A/N: Dankees to all of you who have been so kind as to review!!!!! I will mention all of you at the end. I have a question for those of you reading this. I am on spring break and plan on typing several chappies this week. Now, do I post them all at once, or should I dribble them out for the next several weeks? If I post them all at once, no more will probably be posted in the two and half weeks following. Reason: I receive an exchange student Sunday, and I have Track meets, track practice and dance class non-stop in that time frame. No replies on this topic means I post at my own will.
Disclaimer: See chappie 2
All Lucrezia could do was stare at the man in front of her. "Your…who?"
A grin stretched across Zechs face. "I'm your husband."
He motioned to the linked hands that he held. The hands with the pure platinum rings. Rings that were worn on the left hands.
"I most certainly recall that not being there before."
"No, it wasn't. You were away with work when you, ah, disappeared. When you travel with work, you never wear it. But I assure you, it's most definitely yours." With these words, he slipped the ring off and showed her the inscription on the inside. Inside the words Forever your love ~Zechs were engraved in a flowing, natural script. Zechs then pulled off his own ring and showed Noin the inscription inside it. Forever your love ~Luc.
Noin pulled her startled gaze off the band that represented eternal love and stared at the man who was her one and only, only to find his eyes resting on her. Eyes that were full of love and sorrow and hope. Zechs lowered his head until his mouth was only inches away from hers. "I love you" was all he whispered before he gentled settles his mouth over hers.
A chuckle from the doorway of the room broke the two apart several minutes later. There stood a doctor, one who was apparently not only familiar with Noins case but with both Noin and Zechs.
He ambled over to the foot of her bed and glanced at the chart. "Three days enough sleep for you, young lady?"
"Do I know you?"
At this question, the doctor stopped and stared. Thankfully to Noins poor aching head, Zechs stepped in and told the doctor the story. By the end, the doctor was shaking his head thoughtfully. "I have no idea what could have caused this, Noin. As you were unconscious when you were brought in, we had to do a mandatory blood test to confirm your identity. The test showed nothing unusual. I'd pay a whole lot of money right now to find out where you were before all this happened. There's no way the amnesia resulted from an injury. There's no sign of any injuries prior to those that were concurred when the car hit you. I'll have a few test rerun though. We try not to take any risks with pregnant women."
Everything the doctor had said had made sense- right up to the "pregnant" thing, that it. Noin gaped at the doctor. (seems noinies been doing a lot of the gaping, thing J)
The doctor noticed Noins dropped jaw and rounded on Zechs. "You never told her, did you? What the hell are we going to do with you? Well, Noin, your pregnant all right and about two months along. The baby is doing fine. Well, I have to go now. If you want to kill him Noin," The doctor gestured to Zechs "go right on ahead." With a final chuckle, the Doctor left the room.
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Noin was required to spend the next few days in the hospital "for observation". These days were spent discover part of her past from Zechs, wandering the hospital and plotting to escape. And during these days, Noin fell in love all over again with her husband.
At the end of the third day Noin was finally allowed to leave. It was a toss up as to who was more relieved: Zechs or Noin.
On the way "Home" Noin relaxed into the tan leather of her seat and allowed herself to sleep. "Home" itself, turned out to be a sprawling ranch in southern Florida, along a secluded beach. Surrounded by green grass on one side and pure white sand on the other, the stone house was settled amongst palm trees and exotic flowers. The front door was rich cheery wood with a stained glass panel depicted moonflowers in full bloom on a moonlight midnight. Inside, the floors matched with there simple pine inlaid with more of the rich cherry in varying patterns throughout the house. Bookshelves were built into the walls in several different rooms. The family room was the room Noin found most interesting. Its wooden floors were covered in a thick rug. A TV sat in a console in one corner. A large, overstuffed leather couch and a matching set of chairs screamed practical comfort. A foosball table sat in one corner, matched with a ping pong table. Soaring windows graced most of the outside walls, including a bank that ran across the living room wall with a set of French doors set into them that opened up almost onto the beach.
Zechs took the suitcase that they had found after finding Noin and began to walk towards the master bedroom. He stopped and turned to Noin when it dawned on him that Noin might no yet be comfortable with sharing a room with him. "Noin, do you want to me to put your stuff in one of the guest bedrooms for a awhile, or…"
His sentence was cut off when Noin walked over, wrapped her arms around him and kissed him long and deep. "I think our room will be just fine."
A/n: Okies, here is all the thankies I owe people.
Chibi Tsuki: Here is the more you requested. And I'm a Zechs addict and I hate when people make him all angsty and vague.
KaT: so I have a thing for evil cliff hangers? What's your point?
Chibi noin: I apologize for any confusion. I didn't take this down. Ffn did. And it I reposted it. And now I've updated twice. That simplify things? Glad to see you like my relieving myself of evil plot bunnies enough to stick with it. Thanks for both reviews.
Faradayne: this is only the first of nine or ten chappies. I can't remember at the moment.
The Highwaywoman: Thankies greatly!! J.
v.m.m.: Thanks for the review. Sorry if you found it confusing.
Well, the sacred green notebook (where everything I write is written for its first draft) and I are off to spend some quality time together. I'm writing another fic, which I have yet to begin to post.