Alright, this is the epilogue. It may be pretty long, but it is just long enough not to be a all new fic. It does have some references to attempted suicide, but please don't flame me for it. It just seemed to fit some how and I was somewhat depressed when I wrote it. It will have it's angsty parts and it's happy parts, but that is more towards the end. So I hope you enjoy. ^^

Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Gundam Wing or G Gundam. There are 2 songs in here. The first is "Don't Speak" By No Doubt and the second is "She's All I Ever Had" By Ricky Martin.

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/You and me

We used to be together

Everyday together, always

I really feel

That I'm losing my best friend

I can't believe

This could be the end

It looks as though

You're letting go

And if it's real

Well I don't want to know/

"Duo I can't-"

"What do you mean you can't?"

"It's not that I can't, it's just that I don't want to....." Ashleigh looked to the ground. "I don't want to fight

anymore."

/Don't speak

I know just what you're saying

So please stop explaining

Don't tell cuz it hurts

Don't speak

I know what you're thinking

Don't tell me cause it hurts/

"None of us do Ash. We can't do this with out everyone, which includes you."

"I swore that I wouldn't fight again and i'm not about to break my word!" She suddenly snapped at him. "I'm tired to being dragged into something that i'm not supposed to be part of! I wasn't supposed to fight in the war! I wasn't supposed to come here! I wasn't supposed to be with you!" She covered her mouth at her last words, here eyes full of horror.

/Our memories

They can be inviting

But some are altogether

Mighty frightening

As we die, both you and I

With my head in my hands

I sit and cry/

"That's what you really believe isn't it?"

"Duo I-"

"Isn't it?!" He snapped. "You think I dragged you into all of this don't you? Well if you feel that way, I'll just let you be." He grabbed his jacket and stormed out of the apartment.

/Don't speak

I know just what you're saying

So please stop explaining

Don't tell cuz it hurts

Don't speak

I know what you're thinking

Don't tell me cause it hurts/

"Duo!" Ashleigh ran after him. "I didn't mean it!" She ran up to him with tears in her eyes. "I didn't mean it. It slipped out, honestly. I love being with you!" She hugged him, burring her face into his chest.

Duo just stood there, arms at his side, looking straight ahead. He brought his hands up to her shoulders and moved her from him.

/It's all ending

I gotta stop pretending who we are

You and me

I can see us dying.....are we?/

"Ashleigh, it's over. It's what you wished." He told her monotonely.

"Duo please!" She cried.

/Don't speak

I know just what you're saying

So please stop explaining

Don't tell cuz it hurts

Don't speak

I know what you're thinking

Don't tell me cause it hurts/

He let go of her shoulders and stepped into the waiting elevator.

"Duo!" Ashleigh cried out as the doors closed. She rested her head against the cool metal and hit it with her fist. "Please come back....................I didn't mean it................."

/Hush, hush, darling

Hush, hush, darling

Hush, hush, darling

Hush, hush, darling.................../

* * *

Ashleigh snapped her eyes open as her dream ended. She stared at the wall as she squeezed her sheets then her eyes shut tightly. It has been 5 years since Ashleigh and Duo split up. It had been when Mariemaia had tried to take over Earth.

Ashleigh now lived alone in the same apartment in Seattle, Washington. She never went to fight. She never really did anything for the weeks that passed. She just mopped around her apartment, with Mrs. Williams, the elderly lady who lived next to her, trying to get her to do something and get out. It took about 3 months before Ashleigh actually did something.

Ashleigh sat up and put her hand on her forehead. It was raining outside, she noticed, when she looked to her window. She brushed part of her hair behind her ear as she got out of bed. She wore plaid pajama pants and a spaghetti strapped shirt to bed. It was 11:30AM.

Ashleigh went to her bathroom and got in the shower. While letting the warm water flow down her body, she thought deeply.

