Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ How Can Words Describe ❯ Reunion and Renewal ( Chapter 4 )

How Can Words Describe

Chapter 4

Heero was waiting for the waiter to come to the counter when he saw a newspaper sitting on an empty table. Another customer most likely left it behind. Heero went to pick it up and read the headline.
"Milliardo Peacecraft killed former Vice Foreign Minister Peacecraft (his sister) for the thrown to the Cinq Kingdom."
Heero was not surprised by the headline. It wasn't true of course but it was amazing that even seven months after Relena's disappearance people were still talked about it. Heero then noticed a picture under the headline. It was a picture of Relena at his funeral. She was bending over in her thick black dress to kiss the mahogany casket with tears streaming from her face to land on the wood. The whole scene contrasted with the bright summer sun shining overhead. Heero was a little surprised by the picture. He had seen no pictures of his funeral in the newspaper before. He knew that it had been a privet ceremony. So were did the picture come from? Heero was jolted from his deep though on the picture by a familiar feminine voice.
"Sir? Can I help you?"
Heero looked up at the person who had just spoken. At first glance she seemed like any other person, other then the fact that she was heavily pregnant. But Heero wasn't the person to rely on first glance. He stood there for a few seconds looking at the woman. The more he stared at her the more familiar she seemed. He looked her over very carefully. She had light auburn hair that was turning slightly blond at the roots as if she had dyed it. Her hair was cut very short and a few curls fell over her forehead and into her eyes. Her light blue eyes were what caught Heero's attention. They seemed so familiar.

Cassandra was starting to get nervous. The guy in front of her just stood there and started at her in awe.
"Uh. Excuse me sir, but are you all right?" she asked as she started to really worry.
"Huh?" he managed to grunt as he snapped out of his trans.
"I asked you if you were ok."
"Uh. Yeah I'm fine" Cassandra wanted to laugh. This guy really was cute and he looked even cuter when he was confused, as if it didn't happen very often.
"Is there anything I can- Ow!" Cassandra said as she put her hands on her swollen stomach.
"Are you all right ma'am?" Heero asked with concern written on his face. Heero was surprised by his sudden show of concern. Cassandra looked up and smiled at him with pure joy written on her face.
"Yeah, I'm fine the baby just kicked. Actually one of them kicked, they are twins. And they are both very strong"
Suddenly something snapped in Heero's head. That smile he had seen it before.

"Relena?" he asked in a barely audible whisper.
Cassandra looked behind her, thinking that he wasn't talking to her but someone else. When she discovered no one behind her she turned back around to face him again.
"Excuse me but were you talking to me?"
But Heero didn't hear a thing she said. He just stood there in amazement. His mind was racing so fast trying to figure everything out. She obviously didn't recognize him or she who have called him by his name or run. But why didn't she recognize him? Did she not recognize him because she thought that he was dead and had moved on and forgotten him. Then he remembered something else. She was pregnant! Relena PREGNANT?!
That very moment Heero's heart tore into two. 'She really did forget about me. She ran away and met someone else' Heero thought. The thought of someone else touching her the way only he could almost made Heero want to cry. On the other hand it also made him, want to tear the person who got her pregnant to pieces.
Heero was over whelmed by the turn of events. He had spent months looking for her only to find that she didn't want to be found.
Heero turned to leave.
Cassandra just stared at the strange man in front of her but as he turned to leave something in her brain clicked. She had seen this before. She had seen this man before and she had seen him leave, just like that, many times. Then suddenly his name came to her mind.
"Heero!" as soon his name rolled off her tongue memories of her past came flooding back to her mind. All the information at once was too much for her and her mind slipped into blackness as she collapsed.
Heero stopped and turned when his heard his name called. He was just in time to she her hit the floor behind the counter. In a second he was by her side. He kneeled by her side.
"Relena?...Relena...Relena!"After many attempts to wake her he decided to get her to the closest hospital.

