"Beginning? Well you see scientists say that there was this big bang thing." Hilde says. Blinking at his raised eyebrows she sighs "Um…. Notes have been appearing at my door?"
"How many?"
"Er…this makes four?"
"And you JUST TOLD ME?" Wincing at his outburst Hilde reaches up and covers his mouth with her hand.
"You will wake Marcail up." she hisses, her own anger starting to build. Reaching down he grabs her wrist and pulls out of her chair. Heading down the hall and down the stairs just as quickly, he pulls her behind him.
"Duo," she hisses "You're hurting me." Relaxing his death grip on her wrist he continues on, "Where are we going?"
Opening a door he pulls her in after him. Looking around Hilde blinks. The room was obviously the master bedroom. It was awash in different blues and magenta's, quiet the change from Duo's normal black taste.
"Now Hilde," Turning to look at her he pins her with a glare "Start explaining."
"Its very simple Duo." she hisses right back. "I got up this morning and there was a note on my pillow."
"Y…you…. Your PILLOW?"
"Yes, Duo my pillow you know the fluffy white item that you sleep on?"
"I know what a pillow is." He growls low in his throat. "What was it doing there is my question."
"If I knew do you think I would be sitting here just twiddling my thumbs, and yelling at you? No, I would hunt down the people who are endangering my daughter." Glaring at him she frowns darkly. She wanted to get to sleep and here he was peppering her with questions. Was she being unreasonable? She knew she had acted the bitch several times in the last few weeks that they had been back on the colonies. That same excuse of 'she was scared and didn't want to get hurt' kept getting in her way. She was being an idiot of course; she always was when it came to that baka. Some people thought that she was the motivator in most of the stuff they did. And that he was just a simpleton who really didn't have his own will, that he followed her everywhere because she was the leader he the follower.
They would have been shocked to find that he really wasn't that was at all. Perhaps the only person who understood him beside herself was Heero. Duo often took things into his own hands and did them him his way, forgetting that everyone else was there. Especially if someone threatened those who he loved, he never ran from danger unlike herself, she was a coward he her brave knight. That was the reason she had run she was scared he would go blasting off into the night to find the people who had scared her and threatened her. And in the end she ran just like she always did when someone she loved was threatened. It was in her mind the only way to protect them to leave, to separate them from the danger. The only time she had met it face on had been when she had gone to Libra after the information for Duo. That had taken more guts than she knew she had. Duo was her strength and she would rather him safe and alive with her miserable than him injured or hurt in any way.
"No Hilde." He says leaning against the door efficiently blocking her only way out. "Time is up. I want to know why you left, and why these notes suddenly started to appear. I don't care if it takes the rest of the night. Not only are you in danger, but our precious daughter is as well. I WON'T have it, and if I have to sit here for months sweetheart with you and Marcail with me I will."
"Duo you can't just order me around like I am two." Pushing away from the doorframe he narrows his eyes at her.
"Can and will." He snaps back "I am not walking on eggshells around you any longer Hilde."
"I never said you had to." she retorts her own eyes narrowing with anger.
"What am I supposed to do then Hilde? You agree to come back to the colonies with me but your as distant as Heero is on a mission. That is after the fact that I have a little girl, who you never bothered to tell me about. Then you act as if your scared of me, me Hilde, the one who swore to love you forever till death do us part? Or do you even remember our wedding vows? I sure as heck know I do."
Gaping at him she struggled to breathe in a full breath. Of all the nerve saying that she, "Of course I remember." She practically spits at him "I am not someone who loves, then forgets Duo."
"Then tell me WHY you left and who is sending you the letters."
"ALRIGHT!" she yells in frustration before covering her mouth in shock that he had done it again. Duo, she had learned early on in their friendship, that Duo had a battle tactic that usually worked. That was getting the person so mad that they agree with you before they know it. She had not fallen pray to it in a long time, but judging by the satisfied smirk on his face, she just had.
"Well then," He murmurs before letting his voice raise to clear heights. "Why don't you start explaining?"
