Lost and found

by DCIMorse

During the war Lady Une lost a part of her memories which are returning years after.Where this leads to? Read it then you know. Finished this storyfor now I think

1. Lost Love

Lost and found.

( I do not own any of the gundam characters nor any of the songs used in this story)

Lost Love

30 June 200 AC

Lady Une was sitting in her office trying to read the reports that were brought in that morning. It seemed like she could not concentrate on her work.

"I 've had it "she said"enough reports to look over,people to work with but not a moment of rest and peace for myself."

She heard a knock on her door on which she invited whoever was on the other end in.

"hello chief"a monotone voice said.

"Hello mr Yuy,what brings you here."

"I could not help to overhear your last comment just a moment ago."

"You know that eavesdropping is not gentlemanly."

"It was quite hard to ignore either since I could hear you in my office which is right across the hall and I did not need any hearing aids because you were close to screaming it."

Lady Une started to blush,she had said it out loud but that it was that loud she could not imagine.

"May I suggest something"Heero said"Why don't you take a little vacation and take Mariemaya with you since she starts her summer break as well. As far as I know you haven't taken a vacation since you started this job."

"I know but I just cannot pack and go. What..."

"I can handle it. You wouldn't have appointed me as second in command here if you didn't think I had the necessary skills to run this place without you."Heero interfered.

"Well the only skill you haven't fully mastered is diplomacy"Lady Une remarked.

"Actually living with Relena in the past two years have improved that skill quite well if I may say so."

Lady Une knew this was true since he escorted Relena on diplomatic missions from time to time as a bodyguard and on occasion he was also asked to address the senate when lady Une was ill. Most of the time he displayed his diplomatic skills as fully mastered on those occasions,so this was no excuse to stay in office.

"What if something comes up that you cannot handle yourself?'Lady Une asked.

"I have your cellphone number"

"So no reason for me to get out of it"

"No and I want you to take off all summer because you really need it."

"That's at least two months. I cannot take off for so long."

"Actually everyone here agrees you are a little overworked. It is about time you took a long vacation."

"You are not a doctor so you have no right to tell me if I should take a vacation or not."

"No but Sally is a trained Doc. She was the one who signalled me a few days ago that you need a break from work and as your first officer I have the right to tell you what to do in cases like this one."Heero said while he walked over to her desk,picked up all her files and tugged them under his arm."Now,it is 15:30 hours and I believe that Mariemaya's school finishes about this time so you go home,you pack some bags and go somewhere and relax. I don't want to see you here before September or until I need your help whatever comes first."

"I 'll see you in a few months but don't do anything stupid."Lady Une said.

"I won't,don't you do that either. Have a nice summer break and tell Mariemaya to keep an eye on you."

Lady Une arrived at Mariemaya's school where the girl looked surprised as her mother was there to pick her up after school. This was not really usual so something was up she knew her mother well enough by now.

"What's up mum"the young lady said.

"Oh my second in command kicked me out of the office for two months and ordered me to take you out on a vacation but I don't really need that."Lady Une sighed

"You do need a break mum and I would welcome this vacation as well. For the last four weeks you have been a pain in the proverbial ass and frankly I was fed up with it as much as our housekeeper/nanny was. A good thing that Heero noticed you needed a break-in the past four years you only took a break during the Christmas season while you kept working during the rest of the year unless you or me were ill. So need I say more or are you going to listen to doctor Yuy and do as he prescribed "Mariemaya replied with a serious tone in her voice.

"It seems like everyone wants me to take a break for a while and relax but it is not that easy for me since I haven't taken a vacation in years. Even back in the academy I refused to go home for the duration of the summer or any other season or reason to go home."lady Une said.

"Well now you will have to otherwise you might end up in a mental hospital and I can imagine that you really don't want to end up there. Raising me and working 10 hours a day is a lot of work you know and I haven't figured out why you haven't gone nuts yet."the girl said.

"Because I am somewhat of a nut case"lady Une whispered

"What did you say "Mariemaya asked.

"Erg I said let's pack our suitcases and go nuts somewhere else but here."lady Une answered.

Mariemaya looked up at her disbelievingly but decided to leave it with that since her mother never talked much about certain things although she sometimes wished she would confide in her. Even though Mariemaya was only ten years old she was as smart as an average fifteen year old girl and behaved even like a teen but she could possibly understand her mother and what has been eating her for so long.

"Mum you never tell much about your childhood or even your teenage years why is that?"

"Because there isn't much to tell actually"

"Did you have a nice mother?"Mariemaya tried to open her up again as she had the chance.

Lady Une looked at her and smiled. Her daughter started being her shrink again and she knew that she would not stop until she had some answers .

"My mother was the best mother a girl could wish for but she died when I was nine. My sister and I were then taken care off by a nanny but she could not replace our mother. I really loved mum. I remember the times that mum comforted me when I was crying and helped when I had some problems to take care of. Actually my mother was a saint."

"You have a sister?"

"Had a sister she ..."lady Une swallowed hard and continued"she committed suicide when I was sixteen."

A tear rolled over lady Une's cheek and at that point Mariemaya put her arms around her mother and kept silent.

"If I had known what was happening back home I would have helped her but she never wrote or said anything about it until it was too late. I kept blaming myself for that for years. Your father helped me to live with my sister's dead without blaming myself."

"Do you know what happened back then?"

Lady Une nodded but left it with that.

"Where will we be going on vacation" Une asked to change the conversation.

"I have always wanted to go to the Mosel to take a look over the vineyards,visit castles and ruins,eating local specialities maybe have a sip of wine and spend some time at a swimming pool."Mariemaya said.

"I have to think about that sip of wine but I want to go there as well so let's pack and take off tomorrow."

In the meanwhile Heero was about to start on looking through the last file he had grabbed from lady Une's desk when Relena walked in his office with a big smile. Their relationship had become more intimate over the years and the both of them finally became a couple. For a long time Duo had been betting with everyone who knew them how long it would take before Heero would admit his feelings for Relena. Duo lost a lot of money to lady Une since she was the only one who made the right guess. While most of them betted it would take about four to five years she gave it only two years. This was now about two years ago.

"What brings you here,honey" he asked.

"Well a very cute man and we have something to celebrate,lover boy"

"What are we going to celebrate"

"We finally got the law for protecting the soldiers who fought during the war. They now don't need to fear prosecution as long as they can prove they were not involved in atrocities during the war."

"That means that your brother still isn't off the hook" Heero burst her bubble

"Well but you are"

"Not completely,I have done some things myself that weren't exactly according to rules of engagement."

"You were a conditioned teenager who was told to fight the earth on behalf of the colonies."

"Still that doesn't make me less guilty as Milliardo but he had chosen to fight everyone who destroyed the Sanc kingdom even though there were other ways to end this circle of violence. I guess he didn't understand that at the time but now he is making up for it. Sadly enough he can't come home because the moment he sets foot on earth or any of the colonies I have to order his arrest. I don't want to do that and neither does anyone else here. He was actually one of the first to go up against Dekim and his gang of warhorses to secure the peace again."Heero reminded Relena. They both looked at each other and started smiling. Then Heero leaned in for a kiss but she held up the file he was supposed to look at.

"You haven't finished yet!"Relena teased.

"Oh right, lets have a look at that one." he said while he opened the file. The moment he looked at the pictures and reports in the file he turned pale. Relena looked at him wondering what made him scare like that. Heero,anticipating her curiosity,tossed her a picture and when she looked at the picture she turned pale as well.

"How did she get a hold of this picture?" Relena asked while Heero pulled a file out of his desk. He opened the file and pulled out a picture that was exactly the same as the picture he pulled out of the file that he had from lady Une.

"They are identical but I think that this one is the original one" he concluded after looking very carefully at the pictures.

"You mean that Doctor J gave you a copy." Relena wondered.

"Yes and no,I think he was trying to help me with my search for my family by giving me this picture of the person who he claimed was my mother. The moment I was given this picture I knew exactly where I had to look for my family but proving that I am family was another problem so I started to looking for other ways to obtain evidence that proves I am a member of the family. Now I have some proof of that and maybe more than I expected," Heero cheered while stood up and started to walk out of his office.

"Heero where are you going?"

"Evidence room for cold cases!" he shouted back as he reached the elevator.

The next day the ladies arrived in a little town called Bernkastel where they had booked a room in a local hotel. Lady Une was unpacking their belongings while Mariemaya was checking out the view over the river valley. She noticed there were remains of an old keep and felt like she had to see it up close one of these days.

"Mother,what are we going to do for the remainder of the day"the young girl asked.

"Well I don't know yet but I wanted to have a swim first,how about that?"lady Une said.

"Sounds great,what next?"Mariemaya responded.

"A meal and then relax here in the room with a book and some music."

"You have a strange idea of having fun. You sound like some thirty year old woman with at least two children and a lousy husband. You are in your early twenties and should go out at least once a week."

"And I think you spend way to much time with Lucrezia and Relena. They have been saying this for months as well so starting next school year you are no longer allowed to go to either of them until the three of you stop conspiring against me."lady Une growled

"Actually I got this from Heero Yuy and he also said to keep an eye on you while we are out here. Now how about this,after dinner we go around the town having a girls night out."Mariemaya suggested.

"As long as you get to bed in time I am going along with this for tonight OK." the young woman gave in.

"Great mum,so lets get those swimsuits and go to the pool."the little devil said.

Lady Une started to feel as if she was set up by everyone in her surroundings to take this vacation for some reason she could not figure out but while she was here together with her daughter she would make the best of it. She could use the rest and Mariemaya could unwind here as much as she needed to as well. There was only one thing she didn't like at the moment and that was the fact that her little angel was turning into her shrink. Why was Mariemaya so interested in her past all of a sudden and what could she tell her. There is even a hole in her memory since she woke up after being in a coma for weeks. There was even a memory of a song that has been haunting her for the past four years and she cannot remember where or when she heard it but it always made her feel warm and loved inside even though she can't remember why. She knew that Treize would never listen to a song like this or even bother to even consider listening to it. No,it had to do something with what happened in space during the war but what did happen there is what she has forgotten. The more she started to think about it the more she felt like she was wasting her time for now. She looked over to Mariemaya and saw she was ready for a swim so they left their room and went out swimming. As they were getting ready to dive in to the pool suddenly Une heard a familiar song.

Lady, are you crying, do the tears belong to me? Did you think our time together was all gone?
Lady, you've been dreaming. I'm as close as I can be.
And I swear to you our time has just begun.
Close your eyes and rest your weary mind. I promise I will stay right here beside you.
Today our lives were joined, became entwined.
I wish that you could know how much I love you.

Lady Une looked around to find out who was playing this song,the song that had been haunting her for years and she wanted to know what it had to do with her

Lady, are you happy, do you feel the way I do?
Are there meanings that you've never seen before?
Lady, my sweet lady, I just can't believe it's true. And it's like I've never ever loved before.
Close your eyes and rest your weary mind. I promise I will stay right here beside you.
Today our lives were joined, became entwined.
I wish that you could know how much I love you.
Lady, are you crying, do the tears belong to me? Did you think our time together was all gone?
Lady, you've been dreaming. I'm as close as I can be.
And I swear to you our time has just begun.

