Chapter 1
Heero Yuy?!

"Class, I'd like you to start writing a 20 page essay about the wars of the colonies against the Earth Sphere Alliance. I want you to start writing it now. It will be due at the end of this week."

The class shuffled out some moans and groans before collecting turning on their computers and started cramming whatever they knew into the essay.

An orange haired girl glanced at the new college transfer student. She sighed in a dreamy state before grinning like a Cheshire cat and sending an instant messenger to him. She was right behind him so she knew that he had received her IM. But he just simply looked at it and shut it off completely ignoring her. She grew red in the face before realizing that he might be afraid of stalkers and unknown men so she tried again and this time she typed in who she was and where she was at. Again he received but again he shut it off. The girl swore some more before writing furiously at a little pad she had and throwing it at his desk. The guy just crumpled it up and threw it to the shredder. The girl grew a nasty more violent shade of red.

"How dare he?! I was just trying to be more friendly, intimate! Who the hell does he think he is?!,"she thought.

From next to her a black haired man snickered uncontrollably. He had seen Vera's approach on the hot new transfer student and he had also seen his firm, cold and complete refusal of her. Vera glared at him. He snickered even more. The teacher noticed the commotion and demanded to know what was going on. Both students sat up even straighter and shook their heads
innocently.

The class had seen JB's laughing face and instantly bombarded him with IM's after the teacher was doing something. JB answered them all and recounted what had happened. Soon the entire class was a snickering body. Except for two students. One was a very angry and embarrassed Vera and the other was the new student who just sat silent and straight and was typing furiously at his computer.

After class Ririka joined the growing throng walking out towards the campus. She and her roommate Elen Lia had a two hour break time. Elen had agreed to meet Ririka outside of her class. It was the perfect chance for Elen to glimpse the new student. However, as Fate would have it Elen had been pushed back even farther and by the time she had reached Ririka the student
had already passed.

"Darn, you missed him."

"Missed who?"

"The new student!"

"Oh, him again."

Elen rolled her eyes and tucked her light colored hair behind her.

"Yes, him! I tell you he is gorgeous! And you wouldn't believe what
happened! Vera tried to pick him up and he refused."

"That's news."

"It is! Elen, why are you so calm? Vera has never been turned down, do
you understand? Never!"

"There's always a first."

"You're being childish! I tell you we should meet this guy."

"What's his name anyway?"

"Jonathan Brandon."

"Oh. Well come on we need to go out for lunch."

The two girls proceeded to go outside the college gardens. The college gardens was a huge expanse of landscaped areas shaped in a puzzle like sort of way. It had beautiful shrubberies and was a nice place to relax in.

"You wait here while I go buy our lunch."

Elen acquiesced silently as she handed over her lunch money and watched Ririka run off.  Then she watched the sun dancing prettily over the flowers. These days were the days she loved best. No trouble, no worries, no nothing to aggravate her. Her term papers were done all neatly and was stacked in front of her. Suddenly Elen felt a wash of cold over her. She shivered
uncontrollably and looked around. The sun was high up in the sky and there wasn't any wind going on. How in the world did she get cold?

"While I was shivering I felt something. Something bad. Could this be a premonition of the future?,"Elen thought,"I hope not. Not after everything I've gone through. After getting my Father killed and then discovering that I was Princess Peacecraft then going back to Dorlian again. My life has never been the same. I just had to run away. Run away from everything. Start
a new life. All my own. Free of worries, of cares. Free from corrupt government, rulers and . . . and even Gundam Pilots."

A sudden gust of wind blew away her papers and scattered them all over an old path. Elen jumped and ran after them.

"Oh no! Come back!"

It was a wild chase of tag. The papers were going every which way. She had collected everyone one of them except for one. The last paper landed gently on the shiny soles of black shoes of a young man. Elen looked up and nearly screamed. Instead she let out gently in a soft whisper.

"Heero . . . "

Heero picked up the paper and looked it over.

"Essay Paper Title: Bittersweet Moments."

He looked searchingly at her. Elen looked away, flushing. That paper was the paper she was supposed to turn in. It was about how she felt when she and Heero had gone their separate ways.

"I need that back, if you don't mind."

"Hello, Relena-sama."

'My name is not Relena. I'm Elen Lia."

"And I am Jonathan Brandon."

Relena looked up at him, startled.

"What are you doing here?"

"School."

"You haven't come to bring me back . . . have you?"

"A lot of people are worried about you but they respect your decision."

"Good. Can . . .  I have my paper now?"

"If you want."

"I do."

They stared at each other. Drawn magnetically their eyes roved over each other. Heero was thinking about how much she changed. Her body had gotten shapelier. All the right curves in the right places. It was accented by her longer hair that fell down to the top of her butt. Its straight locks swayed gently in the breeze. Heero had changed. His body was more defined now, more mature. He stood tall. The freshness of his face made him looked handsome. Their faces had both matured. Breathing deeply Heero muttered in a low voice.

