We were in bed later on being lazy. I was scratching Athrun's scalp until he slowly fell asleep and then continued running my hand through his hair. Looking at his sleeping face, just brought a sense of tranquility inside me and I felt as if, there was nothing wrong in the world. But when I saw his face as he woke up, I truly believed that these were the eyes I would wake up to everyday.

I started getting ready for the party about an hour later, first taking a shower and doing my hair so it looked at least decent. I went outside wearing a robe that went above my knees to see Athrun just waking up. He rolled onto his side and took a look at me.

"No," I said instantly, "I'm getting ready for your mother party, I spent half and hour on my hair, you can't wreck it."

Athrun pouted and gave me a wink and said, "Fine darling."

He gave me a kiss before sauntering into the washroom.

I put on my dress next pulling the zipper up. I wore my shoes next and on cue Lacus knocked on the door. She was dressed and ready like me, but unlike her I was without make-up. She did it for me and then this time I waited downstairs for Athrun to come down. He did so a few minutes later, looking gorgeous and handsome as per usual.

"You look beautiful," Athrun commented as he saw me on the couch.

I smiled and said, "Let's go handsome."

We all left toward the original Zala mansion. There the party had started and it was packed. I was dispatched from Athrun as his relatives dragged him away. Athrun kissed me quickly before leaving. I noticed mothers and people introducing Athrun to young ladies, I saw women just crawl to him. I sighed and turned my attention back to my wine glass. Lenore managed to converse with me for a few minutes before leaving to her hostess duties with a small smile. After a while my head started hurting from all the noise and I went up stairs to a private room and sat on the bed inside.

I felt a hand slap onto my mouth and immediately I panicked and tried to hurt whoever was touching me.

"I found you," a snaky voice slurred out, "Cagalli Yula Attha."

I froze and struggled away from the guy. I bit his hand and he cursed taking it off and ran out the door. He grabbed onto my ankle and I fell over hard and hit my head.

"If you think you can get away from me so easily you're fucking kidding yourself," he said dragging me by the hands back into the room.

"What are you doing!" I yelled, "HELP! ATHRUN! ANYONE!"

He slapped my face and said, "You little slut, left me for a fucking pretty boy."

I looked at him and said, "So what? We weren't anything to begin with."

"I told you I'd find you," he said sitting down, "And now I want revenge."

He pulled out a gun, as dread filled me.

"Oh my god, please don't," I said, "Yunna."

He laughing like a mental case and said, "Groveling in front of me now sweetheart."

I gulped and said, "Just put the gun down."

"My god, you're a bitch to track," he said.

I looked away and said, "I don't want anything to do with you."

"You think after you ruined my life, I'd let you go so easily?" Yunna asked leanly closer to me.

"You got your money," I hissed.

"Ha, half of what was supposed to," he said grabbing my neck, "After leaving this rich guy, you go after another, well done Cagalli. You've out done yourself."

"Our engagement was a deal Yunna, remember that," I said putting his hand down.

I saw his face go red and said, "You went before the bargain was over."

"You tried to rape me," I said.

"I don't care," he said, "I'll finish you and that fucking Zala."

"You're crazy!" I said, "Go join a mental institution you freak."

"Oh I'll show you crazy Cagalli," Yunna said, "Just you watch."

"You have no reason!" I yelled back

"All I see is my father's money gone to some geezer because you couldn't continue one more month of our charade," he said.

"One more year," I hissed back, "And why would any person stay around some abusive, rapist ass hole?"

"You bitch," he said slapping me.

I punched him in reply, but Yunna had gotten stronger since the last time I met him and he twisted my arm.

"Not so strong are you," he said to my wincing face, "I'll break each little bone in your body."

He twisted my arm even more as I let out a cry.

"This can all be done easily Cagalli," he said, "Just give me the money I was supposed to have, and I'll let you go."

"I'm not giving you any money," I said, "Beside the fact that I don't have that kind of money."

"Ahh, but you boyfriend does," Yunna said.

"As if," I said, "I told you I'm not involving Athrun into this pathetic matter."

"Then I'll sell your body and get some money that way," he said.

"Don't touch me," I said, "Or I'll hurt you so bad."

"You can't do anything to me Cagalli, not anymore," he said taking out a knife.

