Characters Ages
Zechs 36
Noin 36
Sally 36
John 35
Hilde 34
Heero 34
Duo 34
Trowa 34
Quatre 34
Wufei 34
Relena 34
Trista 19
Felix 18
Jesse 18
Jen 17
Ashley 17
Anna 17
Max 16
Liao 16
Lian 16
Kevin 15
Jamie 15
Angie 14
Manuel 13
David 13
Kyle 10
Daisy 8
Alyssa 8
Shen 7
Keily 2
Rose 2
Relationships
Jesse and Jamie — brother and sister
Daisy and Alyssa – identical twin sisters
Kyle and Keily – brother and sister
Angie — single child All adopted by Heero and Duo except Max who is their test tube child.
Jen — Duo and Hilde's child from before Heero and Duo got together
Anna and Manuel — both Quatre and Trowa's test tube children
Jennifer's POV
I stood at the beginning of the walkway to his house, unable to move forward. Me, the fearless leader of my group of friends, the one to constantly flirt with the law for the sheer fun of it, the one to always pull my friends in with me and then charm our way out of trouble without trying. I was scared to meet my father for the first time. The man that I used to dream about meeting, about yelling at for leaving my mom and I. And then I found out the truth. Mom had left him, and she never even told him that she was pregnant. She was seventeen years old, my age, with no friends, no family, and no money. On the way here I had a lot of time to think about just how strong my mother was, to walk away so that someone else could be happy. Because that's why she did it, he loved someone else. And now I had to meet him. He still didn't know I even existed, and mom said that in her letter to him she wouldn't mention it; she'd leave it up to me as to whether or not I told him. And I was terrified.
Ashley squeezed my shoulder and I jumped. I'd been so lost in thought that I had forgotten almost everything around. I gave her a scared smile in return, then took a deep breath and began walking up to the door, with Ashley on my heels. Ashley. I don't know what I'd have done without her. She accepted everything that had happened in the last few days with a smile and level head while I nearly went ballistic. She was so calm, so cool all the time and I was loud, impulsive, and rarely thought before acting. It's a wonder we're friends at all; but I'm glad we are.
All right, we're at the door now. I can hear the sounds of a party going on inside, and from the noise level it sounded like a good one. I almost turned around and left, not wanting to ruin their happiness, but Ashley caught my sleeve and held me there while she knocked. We heard someone approach the door, and when it was pulled open I nearly shit my pants. The guy that opened the door was about my moms' age, I think, and had cold cobalt blue eyes and a hardened look on his face.
"What do you want?" He asked, trying not to sound harsh though it was clear that he didn't like his party being interrupted. I just stared at him like an idiot, and Ashley elbowed me in the ribs.
"Does…Does Duo Maxwell-Yuy live here?" I finally managed. The guy nodded.
"What do you want with him?" I was a little taken aback by the answer, and paused. Before I could get an answer out, another man with large violet eyes and a long brown braid popped up from behind the one who had answered the door.
"Oi, Heero, who is it?" He asked. Heero stood off to the side and let him get a look at us.
"Two girls. They're asking for you." He said. Duo came into full view and eyed us critically, and I heard Ashley take a sharp breath. My mom was right, except for the fact that I wore my hair in a ponytail as opposed to a braid I was the spitting image of him.
"So? Whatcha want?" He asked jovially, apparently not noticing that I looked like him. Or if he did he was hiding it really well. I was still dumbstruck, and Ashley had to jab me in the ribs again. The noise inside had stopped, and now everyone was watching me, curious as to what two teenage girls were doing there. I thrust out the package that mom had handed to me to give to him and then the letter.
"These are…from my mom. Hilde Scheibeker." I finally managed to say. "The letter explains everything." Duo took them both from me and opened the letter, reading the top part quickly before looking at us again.
"Well, come on! Come in and tell me about your mom, I haven't seen her in ages." He said and tried to pull me inside. I pulled my arm out of his and took a step back. He looked at me curiously, and Ashley positively glared. It was then that Heero finally spoke.
"Who's your father?" He asked bluntly. I began to stutter, not really sure how to say it. I considered lying, saying that I didn't know, but I knew that Ashley would beat the crap out of me later for it.
"I…I…He's…" And I couldn't do it. I just couldn't. He was right there and I had been dreaming about this moment for years and I couldn't do it. So I ran. Bolted is more like it actually. I dropped my bag and ran. I had no where in mind, hell, it was the first time I'd been out of my home town, but I just had to get away from there.
"Ah crap." Ashley muttered under her breath before dropping her bag and following her friend.