'He is here.' She thought to herself. 'Every time he is in town, I have that same dream. I can't see him this time. I'll stay in here till my dreams stop if I have to. I don't want to hurt myself any more: mentally or physically.' She looked down at her scared wrists from the last time she had seen the chestnut haired boy.

Ashleigh shuddered at the memory. Mrs. Williams had found her and quickly gotten her taken care of. Ashleigh got an earful from the woman who acted like a mother and mentor to her.

She shut off the water and dressed just in time as the doorbell rang. She went to the door and opened it. She was shocked at who she saw there.

"Trinity?"

"Hi Ashleigh." She put on a fake smile.

"What are you doing here?" She asked as she let the younger girl in.

"Ashleigh what happened to you're...." Trinity's eyes went wide.

"It's nothing. Go ahead and take a seat, I'll be right back." She put her hands behind her back and quickly went to her room to get a long-sleeved shirt, many of which she owned. She came back shortly and took a seat in the chair across from the couch Trinity had sat on. "Now what's going on? Why are you here?"

"It's about Duo. He was in an accident a few weeks ago that left him pretty banged up."

"Oh................" Ashleigh said unenthusiastically. "Well, is he okay?"

"No. He is on his deathbed. He had one request though and that was to see you one last time." She looked up at Ashleigh.

"Why would he want to see me?" Ashleigh asked somewhat hatefully.

"He just said that he wanted to see you. He wouldn't tell us anything else except that he wanted to come back here and spend his last days with you."

"I can't do that." She told her monotonely. "I can't."

"Why not?" Trinity looked at her shocked.

"I've been on my death bed because of him before." She told her.

"You mean-"

"Yeah, I slit my wrists because of him." Her eyes were filled with anger. "Now that I look back on it, I could have had a better reason to do it. I shouldn't have almost lost my life because of him, he wasn't worth it."

"Ashleigh what has happened to you? You aren't the same person." Trinity looked at her with a look of shock.

"I'm sorry Trinity, but I can't go see him. Not after what he did to me. Not after he left me without hearing

me out and made me do this." She held her wrists out for Trinity to see. "Now, as much as I hate to do this, please leave."

"Ashleigh please just listen to me-"

"No! Now please leave!" She glared at her. "Leave and don't come back."

Trinity stood up and went to the door. Before she shut it, Trinity told her one last thing.

"I can't believe I looked up to you." She said harshly before slamming the door.

Ashleigh picked up a glass that had been sitting on the coffee table and hurled it at the wall as she sat on the edge of her seat with her head in her hands.

* * *

Trinity stormed through the hospital halls to Duo's room fuming. Once she got there, she entered the room, tossed her purse in a corner and sat fiercely on a couch in there.

"Trin?" Trowa asked concernedly to why his love was upset.

"She won't come." Trinity mumbled angrily. "She won't fucking come."

"Why?"

"She hates him. She hates him for leaving and for making her slit her damn wrists. She had the will to not do that. It was her damn fault."

Trowa put his arms around her and rocked her gently. They didn't notice that Duo had woken up and heard the whole conversation. A tear fell from his eye.

* * *

/Here I am

Broken wings

Quiet thoughts

Unspoken dreams

Here I am/

It was 3 days after Trinity had come to see Ashleigh and Duo was doing worse than ever. The doctors said he wouldn't live through out the night.

Ashleigh walked down the hall of the hospital to the room the nurse had givin her. From what the nurse said, no one was visiting him. Ashleigh thought this was a good thing cause she wouldn't have to deal with everyone.

'178.........180.......182' She thought to herself as she came across Duo's room, '186.' She told herself mentally. She knocked on the door, but there was no answer.

Ashleigh pushed the door open and entered the darkened room, shutting the door behind her. There was a small bedside lamp beside the bed and tons of machines hooked up to Duo. She took a seat in the chair next to the bed and looked at his prone form.

/Alone again

And I need her now

To hold my hand/

"I didn't think I would be able to see you again......" His raspy voice came softly, and it startled her when he spoke.

"Why did you want me here?" She demanded.

"I wanted to see you again.........."

