Disclaimers: I don't own Gundam Wing, which is basically where I got the idea to create my ORIGINAL characters from. I'm categorizing this under originals b/c basically it is, the next book actually concerns GW, this jst has a lot of stuff from it (and that's not really copying b/c well, it's in the same time… o forget it, I'm babbling) Enjoy!

He slowly flipped through the aging photograph album, pausing on certain pictures and sighing periodically. There were so many memories in the thick book. So many things that had happened during the war, things that he wished he could somehow relive. Those moments that he wished that he could have cherished one moment longer. If only…

If only…

Cemal sighed and shut the album, closing his eyes. Setting the heavy book aside, he picked up a framed photo of a girl with wide, dark blue eyes and a shoulder length of black hair standing candidly on a sunny sand dune. She wasn't posing, not expecting a camera from the photographer. Her gaze was directed off of the edge of the photo, her hair held aloft in a whirl of motion behind her, catching a desert breeze, and her hands clasped behind her back in a relaxed stance. The girl was quite young, about fifteen or so, but her expression was more serious than most adults' were.

He sighed again and traced the outline of the girl tenderly with his fingertip. It had been such a long time ago. There had been so many chances, so many possibilities, that he could have- should have taken. Now, it was too late.

He would have no more opportunities.

Frowning, he set the frame carefully back on the mantle and sat back on the couch by the fire. As the embers in the fireplace crackled and hissed, he shut his eyes and remembered that first day… that first time he had met her…

* Author's Notes *

hey!

This is my new story. Basically, if u haven't already figured it out, it's about Cala (I know, it sounds like I'm going a little overboard with her, but she's my original character and I have an attachment [sniffles]. I just can't let her go like that). so, yeah, it's about Cala and her past. This particular story is jst about Cala's past concerning Cemal (like how they met, etc.) and I get a lot into how great I think my character is. the next book that I'm working on is about after the… yeah, jst read the next chapter. Anyway, the next book is about Cala and how she meets the GW pilots… tell me if this is getting old and that I should stop, or if u think that it's really interesting and u wanna read more. So r+r!!

-w.r