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"Only a Moment..."
Epilogue
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"Loves Purest Form"
The hot August sun sinks into the red pacific ocean; the day finally over. Lights streak the sky as thousands and thousands of shooting starts fall. If heaven itself were crying.
A drained mother opens her eyes at the sound of her new baby crying. Some one is taking her out of her hands and she struggles to keep a grip on the child. But her arms are too weak to put up much of a fight and her baby is taken away. Her eyes open to meet the loving gaze of her husband. His dark eyes reassuring her that everything is fine. She smiles up at him from the bed. Her eyes close as a tear falls down her cheek. A tear for everything she will miss as her daughter grows up. First step, first word, first day for school, her wedding day. And for everything she has already done for her, she has brought her daughter into the world. A world surrounded by people who will love and care for her, and a wonderful father to watch over her, and a promise she will always be there in spirit.
She squeezes Wufei's hand as she exhales for the last time then lays still. The heart monitor next to the bed counts three more heart beats before the cold dead buzz of the flat line starts. He kisses her hand as tears run down his face and laid it to rest by her side. Too much for the onlooker Quatre is the first to leave the room; his hand over his mouth in an attempt to silence the sobs. Relena, Noin, Zechs and Trowa leave the room together, leaving Heero, and Duo behind with Wufei, the baby and Sally.
They stayed with him for a while just watching; Wufei sat there in what looked like shock. No one could blame him. Sally was his whole life and now she was gone. Gone forever and leaving a child for him to take care of and raise all on his own. Heero stepped forward and took the child from Wufei, and Duo gave him a shoulder to cry on.
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"I don't think he can handle it." Duo says. The others don't respond. He shifts his weight again on the hard wooden chair. "Well what I mean is right now he can't handle it. I mean, I think he needs a little to get over Sally.."
"I don't think a little time will ever help him get over Sally... I don't think a long time will either." interrupted Quatre. He wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his shirt again. The topic was making him upset. After watching so many die in the war, and making such close ties with everyone who survived it hurt to watch someone a wonderful and beautiful as Sally die. But he had to admit, no matter how much he missed his friend there was someone who missed her more. Quatre could always tell when Wufei was around from the pain he felt from him. He didn't even have to see him or be told he was there. Heartache and sorrow surrounded him like air.
"I know, I know.. But I want to say is that,.. I don't know maybe for a little while. A month or two. Someone else should take care of Angel. Till Wufei is a bit better that's all."
"Ya." they others nodded in agreement. Then sat there for a while in silence.
"We'll take her," said Noin. Zechs caught her gaze. "Well we already have one, another can't hurt. Its only for a little while."
"I don't think you should," said Trowa, "you know how much work a newborn is. You two look worn enough already."
"Then why don't you take her?"
"I would, but I live in a circus."
"Ya I don't Wufei would be to happy if his little girl got eaten by a lion, or stepped on by and elephant." Duo laughed at his own joke but stopped when no one else even flinched. The room fell silent again as they thought.
"I'll take her." everyone turned to Relena, "I can get my servants to pick up everything we need, and I have the next 6 months off. It would be good a good experience for us Heero." he stared at her blankly.
"Then its settled!"
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Wufei closed the door behind them as they walked out the door with Angel. He had finally given in to the idea of letting Heero and Relena take care of her, but not for a whole month. Relena and Heero would take care of Angel for a few days and then give her back to Wufei. This would continue for a while till Wufei felt he would be able to take handle the situation. His dreams at night were of Sally, and he would wake up on a soaked pillow How could he take care of a crying baby when he couldn't stop crying himself?
Everything reminded him of Sally. It would hurt to the point where he though he heard her laughing one night in the living room. He jumped out of bed and turned on the light switch but there was no one there. The voice had seemed so real for a moment he believed her dying was only a bad dream. Legs no longer able to support him he collapsed and cried.
Thunder ripped threw the sky. A voice lost in the roar. Rain mixed with tears. Again he cried out but there was no true answer, only the lighting to guide him. Finally after he had cried out all his tears and his throat hurt from screaming did he go back inside. Standing there in the kitchen he heard her crying. His feet moved him toward her room painted pink with flowers and balloons on the border. Next to the crib he stood watching her. He smiled.
"I'm sorry Angel. I'm so sorry believe me. But from now on I'm going to do my best to take care of you. No more crying. She wouldn't want me to cry anymore...."
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"Do you want to get married or not Wufei?" the woman asked standing in the doorway. Her arms folded, she stood there waiting for him to answer, but Wufei simply stared out the window watching his six year old daughter play in the sand box with Noel her best friend. The two were laughing as they put the flag in top of the castle.
"Wufei I ....."
"I don't know Lori..."
"She needs a mother..." sighing Lori moves from the doorway to stand next to him," I know you still love her but don't you think its time to move on? She would want you to be happy, and Angel."
