AHHHH I'm so sorry that this took so long. Thanks for sticking with me everyone!
Hey thanks for your reviews! It literally shocked me when I opened it up and saw that I had so many new ones!
So this is to my chapter 4 reviewers...
Kumoritora: You never have anything but nice things to say! THANK-YOU!
Duo-23: Yours made me laugh. Even though I sensed your hate (to say the least) for Relena, I hope that you continue to read!
Zerolnf: I'm curious about the wedding too! LOL. I write this all as I go, complete improvisation so we shall see!
I dunno: I've never been admired before. Haha. Thank you, do you write at all? If you do I want to read a story of yours. I'm sure you are too hard on yourself.
Capricorn89: Thanks for your support.
WingedBonnie03: I think that they are a cute pairing as well. In fact after this story I want to write one about them. Everyone sees their together by the end of the series but we never truly see them fall in love. So I think it would be a fun story!
AIN: When I read your review I couldn't agree more. I kind of need to pick up my act or this will be a typical story. It'll be hard though 1xR is very common. But I am going to try my very hardest.
WolfCry17: I know aren't they cute? Frankly I love pretty much all GW pairings! I'm so weird! lol.
Nubia: Like I said before I want to know what happens too! It's fun to just write and see what pops into my head.
AngelWing507: Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!
Okay I just had to tell all my reviewers that I appreciate you. Happy Reading!!!
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Chapter 5: Quick Meeting
Fooled Myself
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Relena had had a hard enough time sleeping that night. She had tossed and turned throughout the long dark hours. Her mind wandered around so much that sleep was the last thing on her mind. Around 3 she was finally able to close her eyes and sleep but in a few short hours her slumber was quickly ended when Relena woke up early again that morning no thanks to Hilde.
"Relena I need you here pronto! Like I mean ASAP. As in 2 days!!!"
"What? Hilde I thought I would have time to get stuff done. I mean two days? Are you serious?"
"I'm really sorry Relena. You can make it can't you? I need you here."
Relena sighed inwardly, "Yea, I'll be there, but I have so much to do now that I need to go."
"Okay Relena, you're the best."
"Yea." Feeling a little rude but not caring Relena cut the connection. She loved Hilde and all but sometimes Hilde just didn't quite get stuff. 'Like my busy life.' Relena thought bitterly. 'I can't continue getting no sleep like this.' She didn't know why, but Relena just felt like falling to the floor and having a good cry, she felt so tired and worn out today.
"No use in that." She said to no one in particular. Grudgingly Relena stood up and continued her day; beginning with a quick shower and a small breakfast. She couldn't eat much that morning. Whenever she ate a big meal she could feel it dragging her down the rest of the day. Straightening out her grey pin-striped suit she had chosen for that day she knocked on Milliardo's office door.
"Come in." His voice responded.
Relena quickly poked her head in through the door. "Hey, I'm headed to the office."
He raised a questioning eyebrow "So soon?"
She stepped all the way into the room and slumped down on one of his leather chairs. "Yes. Hilde called early again and she wants me at the wedding in two days. So now I have all kinds of work to do and not only that but I just hope that Scott can get off work with such short notice."
"Well Relena, you sound busy. And as much as I love talking to you I think you're time would be better spent at the office."
Relena gaped at him. This did not sound like her over concerned brother at all. Normally he would tell her to skip out on the wedding or not stress over all the work. She kind of liked this new attitude of his. She felt so much more, well, independent. So much older.
She slowly got up from her chair "You're absolutely right Milliardo." When she reached the door to leave she quickly turned around and gave a quick "Thank-you" before leaving.
Zechs watched her go smiling to himself. 'Noin was right. She needs me to let her grow up.'
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Duo and Hilde were an absolute mess. They had done nothing but argue the whole day. After one of the bigger fights of the day Hilde ran into her room and slammed the door. Hard.
"Why in the world am I engaged to one of the biggest idiots in the world? I deserve so much better than him." She yelled to the empty room.
She ran to the door and opened it screaming at the top of her lungs. "DUO MAXWELL, I DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU!" Then slamming the door shut again.
Downstairs Duo was just trying to figure out what the heck just happened. 'I swear that woman overreacts about everything, she is driving me crazy.'
Just then the doorbell rang. Duo heard Hilde's muffled voice yell from behind the door "Answer the door you idiot!" He griped as he made his way to the front door. 'Yea she's crazy but there's never a dull moment around this place.'
He quickly swung the door open only to reveal a handsome chocolate haired man.
"Heero, my friend. I had no clue you would be here so soon!"
Heero invited himself in and stepped in through the door. "Yea well, I got my work done a little early and had nothing better to do. Where can I put my stuff?"
Duo finally soaked in the information when he noticed Heero's bags. "Oh sorry 'bout that. Let me show you to your humble abode." He picked up one of Heero's bags and headed up the stairs, with Heero following shortly behind. Looking down at the luggage he was carrying a thought popped into Duo's mind.
"Yo Heero. What's up with all the luggage? I mean you used to never pack anything."
