Chapter 30 - 5 Years later.

5 years later, at Christmas time, the group decided to get together once again at Quatre's place. Quatre and Steph had twin girls that resembled Steph and a boy that looked like Quatre, Kim and Heeo had a little girl and Ashley and Duo were expecting a boy very soon now.

"Hiya everybody!" Kim said as she walked through the door, into the huge porch with the baby (Suki) in her arms wrapped in a blue blanket. A diaper bad hung from her left shoulder. She handed the baby to Heero

"Take her for a few minuted would you? I'll hang up our coats."

Heero reluctantly took the baby. He wasn't used to something so small and fragile and it made him nervous, but he never let it show. He glared at the baby for a few moments. Then her she reached up and grabbed Heero's hair and pulled hard.

"Ouch!" Heero said in surprise. Sukio's face began to distort and she started to sob. "Yup, you're just like your mother." he concluded. Kim took the baby from him and sent him a cold stare just as Ashley and Duo walked in. "Ha ha ha ha. That was a Heero look." Ashley said as she chuckled. Kim smiled back. They all walked into the lobby, on their way to the family room when they spotted Steph on the endless flight of stares, stumbling as she walked with a half empty bottle of sake in her hand. She looked up and waved. "Hi everybody!" she said and tripped up in her own two feet and stumbled down the last few stares. Kim walked up to her and took the bottle from her hand.

"Steph, you have to grow up. You can't be drinking like this with three children. You are a mother now, you have to start acting like one!!" Kim scolded.

"Well, you haven't changed very much have you?" Steph said as she sat up and rubbed the back of her head. Just at that moment, one of the twins ran in, stopped dead when she saw her mother on the floor and yelled out to Quatre.

"Daddy! Mommy fell down the stairs again!!!!" she shouted at the top of her little lungs. The group began to laugh. Soon Quatre came out of the play room to fetch his wife. "Sorry about that guys."

"Ah, we're used to it, no need for apologies." Quatre smiled in return.

"You are sooo cute Yoko." Kim said to the little girl.

"Arigatou Kimmy Chan." she said smiling. Kim hauled out a cookie and waved it in from of the girl's face. "You can have it if you don't tell anybody I gave it to you." She snatched the cookie and nodded in agreement. "Thata girl."

"Here take her again will you, I'm going to help with supper." Heero took her again reluctantly. He thought of objecting but thought better of it and followed Duo and Quatre along woth the kids into the family room.

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Kim sliced Vegetables to go with the turkey and Ashley set the table.

"Damn it!!!" Ashley wined. She had dropped a fork and was trying to retrieve it. It was quite comical to watch her. Duo heard her and came in to see what was going on. He glanced at her and tried hard to for back his laughter. He walked over and picked up the fork. He waved it in fornt of her face for a moment and set it down on the table. "You have to watch it." he said smirking. Ashley glared at him.

"Don't push me Dup Maxwell. I'm tired, my back hurts, I'm cranky, my socks don't match and I'm over due."

Duo grinned but rather than staying and causing a fight he just left and kept his comments to himself.

Ashley looked at her stomach. " You better be worth it!" she growled.

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"Don't chew on that!" Quatre said and looked sternly at the twins. They dropped the red wire from their mouths and looked around for an escape rout. Dup walked in and the girls ran up to him, tripped him and sat on his back. The one in front grabbed his ponytail tightly in her hand.

'Horsee!!." they squealed and began to jump up and down on his back.

"We got you Duo kun." They said at the same time and pinched his cheek. He looked to Duo pleadingly. He picked up the girls and sat them on the floor with some toys.

"Stay!!!" He ordered.

Suddenly, Suki began to cry. Heero looked to Quatre and Quatre smiled. Maybe she;s just hungry."

"Just make it stop." Heero complained as he held Suki away from him in an effort to dim the sound. Quatre took a bottle of milk out of the diaper bag and demonstrated in to Heero. Heero imitated him.

"Well, that's not hard." he said. When he had finally finished feeding her, he picked her up and began to toss her in the air.

"I wouldn't do that." Quatre and Duo warned.

"Why? She seems to like it." Duo grinned. "Whatever you say."

"Um..Heero, you should stop.........." Quatre tried to warn him again but it was too late. Suji's face screwed up and she threw up on him. "Well, I tried to tell you." Quatre said trying to hide his smile. Duo burst out laughing and so did the twins.

"KIM!" Heero yelled.

"What?" sh esaid just as she turned the corner. She took one look at him and laughed. "Come on hun, let's go het you cleaned up." she said, Quatre volunteered to watch the baby.

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After supper was eaten, the girls cleaned everything up and the kids were put to bed so everything could be put under the tree. On the way to bed, Kim and Ashley looked at each other and grinned evilly.

Two AM the girls crept down the stairs. Ashley looked longingly at the railing and sighed.

"Not this year." Kim said and grabbed her arm. They tip toed sown the stairs and moved quietly across the large room. Little did they know that their hubbies were following them.

As soon as they touched the first presents, they flicked the lights on. "Damn!" They said in unison. The boys made sure they got to bed and the girls waited restlessly for morning.