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Relena awoke with a start. Heero's words rang in her head like a bad habit. She nearly jumped when she realized that they might already be gone. She jerked her head to the clock sitting next to her on the wooden night-stand next to her bed. It read 7:58am. Relena sighed a relieved one as she slowly laid back down. Still an hour to go. "Wait a second!" Relena exclaimed while jumping out of bed. "What if they decided to leave early!?" She dressed quickly and 'calmly' walked out the door downstairs to the kitchen where she knew that Duo would be. No matter what, he was always thinking of his stomach. Relena chuckled to herself as she once again quickened her pace.

~~~Downstairs~~~ As Relena had predicted so well, Duo was munching away as she entered. "Good morning, Duo. How are you? On second thought, how's your stomach." Relena chided.

Duo smiled whole-heartedly as she put on the most important thing to her and her early morning schedule. Coffee. "Mornin Lena. Just eatin 'for we leave." It sounded more like " Oin Lea, ust eain 'fore ee eave" His mouth was so full.

By about 8:30, little by little, the rest of the group was up and trickling downstairs in pairs. All except..."Has anyone seen Heero this morning?" Relena asked casually.

There were no head shakes around the room as Relena decided to check and see if Heero was in his room. ' He's probably working.' Relena thought as she slowly and softly knocked on his door. "Heero?" She slid open the door only to find that no one was there. Relena looked around and noticed that Heero had probably slept elsewhere, because the room was exactly the same as when she showed Heero which room was his. She walked over to the window to gaze at the ocean that lied just outside the window. She looked across the white crystals of sand on the beach. ' What do you know? There he is.' Relena thought. ' Where we first met.'

~On the Beach~ Relena quietly and softly walked up behind Heero. He obviously heard her soft patting in the sand because he turned around sharply in a fighting stance. "Good morning, Heero. How long have you been up?" Relena questioned.

"Heero, you are full of it!" Relena burst out laughing at that but sobered quickly and continued as Heero cast a questioning glare at her. "Heero, if it weren't for you and the other pilots, all this, all this peace would never be. You fought for it and did the dirty work to bring what was needed to earth, while I sat back and watched helplessly. Without you, there would have been no earth. I only endangered everything you did. I got captured by being..." Heero cut her off.

"You don't really believe that, Relena?" When she looked down at her feet he continued. "You know that's not true. Without you there is no chance for peace to survive these times we live in. Don't make me repeat what I said on Libra... You stood for peace, and you still do. You helped the people better understand us, and the peace you fought hard for. My hands, as well as the rest of the soldiers hands, are stained with both the blood of innocence and evil. How could we possibly stand for the peace that you created?" Heero finished harshly. ' Why is she saying those things!? She's ruining her own ideals. Maybe it would be better if I..' Heero cut off his thoughts and tried once again to continue what he was saying. It would probably be the last things he'd say, so he figured why not?

The wind blew in Relena's eyes making them tear up. Relena knew it wasn't the wind that caused her to tear, but she wasn't about to admit it. She waited to see if Heero was finished speaking. Heero looked down at his hands, then at Relena. She looked him in the eyes and saw the desperation in them. Behind the walls of stone, there was a sad and defeated man fighting to be something other than what he was.

"I'm sorry, Relena. For killing, for chasing and leaving, for...I'm just......" ' Why is this so hard?!' Heero asked himself. ' I am the perfect soldier, she is just a silly girl. ' In his heart, he knew better. But just as Relena, he was not about to admit that. "...For the first time in my life, so many people and things mean something to me. I don't want to leave it but I have to. This is my life, not yours. So just stay out of it. I'll find a way to make every thing right again. Even if it does cost me my life." Heero finished more coldly than he wanted to.

Relena was hurt, and she showed it. She didn't want to, and she scolded herself for it. She turned to leave, but before she did she said softly, but enough so that Heero heard her, " Heero, no mater what you say, I love you." Heero stiffened and could hardly believe that she just said that to him. He crumbled inwardly and caught Relena's hand before she left. He looked at her and pulled her into his embrace.

Relena was shocked but accepted his hug with open arms. She cried into his chest softly as he hushed her. They stayed that way until Relena calmed. She rested her head on his chest. She wished that she could stay like this forever, but she knew that couldn't, and would never happen. Their destinies were just not good to them. It pulled them apart every time they got close. Relena wondered if they would ever be able to be together living in peace.

The wind was suddenly picking up and the couple broke their embrace as fighter planes zoomed by. The enemy was here. They had found them. It was time to leave. Heero grabbed Relena's arm in attempt to hurry her away from him and into the house as another plane flew by dangerously close to them and the ground. They ran as fast as their feet took them until they were thrown 100 feet forward as a 3rd fighter jet showered bombs all over the beach.

Relena: Heeeeeeero....You better put that gun away, or I will make sure you don't come back! Wait a minute, you better put that gun away cuz you just acted as if there was something between us....**she trails off in sadness...

Author takes advantage and grabs gun: Thank you, Relena! Bye folks! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry it was short. **Runs away really fast as Heero chases author with a huge trout.** BYE!!! HEEEEELP!!!!!!!