Get Rel

NOTE: I don't own Gundam Wing or its characters.

One, I repeat, one more chapter to go! Yes, I'm closing this fic within two more chapters and it feels great!

Once off the plane, Heero immediately turned his cell phone on and followed Zeches out of the airport to the awaiting Preventer's jeep with a driver. The driver was Wufei, much to Heero's relief. However, Wufei was surprised to see Heero though.

"What is he doing here?" Wufei demanded as Zeches jumped into the front seat and Heero into the back, handing a sheet of paper to Wufei.

"Drive there as quickly as possible," Heero ordered.

Wufei raised an eyebrow at Zeches and the older man just shook his head, handing Heero a preventer badge, so that they both could get into the place without having to buy tickets.

"Just do it, it's Heero's plan since he seems to have all of this figured out," Zeches sighed, sitting back as the driver pulled into traffic, heading to the convention center.

Abruptly, Heero's cell phone went off. Digging into his back pocket Heero brought out the phone and saw that it was Duo's number. Blocking one ear with his free hand, Heero opened his phone and held it up to his other ear.

"Yuy!" he shouted, leaning forward to minimize the amount of wind that would interfere with the conversation.

"Heero," Duo's crackling voice shouted, "man, where are you, I can barely hear you!"

Rolling his eyes, Heero groaned, "What did you find?!" They didn't have time to talk about meaningless subjects such as where Heero's current position was.

"Quatre's with Relena," Duo declared over the phone in a loud voice.

"What?!" Heero exclaimed. How was that possible?! How would Quatre have known who Relena was or where she was?

Duo sighed, exasperatedly, "As I said, Quatre's with Relena in Philadelphia. I contacted his secretary and she said he had taken a vacation but according to Trowa, Quatre's in Philadelphia."

How would Trowa know that? Heero thought for a moment but didn't bother to voice the question, as it would be off the subject. "Go on."

"Well, I don't know about you but I can't think of any other reason someone like Quatre would go to Philly for only today unless it was to meet with someone, such as Relena," explained Duo.

Pulling the phone away from his ear, Heero related the news to the rest of the jeep passengers, causing even more bewildered expressions.

"Anything else?" Heero questioned, returning the phone to his ear.

"Yeah, they've been playing us Heero! The entire town has known exactly who we were the entire time!" Duo informed Heero while there was the sound of arguing between Hilde and someone else in the background.

"What? How?!"

There was more static before Duo's answered, "Someone, Ricky to be more precious, had found Hilde's Preventer ID and gave it to Joey."

"So Joey's Relena?" Heero assumed.

"Relena is…"

He just couldn't figure it out, where did this liveliness come from? Quatre watched as Relena examined booth after booth of comics, movies, games, and CDs with an enthusiastic eye.

"Oh my God!" cried Relena picking up a CD and showing it to Quatre. "Look, they have our CD, 'For Rel'!"

Looking at the CD that had a photo of the five band members with a multicolored background. It must have been their first CD for Relena was still wearing very formal clothing while the other band members were casually dressed.

"Wow, that's great Relena, how much do they want for it?" Quatre inquired, taking the CD and looking over the songs on the back.

"Uh…" Relena glanced at the sign beneath the box of CDs. "Ten dollars even. Why?" Glancing up, Relena saw Quatre handing one of the girls working the booth some money and receiving a bag with the CD inside. "What are you doing?!" Relena cried.

Throwing Relena a winning grin, Quatre gave her a wink. "Being a fan, I wanted to get my CD autographed, in person, by the real Relena Salimar Darlian-Peacecraft," teased Quatre, pulling out the CD as they walked away.

"Are you serious?" Relena questioned with shocked eyes. Quatre nodded as he pulled the plastic off of the CD. "Oh my God, I feel like some sort of celebrity except without all the tabloid articles and scandals."

Quatre snorted, moving toward the wall, "Like politics. Here, can you sign this for me, please."

Taking the CD, Relena began searching her pockets for something to write with; she found a permanent marker in her back pocket. Opening the case, Relena uncapped the pen and pulled out the lyric pamphlet, signing her real name under her image.

Watching Relena sign the CD for him, Quatre began to tap his foot out of nervousness and fidget with his hands. He wanted to tell Relena his feelings so much but he was afraid to tell her straight out.

"Here you go," Relena smiled, handing her friend the CD. When Quatre took back the CD, Relena noticed how quiet her friend was and how he just could seem to stand still. "Quatre, are you okay?"

Not saying anything, Quatre merely looked down at his shoes comparing his brown loafers to Relena's pink flat-forms.

Trying to catch Quatre's eye, Relena inquired, "Quatre, what's wrong?"

Licking his lips a bit, Quatre lifted his head and found that all the words he wanted to say were frozen in the back of his throat. Why did this have to be so hard?!

