Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ How Can Words Describe ❯ Distant Dreams ( Chapter 3 )

How Can Words Describe

Chapter 3

~Three Months After the Shuttle Explosion~

Cassandra Yuy stood behind the counter of the coffee shop she now worked for. It was 3:00 in the afternoon and they didn't get very many customers at that time of day so she was just leaning against the counter indulged in her thoughts.

She gave a big sigh as her thoughts returned to the event she usually thought of. Three months ago she had been the sol survivor of a terrible shuttle accident outside of L10. Because of the accident she was in a coma for almost a month then when she woke she had no memory of who she was. Her ticket had said that her name was Cassandra Yuy so she went with that name. The doctors said that she would probably have amnesia for the rest of her life and there was nothing they could do about it. To make matters worse she was pregnant. She would have given anything just to know what the father looked like. When she was released for the hospital the doctors got her a decent sized house and a good paying job at the coffee shop she now worked for.
Cassandra was awoken from her thoughts by a man that was standing impatiently at the counter.
"Excuse me! Ma'am! Are you listening?" the man practically yelled at her.
"I'm so sorry sir. What would you like?"
"Finally! Well… let me think for a moment."
Cassandra wanted to strangle the guy but instead smiled painfully at the rude man.
"Ok I know what I want now," he declared.
"What would that be sir?"
"Do you make double decaf lattes with whipped cream?"
"Well, is it on the menu sir?" She said with another fake grin and an overly cheerful sounding voice.
"No, but…" She cut him off before his could finish his lame excise. "I'm sorry sir but we only make what is on the menu."
"Well then I guess I'll have a plain black coffee," the man said in a snotty voice while rolling his eyes.

"And make it strong!" He added as Cassandra turned to make his order.

When she was done she turned back around and gave him his black coffee. He grabbed the coffee, slammed a five on the counter and walked out of the shop in a
sudden hurry. Cassandra sneered at his back as he walked out the door. She was about to go back to her daydreaming when Alejandra walked in the door. Alejandra also worked at the coffee shop and was the first and only friend Cassandra had.
"Hey Cassy!" she greeted Cassandra along with a big smile.

"How are you two doing?" she said referring to the child inside Cassandra. Cassandra smiled at the comment and looked down at her now swollen stomach. She was four months along and had a doctors appointment as soon as her shift was over, which was when Alejandra got there.
"Hey, Ale," she said to the other woman as she took off her apron, "Sorry I can't stay long and talk I've got a doctors appointment and I can't be late. They're doing an ultra sound for the first time and I'm going to find out if it is a boy or girl."
"Wow! That's so exciting! Do you want me to go with you for support? I could get Corinna to do my shift?"
"Thanks I really appreciate it but I'll be ok."
"Are you sure? Ok well at least tell me everything that happens, tomorrow."
"Don't worry I will, Ale. Bye, see you tomorrow."
With that she walked out the front doors and to her car.She got in her car and turned the ignition. The drive to the hospital was uneventful. When she got there she walked through the sliding doors and up to the front counter.
"Yes, how may I help you?" the nurse behind the counter asked Cassandra.
"I have an appointment to see Dr. Gelding under the name Yuy."
"And how do you spell that?" At first Cassandra though that that was a stupid question. How hard can it be to spell Yuy? Then again Yuy wasn't a very common name.
"Y-U-Y" she spelled out for the nurse.
"Ah, Ms. Cassandra Yuy. Dr. Gelding will meet you in room 514." She nodded at headed for room 514. When she got there she opened the door and sat down on the metal table. She winced as the cold metal came into contact with the parts of her legs that weren't covered by her shorts. Not long after she arrived the door opened and Dr. Gelding walked in.
"Hello Ms. Yuy. How are you doing today?" she said with a cheerful smile.
"Fine Thank you."
"You're here for an ultra sound today, am I correct?"
Cassandra nodded.
"Well if you would be so kind as to follow me," the doctors said as she opened the door. Cassandra hopped down from the cold table and followed the other lady to another room. This new room was equipped with a comfortable looking bed (by hospital standards) and a monitor connected to some other equipment.
"Do I need to change?" Cassandra asked hoping she wouldn't need to put on one of those awful paper gowns."No you just need to lay down and lift up your shirt"
Cassandra gave a sigh of relief and gladly laid down on the bed. Then the doctor came over and rolled up her shirt so that all of her round stomach could be seen.
"I have to put some gel on your stomach now and it
may be a little cold. Ok?" Cassandra just nodded again. The doctor applied the green gel to her stomach. Cassandra giggled a little as the cold substance was spread across her stomach.
"All ready. Shall we begin?" Nervously she nodded again. The doctor turned on the monitor then got out the sensor and put it on her stomach. At first there was nothing, but after moving it around a little a sound could be heard.
"You hear that? Its your baby's heart beating." Then another heartbeat could be heard. The doctor frowned a little.
"What is that doctor?" Cassandra asked with worry in her voice.
"I'm not sure let me check"
The doctor moved the sensor around a little more till something else come up on the screen. The doctor gave a sudden gasp.
"What? What's wrong?"
"Twins! Congratulations Ms. Yuy you are going to have twins! One girl and one boy!" Cassandra looked at the monitor in awe wondering how the doctor could make out two babies from all of the mess, but she smiled delighted by the news.

Thirty minutes later Cassandra was back in her car driving home. She was very excited about the news. The doctor had shown her the two babies on the monitor and eventually she started to understand what was what. The only thing that bothered Cassandra was that she had no one to share the great news with. She knew that when she got home there would be no one there and that was the way it would be for the rest of her life.

