silently. "Wufei?," she repeated after him.
"Are you almost ready, woman?" a voice from the hall inquired.
Relena quirked a small smile, recognizing the voice. She shook her head and called out into the hall, "I'm going to get something to eat. I'll join you in a few minutes, Wu-fei." When she turned her attention back to the Preventers seated at the table, she noticed Heero, Duo and Millardo, Relena's older brother, looking at the files and documents Duo and Hilde brought over. Her brother's clear blue eyes clouded in thought when he read something that obviously didn't make him at all happy, and a frown crossed his lips. He muttered something in a low and quiet voice to the two fellow Preventer agents standing next to him before picking up another file folder and motioning to it while talking to them.
She frowned, about to inquire what they were talking about, when Pagan came over. "Good morning, Miss Relena."
She smiled at the old man, "good morning, Pagan." He'd been her butler for as long as she could remember. He was like family.
"Did you sleep well?" he inquired as he set a glass of water and a small glass of orange juise down on the table before her.
Memories of her dream and her real encounter with Heero filled her mind. Relena felt her face heat up slightly, and realized that she was blushing. "I- uh, yes," she lied, quite flustered. "I slept quite well, thank you." She felt Heero's eyes upon her from across the table. When she looked over at him, he immediately looked back down at the Preventer documents Millardo was holding.
The grandfather-like Pagan didn't seem to notice her discomfort, or the fact that she was staring at Heero. He merely nodded and left. A minute later, he with her breakfast in hand. He placed the plate of food infront of her. "Will that be all, miss Relena?"
Relena smiled up at him. "Yes, that's all. Thank you."
The old man asked everyone who was present aroud the table the same question before returning to the kitchen.
After what seemed to be only a few moments, Heero spoke up as he watched her. "Are you alright?"
Relena glanced up from the plate that sat on the table before her, the food sitting on it, uneaten. "Yes, of course. Why?"
Heero watched her and replied in his usual mono-tone voice, "you've been pushing the food on your plate with your fork since Pagan left us alone. That was ten minutes ago, Relena, and you haven't even taken a bite."
Duo flashed her a lopsided grin when he spoke up. "Hey, if you don't want to eat it..." his voice trailed off, but his grin grew bigger as he eyed up her breakfast.
Hilde rolled her eyes. "Is your stomach the only thing you think about, Duo?"
Duo winked at Hilde from across the table and a flirtatious. "It's not ALL I think about, babe..." he grinned at the lovely shade of pink stole across his girlfriend's cheeks and she blushed from his comment and lightly smacked his arm. "Duo!"
Relena grinned as she watched Duo and Hilde's interaction before she turned her attention back to Heero. "Yes, I'm fine." She forced a smile and speared some of her scrambled eggs with her fork. She lifted it to her mouth and ate the eggs while the Preventer/bodyguard watched. "See?"
He raised one eyebrow, still not believing her, but finally shrugged. "Alright." After one last glance at her, Heero turned his attention back to the Preventer documents he was reading over Millardo's shoulder.
Letting out a silent sigh of relief, she dropped her fork. It clattered loudly against her plate as she stood up, placing the napkin she had had on her lap on the table next to the plate. All eyes around the table were fixed upon her. "Please excuse me everyone. Duo, you can have my breakfast. I've got to go get ready for the meeting and I don't want to keep Wufei waiting any longer." Without waiting for a reply from her friends sitting around the large oak table, she stood and gracefully exited the room, leaving her barely-touched breakfast behind.
Duo watched her leave, then turned and shot a triumphant grin at Hilde before sitting in Relena's seat and digging into the barely-eaten breakfast she left behind. "Thank you, Relena!"
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Author's Note: Sorry this chapter was so long! Please R&R though! When I get some more reviews, I'll continue writing! I just want to say thank you to all of my reviewers in this story! You guys rock!
Written by: Ankara Stark
Authors notes: This is my second fiction. My last fic was a song-fic. This is my first story-fic, so don't flame me! Enjoy! :)
More information: The sentences that are written like this 'EXAMPLE' are what the charactors are thinking.
The sentences that are written like this "EXAMPLE" are what the charactors are saying, and so on. Now that we've been through the beginning info... On to the story!
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Chapter Two: The Morning After
Relena laid in her bed, sleeping peacefully when suddenly, everything started to shake. 'Earthquake!' she thought in alarm. Her blue eyes flew open to reveal Lucrezia Noin standing above her, her sister in law's hand upon her shoulder.
The older woman's face lit up in a relieved smile. "Good morning, Relena. You gave me quite a scare there- I've been shaking you for the last three minutes, and you didn't wake up. The only way I knew you were alive was because I saw that you were still breathing!" Her smile faded somewhat. "At first, I wasn't sure if you were just sleeping, or if something happened to you..." her voice trailed off and a frown replaced the smile on the pregnant woman's face.
