Chapter Fourteen

Hitomi felt anxious as the wedding neared. She couldn't wait to be married to Van, she had loved him for a long time now and couldn't wait to be with him as his wife. She always wore the wedding ring on her finger, expect for when she was doing that could break it. The wedding would be placed a half year from now which felt like an eternity since anything could happen from now until then and well, she had waited long enough she thought. She wanted the wedding to be today but she had no choice in the matter. If it was just a normal wedding, she would have rather had it today or tomorrow, but since it was a royal wedding they had to send out guests lists and everything else that happened at a royal wedding. She sighed as she blushed at the thought of being Van's wife. Merle had surprisingly been alright with the whole thing since Merle had taken her to the side and told her that she had gotten over Van not loving her sometime after the war. Though she wondered about that because she hadn't seen Van for a long time now and she still was in love with Van. She turned down dates with other boys because she didn't want to betray Van's trust. A married life with Van… Hitomi wondered to herself. Would it ever happen or would it end up like her dream? Was the dream really a dream or was it just a vision? She hadn't gotten visions in a long time, not ever since she had returned to Earth from Gaea they had almost completely stopped expect having one every once in a while.

She had given up her fortune telling cards which she had packed away because she didn't want to through them away, but she didn't want to get rid of them either. They where put away in her families attic somewhere. They where given to her like the pendant, from her grandmother. She decided that it had been a long time since she last ran and she went in to her room, which was right next to Van's; and found a pair of pants which she had gotten when she was in the city. The woman who she bought them from thought that she was insane, but it was better then nothing. She would have preferred her old running shorts, but this was the closest thing that they had here. She changed and found her sneakers which she was surprised that the maids didn't through away. They tried to get rid of everything she had with her when she came from the Mystic Moon, but she had to hide her old cloths, shoes, and whatever else it was that she had brought with her. She had seen a nice place to run when she was out walking about the castle grounds, which was surprising because of how high up the castle was. It was just a nice piece of flat land, but it would do.

After she counted down, she started to run forward, remembering the advise that Amano had given her all of those years ago, a few days before she had first met Van. She would never forget it since her running had saved her and Van's life from time to time. Coming to Gaea had changed her, but it was a good change. Her friends, her life back on Earth would never be forgotten, but Gaea was her home now and forever until she died. She knew that much. As she stopped to take a break, she put her hand on her knees so she wouldn't fall over and was breathing hard she blushed as soon as she recognized the voice that was calling out her name. "Hitomi, what are you doing?" Van had asked her which made her look up. "I thought you where busy." Hitomi said still blushing as Van came over to her.

"I was, it's evening now Hitomi." Van said and Hitomi looked up to the sky and laughed.

"I guess like I lost track of…" She felt Van lift her up and seat her down. "I could have done that myself you know!" Hitomi said as they both sat on the grass now and Van laughed.

"Really, you looked like you where about to fall over. What where you doing anyway?" Van asked again.

"Running, I use to do it a lot when I was in high school." Hitomi answered and blushed as she leaned her head against Van's shoulder. "Though it's called Track and is more or less a sport."

"Oh." Van said just liking to get Hitomi speak to hear her voice and watched as she leaned back down on to the grass and looked up at the Mystic Moon. "Do you miss it?" Van asked.

"How many times are you going to make me answer that?" Hitomi asked having had lost count of the times. "Yes I miss it but…" Hitomi said and turned her eyes over to Van. "I don't care where I am as long as I'm with you, I hate it when you make me answer that question Van Fanel because you know that answer makes me blush! That's why you do it don't you?" She asked suddenly as she sat up before she said that.

"Partly." Van said laughing again. "I just want to know that you're happy here with me, that's all."

"I am." Hitomi said and then stood up. "You know that by now."

Van stood up and then put his arms around Hitomi's waist. "I do." Van answered. "I just like hearing it from you." Hitomi blushed even further. "Let's go in and eat." Hitomi said as she held Van's gloved hand. "I'm starving." Van gave a short laugh and shook his head. "Alright, let's go, but I hope that you're going to wash first."

"What does that mean?" Hitomi asked and turned around to glare at her future husband.

"I don't mind it, but other people might be offended by seeing the future queen coming to dinner in pants and sweating." Van answered.

Hitomi stuck her tongue out at him childishly. "Fine." Hitomi said and Van grinned. "Bite me!"

"Not until our wedding night." Van replied and Hitomi hit him playfully on the arm then.

"One of these days I am going to kill you Van Fanel."

"Unlikely." Van said at the playful threat.

"Geez…." Hitomi groaned. "You are something else."

"I know." Van answered. "But I thought that's why you loved me."

"I don't know about that." Hitomi replied and tried to hold back the smile at Van's frown.

Finally the next chapter! Short, and simple but oh well. Be lucky that you're getting chapters! MWHAHAHAHAHAHA…….. I'm on sugar so don't mind me…… I just ate sugar loaded food which is probably the reason why I can't sleep….. Oh well! Talk to you laters people but don't forget to REVIEW! Is it just me or have there been a few bad fanfics lately?