I took that chance to rush out the door and Yunna followed, since it was hard to run it stilettos I tripped and slide down the hall. I heard him laugh and just as he was about to run that knife down, we both heard some voices.

"Be warned Cagalli," Yunna said, "If I don't get that money, I'll kill you."

"Come and try," I spat back.

He gave a terrifying grin and said, "Then how about your darling Athrun, or Lacus?"

"You wouldn't touch them," I said, "Their money will end up somewhere else."

"Oh well, then I'm sure Athrun would be quite willing upon negotiations," he said, "What do you think?"

I froze as he left laughing away.

I put my head on the floor finally trying to catch my breath. I had a cut on my forehead, my arms were scratched and my wrists were swollen. I got up a while later, and found a washroom to inspect myself. Well crap was the best way to describe me basically.

I cleaned the blood off and managed to look a bit better; however there was no way to get the blood stains on the dress, and the blood flow wasn't stopping either.. I sighed; there was no way of hiding. I went back to the main lobby and heard that dinner was announced. I had no appetite for anything. I tried looking around for Athrun and was instead spotted by a few ladies who inquired if I was alright. I reassured them and came face to face with Mr. Rich Actor himself. He took me somewhere private and asked, "What happened and where were you?"

"These stupid shoes," I said to a heel that was ready to fall off, "I tripped and flat on my face, the other time I slipped on the floor and skidded across a hallway."

He kissed the cut on my forehead and said, "Want to call it a night?"

I gave him a weary nod and said, "I'm done with the day."

He nodded and called his mother. Since gossip traveled so fast she'd already heard about my state and agreed for me to be sent home after getting my cuts cleaned and bandaged up. That night I snuggled in with Athrun and was ready for a good night's rest.

The following morning was quite disastrous.

My wrists had nice purple circles around them. It was a good thing they were covered by the blanket for I would have been in an early Spanish Inquisition. Athrun was out of bed, since he was an early bird. I wore a long sleeved shirt that went up to my fingers and went downstairs. Athrun was yawning on his laptop and saw me come in.

"How're the cuts?" he asked getting up to check my head.

"Perfectly fine," I said, "I'm going to eat okay."

He nodded and said, "What happened to your ankle?"

I looked down and see a bruise on my leg. Great, how was I going to get out of this one?

"Well I did sprain it yesterday Athrun," I said.

Athrun raised my eyebrow and said, "Will you come here for just a moment."

"Can I eat first?" I said motioning to my growling stomach.

He shook his head and got up and brought me to the couch.

I bit my lip as he pulled my leg up and said, "This does not really look like a sprain, the bruise is all around your foot."

I shrugged. He took my arms and said, "And let's not talk about the state your wrists."

"Busted," I said meekly as Lacus came into the room and gave me the same look as Athrun.

"Mind exactly explaining what happened last night. You disappeared for half an hour, and Athrun was literally worried. Despite my constant assurance that you were fine, he said he knew something was wrong," she said.

I was defeated and I said, "It was Yunna."

"And who's this Yunna?" Athrun asked.

I looked at Lacus as she said, "He was her ex-fiancée."

"Fiancée?" Athrun said looking, shocked, and a bit hurt.

"It was strictly a business deal Athrun," Lacus said, "Yunna needed a fake fiancée for two years to show his father that he was committed to get his inheritance."

She explained the rest of the story while I was avoiding looking into Athrun's eyes.

"And why didn't you bother telling me of this Cagalli?" he asked touching my cheek.

"Because he's a crazy freak," I said, "I've been running from him for a year. That's why."

"Why would he want to do that?" he asked

"Because he didn't get his money," I said.

Athrun hugged me and said, "I'll protect you Cagalli, don't worry. If its money he wants, I can give it to him."

"No," I said furiously, "I'm not going to let you do that."

"He tried to hurt you yesterday," Athrun said.

"So you'll let him win, by giving what he wants?" I said, "He's supposed to get that money later anyways. It was his fault that he screwed up his father's business."

"Cagalli, this guys as you say is crazy, he wouldn't understand, so the best way to deal with him is to get him into jail," he said.

"For what?" I said, "If you think I haven't tried you're wrong."

"I'll have someone after him Cagalli," he said.