"So that you could make my life even more miserable?" She snapped.

/She's all, she's all I ever had

She's the air I breathe

She's all, she's all I ever had/

"No, I never meant to do that. I...." He cut off as he started coughing. "I though it would make you happy if I left."

"Did I look happy when you left? Did I look happy that night 6 months ago? No, nothing you did made me happy. It made me miserable and nearly brought me to my death bed.........more than once." She told him fiercely. "Depression kills Duo. I've been in depression for 5 years. I hate you for what you have done to me. I hate you with all my heart."

"Then I hate you too." He rasped.

"What? How can you hate me? I haven't done anything to you."

"There is a fine line between hate and love.................I can tell by the way you are talking that when you say

you hate me, you are really saying you love me."

"How could you? How could you!" Ashleigh cried out. "I don't love you anymore! I stopped loving you the day I saw you with Leaha!" She yelled at him. "I was to blinded by love that I nearly killed myself for you! Now I bear the scars from where I would have sacrifice my self to you! And were you there to prevent it or save me? No!" She stood up angrily. "I don't care if you die! You can rot in hell for all I care!"

"I'm sorry.........." He whispered.

"That doesn't help now does it! Saying i'm sorry is like pitting someone. I don't want pity. I don't want

apologies. I just want you to go through what I went through for the past 5 years!"

/It's the way she makes me feel

It's the only thing that's real

It's the way she understands

She's my lover, she's my friend

And when I look into her eyes

It's the way I feel inside

Like the man I want to be

She's all I'll ever need/

"GOD DAMMNIT ASHLEIGH!" Duo managed to yell. "Will you listen?!"

"No! I will not listen! You never listened to me that day 5 years ago now why should I listen to you?!" She yelled back. "I don't care if you are a thread away from death, I will not listen!"

"Please just listen Ashleigh. Don't strain yourself, please." Duo pleaded as he coughed. "I don't want you in here for heart failure."

"What do you know about my heart problems?" Ashleigh whispered.

"I came here a for about a month as an intern. I happened to be assigned to your doctor. That was 7 months ago. He showed me that when you are strained that you faint."

Ashleigh took her seat again, a fierce look in her eyes. "You have no right to be interfering in my life."

/So much time

So much pain (but)

There's one thing

That stills remains (it's the)

The way she cared

And through it all

She's always been there/

"I know that. Dr. Thomson saw it fitting that I was educated with one of the rarest cased of heart problems since 2009 A.D."

"What do you mean?"

"Dr. Thomson did some research on Super Ventricular Premature Complex.(1) The last case that had been seen was surprisingly in your mother."

"What?"

"Your mother was the last known case. You got it from her. If you get too strained your heart will fail on

you and you will die." He explained, "And I don't want you to die because of me."

There was a silence between them for a few minutes before Duo broke it.

"Why did you come if you said you wouldn't?"

/She's all, she's all I ever had

In a world so cold, so empty

She's all, she's all I ever had/

"I wanted to give you a piece of my mind."

"It seems you've done that." He stated. "Now I want to give you something."

"Why would you want to give me something?"

"Because I really care about you and I don't want you to forget that."

"If you cared then why did you leave?"

"I was really angry with what you said. It made me believe that you really didn't want me around and was being too nice to let me know. So I left. I never realized the truth till I heard Trinity talking to Trowa after she went to see you." He told her. "Like I said, I apologize, for all that I've did to you or some how caused you to do.

Ashleigh was silent as she stared at his face. He was way too pale and his eyes didn't have the same shine to them.

/It's the way she makes me feel

It's the only thing that's real

It's the way she understands

She's my lover, she's my friend

And when I look into her eyes

It's the way I feel inside

Like the man I want to be

She's all I'll ever need/

"It really hurt." She whispered after a few minutes. "It hurt when you left and it hurt when I saw you with Leaha. It was at that time that I hurt myself. I can still feel the pain and sometimes I can still feel the blood running down my arms." She told him.