"Relena…"

It was his tone that made Relena suddenly realize that she was about to be put into a situation of complete seriousness and it might turn out to be a situation she didn't want to be involved in. Still, as Quatre was her friend, she was going to hear him out and not think less of him for whatever he tells her.

"Relena…uh…we've known each other for a while now, right?" Quatre stated, even though it was more of an uncertain question.

"For the most part," confirmed Relena, very apprehensive about what was to be spoken next.

"Well…uh…well, you know-I know how you still have feelings for Heero and all…" Relena tensed up for a moment at the mention of Heero's name. "I…you see…I-I-uh…"

The poor guy obviously needed some encouragement.

"You what?" Relena asked softly, leaning in a bit so as to not be heard by others that were around them.

Biting his lip, Quatre shook his head. "Listen, I know you still have feelings for Heero and everything, but I was wondering if perhaps you would be willing to give me a chance." He bowed his head down toward the floor again.

There, he had said something remotely close to his feelings for Relena, now Quatre had to face whatever reaction that may come. Most likely it would be something along the lines of 'I can't' or 'I'm really not looking for a relationship'. Quatre just knew something like one of those were going to come out of Relena's mouth while her eyes spoke volumes of rejection.

Suddenly, Relena's fingers were on Quatre's chin, lifting his face upward. The young representative's ocean blue eyes met Relena's sapphire ones which held, to Quatre's surprise, compassion and understanding.

Without a single word, Relena hugged Quatre gently and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I would have been more than happy to give you a chance Quatre, and I still would be happy to, but you know how I feel about Heero," Relena told him gently. "If things were different I would most certainly be happy to give a relationship with you a shot. And that's not a rejection, no one could reject you."

Smiling a bit, Quatre returned Relena's embrace for a moment.

"Then may I ask a favor of you?" Quatre requested.

Pulling back a bit, Relena nodded. She knew that Quatre must have been hurting from her reasoning but she truly felt that Trowa needed a true chance to win Quatre's favor, if he could. So, Relena felt that she owed Quatre a favor or two.

"May I kiss you?"

It came to Relena as a surprise. She wasn't quite certain what she expected the favor to be but a kiss most certainly would not have been the first item in mind.

A bit unsure of what to say or do, Relena numbly nodded.

Hesitantly, Quatre leaned forward; he was so scared. What would happen from that moment on? What would their relationship be afterwards? Would it change for the worst…Quatre stopped. He didn't want things to change for the worst between him and Relena. He wanted to be with Relena, as more than friends, but that wasn't possible.

"Quatre?" Relena breathed bewilderedly as she realized that Quatre wasn't going to kiss her.

The walkie-talkie crackled a bit as one of the female voices shouted through the speaker, "Lena? Hey girl, we've got a problem here. Your brother, stalker, and some Chinese guy just walked into the place and they're on the search for you. Better start running hon. Lena?"

"Sounds like Heero's here," Quatre muttered in disappointment.

"Yeah," nodded Relena, plucking the walkie-talkie off her pants. "Guys, disperse and keep them distracted for as long as you can."

"Ten-four," came several replies.

With a depressed sigh, Relena looked up at Quatre. "Sorry that I have to cut this short," she apologized.

"It's okay, you've got to run," shrugged Quatre pretending not to be disappointed.

Without giving any warning, Relena stood up on her tiptoes and gently planted her soft lips against Quatre's.

At first the young representative had been too shocked to actually respond to the kiss, but slowly he began to return it, unaware that Relena was slipping a note into his pant's pocket.

As Quatre was starting to close his eyes to relish in the feel of Relena's lips upon his when he noticed Zeches a far distance behind Relena. He seemed to be searching the room for his baby sister.

Slowly pulling out of the kiss, reluctantly, Quatre embraced Relena and whispered in her ear, "When I say 'go', run to your right as fast as you can. Do not look behind or anything, understand?"

Nodding her silent agreement, Relena swallowed as she waited for the word.

Intently watching Zeches as the older man began to make his way toward them, Quatre counted down the footsteps.

"Go."

The word was barely out of his mouth before Relena took off in a sprint to her right and Quatre threw a bag that had two t-shirts in it at the Zeches. The older man slapped the bag aside but he had lost track of his sister by the time he had glanced in the direction she went.

Leaving the bag, Zeches approached Quatre and pulled out his walkie-talkie that was set on channel 6. "Heero, Wufei, I just saw Relena, she's taken off into the crowds but I have Quatre here."

Amongst the crowd, Heero scanned the people looking for any sign of Relena or any of her friends. It was amazing how many people actually turned out for such things as comic conventions. The crowd made it so hard to find Relena.

