The Wedding

Chapter One.

It was almost time to head out to the chapel. Relena was sitting in normal clothes, her wedding dress next to her, still in its plastic coating. It was a beautiful dress, long flowing skirt and a bodice top with spaghetti straps. The dress had been adorned with tiny white rose buds and baby's breath. It was the same for her bouquet, only it had the other coloured roses intertwined within each other. It was the kind of dress most girls would kill for. And so was the groom…

She sighed deeply as Pagan poked his head around the door.

"Miss Relena? It's time to go." He said roughly. Old age was creeping up on him and he didn't look like the man she once knew. His features had increased with wrinkles and his body had become frailer than what it had been.

"Of course Pagan," she replied. "Let's go." And with that, she began to put her dress on.

She was nineteen years old and was about to be married to the most wonderful person she'd ever met. A person who would always be there for her. A person most girls wanted to marry themselves. So why was she unhappy? Did she not love him? No, of course not. He had been around to help her pick up the pieces after the Mariemeia incident, and soon enough, they had fallen in love with each other.

She had never expected him to propose to her; after all, he IS a Gundam pilot. A man who was sent by the colonies to kill people. This was what she was fully against. But he understood her ideals of a pacifist world and had even prepared a special meeting for her to ignite this small burning flame which was her method. After her success at this colony meet, he had walked onto the stage, grabbed her hand, bent down on one knee, his mysterious eyes boring into hers, and in front of the colony delegates, spoke these words:

"Relena, you are the most precious thing in the universe to me," he had begun. "And I want to make you as happy as you make me. I love you. Please may I ask for your consent to marry me?"

She was speechless. Never had she expected these words to grace his lips. Ok, he wasn't very open with all of his feelings, but she knew how sincere these words were.

"I know I cannot offer you much right now, but I promise you that as soon as the arrangements have been dealt with, you shall have everything you've always wanted."

She felt tears running down her cheeks, and his hands carefully brushed them away. His expression was that of rejection. Maybe he couldn't give her what she wanted. Deep down he knew that this was not what she wanted. What she really wanted was…

She smiled at him and kissed the hand that swept her tears away.

"I already have everything I could ask for. I have you and that is all I'll ever need. I love you too. Yes, I will marry you.

And here she was, eight months later, inches away from this joyous occasion. So why was she so sad? Was she getting cold feet?

"Heero…" she whispered to her reflection. Her eyes weren't focussing, so she didn't notice who had come into the dressing room. It was Pagan again.

Are you ready Miss Relena? The car is outside."

She smiled warmly, shaking all of her thoughts of the past away and concentrated on what events were to become.

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Rinny Leonheart