.She saw a man with a portable media player and asked him if he had played the song.

"Yes,did you like it?"the man asked.

"Yes,but do you know who wrote and sung it"lady Une asked.

"Actually this is an old song written before the colonial period. It was somewhere in the twentieth century AD that a country/folk singer John Denver wrote this song and it became a hit as well. Nowadays only hopeless romantics like me listen to songs like these,what about you?"the man said.

"I have heard this song only once in my life but I fell in love with it although I can't remember why exactly."she said while she turned around an walked back to her place at the pool. Once she got back to her seat she started to cry even though she didn't know why she was crying. Mariemaya came up to her and saw the tears in her mother's eyes.

"Why are you crying?"the little girl asked

"I just don't know there is a reason but I just can't remember it. That song triggered a sadness in me and happiness at the same time and I can't remember why. And despite all I try to do to remember I just can't."lady Une sobbed.

'What song?"Mariemaya wondered.

"A song called 'my sweet lady' which originates from the twentieth century AD.I heard it once being sung by someone but I can't remember who,where and not exactly when. Since the end of the war I have a hole in my memory and I wish I could remember what I have forgotten. This vacation more then ever makes me want to find out what happened during the period that I arrived in space and the moment I got shot. The only things I know about are the reports that survived fortress Barge in which I only found combat and field data so I need to find another way to find out what happened. If my personal logs had survived I would have found out already what happened."

"Why don't you ask Heero to help you"Mariemaya suggested.

"Why him?He was a gundam pilot not an OZ soldier."Une wondered.

"He got himself imprisoned by you remember."

Lady Une remembered there was a report on the arrest of Heero,Duo and Wufei but what could they know about that but maybe Heero was a good place to start. She vaguely remembered that he was one of her gundam pilots during the war. She had to entrust him with her loss of memories. She knew she could trust Heero with this but she had doubts about what she might find out or what he might tell her. She decided that if she wanted to know what happened during that period she had to ask Heero.

"I am going to call him right now."Une said

She picked up her cellphone and dialled Heero's number.

"Hello chief,can't miss the office I notice "Heero answered his phone.

"Actually I need your help on something Heero."

She told him her story and Heero was a bit surprised but on the other hand it could be possible that she lost some of her memories.

"The only things I know about you is what I heard from Trowa after the war. He had lost his memory too after our battle with Quattre but Trowa was the one who was closest to you in the end. The few things he told me are the things you know as well,your split personality,your admiration for Treize Kushrenada..."

"Excuse me but how could Trowa be close to me. As far as I can remember we first met each other after the final battle."

"You really lost your memory. He had infiltrated in your ranks as an OZ cadet. You turned him into your right hand together with me."Heero said"So if you really want to know what happened in that period you should talk to him"

Heero gave her a few phone numbers on which Lady Une could possibly reach Trowa since he was travelling with a circus. Lady Une thought it would be better to put of her quest for one day and spend an evening out in town with her daughter in order to clear her mind. She was looking forward to finally having answers to the questions she had about that particular period in her life.

"Mister Winner there is someone here to see you without an appointment but she insists on meeting you."the voice through intercom told Quattre

"Who is it ?" He asked

"A certain Ms Catalonia. Shall I send her through?"

Quattre started to remember the day Dorothy ran her sword through him. Every now and then when it was mentioned he started to feel the pain again like he felt it now. Now she was here to see him for the first time since that day. Maybe she came to apologise although it was not necessary. He forgave her a long time ago but she didn't know. He wanted to meet her again for so long but every time he thought to have a chance to meet her again she didn't show up. Now she was finally here he didn't know what to do or what to say and he also had a meeting with a very important client in a few minutes.

"Mr Winner are you there?"

"Yes I was just checking my diary to see if there was enough time to see her but I have an important meeting in five minutes so would you please tell her that I will meet her,"checking his diary Quattre felt guilty to send her away now but he couldn't reschedule that meeting so he would make sure he could meet Dorothy at least over diner at his favourite restaurant that evening"at eight o'clock this evening in the 'Comme chez soi'."

After that he turned off the intercom and looked at the door hoping that Dorothy wouldn't be insulted because he turned her down right now.

Outside his office his secretary was looking at Dorothy thinking about how she was going to tell her that her boss couldn't meet her right now.

"Ms Catalonia I'm terribly sorry but Mr Winner can't meet you right now but he wants to meet you tonight over dinner at a restaurant called 'Comme chez soi' at eight o'clock and I would suggest that you take the offer since you are the first person outside his family who is offered the opportunity to dine with him there."

"I will take the offer and in case Mr Winner needs to reschedule here is my number. I understand he is busy right now and I really did not expect to get in his office without an appointment."

"I think he has to explain his sisters tonight why he is going out without telling them sooner."

"Why should he?"

"They like to chaperone"

"I see but I think he is old and wise enough to take care of himself don't you think."

"He certainly is Ms Catalonia."

Dorothy left the building and thought about how she could fill the rest of the day until she was supposed to meet Quattre. In the meanwhile Quattre's secretary tried to find out a few things about Dorothy and came across some file in which everything about their previous meetings were recorded. She could not believe that he was going to dinner with the very same woman that tried to kill him almost five years ago. She wondered how his sisters would react if he told them what he was up to tonight.

"Elise,where are the copies of the file I asked you for ten minutes ago."

"I bring them in right away Mr Winner" She said picking up the files he requested

"Elise,I would also appreciate it if you weren't looking through my personal files." Quattre reprimanded her the moment she walked into his office "What happened between Ms Catalonia and me is between the two of us and not between the company and her,is that understood."

"Yes Mr Winner,I was just curious and a bit concerned."

"If I need a bodyguard I will ask lady Une for one OK,"Quattre told her knowing that she might someday be going through his files again just to get his attention. He regretted hiring her but she was the best of the lot at the time so he tolerated her for as long as necessary.

"Mr Winner I hope you will make sure that she won't compromise your safety," she started but got interrupted.

"Elise, I can take care of myself and if you want to be concerned about someone's safety start to think about Ms Catalonia's safety since she is in more danger here than I am. Now get to work again and I don't want another word about this again. Capiche"

His secretary turned around and walked out of the office.

"You are going out with Dorothy Catalonia,the woman that wanted to kill you during the war?" Irea screamed disbelieving what her little brother just said."Don't come to me when you need patching up again. I don't know what you try to prove by going out with her but I would have liked it when you told us sooner so one of us could come with you."

"I understand but she surprised me as well by showing up at the office today and I couldn't just send her away without making some kind of an arrangement so she could see me after all. I am sure that she is not here to finish the job she started almost five years ago. I have the feeling she is here for another reason than that. Why can't anyone give her the benefit of the doubt? Am I one of the few who would actually give her a chance to prove that she also has other qualities besides being an intriguer and a good fighter. There is more to her than meets the eye,my dear sister but one must be willing to see."

"I think you are not thinking with your head right know."Irea sighed"If I wouldn't know any better I would say you are in love with her."

"What if I were" Quattre asked her.

"Well if that would be the case it certainly would explain your excessive use of aftershave and the fact that you haven't decided yet what to wear to dinner." Irea laughed looking at Quattre in his boxers.

"Alright,I admit somehow I love her but I never had a chance to tell her how I feel about her even though she ran a sword through me. Don't ask me why I love her but that is just how it is. You think this suit would be right for a first date?" he said showing a white suit and grey shirt.

"I think she likes to see you wear a suit. It really shows how well build you have become in the past few years she hasn't seen you. You think she will recognise you."

"I hope so since I don't know if I will recognise her. She may have changed over the years."

"Do you really love her or is it just pity you are feeling."

"I don't feel sorry for her nor do I pity her,I just happened to love her since the first day I set my eyes on her but at the time we were enemies so a relationship was out of the question at the time. I have been bottling up these feelings since then and now I can finally let them out although she may not love me."

"Well in that case I have to say good luck brother dear but don't be to disappointed if she doesn't feel the same way about you."

"I won't be because I am not going out with her to see if she has any kind of feelings towards me. All I want to know now is why she wanted to see me and how she is doing now."

Quattre looked once more in the mirror and decided this would have to do. He picked up his car keys and walked out of his room leaving his worrying sister behind.

Half an hour later as he entered the restaurant he saw a beautiful blond in front of him who walked to the manager.

"I came here to dine with Mr Winner"the woman said to the man.

"I am afraid Mr Winner has forgotten to make a reservation Miss," the manager said.

"I don't think Mr Winner has forgotten to make a reservation Robert,"Quattre joined the conversation"I think his secretary has. Could you please check if there is a table for two available."

"I will see what I can do if you don't mind waiting at the bar" the manager said

"That will be nice,thank you"

Then Quattre walked over to the bar while he pulled out his cellphone and started dialling.

"Elise,you can clean out your desk tomorrow and go back to your position at the reception. You forgot to make dinner reservations for the last time. This was the sixth time this month and the month is only halfway."he said and then ended the conversation.

"My my ,this is a side of you I have never seen before,"Dorothy began"but then again I never took the time to really know you. I was to busy hiding from you so I didn't have to face you again."

Quattre looked at her and saw that she had her eyebrows styled differently than he remembered. The fork shape was gone what made her more beautiful than he remembered. She seemed to be smaller than he remembered but he forgot that he had gotten taller himself while she had not grown much since the last time he saw her. She looked at him and started to think about how tall he had gotten and that he no longer was the boy she had known five years ago. She remembered him as a boy who rather sacrificed himself for her than to save himself. He had always this kind nature but what she just saw was a different Quattre than she remembered.

"Sorry about that but this was the last time she made a fool out of me. The last time she forgot to make dinner reservations I walked in here with all my sisters and you could imagine my surprise when I heard that there were no reservations made for me and my family so we had to order in and stay home. I think I better hire someone else tomorrow. Now how have you been al these years?"

"I have been fine and I am glad that you invited me for dinner. I really wanted to see you again but instead of actually doing it in the past four years I kept running."

"Were you afraid of what I might say or do to you?"

"Honestly I thought you would not want to see me at all since I ran you through and never formally apologised for it."

"First of all you never had to apologise for that and second I would have welcomed you with open arms. Unfortunately your timing today was lousy,that is why I wanted to meet you here."

"I already understood that you had other business to attend to and you wanted to take as much time for me as possible. I am great full that you want to do that for me although I don't really deserve it"

"Nonsense,I would take all the time I need for the people who mean something for me. You are one of the few friends I have in this corner of the galaxy."Quattre said with a big smile.

Suddenly the restaurant manager gestured Quattre to come over so the both of them walked up to him. He had a cancellation and that table was now available for the two of them. After they were seated Quattre took a good look at her and had the impression she didn't look to good.

"Well how are you doing lately" Quattre started fishing for answers.

"I am doing fine,thank you."

"I see, and what are you doing for a living?"

