A/N: OMG!! This is soooo long compared to anything I ever done!! Well, here it is, like I promised. Please don't be put off by what happens in the first chapter...

Enjoy!

Chapter 1 – The Party

"Reno, are you listening to me?" Reno was vaguely aware of a voice above him, but couldn't quite muster the energy to reply, or move for that matter.

"Right, that's it." He felt two arms wrap themselves around his waist and he was lifted up and dropped roughly onto the couch. "Reno, how much did you drink?"

Yuffie stared at the red-head in front of her, he had come home 10 minutes ago, and promptly collapsed on the floor in front of the door… and now his eyes were dropping shut again.

Reno's eyes shot open and he gasped as something icy cold washed its way over him.

"What the fuck was that for!?" he shouted at Yuffie. She had tipped cold water on his face.

"Sober you up…"

"Hmph." Reno pouted and brushed his wet hair off his face, Yuffie stared at him as he did so.

"Now what?" his speech was still slightly slurred.

"You've been fighting, haven't you?"

"What are you? My goddam mother?"

"Reno, why can't you be more responsible?"

"A lesson in responsibility from the ninja-bitch queen herself?"

"Reno, why can't you take anything seriously?"

Reno kept his mouth shut. Yuffie had just reminded him immensely of someone very close to his heart. He hung his head. "Look, I try. It's not easy to change who you are…"

"Yeah, I know. I'm sorry… " she looked at him sympathetically for a second, then her expression hardened. "But you're gonna do it again, aren't you?"

"Oh for the love of… no." Reno put his hand to his pounding head scowling.

"Headache?" Yuffie asked kindly. Reno stared her, unnerved by her sudden mood swing.

"Yeah…"

"Don't take painkillers…" she said rolling her eyes as she saw Reno look at the bottle of painkillers next to him. "Drinking… you know; alcohol and drugs don't go."

Only one month had past since that first kiss between Reno and Yuffie, and despite the arguments they had often, cause by a little personality clash, Yuffie often reminded Reno that she still meant it. Nothing had really changed since then, Rihanna was still living with Reno, although she spent a lot of her time out, and Yuffie came around to visit a lot.

However, where Rihanna spent all that time, was beyond Reno. He hadn't tried to fins out, because he knew how annoying it was when Elena did that to him. The day he became like Elena was the day it was time for change…

"What's up with you?" Elena asked Yuffie the next afternoon, the two had become surprising good friends after they had recalled that incident with Don Corneo. They sat it a café, Elena sipped her coffee and watched as Yuffie scowled at her own coffee, stirring it miserably.

"Nothing."

"Is it Reno?"

Yuffie didn't reply, just carried on glaring at the innocent coffee.

"I'll take that as a yes." Elena sighed, "Listen, people who say a woman is capable of changing a man; they are usually right. But Reno isn't a normal man…"

"I don't want him to change; I want him to be more responsible."

"That's a world of change for Reno. He's not responsible…"

"Then how is he a Turk?"

"One thing about Reno, despite being irresponsible, he knows where to draw the line."

"He does?" Yuffie smiled evilly to herself. "I'll show him…"

"Yuffie?" Yuffie ignored her, jumping out of her seat and leaving the café, "Yuffie wait!"

Elena sighed. Anyone who tried to teach Reno a lesson in anything usually had limbs of some sort removed. She drained her coffee and left to go back to work

"Hey, Rude!" Rihanna said cheerfully to the bald Turk. He was sitting at a bar, on his own surprisingly. "Have you seen Reno?"

"No…" Rude said quietly, "Apparently Yuffie was mad at him for getting plastered last night, he's probably at home recovering…"
"Recovering? From the alcohol or from Yuffie?"

"Who knows?" Rude shrugged.

"Well he's supposed to be at work, you don't suppose there's any chance…?"

"Always an option…"

As soon as Rihanna entered the building, it was obvious that Reno had made it to work. The unmistakable shout of "Reno!" from Tseng gave her a clue. She stepped into the lounge to see a very angry looking Tseng and Reno grinning innocently.

"What?" Reno said.

"Where the hell did this come from?" came Elena's angry voice from her office.

"You hid Elena's papers didn't you, Reno?" Tseng said trying to keep his voice calm.

"What!?" Elena almost screamed, stepping out of her office, "These are the papers that were in that slum you call your office Reno, you said they were yours!"

