An: Well glad you're all happy. And, yes, so I won't keep you waiting, Heero find out in this chapter. Love you all, thanks for the reviews! BTW this will be my last chapter until probably the 18th or 19th. I'll be on a trip to a Christian camp next week.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing…

Ch. 12 – Daddy Dearest

Relena stared out the window, watching each tree, light post, anything to get her mind off the inevitable, telling Heero. – "Mrs. Yuy you're pregnant." Pregnant…pregnant… - The word just echoed in her mind over and over like as if she had been diagnosed with some disease, but her heart still jumped at the thought of it. "But how in the world am I going to say it?"

She needed some grand scheme or…or…something! Just something to show Heero this was going to be all right. This was going to be wonderful. – He's going to kill me and it both… -

"Mrs. Relena, we should be arriving at your office in approximately thirty seconds." Her driver buzzed back to her.

"Thank you." She smiled to show it in her voice. – Oh, the proposal. It's not finished! I have to have it on the senator's desk by five o'clock this afternoon. – She glanced at her watch. – And it's all ready one… -

Her door swung open as soon as the car had come to a stop, and Heero stood there looking at her, emotionless as ever. – How can he look at me like that during the day, then look at me like he did last night? –

He offered his hand to her to help her out. "How was your appointment?"

"Fine." She smiled extremely fakely and swallowed. She tried not to, but somehow, her emotions just got the better of her. – Not now. –

"So, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm fine." She started walking ahead of him, but he would quickly dart in front of her as soon as she got a little start.

"Something's wrong or you wouldn't act like this."

"No, Heero, there's nothing wrong." She swung the door open and hit him with it.

"Relena!" He yelled, and was quickly back on hot pursuit.

"I have a proposal to finish, Heero. I have enough on my mind. We'll talk when we get home."

"No, we'll talk now!" He swung her around to face him. She stared at him, lips pursed, brow furrowed, looking as beautiful as she ever had.

"We are going to talk tonight. I have work to do now."

"Fine, but we ARE going to talk tonight."

She scurried up the stairs and made it into her office before he could follow her in. She then locked the door and sunk down into her brown leather chair and laid her head on her desk. "Proposal." She mumbled and sighed.

Once she finally gathered her thoughts enough to lift her head off the desk, the rest of the day passed quickly. "Linda," she buzzed her receptionist.

"Yes, Mrs. Yuy?"

"Will you please come here and take this proposal to the Senator's office?"

"Of course!" She heard the box click off, and high heeled shoes clip toward her door; but even though she could hear the knob being turned, no one entered her room.

"Umm, Mrs. Yuy! Mrs. Yuy! Sorry to inconvenience, but the door appears to be locked!"

She had forgotten that in her attempt to delay Heero, she had locked it earlier.

"No need to bother her," she could hear muffled through the door, and with that, the door clicked open. "I have the key."

Linda scurried into the office and took the file folder full of papers out of Relena's hand, then scurried away, leaving Heero and Relena, alone, face to face.

Relena stood and turned away from him to collect her things.

"You ready to tell me what's wrong?" His voice was gruff and almost uncaring. It stung Relena's heart, and she was afraid.

"We're not home yet." She averted, putting on her blazer and ducking past him.

"Relena." She stopped, purse clasped in her hands, eyes staring directly at the floor, shaking. "Please talk to me."

She turned around tears in her eyes, more scared than she could ever remember being. – You never scared me when you put a gun to my head, but you terrify me with your words. –

He walked toward her and put his arms around her. "Just tell me you're not dying, you're going to be ok!"

She laughed and tears spilled down her cheeks and landed on his crisp white shirt. "No, I'm not dying."

"Thank God," he swallowed hard, imaging what it would be like without her. – I couldn't live… -

"But what's wrong…" – Or right… - "…is going to change our lives forever."

He cupped her face in his hands and stared with eyes almost as terrified as her own. "Tell me, please."

"Heero, I'm pregnant."

He let go, eyes wide, and took one step back, then two, another, and another, until he hit the wall. "Wh…what?" He could barely get the words out his voice was so choked.

"I…I didn't PLAN it this way. Heero, you have to know that I didn't! I…I never imagined, never thought…" It was all she could do to catch her breath.

They stood a moment, staring at each other in complete shock. Neither could bring themselves to say a word, both fearing the other would somehow take it exactly the wrong way in such a delicate situation.

"Relena." Heero finally broke the silence.

"Heero, I…" Tears welled back up in her eyes.

He came from his safety of the wall and wrapped his arms around her once more. "Shh…don't cry."

"I'm sorry…"

"Sorry?" He looked at her, hardly believing she'd say such.

"I know you don't want a child…not now…I…"

"How do you know what I want?" He squeezed her tight. "I love you, and I'll love our child just as much as I love you. Don't you ever fear that."

"So you're not…you're not…?" She sniffed, trying to choke down the sobs.

"The timing's a little different than I would have expected, but I couldn't be happier that's what it is." In the back of his mind he kept seeing that little girl from so long ago. – My child will never live in that world… - "And I will protect you both with my life."

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