AN: Heeeelo peeps! Sorry I have updated in a little while. I'm going for a chapter a week with this story. So fingers crossed it happens. I hope you're enjoying it so far. I've been having some great ideas for later chapters so keep your eyes peeled. I'm on a "Two Towers" buzz at the moment, so excuse me if in the next chapter Quatre ends up being a short-haired Legolas…I Can't help it!!!!!!!!!!! YBP

Chapter 2

You're always waiting on the tide
It's time you decide
I've walked down long roads that seem to have no end at all
You never wanted time to end
To let my life offend
It's time to realize what hides deep inside your holy eyes

Hold on tight, hold on fast
This ain't the kind that always lasts
If you want me to go just ask me to go, I'll go

Relena sat down at the small dresser in her hotel room. The laptop sat with its lid up, ready to operate next to the vid-phone and a growing pile of papers. Even when she wasn't at her office paper work seemed to follow her around. With a sigh she began typing up a report on the first conference of her visit. It had been a long and boring affair and Relena had found it hard to concentrate properly with so many other things on her mind. Wufei was one of these prominent thoughts. He was supposed to have called her an hour ago. She knew he hadn't forgotten; that just wasn't his style. So where was he?

Relena aloud a small huff pass her lips as she realised she let herself get distracted again. But…when was he going to call? Just at that the ringing of the vid-phone made her jump. The coincidence was a little unnerving. Reaching over she pressed the small "accept" key and a picture flashed onto the screen. Sally Po sat as young and blonde as ever, her lush red lips curled into a small pleasant smile. It sometimes amazed Relena that Wufei and Sally hadn't become a couple long before Relena had met him on that fateful tour. She was an attractive young woman, who had been the only stable figure in his life throughout the later part of his adolescence. Any other boy would at least have had a crush on her. But one boy had fallen for her: one boy very familiar to Relena. None other than her business associate Quatre Raberba Winner. The now tall blonde and extremely handsome former Gundam pilot was running his father's company and had founded many other business ventures over the past few years. Not only that but he had been known as one of the Sphere's most eligible bachelors, until a few months ago. Time had only served to turn his adorable features into those of a celebrity, but he had fallen for none other than "Long Tall Sally". After having not seen each other for six or seven years, they met at a party Relena had thrown in light of her engagement, and simply hit it off from there.

All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you
Run away my love, over the hills and right on through you
Over the hills and right on through you

However now, something caught Relena's eye. After several years since Relena's wedding and only three months of her own a discernable bump had appeared smack-bang in the middle of Sally's abdomen. The young woman gaped slightly before regaining her composure. "Good morning Sally, what can I do for?"

The senior woman in the screen smiled. "Morning Relena, just phoning to let you know that your big dumb husband got caught in traffic. He couldn't get to you on his cell, so he asked me to give you a call"

Relena breathed an inward sigh of relief. "Good, I thought something had happened." She added with a small laugh. Sally simply grinned

"How are you guys getting on?"

Relena laughed bitterly. "Since that last stand off? Was it about again?"

"You told me it was because he didn't want you gone for the whole week and he told me to mind my own business" Sally spoke in her low tones.

"Oh yes" Relena mocked memory loss. "Well we kissed and made up…but I think this whole affair of seeing each other twice a week is getting to him. I mean I wish it weren't this way. He wont give up his job because of all the trouble I went to getting it back for him…and he wont let me quit my job for him either. So what do I do?"

Sally nodded attentively. "It's the same with me and Quatre, he works too hard, and as for me…well, sometimes I think I live in this office! Une's got me working overtime this full week."

"In your condition?" Relena slid in, aware of the bluntness of her statement. Sally's cheeks burned a little. "I was wondering when you'd notice." She countered skilfully. Almost a decade of Wufei had taught her how to react quickly to his taunts.

"Sally why didn't you tell me?" Relena looked hurt in a sad way. Sally squirmed slightly in her seat.

"I've been keeping quiet about it for a while, Quatre was thrilled, but wanted to keep media and publicity out of it until I was due. I've just learned to keep my mouth shut, that's all. He insisted I start my maternity leave immediately, but I still have four months to go, besides Wufei would kill me."

Relena laughed aloud at the mental image of Wufei shaking a pregnant Sally by the shoulders and yelling about how much work she'd left him, while she howled in the throws of labour. Trust that man! He thought that everything Sally did was to get one over on him, even getting pregnant probably!

"He'll have a lot more to do though…I'm thinking about leaving the Preventers." She said with a sigh, Relena face-faulted. "Why?" Sally looked at her as if she'd just told her she'd been having an affair. "Why?" Sally gave an incredulous chuckle. "Well whose going to look after my baby?"

