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Chapter 5By the Pretty Penwriter
But at that vacation after the first week we all learned just how sick Relena was and we'd never be the same again, for that was the vacation that she had tried to kill me as well as herself…
A week in the vacation everyone was very well situated in the hotel the sun was setting when everyone decided to sit around the fireplace with hot cups of cocoa. Catherine and I were out on the terrace over looking the view of the roaming hills and mountains.
"Catherine…" I said starting the conversation.
"Hmm?" she answered
"I'm not supposed to say anything until your birthday next week but do you remember about when you told me about what happened to your family?" I asked of course she remembered but I had to ask in the first place.
"How could I forget?" Catherine stated rather than asked.
I knew she may have been on the brink of tears which meant that this is a super sensitive subject for her because hardly anything made her cry.
I took a deep breath and put my hand on her shoulder.
"Catherine…when Trowa had his amnesia for a while and then he regained it, memories of the war weren't the only thing that he remembered. He told me about his dreams of being held by a young girl and being carried in a wagon, and when you told me about the story of your family I remembered him saying that so I had Sally do some research. It was supposed to be your birthday present but I don't think you should be held from this, she just received the info today it was faxed to her here…so here." I explained and handed a sheet of paper to Catherine.
I watched her read the paper her eyes widening.
"Does this mean…." She trailed off.
"Yes Catherine Trowa is your biological brother." I finished for her.
She burst out in tears and hugged me.
"Thank you Lu thank you so much you don't know how much this means to me, it's not a birthday gift it's a life gift." Catherine cried.
I hugged her back "We're best friends right so this is what you deserve, Catherine you've been through so much you need joy in your life." I replied.
The hug ended and Catherine smiled at me and nodded "You're right we are best friends Lu…but I still thank you."
"It was no problem Catherine." I smiled back at her a light out of the corner caught my eyes.
"Hey Catherine look it's a shooting star make a wish!" I said and sniffled.
Catherine turned to the shooting star and asked,
"Why? I have my best friends and my brother Triton what else do I need?" Catherine asked.
I smiled but closed my eyes and made a wish anyway wishing for happiness for more years to come.
After I opened my eyes I shrugged,
"It's a habit Catherine I always make a wish even if it's just for happiness…come on the others may have wondered who pushed whom." I said and we went into the house.
We walked back into the living room and I nodded to Sally who only smiled.
"So we've got a fire going when it's 75˚'s outside?" I asked and stirred the logs with the poker.
"Yup and we're drinking hot cocoa." Hilde said stressing her point by holding her mug in the air.
Everyone laughed, everyone laughed that is except for Relena who was sitting in the darkest corner.
"Well it's almost midnight if you guys wanna get that mud bath we'd better be going to bed now." Sally mentioned looking at her watch and stretching.
"Yeah." I said as I went over to close the screen to the fireplace when Relena stood.
It was like she was moving in the speed of light because I definitely wasn't expecting the blow she dealt me. First punching me in the ribs HARD and then alternating from beating onto my back to punching me in the ribs. My eyes widened when I realized she was trying to push me over to the fireplace where the flames could engulf me. I don't even think I made a sound through her whole assault on me I didn't know what had happened but suddenly I felt the pressure of her blows alleviate and then disappear. I opened my eyes and looked Sally and Catherine were holding Relena back while Hilde was shouting at her.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU RELENA!!" **smack** I heard the crisp sound ring out and then Relena fell limp like a rag doll in Sally's and Catherine's arms.
I stumbled over to the chair and sat Hilde then moved over to me.
"Oh my God Lu are you okay?" she asked
Of course I wasn't okay it hurt to breathe and just move period.
"I…think…she…may…have…broken…some…ribs." I gasped out griping onto the armrest.
"Lucretzia…he'll have to believe you now there's no way he can deny it." Sally said after she and Catherine laid Relena on the couch.
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Catherine asked on the edge of going hysterical.
I looked at Sally pleadingly I couldn't talk without gasping for air.
"I think we should talk about this later, after I wrap Lu's ribs and check for further injuries." Sally said
"NO! I want to know now." Catherine said and stood defiantly her hands on her hips.
Sally released a sigh and looked to me.
"Go ahead." I said finally able to get my breathing under control.
"Relena isn't right, in the head I mean it's like well to put it frankly the girl is going nuts. And since it is the law that you cannot commit yourself unless you are 21 that your parent or guardian must commit you. Lu has tried to reason with Milliardo and I have tried to hire Relena a psychologist, it's not working because she's not showing up to the appointments and…"
"Milliardo is a thickheaded jackass." I finished for her.
She raised an eyebrow in my direction but decided to save the question for later.
"That's all we have at the current moment." Sally said
I bit my lip and spoke up, "Not quite Sally, there's something that I didn't tell you."
They each looked at me questioningly; I began to take a deep breath but stopped because of the pain.
"I didn't tell you about the episode in the office, I'd come in to Relena's office with lunch for her and myself only to find her under the desk and she was…" I stopped and clenched my eyes shut to stop the tears but it wasn't working.
"She was pricking herself with a needle over and over again soundlessly, she showed no signs of pain at all. I was so scared that I almost screamed but I found the first aid and bandaged it up." I finished
"Oh my lord…" Hilde murmured
"Why didn't you tell Milliardo about that?" Catherine.
