Chapter Six

Trowa thought of the irony. Midii had been living in the L3 cluster all this time. When Quatre had asked him the reason why he was so desperately looking for Midii, Trowa had replied that he was not sure. That was not true at all. Trowa knew perfectly why he was looking for her.

Ever since they met almost ten years ago, Trowa had been thinking of her. Especially now that Trowa had a home, he kept thinking if Midii had a home too…if she was happy now that peace had finally reached all of them. And, he wanted to know if he still felt what he felt whenever she was around.

Then his thoughts diverted to his sister. What on earth was she thinking? He definitely did not want to see her married to that man. He was ancient! Trowa knew that Cathy was right, that love knew no age and all that stuff. But, come on…she was gorgeous, even him, her brother, had noticed that…She could have any man she wanted…why that archaeological relic? Besides, he had the conviction that Michael was doing all he could to drive her away from him.

Trowa had been worried about that possessive feeling he had towards his sister. At first he kept scolding himself but, after a careful thought, he realised that it was right. His sister deserved better and, Trowa had a pretty strong believe that, if Michael loved her as much as she insisted he did, then why on earth would he behave in such strange manner whenever Trowa was around? It looked as though as he was defending his territory…That was not good…As soon as he went back he needed to talk to Cathy…

The bus where he was travelling soon reached its destination. He got off and found himself in a pretty run down area of the colony. It was probably the oldest part of it.

Looking at the address he had, he stopped one old lady, and asked if she could give him some directions.

The old lady replied politely that yes, and gave him precise instructions.

Trowa had all his senses on full alert. He did not trust that area of the colony too much. He followed the lady's directions and found himself in front of a very old, small and battered house.

This could not possibly be the house where Midii lived. He remembered her saying something about being poor and all but, now things were much better for everyone…in fact, most of this houses where empty, and the colony's committee wanted to redo the entire area with new housing and parks.

He went to knock on the door when he heard someone behind him.

"I would not bother…they're not home…".

He turned around to face a girl. She was dressed in a very hippy way, her dark red, wavy hair full of flowers and her face full of freckles.

"And, you would be?" asked Trowa.

"I'm Sunflower…I'm a member of the commune down the road…the girl that lives here is a friend of mine…" replied the curious looking girl.

"Ah…you know Midii then…" said Trowa hopeful.

"Sure I do…I'm a great fan of hers…" replied the girl puzzling Trowa.

"Fan?" asked Trowa confused.

"Well, yes…she's a singer, and a very good one….it's a pity that Bill does not allow her to record anything…" explained the girl named Sunflower.

"Is she singing now?" asked Trowa hoping that the hippy girl would be willing to help him.

"Sure she is…I can take you to the bar where she's singing tonight. It will be closed but we can sneak in…" said the girl winking one of her brown eyes and smiling.

"Thanks…that would be great…" replied Trowa.

The two walked for about twenty minutes.

They stopped in front of a club. It was closed indeed but it was not difficult to see that the back door was open.

Following the girl, Trowa entered the place and, to his surprise, it actually looked half decent. There were some people cleaning and a girl preparing herself to rehearse. She was giving her back to him so he could only see her long blond hair tied in a braid. She was a lot thinner that he remembered, or maybe is because she had grown a lot…maybe he was expecting her to be more of a woman now…

Sunflower told him to stay there. She told him that she was allowed to get in and out of that place whenever she pleased. Did not tell him why. Then Sunflower went to speak to the girl. Then both girls turned around and Trowa finally caught full sight of her.

It had not been his imagination. She looked awfully thin. And, without any doubt, this girl was Midii Une.

He saw her gasping. Well at least she had recognised him. She approached him while Sunflower stayed on the stage talking to one of the guys standing there.

"Hi no-name, what are you doing here?" said the minute she had reached him looking around herself, appearing almost scared...

"My name now is Trowa Barton. I've been looking for you…I wanted to talk to you…" started saying Trowa.

Then, someone came from behind the stage. It was a pretty big man, he was shouting.

"MIDII, YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED THE REHEARSAL TEN MINUTES AGO…WHAT ARE YOU DOING???".

"Oh gosh…it's Bill…I better go…" said Midii, confirming Trowa's suspicion… she was scared…of that Bill guy.

"I'm sorry mate, I was just talking to her…" said Trowa talking to the man that, with big steps was approaching them.

"And who the fuck are you?" asked the man rudely.

"I'm a…well, I'm an old acquaintance of Midii…" replied Trowa looking at Midii.

"Well, I am her husband so bugger off…" said the guy called Bill grabbing Midii's arm and half dragging her to the stage.