"I try to get a teaching position as a philosophy teacher but most of the time the better candidate gets picked for the job so I get by by doing some jobs for the preventers. Lady Une has somewhat of a soft spot for me. What about you?"

"Well as heir of the Winner corporation I first had to get worked in but now I am running the business successfully and we are making more profit than ever."

"Good to hear you are doing well."

"But are you doing well?"

"Yes,why do you ask?"

"Well maybe it is just my imagination but you seem to have lost a little weight since the last time I saw you and despite the happy face you put on your feelings betray you."

"You always had a sixth sense,"Dorothy started "but whatever troubles me right now is none of your concern"

"Maybe I can help" Quattre offered but Dorothy didn't reply to that. Instead she turned her attention to the menu and asked what he would suggest them to eat. Quattre knew that at this point she would never come back on the issue so he gave up and tried to make the best of the evening.

When Dorothy and Quattre had finished dinner Quattre offered her to take her elsewhere but she refused.

"Do you have to be somewhere tomorrow" he asked.

"Actually yes,I am going home tomorrow so I have to pack tonight. It was a lovely evening but all good things come to an end. I am glad I have seen you again and I hope to see you again someday."

"At least let me drop you off at your hotel"

"That would be nice of you."

"Are you staying at the Ritz"

"What do you think?"

Then he drove her to the hotel, wished her goodnight and left her at the entrance. He left her behind but parked his car in the next street. A few moments later he saw her walking away from the Ritz into another direction. He decided to follow her on foot. After walking a few blocks he saw her enter a small dilapidated hotel and started to wonder why a rich girl like her would spend the night there. He waited to enter until she was out of sight but once inside he asked the desk clerk if they had a guest with the name Dorothy Catalonia or Duchess Dermail present. The clerk confirmed, after Quattre bribed him,she was a guest at the hotel. After he was given her room number Quattre went up to surprise her.

He knocked on her door and anticipating that she would ask who was there he told her that he was sent by the hotel manager because there was something wrong with her credit. He heard her swear and then she smacked open the door to see Quattre standing in front of her. Her face went pale as soon as she saw him.

"Quattre,..."she gasped

"I wonder why a rich woman like you would stay in a hotel like this. Why a woman like you would lie to me about how well her life is going when actually her feelings tell me otherwise. What is going on Dorothy? Why do you refuse my help?Why do you try to hide yourself from me?"he wondered

Dorothy started to cry as soon as Quattre finished talking and backed into the room where she stumbled over a bottle and ended up falling on to her bed. Quattre followed her in,closed the door and looked around and saw a number of empty liqueur bottles lying around her room. He figured she had drank them all but now he had to do something about it. He looked at her lying on the bed in tears ,walked up to her and put his arms around her to comfort her. She looked into his eyes and found the kindness that he used to show to everyone in the past but maybe he was more careful these days in showing this part of his character.

"I ,..."she sniffed"could not face you as the screw up I am now. I feel ashamed of what I 've become after the war and the Barton revolt..."Then she started crying again in his arms and Quattre kept drying her tears. He started to wonder what had happened in the past four years and by the way she held on to him he thought she must have been alone in handling her problems.

"Tell me what happened,Dorothy"

"Well after the war I was approached by a man who told me that he was a financial adviser. He would help me in how to handle my finances and make sure that I would have enough money to keep up the lifestyle I was used to. I believed him and let him handle my finances together with my bookkeeper. Right after the Barton revolt my bookkeeper came to tell me that the entire family fortune was gone and he didn't know what our financial adviser had done with the money. I knew immediately that we had been had by this guy and I was left no choice then to sell most of the properties I had in order to get some money to make sure I could afford the upkeep of my home but now I have to sell that as well. Once I was a spoiled brat and now I am standing on the edge of poverty. Every time I apply for a job as a teacher I get turned down and the few jobs I got were just temporary. I have been a waitress,a pizza deliverer,a secretary,a maid and the list goes on and on but I was never good enough in those jobs so I got fired most of the time. The only jobs I could finish were the freelance jobs lady Une handed me from time to time to help her out. I once asked her if she could use me on a permanent bases but she refused because she rather sees me teaching the next generation about the philosophy behind the way we live today. If I can get my hands on that conman I will kill him."

"How did he call himself?"

"He called himself Stryker...James Stryker, after my bookkeeper checked him out we gave him the job."

"I know the name,two years ago he approached me to discuss a deal. He wanted to buy half the Winner company for the nice sum of 600.000.000 credits but I smelled a rat and refused his proposal. Besides the company was worth five times as much as he offered. Six weeks later he bought all the remaining assets of the Barton foundation. One year later he sold everything for one billion credits. Then he started to buy Winner shares in order to get in the company that way but I made sure that I was able to buy every share I could get my hands on to make sure he would not get into the board of investors. Now I am holding about 75 of the shares available and he only has 1.I bet he financed everything he did in the past two years with your money. I will look into that if you don't mind letting me help you."

"I already told the preventers but they couldn't even get him since he claimed to have made his fortune all by himself and he could prove it as well. No Quattre even you can't beat him."

"Not by myself but I know just the guy to help me to con this guy."

"You know a conman"

"I prefer to call him a con artist. He has run a lot of scams in the past in order to trap a con. You know him to, remember Duo. He is still the con master in the Earth sphere and we will get him. You will have to be patient but in time we will get him. As for now I want to lend you a sum of money so you can hold on to the Catalonia estate. As soon as we get the guy you can pay me back. You can bring in the bills at the bank on earth and my people will take care of them,is that a deal?"

"Quattre you are to kind for me but I just can't take your offer. It is my problem not yours although I can use the money I just can't take it."

"You will and as soon as you get your money back I will come around asking to pay back what you owe me."he persisted and took out his chequebook.

"Quattre,no,I..."

"Will one million do to cover the expenses for one year."

"Half of it is already enough but..."

"Well then you can spend the rest of the money on whatever you like just as long as you don't run out of it within the year."

Knowing that Quattre would never give up she accepted the check and put it in her purse. After that she looked at him,thanked him and started to clean up the bottles lying around the room. Quattre helped her out and after a while they were sitting next to each other looking at the door.

"You seem to have developed a taste for alcohol,"Quattre started up the conversation.

"Only in the last week,I didn't know any more what to do or where to go so I crawled in the bottle. I am not proud of the way I handled myself lately but I can't change things."

"Then take a fresh start today,I will help you find a job and I would like you to stay at my place for as long as you will stay here."

"I told you I will be leaving tomorrow,so your offer doesn't really matter right now."

"You go home to what?A job interview?A lover?No another day of looking out the window thinking of what might have been."

"No I have other business to attend to,to tell my household that they don't need to worry for their jobs any more since you were so kind to save their job" she said pointing at her purse. Quattre smiled and put his arms around her.

"Dorothy,have I ever told you how much I like you."

"I have the feeling you like me more than you are willing to admit right now."

"What..."

"I can see right through you Mr Winner and you know I had not seen it if you had not come here. You know what the funny thing is... I love you to Quattre and that was the only reason I wanted to see you today since I thought I would never have the chance to see you again."

She put her arms around Quattre and she started kissing him.

Mariemaya and lady Une had a fun night out in the town and went to bed late. When lady Une fell asleep she heard that song again in her mind. This time she even heard a voice,which sounded very familiar, telling her that he promised her to be there for her whenever she needed him. She knew that voice but whose voice was that. She saw herself in the mirror wearing her OZ uniform while there was someone in the background watching her. Who was that guy?Next thing she saw were green eyes looking deep into her eyes. She felt her lips touching someone else's lips, a lust growing in a way she never experienced before. She felt hands stroking her all over her sweaty body,lips sucking her nipples and a tongue licking her most intimate place and next she heard herself say to whoever was doing this to her that she loved him. He responded with the words "I love you too"and then she felt something penetrating her body. She started to breath heavily and slowly but surely a very pleasant and satisfying feeling took over her senses. In the end she held on to someone and for the first time in her life she had an orgasm. With a scream lady Une woke up.

"Mother are you all right?"Mariemaya asked after being so rudely woken up.

"It was just a nightmare May, go back to sleep"Une whispered to the shocked girl. The girl went back to sleep and lady Une started to think about her dream while she walked over to her closet and pulled out a fresh nightgown. She went into the bathroom to wash up and change clothes discovering she actually had a wet dream which seemed so real but she could not remember that she ever shared her bed with anyone not even with Treize. She was one of those women who still believed in staying a virgin until her wedding night so this had to be nothing more than a bad dream although it felt quite real. Was she still a virgin she started to wonder or had she married Treize during the war or did something else happen?She had to know what happened during the war. She really wanted get her memory back and sooner rather than later. She was going to call Trowa in the morning since he was supposed to know more about what she had been doing during the war in space. She couldn't believe that he had infiltrated her unit without raising suspicions or even betray himself. He must have been an expert in this on the other hand she should know since he was also able to infiltrate in Dekim Barton's Army. The rest of the night she spend reading a book since she was disturbed by her nightmare. When Mariemaya woke up she looked up and wished her a good morning. The ten year old looked at her with a malicious smile and said"Have you been up since you woke up from that nightmare or is it just my imagination that you look like hell. Whatever you dreamed it must have been quite horrible."

"It was not that horrible only disturbing. I have never had dreams like that before but on the other hand I am not really convinced it was just a dream. Maybe it was a jumble of memories that start to surface but I can't quite put them together. I hope that Heero's suggestion turns up something otherwise I may be looking for answers for the rest of my life."lady Une explained.

"What keeps you from calling Trowa."the young lady asked.

She knew that the man who called himself Trowa Barton was not a relative of hers but at she saw him as the uncle she once had. Besides the memories she had of her uncle were few and not as pleasant as the ones she had from the former gundam pilot. Whenever he was in the neighbourhood he visited her. Most of the time her mother was not around when he came to visit. She regretted that from time to time since he seemed to be interested in her mother and mother never noticed. Was she still caught up in her memories of her father?Or didn't she want to look at another man because she was afraid to get hurt again."Oh mum,why don't you stop doing this to yourself and move on. Dad is dead and nothing can change that."Mariemaya thought to herself.

Lady Une looked at her worried face and did some thinking of her own. She couldn't keep up the life she had been living until now so she had to change a few things in her life. First of all she needed to break free from all the memories regarding Treize and then maybe she might try to start a new relationship with someone else. Whoever that might be. She started to entertain the idea of falling in love with the mysterious guy in her dream with the green eyes. She picked up her cellphone and started dialling the numbers Heero provided her. At most of the numbers the people at the other end wondered why she called for him since he was not around for at least a few months. One time she was talking to Trowa's answering machine but with the last number she finally got in touch with someone who could give her some clue about Trowa's whereabouts.

"Catherine Bloom "Lady Une heard at the other end of the connection.

"Good morning This is lady Une .I was wondering if you could help me to find Trowa Barton. I need to speak with him about something."

"You aren't the only one who wants to know where he is right now. I don't know either but it 's the same time every year for the last three years now he just takes off and doesn't show his face around here for at least two months. The only thing I can connect this with is the fact that he nearly lost his life around this time of the year five years ago."

