Chapter 2 -
Concrete Angel
Through the wind
and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she
can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to
a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
-- Martina McBride
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Ami smiled at her children. They were so very beautiful. Both had blue eyes and hair. Corey had really dark blue hair, just like the midnight sky, while Fern had that color eyes. Fern had Lighter blue hair, like the sea off the caribbean islands, while Corey had that color eyes. They were opposites. They had the same birthmark as their mother, but in a different spot. The birth mark looked like the symbol for Mercury. Ferns was on the upper outside thigh of her left leg, while Corey's was on his upper right arm.
They were fed from the bottle immediately because Ami was to small to feed them herself. She asked the nurse how to make the bottle and what to do. The nurses had been very kind to her. Ami's mother paid so that Ami stayed in the hospital one week after having the babies in her own room. Her mother never came by once. Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, and Hotaru stopped by everyday and they would be taking her to their mansion in a few minutes. Evidently their was tons of stuff there from Usagi, Minako, Makoto, and Rei. The kids were going to be spoiled with so many aunts. Ami laughed lightly to herself. A nurse walked into the room and smiled at her. Ami's hair was brushed and she was wearing a light blue sun dress. Her kids were wrapped in blue and pink blankets. Ami stood up and sat in the wheel chair the nurse had brought with her.
"This really is silly. I can walk perfectly fine," Ami told her. The nurse laughed.
"Think of it as a break. Pretty soon you wont be able to stay off your feet," The nurse told her.
"that's what I'm afraid of," Ami answered with a smile.
"You're a good mommy as far as I can tell," The nurse told her.
"Thank you," Ami told her happily. She was wheeled out front to where Haruka was holding open the door to one of their limo's. Two car-seats were inside. Ami smiled and stood up to walk over to them. The nurse handed the diaper bag that Ami had in the room to Haruka and they got in. The babies were locked into their seats and Ami sat back with a smile at the four women around her.
"You have no idea how much I want to be in school studying right now," Ami told them with a sheepish smile. They laughed lightly.
"Of course Ami, that's why you are the scout of wisdom," Michiru told her.
"I have one more week, correct?" Ami asked.
"Technically it is five days. You need one day to move in, one day to orient yourself, and the next day you start," Setsuna told her.
"That sounds like something that you would plan out," Haruka said with a smile.
"I am not that orderly," Setsuna said with a smile.
"We will have a fantastic surprise for you for the twins' two month birthday," Hotaru told the other girl with a grin.
"What is it?" Ami asked immediately.
"It wouldn't be a surprise if we told you," Haruka said with a laugh.
"I'm going to be all alone for two months," Ami said with a sigh.
"No you wont, you'll have Corey and Fern," Hotaru told her.
"Not to mention that we are always with you in spirit and only a phone call away in reality," Michiru said with a caring smile.
"Do not feel badly Ami. We are all there for you. The girls sent surprises to the house for you," Setsuna told her as the car stopped. Ami smiled happily and started to unbuckled the car-seat Corey was in so that she could just take the seat into the house. Michiru did the same with Fern. They walked in and Setsuna led them to a sitting room down the hall. Everyone followed. Ami laughed when she saw it. The room was full of stuffed animals and balloons and toys. Ami saw a ton of books on a table and smiled. Most of them were baby books that she had wanted.
"Did you do this?" Ami asked with a grin.
"None of this is from us, it's all from the girls," Hotaru said with a grin.
"Yeah, we decorated a bunch of rooms upstairs. One for you and one for each of the rug-rats. Though we did put two cribs in your room so that they could sleep in there for now," Haruka told her.
"That was so nice of you," Ami cried happily.
"You deserve it," Michiru told her with a smile. Corey started to cry as he woke up and Ami sat the seat down to unbuckle him and rock him. As soon as he stopped Fern started in. Ami handed Corey to Haruka while Michiru unbuckled Fern, and then Ami rocked her daughter.
"You have a handful here," Setsuna told the other girl.
"Yes, but they are mine and they are beautiful," Ami answered.
"Are they hungry?" Hotaru asked.
"They will be in an hour or so," Ami answered.
"We have bottles made up in the kitchen and there is a mini fridge and a small microwave in what we dubbed your 'messy room' so that you can make them in their if you need to," Setsuna told her.
"How many rooms did you do?" Ami asked in surprise.
"One room each for you, Fern, and Corey; One play room for the kids' toys, One messy room, One sitting room, One bathroom, and one computer room," Hotaru answered.
"That was to much you guys. You're going to spoil me," Ami said.