"Come and get it . . . "

Relena stepped forward her eyes locked with his. It was like she was hypnotized. A hand gently drew forward to grasp the paper. She tugged it forward with great reluctance from Heero. As a result she found herself getting inexorably pulled right next to him.

Dimly through the haze in her mind she thought,"He's grown so tall."

She was also aware that she was touching his hand in pulling the paper and it was so warm. She looked up at him to see him staring at her so intensely she felt like she was burning.

"What . . . what?"

"Elen, where are you?!"

Relena jumped back from Heero. Ririka stared at the two of them, a confused expression on her face.

"Do you two know each other?"

"No, we only met each other just now."

"Right."

Ririka stared in a confused way back and forth between them before saying testily.

"C'mon. Our lunch is ready and we leave in ten minutes."

"Oh gosh. We better go. Goodbye, He-Jonathan."

Elen hurried forward and dragged her friend away from the silent Jonathan who only nodded. Ririka whispered furiously at her ear even though they were out of earshot.

"What just happened there, Elen?"

"Nothing, Ririka. We were just saying hello."

"Nothing? Nothing?! I swear, Elen, you two looked like you were about to make out."

"We were not."

Elen blushed a furious shade of red.

"You're blushing! There must be truth to my words! Tell me what was going on back there?"

"Nothing! I told you!"

By this time they were stuffing the last bites of their lunch in their mouths and hurrying to their class. Ririka persisted.

"Come on! Tell me!"

"Nothing was going on, Ririka!"

"How did you end up there then?"

"The wind blew my essay papers and I chased them. One landed on his foot. Oh no!"

"What? What?"

"My essay paper. The first page, I forget to get it back."

"And it was on his hand?"

"Of course it was! What am I going to do, Ririka?! Ms. Revierra has always been so strict about this assignment."

"Er, I dunno!"

"I gotta get it back from him!"

"Class, seat yourselves immediately!"

All the terrified and pale students who most were shaking with uncontrollable fear from the fierce grumpy old teachers scuttled back to their seats and began to thumb apprehensively at their essay papers. Ririka was perhaps the only calm looking one but Elen looked terrified and fearful. She Imed Ririka.

"What am I going to do?"

"I don't know."

Ms. Revierra began collecting the papers. She was only two seats away from Relena when suddenly the e-mail button started flashing. Not wishing to be more harassed she clicked it open. There was mail from Wing Zero. Relena paled some more before opening it. Inside was her essay paper!

"Yes!"

She quickly printed it out and placed it along with the rest of her essay. Ms. Revierra snatched it from her without even glancing at the computer and moved on to Ririka who was watching Elen's computer with sharp interest. Relena considered the e-mail before clicking on the reply and moved her fingers slowly over the keyboard considering each letter.

"What should I say? Thank you? That's all? Come on, Relena, be courteous. The guy saved your skin more than once, you know! But . . . he always ignored me. He hated me,"thought Relena, who despite herself was beginning to tear up.

She wiped them away before writing an invitation for lunch the next day. This info was practically absorbed by a glowing Ririka who was now firmly believing that her friend Elen and the mystery transfer man had met before.

When the bell rang Elen shot out of her seat and headed straight for her dormitory. Ririka called out for her.

"Elen, wait!"

"Meet you at the dormitory, Ririka!"

All the students stared as Elen, always the refined perfect model student, ran up the campus in the most unfashionable way and skipping steps as she climbed the stairs, Ririka tore after her calling out. Whispers and rumors flew all around the campus about the reason why Elen and Ririka, one of the tops students of Azabu High College were running as if the devil was after them.

As Fate would have it Jonathan was walking past a bunch of gossiping girls who were talking about Elen and Ririka's scapade. His sharp ears picked up Elen's name and he paused listening in.

"And would you believe it?"

"No, I mean it's impossible."

"Elen and Ririka have always been so sophisticated and mature. What in the world could have made them go off like bullet from Ms. Revierra's classroom and up to their dormitories in record time?"

"I don't know but I know one thing is for sure. Ms. Elen Lia is a champion runner. Her run up to her dormitory was in record time."

"Yeah, I heard that Ferris is going to go up to her to offer her a place in the track team."

"Not a chance! Ms. Elen belongs to the skating team."

"Have you heard? There's a job opening for the Skating Team and there's a rumor that whoever gets it will partner up with Ms. Elen!"

"The guy has to be really good, I suppose."

"What are you talking about, Reika? The guys can't be good. He has to be he best!"

"Yeah, the coach says that every male partner that Ms. Elen has, has been hampering her progress."

Heero tuned out the rest of the conversation as he considered the information he had just learned. He didn't think that his saving Relena would fluster her so much. But then again their relationship had always been unclear.

What are you doing here?

"Relena . . . "

"Excuse me, were you talking to me?"

A geeky looking guy asked him. Heero eyed him coldly and said in an icy voice.

"No."

Then he continued his walk up to his solitary dormitory.