Sunlight poured through the patio window engulfing Relena in a beam of light. She moaned in protest and turned away from the window; she had a splitting headache that the sunlight only made worst. Do to lack of sleep, Relena slowly raised her hand and gently touched her forehead fearing it would actually make her head rip apart.

Relena immediately winced after opening her eyes and quickly bought her hand to cover her eyes. She knew this would come… it had happened before. Last time they place her on bed rest because she didn't seem to be getting better. No pills would help her condition….. if it was what she thought it was. But the pain could be due to the fact that she couldn't sleep. She was a busy woman so she couldn't afford to get sit there and let the day go by. Relena prayed to God that she might not have another migraine.

The last time she had one she almost fainted because of the pain caused by her sensitivity to light and sound. Also the room had been spinning and her vision had turned black and white. That day she had been going to make a vital speech about a problem that seem to only lead to war and bloodshed; which, in fact, was the reason for her lack of sleep which lead to her migraine.

Flash Back

Quickly walking back and forth, Relena muttered silently to herself trying to finish prepping for her speech. She walked over to her desk and sat down. With a moan, Relena placed her head into her hands and wince in pain.

'No! I won't be won over by this pain; I need to make this speech. It's the most important thing right now, without me they're likely to start a war.'

Relena leaned back up grinding her teeth while still clutching her head. Finally, with a sigh, Relena stopped grinding her teeth and let go of her head. She stood up and continued to quickly walk around the room so she wouldn't be late. Finally, she opened her door and made her way down into the living room.

Heero stood waiting against the wall looking as emotionless as ever and with a quick glance from Relena, pushing off the wall and to stood up. Relena started towards the door with Heero following her when someone called for her…

"Miss Relena!" Relena turned to her right to see Pagan looking at her.

"Yes," she answered softly.

"Would you like something to eat before you go? You haven't eaten much lately." The elderly butler offered with a smile.

Just the thought of food churned her stomach, but now was not the time to think of such things…not with the meeting at hand. "No thanks. I'm not hungry."

Pagan just smile, nodded and started to turn away when Relena started to sway, her vision was blurred, turned black and white. Suddenly it felt as if someone had kicked her legs out from underneath her and she fell backwards. Heero's eyes widen as he quickly dove to catch her.

With a loud angry almost growl, Heero turned and headed back to Relena's room. His eyes narrowed so much that it looked like he could kill anyone with just glance. He had even tried to talk Relena out of going because he knew she wasn't well, but she insisted that she had to go. He even tried to talk to Zechs about it but even he couldn't sway her stubborn decision to go forth with the meeting. Pagan was left standing in the room with wide eyes and his mouth agape.

End of flash back

Of course Relena figured out that it was Heero who carried her back into her room. Who else could have? Not Pagan, though he did tell her what happened after she passed out. Relena stifled a laugh that bubbled up in her throat when she thought back to what he said about it. He told her it was, "One of the most terrifying moments, I've ever experienced."

Relena slowly opened her eyes and a wave of relief swam through her body. Her head didn't hurt like it did when she first opened her eyes. 'Good I don't have a migraine. I guess I'm just a little sensitive to the light because of my lack of sleep for the past few days.'

Suddenly a thought occurred to her. Last night Heero had been in her room and he didn't seem to believe her when she assured him that she was all right. Relena sighed quietly to herself; she knew this was very bad.

Last time Relena had a migraine, she didn't listen to Heero, and he was livid because she passed out. She knew he wouldn't let it happened again. He would try to find out what was happening at all cost. That was … well, how Heero was.

'He's never going to let me be now is he? Now he'll be watching me more closely then ever.' Relena sighed. Now she was going to have to put a mask on in front of Heero and she was just too emotionally and too physically drained to put up with that.

Relena snapped out of her daze and looked at the clock. 6 A.M. She really needed to get up and get ready for the day. Relena knew that her meeting wasn't until 8:00. Yet she knew if she went back to sleep she wouldn't wake up until noon. Relena knew Heero would let her sleep in since he has found out that she wasn't sleeping well. Heero would call her secretary and tell them to call the meeting off or push it up to a late time in the day because Relena wasn't feeling good and was resting right then.

So with one last frustrated sigh, Relena pulled back her sheets and slowly rose from her bed. 'I've got to stop sighing. I must have sighed three, four— Only God knows how many times.'

Relena walked into her bathroom, shut the door behind her and proceeded to open the mirror cabinet to grab the bottle of aspirin. Taking two pills, she placed the bottle back and shut the cabinet. Relena put them in her mouth and swallowed them down with a cup of water.

A bath is what Relena need and she hoped hot water would sooth her anxious nerves. A half an hour later, she got out of the bath and grabbed her robe, which was hanging on the back of the door, and wrapped it around her.

Relena opened her door and was suddenly hit with the memory of last night. She was afraid to see Heero and his reaction again. What would he do… or more like what would he say? She wished she had more time then she had to think up a good excuse. Relena admitted that she is good in politics, but when it came to Heero… well she was as good as a child trying to converse about politics' of the ESUN with an adult.

'I guess I'll have to think of what I'm going to say and how I'm going to act now.' With that final thought Relena went over to lock her door then she walked over to her dresser were she had laid her cloths out. It had became a habit for her -- she always had to get ready fast in the morning, so she laid out her cloths so she wouldn't have to bother picking them out.

She was dressed in a white button up shirt with a pink dressy jacket over it and a pink shirt to match, that was just a little above her knees. She also remembered to use a little make-up to cover the dark circles that were starting to form from lack of sleep.

Smiling Relena gave herself a nod in the mirror, pleased with how she looked. She glanced down at her watch and her eyes became wide. 'It can't be! How could it be 7:30 already?'

Relena shrugged off her astonishment blaming it on her lack of sleep for her tardiness. She headed towards to door, unlocked it and headed down to the kitchen. She wasn't that hungry but knew better than not to eat. Her speech would take a while and she wouldn't get to eat until much later.

Relena opened the refrigerator, lean down and grabbed out an apple and a bottle of water. Then she leaned back up, shut the door, turned to her right and almost screamed….