AN: Here's the continuation to my 2xR fic. Enjoy!
A Second Chance
Chapter 2
By: Fate Lowe
"He what!?"
Duo jumped up from the couch and started towards the door. He was furious. His jaw was clenched tight and his hands formed white knuckled fists at his sides.
"Where are you going?" Relena cried, as she too jumped up.
"I'm going to beat the shit out of him. That's what I'm going to do."
Relena grasped ahold of Duo's hand.
"No, Duo, please. You can't. He'd kill me." she pleaded.
Duo spun around, hatred burning in his eyes. Not for the woman standing in front of him but for the so-called man that was her husband. When he saw the look in her eyes, however, the look in his eyes softened and his stance relaxed. He led Relena back to the couch and sat down beside her. He wrapped his arms around her, as she cried into his shoulder.
"It'll be ok, Lena."
He rocked her back and forth, as her sobs quieted. She pulled away from him slowly.
"Thank you Duo. I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For being so weak. For breaking down in front of you like this."
Duo put a hand underneath her chin and raised her face to look her in the eyes. Her's were still wet with tears, as were his. He wiped the tears off of her cheeks with a gentle touch.
"Lena, babe, you know I'm always here for you."
"I know. I just don't know what to do anymore. He's never gone this far before?"
"Before!? How long has this been going on?"
"For the last two years."
"Two years, and you never told anyone."
"I'm scared, Duo. You don't know what he's like when he's been drinking. He gets this murderous look in his eye. He threatened to kill me, Duo. If I ever left him he threatened to kill me."
She shook as she poured her heart out to her best friend.
"I'm so miserable. I thought about killing myself just to get away from him."
"Relena, there are easier ways."
"How? He'd find me no matter what I did."
"Not if he thought that you were already dead."
Relena looked up at the braided man in front of her.
"What are you talking about?"
"You're taking the rest of the day off."
"I can't do that. I have too much stuff to do."
"The only thing that you need to do is get away from that sorry son of a bitch that you call a husband and I'm going to help you do it."
"You would do that for me?"
"Of course, Princess. I'd do anything for you. Now get your stuff, we're going. You can tell your secretary on the way out that you aren't feeling well and that you are going home for the day."
Relena shook her head, still not sure whether this was a good idea.
"You're not goin' back to that house Lena. I won't allow it."
Relena looked up.
"When we leave here, we'll go back to my house. We'll make some phone calls and make you disappear. Don't worry, beautiful, I'll protect you. I promise."
Relena stood up and straightened her shoulder. She raised her head up proudly, determination returning to her eyes.
"Ok, Duo. I'll do it."
AN: I hope you enjoyed the second part of my 2xR fic. Part 3 will be up asap. Thank you for reading. Please review. 'Til next time.
