Chapter twelve:

"Hilde!" Duo shouted. She turned around smiled and waved. "What are you doing out here all by yourself?"

"I came out here waiting for you."

"For me? Aww, I didn't know you cared so much."

"Oh be quiet Duo!"

"Sorry, I just had to do that."

"Whatever you say Duo."

"Oh! Did you know that Heero is letting Relena pick our next destination?"

"Really?"

"Yeah. He told Wufei and I was right next to him, so I guess he told both of us then, not just Wufei-"

"Stop talking! You're starting to babble. Are you scared of where she's going to pick?"

"Me scared? No way!"

"Yeah sure you aren't."

"Excuse me, sir."

"Hmm? What is it Chuck?"

"The Captain wanted you to know that we're going to the northern Coast of France."

"Thank you." The boy ran off to tell the rest of the crew. "I've been wanting to get a tan." Hilde rolled her eyes and hit him on his chest. "What!"

"I'm going to go look for Relena. I'll see you later."

"You're leaving me?" Duo said as he put his best puppy face on.

"Yes, I am. As I said before, I'm going to go look for Relena. I need to talk to her. I'll see you later."

"You can't talk to me?"

"Of course not! You're not a girl, so you wouldn't understand."

"Just because I'm a man."

"Yes."

"Fine, be that way see if I care."

"Okay! Bye," Hilde replied as she started to walk off.

"Wait! Wait!"

"Duo, sir! You're needed at the wheel immediately."

"Thank you. Dismissed. Hilde! You're just getting of easily! I'll get you later!"

"I'll be waiting!" she said as she went off in search of Relena. "Relena? Are you in here?" Hilde asked as she walked into their room. "I guess she's not here. I'll just take a nap until she gets here." She mumbled as she laid down on the bed and fell asleep.

The door creaked open. "Hilde are you in here?" Relena asked sometime later. She stirred on the bed. "I guess so." Relena walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. Shaking Hilde softly, Relena said, "Hilde. Hilde wake up." Hilde opened her eyes and looked at Relena and smiled. "Did you have a nice nap?"

"Yeah, I did. Where have you been? I couldn't find you so I came back here and took a nap."

"Sorry about that. I was with Heero."

Hilde gave her a mischievous smile and winked. "Heero huh?"

"What! Nothing is going on! Okay!"

"Yeah, sure. That's what your saying, but your actions are telling me otherwise. You can just admit it. I'm your friend. Remember?"

"I know, I know, but I don't know…nevermind."

"No go on."

"Okay. Well, I think I'm really falling for him, Hilde. When I'm with him, he makes me feel like I'm the only person in the world. Like he really cares about me." The last sentence was a whisper.

Hilde got up and hugged Relena. "He really does care about you Relena. I've seen the way he looks at you, the way he talks to you, and most importantly, the way he treats you. I just think that he has a hard time admitting his feelings, especially his feelings for you. Even Duo noticed them. He's told me that they're very strong. Not to mention, he let you pick our next destination."

"He could have just been trying to be nice."

"Not only nice," replied Hilde with that mischievous smile again. Relena laughed and the two began to jibber-jabber. All around their room you could hear laughing and loud talking.

"So what about you and Duo?"

"I'm definitely falling for him. He's so funny, nice, handsome, and he can keep me laughing all day and night."

"But?"

"But I'm scared to tell him how I feel."

"Why? He likes you too."

"I know. Maybe I'm just scared to commit or something."

"Or you're scared of rejection. He's also crazy about you too."

"True, but we could be on two different levels. What if I scared him away? Those three little words could scare someone away in the blink of an eye."

"Or it could bring someone closer. You'll never know if you don't tell him."

"Listen to us, giving each other advice in our love lives."

"I know." The two started laughing all over again. Hours turned to days, days turned to weeks, and weeks turned to months. Hilde and Relena kept each other informed about their relationships as well as Sally and Wufei and Quatre and Dorothy; Everyone's relationships bloomed.