It took longer than Heero had planned to get all of Relena's belongings
packed, but it did not make any difference to his time schedule.
Everything was falling into place. Baek had found a wonderful chunk of
uninhabited land that had its own beach-to Relena's great pleasure-and
plenty of room to build the mansion and have land to spare.
Construction of the Chiaki mansion had already been started under the watchful eyes of Hwoarang. After Heero had shown Relena the plans, and they both had made changes where they saw fit, including a pool on the West end of the property facing the ocean, they had sent it back to Hwoarang, giving him the go-ahead to start building.
Milliardo had been a big help too. He had provided two large carriers and had agreed to pilot one to Quarrentine. Both Epyon and Wing Zero had been loaded into the two carriers. Relena's wardrobe and furniture had been loaded into the carrier with Zero, and all of her cars into the other one. Her horses and other animals would be loaded just before they left.
Heero sighed, it was not like he had anything to do when he go to Quarrentine anyway, all he had to do was rule as one of the Yahara clan, and be a royal. He sighed again, maybe it would not be that bad, he might even enjoy being rich, after all, he was adopted by the family. Still, he wished his life could be simple like always. But then there was Relena, she would not be able to function without money and prestige that was for sure, and she had stuff to do with all the negotiation business. Maybe he could take up training and preparing for Taobu's retaliation. Yeah, that's what I'll do...... _____
"I can't believe we're finally on our way!" Relena exclaimed excitedly as she leaned forward and looked out into the vast expanse of space.
"Me either," Heero replied as he smiled at her eagerness, "I'm just glad that we got all of our stuff into both carriers."
"Yeah, it was a pretty tight fit huh?" she asked as she looked at him and smiled. Turning back to the window, she sighed, "I wonder what my new home will look like?"
Heero bit his bottom lip as he thought of their destination, "It's like a huge garden......Quarrentine, with fields of wildflowers. Green, tropical plants all over the place, and crystal clear streams and pools with waterfalls flowing through them. It's like being in Hawaii every day."
"Hawaii?" Relena asked, excited, "I can't wait!"
"Well," Heero replied, "You get to go shopping with Lark tomorrow, and you can run around the palace the day after that and help with the wedding preparations....."
"I want to go see our mansion!"
"You will," Heero replied, "As soon as we get to Quarrentine, I'm gonna take the Gundams over there. Hwoarang said they finished the hangar and most of the mansion........" he was cut short.
"Already?" Relena was shocked, "I can't believe how fast they've gotten everything built!"
"Well," Heero replied, "The people on Quarrentine are very productive and very grateful for their freedom, they want us to be settled in as soon as possible."
"If you don't mind I'd like to come with you," Relena requested.
"I think you'd better stay with Lark and get settled in at the palace, you have a big day tomorrow, and you might want to go furniture shopping for the mansion."
Relena's eyes got big, "Ooh, ok!"
"That settles it then," Heero replied as he pushed a couple buttons and the carrier went into autopilot. Pulling her into his lap, he kissed her gently and ran his hand through her long blonde hair, "We're going to have a wonderful life on Quarrentine."
"So what about the kids?"
"Kids?" Heero asked, taken off guard, "What kids?"
"We're gonna have some right?" she asked with a bit of a glimmer in her eyes.
"Sure," Heero replied, "But later on. We'll talk about it later. There's too much to plan for already." _____
Lark paced anxiously as she waited for Heero and Relena's arrival. Trowa sighed as he watched her, she was going to make a wreck of herself, if she did not stop worrying so much, hurry up Heero so she can stop worrying!
"Lark," Trowa said as she looked at him, "Come sit down."
"I don't want to sit down," she snarled, "What if something happened, what if they got caught in a meteor shower........what if........"
Trowa got up and pulled her to him, "Stop worrying. Heero said he'd be here, he'll be here. Now do you understand why he doesn't ever tell you when he's leaving? He just doesn't want you to worry about him, that's all. Now, let's go for a walk or something."
Lark agreed as she let him lead her out into one of the many gardens on the Yahara grounds. She slowly became calmer as Trowa rested an arm across her shoulders and dragged her into an inner room of the garden. Finding a small bench that had a view of the fishpond, he sat down and pulled her into his lap. Turning her chin towards him, he smiled at her, "You're too overworked hun, just relax," with that, he kissed her gently. Letting his warmth seep into her, she kissed him hungrily.
When she finally pulled away, she rested her head on his chest, "I really needed that......"
"I know."
She looked up at him, "What do you mean, you know?"
"The greatest cure for a stressed out Lark is a little bit of Trowa lovin'," he smiled playfully, "So come here and let me love on you a bit."
She smiled sweetly at him as she leaned in and gently kissed him. Just then, the loud roar of spacecraft engines broke through the night's quiet.