"I almost lost my life as well around that same time but that is at least two months from now. We almost bought it at exactly the same day"lady Une remembered the day that she got shot by some pigheaded engineer.

"Are you trying to tell me that he could have another reason why he does this every year because frankly I want to know his big secret. Ever since he came back from the war he had changed,a lot actually,as if that one trip with the Wing Zero had showed him something. Well maybe I am just seeing things,am I making sense to you."Catherine asked

"I have heard about the Zero system and it's special functions and side effects but honestly I have not experienced any of it myself. Everyone who had the opportunity to use it said that they caught a glimpse of their future. Heero once told me that my future was never meant to be with Treize even if he had survived the war although I found that hard to believe. He even said there was someone else meant for me but that I had to find that out myself. I still can't figure out what he meant by that."Lady Une reassured Catherine"If you think you are not making sense well than must Heero make no sense at all."

"Trowa once made a remark like that as well. He said that we were closer related then we thought at first. I once had a younger brother,Triton but he went missing at a very young age and when Trowa came into my life I treated him like a brother instead as a colleague. He reminded me of Triton but he couldn't be him. I never wanted to believe him when he said it I even refused a DNA-test to prove him wrong."

"It seems to me that you have fallen in love with him and that you are afraid of the truth. What if he really is your little brother is that so bad?"

"One night, during the war I seduced him and I got him to go to bed with me. I was turned on by him. I have never felt like that before. He had this exciting aura that made me loose my head but I regretted it the next day since he didn't love me in a romantic way. Maybe he didn't want to get into a relationship back then because he was in the middle of fighting of Oz.When he mentioned later on that we were possibly brother and sister for real I suddenly started to feel numb and ashamed as well. The one night we had suddenly didn't feel as good as it felt then. My stomach was turning and before Trowa realised what was happening he got my lunch all over him."

"Oh gross,it was not as if you knew you were sleeping with your own brother at the time. Would you have done it if you knew he was your brother."

"Yuk,no way,I am not interested in that kind of nonsense."Catherine responded violently.

"Ok,now you really have no clue where he might be."Une asked Catherine.

"Well maybe I know something,he is rather fond of Country and Folk music and there happens to be a big concert somewhere in Germany so maybe he went over there. I believe this concert takes place in a city called Trier. If you really want to find him that is one of the possible places he might be."

"Thank you for the tip,I will at least take a look over there. Catherine if there is something I can do for you sometime,call me."

"Tell Trowa to share his secret with me because I don't want to explain his absence next year he takes off with 'I don't know where he is but I think he will be back as usual when he is out of money.'I hate that because he never comes back broke but loaded with cash which he always donates to charity."

Quattre woke up looking around for a little while so his brain started to get working again. He felt Dorothy's arm around his chest and her head lying against his shoulder. He took a look at his watch and got surprised.

"Ten o'clock already I'm late for work." he thought taking out his cellphone to check if there were any messages. Since there were no messages he decided to call the office.

"Winner Corporation how can I help?"he heard at the other end of the line.

"It is Mr Winner here,can you put me through with Mr Williams please."

"Off course"

After a few seconds he heard Williams pick up the phone.

"Mr Winner how can I help you,when I heard this morning you were ill we postponed the meeting we had at nine till tomorrow and don't worry we can run this place without you present all the time. So get well and we 'll see each other tomorrow."

"Well I wanted to tell you that I sent Elise back to her place at the reception and that we have to find someone new to fill her place."

"We 'll do our best but don't get your hopes up to fast."

"See you tomorrow" Quattre said looking at the still sleeping Dorothy. He studied how her chest moved with every breath she took. Then he tried to move but by doing so he woke up Dorothy.

"Mmm,not now it is ...Quattre?" She said waking up realising that the two of them spent the night together in a small hotel as if they had a relationship no one was to know about. She started smiling at the idea of having an affair with him until she realised she was naked under the sheets.

"Quattre ,"her memory was getting back to her,"you were wonderful last night and I don't know what to say or do right now except to thank you for the nice evening."

"Well you can start by calling the desk why we weren't woken up at 6:00 as we asked for last night?"

"What do you mean Quattre,"

"It is 10:15 in the morning which means you have missed your flight to Earth and the next direct flight to Earth is in two days,while there is one flight tomorrow with a stopover at L2 for six hours."

Dorothy looked at Quattre and called the hotel manger for an explanation. He told them that she had called to cancel the wake up call at 4:00 am. When Dorothy put the phone down she wondered why she would do that and when she did it. She told Quattre who couldn't remember her awake to do so since he was awake around four to go to the bathroom. Then he checked his private cellphone and noticed there were three messages from Irea. He read them and started to realise what had happened.

"Dorothy, I think you didn't make that call. It was my nosy older sister Irea who made the call."

"Why on earth would she do that?"

"Because she loves her little brother to be happy. Well at least we can spend a little more time together since I don't have to go to work for a day and you are stuck here until at least tomorrow. So what do you want to do first."

"First I am going to call home and tell my staff the good news that their pay check is in the mail and they don't have to start looking for another job,unless they want to. I am not really an easy person to work for."

"And after that?"

"I will cash in your check and put it in my bank account so I can pay off my bills. Then I want to have a brunch with you and stuff myself as I haven't in a year." Dorothy laughed.

"Don't tell me that you have been starving yourself just to keep your home."

"No,I just didn't have enough money from time to time to buy some food so I lived on whatever was left at home. Now I don't have to for a while but I still need a job."

"Well I have checked all the vacancies in our corporation and I found a few jobs you might consider of taking."

"I 'll take a look at them as soon as I have eaten alright."

"Alright."

Back on Earth lady Une found out that the concert was not taking place for six weeks so she had more than enough time to visit the local tourist places with Mariemaya. They visited local castles and ruins,ate in various restaurants and visited a vineyard. At the vineyard Mariemaya tasted her first wine and liked the taste of it but she knew that her mother wouldn't approve her to drink more than what she had tasted that day. The owner of the vineyard offered them a deal on the wines they had tasted and lady Une bought two cases of them. They had a great time and forgot about their lives at home,at work or at school. One night they were sitting down in their hotel room looking at each other.

"Mother,why don't you talk much about your past?"Mariemaya asked in an attempt to get her to open up for once.

"Because most of my childhood memories are quite painful to talk about. I have already told you something I believe."

"Yes but if you tell half the story you have to tell the rest of it as well. For instance,why didn't you go home during the summer break while you were still at school?Why didn't you want to go home at all? What happened to your sister?Why did she commit suicide?And why don't you ever talk about the rest of your family?I have a cousin I can talk about. You never mention anyone."Mariemaya yelled at lady Une.

"You are right I never talk much about myself unless it involves your father and you know plenty about him and me than you know about me as a person. I think it would be a good thing to start with a little family history. I was born as the daughter of an aristocrat and inherited his title. My father was a Count by birth since he was a member of ancient nobility. So that would make me a countess but I refuse to use that title since that was the reason I had not much of a childhood. My mother married father because she loved him but my father married her for her money. He made it very clear to my mother that she had to bare only daughters so he could marry them of to children of people with power. He was a member of the Romefeller foundation in those days. He was very happy when I was born so he had an heir to his title and family fortune and he had the chance of strengthening his position within Romefeller. When Ariana was born he felt as if he could become the strongest member in the foundation. By the time I was three mother got pregnant again but after a while it became clear that she was having a boy and father wanted her to have an abortion. Mother refused and she was send away to a clinic for a long time. When she came back I was already four years old and she was nothing more than a shadow of the person she used to be. The only words that came out of her for the first two months were 'What did you do to me and my boy?' I didn't understand at the time what she was talking about and taking care of Ariana was becoming a full-time job for me. I was the one who took care for her as long as mother was not well. Luckily she snapped out of that and started to take care of us as any mother would. For four years we were a happy family again until she decided to look for her son Jonah which my father did not approve of but she didn't care. She hired a private investigator to find out everything about her son and what had happened to him. If she had known than where this search would lead her in the end she wouldn't have bothered but for a year she kept looking following leads and in the end she got shot in a dark alley somewhere in Berlin. My father called of the P.I. and the whole matter was dropped but my mother had already found out enough to leave behind for me and Ariana so we could look for him. The next five years I spend with my father were quite happy times. At my fourteenth birthday he took me to a ball where a lot of Romefeller members were present. I met Duke Dermail there for the first time together with his granddaughter Dorothy,your cousin. At the time I was not really used to that kind of people but I managed to behave ladylike. Everyone was quite impressed by my performance but little did they know that my father obliged us to use the proper etiquette at the right time,even at home we had to act formally. I came in contact with very nice boys there and my father kept introducing me to them as if I was already ready to marry any of them. When we came home that night I told him to stop getting me into a relationship with one of the people he wanted me to marry. I would choose my own husband but that was something he was not to happy with. He even mentioned Milliardo at one point as a goodhearted fool not worthy to marry one of his daughters. I think he had to rethink that five years later as Zechs Merquise was rocking the world. When he was off to bed I decided to run away. Six days later I applied at the academy and became a soldier. I wrote Ariana to do the same but she never did. Whenever I was home I wondered why she didn't want to go with me to the academy and stay with father to fulfil his dreams. I asked her once and all she said was that one traitor in the family was enough. That was what I was to them until I received a letter from Ariana telling me that she was going to kill herself because for the time I was at the academy he was abusing her as his slave. She killed herself the day I got the letter. I went to her funeral and left father with a warning,that one day his son and I would kill him. Since then I worked hard to become the woman I was during the war and at one point in the war my father died after he saw the images of Heero blowing up his gundam and himself. According to the people who were there at the time he cried out' He has come to kill me' and then he got a heart attack and died. I don't know what he meant with his final words but maybe he thought that Heero was Jonah."

"Is he?"a small voice asked.

"Honestly I don't know but it might since the baby was given a complete genetic makeover according to what mother had found out. I hope that I can find my brother while I am still alive because he is the only relative I have got left."Lady Une said thinking this would be a good place to start searching for her brother but that could wait a bit longer than the return of her memory. She started to look at the flyer she got a few hours before. It was announcing the annual country and western festival of Trier. On the list of performers she found Trowa's announced as the greatest star. She wondered why he was considered such a big star while she never heard one song from him on the radio. It seemed to her that he was hiding something but what was he hiding. She decided to see the people who were organising the event and try to get as much information as possible from them although that might be little to go on.

The next day she had an appointment with the organiser of the festival. She hoped that he at least could tell him what Trowa was like towards them because she knew him as a quiet person not a talker. When she entered the office of the man she was supposed to meet she saw a poster on the wall portraying Trowa in a Western outfit. She kept staring at the poster in disbelief,the clown she knew him to be was a singer as well.

"Quite impressive don't you think"the man behind the desk said.

"Well depends on how you look at it"lady Une replied.

"Trowa is one of the first stars we were able to book three years in a row. He is well known throughout the world,well at least to people who listen to country music. He recorded his first album this year and it was the best-selling album this year. He sold five million albums in one day. People were really waiting for this album to be recorded. Unfortunately he only tours two months a year so we have to be quick to book him. It seems as if for the rest of the year he is working somewhere else."