"Umm…" Reno grinned, Rihanna couldn't help but laugh.

Tseng sighed and put his hand to his forehead, "It's like working with a bunch of fucking three-year-olds." He said under his breath. "You two, get yourselves sorted. Now, before I decide to actually take notice of how immature you are, and fire you."

"Well done Reno." Elena pouted; she split the large pile of papers in half. "Here you can do some."

Reno opened his mouth to protest but Elena shot a glare at him, so he shut it and took the papers.

"If looks could kill…" he muttered.

"You'd have been murdered by a lot of people."

"You guys need any help?" Rihanna asked, speaking up for the first time.

"Here, help yourself." Reno handed some papers to her.

Between the three of them, they got the extra papers done in no time, despite the fact that most of them were done by Rihanna and Elena. Just as they were finishing Reno spoke up.

"You gonna be at home tonight?" he asked Rihanna.

"Umm, yeah, I am."

"Hey, why don't you come to 'Laney? I can ask Rude and we can get pizza or something."

Elena stared at him, her mouth slightly open. Reno looked disappointed.

"Look, I'm sorry about the paperwork…"

"No it's not that, I was just never mind… you have the strangest mood swings."

"What have I done now?" he asked shocked.

"Nothing…." Elena said shaking her head.

"Hey, boss-man!" Reno shouted behind to somewhere behind them. "You wanna come?"

"No thank-you, Reno. I'll pass."

"Suit yourself." Reno shrugged.

"Reno, will you just open the damned door?" Rihanna said impatiently, Reno had spent the last ten minutes on the floor after tripping over a step.

"No need to say that, it's not the doors fault." Reno pouted. Rubbing his ankle one last time, he scrambled to his feet and pulled the key out of his pocket.

"So are Rude and Yuffie coming?" Elena asked him as he unlocked the door.

"Yuh-huh." Reno said happily. He pushed the door open, "They're coming over in bit."

"Well, it's certainly better than last time I came in here." Elena said, looking around the apartment.

"Yeah, well I'm not gonna live like that am I? Yuffie did help a little too…"

"Hmph…yeah." Reno crossed his arms.

The three sat on the couch, drinking some of Reno's seemingly never-ending supply of beer, waiting for the other two to come. Reno smiled as he saw a familiar brown haired girl walk past the window.

"Hey!" she said happily as she walked through the door. Elena smiled at her, hoping she had forgotten about her plan of revenge, what ever that was.

"Is Rude not here yet?" Yuffie asked.

"Nope." Reno said, "He'll be here, he said he'd be a little late."

"Not like Rude to be late for anything…"

"Beer?" Reno said happily, offering her a bottle.

"Ummm," she seemed to think about it for a second before coming out with, "No thanks."

They all sat down again, Reno with his arm around Yuffie. Things were pretty quiet, it was amazing how much difference someone who never spoke could make.

"How come Rude got a day off anyway?" Yuffie asked.

"'Cause he…" Reno began; Rihanna interrupted him seeing the mischievous grin on his face.

"Because he was owed a day off, he never has any time off, unlike some people…" Rihanna said, looking at Reno.

"What?" Reno looked at her, "I only have time off if I'm sick!"

"You must be some sort of medical miracle then." Yuffie said, grinning.

"You'll need a medical miracle in a minute…" Reno said approaching her, Yuffie giggled then leaned forwards and kissed Reno on the lips. Reno looked temporarily stunned, and then Yuffie's face dropped. She suddenly looked like she'd remembered something, pushed Reno off of her, and ran out of the room to the bathroom.

"Back in a minute!" she shouted hurriedly behind her.

"What's wrong with her?" Reno said anxiously.

"I dunno." Rihanna said. Reno shrugged his shoulders and went back to his beer. Elena stared at him.

"What?"

"Nothing." Elena turned her gaze to look out the window. "Hey, it's Rude!"

"Hey Rude!" Reno said happily as the Turk walked in through Reno's front door.

"Enjoy your day off?" Rihanna asked.

"Yeah, I guess." Rude said, shocked at the attention he was getting. At that moment Yuffie re-entered the room. She looked pale.
"You okay?" Elena asked her. Yuffie wiped her mouth and looked at Reno seriously.

"I need to tell you something…" she said quietly.

"What is it?" The whole room seemed to go completely silent.

"I'm pregnant."