An: I'm sure you all hate my by now. . . I just realized how terribly long it's been since I've written! But finally drum roll an update! Enjoy!

"You look tired," Hilde looked Relena over out of the corner of her eye.

"I'm fine." She tried to smile back.

"Didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night, didja?" Hilde smirked, a little jealous.

"No . . . no I didn't." Relena sighed. – Let her think whatever she wants –

"Lucky little devil . . ." – I was so sure last night was going to be the night. . . –

"Yeah . . ." She was too tired to try and keep up the charade of complete and total happiness. All Relena wanted to do was just scream and cry and for this nightmare which was supposed to be her fairy tale to be over.

"Here it is! The new hot spot, supposedly. Maybe it'll at least have great chow!" Hilde was so bubbly, always bubbly.

Relena longed for some of that spirit back. She'd had it, inside her, once upon a time, but where had it gone? Did things just disappear after years of diligent work and discipline? Did dreams disappear after enough of them had disintegrated before her very eyes? Or did life just enjoy toying with her?

"Earth to Relena!" She knocked on Relena's window. "I said we're here. Let's go."

Relena stepped out of the car. – Why did I agree to go out with Hilde? At least in my office I could be in peace. I can't talk to Hilde about any of this . . . and even if I could . . I wouldn't. There's no reason to make everyone else as miserable as Heero and I are. –

"Table for two please." Hilde beamed.

"Reservation?"

"No . . ."

"It may be a twenty minute wait then . . ."

"Oh . . ." Hilde looked at Relena, then back at him. "There's not ANY way you could get us back a little quicker?"

The host's headset buzzed loudly and he grabbed his ears in pain. "Yes, yes sir." He spoke over the microphone.

"Boss said next table available is all ready reserved for you. . . .under. . . Yuy I believe."

"Great!" Hilde smiled and sat down on the little pastel bench.

"I didn't tell Heero I was coming here . . ." Relena mumbled.

"Hmm. Oh well. At least we have a table." Hilde shrugged it off as if it were nothing, but it bothered Relena.

How would I have a reservation . . .? – She pondered on it until it nearly made her head hurt, so she decided to distract herself by looking about the room. The waiting room was very pretty with a light peach wall color and a pastel seashell border running around the top of the room. The benches were soft colors: periwinkle, pale pink, green, and purple. The cushions' fabric each had the same seashell pattern as the room's border. It was like bringing the beach home. Well, every beach except that last one.

"Mrs. Yuy," A man with soft brown eyes, deep brunette hair, and a matching mustache motioned for her and Hilde to follow him. He led them to a little square table with a cream tablecloth, a tan runner, and two cream chairs which matched the tablecloth. On it there were two plates, both round china looking dishes. On top of them at each setting was a medium brown napkin with a round gold holder. He pulled out a chair for each of the ladies and filled their clear glasses with water then handed each of them a menu.

Relena kept looking around her. This was familiar. Too familiar.

"I feel like I've gone back in time," Hilde laughed.

"What are you talking about?" Relena wasn't paying much attention to Hilde, her mind was set on trying to figure out why this was familiar.

"It's the same as your reception last night."

Relena's eyes grew wide. – This doesn't have anything to do with anything. There's no way whoever's restaurant this is could possibly have known, or would have cared, about my wedding reception. – "How long did you say this place had been open?"

"Today is their first day."

"Oh . . ." Relena quickly changed the subject. "What do you think you're going to have?"

"I don't know. I can't even pronounce some of this stuff. I think it's in another language." Hilde laughed. "How about you?"

"I may just get a salad. I'm truly not that hungry."

"Good afternoon, Ladies. My name is Ron, and I will be your server for today. What can I start you off with to drink?"

"I'm fine with just water," Relena smiled.

Hilde began looking over the prices on the menu. "Me too."

"Do you know what you ladies would like to eat or would you like a little more time?"

"I think we'll look over our menus a few more minutes," Hilde replied looking over her menu again and again.

"All right, I'll be back in a few minutes." He smiled in a way that made Relena feel uneasy. It was one of those smiles that was so dripping sweet that you knew there had to be something hiding behind it.

"There's something I just don't like about this place," Relena mumbled.

"What are you talking about . . . I mean . . besides the prices."

"I don't know. The whole place just gives me the willies."

"Mrs. Yuy?" A different man, dressed just like all the rest in a white button up shirt and black pants, walked up to the table holding some sort of drink with a note tied around the stem of the glass.

"Yes?" Relena questioned.

"A cosmopolitan, compliments of our owner, Mr. Kevin Beaumont." He set it down in front of her and walked away before she got to ask why.

Relena looked at the drink a moment, and then untied the ribbon around the stem which held a little piece of folded paper reading "Mrs. Yuy" on the outside. She delicately unfolded it and read it aloud. "Relena, I thought you would find this much more to your liking than a beer. Kevin." Her head spun. – It's him! - Then everything around her went black.

An: Thanks so much to everybody! Especially to: Sarah, inu-kokoro, Anime chrisy, Raine189, Hououza

Raizard333 – I never said this story was about Duo and Hilde. I just said it would have a lot more of them in it. It's still a Heero x Relena story. I promise there'll be a lot more of Hilde and Duo though.

Wing – I'm so glad to have a new computer and Microsoft Word again! That means, no more word pad, and a lot less mistakes! You'll understand Relena's guilt a little later, and I hope you are enjoying the way things are coming together. I'm trying to get back into the swing of it. Thanks for everything!

Crystal-gundam – Thanks for the review. You know, if it weren't for you, I might have never updated, but you made me remember there were sill people who liked my story and were counting on me seeing it through to the end. Thanks!