Yay! Chapter 4! In this chapter, you find out what's up with those tattoos.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters and I do not own New York City (obviously).

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Relena stood in front of the large mirror in the dressing room of "The Black Swan." She was dressed in a pair of sparkly black spankies You know, the underwear that cheerleaders wear under their skirts and a silver, sequin-covered bra. Next to her were her friends, Andrea and Samantha, who were waiting to go up on stage. As Relena fixed her makeup, Samantha got a glimpse of the tattoo on her hip.

"Hey Amber," she asked, "What's up with that tattoo? What does it mean?"

Relena looked down at her tattoo in the mirror and smiled softly. "It means 'promise'."

Both Samantha and Andrea looked at their friend, eyebrows raised. "Well?!" they said in unison.

Relena looked at them, surprised, "Well, what?"

"Why do you have 'promise' tattooed on your hip?" Andrea sighed, rolling her eyes.

The two girls watched as Relena's smile turned sad and she seemed to stare off into space.

"Amber?"

"When I was sixteen," Relena began, "I lost my virginity to a boy that I cared about very much. We were both kind of lost at that time and ended up finding hope in each other. But we knew that there couldn't be anything between us. There was just too much going on in our lives.

"Before we parted ways, we made a promise to each other. We promised that no matter what happened, whether we met again, died, met someone new, or ended up alone for the rest of our lives, we would always love and find hope in each other. We got matching tattoos as a symbol of that promise."

Samantha and Andrea stared at the black haired girl standing in front of them.

"That's so sweet!" Andrea gushed. "Did you ever see him again?"

Relena's expression suddenly went blank. "No," was all she said.

Samantha and Andrea looked at each other and were about to ask more when the stage manager came into the room and told them that they were next and Relena should get ready. The two dancers got up and walked out of the room, still confused about what they had just seen and heard.

Relena sighed sadly and went back to getting ready until a movement at the door caught her eye. She turned around and once again came face to face with Heero Yuy.

"What are you doing here Heero?" she asked, but she already knew why he was here, and what her answer would be.

"I've come to take you back to the Sanc Kingdom," he said in a stony voice.

"No," was all Relena said before she turned back to the mirror to brush her hair.

"Relena," Heero growled, "you have a job and a life waiting for you back there."

She scoffed. "My job can be done by someone else and that life means nothing to me anymore."

Heero finally lost his temper. He strode over to Relena and spun her around, causing her to back into the counter. He lifted his arm so that she was staring at the twin to her own tattoo. 'Yakusoku.'

"So this means nothing to you?" he yelled. "You think you can just ignore everything that happened between us?"

The girl's shock turned to anger and she yelled back, "Why not? You did."

Heero stared at the former queen, confused. He loosened his grip on her arm and she squeezed past him and walked to the center of the dressing room. She had her back to him.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Ever since we got these damn tattoos, you've acted as if nothing ever happened. You were even more distant than you were before we had sex. I thought something would have changed when you were assigned as my bodyguard, but nothing had. You treated me as if I was some burden for you to bear. So obviously our promise meant nothing to you."

Heero stared at her, shocked. "That's..."

"I have to go onstage now Heero," she said coldly, refusing to look at him. "You need to leave." And with that, she walked out of the room, leaving a confused and pissed off Gundam pilot.

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I know, it's not very long and it's not very good, but it was needed to clear some things up. More will be cleared up later and there will be some more drama and maybe even a little citrus. Please review!!!!!