AN: okay, i'm TRYIN' to wrap this up.....i got one more main idea for this story....which may take a while to complete...lol, but it's the only thing that Heero and Relena can really do together....all ALONE!!

well, here's the next chapter.


Summer Fun


Some rays form the sun was beginning to show over the horizon, but it was still quite dark. The moon was behind Relena, creating an eerie glow about her, as the sun in front of her accented her features. You could clearly see that she hadn't slept well . . . her hair not combed, her eyes looking drowsy and her face extremely pale. She was still dressed in her night shirt, a lose dark blue, a little lighter shade of prussian blue, that came down to her mid thigh. So lose that it showed most of her bare shoulders. Both Quatre and Duo were caught off guard by Relena's appearance.

"Quatre, what are you doing here!?!" Relena asked again, getting a bit agitated. Finally snapping the two gundam pilots out of their daze.

"Huh? I'm sorry Relena, you asked what I'm doing here. right?" He asked politely.

"Yes." She answered coolly, keeping up her 'facade.'

"I was here on the islands on some business. But then I got word of what happened here." Quatre explained.

"Yeah," Duo began. Still unsure if it was okay to talk to Relena. "Quatre here just took care of things down at the hospital." Pointing his thumb over to the young blonde beside him.

Relena nodded her head, saying she understood what was just said. "Thank you Quatre, I could have done it myself, but I'm afraid I was . . ."

Quatre cut her off. "Too out of it? Don't worry Relena. Anything I can and could do for you and everyone else isn't a bother to me. We're all friends now, and we endured what happened in the wars. It's the least I can do for you and Heero."

Relena thanked him again, in a little lighter tone, but still quite harsh to both Quatre and Duo. She still didn't sound like the princess they knew.

"Here Relena," Quatre took of his coat and draped it around Relena's semi-bare shoulders. "It's quite cold out here, especially when you're dressed like that." He pointed out. Relena didn't notice that she was only clad in her night shirt. She cursed herself for not putting something else on before she ventured out onto the beach.

"Let's get you back inside," Quatre guided her towards the house.

"Yeah 'jousan." Duo said, as he looked around for anything suspicious. "Heero would kill me if you got sick out here, much less letting you come out her in the first place."

They all walked back to the house, which supposedly had three sleeping people in it. But because of the past events, they found that sleeping was far from their reach, and decided to just go down stairs. All hoping for the best.

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*Good.* The doctor thought. *He survived the night . . . but if he doesn't wake up in the next 24 hours, I'm afraid that he's fallen into a comma.* He though grimly. After checking that everything was in order, he left Heero's room to check on his other patients. As soon as the door was closed and the doctor out of sight, some of the monitors evaluating Heero's status started to go off. Heero shifted in the bed which cause more of the monitors to go off. But as soon as it started, all stopped. Everything was back to how it was.

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"Here you go Relena." Jacelyn handed Relena a cup of hot steaming cocoa. For some reason, there wasn't any coffee in the house.

Relena didn't look up from her endless stare at the table. She just sat there, as if no one was even around her. Sighing, Jacelyn placed the cup beside Relena and sat down next to her.

"Relena," she whispered. "Relena, c'mon. It's going to be alright." She said calmly.

*'It's going to be alright'?* She thought bitterly. *It's GOING to be ALL RIGHT! HA!! How does SHE know!?! All we know is that Heero has been shot, is now at the hospital and is fighting for his LIFE!!*

"Relena."

"Please, just please, Jace."

Jacelyn got the message and nodded her head. She got up and left Relena to ponder in her thoughts. *Just be the hopeful Relena Peacecraft we all know. Don't lose all hope yet girl, there's so much more to life that you have yet to discover. Things that you WILL explore with the one you love.* With one last look at Relena, Jacelyn went back into the kitchen. *Heero, you HAVE to pull out of this one. Relena needs you so bad. I'm afraid that if you don't make it, she won't either. You're not the only one who's fighting to survive. Relena is fighting the same battle that you are.*

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The day went by very slowly for everyone. They got word from Quatre and RJ when they came back from the hospital. Heero did survive the night, but the chance of him getting into a comma was pretty high. Relena would have gone to see Heero, but she was too lost in her thoughts and emotions that she couldn't do things right. She tried drinking her cold cocoa, after 10 minutes of thinking on what could happen. As she brought up her cup, it fell from her hands into her lap, spilling the contents within it. Her strength was gone as well as her mind. She didn't even notice when the liquid seeped through her clothing. Luckily Tiffany saw this and got Relena to change. Tiff cleaned up the mess while Relena was up stairs.

All day, Relena was just like a walking corpse with no spirit or soul in her. A blank expression written all over her face. Then it came for lunch and dinner, Relena just stared at the food, not making an attempt to even touch it. Everyone protested to her saying that she had to eat something. But Relena couldn't hear them at all. The only thing she could hear was the voices in her head foretelling what could happen. What the worst could happen. Right in the middle of their telling her to eat, Relena stood up and went to her room. No words said or glances from her. She just glided up the stairs and shut her door quietly.

Soon she began crying in the darkened room, falling onto her bed. She cried and cried, just wishing that this was just a dream, a dream that she could wake up from and say that it was a nightmare. She shut her eyes, hoping that when she opened them, she would know that it just was what she wanted it to be. She opened her eyes, and saw the bear that Heero gave to her staring at her as if it was pitying her. More tears came down her face, and she grabbed the bear in all her sorrow and hugged it to her chest. She stayed like that for a while, until finally, she fell asleep.

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In a darkened room, a figure rose from the bed. It seemed to be moving in haste, moving here and there. It rose from under the covers and onto the cold bare floor. It saw something in the corner, and took what ever it was. Then, moving across the room in total silence, it moved to the window, and disappeared into the night.

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Relena woke up to the number on the clock. *12:30 am* she read. She got up and looked out into the night. The moon was a crescent shape that night. It's dim light cascading shadows all around her and upon the beach and sea before her. She saw something moving, a shadow walking slowly on the shore. Then, as the clouds covered the light, the shadow disappeared. *Damn.* She thought. She wanted to see what it was. But, then the clouds parted, and suddenly she saw the shadow once again. But something caught her eye. Something that always told her other wise. She quickly dashed out of her room, down the stairs and out the house. She headed to the beach before her, hoping to catch the shadow she saw not to long ago. The one thing that caught her eye was more than enough to bring her back to her old self. What she saw could only mean ONE thing. What she saw when those clouds parted their way, was none other than a pair of deep prussian blue eyes.


AN: well, well.....looks like someone escaped from the hospital. naughty, naughty.....he's supposed to STAY in the hospital....lol. ;)

R 'n R ppl.....if u know what's good for ya! ;)