The thought triggered something within Relena. Looking after her baby? She hadn't had time to consider that the lump inside Sally was really a breathing, growing child. A tiny person with half of Quatre and half of Sally all mixed into a twisting and inspiring little mass. It would grow, learn, understand, think on it's own and become a real person. The thought was so profound for an instant that it silenced the young politician.

"Relena? Are you alright?" Sally asked a little amused by the blank expression on her friend's face. Snapped from her reverie, Mrs Chang turned on her best-practiced smile, but her mind was turmoil of new thoughts. "Yes I'm fine."

"Good, cause I was just going to ask if you and Wufei would like to come to dinner at our house next week." Relena groaned inwardly. She'd love to go but Wufei would be another matter. He hated anything that meant he had to socialise. He could be such a brat at times. "Sure that'd be lovely…we have time off around Tuesday night…how would that be?"

Sally smiled "Perfect. Till then Adios…oh and…keep this quiet Lena, I know what a gossip you are!" With that Relena was left to think over the information. Sally was pregnant. It gave her a warm fuzzy look of contentment as one hand had rested on her swollen belly. A strange mountain of jealousy seemed to be building up inside the young woman. Sally was doing something special. Something that made her feel a longing for. She was going to have a child…

Things were beginning to make sense. That was what had been nagging at her for such a long time. That was what she needed to feel complete. She wanted to have a baby. And not just any baby, she wanted to have Wufei's baby. As the idea blossomed in her imagination, it took shape into a glorious future. It would bring them closer together, something that they both created for the good of the world. A child that would be loved beyond comprehension. Even now she felt an inexpressible love for a tiny being, which five minutes ago, had never crossed her mind. She felt as though the child already existed within her. She and Wufei had always been careful…it was just the done thing. Neither of them had actually thought that their precautions were to prevent a life being brought into the world…it was just safeguarding. Relena pressed a dainty hand to her belly and felt impatience there. The idea just seemed so right. It felt so right. It felt natural to be already carrying Wufei's son or daughter in the haven of her womb. But what would Wufei say? What would he think?

Lying awake in these restless dreams
Life's never what it seems
I've always tried to read your eyes
To get inside that scornful mind
Hold on tight, hold on fast
This ain't the kind that always lasts
If you want me to go just ask me to go, I'll go

The stylish Mercedes pulled up in front of the large white colonial house and stopped outside its porch. Vice Foreign Minister of the Earth, Relena Dorlain Peacecraft Chang stepped out from the back door and slammed it shut with unusual force. She was too tired to retain her normal grace. She was just glad to be home for a change instead of chasing around hotels for the past fortnight. She just wanted a nice long soak, hot chocolate and a little snuggle with her husband before drifting off into a deep dreamless sleep. But upon opening the door, she was hit with a much different experience. The smell of spices hit her nostrils, even before she peered into the semi dark of the spacious hallway. The lights were all off.

"Wufei?" Relena called, feeling a little worried. There was the sound of shuffling from the sitting room before Spanish guitar music began floating dreamily around the house. A smile crept across her face as she walked, brief case and jacket in hand, to the large lounge where the music emanated from. It drew Relena's breath pleasantly. The room was surrounded with candles, giving the whole room a very cosy and intimate atmosphere. Placing her things down where she stood, Relena noticed a figure appear at the entrance to the kitchen. Wufei greeted her with a sensuous half smirk as he leant against the doorway, a dishtowel in his hand. His hair fell in a loose ponytail over one muscular shoulder. He looked so relaxed, Relena thought as she noted the vest and joggers he wore, rather than his usual preference for neat and tidy ironed attire. She couldn't help but smile.

"What's for dinner?" She asked, her intentions of an early night forgotten.

All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you
Run away my love, over the hills and right on through you
Over the hills and right on through you

Relena smiled softly across the candlelit table at her husband. He really could be quite surprising sometimes. Sally probably wouldn't believe how romantic and passionate the man could be. She took a small sip of her wine and reminisced on the delicious meal she'd just eaten. Something beautiful Wufei had stolen away from his homeland with him. Beside himself, of course.

"How was work today?" Relena asked, just wanting to hear his voice. He rolled his eyes irritably.

"Here I am cooking you a lovely dinner and making the house unnecessarily romantic and you want to talk about work" He took a deliberate swig of wine to punctuate his statement. His wife rested her head on one hand and stared at him amused by his high spirits.

"No…not really I'm just wondering what it was that got you into such an affectionate mood."

