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8 months later Oh my god, if I knew that childbirth was going to be like this... I couldn't finish the thought. I swear, I'll never go through this again, I don't care if I meet someone else or if Zechs' comes back. "It's alright Noin, just keep pushing.", Relena whispered in my ear. "What do you mean it's alright!?", I screamed, "I'm going through 13 hours of labor, and this damn thing still isn't coming out yet!!" Now I understood what my mother used to say whenever she wanted to send me on a guilt trip, this really was torture. "Yes, Ms. Noin, keep pushing, we see a head starting to slip out.", an unknown doctor said to me. That caught my attention, that my baby was coming out, that the miracle of birth was about to be completed, that I was going to be a mommy, that I was going to hold my baby soon. I pushed with all of my might as I felt my baby come out, but a terrible dread started to come over me, as if I sensed something wrong. "Oh no.", I heard Sally say. I screamed, "Oh no, oh no what?!", afraid that it was about my baby. Turning to me with a sad look on her face, she said, "Your baby, your little girl isn't breathing." I felt like fainting, but for my baby's sake I resisted. "Sally, hand her to me.", I commanded, unplacably, like the days I was Lt. Noin, cadet instructor at Victoria. Sally brought her to me. Oh, she's so beautiful, as if she was a miniature of me, but her lungs weren't working. I started to rock her gently, moving my hands up and down her back. I started to lose myself in the rhythm, oblivious to what the doctors were doing, until I heard a little cough. I heard the cough again, my heart started to jump as Sally turned over to look at us. "Noin, I do think we may have been wrong about your baby.", Sally said as we heard her take her first full breaths and howl as if she wanted to shatter the windows with her force. All of the other people in the room stopped what they were doing to listen to my little girl, smiles wreathing their faces. I saw Relena, Lady Une, and surprisingly Quatre outside the window, smiles on their faces as they looked at my little girl. My last thought before I went to sleep was yes, I had done it, I had given birth to my little girl, my little Faith. Christmas Eve 196 I paced the halls, waiting for the news that would send me into battle. I had only been back for 3 weeks before this whole Mariemaia business started. I started to long for my baby, wanting to hold her before I would have to go into battle to preserve this peace. Peace, I was sure that it would last, but my wishes were unfulfilled for the world was in a war once again. My thoughts were interrupted by Lady Une. "Noin, I have a new partner for you.", Lady Une said. I said dully, "Who?" Lady Une said, "A Preventer, Preventer Wind." I turned around and it was Zechs, Zechs who I had dreamed about for a year, Zechs who was back. I knew my face most have shown most of my happiness at seeing him again for he gave me a smile, the warmest smile that I have ever seen. "Oh Noin, how I have missed you.", he said. I just smiled and vowed to myself, "I will never let you leave me again, Zechs Merquise, no matter what." 11 months later Mariemaia's rebellion had been thwarted, by both the Gundams, and by Zechs. Zechs, who wasn't dead, Zechs who was a Preventer, Preventer Wind. I had vowed to him on the battlefield that I would never leave his side again, but now I'm a little unsure. How will he react when he sees little Faith? She looks just like me with my dark hair and eyes, but he'll know that I broke my promise to him, went to someone else. A soft knock on the door shook me from my reverie. It was Zechs, his long hair falling in its usual style down his back , with jeans, boots, and a shirt on. We're starting to date again, to resurrect a relationship that faltered when he disappeared. "Noin, I thought you wanted to show me something tonight.", Zechs said, his beautiful voice once again sending chills down my spine. "Please, don't be mad at me.", I said before I turned around, Faith in my arms. "She's so beautiful, a miniture replica of you. Who's the father?", Zechs said, no anger in his voice but a little wonder in his voice. I said, "Remember Lt. Dawson from Victoria? We met at a ball early in your absence. I had too much to drink, one thing led to another, and here she is." Zechs said, "Une told me that he died in a plane crash early last year." I nodded and said, "Faith is only 3 months old, Zechs, don't carry her like that.", as he had her in his arms, just a beat away from falling. He grinned sheepishly and laid her back into her cradle. I turned away from him, slightly scared of what he would say next. I felt his arms around my waist as he said,"You were scared of what I would say about the baby, about little Faithie." I started, "Zechs, I..". "Noin, let me continue. It doesn't matter what happened before I returned, but now, we'll finally be together, and we'll be a family, you, me, and Faith. She'll be like our own child." I said," Really Zechs?", with tears in my eyes. "Really Noin. Nothing matters as long as we're together", Zechs said. Back to the Gundam Page Back Home |
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