Heero smirked, "Well Duo I guess I've changed a little. I'm not the little boy who wears tank tops and spandex anymore." Duo cringed at the memory of Heero's younger fashion days. "Well I'm glad to hear it!" They reached the guest room and entered inside. Heero noted how modest it was. A bed, a dresser, and a desk. That was all he needed. While he got busy unpacking his bags he could hear Duo's chattering in the background. "...Sorry it's not much but I figured we'd save the nicer guest room for Relena. And the bathroom is down the hall if you need it. And well I guess that's it."
"It'll be great Duo. Thank-you."
Duo looked at Heero dumbfounded. 'Did he just say thank-you? Man, a couple years war free and this guys becoming normal.' Duo snapped back to attention. "Yep, anytime. Well I guess you must be tired, I'll let you rest for now. We'll have dinner around 6 o' clock. If I can get Hilde to cook it. Does that work for you?"
"Hmm? Oh yea it's great."
With that Duo closed the door and left Heero to continue with his unpacking. He finished quickly and laid down on the bed. He began to read a book that he had started on the shuttle but Duo was right. Heero felt exhausted. Reluctantly he set the book down and closed his eyes, falling into a deep sleep.
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"Yes, Scott I realize that it was a little late for Hilde to tell me. But what am I supposed to do? She's my best friend!"
Relena sat in her office running a pencil back and forth on the desk. Scott wasn't too happy about the sudden wedding plans her friend had made.
"Well Relena if I put the notice now the soonest I can get off is in about a week. So....what do you think?"
She felt her stomach turn. "A week? Really? Well I mean if that's the soonest than that's the soonest. Hilde just wanted me over about a week and a half early anyway so you'll make it to the wedding."
"Yea I promise. I'm sorry about all this hun. Well I need to go, there's an emergency. I love you."
"I love you too. I guess I'll see you in a week or so."
"Sure thing."
Relena held the phone up to her ear until a voice came on and said "If you would like to make a call please hang up and dial again..." snapping Relena out of her daze.
'Ok. Ok. This is fine. I can do this without Scott, I really can.' She looked at her watch she had about 15 minutes until a conference she had to go to. 'I need a break. Oh well...' She grabbed her keys and headed out of her office locking the door behind her. She had finished most of her work. At least enough to hold her over until the next 2 weeks were over. She was ready or was she?
Relena didn't get home that night until 11 p.m. Conferences had taken much longer than she had expected them too but at least they were done. Everyone was asleep so she had to be especially quiet while walking to her room. Milliardo could here a pin drop. She slipped into her room, slipped into her PJ's, and then slipped into bed. One more day and then she'd leave. A sudden chill ran up her spine. Curling the blankets up to her face she quickly fell asleep.
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Heero woke up the next morning to screaming downstairs. 'I hope it's not going to be like this every waking moment of everyday.' Groaning he rolled out of bed and began to stretch. He had no clue what he would be doing that day. Probably nothing. 'At least until Relena gets here, I probably won't do much.' He pulled his grey sweatshirt over his head and went downstairs. When he got down there he was surprised to see Hilde setting up the table and preparing breakfast. She turned to him with a big smile. 'A fake smile.' He noticed.
"Oh Heero, isn't it a beautiful morning? I think it is. Absolutely glorious." Heero eyed Hilde with a suspicious look that Hilde refused to notice.
"Well I'm sorry to tell you but it looks as though it will just be me and you for breakfast. Duo is outside in the shop doing heaven knows what! The bum."
"It's fine. Do you need help with anything?"
"No I'm just fi-" The phone rang in the background. "Oh Heero can you answer that for me?" she smiled sweetly at him again.
He glanced at her once more before answering the telephone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Duo is Hilde there?"
"Yea she is but this isn't Duo and may I ask who's speaking?"
No answer came from the other line.
"Hello?" He was beginning to get annoyed. He looked at Hilde who looked at him confused. "Who is it?" she mouthed to him. In response he shrugged his shoulders and gave one last "Hello?!" To whomever it was on the other line. Then finally a response came.
"Oh. Well then this must be Heero. This is Relena. How are you?"
Heero caught his breath. 'Relena?'
"Oh Relena, um, I'm fine thanks," he noticed Hilde's mischievous grin, "Did you want to talk to Hilde?"
"Yea I did thank-you. So, um, I, I guess I'll see you soon then right?"
"Sure thing."
Heero held the phone out for Hilde who quickly took it and boomed out a huge "Relena!!! Oh I'm so glad you called when will you be here? Really that soon? You are? Well I'm glad to hear that! Then we'll see you in a few all right? Great!" She set down the receiver with that same grin on her face.
She then turned to Heero and said "Looks like our friend Relena will be here sooner than expected, like tonight."
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Relena sat at the shuttle station and hung up her cell phone. To be honest she was quite proud of herself. Sure Heero answering the phone shook her up a little but she composed herself and handled it well. She took a deep breath and leaned back on her bench. The people around her seemed so busy going to and fro. She wished she had something to do. Her shuttle wouldn't be there for another half hour and all she could think about were the dreaded/exciting next two weeks. She was very lucky that those meetings were called off first thing this morning or else she wouldn't be able to get going so quickly like she did this morning. But now she wasn't feeling so anxious. She groaned and pulled out a book. 'Might as well pass the time. And I might as well enjoy myself while I have the time.'