"Ansel?" Lark yelled as she jumped up and wove her way through the garden towards the field on the East side of the palace, Trowa hot on her heels. Just as they reached the field, two large carriers flew by overhead, and slowed as they hovered and slowly sank to the ground. Trowa and Lark shaded their faces as the powerful engines threw every loose particle from where the carriers sat in the moonlit field. Then, the hatches opened and Heero, Relena, and Milliardo stepped onto the field.
Lark ran forward to meet them, "I'm so glad you finally made it! I was so worried!"
Heero hugged her despite the fact that he had only been gone a week, "You needn't worry so much, you're gonna have all these worry lines around your eyes." He poked the areas with his index fingers as he lifted her skin back, stretching her eyes tight, "Then you'll have to get one of those face lifts to fix it."
Lark pushed his hands away from her, "You're such a jerk Ansel!"
"Oh come on Lark," Heero replied as he smiled playfully, "You know I'm joking with you. You love me, and you know it." Without letting her answer, he turned to Trowa, "How's everything going?"
"Besides keeping her from going insane," Trowa smiled as Lark growled, "Your place is coming along great, I can take you there if you want."
"Yeah," Heero replied, "I was gonna drop off Epyon and Zero anyway."
"I'd like to come along also, if you don't mind," Milliardo said as he stepped into the conversation. "I'd like to see this place that my sister's been raving about for the past couple days."
"Sure, you can drive the other carrier over there. Relena," Heero said as he turned to her, "You need to go get your stuff that you'll need for tonight out of the carrier."
"What are you gonna do?"
"I'm gonna take both carriers over to the manor, put them and the Gundams into the hangars, and then I'm gonna look around a bit," he replied.
"But what about the animals?" Relena asked suddenly.
"Oh yeah," Lark chimed in, "You did mention that didn't you? Unload them here and I'll have one of the servants put them away for you."
"Alright," Heero replied, "Let's go, there's about five horses and a couple of dogs."
After they had unloaded the animals, and Lark had dragged Relena off to get settled into the palace, Trowa ran to get his little hover-hummer and they were off to the Chiaki manor. _____
Relena looked at the clock for the thousandth time as she turned over in the huge oversized bed. She had no idea when Heero would be back, or if he would even come and get in bed with her. How would he even know where she was? She sighed as she closed her eyes. She was determined to go to sleep. To her surprise, she felt the warm body slip in beside her. She opened her eyes to find herself staring into Heero's intense hazel eyes.
"Hey, sorry it took so long," he smiled as he gently kissed her, "That place was so huge."
"It's huge?" Relena asked dreamily, "I love it."
"Well, we'd better get to sleep," Heero suggested as he pulled her to him, "We have a full day tomorrow."
"Yeah," Relena agreed as she curled up next to him, "I love you Heero."
"I love you too, sugar," Heero replied as he smiled, "Goodnight."
Relena yawned, "Goodnight." _____
"Relena! Ansel! Wake up!"
Heero looked over at the door as Lark pounded and demanded they get up and let her in. "Alright, don't get your panties in a wad, I'm coming!" Relena sat up and pulled the covers over her as she watched Heero pull on a pair of khaki pants and pad across the floor. She smiled at his lack of shirt and socks; he was a sight for her eyes for sure. Relena was totally unprepared as Lark jumped on the bed beside her.
"It's here!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"What's here?" Relena asked, confused.
"The Colony Mall!!" Lark replied as Relena's eyes got big.
"Really? Ok, I'll hurry up and get ready!" Relena replied with Lark's own enthusiasm, "I'll meet you down in the lobby in 45 minutes."
"Ok," Lark agreed as Relena hurried to the bathroom to take a shower. She looked over at Heero, "So, you wanna come too?"
Heero held up his hands in a defensive mode, "No thank you, I'd rather stay here and do some construction work than follow around two princesses on a shopping high. It might get kinda boring."
Lark rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue at him, "Trowa said the same thing. At least I have a few people to go with me."
"Who else is going?"
"Fiona's coming, and Mom wanted to come too," Lark replied.
"Oh yeah, Fiona, how's she doing?" Heero replied as he sat down on the bed beside Lark, "Haven't seen her since I was a kid."
"She's great," Lark replied, "Did you know that her and Armand got married finally?"
"Oh really?" Heero replied as he raised his eyebrows, "I must congratulate the man. So, how long's it been?"
"Oh, maybe a year or so," Lark replied.
"Man," Heero said as he shook his head, "I can't believe I missed it."
"It was a huge deal," Lark replied, "I knew where you were, but you didn't know who I was. I couldn't just run down to earth and ask you to come to my brother's wedding, you probably woulda shot me."