"Please let me see." He held his hand out.

Ashleigh rolled her sleeve up on her right arm and put it in front of him. Duo put his hand on hers and ran his thumb over the scars. He cursed lightly.

"Mrs. Williams found me not too long after. She got me here and taken care of. They had me under suicide watch for 3 months. She still comes and checks on me to this day."

"I'm so sorry Ash." He whispered as he kissed her wrist before letting her have it back.

/She's all, she's all I ever had

I have to make her see

She's all, she's all I ever had/

"What happened to you anyways?" She asked softly.

"I was involved in a big car crash. I was hit by a drunk driver. When I die, she will be charged with man slaughter."

"You aren't going to die." Ashleigh whispered. "You are stronger than that."

"I am dying Ashleigh. I know I am."

"You can't. What about Trinity and everyone else?"

"Trinity has Trowa to take care of her. As for everyone else, I have nothing I can do for them."

"What about your girlfriend?"

"I don't have one. I haven't for 5 months now."

"You have a future Duo! Don't give up! Fight for your life! Are you actually going to let Shinigami disappear?" Ashleigh pleaded with him.

/It's the way she makes me feel

It's the only thing that's real

It's the way she understands

She's my lover, she's my friend

And when I look into her eyes

It's the way I feel inside

Like the man I want to be

She's all I'll ever need/

"I have no future. Shinigami is finished with me and will set out to find a new person to possess. Once he leaves, so does my life. That's why I want you to have this." He reached over to the nightstand on his left side and picked up something.

When the object came into the light, Ashleigh gasped.

"Duo, that's your..............."

"They had to cut it off. I'll have no use for it if i'm dead, so I want you to have to remember me by along with this." He handed her a velvet box.

Ashleigh took it and opened it. She found his gold cross in there.

"Duo, why?"

"It was givin to me by people that once loved me. Now i'm giving it to someone I love." He whispered. "I'm sorry, but i'm about to fall asleep." He managed to mumble.

"Don't you dare die Duo Maxwell." Ashleigh ordered him as she stood up to leave, but her feet wouldn't seem to move.

She just stood there staring at him.

'Face it Ashleigh, he is dying and there is nothing you can do about it.' She told herself.

Ashleigh leaned down to his face and gently kissed him on the lips. When she pulled away, she whispered,

"I love you Duo." She then quickly ran out of the room, tears in her eyes.

/It's the way she makes me feel

It's the only thing that's real

It's the way she understands

She's my lover, she's my friend

And when I look into her eyes

It's the way I feel inside

Like the man I want to be

She's all I'll ever need............/

She ran to the elevators, her eyes blurry. She saw the doors open and just as she was about to run into it, she ran into someone. Neither of them fell down, the man put his hands on her shoulders and pushed her back slightly so that he could look down at her.

"Are you alright Miss?" He asked gently.

"Yes, i'm fine. I have to go." She cried.

"What are you doing here Ashleigh?" A harsh voice came from behind the man.

Ashleigh looked up and saw Trinity.

"Ashleigh?" The man looked down at her. "I didn't recognize you."

Ashleigh looked up and noticed that it was Trowa. She released herself from his grasp and ran to the stairs.

Once she disappeared around the corner Trowa looked to Trinity.

"What do you think she was doing here?"

"No doubt seeing Duo." Trinity scoffed as she started for his room.

"You have to forgive her Trinity. Try putting yourself in her position. She found out that the person she loved is dying. Wouldn't you want to go see him whether you hated him or not?"

"Yeah, I guess so." She sighed. "Lets go see how he is doing."

* * *

"Excuse me sir, but may I help you?" Mrs. Williams asked as someone knocked on Ashleigh's door.

"Yes, do you know if and Ashleigh Berry is home?" He looked at her with his colbot eyes.

"Afraid not. She moved in with her cousin in Sank Kingdom about a month ago." She explained. "If you give me your name I'll tell her you stopped by looking for her when she calls this evening."