At Saint Claire's Hospital on L5

"Mr. Yuy? You have a visitor." A rather chubby nurse said as she stood in the doorway to Heero's room.
"Who is it?" was the response he gave.
"He says his name is Duo Maxwell sir. He has a long braid and is harassing the nurses" Heero rolled his eyes at that nurses perfect explanation of Duo.
"Let him in," he said with a sigh. From his seat on the bed Heero could hear the nurse call for Duo. Not a second later, Duo came bolting into the room. He stopped inches from the nurse with practiced ease.
"The indignity of those nurses," bellowed Duo,
"Hitting on a man when he came here to see a sick friend!"
As if on que a tall blond woman walked past the door and blew Duo a kiss as she passed by. Duo just blushed and fumbled with the wedding band around his finger. The nurse turned to leave making sure to scold at Duo before she slammed the door shut.
"What took you so lone, Maxwell?" came Heero's monotone voice. At the sound of Heero's voice Duo snapped back to reality.
"Well we thought you were dead, but it nice to see you again and alive." Duo moved closer to Heero's bed and sat down in a chair beside it.
"When did you find out I was alive?"
"A few hours ago. A doctor here woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me."

"Did you tell anyone else before you left?"
Duo just shook his head. Then there was a long silence.
"How is Relena?"
"Well…" Duo looked down at the floor as if it were suddenly very important.
"Duo! What happened?"
"Well… she kinda… well… she ran away."
"What!" Heero yelled as he tried to jump out of bed. He winced as his hurt shoulder started to throb because of the sudden movement. Duo pushed him back into bed without very much struggle.
"I have to find her. What if someone captured her? What if…" He was cut off mid-sentence by Duo.
"It won't do her any good if you die trying to look for her. You have to get well. Besides Zechs is looking for her around the clock. He has ten detectives on the case."
"And what has he found?"
"Nothing yet…but they think they are getting closer. They are checking all the airlines to see if she left for the colonies." Heero just shook his head.
"They're never going to find her. I'm the only person who can find her."
"Heero! Get over your self! If Zechs and ten detectives can't find her you can't!" Duo yelled at Heero, trying to knock some sense into him even though they both knew that Heero was right.
"Duo can you do me a favor?"
"Sure Heero. What do you want?" Duo said in a defeated voice.
"Go to my apartment and get my laptop. It should be on my desk. I can still search for her even if I am confined to this bed." Duo just nodded.

Cassandra's Apartment on L10

Cassandra lay awake in bed. She had given up on sleep a few hours ago. She was too excited to sleep. She gently put her hand on her swollen stomach and was rewarded with a tiny kick. She laughed slightly thinking about the two lives inside her. Then she started to wonder what they would look like which brought her back to the painful subject. Who was the father of her children? She started to wonder what kind of life she had before the crash. She started to imagine a tall strong man with blond hair and green eyes as the father. She made up a perfect life with him as her husband and they lived in a house on the beach. She imagined them walking down the beach hand in hand talking about something insignificant. The waves hitting their bare feet.
Some were in the middle of her made up dream she fell asleep and started to dream. Her real dream was a lot like her made up dream except for the guy. Instead of a tall, strong, blond hair, green-eyed man, she was now walking next to a man with unruly dark brown hair and Prussian blue eyes, but he was just as tall, and strong and twice as handsome. He smiled at her and the walked down the beach. Her heart melted at the sight of that elusive smile. Something felt so right about him even tough he was just a
dream.

The next morning Cassandra woke up disappointed that her dream was not real.

~4 ½ Months Later on L10~

Heero walked down the busy streets of L10. He had been searching for Relena for 4 months now. When he was in the hospital he searched airline files and tickets but found no one under the name of Relena Peacecraft, Darlin, Marques, Maxwell, Winner, Barton, Wufei, and even Yuy. After he got out of the hospital he asked Duo not to tell any one that he was alive so that he could find Relena easier. So he started the painstakingly long hunt for Relena by hand. He started at L1 and checked almost every personal file for any sign of Relena. But so far he had checked all of the colonies except for the new one, which he thought Relena would be least likely to go to. But now it was his last hope. If he didn't find her there then his wouldn't know were to go next. He had been on the colony for a week now and was starting to panic. There was no sigh of Relena Peacecraft any were. He decided to go get some coffee to calm his nerves, so he walked casually down the street to a quaint little coffee shop. As he walked through the doors he heard a bell ring deep within the store telling the staff that someone just walked in. Just then a woman walked out from behind the counter but she didn't look like she was going to help him considering she had her purse over her shoulders and was walking toward the door. When she saw Heero she smiled.
"Hello sir. I just got off my shift but I'll go get some one to help you." With that she walked back to the back of the store to get the person on shift.

In the back of the shop. "Hey, Ale. Did you leave something behind?" said Cassandra as Alejandra walked back through the doors to the back.
"No. I just came back here to tell you that you've got a customer."
"Ok. Tell him that I will be right there."
"He's pretty cute too!"
Cassandra laughed at Alejandra's comment. Considering she was 8 ½ months pregnant it was funny to think of guys that way. With that Alejandra walked back out. Cassandra heard Alejandra tell the guy that someone would be out there to help him then she heard the ring of the door opening to let her out. Cassandra tied her apron in place as she walked out to the backside of the counter.
"Just one moment," she said as she looked down at the strings she was tying together. Then when she finally got it tied she looked up at him. She gasped at what she saw. She had almost for gotten about the tall, strong, handsome, unruly dark brown haired, Prussian blue eyed man from her dreams, but now she looked strait at him. It was as if he had just stepped out of her dreams and he was even more beautiful in person.