"I don't know Athrun," I said, "He's not very easy to find."

The real problem was that I knew Athrun would do anything for me.

"Just to let you know, if I get my hands on him I'm personally going to kill him," Athrun said in a serious tone.

I smiled and said, "You'd do that?"

He nodded and held me by the waist and said, "Cagalli I wouldn't be able to stand ever losing you. And I can't bear the thought that someone hurt you, and I couldn't prevent it."

I felt his eyes burn into mine and I kissed him. Even though with Athrun's reassurance, I had this bad feeling in my gut.

It was a New Year's Eve and everyone was in New York. I was driving to the club when I got a phone call.

"Cagalli," Yunna's voice said as I screeched my brakes abruptly.

"What do you want?" I hissed.

"You know what I want, I want you," he said, "But your bloody boyfriend has done a good job in protecting you. Too bad he can't protect himself."

He hung up and that was when I got another phone call from a hospital.

I sped to the place and immediately inquiring about Athrun. She didn't seem to recognize me and said I couldn't meet him. I was crying my eyes out trying to explain to her who Athrun was to me, but she wouldn't budge. I respected that she was trying to keep Athrun's privacy, but it didn't have to be from me. Patrick found me having a verbal fight and dragged me to the emergency.

"What the hell happened?" I asked.

"He was shot," he said placing me on a chair.

I felt the blood drain from my face, and I collapsed on said chair and said, "Is he okay?"

"He's fine Cagalli, nothing too serious," he said, "We have people investigating what happened."

I nodded and saw Lenore coming to comfort me as well.

"He should be out before midnight," she said rubbing my hair, "It was only on his left arm."

"I just don't know who would want Athrun's harm," Patrick said, "He's never had anything like this happen to him before. I want to kill whoever is responsible for this."

I sat up, chilled by his words.

In reality it was me. A nurse came in saying we could go meet Athrun. Lenore and Patrick forced me in first. Athrun was awake with a sling on his left arm. I was motionless and staring at him.

"I'm really alright," Athrun said holding my hand, "I'm so sorry about this."

I nodded and said, "It's okay."

"Anyways I was planning to ask you something today," Athrun said, "And I won't let a little shot from stopping me."
"What?" I asked curious.

"It's almost New Year's and I thought about starting it off by making is special," he said getting off the bed.

I froze as I saw him take out a little ring box.

"You know how much I love you right?" he asked. I nodded, words vanishing from my mouth.

"Well Cagalli," he said nervously, "I think it was ever since I saw you muttering away to your car trying to not be afraid of the thunder, my heart was stolen by you."

"What?" I said confused.

"It was a few weeks before we actually met," he said, "Kira and I were driving home and our driver needed to fill the car up. While we were waiting I saw you there doing t

he same thing and jumping whenever you heard the thunder. I was ready to jump out of the car to just hold you. I couldn't explain it, but I just had the need to protect you, to make you warm and love you. I didn't know who you were, your name, but I knew there that I had seen the most beautiful woman in the world. And then you sat on my lap like an angel, it felt like my wish to see you again came true."

I felt tears drop as I remembered that weird body guarded car.

"I want us to have a forever, I want to always be able to see you smile, and love you everyday. Will you let me Cagalli? Will you marry me?" he asking kneeling down and opening the ring box as the clock in the room beeped midnight.

I opened my mouth ready to say yes but then I remembered Patrick's words, Yunna's words. I stepped away from Athrun tearing streaming down my face and I shook my head and said, "I'm sorry, no."

I ran out of the room.

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i suck i know i ended with the preview i gave in the last chapter :D

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well i have another preview :D

When I woke up I was in a white room. There was an IV on my arm and I felt tired as hell. A nurse came in smiling and said, "That was one bad tumble you had there."

"Why am I in a hospital?" I asked holding my head as the world was slightly spinning.

"You fainted on the streets," she said, "A colleague of mine brought you here?"

"What happened?" I asked

She smiled and said "Congratulation you're pregnant."

I felt the wind knocked out of me.

"Pregnant?" I asked her, "As in I'm going to have a baby in nine months?"

"Well eight months to be exact," she said, "You're about a month in."

I place a hand over my mouth in surprise. I was pregnant. Somebody pinch me!

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