I stood up quickly "Do you think he'd believe me, do you think he'd believe what happened here?!" I shouted I wasn't angry at Catherine at all but with the pain I was feeling not just physical, and having all these feelings bottled up just made me explode.
They all looked down at the floor and thought about that whilst I fell back down in the chair.
// Hitomi covered her mouth with her hand and gasped. She felt sorry for Relena but of course she knew what had happened to Relena her mother had told her great tales about Relena when she was littler but not tales like this, never like this. Hitomi sighed and looked at the clock on the wall she had been reading for about an hour and a half she shrugged a couple of hours left until lights out she could finish the journal by then. She returned to reading the journal.//
We decided that after a week we'd go home so I can regain some movement without pain and to observe Relena and her behaviors. After she had waken up though she apologized to me more times than one can count but the strange thing was that I didn't chide away from her, instead I became closer to her. After that day it was rare for her to be out of my sight or somewhere I couldn't reach her. When finally the day arrived for us to go home, there were no regrets of leaving everyone seemed to be fretful about something me the most. I actually think that Sally was planning on telling Wufei about how she felt and I was glad, now it was time for me to deal with my love crisis and see what Milliardo had to say.
I tried as hard as possible to not seem as if I were in pain and it worked quite well, until I had to walk around that is. I closed my eyes while stepping out of the limousine so Milliardo couldn't see my pain pinched face. Relena quickly got out behind me and threw an arm around my shoulder hugging me lightly partly helping me walk. I smiled although I was actually grimacing pulling up the corners of my mouth just a tad bit. She helped me walk up the steps and began laughing about something I didn't say too keep up the appearance that I was okay.
Milliardo greeted Relena with a hug and a brief hello while he lightly took me by the arm and lead me into the house. I turned to look back at Relena I knew my eyes were wide and afraid but she didn't seem to be looking at me, more like right through me.
Milliardo lead me into the tearoom, the sunlight streamed through the large French doors and bay window. I walked slowly over to a plush, overstuffed chair and sat down, I turned and looked at him expectantly.
He smiled down at me from where he was standing but he didn't sit, instead stood behind me gently resting his hands on my shoulders, half of me was screaming out in pain while the other was scared out of my mind. This was one of the most intimate times we had ever shared with each other.
"Lucretzia…" he murmured
I was hoping at that moment that he couldn't feel the pleasurable shivers that were crawling up and down my back.
I took a moment to find my voice.
"Hmm Milliardo…since we are using first names, what is it that you needed to speak with me about?"
Good God I sounded so cold, but didn't I have every right to be?
He sighed "Lucretzia I want to tell you something that I've been afraid to tell you for years now."
"Go ahead Milliardo." I said
"Lucretzia I love you, and I realized it when you ran to me crying do you know how much that pained me to see you in tears? It felt worse than any pain I've ever felt before." He explained and then he knelt in front of me and looked up into my eyes.
"I said that I love you." He repeated
The tears coursed down my cheeks and I closed my eyes.
"I'm glad you realized that Milliardo I mean I've loved you since forever and you never noticed it…I've been afraid of telling you though because I do not want to ruin what we have." I admitted the tears were just coursing down my cheeks now and I couldn't stop them.
He did something then that unlocked the gate to the remaining tears I had left he kissed me.
// "Romance." Hitomi said not to favorably.
'duh it's not like a fiction novel Hits it's a tale of someone's life you just can't edit that stuff out' she criticized herself
She shrugged 'but she does want me to be her voice, but for what I'm sure it's nothing about this romance crap' Hitomi thought and then frowned. She continued reading the journal to find out what she was to speak about.//
Days after that I seemed to be walking on air and Sally seemed to be walking on air right next to me it seemed that she told Wufei and things were going along great for the two so far. I was in such a good mood that I briefly forgot about Relena I didn't remember until she called me into the office. But it wasn't me alone Sally, Hilde and Catherine were there as well. I glanced at them nervously but they shrugged they didn't know what was up either. There was about half an hour of silence minus the whispering until Relena spoke.
"Well ladies I called you all in here so we could talk, I needed something to be my excuse from meetings." She said with a hint of humor.
There were a few laughs but not from me I still had those broken ribs you know I managed to crack a smile.
The conversation was mainly about music, television shows our lives just basically anything except the biggest problem we all had Relena. Everyone was talking rather adamantly about their present events that most of us did not notice Relena's silence, when we were surprised by the buzzing sound signaling the receptionist.
"Ms. Peacecraft Lady Une is here to see you."
"Send her in." Relena replied hitting the button.
We all sat for a moment shrugged and began talking once again, Relena was still silent though never saying a word and when Lady Une finally did stride into the room Relena tilted her head to the side and smiled. My eyes widened in terror I knew that smile it was the same smile I had seen when the taxi was spinning.
"Hi Une!" Relena called out cheerfully she then stood and turned to the French doors that lead out to the balcony. She walked to the doors and then walked straight through the doors as if they weren't even there. There was a shattering of glass and a thud of her body hitting the ground. I was the first one to reach her, there was blood and glass everywhere.
"Relena!" I called to her but she did not reply…
TBC
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