"No, that is alright. Thank you." He thanked and left.

"Do you happen to know a Duo Maxwell?" She asked quickly as he left.

"Hm?" He turned and blinked. "Yes, I do."

"Are you here to talk to Ashleigh about him?"

"Yes."

"She told me that if anyone came here about Duo to give them this." She held up a silver scythe necklace.

The man took it and looked it over. "Why did she want you to give it them?"

"She said she wanted them to put it on his grave for her. Did he really die?"

"Hai, he did." The man put the necklace in his pocket. "Thank you Mrs. Williams." He told her quickly before leaving.

"You're welcome Duo." She smiled and went back to her apartment.

* * *

It was as snowy, but pleasant night of Christmas Eve 202 A.C. Everyone was out doing some last minute shopping for loved ones to open in the morning, everyone except for a lone figure walking idlely downtown.

Ashleigh was in her warm brown coat that went down to her knees as she walked around watching the people of the Sank Kingdom bustle along. She smiled as she watched a little girl jumping up and down around her parents whom were laughing with the young girl.

"It must be wonderful to have a family." A man's voice came from behind her. "You have someone to spend the holidays with and watching as children grow."

"Yeah, it would be nice." Ashleigh closed her eyes and smiled.

"Real snow is beautiful. The artificial stuff on the colonies is nothing compared to this."

"I've never spent enough time on the colonies to know what the snow is like. I've grown up with this." She looked up at the sky.

"Don't you have a family to go home to? Parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents?"

"Iie, I was orphaned during the wars. I have only my cousin whom is out of town till the New Year." She explained.

"What about friends?"

"I haven't lived here long enough to have close friends. And those who are close from me, I have pushed away." She stated sullenly as she turned to face the man behind her, getting a view of his profile.

He was a few inches taller than her, his hair barely touching his collar, and was looking up at the sky. He seemed familiar to Ashleigh.

"What about you?"

"I have my sister, but she is with our friends. I'm here looking for someone." He closed his eyes and looked at the ground with a smile on his face. "I'll look for her till I breath my last breath."

"You must really love her."

"Hai I do. I made the horrible mistake of letting her go and now I will search to the ends of the universe to find her. She is the only person I will ever love." He then chuckled a little. "The things people will do for those they love, ne?"

"Yes, you are right. I did once have someone I loved deeply, but things were said that weren't supposed to and he left. I can't scower the universe to find him. I know exactly where he is."

"Does he not return the feeling?"

"He did, but he died a few months ago." She said sullenly.

He opened his eyes and looked to her. Ashleigh had turned her head so that he saw her profile.

"Did you see him die?"

"No. He was injured badly in a car crash and was left on his deathbed. The doctors said that there was nothing to be done and he that he would die within the days that followed of me visiting him." A tear fell from her eyes.

Ashleigh nearly jumped when hand reached out and whipped the tear from her face. She looked to the man and meet shining colbot eyes.

"Don't cry over someone who isn't dead, Ashleigh. It should be saved for when they really do pass on." He smiled at her.

She couldn't believe her eyes. Duo was standing there in front of her, living and breathing. Fresh tears sprang to her eyes as she looked upon his face.

"Is it really you, Duo?"

"Hai." He smiled warmly at her.

Ashleigh let out a sob of joy and flung her arms around Duo. She cried into his shoulder as he held her in his arms warmly and stroked her hair.

"I can't believe it is you, Duo. You have no idea how much this means to me." She sobbed happily. "I've missed you so much."

"I have too Ash. I have too." He whispered as he buried his face on the crook of her neck.

* * *

December 24th, 208 A.C.

"Alice! Bed time!"

"But Mommy! I wanted to wait for Santa." The 5 year old girl whined.

"Santa will never come if you are awake, Pumpkin."

"Can't I stay up a little longer, Daddy?" The girl looked up at her father with huge colbot-gray eyes. "Please?"

"Oyo..........Ash, she's giving me the eyes!" He played as he shielded his eyes, "They are pulling me in!" He pretended to pass out on the ground.

