Author's Note: Our hero and heroine are older! But like everyone else, no one wants to see their favorite heroes old, so I made Mulan and Shang seem young. In this story, I'm kinda making fun of our society, with teenagers and their want for freedom. However, instead of cars, we'll use Khan. :) I got this story idea from watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager...it's pretty funny. OneShot...no continuation, unless you want me to. Anyways, I named this story after the Beatles song When I'm 64, because to me, it describes Mulan and Shang's relationship.

Enjoy! R&R!


It was twenty years after Mulan and Shang were married. They had managed to produce six healthy kids: three boys and three girls. Being so healthy, fit and what not, Mulan and Shang barely looked a day older than twenty. Their kids also stayed fit and healthy. After all, with parents who are involved so much in the army, how could they not stay fit? However, thanks to Shang's peace keeping tactics, China was safe, meaning he did not have to fight any wars. As the years passed, not only did Mulan and Shang grow, but so did their kids.

Two of the girls, Mei and Lanying, were going to meet the Matchmaker any day, much to Mulan's dismay. These girls were prepared well and looked like beautiful brides. All the girls looked like their mother and had a bit of Shang's features. Of course, these girls were beautiful. The youngest, was preparing for the Matchmaker still and would see her in a year. She resembled her mother the most. Jia had her mother's spirit, but unlike Mulan, she was not bold enough to join the army. Not that Shang would allow her to anyway.

The three boys were all enrolled in the Army Academy. Just like their father, they were the best in their class. Chen, the oldest, was the strongest. He took after his father. Zhou was the middle child. However, thanks to his cunningness and wit, which he got from his mother, he was the playmaker. Zhou came up with all the strategies. The youngest, Mao, was the quickest and was just as strong. However, he was also the most careless. While Chen and Zhou were perfectionist, Mao was a man to just jump in and face the enemy without a plan and to just "wing-it". These boys were just as handsome as their father, but also had their mother's features. Soon they would marry off.

Days in the Li residence were often crazy and chaotic. With three boys fighting and causing a ruckus, and three pampered girls who sometimes unlike their mother, refused to play along, there were a lot of disagreements in the house. The kids would sometimes drive Mulan and Shang crazy. But they would often take that crazy energy outside instead and work on more chores, as punishment. As the kids got older, Mulan and Shang rarely would see them. Yet, every night at dinner and every week day night, they would always gather together and eat and talk and bond as a family, which were Mulan's rules.

However there seemed like a new wind was blowing in the house, which would affect all of them.

"Who wants to go take Khan for a ride to get the groceries?" Mulan asked from the kitchen. She had forced all the kids to stay inside as punishment and do chores for causing a ruckus. All at once, they jumped up and ran for the keys to the stable. But just before they reached the kitchen, Mulan stopped them. She was cleaning the floor.

"You all have been rowdy," Mulan looked at all of them, "Now the boys, even though I should expect this, I am disappointed. Your father will be hearing this." The boys all looked down. They were scared of their father's anger and wrath. The boys wished they could stand up to him like their mother, but none of them had the guts to. "I want you boys to go outside and cut the grass, while the others harvest the wheat outside." The boys listened to their mother and walked outside, grabbing the tools from the nearby room.

"As for you girls," she turned to them, "You need to behave like ladies. Must I remind you that you are getting married very soon and preparing to see the Matchmaker? Now if I know that dragon lady, she will not be easy on any of you."

"But mama," Mei replied, "You were just like us when you were our age: rowdy and disobedient. I do not really wish to see the Matchmaker."

Mulan shook her head. This was what she feared would happened. She wished her girls would follow their hearts, but how else would they be married. But Mulan knew who had been courting Mei and Lanying. Her best friend next door also had two sons, who wished to marry her daughters, and it seemed her daughters also had mutual affection. These men asked for Mulan and Shang's blessing, which they agreed to. Yet Mulan felt these men were just like Shang and just as shy, so she figured it would be a while. But as for now, she had to get them to prepare for the Matchmaker. They would find out soon enough that they would not have to go through her. "Do not say that to me Li Mei," Mulan warned her sternly, "I disobeyed my parents and overthrew cultural barriers to save my father's life. Now I do not think you would do that! And your father proposed to me. I got married. I was lucky. And even if a man wishes to propose to you or Lanying, I still want you to prepare for the Matchmaker just in case."

