Disclaimer: Nope....still don't own it ^_^

Chibi: Ok, I looked over my fic and saw that most of my chapters are actually shorter than my average for all my other fics, but this fic is still rather long and I'll be posting the chapters quite often.

I'm still dying for reviews! I think every author hopes for reviews! The only one I have so far is from Fisch. So big shout-out and thanks to Fisch!!!! *huggles* Well, this chapter brings in Relena and also hints at some H/R romance for those of you who like that. And for those of you who don't, it's probably not enough to bother you. So, without further ado, here's chapter three!!

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Everybody, one by one, began to wake up, and make there way downstairs. The hypnotic smell of bacon and eggs pulling the rest of the half-asleep Gundam boys to they're feet.

Relena had awoken just a few minutes before everyone else. She walked into the kitchen and poured herself a cup of coffee. She really didn't like the taste, but it made her look more adult-like in the eyes of those around her. With her position in the world it helped to look like something else besides a naive little child.

She made her way toward the garden now. She had her mornings perfectly timed so that she would always run into Heero on his rounds in the garden. She began to blush just thinking about him. She shut the doors behind her and started off for the gardens, her honey-blond hair flowing behind her, but stopped when she saw Duo getting onto a motorcycle.

"Duo!" she shouted, "Duo! What are you doing?"

"Hey 'Lena" he replied not bothering to turn off the loud engine. He couldn't afford to waste anymore time like he did with Heero that morning. "I'm just going on vacation a little early this year. Don't worry I already cleared everything with Zechs. So I'll see you later!"

He started to pull out, but Relena could tell that something was wrong. AN: We women have a natural intuition for those types of things ya know ^_^ "Wait Duo! I want to ask you something." She shouted just before he had sped off.

Hesitantly, he stopped and waited for her question. "And that is?"

"Well...where are you going? Maybe a couple of us could stop by and spend the day with you." She was obviously trying to stall him, but she didn't really know why.

This was just what he did not want to hear. He could never tell her, or any of them, where he was going.

"No where special." He said blankly, "I just going to be traveling around constantly. So it would be next to impossible to find me. Sorry 'bout that." He paused, hanging his head in shame of lying to her. "Wow! Look at the time! Already behind schedule and I haven't even left. Gotta go. Later!" He shouted the last part while he was already halfway down the drive. He couldn't stand to lie to her anymore. He had came to think of Relena as "the sister he never had", but now he may be able to say that he thought of her as "one of the family."

"Family." That thought stayed with him as he traveled down the road

"Oh, please be ok Duo." Relena said as she walked towards the garden.

Heero heard the rustling in the bushes behind him, 'Hn' he thought to himself, 'She's late.' As Relena walked around the corner, Heero knew that something wrong. The way she walked, the way she even carried herself, was different. Saddened even.

She walked around the corner and bumped right into Heero who was just standing there staring at her. "Is everything OK?" He asked with concern evident in his voice.

A little shocked with his obvious concern, Relena let out a small gasp, then lowered her eyes to the ground. "It's Duo." She said blankly, "I think he might be in trouble."

Heero knew what Duo was doing. What his big secret was. He now realized that he had known since the night he had listened in on Duo. And he knew that his friend was getting into trouble. At first, he decided he would just let Duo do whatever he wants to, but after seeing how this was affecting Relena, and eventually many others, he knew what he must do.

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Chibi: I hope you enjoyed chapter three! I should be posting chapter four shortly. So keep an eye open for that. And as always, please review!!!!!