"Oh no! Quickly Alice, help me drink all this eggnog while he is still out!" Ashleigh's voice called out.

"Did someone say eggnog?!" Duo jumped up and ran to the kitchen and straight to the fridge. "Where is it?" He blinked as he returned from it's depths.

"Run Alice." Ashleigh nudged her daughter as she handed her the jug.

Alice squealed and took off running to her room with the eggnog jug in her arms tightly. Duo quickly followed her. A roar of laugher was heard from the top of the stairs as Duo caught the 5 year old.

"It is mine! All mine!" Duo yelled triumphantly as he held the jug up above his head.

"I'll take that." Ashleigh took it out of his hands and headed back down stairs.

"It's Mommy's." Alice corrected.

"Darn. Almost had it." Duo snapped his fingers then looked to the girl. "Well, since you are up here, time for bed."

"Nu!" Alice squealed and tried to dash down the stairs.

"Nice try munchkin." Duo chuckled as he caught her. "Remember, if you don't do as you are told, Santa won't bring you any presents."

"Okay." She pouted and Duo released her as she went to her room. "But I want Mommy to tuck me in!"

"Night sweetheart." Duo laughed.

"Night night Daddy."

"Alright, i'm coming." Ashleigh chuckled as she passed the man who was sprawled out on her hallway. She went into the girl's room and sat on her pink bed. "All settled?"

"Yes." She smiled as she snuggled underneath the covers.

"Good night sweetheart."

"Good night Mommy."

Ashleigh gave her a kiss on the forehead and turned on the girl's unicorn night-light. She left the girl's room, turning off the light and shutting the door. After she had shut the door, a strong pair of arms encircled her waist and a head rested on her shoulder.

"So, what you get me?" Duo's asked jokingly.

"You'll find out when you get it." She smiled at him over her shoulder and kissed him. "But first, I think Santa needs to make a stop."

"Oh yeah." Duo quickly ran to their room.

Ashleigh chuckled and followed him with a smile on her face. Once she got there, he was pulling presents from the closet. Ashleigh went to the bathroom and started getting the rest from the cabinets.

Within 15 minutes, they had all the presents under the tree waiting for their opening the next morning. Ashleigh retreated into the kitchen and Duo sat on the couch.

Ashleigh came back shortly with a glass of eggnog for both of them. She set them down on the coffee table and turned out all the lights. It was lightly snowing outside and the only things that lit the room was the Christmas tree. The light sound filled the air as some Christmas music was turned on. Ashleigh walked over to the couch and sat down, handing a glass to Duo as she snuggled up to him. He put a hand around her as she leaned against him.

"It's going to be lovely tomorrow." Ashleigh sighed. "I can't wait to see everyone."

"It's good they all could come." Duo agreed. "Christmas has become my favorite holiday."

"Oh really, since when?"

"Since 6 years ago." He sipped his drink. "I will never forget when I saw you standing there watching people. You looked really beautiful in the snow and under the tree there. I would have kicked myself if I

could."

"I was glad I wouldn't have to spend another Christmas alone." She smiled. "I think I got the best present ever even if it was 9 months late that year." She laughed a little. "Or 3 months early."

Duo chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Hey hun."

"Yeah?"

"I was thinking, what do you think about another 9 month late present?" He looked down at her. "For us all. I've heard Alice when she is praying, she has been asking for a little brother or sister."

"She has, has she? I think that can be arranged." She told him, "Except......"

"Except?" He raised an eyebrow.

"It is going to have to be 6 months late." She told him shyly.

"You mean we have to wait for 6 months?" He blinked.

"Yeah, if you want a 3rd child that is." She laughed lightly as she gave his newly grown braid a light tug.

"You mean?" His eyes went wide as he finally understood what she was saying.

"I'm already 3 months along." She got a little color in her face. "I was going to wait to tell you and everyone tomorrow, but since you brought up the subject........."

"This is so great." He hugged her tightly.