"Well Trowa works in a circus as an acrobat and a clown for the most of the year. I never realised that he was a singer the rest of the year. It seems like I don't know him that well as I thought."

"That makes two of us. I knew there was something about him. For months now I try to figure out why someone with his talent would not make more out his career than singing a few songs and send the money he makes in the process to the Peacecraft fund. I wouldn't if I was in his shoes but then again I am not him."

"Well that sounds just like him to me. He is very fond of all the projects that are founded to help war victims,war orphans and those who were fighting to achieve peace. I was one of those people who founded the Peacecraft fund. This is a fund for the rebuild of the places that have been destroyed by the military during the war."

"You seem to know a lot about that."

"I was part of that war and in a way I want to redeem myself for all the things I have done during the war. I was a horrible person then."

"Excuse me but who were you again I did not get your name."

"My name is Ann Une better known to the people as Lady Une."

"Colonel Une of OZ."

Une nodded,"I don't want to be called colonel any more but how do you know about me?"

"I was one of Kushrenada's aids during the war and he used your love for him to achieve his goals and you did everything he asked. I remember quite well that he told me that as long as you believed that he loved you too that he could make you do anything he wanted. Every time you weren't around he was flirting with other women,even slept with other women. And even though I never had the pleasure of meeting you I felt sorry for you. Finally I am given the chance to tell the truth about him to you."

"Are you sure of that?"

"I wouldn't dare to lie to you because if you would ever find out that I lied to you you would tear me to pieces."

"Hey, I would not. Not anymore that is because I am no longer the woman I was five years ago."Lady Une responded.

"I heard you softened up over the years but this soft,I can't believe it."the man said.

"That is what three and a half years of motherhood can do to a person."

"You have a child?"

"Actually I adopted Treize's daughter Mariemaya."

"Is she here too,"

Lady Une nodded.

"I want to meet her,can I?"

"As long as you don't mention her father's little adventures behind my back."

"Agreed"

Lady Une called in Mariemaya and introduced her to the man who was very happy to meet the little lady. He started to tell a few stories about her father and his views on the war. Treize definitely knew about Mariemaya. He even told her that she was the reason why Treize did what he did.

"Well lady Une since you came around to find out something about Trowa I can only help by giving you some VIP entrance cards which also allow you to come backstage and maybe you can talk with him then. How does that sound to you."

"Sounds great and maybe we will enjoy ourselves that day since this will be a completely new experience to both Mariemaya and me. I am looking forward to meet you again."

Then they left the office and went back to their hotel. On the way over there the man's stories kept running through her head. Had Treize only used her during the war to make sure his hands were clean?Didn't he love her at all?Was she really that foolish back then?Why didn't she find out at the time.

"Oh I was to blind to see at the time. I was head over heels in love with him that I would believe everything he said. I would do anything for him as long as I could please him and get his attention but in the end he send me to outer space to get me out of his way so he could do what he liked."Lady Une thought. Suddenly she remembered something from during the war. It was a conversation she had with someone. They were talking about her relationship with Mr Treize and how he had treated her up to that point. She had always been confident that as soon the war was over he would ask her to marry him but at this point she lost all faith after hearing that he was having an affair with someone else. Who was she talking to?She tried to visualise the place and the person she was talking to but the only thing she saw were green eyes staring into her eyes. Whose eyes are these?Who did she talk to back then?Where was this conversation taking place?

When they got back to their hotel room Mariemaya looked puzzled at lady Une.

"What is it Mariemaya? Is there something you want to talk about."Une asked

"Why were you so absent during our drive over here? Is there something wrong? Are you getting flashes from the past?" Mariemaya wondered trying to get the truth out of her mother. Une sighed and knew that she better confessed then to tell her some more lies.

"I had a flashback but I am not really sure if it was one. All I saw was me talking about your father to someone else and how he had treated me up to that point. I was honestly thinking of leaving him but I don't know why for sure. There was something about your father having an affair with another woman although that could be absurd. He loved me as much as I loved him and we were getting married after the war. He didn't survive the war and I didn't get married after all but there is one thing that was strange to me,I tried to see who I was talking to but the only thing I saw were green eyes looking into mine. Soft sparkles in his eyes and I felt as I was drowning in his eyes,helpless and feeling loved."

"Mum, do you think you were having an affair yourself during the war?"

"I think so otherwise I wouldn't have memories like that but on the other hand I don't have a clear picture of what was happening at the time. It is all a blur of memories,certainly the one of me having sex with someone else than your father. I actually never see his face when I try to recapture that flashback or dream or whatever it is. The only thing I see are green eyes looking into mine. Up until now I was always sure that I never had sex with anyone but I am no longer sure about that."

"Are you saying you never had sex before in your life?My dad ended up married after one night with mother. This is one of the things no one talks about in public but that is how Leia Barton became Mrs Kushrenada."

"So the official story was a cover up."

"Well my mother was considered damaged goods as far as grandfather was concerned and being linked to Treize Kushrenada would open up possibilities he could not have before."

"But your father walked out on his wife and started all over again."

"You can say it like that but there was one thing he did not know about until mother was dead:That was me. If he had known about me sooner I think he would have come back for me."

"I think he would have but by the time he knew we were in the middle of the war. I was in outer space and he was confined to earth."

They both stared at each other thinking of Treize and sighed about what might have been. Lady Une looked at her daughter at one point and said"Remember I said that I can't remember that I ever had sex with anyone but that can be checked. I 'll make an appointment with my personal doctor."

"Sally is about 500 km from here. Are you going to drive home just to see her."

"No she happens to be in the area for a conference. She is put in charge of security but I think she can spare a moment of her time."

Later that night when Mariemaya was fast asleep lady Une walked out of the room and went out for a walk. As she was walking along the riverbank she tried to clear her mind from everything that was bothering her. After a little while she looked across the river up the slopes where the vines were growing and started thinking about the green eyes she always sees when a memory or a dream shows her something of the past. She never saw the face that should come with them. She sat down on the grass which was growing on the riverbank and started to wonder who she knew with green eyes. About two hours later she woke up from another sexually tainted dream with her hands touching her privates. She removed her hand from under her skirt wondering what was wrong with herself. Up until this summer she never had wet dreams or even the urge to play with her private parts but ever since she was no longer concentrating on her work and making sure everything at home alright she started to do these things. Was she loosing it? She really needed Sally to look at her as soon as possible.

"You want me to WHAT?"Sally asked surprised.

"Well I want you to check if I am still a virgin. Is that such a strange question?"

"It is coming from you. You are 24 and you are trying to tell me that you are still a virgin. Come on how outdated can one get?"

"Well on that point I might be that kind of girl. And I am fairly certain that I am still a virgin but there are some lost memories indicating otherwise."

"You start to remember things from the war?"Sally asked knowing about lady Une's memory loss from day one.

"It still is a jumble but bits and pieces are somewhat falling together. That is why I have this silly request."

"OK but don't blame me if you don't like the outcome of my check up."

Sally started to ask Une some questions while she examined Une's vagina. She quickly saw that lady Une had not been a virgin for quite some time.

"Well Sally,what is the verdict?"

"Well as far as I can determine I can say without a doubt that you are no longer a virgin but there is also something else that surprises me. Have you been pregnant?"

"Of who?I would known if I had been pregnant."

"That is what I thought. I saw some marks on you indicating an abortion and you don't strike me to be the kind of woman to have an abortion. I think the baby was aborted after you got yourself shot but still it wouldn't explain these marks because only women who have been pregnant before have marks like these." Sally said pointing at some marks on her abdomen.

"I have them as long as I can remember and I know for sure that I haven't been pregnant before the war and as for during the war how did I get pregnant in the first place?"

"Well that is something only you would know if you remember it that is."

"Oh no,I now really start to feel bad about remembering it now. I wonder if I would like what I could find out. It is starting to get weird. You are sure about this abortion?"

"All the traces I see indicate in that direction."

"And the abdominal marks you talked about?"

"As a doctor I should recognise them and conclude you had a child some time ago"

"I definitely don't want to know any more what happened while I was in space,me having sex,getting pregnant without even knowing and to top it of I have been pregnant before but I can't remember having a baby. "

"Maybe you had one but was it born dead and maybe you are just suppressing the memory,and for the aborted baby well you should try to find out who was the father to be."

Mariemaya had been sitting there all the time getting more and more confused by the things that were said by the two adult women. She was quite surprised to hear that her mother had been pregnant before even though she couldn't remember it. Lady Une certainly didn't look as if she had been pregnant before but on the other hand it could explain why she was such a good mother for her. At first Mariemaya thought that it was because she had a slumbering sense of motherhood that surfaced the moment she took her in. Lady Une raised her as if she was her own flesh and blood.

"I think I should leave the two of you alone."Sally said leaving the room.

"Thank you for taking some time for me"Une thanked Sally

"It was nothing,besides that gave me a good excuse to get away from my macho husband Wufei for a while."

With that said Sally closed the door behind her and left the two ladies behind each in their own thoughts. Suddenly Mariemaya stood up ran to her mother and put her arms around her. The girl started to hug her and said"I want you to remember what happened to you during the war. Maybe it is not what we hope for but it is at least better than keep on telling ourselves lies. I love you mum and whatever may come nothing is going to change that."

"I love you to Mariemaya but some things are even for me too much to handle right now. I don't know what more we will find out and if I am going to like it."

"Whatever we find out we can handle it. So what if you had an affair during the war,so what if at some point you decided to leave father,so what if you thought of starting over again,it doesn't have to mean that you never loved my father. I know you must have then as you still do now. It was that love that brought us together,we had to change our way of life and we had to adapt to each other but you became a mother to me after all. Actually you are the best mother a child could wish for. I was not easy on you the first year we were living together but you never lost your temper. I did about everything to upset you and you never got angry but still in some way you could make me regret the things I was doing to you. Motherhood suits you and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You are a textbook example of a mother. The only thing I don't understand is this baby thing for the moment"

"I don't either but I will find out about that as well. It seems like I have lost more memories than the ones from during the war but I recall everything up to a certain point in my life. It seems like the list of people I have to find is getting longer."

Mariemaya tightened her arms around her mother and kissed her before she let go and went to bed. Lady Une looked at her daughter who was peacefully sleeping and lied down herself.

"I promise that I will always be there for you when you need me. I love you too and I will not let anyone hurt you again. It seems like we were meant to be together although now it doesn't look like it."