"Yeah, probably," Heero agreed, "Well, you'd better go get ready."
"Yeah," Lark replied as she bounced to the end of the bed, "See you later!"
Construction of the Chiaki mansion had already been started under the watchful eyes of Hwoarang. After Heero had shown Relena the plans, and they both had made changes where they saw fit, including a pool on the West end of the property facing the ocean, they had sent it back to Hwoarang, giving him the go-ahead to start building.
Milliardo had been a big help too. He had provided two large carriers and had agreed to pilot one to Quarrentine. Both Epyon and Wing Zero had been loaded into the two carriers. Relena's wardrobe and furniture had been loaded into the carrier with Zero, and all of her cars into the other one. Her horses and other animals would be loaded just before they left.
Heero sighed, it was not like he had anything to do when he go to Quarrentine anyway, all he had to do was rule as one of the Yahara clan, and be a royal. He sighed again, maybe it would not be that bad, he might even enjoy being rich, after all, he was adopted by the family. Still, he wished his life could be simple like always. But then there was Relena, she would not be able to function without money and prestige that was for sure, and she had stuff to do with all the negotiation business. Maybe he could take up training and preparing for Taobu's retaliation. Yeah, that's what I'll do...... _____
"I can't believe we're finally on our way!" Relena exclaimed excitedly as she leaned forward and looked out into the vast expanse of space.
"Me either," Heero replied as he smiled at her eagerness, "I'm just glad that we got all of our stuff into both carriers."
"Yeah, it was a pretty tight fit huh?" she asked as she looked at him and smiled. Turning back to the window, she sighed, "I wonder what my new home will look like?"
Heero bit his bottom lip as he thought of their destination, "It's like a huge garden......Quarrentine, with fields of wildflowers. Green, tropical plants all over the place, and crystal clear streams and pools with waterfalls flowing through them. It's like being in Hawaii every day."
"Hawaii?" Relena asked, excited, "I can't wait!"
"Well," Heero replied, "You get to go shopping with Lark tomorrow, and you can run around the palace the day after that and help with the wedding preparations....."
"I want to go see our mansion!"
"You will," Heero replied, "As soon as we get to Quarrentine, I'm gonna take the Gundams over there. Hwoarang said they finished the hangar and most of the mansion........" he was cut short.
"Already?" Relena was shocked, "I can't believe how fast they've gotten everything built!"
"Well," Heero replied, "The people on Quarrentine are very productive and very grateful for their freedom, they want us to be settled in as soon as possible."
"If you don't mind I'd like to come with you," Relena requested.
"I think you'd better stay with Lark and get settled in at the palace, you have a big day tomorrow, and you might want to go furniture shopping for the mansion."
Relena's eyes got big, "Ooh, ok!"
"That settles it then," Heero replied as he pushed a couple buttons and the carrier went into autopilot. Pulling her into his lap, he kissed her gently and ran his hand through her long blonde hair, "We're going to have a wonderful life on Quarrentine."
"So what about the kids?"
"Kids?" Heero asked, taken off guard, "What kids?"
"We're gonna have some right?" she asked with a bit of a glimmer in her eyes.
"Sure," Heero replied, "But later on. We'll talk about it later. There's too much to plan for already." _____
Lark paced anxiously as she waited for Heero and Relena's arrival. Trowa sighed as he watched her, she was going to make a wreck of herself, if she did not stop worrying so much, hurry up Heero so she can stop worrying!
"Lark," Trowa said as she looked at him, "Come sit down."
"I don't want to sit down," she snarled, "What if something happened, what if they got caught in a meteor shower........what if........"
Trowa got up and pulled her to him, "Stop worrying. Heero said he'd be here, he'll be here. Now do you understand why he doesn't ever tell you when he's leaving? He just doesn't want you to worry about him, that's all. Now, let's go for a walk or something."
Lark agreed as she let him lead her out into one of the many gardens on the Yahara grounds. She slowly became calmer as Trowa rested an arm across her shoulders and dragged her into an inner room of the garden. Finding a small bench that had a view of the fishpond, he sat down and pulled her into his lap. Turning her chin towards him, he smiled at her, "You're too overworked hun, just relax," with that, he kissed her gently. Letting his warmth seep into her, she kissed him hungrily.
When she finally pulled away, she rested her head on his chest, "I really needed that......"
"I know."
She looked up at him, "What do you mean, you know?"
"The greatest cure for a stressed out Lark is a little bit of Trowa lovin'," he smiled playfully, "So come here and let me love on you a bit."
She smiled sweetly at him as she leaned in and gently kissed him. Just then, the loud roar of spacecraft engines broke through the night's quiet.
