CHAPTER NINE:

A/N

Hey, um, hi! This is suminine, the writer of Till I am no longer. I hope you guys are enjoying it so far, whoever reads it. Please be nice, this is my first fanfic, and I thought it sweet to maybe start off with a bit of fluff? Anyways, if u loved it, hated it, liked it, and thought it funny, or enjoyable, please just take a minute or two to review. The chapter nine is nothing really, and I'm just gonna speed the timing of at least 9 months cuz Andromache without hector is just plain BORING. So, I hope you like this on as much as u did to the others, or even ore- thanks! I just want to say sorry, for 3t lover, because I promised her this ch. would come out soon about I week ago and t didn't!

Disclaimer: troy, Andromache, hector, and Greece does not belong to me….I'm sad now. = ( wishing it did.

Love you all,

Sue

When I woke, everything was dizzy, and it swam all over the place. There was a dull ache in the back of my head, but a bigger one arose when I thought of Hector, right in my heart. Though the dull ache in my head went away, the one in my heart never went.

The royal family was looking over my bed.

"She is awake!" Briseis cried happily. The physician rushed over.

"Your highness. How do you feel?"

"A bit dizzy, it's okay now."I dismissed him and everyone else, leaving me, Briseis, and Cassandra in the room. Just like old days when I used to hate hector.

I looked around our room. How it was so empty without hector. I smelt his fragrance next to me. The place where he slept. How big our bed looked now that I was sleeping alone. I looked over and looked. Oh, he left is favorite sword here. Oh, how that blanket reminded me of his eyes. Oh, how he left me here. Every action I took, it all reminded me of him. The ache in my heart got bigger.

"I miss him," I whispered softly, lying on the bed, looking out the window. Where was he now? Lord Poseidon's present remained strong, the tidal waves crashing blissfully. I prayed that it last. "So much that it hurts." I finished, pointing to my heart. "Right here."

"Come, Andromache, let's go out for a ride. Like the old days." Briseis suggested, and although I wanted nothing else than to just stay in bed, I nodded. Briseis was just so up and lively, o beautiful, that it was hard to resist. I smiled, being me, I couldn't wait to have a ride and sneak off in hector's horse again.

*****(flashback)****

It was the morning after Briseis, Cassandra and I rode off in secret. I thought I had done everything right perfectly. Hector was already clothed, as usually, as he kissed me gently on the forehead.

"Morning, my love. "He said, smiling. I smiled back, pulling him back into the covers. He was so warm.

"It gets cold in here without you," I whispered. I saw his broad grin and couldn't help but to laugh at it too. My peals of laughter got bigger when he tickled me.

"Hector!" I gasped when he finally stopped. He just smiled.

"That," he said. "Was for going off in secrecy last night."

I frowned. How could he possibly know?

As if he read my thoughts, he smiled and explained. "This morning, I went to the horses, dear. And my horses were certainly not how I put them in last night."

I looked at my handsome husband in disbelief. "Oh, you're amazing," I said, he laughed and then hugged me tight.

"Just tell me when you are going on one next time, alright?"He said into my ear.

"But husband, that is not how it is! You are not to tell anybody," I pouted. Hector melted right on the spot. Since I rarely did it, he had never gotten out of it. Yes, I had gotten my husband wrapped around my fingers.

***** (end of flashback) *****

NINE MONTHES

2ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY

I woke up with Hector not in my arms.

And today was our anniversary. This immediately put my heart-ache burning again.

I did not come out all day in my rooms, asking the servants to take my food back. Briseis, Cassandra, Hecuba, Paris, Priam and countless others visited in worry, but I did not meet any of them. Not even Briseis, who I instantly felt guilty for not letting her in with Paris. However, if hector wasn't here today, I had set my mind that I would spend it alone.

And that was how it was, until however, Priam sent an urgent message. The messenger ship was here! The new of my husband, my hector, it was finally here!

I quickly had the servants dress me up in my finest robes. My beautiful dress. It was blue like the beach of troy, and its material was as crisp as morning sun. Only when I heard from my maids that I looked perfect as goddess Athena did I show myself at the beach, many gasping at my beauty. No, but I did not care for them at all. Just the messenger ship.

Suddenly, the ship came into view as we saw a white sail wavering in the slight wind. The people cheered. We had won! I smiled at the thought of hearing news of hector. I could not wait to see him, and just the mere thought of him sent all my cramps away.

The messenger ship came ashore, and one of the soldiers announced on the beach, confident and smiling,

"We have won!" those three words were the best I have heard in months. When the cheers died down, he announced another.

"I also announce you, our own general! Crown Prince Hector, who lead us to our glory, in time for his wife, Crown Princess Andromache and his 2nd year anniversary! "

Time stopped. It was just me, and him, climbing out gracefully, showing his handsome face, his long red cape and golden armor glistening, waving in the sunlight and wind. Tears welled in my eyes again as I saw him once more, steeping the land of troy at nine months. And at that precise time, it did not matter who were looking and who were not, who were cheering, and who were not. I ran to him, all the way down to the shore, my sheer blue dress fluttering in the wind. The moment he saw he running to him his face lit with pleasure and he held me up into his crushing embrace, twirling me n the air. I have never been happier.

And then, he crushed his lips onto mine, so roughly, so tightly, so loving, so tender, in front of all of troy, his mother, father, sisters, brothers, and the subjects. We kissed under the cheers of troy.

He was back to me, and that was all I ever needed and more, for our 2nd anniversary.