"Do you really love me?Because you are still so young and I can't believe someone your age is capable of loving someone like me"

"A friend once said to me 'in order to live a good life you have to act on your emotions' and that is what I have been doing the past few days. Now I have to go and stop that guy that is destroying the colonies. See you later .Take care of yourself"

She felt a kiss on her cheek and then she woke up. Lady Une looked around her room and wondered what this dream was all about. This happened the day that pilot she was fond of disappeared but who was that pilot again. The only memory she had from him were green eyes. At the time he was only fifteen and she was in love with him?"No this couldn't be right. I would not fall in love with a teenager back then or would I. At the time I could have been vulnerable. I wish I could remember what had happened."She lied down again but she didn't feel very sleepy. Looking at the ceiling she wondered about it all. The bits and pieces she started to remember were still a jumble and nothing seemed to fit completely right. What did Trowa know about all of this. Was he the pilot she had an affair with?According to Heero he was quite close to her. Her heart started beating a little faster while she thought about it. This could have happened but did he remember about this because he never made a move on her,he never indicated that he loved her and that she was his lover during their stay on Barge. Suddenly she was feeling quite aroused by the thought of having him as a lover. She caught herself rubbing her intimate parts again while she thought of the green eyed young man."Why do I like playing with myself lately? I never had the need to before and now every time I think of the mystery man with the green eyes I start to masturbate." She looked over to the room where Mariemaya was lying asleep stood up closed the door and went back to bed undressing herself. Once she lied down she picked up where she left off. A little later she climaxed and fell asleep soon after.

Finally everything seemed to go as Dorothy had planned. She found a job in one of Quattre's offices on earth. She was now working in a daycare centre as a bookkeeper and she could bring in enough money so she could payback the loan she got from Quattre some day. But this morning she was not feeling to well.

"Oh,this is already the third day in a row I wake up and have to run in here to throw up." Dorothy sighed while she stood up and flushed the toilet.

The day before she suffered from nausea about half the time and whenever she thought about eating her stomach turned. She decided to go to a doctor just in case she had caught an infection.

"Good morning Jane,I will not come to work today because I am not feeling well. I hope you can miss me for a day." Dorothy told her boss.

"Hey by the way you behaved yesterday I wondered when you were going to call in sick but don't worry we will be able to go on without you for a few days." Jane answered.

"Well I keep you posted on what is going on. I don't want to loose this job"

"Don't you worry you pretty head about it you are doing a better job already than your predecessor who has worked here for five years. I always had to check her work after she went home and correct the mistakes she made but after five years I got fed up with it so I fired her. Now I just go over the books once a week and I never found a mistake in your work,well every now and then a mistake did show but nothing major,you know." was the reassuring answer Dorothy got.

"Thank you but now I have to go"Dorothy said feeling another run to the bathroom coming up. She cursed her stomach at the moment but there was nothing she could do.After she came out of the bathroom again she made an appointment with her doctor.

Dorothy was waiting for her doctor to call her in but she was actually feeling better already so she wondered what she was doing there. When the doctor called her in she figured it wouldn't hurt to have a check-up anyway because one can never know for sure if they are still healthy.

"Well Ms Catalonia what seems to be the problem"the doctor asked.

"I feel nauseous,have to throw up several times a day and feel completely empty. Now at the moment I am feeling fine but can't tell for sure if that will be the case in an hour."Dorothy answered.

"Ah,did you have intercourse in the past eight weeks?"

"What do you mean?"

"Have you slept with someone?"

"Yes but what would that have to do with this?"

"When was the last time your periods broke?"

"That was..." suddenly Dorothy realised where this was going"six maybe seven weeks ago. Are you telling me I am pregnant?"

"Possibly but there can still be other possibilities. The way you look right now and the way you describe your symptoms I think it could be pregnancy. We have to run a few tests to be completely sure but my instinct tells me you are pregnant."

"Well let's do the tests" Dorothy ordered knowing that with her luck lately she was pregnant.

After the tests were conducted the doctor send her home telling her that he will tell her results as soon as he got them. When she got in her car she started to cry,wondering how she was going to explain this to Quattre.

"Funny how this has turned out,the night I loose my virginity I somehow get myself pregnant. Now Quattre will think I did this on purpose even though I never wanted this to happen. Now there is no turning back for me and I have to face this whether I like it or not."Dorothy thought

She started her car,looked around to make sure she could leave safely and started to drive home. Once she got in the phone was ringing.

"Dorothy here,"she answered the phone

"Hey honey it's me"she heard Quattre say"I have great news for you,you are a rich girl again. Duo and I scammed Stryker into buying Duo's scrapyard for ten times the actual value and now he owns a 750.000.000 scrapyard which is actually worth 75.000.000 credits. You got your money back with a little bonus as he promised and Duo has made a huge profit in his sell as well."

"How did you pull that of ?"

"Well I did own part of the scrapyard and Duo was looking for a buyer anyway because Hilde wanted out of the business. So he convinced Stryker that if he wanted to get in the Winner corporation he should start by buying Duo's part of the scrapyard. Unfortunately he had another buyer on the scrapyard who was willing to pay 300.000.000 credits to buy it. So Stryker offered another 100 extra but then the other guy was willing to pay 600 so Stryker raised it to 750.000.000 and the other guy backed out. Then Stryker got the scrapyard and I sold of my share of the scrapyard to a small investor for a small sum of 75.000.000 credits."

"Who was the other bidder?"

"That was me"Quattre laughed."But how about you,I couldn't find you at work and the people there told me you were ill."

"Yes I am but it's better now and if I take enough rest I will be ready to work again tomorrow."

"Well I am coming to Earth tomorrow anyway so I thought to come over to visit you as well"Quattre offered.

"That would be very nice Quattre,"she said thinking about how this could be a better opportunity to tell Quattre about her pregnancy than to tell him over the phone.

"Well then I 'll see you tomorrow evening at seven?"

"That will be fine"

Once she put down the phone she thought about how she was going to tell him since he was the father after all. Her brain was working in overdrive to find the best possible way to break the news to him. While she was going to her study she got an idea. She went over to the phone and dialled a number.

"This is lady Une speaking"

"Hello it's Dorothy,"

"Hey Dorothy,what a nice surprise to call me,how are you?"

"Considering the circumstances pretty good and that is exactly why I am calling."

"What are you talking about?" Lady Une asked knowing about her financial status"You ran completely out of money now."

"No actually that has been taken care of by Quattre. He got my money back from the guy who conned me out of it in the first place."

"I hope he did it in a legal way"

"I don't know how he exactly did it but Duo was involved in it as well."

"They pulled off a con " Une sighed knowing Duo's reputation as the con artist when it came to con a con man.

"Well anyway that is not the reason I called you. Even though it hasn't been confirmed yet I am pregnant. And I have to tell Quattre about it and I don't know how I should tell him."

"First of all what has Quattre to do with it and second how did that happen?" Une responded completely oblivious to Dorothy's latest status.

"Well last month I was looking for a job at the L4 university and while I was there I also visited Quattre. We had dinner and after that we went to my hotel room,well sort of. He actually followed me and surprised me. We talked about my troubles and he offered to help. Then our conversation got a little more personal and before we even realised what we were getting ourselves into we woke up naked next to each other in the same bed. I am not going to tell you any details,is that clear"

"Argh,just the details I was interested in. But there is one detail you have to tell me,did either of you think of some kind of protection." lady Une asked.

"No we didn't"

"No wonder you got pregnant."lady Une gloated

"Well can you help me because it is Quattre's child I am carrying and he is coming over tomorrow."

"Well I don't really know how I would break the news to my boyfriend,hypothetically speaking,but I think I would do what Lucrezia did when she had to tell Milliardo that she was expecting a baby. He came home finding baby socks on his dinner plate and he put one and one together and walked over to Lu,and kissed her. He was as happy as he could be according to her."

"Yes but they were married, we are not."

"Well I can't help you any better than this. Maybe he won't take it to bad but in case he does don't start making a scene because that will only wear you out quicker."

"Maybe I should do something like that as well. Thank you for helping me."

"Take care will you."

"I will."

Dorothy put the phone down,walked out the study into the hall where she passed a full sized mirror and she stopped in front of it looking at herself. She didn't really look as if she was pregnant only a little pale. She picked up the pillow that was lying on a nearby chair and put it down her dress to see how she might look like in a few months. She smiled at herself for being such a vainperson but then again this was going to happen anyway. She wondered how much she would weigh at the end of her pregnancy but she wasn't looking forward to know. Then she pulled the pillow from under her dress and put it back on the chair where it belonged. She got her coat and walked out to go shopping.

The day had finally arrived that lady Une would meet Trowa again. She was quite excited about it,finally someone who had answers. On the way over she called Heero to tell him about the few memories she already recovered. The moment Une mentioned the line ' to live a good life one has to act on his/her emotions' Heero gasped for air.

"What is it Heero?" lady Une asked.

"I once said this to Trowa,it seems to me that he also has an awful lot to explain to me. Well that is assuming that he was your lover on Barge." Heero responded.

"Are you sure?Did you really say that to him?"

"Yes I did. It seems that I pointed you in the right direction after all. I was not sure if he could help you but on the other hand he was working really close to you. How close I never knew."

"Well I don't know either but if he was as close to me as you imply God only knows now what our relationship was like."Une mesmerised

"He never told me about everything that happened there between the two of you so that is something you will have to find out yourself. All I can tell you is not to be disappointed when he can't help you very much."

"I won't be,the things I started to remember are already helping to find back what I lost."

With that said lady Une severed the connection and turned to Mariemaya who was reading the paper she picked up that morning. For a moment the girl looked up and smiled to her mother stroked through her long hair and sighed.

"What is it May,is something the matter?"

"Not really but doesn't he look dreamy" Mariemaya asked showing lady Une a picture of Trowa and his jade green eyes really came out of the picture.

"Green eyes..."Lady Une thought"These eyes are the ones I always see in my dreams,in my memories. Is he the one after all,I will ask him the moment I have the chance and he better has some answers.What is going on with me." She felt herself getting aroused by the thought of meeting him again and her pulse started to raise again. As she felt herself getting wet and sweaty she tried to suppress the urge to play with herself.

They arrived at the place where the concert was taking place. It was a square near an old Roman gate called 'Porta Nigra' by the local people. The concert had already started but the women didn't mind because they came to speak with Trowa. They were cleared to go backstage where they were met by the organiser.

"Well he hasn't come in yet but in an hour or two he will be here. You are welcome to sit here and listen to the acts that are currently taking the stage."

"We will,it is quite a show. I have to admit I haven't seen a crowd like this since the end of the war when everybody was celebrating the peace. I never imagined that a concert could have such an impact on people."

"It is not the concert that attracts the people it is the stars,one in particular. Where ever Trowa shows up to sing the number of visitors to the concert doubles or even tripples. The square here is now completely filled but soon all the streets leading up to here will be filled too only to catch a glimpse from him. He is the superstar of the moment. Next year I 'll be holding this concert outside the city,I already booked a large field so I can welcome more people to the concert."

"If there will be a next concert with Trowa."

"He signed a contract for 5 years the first year he performed here and kept to the contract ever since. He even had a chance to play elsewhere today making five times as much as he will here but he will come here to join his fans of the first hour as he calls them. He really will be there next year and he is the world's most wanted bachelor so all the female fans will come."

"I can imagine that"Une said looking over at Mariemaya who was studying the picture of Trowa again. " Even Mariemaya is caught up with him. Maybe she is wishing that she was older so she could win his heart."

"I heard that mum,but actually I was picturing him as my stepfather. He would be a great father, well I think he would."