Wufei turned away. He did care for Lori. She had become his new partner a year after Sally had gone. A tall young strong women with jet black hair always cut short. Her and Wufei had grown close in the past five years and he had come to respect her but he would never love her and she knew that, but that didn't mean she couldn't fall for him. Wufei knew that Lori only wanted him to be happy, even if he would never love her. She though that if Angel had a mother that she liked then maybe that would make him happy, but the thought of marring someone else just to give his daughter a mother didn't seem right for some reason. He couldn't bring himself to say yes to her, no matter how much he knew she was right.
"I'm sorry."
Lori smiled, "its alright.. I understand. If you need me for anything I'll be there you know that."
"Thank you.." Lori turned left him to watch his child play outside. Outside she snatched up her helmet and got on her cherry red motorcycle. Something grabbed her leg and she look down to see a pair of bright blue eye look up at her from under a mop of black hair.
"Can I got for a ride!?!"Angel asked.
"Next time sweety." she patted the little girls head. She looked a lot like her father.
"Why are you crying? Did you and daddy have a fight?"
"Oh no! No I just got some dirt in my eye that's all. I'm not crying." Lori quickly put the helmet on before she saw threw the lie, "take care kid. I'll see you later." Angel stepped back from the bike and waved till she was only a red dot.
At that moment a car drove up the driveway. The window rolled down and Noin leaned out the window. "Hey Angel how are you?"
"I'm good!"
"Sorry but Noel has to go home now for supper. Can you go get him for me?"
"Sure! We're finished the castle anyway."
Light footsteps made Wufei look up from the bed. Angel came into the room and over to her daddy and hugged him. Puzzled for a moment he paused then hugged her back.
"Daddy."
"Yes sweety."
"You don't have to marry Miss Lori if you don't want too. I like it just you and me." she said. Wufei smiled and hugged her again. "Thank you.."
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Angel and Noel stood before the priest in a tiny chapel. The rows of benches filled with family and loved ones behind them. Wufei sat in the front row watching his little girl be married off.
A movement drew his attention to the space above the couple. A flicker of feathers and the rusle of fabric she was gone. Wufei stated blankly at the image still present in his minds eye, smiled and turned back to his daughters wedding. Sally made it to the wedding after all.
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An old man lays on his death bed surrounded by family. His beloved daughter sits at his bed side holding his hand. He smiles at her then I gone.
They women kisses his forehead and whispers good bye in his ear. Before leaving the room. Outside a young man around the age of twenty stands up from his chair and approaches her. The tears in her eyes says it all and he hugs her..
"It's ok mom.. He's with grandma now, he's happy."
In the space of eternity, two spirits find each other in the vastness and embrace for the rest of time. Two hearts, silver and gold melted together, threaded together in existence. Unable to determine where one ended and the other began. Love in its purest form....
The End.........
"Only a Moment..."
Epilogue
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"Loves Purest Form"
The hot August sun sinks into the red pacific ocean; the day finally over. Lights streak the sky as thousands and thousands of shooting starts fall. If heaven itself were crying.
A drained mother opens her eyes at the sound of her new baby crying. Some one is taking her out of her hands and she struggles to keep a grip on the child. But her arms are too weak to put up much of a fight and her baby is taken away. Her eyes open to meet the loving gaze of her husband. His dark eyes reassuring her that everything is fine. She smiles up at him from the bed. Her eyes close as a tear falls down her cheek. A tear for everything she will miss as her daughter grows up. First step, first word, first day for school, her wedding day. And for everything she has already done for her, she has brought her daughter into the world. A world surrounded by people who will love and care for her, and a wonderful father to watch over her, and a promise she will always be there in spirit.
She squeezes Wufei's hand as she exhales for the last time then lays still. The heart monitor next to the bed counts three more heart beats before the cold dead buzz of the flat line starts. He kisses her hand as tears run down his face and laid it to rest by her side. Too much for the onlooker Quatre is the first to leave the room; his hand over his mouth in an attempt to silence the sobs. Relena, Noin, Zechs and Trowa leave the room together, leaving Heero, and Duo behind with Wufei, the baby and Sally.
They stayed with him for a while just watching; Wufei sat there in what looked like shock. No one could blame him. Sally was his whole life and now she was gone. Gone forever and leaving a child for him to take care of and raise all on his own. Heero stepped forward and took the child from Wufei, and Duo gave him a shoulder to cry on.
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"I don't think he can handle it." Duo says. The others don't respond. He shifts his weight again on the hard wooden chair. "Well what I mean is right now he can't handle it. I mean, I think he needs a little to get over Sally.."
"I don't think a little time will ever help him get over Sally... I don't think a long time will either." interrupted Quatre. He wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his shirt again. The topic was making him upset. After watching so many die in the war, and making such close ties with everyone who survived it hurt to watch someone a wonderful and beautiful as Sally die. But he had to admit, no matter how much he missed his friend there was someone who missed her more. Quatre could always tell when Wufei was around from the pain he felt from him. He didn't even have to see him or be told he was there. Heartache and sorrow surrounded him like air.
"I know, I know.. But I want to say is that,.. I don't know maybe for a little while. A month or two. Someone else should take care of Angel. Till Wufei is a bit better that's all."
"Ya." they others nodded in agreement. Then sat there for a while in silence.