Relena sat upright and swung her legs around to the side of the bed and pushed herself onto her feet. "Don't worry, miss Noin," she said calmly as she slipped into the bathrobe her sister-in-law held out to her. "I assure you that I am quite safe when I am asleep."
"How can you be so sure, miss Relena?"
The vice-foreign minister smiled as she padded across the floor to the bathroom. She had to get ready for the conference... "I am certain of this, because I know he wouldn't let me get hurt. I believe in him- he will protect me with his life, Noin. He told me so himself-"
The very pregnant woman looked at Relena, confusion in her eyes. "He who?" she interrupted. "One of our assigned security officers?"
Relena just smiled at her. "No." She grabbed a towel and made her way into the bathroom, calling over her shoulder a name that made Noin's jaw drop open in surprise. "Heero Yuy."
Noin just stared at the nineteen year old in amazement. "Do you mean that Heero watches over you at night sometimes? He wasn't assigned the night shift! Why would he-"
She cut off the rest of the lieutenant's sentence by crossing the large bedroom and placing her hand on Noin's arm, and she stopped talking. Relena's voice dropped considerably in volume. "Miss Noin, he doesn't just watch over me 'sometimes' at night... He's here every night." A coy smile lit her features. "And I'm glad."
"Does Milliardo know about this?"
Relena looked down as if she had a sudden interest in her feet. "No." After a few moments, her gaze returned to Noin's face. "Please, Noin, don't tell him."
Noin frowned a little. "Don't you think your brother should know about this?"
"This is not his concern. It is mine and mine alone." After a moment, Relena took the woman's hands into her own. "Please, Noin. Don't tell him!" When Noin sighed in defeat, Relena threw her arms around the other woman in a gentle hug, careful not to squish the baby Noin carried within. "Thank you. You have no idea how much I appreciate this!"
Noin smiled and put a hand over her swollen abdomen. "Oh, I think I have an idea about that..." After a moment, she lifted her arm and looked at her wrist watch. "You should go get a shower, miss Relena. Then join us for breakfast down stairs."
Relena's grin widened, if possible. "Alright." She let go of Noin's other hand and crossed the room once more. She turned around in the bathroom's doorway. "Again, Noin... Thank you." Before the older woman could reply, Relena closed the bathroom door.
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A guard stationed at the base of the stairs nodded to her as she made her way down the last steps of the large staircase. She smiled at the young officer as she passed and walked to the dining room.
"Good morning, miss Relena," called a voice from up above her.
She turned to see Noin walk down the staircase behind her and a smile graced her lips. "Good morning, Noin." She waited until the pregnant woman reached her at the bottom of the stairs before she made her way toward the dining room with Noin at her side.
When Relena entered the dining room, what she saw made a smile light up her face. Ex-Gundam pilot Duo Maxwell and ex-OZ soldier Hilde Schbeiker stood next to Milliardo Peacecraft on the other side of the dining table. "Duo! Hilde! What are you guys doing here?" Leaving her sister-in-law's side, she rushed forward to hug them both.
Duo Maxwell, the ex-Gundam pilot 02, who became a Preventer after the war, shot her a lopsided grin when he pulled back from the hug. "Hey, Lena. How're you doing?"
Relena laughed and smiled. "I'm great! I haven't seen you guys in months; where have you been?"
Hilde Schbeiker, who was currently Duo's girlfriend, glanced over at Duo before turning back to the Vice-Foreign Minister. "Don't tell me that old friends aren't allowed to drop in once in a while to say hello?" She flashed a smile and brushed one of her black hair spikes out of her face.
She laughed. "Knowing you two, no, you couldn't just drop by for a friendly visit. What's up?"
Duo, who took a seat at the table, reached up to his standing girlfriend and slipped one arm around Hilde's waist, giving it a small squeeze. "Babe and I just had some files and documents to give to your brother."
A look of disappointment crossed her face, but was immediately replaced with a smile. "Well, do you think you'll have time to stay for breakfast? We could chat for a little while and catch up on things."
Hilde smiled apologetically, "I wish I could, Relena, but I'm expected back at work. I'm going to leave as soon as your brother is through looking at the documents." She motioned with her hand to Duo, who was currently shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth. "But I'm sure he'd love to stay with you."
Duo glanced up sheepishly from the plate of food before him. He swallowed the mouthful of food before answering. "Uhh, actually, I can't stay long either. Once your brother is finished with the files, I'll have to get back to work as well."
Hilde frowned slightly and smacked him lightly on the arm. "You're going to eat and run? Duo!" She let out a small sigh, "I'm sorry about this, Relena... Well, maybe Heero can keep you company!"