Midii looked back at Trowa briefly. Trowa felt terribly distressed about what he saw in her eyes. Trowa looked around to find Sunflower but she was nowhere to be see. He then decided to leave.

Married. Midii was married. How strage…Quatre's database did not mention any of that…but, what was more strange is the look that Midii had given him. If he got a bit paranoid he would even think she was pleading…pleading for what? What was going on?

He would discover it. Sooner or later. Right now, he would call Quatre and ask for his advice.

It had happened too quickly to even realise it. Relena had come in her studio and had found Heero reading her medical documents.

"What are you doing here?" asked Relena.

Heero did not reply to this question. He just limited himself to give her one of his glares.

Relena looked at the folder that Heero still held in his hands. Relena understood that Heero had read everything and he probably knew everything now.

"How could you?" Heero said looking at her accusingly.

Relena was about to say something when he said:

"I need time to think…".

He then left the folder on her desk and, getting up from the chair, just headed to the door, pushed Relena out of the way and ran down the stairs to the front door.

Relena stood there and, hearing the front door being shut, shouted:

"HEERO!!!".

Duo and Hilde stood there in the living room not understanding what was going on. They had been invited by Relena for dinner and they were supposed to stay in the palace tonight. Duo had tried to say hi to Heero as he was heading to the door but had not made it on time. Then they saw Relena coming down and Hilde went to her.

"Relena, what is going on?" asked the German girl worried.

"I….oh my gosh…I've screwed up…oh…Hilde…I've really screwed up everything now…" said Relena starting to cry.

Hilde hugged her friend. Duo stood there not knowing what to do. Paygan was just worried because no one told him what happened.

Duo, trying to do something useful, asked Paygan to bring them some tea, not that they needed it but this way, Paygan would feel useful too. Hilde brought Relena to one of the sofas in the living room.

"Now, sweetie…what's happened just there?" asked Hilde warning Duo with a look not to say anything.

"I…don't know if I should tell you…" said a sobbing Relena looking at Hilde.

"Baby, whatever it is, if you don't tell me, I won't be able to help you…" said Hilde trying to encourage the blond girl to talk to her.

"Well…the thing is…oh…I'm pregnant" finished Relena with a very small voice still looking at Hilde.

"Ah…wow…that's fabulous…I mean…it is, isn't it?" said Duo getting a glare from Hilde.

"Honey…why didn't you want to tell me? I am so happy for you…" said Hilde.

"I just did not know how you would…you know…" said Relena looking at Hilde intently.

"Baby, this has nothing to do with my problem…it has everything to do with you…I'll be thrilled to have you having a baby…We'll just spoil him or her silly…" said Hilde smiling.

"I take Heero has some problems with this…" said Duo reminding Hilde of what the real problem was.

"What happened, isn't he happy? Baby, sometimes men can be a bit…you know…they get scared by these things…he just needs time to adjust…" Hilde explained.

"No. This is not one of those cases Hilde. The thing is…well…it's not the first time I'm pregnant…No one, but Sally, Lucrezia and my brother knew about it but, two years ago, Heero and I…well, you know…once…and I got pregnant…then all that mess happened and I got kidnapped and shot…and…I lost my baby…I just never had the chance to tell Heero…then he was so sick and he needed all that medical help…he did not need the extra stress…I chose not to tell him but…now, he's found out…and I think he thinks I've kind of lied to him or something…" said Relena starting to cry again remembering all the sorrow from the past.

"Wow…wait a minute…so, you were pregnant when you got shot in Mars. Then you lost the baby and Heero never knew about it…now…somehow he's found out about it…does he know you are pregnant again?" asked Duo astonished by the blond girl's revelations.

"Probably…I found out just today…the medical report was with the others…" said Relena.

"Oh my…Relena…I'm so sorry…it must have been terrible…oh, but you need to talk to him…you had valid reasons to behave like you did…You just need to talk to him to make him see your point of view…I'm sure he'll understand…" said Hilde trying to be positive.

"I don't know…the way he was looking at me…it scared me so much…it was so…cold…so full of hate…" said Relena with her voice cracking because of the knot she had in her throat.

"Nonsense…let's go…we'll drive all over the place till we find him…and then you'll talk to him…or my name is not Duo Maxwell…" said Duo resolutely.

"Honey, your real name is not Duo Maxwell, you don't really know what your real name is…" his wife reminded him jokingly.

"Be quiet…baby, did you know that if you have nothing nice to say is better not saying anything at all?" reprimanded Duo pretending to be offended.

Hearing this exchange, and even though all the problems she had, Relena could not help but smile, Duo and Hilde were the best couple she had ever seen...

END OF CHAPTER SIX