"We'll take her," said Noin. Zechs caught her gaze. "Well we already have one, another can't hurt. Its only for a little while."
"I don't think you should," said Trowa, "you know how much work a newborn is. You two look worn enough already."
"Then why don't you take her?"
"I would, but I live in a circus."
"Ya I don't Wufei would be to happy if his little girl got eaten by a lion, or stepped on by and elephant." Duo laughed at his own joke but stopped when no one else even flinched. The room fell silent again as they thought.
"I'll take her." everyone turned to Relena, "I can get my servants to pick up everything we need, and I have the next 6 months off. It would be good a good experience for us Heero." he stared at her blankly.
"Then its settled!"
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Wufei closed the door behind them as they walked out the door with Angel. He had finally given in to the idea of letting Heero and Relena take care of her, but not for a whole month. Relena and Heero would take care of Angel for a few days and then give her back to Wufei. This would continue for a while till Wufei felt he would be able to take handle the situation. His dreams at night were of Sally, and he would wake up on a soaked pillow How could he take care of a crying baby when he couldn't stop crying himself?
Everything reminded him of Sally. It would hurt to the point where he though he heard her laughing one night in the living room. He jumped out of bed and turned on the light switch but there was no one there. The voice had seemed so real for a moment he believed her dying was only a bad dream. Legs no longer able to support him he collapsed and cried.
Thunder ripped threw the sky. A voice lost in the roar. Rain mixed with tears. Again he cried out but there was no true answer, only the lighting to guide him. Finally after he had cried out all his tears and his throat hurt from screaming did he go back inside. Standing there in the kitchen he heard her crying. His feet moved him toward her room painted pink with flowers and balloons on the border. Next to the crib he stood watching her. He smiled.
"I'm sorry Angel. I'm so sorry believe me. But from now on I'm going to do my best to take care of you. No more crying. She wouldn't want me to cry anymore...."
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"Do you want to get married or not Wufei?" the woman asked standing in the doorway. Her arms folded, she stood there waiting for him to answer, but Wufei simply stared out the window watching his six year old daughter play in the sand box with Noel her best friend. The two were laughing as they put the flag in top of the castle.
"Wufei I ....."
"I don't know Lori..."
"She needs a mother..." sighing Lori moves from the doorway to stand next to him," I know you still love her but don't you think its time to move on? She would want you to be happy, and Angel."
Wufei turned away. He did care for Lori. She had become his new partner a year after Sally had gone. A tall young strong women with jet black hair always cut short. Her and Wufei had grown close in the past five years and he had come to respect her but he would never love her and she knew that, but that didn't mean she couldn't fall for him. Wufei knew that Lori only wanted him to be happy, even if he would never love her. She though that if Angel had a mother that she liked then maybe that would make him happy, but the thought of marring someone else just to give his daughter a mother didn't seem right for some reason. He couldn't bring himself to say yes to her, no matter how much he knew she was right.
"I'm sorry."
Lori smiled, "its alright.. I understand. If you need me for anything I'll be there you know that."
"Thank you.." Lori turned left him to watch his child play outside. Outside she snatched up her helmet and got on her cherry red motorcycle. Something grabbed her leg and she look down to see a pair of bright blue eye look up at her from under a mop of black hair.
"Can I got for a ride!?!"Angel asked.
"Next time sweety." she patted the little girls head. She looked a lot like her father.
"Why are you crying? Did you and daddy have a fight?"
"Oh no! No I just got some dirt in my eye that's all. I'm not crying." Lori quickly put the helmet on before she saw threw the lie, "take care kid. I'll see you later." Angel stepped back from the bike and waved till she was only a red dot.
At that moment a car drove up the driveway. The window rolled down and Noin leaned out the window. "Hey Angel how are you?"
"I'm good!"
"Sorry but Noel has to go home now for supper. Can you go get him for me?"
"Sure! We're finished the castle anyway."
Light footsteps made Wufei look up from the bed. Angel came into the room and over to her daddy and hugged him. Puzzled for a moment he paused then hugged her back.
"Daddy."
"Yes sweety."
"You don't have to marry Miss Lori if you don't want too. I like it just you and me." she said. Wufei smiled and hugged her again. "Thank you.."
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Angel and Noel stood before the priest in a tiny chapel. The rows of benches filled with family and loved ones behind them. Wufei sat in the front row watching his little girl be married off.
A movement drew his attention to the space above the couple. A flicker of feathers and the rusle of fabric she was gone. Wufei stated blankly at the image still present in his minds eye, smiled and turned back to his daughters wedding. Sally made it to the wedding after all.
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An old man lays on his death bed surrounded by family. His beloved daughter sits at his bed side holding his hand. He smiles at her then I gone.
They women kisses his forehead and whispers good bye in his ear. Before leaving the room. Outside a young man around the age of twenty stands up from his chair and approaches her. The tears in her eyes says it all and he hugs her..
"It's ok mom.. He's with grandma now, he's happy."
In the space of eternity, two spirits find each other in the vastness and embrace for the rest of time. Two hearts, silver and gold melted together, threaded together in existence. Unable to determine where one ended and the other began. Love in its purest form....
The End.........