Wufei snorted. "I'm always affectionate." He said defensively eying her up with a cocked eyebrow before taking another small sip of his drink. Relena just shook her head. A thought suddenly occurred to her.

"Oh…I bought a three litre tub of chocolate orange ice cream today, fancy a bowlful in front of the fire?"

Her husband reached gently for her hand across the table. "I can imagine far more inventive places to eat that bowlful" Relena threw her head back and laughed before returning with a mock look of shock "Mr Chang!"

"How does a hot creamy bath sound?" Smiling, Relena leant forward and kissed his nose "Divine!"

Drawing back, Wufei gathered his cutlery and began to tidy up, standing out of his chair he suddenly gasped in pain and sat down again. "Damn it! My back!"

Ever since the incident, he had recurring problems with his disks. Sometimes simply actions like standing up would set him off, and an irritable Wufei was not a romantic one. Relena crossed the room and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Maybe we could a wait a little while for that ice cream…you're as tense as a guitar string!" he sighed and leant back into her hands. She knew how to defuse him.

"Well that's what a full day of Sally will do to you." He groaned letting her massage seep into his skin and muscles.

Relena chuckled lowly. "Wufei you know if I weren't married to you I'd say you had a crush on Sally" Wufei simply snorted in that dismissive way of his. Her thoughts of Sally and her earlier revelation returned to her. "You never told me Sally was pregnant"

Wufei's eyes were closed and his whole body slumped giving into her caress. "No?" He mumbled. "I thought I had…"

Relena's hands and mind worked independently. Should she mention her idea to Wufei? Was she sure it was what she wanted? Was she ready to give up her career? Was she "ready"? Was he ready? Plucking up her courage Relena tried to make her question sound off-handed. "Wufei?" He moaned lightly in response, almost lulled to sleep by her massage. "What do you think about it?"

"About what?" His voice was a low tired rumble

"About having a baby" Relena cringed at her obviousness. However Wufei was far too exhausted to pick up on her blunt reasoning.

"Sally would make a great mother" He yawned, saying what he thought she wanted to hear.

"No, I mean…what about us, having a baby?" She was trying her hardest to phrase the question right but was failing miserably. Wufei chuckled lowly, taking her question as a joke. Relena didn't laugh. In fact she paused and stopped rubbing his shoulders. "Wufei…I want a baby" her husband's frame went rigid again. He was wide-awake now. He turned to look at her, his face confused and troubled.

I was with you on that pallet steaming
Spinning 'round in circles dreaming
I was with you on that pallet steaming
Running 'round in circles screaming...

"What?" Relena looked so full of longing and loneliness that he could swear her heart had just shattered. "A baby? But…a baby?" Relena's hands dropped and she seemed to droop as if he had already told her no. He stood up too quickly, but ignored the pain. He took her shoulders in his hands.

Words were hard to find. When had this started? How long had she been thinking about this? Why did she want a baby? He thought they were happy together. Weren't they? "Relena? I mean…why?"

His young wife looked up into his eyes. They were so full of a longing, something far stronger than what he'd seen on the fateful Christmas Eve. That must be the strength of motherly instinct. He ran his hands softly over her shoulders absently as he chewed his lip. He didn't want to think about this right now. Sighing gently, he dropped his head. "Relena" He stated more sternly than he had meant to. "Can we talk about this later?"

Relena's eyes seemed to dull a little. She understood what he meant by "later". It meant simply that he wouldn't be willing to talk about it until hell had frozen over. She knew he wouldn't be particularly thrilled with the idea, but she thought he might at least consider it. Now there was a heavy aching feeling in her heart, heavier than anything she had ever felt. It was hard to place but it almost made her feel sick. Wufei kissed her forehead and pulled her into his arms. Right now she wasn't sure if she really wanted to be there, she felt as though she was going to cry.

"Now…what about that ice cream?" Relena strained a smile at him, but felt as though she could quite as easily shout at him. He leant down to her ear and whispered lowly, trying to rekindle the romantic atmosphere. "I'll run the bath…" With that he left her in the dark silence of the kitchen. It's emptiness reminding her of the gapping wound in their relationship.

All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you...
Run away my love, over the hills and right on through
All the way my love, over the hills and right on through you...
Run away my love, over the hills and right on through.

AN: Well hope that was okay. So yes problems are forming between the two, but nothing a nice bowl of chocolate-orange ice cream and "a hot creamy bath" can't solve. ::wink wink:: but seriously, you'll find out later why this eating Relena up so much and is this driving loneliness the cause of the divide or a quick fix?