An Hour Later In A Hospital On L10

Heero sat in a chair beside Relena's bed. Relena still hadn't woken up so Heero just sat there waiting for the doctor to come tell him what was wrong with her.
(AN: Please keep in mind that Heero doesn't know that Relena has amnesia and Relena thought that Heero was dead before she got amnesia.)
Suddenly the door to the room opened. Heero jumped from his chair. Dr. Gelding walked in and held out her hand to Heero.
"Hello. I'm Dr. Gelding. I had been Cassandra's doctor since she arrived here on L10."
Heero ignored her hand and started to ask questions.
"What is wrong with her?"
"Hold on for a moment. I have some questions that I need to ask you first"
"Ok. What do you want to know?"
"First of all do you know Cassandra?"
"Yes, I know her but her real name is Relena" Heero answered. The doctor wrote down on the clipboard in her hands.
"When was the last time you saw her before today?"
"About eight months ago." Dr. Gelding just nodded and wrote on her clipboard again.
"And you say she called your name before she fainted?" Heero nodded to the doctor's question.
"Did she appear to recognize you or say your name before then?" Again Heero answered with a shake of his head.
"Do you know any of her family?"
"Yes and what is the point of these questions?" Heero started to get angry.
"Well, Cassandra... I mean Relena arrived here seven months ago after a massive shuttle accident outside of L10. She was the only one who survived the crash. But because of the accident she fell into a coma for a month. When she finally awoke she remembered nothing. Her situation was made worst when we found out that she was pregnant. When no one clamed to know her we set up a job and home for her here. The name Cassandra Yuy was on here tickets so she was registered under that name."
Suddenly everything made sense to Heero. Relena ran away after he supposedly died. She got tickets to L10 under the name Cassandra Yuy. But when the shuttle crashed she lost her memory. That was when Heero realized that he had been wrong about Relena being with another man. 'But if Relena was pregnant when she left earth then that means...' The doctor cut Heero from his thoughts.
"One more question. Do you know who the father of her unborn children is?" Heero just stared at her for a few seconds and his realization sunk in to his head. Then tears welled up in Heero's eyes for the first time in his life, but only a lone tear found its way down his cheek.
"Me," Heero managed to choke out.
"Oh...Well I'll leave you two alone now." The doctor said in a sympathetic tone as she slipped out of the room.

That Night at the Hospital

For several hours Heero had contemplated how this happened but he kept on getting the some answer. After such a long time thinking he fell asleep with his head on Relena's bed.
He had been asleep for a while when he was woken up by the beep of the heart monitor Relena was hooked up to. He lifted his head to look at the machine wondering what it meant.
Suddenly Relena sat up in bed wide-awake. She took big uneven gasps and just stared at the wall for a few seconds. Then Relena let out a scream of pain as she doubled up in her bed wrapping her arms around her stomach.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Seconds later the doctor came exploding through the door way and practically ran to Relena. Heero stood up and shook his head in an attempt to stop the ringing from Relena's scream. By then Relena had stopped screaming and just sat there huddled up in pain. The doctor ran around Relena checking all the monitors and machines hooked to her. Then Relena laid back down on her bed and tried to catch her breath. Heero knelt by her bed and held one of her hands in his.
"Relena. What's wrong? What happened?" Relena turned to face Heero. Her eyes grew wide at the sight of him.
"Heero?" She said as tears started to flow from her eyes.
"Its all right Relena. I'm here" Heero said in such a comforting tone that he surprised even himself.
"Are you real?" she said through tears of joy. Heero responded by nodding his head. More tears came from her eyes as she wrapped her arms around him as if him would vanish if she didn't hold him. Heero in turn put his arms around her sobbing body.
"I thought you were dead. *Sob* It was terrible and then I found out I was going to have a baby, so I ran away. I'm so sorry, Heero!"
"Its ok. I'm here now and I'm not leaving you again. Ever!" Then he pulled away enough so that he could see her face, "Why did you wake up screaming?"
"I... it hurt so bad. I don't know why it just..." then Relena paused.
"What?" came his concerned voice.
"My... my... my water just broke!"