"Ansel?" Lark yelled as she jumped up and wove her way through the garden towards the field on the East side of the palace, Trowa hot on her heels. Just as they reached the field, two large carriers flew by overhead, and slowed as they hovered and slowly sank to the ground. Trowa and Lark shaded their faces as the powerful engines threw every loose particle from where the carriers sat in the moonlit field. Then, the hatches opened and Heero, Relena, and Milliardo stepped onto the field.
Lark ran forward to meet them, "I'm so glad you finally made it! I was so worried!"
Heero hugged her despite the fact that he had only been gone a week, "You needn't worry so much, you're gonna have all these worry lines around your eyes." He poked the areas with his index fingers as he lifted her skin back, stretching her eyes tight, "Then you'll have to get one of those face lifts to fix it."
Lark pushed his hands away from her, "You're such a jerk Ansel!"
"Oh come on Lark," Heero replied as he smiled playfully, "You know I'm joking with you. You love me, and you know it." Without letting her answer, he turned to Trowa, "How's everything going?"
"Besides keeping her from going insane," Trowa smiled as Lark growled, "Your place is coming along great, I can take you there if you want."
"Yeah," Heero replied, "I was gonna drop off Epyon and Zero anyway."
"I'd like to come along also, if you don't mind," Milliardo said as he stepped into the conversation. "I'd like to see this place that my sister's been raving about for the past couple days."
"Sure, you can drive the other carrier over there. Relena," Heero said as he turned to her, "You need to go get your stuff that you'll need for tonight out of the carrier."
"What are you gonna do?"
"I'm gonna take both carriers over to the manor, put them and the Gundams into the hangars, and then I'm gonna look around a bit," he replied.
"But what about the animals?" Relena asked suddenly.
"Oh yeah," Lark chimed in, "You did mention that didn't you? Unload them here and I'll have one of the servants put them away for you."
"Alright," Heero replied, "Let's go, there's about five horses and a couple of dogs."
After they had unloaded the animals, and Lark had dragged Relena off to get settled into the palace, Trowa ran to get his little hover-hummer and they were off to the Chiaki manor. _____
Relena looked at the clock for the thousandth time as she turned over in the huge oversized bed. She had no idea when Heero would be back, or if he would even come and get in bed with her. How would he even know where she was? She sighed as she closed her eyes. She was determined to go to sleep. To her surprise, she felt the warm body slip in beside her. She opened her eyes to find herself staring into Heero's intense hazel eyes.
"Hey, sorry it took so long," he smiled as he gently kissed her, "That place was so huge."
"It's huge?" Relena asked dreamily, "I love it."
"Well, we'd better get to sleep," Heero suggested as he pulled her to him, "We have a full day tomorrow."
"Yeah," Relena agreed as she curled up next to him, "I love you Heero."
"I love you too, sugar," Heero replied as he smiled, "Goodnight."
Relena yawned, "Goodnight." _____
"Relena! Ansel! Wake up!"
Heero looked over at the door as Lark pounded and demanded they get up and let her in. "Alright, don't get your panties in a wad, I'm coming!" Relena sat up and pulled the covers over her as she watched Heero pull on a pair of khaki pants and pad across the floor. She smiled at his lack of shirt and socks; he was a sight for her eyes for sure. Relena was totally unprepared as Lark jumped on the bed beside her.
"It's here!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"What's here?" Relena asked, confused.
"The Colony Mall!!" Lark replied as Relena's eyes got big.
"Really? Ok, I'll hurry up and get ready!" Relena replied with Lark's own enthusiasm, "I'll meet you down in the lobby in 45 minutes."
"Ok," Lark agreed as Relena hurried to the bathroom to take a shower. She looked over at Heero, "So, you wanna come too?"
Heero held up his hands in a defensive mode, "No thank you, I'd rather stay here and do some construction work than follow around two princesses on a shopping high. It might get kinda boring."
Lark rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue at him, "Trowa said the same thing. At least I have a few people to go with me."
"Who else is going?"
"Fiona's coming, and Mom wanted to come too," Lark replied.
"Oh yeah, Fiona, how's she doing?" Heero replied as he sat down on the bed beside Lark, "Haven't seen her since I was a kid."
"She's great," Lark replied, "Did you know that her and Armand got married finally?"
"Oh really?" Heero replied as he raised his eyebrows, "I must congratulate the man. So, how long's it been?"
"Oh, maybe a year or so," Lark replied.
"Man," Heero said as he shook his head, "I can't believe I missed it."
"It was a huge deal," Lark replied, "I knew where you were, but you didn't know who I was. I couldn't just run down to earth and ask you to come to my brother's wedding, you probably woulda shot me."
"Yeah, probably," Heero agreed, "Well, you'd better go get ready."
"Yeah," Lark replied as she bounced to the end of the bed, "See you later!"