"You need to be spoiled," Michiru told her.
"Besides, you'll only be here holidays and so will the other girls more than likely," Haruka told her.
"Unless another war breaks out," Hotaru commented.
"This is so kind of you," Ami was nearly in tears over her friends' generosity.
"Calm down snowflake, follow us up to the rooms and we'll show you around," Haruka led the way up the stairs and Ami followed close behind. First they showed her her own room. Her walls were painted light blue with dark blue floor boards and carpet. She had a white canopy bed with smoky blue chiffon drapes. There was a tall white wicker sweater chest full of Ami's clothes and a walk in closet. A full length mirror stood in one corner flanked by tall potted plants and she had a balcony with french doors that opened to the west. She could watch the sun set. There was one white crib, and one natural colored wood crib against the wall. She noted that there were pictures on the walls and everything in the room was baby safe.
The next rooms were the baby's rooms. Ferns was light green with little lady bugs painted onto the walls and a light green carpet to match the walls. There was a white crib against one wall next to a white dresser. A rocking chair stood in one corner and there was a book case full of children's books. There was a little white wooden bench that was actually a toy chest. Corey's room was butter yellow and had bumble bee's on the walls and a yellow carpet. He had the same furniture as fern, except it was all a natural light wood color. His bench was also more masculine than Ferns.
The sitting room was done in powder blue with white floor boards. There was a dark blue couch and A wooden rocking chair. There was a TV and a radio as well as coffee table in the middle of the room. The messy room was white with dark blue Floorboards and carpet. The changing table was light blue. There was a sink and counter along one wall with a row of cupboards above them, all dark and light blue. The fridge and the microwave were white. The table and the four chairs were blue.
The children's play room was full of toys when they walked in. The walls were white with splatter paint across them in 9 colors (Ice blue, orange, pink, green, red, purple, dark blue, turquoise, and black). The carpet was a medium brown color. There were rocking horses, robot things, board games, ten piece puzzles, and anything that a kid could imagine that wasn't there, was more than likely downstairs.
"You guys are truly the best friends in the universe," Ami told them tearfully.
"Ami, we just wanted to show that you were loved and that we support you," Setsuna told her.
"You are a dear friend Ami, we will always be here for you," Michiru told her.
"Do you like it?" Haruka asked.
"yes," Ami shouted happily. The babies woke up wanting food and they stopped to feed them. They put them in Ami's rooms and then went to the sitting room. Ami smiled at them.
"I was expecting the worst after my mother got angry at me," She told them, "But I'm glad to see that you don't have the same views on life that she does,"
"I always saw your mom as sweet and compassionate. What was the sudden change?" Michiru asked.
"She had the perfect daughter. I stayed out of trouble, I was top in my class, I made her look good. She saw everything else as my fault, and I was no longer the perfect daughter. It all changed. She has certain things that she sees as right and wrong, good and bad," Ami told them.
"Well even if she's not going to be there, we will," Setsuna told her.
"I'm glad for that Setsuna, I truly am," Tears came to Ami's eyes as she walked over and gave the other woman a hug.
"You're uniform is in your closet, there are four of them. Don't worry about the color, you can change after your classes," Setsuna told her.
"I think the mommy should be going down for a nap right about now as well," Haruka said as she saw Ami yawn.
"That sounds like a good idea to me," Michiru said with a smile.
"I'm not going to argue," Ami said with a soft smile. She stood and walked to where her room was located. She crawled into the bed and pulled the covers over herself.
"Will she be all right without us for the two months?" Hotaru asked Setsuna.
"As far as I can see, she will be fine after she settles. She will be most happy to have us near her though," Setsuna answered.
"She's so young to have this burden," Michiru said with a sad look on her face.
"Yes, but fate has set it's course," Setsuna said with a nod.
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Damia - "And that's the end of chapter two,"
Solatina - "We know, short. Five pages aint nothing to sneeze at though,"
Wren - "We'll try to help Damia get a longer one out later,"
Damia - "Yes well, I like reviews, they help loosen my mind screws and think outside the box,"
Wren - "And as for couples, Michiru and Haruka are a definite,"
Damia - "Oh yeah, a few of you might have thought that I was going to make it a Haruka/Duo . . . No. I'm a firm believer of Haruka/Michiru. As for a Ami/Heero? No. Personally I think that he would give her nightmares. She's to sweet for him. That doesn't mean they can't develop a bro/sis relationship of sorts,"
Solatina - "Shut up and let them get on to better fics,"