Apparently, Relena had fooled them all by playing a duel role of Robin and sometimes Frankie. The real Frankie was in fact a girl but she would sometimes play the role of Robin when Relena wasn't dressed for the part. For the most part though, Relena was Robin and she had once again been right under Heero's nose the entire time.

It was just so frustrating…!

There! Heero had just seen a person with short, dark blond hair which might mean that it was either Robin-Relena-or Frankie. Either way, Frankie-the real one-would most certainly help him locate Relena.

Moving through the crowd, Heero realized that it was in fact the real Frankie who he had found but she had spotted him as well for she began to weave her way through the people while speaking into the walkie-talkie.

Using his strategic skills from being a soldier to determine where Frankie was heading, Heero maneuvered his way to the girl, cutting her off in front of T-shirt booth. Frankie wasn't able to react fast enough as Heero grabbed her arm and held her firmly in place.

"Where is Relena, Frankie?" he demanded of her.

The girl turned sharply toward Heero and matched his usual death glare with one of her own. "Like I would actually tell you, Heero," Frankie snorted in disdain.

"Please Frankie," implored Heero, softening his tone. "I need to speak with Relena. Please."

Raising a suspicious eyebrow, Frankie eyed Heero critically until something behind Heero caught her eye. Trying not to betray what she saw, Frankie held up the walkie-talkie to Heero.

"Then talk to her."

Taking the walkie-talkie with his free hand, Heero pressed down on the button and spoke into it. "Relena?"

No answer came just various clicks but no words.

"Relena, please talk to me."

"Leave her alone," came a series of commanding voices from all of the other friends.

"I need to talk with Relena," Heero declared into the walkie-talkie.

There was another period of silence and Heero was about to give it all up when a click was heard. "What do you want Heero?"

Finding it hard to swallow, Heero tried to find his voice. When was the last time he had actually spoken to Relena while knowing it was in fact Relena? Too long if she was having such an effect upon him.

"Heero, you aren't tongue-tied are you?" teased Relena, surprising Heero.

"Relena, I…I…uh…I think that I am in l…" Heero began, trying to find the right wording for such a statement. However he was interrupted.

"Don't," Relena interjected firmly. "Don't you dare say things you don't mean Heero. I'm not going back to the world of politics. It might be selfish but if you thought about it, after my term or two terms in office what would have happened to me?"

Heero was stumped. He had never quite thought about Relena's future after her life as Vice-Foreign Minister because his mind was always thinking of the present situations, never the future.

"You forget Heero; I'm without a high school education. I would like to have something that will help me with a job in the future, in a future that I want. Politics most certainly not…" Relena explained but cut off. "See you guys, love you all."

"Love you too Relena," echoed several voices on the walkie-talkie.

Switching walkie-talkies, Heero contacted his comrades. "Relena's making a run for the entrance!" he yelled.

"No she's not," Wufei responded, "I've been watching the entrance I haven't seen anyone that looked remotely like Relena come out of the area."

"What about a girl in all black?" Zeches' voice suggested.

"One," confirmed Wufei.

"Shit!" Heero cursed. She had gotten away again and this time he was just so close to her. So very close!

Veering toward Frankie, Heero pulled her close and growled, "Where is she going and don't you lie to me."

"Why should I tell you anything?" Frankie challenged, not even bothering to struggle even though Heero's grip on her arm had tightened.

"I…I…" Why was it so hard to say those words, 'I love her'? What made it so difficult to say those words?

Shaking her head, Frankie inquired, "Do you really love her or are you just trying to trick her into revealing herself to you? Because boy, if you are just toying with her feelings then there's going to be hell to pay. That is a promise, not a threat."

"Are you and Draca always this defensive about Relena?" Heero commented.

"Yes, now answer my question," Frankie commanded, wrenching her arm out of Heero's grasp, then crossing her arms over her chest. "This better be good."

Sighing, Heero nodded, "I do love her."

"What about Sylvia?" Frankie pointed out, testing to see if Heero was being honest or if he was lying just to get answers.

Chuckling a bit, Heero answered, "We broke up due to my feelings toward Relena."

That seemed to have caused a change in Frankie's countenance as she relaxed and let her defenses down for a bit. "Oh my God…really?" she muttered in complete surprise.

The former gundam pilot nodded solemnly.

"Well, if that's the case then I can definitely make certain that you can see her face to face at least once. I just need your little preventer friends to do something and I need to place in a call to Adam."

Thank you to: crystal-gundam, Liz, Lynn-Minmay, Morrighan of Crimson and Sable, Ulitheal, and Bradybunch4529. You guys are awesome!

Now remember, I still have one more chapter to go, so you guys know that this isn't the real end. I have a good ending all planned out, I just hope that I can write it as well as it appears in my mind.

Again, thank you everyone.

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