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Thanks to all who reviewed! Shaeric Draconis, silvershard, Bad Scorpio, and Griffen. I love that other people like what I'm writing. This chapter will explain what happened to Hilde andHeero's take on Duo's daughter. Enjoy!

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Characters Ages

Zechs 36

Noin 36

Trista 19

Kevin 15

Sally 36

Wufei 34

Felix 18

Liao 16

Lian 16

Shen 7

John 35

Relena 34

David 13

Rose 2

Hilde 34

Jen 17

Ashley 17

Heero 34

Duo 34

Jesse 18

Max 16

Jamie 15

Kyle 10

Daisy 8

Alyssa 8

Keily 2

Trowa 34

Quatre 34

Anna 17

Manuel 13

Relationships

Jesse and Jamie — brother and sister

Daisy and Alyssa – identical twin sisters

Kyle and Keily – brother and sister

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

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Duo closed the door to the guest room that Jen and Ashley were occupying, taking one last look at his daughter. His daughter. He still couldn't believe that he had a daughter and never knew about it. That Hilde had never even told him that she was pregnant. He could understand that she would have wanted to stay away for a few years until everything that had happened to them had settled down, but to never tell him? To never let him know that he had his very own child out there, to never tell her about her father? To leave her wondering where she came from? That was what hit him most of all, that Hilde had waited until she was going to die before telling her daughter who her father was.

Duo sighed and opened the door to his and Heero's room, where he found Heero sitting on the bed, staring off into space. He seemed oblivious to everything, but Duo knew that he was just going through everything that had happened today. Duo sat next to him and covered his hand. Heero looked at him, then placed a kiss on his forehead.

"So what do you think Heero? I mean, about my…my…my daughter." Duo said hesitantly. Heero just held him close, and Duo knew from experience that he was trying to find the right words to express what he felt. Even after all this time he still had some difficulty saying certain things.

"What do you think of her?" He asked instead of answering. Duo sighed.

"I don't know. It's like…like seeing myself if I'd had a normal life. Except with breasts." Heero laughed, long, deep and throaty; the kind that Duo had learned to interpret as being really happy. Duo couldn't help smiling at his own answer.

"She is definitely interesting. And you're right, it is a bit like looking into a mirror. I wouldn't be surprised if she turned out to be just as stubborn, just as crazy as you. And I wouldn't be surprised if she sleeps for most of tomorrow either." He said, his lips quirking upward in a smirk. Duo pushed Heero down onto the bed and lay on top of him, his chin resting on his hands which were on Heero's chest.

"Why do you say that love? Sure she fell asleep right away, but I'll bet that she rises with the roosters. Hilde always did."

"She was exhausted Duo. And she was scared, not just of meeting you either. It probably has something to do with that packet that you handed Wufei, and the fact that she didn't want to talk about her mom." Duo intertwined his fingers with Heero's and looked into his eyes.

"That may be so." He said "But you still haven't answered my question. What do you think of her?" Heero captured his lovers lips in a passionate kiss. When they broke, that same question was still in Duo's eyes. Heero sighed.

"I don't know."

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As much as Jen normally loved to sleep in, the next morning she awoke with a searing pain in her stomach, and knew that it was happening again. She stumbled out of the room and started looking for the bathroom, remembering that she had passed it on the way to the guest room.

She made it in and to the toilet just in time, as her stomach decided to let loose everything that she had eaten the day before. She knew that it was still really early in the morning, and so was surprised when she felt a pair of strong hands on her back, moving in soothing circles and holding her hair out of the way. In between bouts she looked up to find Felix sitting next to her, his face gentle and caring.

"Shhh, shhh, it's all right. Just let it come. Don't try to fight it." He murmured softly, his voice having a naturally calming effect on her. She was dizzy, and her stomach heaved and she once again had to turn her head to the toilet.

Finally she was done, and she sat back against the wall, accepting the wash cloth from Felix.

"Thank you." She said softly, her throat hurting from all that had passed through it.

"Do you want me to get your friend? Or your dad?" He asked. Jen shook her head.