The man looked at Mariemaya and wondered what made her say that. He got the answer before he even was able to pop the question.

"He visited us back home and every time he takes care of me while you were out working. So I can dream of having him as a father" Mariemaya said

"Well lady Une it seems that your daughter is trying to set you up with my greatest star. Not that you would not make a chance but with all the girls he has lying at his feet he can simply choose one and get a happy life with her as well." the organiser teased.

"I don't know too many women who would like to marry a circus clown/acrobat/singer. I can live with a guy like him but can others." Lady Une responded.

"What is going on here Hubert" a man asked looking at Mariemaya and lady Une.

"John this is lady Une and this is Mariemaya." Hubert answered."they are here to see Trowa Barton in person well if they are given a chance off course."

John looked over to lady Une then to Mariemaya and started to laugh.

"What makes you think he would be interested into talking with the two of you if he would not talk to anyone else here." the man said

"Sounds a lot like the Trowa we know, not to talkative, to himself yeah it is the same guy we are talking about. We know him better than you can think."

"Whoa...you think that he will talk to you. Well as his tour manager I will see if he wants to talk to you but first Hubert will you make sure his favourite wine is served."

"Well about the wine,the specific years he likes were sold out last month,the salesman of the vineyard sold them of to a woman and he can't get in touch with her again. He gave another wine but after tasting it I think he won't like that one at all."

"Which wine ,"Une interfered

"Well we need a Maringer Honigberg AC 195 or 197 but both were sold out so he tried to sell me a Trabacher Schlossberg AC196"

"Last month I bought six bottles Maringer Honigberg from AC195 and six bottles of the one from AC197"

"You were the one who bought his last stock."

"Can you spare two bottles of each?" Hubert asked.

"Hmm let me think,"Une teased

"I will see to it that you are able to speak with him"John pleaded

"Are you guys afraid of him."

"The mood swings he gets from time to time are quite unpredictable. Especially when he is here. Last year he emptied a bottle before he entered the stage gave a super performance than went back to his room and got himself wasted. It is not a pretty sight when he is drunk,rambling on about having lost the greatest love of his life to a dead guy. This happens every year right here and nowhere else but here. The rest of his tour he rarely drinks"

"What if I brought the bottles to him myself"lady Une suggested thinking about this latest revelation.

"You think you can help?He is known for these mood swings around here."

"I have the feeling that he will be happy to see me."

"Ok but where is the wine."

"I have left it in the car."

Lady Une walked out got to her car picked up the requested bottles and brought them in. Hubert immediately put them on ice for about 15 minutes so the wine was chilled to the required temperature.

Lady Une picked the bottles up and went on her way to Trowa's dressing room. She knocked on the door and waited outside for his reply.

"Enter" she heard a soft voice say.

"Good afternoon I was asked to bring you your drinks." Lady Une said as she entered the room.

Trowa looked up at the moment he heard her voice and turned around,"Well this is a surprise,you would be about the last person I would expect right now. I thought you didn't care much for country music." was his reply.

"Well someone once sang country song to me and I learned through that song to appreciate the music. But the funny thing is I can remember the song but not the person who sang it to me."

"Do you know what song?"

"Sweet lady"

"I believe that I have this song somewhere in my repertoire, would you like to hear it."

"Why not"Une said.

He picked up his guitar, started to sing the song and after the first words came out of his mouth lady Une started to shake. It was Trowa who had sung the song to her about five years ago and this song always made her feel warm inside:loved, secure and... free. Why did she feel this way about this song?When Trowa finished singing tears rolled down Une's cheeks.

"What is it lady Une?Did I upset you?Is something wrong?" Trowa asked.

"Trowa,I don't know what is going on myself but whenever I hear this song I feel loved, secure and liberated without knowing the reason why and that is why I came here for. Since the end of the war I am left with a hole in my memory and all the people I asked to help me jog my memory weren't able to help me. You really are my last hope on recollecting my memories. Please, will you help me?"Une pleaded.

"I knew that this day would come someday and I can tell you everything I know but whether you believe me or not is up to you." Trowa reasoned.

"Whatever you tell me can't be as bad as the jumble of things I started to remember but until now it doesn't make any sense to me as in to what order they fit."

"Tell me about them"

Lady Une started of with her recalled memories while Trowa listened to her to get a picture of the things she remembered and thought carefully about how he would tell her his side of the story.

"...That's about it, I don't remember anything more than this." Une finished.

"Do you really want to know what happened on Barge?Because the story as you remember it is based on reports you and lt Nichol wrote and not the whole truth. I know very well what happened. The part of your schizophrenic behaviour is where you are right about but the Colonel and the lady merged into a magnificent person and that is why part of your memories are blurred or non existant. I can help you but in the end you are the one who needs to remember and not take over the memories I have."

"I might remember a few things if you tell me the things that happened."

"Ok but don't blame me if the story won't go the way you thought it would go. It started after Milliardo Peacecraft came to outer space and you handed me my first mission together with Heero. I took my chance to prove to lt Nichol that I was on his side and not on anyone else's side. Heero played his part and the both of us brought Milliardo back to Barge. He had a word with you for a while and after that he went to a military installation occupied by the Alliance. You and an army of mobile dolls were dispatched to take out the installation but Zechs interfered in the battle as well as I did."

"But I remember that you remained on Barge since you were our gundam pilot. So how did you interfere."

"I did by taking fortress Barge of target at the moment it fired its main gun. When Milliardo brought you back to Barge you realised that lt Nichol was no longer the soldier loyal to you and Treize but a soldier loyal to Romefeller and all that came with it so you started your own little rebellion. You put him in jail and were about to take matters in your own hand from that point on. After that you found out that Treize was having affairs back home during the time you were out in space. There are still reports about that on the net if you want to check that. Actually it was I who found out about Treize's infidelity but you sneaked up on me and read on my computer what I found out. You asked me if this were official reports and even though I wanted to lie to you I did not. I didn't understand myself at the time, I disliked you but in some way I liked you as well so I did not want to lie to you."

"You never lied to me as far as I can remember even not that night. I remember something about the two of us talking about relationships and the way we seemed to end up hurt by the great loves of our lives."

"Well I met the great love of my life back then. As the two of us spend the night talking we got ourselves locked in into a sector where the heating was turned of for the night. Since there was no way of communicating with the rest of the ship we were forced to survive by ourselves. Luckily I had my sleeping bag with me that evening since I had planned to stay there anyway. The both of us shared the sleeping bag during that night,although you had a little problem with sleeping together almost naked, but in order to keep warm, because the temperature would drop to minus twenty degrees centigrade, you did as I said otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation now. When morning came the two of us ended up making out in the sleeping bag. Somewhere during that night we had fallen in love with each other. I can't really put my finger on where and when it happened but it did happen."

"It was the way you held me into your warm arms to keep me from freezing that made me realise that you really care for people even though I was your enemy at the time. We were also having a very intimate night as we were sharing each other's body heat. Thinking about it you could have gotten rid of me that night or even take advantage of me but you only wanted me to survive the night. I remember even the sounds of you snoring and making sure that I would not feel the cold of the night even though you where freezing yourself. In the end I put my arms around you so you would feel warmer."

"It seems like some of your memories are returning. As morning came you told me that you wanted to end your romantic relationship with Treize and concentrate on a more professional relation with him so you and I could start a relation on our own. We spent a lot of time together and you know, no one even found out that the two of us were involved with each other. Then there was the night we spend together in my room. You came in that night looking for someone who would listen to you. You were thinking about standing up to Romefeller and Oz. You saw that what Romefeller wanted was not what you wanted and definitely not what Mr Kushrenada was hoping for. The both of you had a common goal:Total pacifism. Romefeller did not want this and everyone who would oppose them would be eliminated so you choose to desert Oz and oppose Tubarov as well. You were lying in my arms at a certain point and started kissing me. Before we even realised what we were doing..."

"We slept with each other,I remember Trowa,I really remember this night. It was our last night together,Our last morning we spent together."

As tears started to roll down to Une's cheeks once more, she realised that the feeling of being lost was disappearing and making place for an even happier feeling of having found again what she had lost. Her memories started to come back to her slowly but surely.

"I did not want you to go after this gundam pilot that was wreaking up colonies in outer space but if we just kept sitting there he would have destroyed us all. You and Heero were the heroes of that day but only Heero came back. I on the other hand was settling a score with Tubarov and ended up being shot. Was that a warning for things to come or was it just an amazing coincidence." Une spoke up

"I thought about this as well and honestly I think it was meant to be. The two of us accomplished a lot on our own. I became a great star and you became a world saviour. Sometimes late at night I think about how things might have been if we stayed around all the time during the war. I never regretted my amnesia since it showed me that I have a home where I belong and it thought me that you should keep your loved ones as close as you can. You were the one I had most trouble with since you didn't remember what we had up till then. We were in love with each other on the day we nearly got ourselves killed and never had the chance to say goodbye to each other or maybe carry on the relationship we had. More then ever I want to say how much I love you but I don't know how you feel about me."

Lady Une looked into his eyes and she saw the tears he was holding back. He really loved her and now she was remembering what she felt the day they parted so long ago and that feeling overwhelmed her. She walked over to him threw her arms around his neck, pulled him in closer and started to kiss him. He took her closer into his arms, kissed her back and tears started to fall from his eyes. For a while they kept looking in each other's eyes drying each other's tears. They kept kissing each other for a long time. After a while they sat down next to each other and started talking again.

"Trowa why did you never tell me we were a couple during the war?"

"Would you have believed me?"

"I guess not but on the other hand it might have triggered something to make me remember what really happened. Now I first remembered bits and pieces from something I was not really sure how to act on them. Could they just have been dreams or nightmares,have these things happened or did I just make them up."

"All the things you told me were real recollections of your memories. So all I had to do is put them in the right order and fill the gaps. The only thing I could never be sure of was how you would react to them but by the way you kissed me I now know for sure that we were in love back then as we are now. I love you Ann and now I let no one come between us again. You know at this very day five years ago I promised that I would always be there for you."

"I have to tell you something else I found out about,"Lady Une started"I got pregnant at the day I was shot and while I was out in a coma the baby was aborted in order to save my life"

"I know,I found the medical file that told me about your condition after Tubarov shot you. It pained me to know that you were in a coma and the child we could possibly have had was killed before it even got a chance to live but that is something we can't change. Now we better decide where we go from here and let the future bring us what it has in store for us."

With that said they both kissed each other again for a long time.

Dorothy was looking at herself in the mirror thinking about how she was going to tell Quattre he was going to be a father. She thought that he might be upset and start a scene himself but she would worry about that at the moment itself. Now she had to worry about herself and make sure she didn't put to much stress on herself. She walked into the dining room looking at the baby clothes she bought the day before hoping that Quattre would somehow catch on since they were displayed in such a way that it would almost impossible to overlook them. After she checked everything again she wondered if everything was perfect enough to receive her guest. Suddenly the doorbell rang and she knew it was now or never.