"Dangit Duo." she snarls refraining from cussing for the fear that Marcail would here her and ask why her mommy was using a no, no word. "You tricked me."
Raising an eyebrow he grins "Point?"
"Ugg, I never said when." she points out "I just said fine."
"Now would be fine," he says calmly "Unless you want to be here for a while." Not that he minded looking at her all night, but he knew she had reserves set up.
Sighing softly she plops down on the bed, resting her hand on her should she sits crossed legged facing him. "Sit down this could take a while."
Sitting down in a chair facing the bed he leans back comfortably. "I have all the time in the world."
Glaring at him Hilde groans. "How come your so calm?"
"It's a gift." Catching her eyes with his he continues "So stop beating around the bush, and start talking."
"After we got married these things," She starts with a reluctant sigh, he was gonna blow a gasket she could tell already. His eyes were already the black/purple color they got when he was mad, and he hadn't even heard the whole story yet. "Started to show up. There was a period of several weeks when they just kept coming no matter what I did. We would spend the night with Relena and they would appear in places that only I would find them. It got to the point that I was so afraid that you would find out and go after them that I did the only thing I knew to do, I ran."
"Why did you run from me? I would have been able to protect you." He argues. "People are just plain crazy to go up against the gundams."
"It's not the Gundam Pilot Duo Maxwell they would have gone against," She says shaking her head in defeat, would he ever understand anything? "It would have been Duo Maxwell the husband, who had a package on him that could cost him his life. ME!"
"First of all you are not a package as you like to put it. You're my wife and without you I have no life. You should have seen me these past years Hilde I was shell without its meaning. When I found you, I knew I was not going to leave without you. Your saying you would come was as big as a relief and made me as happy as the day you said you would marry me. Never ever refer to yourself as a PAKAGE in my presence or anyone else's ever again."
"It's true though Duo." Hilde said her voice resigned.
"I said not to bring it back up got it?" At her reluctant nod he continues "Good now why didn't you tell me about them before?"
"I was told not to bring it back up."
Eyes narrowing at her comment he sighs. "Fine then more direct line, who do you think could be sending you these notes?"
"I have no idea remember? We have already been over this one." Her voice showing her annoyance.
"Who have you killed in your life?" He questions "Anyone specific stand out?"
"I DO NOT KNOW DUO" She yells in frustration "There was a friggen WAR I killed a LOT of people." Suddenly thunder rumbled over head causing Hilde to jump slightly "Crap." she mutters.
"What now?"
"Marcail is scared to death of storms." Almost as an omen right after her words were spoken, a loud 'MOMMY' was heard throughout the house. Hitting the door Hilde was racing up the stairs in no time flat.
"Coming sweetie." Hilde hollers as nears her daughter's room.
"Mommy." She whimpers as Hilde runs into the room "I no ike orms!" she wails tears streaming down her face in fear.
"I know," she says scooping up her terrified daughter "Do you want to sleep with me?"
"Yeth ease" she whispers. As thunder crackled once more in the room she squealed and threw her tiny arms around Hilde's neck efficiently cutting of her air.
"I need air sweetie."
"I tory I ared." Laying down on the bed she curls up with the tiny girl.
"I know sweetie."
"Mommy?"
"Yes sweetie?"
"I want my Daddy oo," she says curling up against Hilde as if she was the only protection she had against the storm.
"Your Daddy?" she repeats numbly.
"Yes. Daddy ight ee scared of da torm too, dis way styth can protect us bofe"
"Um, sweetie your daddy is down stairs."
"Den lets go down dere."
"Um…that might not be a good idea."
"Why?"
"Your daddy might be asleep."
"He won't mind ets go now, ease?"
"Alright." She sighs giving up the argument, Marcail needed to sleep and if that meant she had to brave Duo once more that night then so be it.
"Carry me." she whispers her eyes wide as lighting flashes outside. Picking her up once more Hilde re-traced her earlier steps back to Duo's bedroom.