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Heero was up in his room working on his laptop, although really not much work was getting done. He kept glancing at his watch thinking about one thing.
"Heero I'm off to pick up Relena I should be back in about an hour OK?" Hilde yelled from the bottom of the staircase.
That. That was the one thing that he couldn't stop thinking about. He stood up 'This is crazy! Relena and I are close friends. Why am I so nervous?' He needed to get out of this house.
He ran down the stairs and outside to where "the bum" was.
"Hey Duo. Where are you?"
Heero stepped inside the old shop. Machinery parts sat around in large humps, Heero could already see oil spots collecting on the legs of his jeans. 'What a dump.' "Duo?"
"Over here bud." Heero saw an arm coming up from behind one of the humps of metal.
Careful as not to ruin anymore of his attire he made his way to where Duo worked. When he got there Duo was under some equipment, trying to fix it. Heero found a decent place to sit and settled himself there.
"Hilde went to pick up Relena."
"Oh I'm sure she did, it's all she's talked about for days."
"Duo. You okay?" Heero could sense the bitterness in his friend's voice.
He could hear Duo sigh as he rolled himself out from under the equipment. Heero couldn't think of the last time that Duo looked so concerned, so serious. He pulled himself up and sat next to Heero.
"Ya know what? I don't know Heero. I just don't know." They sat in silence for a moment when Heero broke the silence.
"You wanna talk about it?" Duo looked Heero in the eyes, "Not really." Heero nodded in understanding, he could pretty much tell what the problem was anyway. Suddenly he felt himself jolted forward because Duo was patting his back.
"Ah it's no big deal!" Duo's mood was quickly changed and his ever-so-famous smile took control of his face. "So you said that Relena will be here soon right? We best go inside and clean ourselves up. I'm a mess!"
"Speak for yourself." Heero looked at Duo and boy he was a mess. Oil and grease stained him from head to toe. "Let's get going then." Duo cheerfully stated as he swung his arm around Heero's shoulder and they headed inside. 'This is going to be a long two weeks.' Heero grabbed Duo's arm and pushed it off his shoulders giving Duo "the glare." Duo continued on his way with a carefree smile on his carefree face.
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A while later in the drive way Hilde helped Relena with the many suitcases that she had brought for her 2 week trip.
"You know what this is ridiculous Relena. Why are we doing this when there are two strong men inside?" Without even being able to squeeze a word in to Hilde she took off and opened the front door.
"DUO, HEERO! RELENA'S HERE COME HELP HER WITH HER LUGGAGE!!!" Hilde turned back to Relena with a satisfied smile as footsteps were heard from inside stumbling down the stairs. Before Relena knew it a pair of strong arms were wrapped around Relena's fragile body.
"Hello Duo!"
"Hey Relena how was the trip? How are you feeling? Well? Just a second." Duo ran back up to the house and yelled "HEERO!" Relena couldn't think of the last time she had felt this embarrassed. 'This is it. This is the worst part of the whole trip. C'mon Heero. Hurry up and get here so I can get over it...quickly!' As though Heero could hear her thoughts he stumbled out onto the doorstep never taking his eyes off of her. Relena did the only thing she could think of to remain casual. She waved. She could hear Duo laughing in the background. Heero gave a small smile and walked his way to where Duo stood. Duo of course continued to giggle. Hilde on the other hand who could sense the awkward situation grabbed Relena's hand and dragged her inside leaving behind a "get the luggage boys."
They directly walked up the stairs to where Relena's room was for her stay. They stepped inside the room and Relena suddenly felt exhausted. The stress of the moment earlier had sucked all her energy out of her. Suddenly she turned to Hilde and said, "I need some sleep. I'm sorry to be blunt but that's all I really need."
Hilde smiled her best sincere smile and gently hugged her friend. "That's fine Relena. I'm sorry about...well you know."
Relena returned the hug, "It's fine, and he's nothing to me anymore believe me." She only hoped that her heart would believe her and that Hilde wouldn't be able to feel the pounding of her chest. With one last squeeze Hilde said goodnight and left the room. Relena without a thought threw herself onto the bed. She could think later. It's all she felt like she ever did. She closed her eyes knowing she should change but what was the point. The luggage was downstairs. After a big yawn she quickly fell asleep.
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Minutes later there was a knock on Relena's door. When no answer came Heero slowly opened the door only to see Relena out cold on her bed. He smiled to himself and placed the luggage quietly inside of her room. He was going to make these 2 weeks worth while. His stomach turned. 'If I can actually bring myself to do anything about it.' He looked at her a couple more seconds before closing the door and walking down the hall.
Okay that's the end. I'm sorry if it's not all you expected I was rushing a little to finish it and publish it for all of ya'll. Tell me the truth and I promise that the next chapter won't take this long. A lot has happened recently and I have started to get it all under control! Till next time. Also remember to tell me what you want to happen!
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