I don't own it; I only wish I could….But I'm just a poor little chibi without two nickels to rub together…..Ah well! Enjoy!
A/N: Just so ya know, this starts out in the hospital. The first paragraph is just a bit of a recap type thing….I do have more to this, but since I will be leaving for my vacation tomorrow it will be a couple of weeks before I get any more up…..I know it's really short so far, but it's like 2 AM here, so I do have a reason for that. Anyway, this is just a prologue.
They were together again, all of them. Duo, Hilde, Quatre, Dorothy, Trowa, Catherine, Wufei, Sally; the whole bunch. It was the first time they had been together since New Year's, when first Heero and Relena had announced their engagement, and then Relena had stated that she was pregnant. The first announcement was unexpected enough, but the second one had really been a surprise, even to Heero. Milliardo had been less than thrilled, but with seven months to get used to the idea he had decided to leave well enough alone. And Heero had proven himself and his love for Relena time and again, as well.
"It's a girl," Heero said as he burst through the doors that led to the waiting room. Everyone crowded around him, asking questions and yelling congratulations.
"You know, you can just go see the baby. Well, if you want to, that is," Heero finally said after all the commotion had died down.
"Of course we want to see her! Why didn't you say that in the first place?" Duo half yelled.
Hilde elbowed him in the ribs. "Duo, we're going to see a baby, not a football game. You have to be quiet!"
"Ow! Alright, alright, I get the point!" Duo replied, not much quieter. Hilde glared at him, and Duo responded with puppy dog eyes.
"Don't look at me like that, Duo! Just be quiet for once!" Hilde moaned. Wufei muttered something snide at the back of the crowd and Sally gave him a dirty look.
"Just for that, Chang Wufei, you are sleeping on the couch for the next week!"
"Oooh, busted, Wu-man!" Duo said quietly. Wufei muttered something else which the others chose to ignore.
Relena was propped up in the hospital bed, a little bundle of blankets in her arms. She smiled tiredly as the group filed into the room. "Everyone, meet Faith," she said quietly.
Duo was the only one who came close; the others had chosen to admire the baby from afar. "Aww….she's so cute! Can I hold her? Just for a minute?"
"Be careful with her, Duo," Relena replied, still smiling as she passed little Faith to Duo.
"Just so you know, Duo, we've talked and decided that when we need a babysitter we're calling you," Heero said from his spot next to Relena.
"Alright! ….But why?"
"Because you locked us in that bathroom. If it hadn't been for you, Duo, I never would have had her," Relena said.
"Yeah. And I probably wouldn't have proposed so soon either. We thought we owed you this much."
"Look, Maxwell's finally found somebody near his own mentality to play with. Well, for a year or two anyway. Then he'll be all alone again."
"Wufei! That was more than just uncalled for, that was downright cruel! Would you want to hear something like that if you were in Heero and Relena's place, Wufei?" Sally demanded.
"Well, I am not in their place, woman, so I do not have to worry about that now do I?" Wufei replied coldly.
"How would you know, Wufei? What if you're about to be in their place?" Sally taunted. Wufei paled.
"Y-you're not…..p-pregnant, are you?" he stammered before collapsing.
"No, I'm not, I just wanted to see what you would do," Sally replied to Wufei's unconscious form. "Trowa, Quatre, can you please take Wufei back to the waiting room for me and sit with him until he wakes up? And be careful, he might not be in the best of moods if you know what I mean…"
"Can do, Sally," Quatre said cheerfully. He and Trowa each took one of Wufei's arms and dragged him out of the room. Duo laughed and handed Faith back to Relena.
"Good one, Sally. I'll have to remember that," Duo grinned at her.
"Too bad we didn't have a camera," Hilde commented. "I would have loved to get a picture of his expression right before he passed out! That was priceless!"
"You're right, Hilde. But we really should get going. Relena and Faith need to rest, and I'm sure Heero's tired too. Come on," Sally said. "I'll have to enlist Trowa and Quatre to get Wufei out to the car, too."
The group filed out of the room again, leaving the happy family alone. Heero sat with Relena until she fell asleep, then plucked Faith out of her arms and put her in the crib on the other side of the room. Everything was as it should be, and Heero thought that maybe his life had just gotten a little better.