A few moments later they were standing once again outside Duo's bedroom door. Knocking softly she shifts Marcail's weight she was not just going to walk in there. Opening the door Duo blinks rapidly at them. He was still completely dressed and he had a worried look on his face.
"Are you okay?" He questions softly.
"Daddy I ared." Marcail wails grabbing onto his shirt with one hand and holding onto Hilde with the other. "Me wanna stay with you tonight."
"Okay Marc, you can sleep with me tonight." He answers gently prying her death grip off his shirt "But I have to get ready for bed okay?"
"Okay." she whispers once again putting her strangle hold back onto Hilde's neck. "Mommy stay two." she says.
"Mommy can stay to."
"I don't think that is such a good idea" she murmurs to Marcail.
"Mommy ou otta stay, I am ared." she whimpers.
Looking down at her precious daughter Hilde falters. "I don't know." she mutters. Looking up at Duo helplessly she sighs.
"Yes Hilde." he says one brow raised mockingly, "Why not?"
"Fine." She mutters darkly "I will stay okay." she would have thrown her hands up in defeat only Marcail was practically choking her with her frantic hugs as thunder once more etched across the sky.
A few minutes later they were all curled up in the bed Marcail was between Duo and Hilde but that wasn't helping her any, he was so close to her and yet so far away. It didn't help that now that Marcail felt safer she was a chatterbox.
"An den me and ris were prawing ide and eek and I hide in his mommy and daddies room and you know hat?" Not letting up she continues on giving neither one of them time to question her. "His mommy and daddy eep in de ame room. Daddy, Mommy why on't you and Daddy eep in de same room?"
Blinking in shock Hilde burrows her head in the pillows, this was just one more thing that she didn't wasn't to face that had thrown itself into her face in the last few weeks.
"Well sweetie," Duo starts, causing Hilde to look up at him in shock, he had an highly amused look on his face. That quiet frankly scared her. "You see me and your Mom are having to talk about some things and er…its best that we are apart right now."
"Why?"
"Because it just it sweetie." Hilde says slowly avoiding Duo's eyes, he was trying to catch them all right there was no doubt in the way he kept angling his head to stay eye to eye with her was all to clear.
"Why?"
"Its time for bed."
"But I am in bed."
"Time to go to sleep."
"Sweap I no like sweap."
"Now Marcail." she orders softly.
"Will you sing to me?"
"Alright what do you want to hear?"
"Anyting."
"Okay." Racking her brains she sighs softly as one pops into her head. It was one her Mom had sang to her when she was little before she had died.
Hush little baby don't say a word
Mommy's gonna by you a mocking bird
If that mocking bird don't sing
Mommy's gonna by you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring turns braze
Mommy's gonna by you a looking glaze
If that looking glass gets broke
Mommy's gonna by you a billy goat
Hush little baby don't say a word
Mommy's gonna bye you a mocking bird
Hilde smiled at the now sleeping child she was tucked up against Duo with her hand clutching her shirt. Well, a shirt that she had borrowed from Duo since Marcail had refused to let her out of her sight. She had just been able to convince her to let her go to the bathroom and change. Snuggling down into the covers she sighs softly, the shirt and shorts she had on smelled faintly of his cologne. Now that she thought about it so did his sheets.
"Are you alright?" Duo questions softly.
"Yes, just tired."
"Then get some sleep." he replies.
Nodding her head slowly, she blinks she planned on doing just that.
"Mommy," Marcail whispers softly her voice hazy with sleep. "You and Daddy should sweap together."
Authors notes: Well, once more I am completing a chapter that I had hoped to get done earlier. But it wasn't to be so, I meant to have it up last night but the idea didn't want to flow last night, and then came in full effect tonight. I hate writer's block. Thanks for all the reviews *I say it in every chapter I know but I gotta do it* for all you regulars you all rock. And for the new ones welcome aboard and I hope you enjoy this story. Oh ya my email is Rabynhitt@aol.com thoughts, questions or ideas? I welcome them all so let me know!