"Hello Quattre,"She said opening the door"it is good to see you again. I hope you had a pleasant trip"

"Hello Dorothy,"He answered her"I had a pleasant trip and I am glad to see you as well,how are you doing today?"

"I am fine,thank you,"she answered and then she kissed him.

"Well Dorothy I am glad you are feeling better although you still don't look to good."

"Oh it's part of the condition I'm in"she said as they entered the dining room. Quattre immediately saw the baby clothes and started to wonder why they were lying there.

"Somebody is thinking about babies here,who is pregnant?"he asked cheerfully.

"Well...funny you ask,the person that is pregnant is standing right here."she said hoping he wouldn't go ballistic. Quattre's face paled,his jaw fell open and he held on to the table. For a moment Dorothy feared he was going to collapse but he got himself together again and walked over to her.

"Am I the father?"he asked and Dorothy nodded as tears were rolling down from her eyes.

"Now I blew it. My sisters will all be quite upsetwhen I am going to tell them. When did you find out?"

"Well I found out yesterday. I didn't want to tell you over the phone because I wanted you near me when I was going to tell you and when you called it was not even confirmed yet that I was pregnant but this morning the doctor called me and confirmed I am pregnant."

"This means that whether we like it or not we have to get married in a hurry. Why couldn't I keep my pants on that night?"

"It's not all your fault I am as much to blame as you are. I should have thought about some kind of protection too. Now I don't know where to go from here but rushing into a marriage is the last thing I want."

"I don't want that either but you don't know my sisters and how they feel about having children before marriage. No knowing them I will be forced to do the right thing."

"I think I will have to think about that because I have the feeling that my future in-laws will somehow try to influence or relationship the rest of our life."

"As if you would let them. I have the feeling that my sisters have to be on their guard when it will come to protecting your family. You will protect me and the baby from their constant meddling in our life."

"Quattre,I don't know what to say ,I know that you love me as much as I love you but your sisters could be right by making sure no harm will come to you. On the other hand I need you too,now more than ever."

"I will do what is right,even if it means going to hell and back."

"You have already done that,the day we fought each other. Now we need each other and I will be there for you. I love you so much I wouldn't want to live without you."

"The same goes for me to,now let's eat I am hungry and I bet you are to"

"I don't know" she said suddenly turning green as her stomach started to turn. She ran off to the nearest bathroom with Quattre following her since he had a good idea what was going to happen. He held her hair back when she was throwing up and after she had finished she looked up at him, thanked him and smiled. She knew that he would be there for her and the baby. They went back to the dining room where dinner was being served. Quattre was a bit worried that Dorothy might get another attack of morning sickness but sat next to her anyway and the both started eating while discussing future plans.

After a while Trowa and lady Une looked at each other and decided that maybe it was time to see the others. They left the room looking for Mariemaya and Trowa's tour manager and found them in the backstage area where they were enjoying the act on stage. Une sneaked up to Mariemaya and tickled her sides. The girl turned around to give her attacker an earful but when she saw her smiling mother she changed her mind. She looked over to Trowa who tipped off the hat of his tour manager and started to laugh.

"Trowa? I never suspected that you could be such a joker" John said.

"I am a circus clown nine months a year remember,I only do this thing to do something for all my victims. The money I make doing this is for them. It will never wash away the blood on my hands but it could be a good start."

"There are still enough people who would like to put a bullet into my chest. Even though I do as much as I can for the people I have hurt during the war. The one who most deserved to kill me was the first one to forgive me." Une sighed thinking back at the day Relena forgave her for killing her father.

"We all have been through a lot back then but I want to leave that behind us now and start over again preferably together with you Ann"

"I wouldn't dream of it to let you go again after we found each other again. I won't let you go anywhere without knowing where you are."

"Let Cathy take care of that but if we get married I think I will have to stay home because the circus life is not a life for you. I don't mean that you can't handle such a life but it just doesn't suit you. You are to much of a lady to live the life on the road."

"Well I can always use a good man to join the preventers. You are an infiltration specialist and we lack that kind of people. So you can teach my people how to infiltrate organisations that threaten the peace and I can keep an eye on you and the rest of you gundampilots."

"I think the only pilot that will remain out of your reach then is Quattre but then again his sisters protect him from doing something stupid"

"Actually talked about doing something stupid, Dorothy is expecting a baby and ... Quattre is the father"

"You are kidding aren't you?"

"..."

"You 're not, they really are expecting a baby,since when did you know."

"Since yesterday,Dorothy called me for some advice on how to break the news to Quattre. Since they aren't married yet I think that Quattre won't be to happy about that because now he has to explain himself to all of his sisters who will force him to marry her now. I suggested her that she could give him a present containing baby socks or something like that and then prepare him for the big news"

Lady Une just finished talking when Trowa's cellphone rang. He picked up and heard Quattre at the other end

"Trowa I have big news for you pall,...I...I..."

"What is it Quattre?"acting as he didn't know what happened.

"I am going to be a father soon so I wanted to ask you to be my best man on our wedding next month."

"Since when do you have a girlfriend you could make pregnant?"

"Since a month or so ago and if you are really curious about who it is am I marrying well it is Dorothy as you always told me I was going to marry some day."

"You are taking two big steps at once my friend but I will be there for you. I wish the both of you the best of luck. Oh I almost forgot can I bring my girlfriend along with her daughter."

"What girlfriend?Since when do you have a girlfriend?"

"Actually since the war but well we were separated for a while because we both lost our memories. It took her five years to remember what was going on between us back then. Today we got back together again."

"Who is your lover?"

"Lady Une"

"I never expected you to fall in love with her. How did that happen?Never mind we will talk about that some other time but for now I wish you both best of luck." Quattre replied. Then he hung up to call the others and Trowa turned to lady Une.

"We are invited to a wedding. Quattre and Dorothy are getting married because they are expecting a baby. How did they get into this anyway?"

"They were sleeping with each other without thinking about any kind of protection."

"That is..."

Trowa didn't say what everyone there was thinking and then Trowa went over to Mariemaya whispered something in her ears and went back to his room to prepare because he was next to go on stage.

"What was that all about."

"You will find out soon enough mum"

"I don't think I like the sound of this young lady"

Mariemaya shrugged and watched the show on stage. Lady Une knew something was up and there was no stopping what was going to happen. About fifteen minutes later Trowa walked on stage and started singing. He sang a number of up tempo songs she never heard before, then he performed a few ballads to end up the show with his already famous performance of the song' My sweet lady'. The audience went wild after this song and demanded for an encore. He picked up the microphone and started to talk to the people present.

"There is a story to the last song I sang here,about five years ago I fell in love with someone in the middle of the war. At the time we were enemies but I got to know her as a completely different person when I got a chance to get closer to her. We got very close but as always fate got in the way and separated us for years. Today we found each other again and renewed our love,may I introduce to you the love of my life:lady Une."

He gestured Une to get on stage toward him but she froze. She could face a riot,she could face the cameras or even nosy journalists but standing on stage with her lover was another matter. Before she knew what happened Mariemaya had pushed her on stage and all the people started to applaud for her.

"Well this lady is also the Chief preventer as everyone knows and if she would not do this job we would not be having such a ball here. The reason I tell you all this is because I am going to perform a new song here I had saved this song for the day we would come together again."

He gave a few directions to the band and started to sing while he took lady Une in his arms for a few moments and turned to the audience to show them how much he really loved her.

Sometimes late at night
I lie awake and watch her sleeping
She's lost in peaceful dreams
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark
And the thought crosses my mind
If I never wake up in the morning
Would she ever doubt the way I feel
About her in my heart

If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes

'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel

If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes

After Trowa finished the song the audience went completely mad and started to ask for more but he had to disappoint them because it was time to close up. He took lady Une in his arms and helped her of stage. Once off stage lady Une looked around to see where Mariemaya was but she couldn't find the girl. Trowa was looking for the little lady as well but where ever they looked they couldn't find her.

"Hubert, have you seen where Mariemaya is because we can't find her" Trowa asked the man

"Just before you came of stage she was here with me. I don't know what has actually happened but one moment she was next to me and the next she is gone." Hubert answered.

"Lets go to the dressing rooms, maybe she will be there."lady Une suggested.

They looked through all the dressing rooms and found Mariemaya in Trowa's dressing room together with John. The both of them were playing a game while lady Une walked in.

"Well well,her you are I thought I'd lost you."lady Une started the conversation"Why did you go here?"

"I wanted to get a rest,"Mariemaya told her mother"I am feeling very tired."

"You are not the only one"Trowa said "I think we all should call it a day. Let's go to our hotel,take a shower and go to sleep. Where are you girls staying?"

"In hotel 'Die drei könige' in Bernkastel-Kues which is about forty kilometres from here." Une answered his question.

"That's odd,I am staying there too,Heero recommended the place to me six weeks ago. I always ask around for good hotels before I go on tour. I bet he recommended you the hotel too."

"No,actually Mariemaya chose the hotel and this region to take a holiday. I wonder where she got the idea from?" Ann said looking over at Mariemaya.

"Hey I was told this region was a nice place to visit or to go on holiday."the young lady replied.

"Nor Heero nor Relena had anything to do with the decision to come out here?"

"No actually I got the idea from Milliardo. He said that if I should be given a chance to come out here I should take it."

Lady Une now started to wonder why Milliardo should recommend her daughter to go to the Mosel if there were far more interesting places in the world they could go to. Maybe al of her friends have teamed up with each other to make her get together with Trowa but that means they all knew about her affair with him on Barge. Trowa told her that no one knew back then but maybe he told someone about it later on.

"Trowa have you ever told anyone about our relationship we had on fortress Barge."she asked

"Actually no but Heero once asked me what our relationship was like on Barge. When I told him that we were nothing more then friends he looked at me and simply said "Some day the two of you will be back together again" as if he knew there had been more between us than I was willing to admit. Sometimes it seems like he always knows the answers before he even asks the question. Sometimes I have the feeling he knows what the future has in store for us."

"You think that this is a side effect from his exposure to the Zero-system?"

"I think it must be,I sometimes have moments feeling like I have been in a certain situation before but then again this couldn't be because I have never been there before."

"So the system also has some kind of an influence on you too. You only used the Zero once but that seems about enough to have an effect on someone's mind. Wufei has never mentioned something like that before and Heero,well you know Heero better than I do, he rarely discusses his experiences with the Zero."

"I can tell you one thing,be glad you never had the opportunity to get to know the system. The system would have made you see things that may have terrified you. The thing is if you know how the system works you can be able to handle it but up till now only two people were able to master it. Well maybe we could add one but he just was able to keep it together once."

"So only Heero and Quattre were overexposed..."

"No,Heero and Milliardo were overexposed to the system since the Wing Zero and the Epyon were the gundams with the system installed. Quattre has also been exposed to the system longer than any of us but he never showed any signs of strange behaviour."

"Well whatever,now I know how the two of us were brought together again"

With that said lady Une silently thanked Milliardo and Heero for making sure that she and Trowa were back together again. She took Mariemaya by the hand and together with Trowa she walked to her car. When they arrived there Trowa gave her a kiss and told her to see her at the hotel again.