"Heero? You expect him to keep her company, let alone carry on a conversation?" Duo laughed. "She can do many things as vice-foreign minister, but she can't perform miracles!"
The three of them laughed.
"I am capible of carrying on a conversation."
Duo, who was currently gulping down a glass of water nearly choked on his drink at the sound of the voice. He coughed, his eyes were wide in shock, "H-Heero! How long were you standing there, pally?"
"Long enough," came the reply. Heero stood leaning against the doorjamb, his blue eyes locked on Duo, knowing that it made him uncomfortable. His gaze switched from Maxwell's face to Relena's after a moment, his attention focused on her completely, as if no one else was in the room. "I'm going to leave in a few minutes. I need to pick up a few things from the Preventer headquarters, so I won't be able to drive you to your meeting, Relena. I got Wu-Fei to agree to take you though."
'That is just like Heero; straight to the point,' she thought silently. "Wufei?," she repeated after him.
"Are you almost ready, woman?" a voice from the hall inquired.
Relena quirked a small smile, recognizing the voice. She shook her head and called out into the hall, "I'm going to get something to eat. I'll join you in a few minutes, Wu-fei." When she turned her attention back to the Preventers seated at the table, she noticed Heero, Duo and Millardo, Relena's older brother, looking at the files and documents Duo and Hilde brought over. Her brother's clear blue eyes clouded in thought when he read something that obviously didn't make him at all happy, and a frown crossed his lips. He muttered something in a low and quiet voice to the two fellow Preventer agents standing next to him before picking up another file folder and motioning to it while talking to them.
She frowned, about to inquire what they were talking about, when Pagan came over. "Good morning, Miss Relena."
She smiled at the old man, "good morning, Pagan." He'd been her butler for as long as she could remember. He was like family.
"Did you sleep well?" he inquired as he set a glass of water and a small glass of orange juise down on the table before her.
Memories of her dream and her real encounter with Heero filled her mind. Relena felt her face heat up slightly, and realized that she was blushing. "I- uh, yes," she lied, quite flustered. "I slept quite well, thank you." She felt Heero's eyes upon her from across the table. When she looked over at him, he immediately looked back down at the Preventer documents Millardo was holding.
The grandfather-like Pagan didn't seem to notice her discomfort, or the fact that she was staring at Heero. He merely nodded and left. A minute later, he with her breakfast in hand. He placed the plate of food infront of her. "Will that be all, miss Relena?"
Relena smiled up at him. "Yes, that's all. Thank you."
The old man asked everyone who was present aroud the table the same question before returning to the kitchen.
After what seemed to be only a few moments, Heero spoke up as he watched her. "Are you alright?"
Relena glanced up from the plate that sat on the table before her, the food sitting on it, uneaten. "Yes, of course. Why?"
Heero watched her and replied in his usual mono-tone voice, "you've been pushing the food on your plate with your fork since Pagan left us alone. That was ten minutes ago, Relena, and you haven't even taken a bite."
Duo flashed her a lopsided grin when he spoke up. "Hey, if you don't want to eat it..." his voice trailed off, but his grin grew bigger as he eyed up her breakfast.
Hilde rolled her eyes. "Is your stomach the only thing you think about, Duo?"
Duo winked at Hilde from across the table and a flirtatious. "It's not ALL I think about, babe..." he grinned at the lovely shade of pink stole across his girlfriend's cheeks and she blushed from his comment and lightly smacked his arm. "Duo!"
Relena grinned as she watched Duo and Hilde's interaction before she turned her attention back to Heero. "Yes, I'm fine." She forced a smile and speared some of her scrambled eggs with her fork. She lifted it to her mouth and ate the eggs while the Preventer/bodyguard watched. "See?"
He raised one eyebrow, still not believing her, but finally shrugged. "Alright." After one last glance at her, Heero turned his attention back to the Preventer documents he was reading over Millardo's shoulder.
Letting out a silent sigh of relief, she dropped her fork. It clattered loudly against her plate as she stood up, placing the napkin she had had on her lap on the table next to the plate. All eyes around the table were fixed upon her. "Please excuse me everyone. Duo, you can have my breakfast. I've got to go get ready for the meeting and I don't want to keep Wufei waiting any longer." Without waiting for a reply from her friends sitting around the large oak table, she stood and gracefully exited the room, leaving her barely-touched breakfast behind.
Duo watched her leave, then turned and shot a triumphant grin at Hilde before sitting in Relena's seat and digging into the barely-eaten breakfast she left behind. "Thank you, Relena!"
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Author's Note: Sorry this chapter was so long! Please R&R though! When I get some more reviews, I'll continue writing! I just want to say thank you to all of my reviewers in this story! You guys rock!