"Yeah, but promise me this."

"What?"

"If we decide to have a 3rd, lets not have it conceived on another holiday. We've already got Halloween and Christmas covered."

"Darn, I was hoping we could try Valentines next." He snapped his fingers as he jokingly pouted.

"Baka." She pushed his shoulder.

"A baka you love mind you." He teased.

"Shows what you know."

"What?!"

"I'm kidding Duo." She patted his leg reassuringly and kissed him. "You are the only one I would ever give my heart to."

"Good, I don't like the concept of sharing." He chuckled and nuzzled her hair.

"You think i'm gonna have the same craving for anchovies ice cream again?" She questioned as she took a drink.

"Oh my god I hope not!" Duo pulled away.

"It was actually quite good. Too bad it was actually Death By Chocolate." She chuckled.

"You mean you made me think that that ice cream was Anchovies when it was Death By Chocolate?" His eye twitched.

"Hey, how else would I keep you from my craving food?" She chuckled as she got up quickly before he could tackle her.

"You got a point there, but still, you could have shared the wealth." He looked up at her from his position on the couch, which was laying on his stomach.

She stuck her tongue out at him.

"If you aren't going to use that then put it back in your mouth." He grinned at her.

"Or what?"

"I'm gonna put it to use." He darted up and tackled her, but made it so that she landed on top of him. Once they were on the ground, Duo flipped her over and pinned her. "So, what are we going to do here?" He grinned slyly at her.

She looked around innocently before sticking her tongue out at him again quickly.

"You brought it upon yourself." He shook his head and kissed her.

* * *

"Mommy! Daddy! Wake up!" Alice squealed as she ran into her parent's room and jumped on the bed.

"Huh what?" Duo sat up quickly and looked around questioningly. He then noticed the brunette child between him and the still sleeping Ashleigh. "Ohayo Alice, you gotta come up with better ways of doing this." He yawned.

"Come look! Santa came!" She begged.

"Alright, just keep it down. Let Mommy sleep a little longer." He put a finger to his lips and slid out from the covers. "Go on downstairs. I'll be there in a moment."

Alice climbed out of the bed and ran out of the room back to the tree. Duo descended the stairs after he had put a shirt on and saw Alice looking franticly at all the presents.

"Lookie Daddy, Santa brought presents for Uncle Trowa, Aunt Trinity, Uncle Heero, Aunt Chasity, Uncle Quatra, Aunt Donna, Uncle Wufei and Aunt Me Li." She pointed.

"Ya think he knew that they were all coming over here?" He smiled as he sat on the couch.

"Santa knows everything." She explained. "Hey Daddy, who is Dawn and Felicity?" She looked at the presents perplexed.

"They are your cousins. Uncle Trowa and Aunt Trinity had babies a few weeks ago. Babies get presents too you know." He told her.

"Oh. I got presents too when I was a baby?" She climbed into his lap.

"Yep. You see that cradle up there near the top of the tree?" He pointed at the tree.

"Yes."

"That was your very first Christmas present."

"My first present?" She blinked and looked at it. "From when I was a little baby."

"That's right, but will always be my baby girl." He tickled her.

They laughed until they saw a flash and looked up to see Ashleigh standing there with the camera in her hand, smiling warmly at them.

"You two cause the most commotion in the morning." She laughed lightly

"Morning Mommy." Alice chirped happily.

"Morning, the both of you." She smiled and took their picture again.

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(1) Super Ventricular Premature Complex is actually nothing serious. It just means that you have a premature heart beat that can sometimes prevent blood from reaching the brain and cause you to pass out. I have a mild case of it, but like I said, it is nothing serious. ^^ I'm just over exaggerating here, after all it is my story. ^^

Well, this looked like a good place to end this story. ^^ I hoped you all liked it and I thank you for putting up with the delays and all. I did work hard on this fic and I thank you all for reading and reviewing on it. ^^ Hope you all will read my future fics as well.

Ja Everyone! ^^