Both girls nodded in agreement, "Yes mama," they replied.

"Go and do some cleaning inside the barn," Mulan smirked.

"But mama?" the girls whined. The barn was filthy and usually Mulan and Shang did it. But now the girls would have to do it as punishment for talking back. Mulan threw them a stern look and the girls walked away without another word.

"Jia," Mulan beckoned her to stay. She always felt she had a special connection to her. Mulan probably thought it was because she resembled her the most. Jia was feisty, strong, and cunning. Mulan knew she would have the hardest time getting her to the Matchmaker, just as parents did with her. However, out of all her children, Jia was the most behaved, which was something she probably inherited from Shang.

"Yes mama?" she asked.

"I need you to take Khan out and buy these groceries. Bring these back as soon as you can, and you may go out and take Khan. But you must be back by sunset, before any of your brothers or sister notice you," Mulan handed her the list and Jia looked it over.

"Mama," Jia replied, "This list calls for double the milk and double the fruit we usually get. Are you certain about this?"

Mulan nodded. Her daughter often looked over the list first to plan her route. Sometimes she corrected her mother, but that rare. "I need all those things dear."

"Mama," Jia looked her in the eyes, "Are you with child? Last time you bought this much, was when you were pregnant with Mao."

"How do you remember that?" she asked, "You were probably only a year old."

Jia shrugged. "So is it true?"

Mulan smiled and nodded. Jia squealed with joy and immediately ran to hug her mother. "Does baba know?" she asked.

"Yes your father does know," Mulan grinned.

Jia laughed, "Of course he knows!"

Mulan blushed but threw her a look saying, "you should not have known that."

Jia squealed again and hugged her mother. Mulan sighed and handed her the stable keys to get Khan. Jia immediately ran out the front door.

Mulan sighed and went back to work. She took a glance at her stomach. You could barely see anything. She put her hands on her stomach and could feel the heartbeat. Mulan smiled.

Shang ran in from the back door and closed it. He then walked into the kitchen and greeted Mulan. "I hear screaming coming from our barn," he looked at Mulan questionably, "Should I be concerned?"

Mulan grinned and shook her head no. "Your sons and daughters decided to be rowdy today and create chaos for me. I sent your sons out to harvest the wheat and cut the grass. Your daughters decided to be smart with me and say that they shouldn't go to the Matchmaker because I did not. And Jia found out that I am pregnant. You know, everyone is still surprised that I had six kids. Now everyone is going to be surprised that I'm having a child in my old age."

Shang winced and smiled at Mulan. "I'm sorry darling," he pulled her into his embraced and kissed her gently on the lips. "But if it is any consolation, I don't think you're old."

Mulan sighed, "You know, it's that smile that caused me to have this child in the first place."

Shang laughed and a cocky smile spread across his face, "Maybe you're just a little weak. Besides," he looked at her flirtatiously, "it certainly wouldn't hurt to have one more now would it?"

Mulan laughed, "Speak for yourself, General. You're not the one giving birth here."

She kissed him on the lips, but didn't pull away this time. The kiss became quicker and more passionate as Shang slid his hands down her body. "Let's go to the bedroom," he said breathlessly in her ear, "Our kids are outside. We need some alone time."

Mulan laughed softly and agreed. She continued to kiss him, until Jia ran in back to the kitchen. "Mama, I forgot to ask if this was everything that you…"

She stopped as she noticed her parents kissing in the kitchen. Jia hadn't hoped to stop them, but her parents noticed that she was there. Mulan smiled at her, but Shang frowned and looked away.

"I'm sorry," she said as she backed away, "I'll just take Khan and go now. Um…Mei and Lanying are really messy, so it'll be a while before they are finished. And the boys, well they, uh, they're going to go stay with the boys next door. But we'll be back by dinner time…" She ran out the front door. It was pretty awkward to see her parents like that.

Mulan laughed. Shang kissed her on the lips. He placed one of his hands on her stomach to feel the baby and then picked Mulan up to be in his arms. Shang then carried her to the bedroom, like a groom does to his bride.

While lying in bed, Shang whispered in his wife's ears. "You know Mulan, for what it's worth, I think you're a great wife." She giggled and kissed Shang. Mulan and Shang knew their kids would be home soon, but they didn't care. And just like children, they always find their way back home, back at the beginning.