"Not fair to disturb their sleep for a stupid stomach flu." She mumbled, though she didn't look at him. Felix sat next to her.

"That's no stomach flu." He stated. She turned her head to look at him, then had to turn away when she met his piercing gaze.

"Course it is. I sure as hell ain't pregnant. I'm still a virgin." She said, though she couldn't help a little fear creeping into her voice. But what if she was? She still couldn't remember what had happened that one night, though Chris swore up and down that he hadn't touched her. But she had never really trusted the jackass, so he could very easily be lying. Her head swam with the possibility.

"Well, maybe that's not it, but it definitely isn't the flu. You should let my mom take a look at you, she's a doctor."

"And you're my age, how would you know if it was the flu or not?" Jen bit back. She didn't mean to be so offensive, but it was a natural habit that she had developed over the years when she was caught in unfamiliar situations.

"I know because I have three siblings, one of whom just had the stomach flu. And since I'm the oldest, I watched my mother through both her pregnancies. Granted, I was two when the twins were born, but we notice more at that age than adults give us credit for." He said and gave her a wink, making her smile slightly.

"All right, I'll go see your mom. If only to get some medicine so that I can sleep without having to get up and heave." Felix laughed, and it was the kind of laugh that made you want to laugh along with the person. Jen couldn't help herself, but unfortunately that made her stomach hurt even more. Felix stood up and held out his hand to her.

"C'mon, my mom should be up by now. She can take a look at you before everyone else gets up." Jen let him pull her to her feet and followed him to the kitchen, where she not only found his mother, but Ashley was awake as well. The two of them were sharing a cup of coffee, and Ashley was grilling Sally about medical school, which she hoped to go to. They both looked up as the two of them walked in, and Ashley immediately noticed her friends' paleness.

"You were throwing up again." She stated as Jen sat down.

"Yeah."

"Why didn't you wake me?"

"I didn't want to disturb your sleep."

"Baka." Ashley mumbled as she crossed her eyes at Jen. Felix took a seat next to his mother after getting himself and Jen some juice.

"Mom, can you take a look at Jen? She swears it's the stomach flu, but I think it might be something else." He said. Jen glared at him.

"I was going to ask her myself you know." She grumbled. Ashley rolled her eyes.

"Sure you were sis. You were going to ask for help except that, oh wait! You never ask for help." Jen punched her in the arm, and Sally smiled.

"I'd be glad to take a look at you, we can go to the university office for some privacy if you like. But first my husband is going to want to talk to you about that packet you handed Duo." Both Ashley and Jen stared down at their drinks.

"Guess it had to come sooner or later." Ashley mumbled.

"Don't really know much about it, actually." Jen said and took a cautious sip of her juice, sighing gratefully when her stomach didn't object.

"Don't know much about what?" Wufei asked as he came in, giving his wife a peck on the cheek before getting his own cup of coffee. Heero and Duo came in, with Heero dragging a half sleeping Duo behind him. Duo gave a loud yawn as he tried not to fall asleep in the chair that Heero placed him in.

"What's everyone talking about?" He asked and inhaled the coffee's aroma once a mug was placed in front of him. Trowa and Quatre came in next, both looking fairly wide awake.

"Jen and Ashley were about to tell us why they appeared so suddenly." Sally said. Everyone looked at the girls expectantly, and they both stared down at their drinks again.

"Well, it started about two years ago when my mom began dating this really creepy guy." Jen started, swirling her juice around in her cup. "I never really liked the look of him, but mom said that I needed a father figure so she was dating. She started staying out really late and going away for long weekends with him, but she would never tell me where. And when she was home she was usually at the computer. She said that she was working, but she had never brought her work home before. At the time, I didn't pay much attention to the guy, just enough so that I wasn't around when he was. Like I said, he was creepy." Everyone was quiet, somehow knowing that what she was remembering was hard for her. Ashley put a supportive hand on her shoulder, and left it there the entire time that she spoke.

"And then about a month ago mom stopped dating him, and then she really went at her computer. I could barely get her to leave the damn thing, not like I tried all that hard. Ashley and I were getting our things ready to ship to a friend of ours, who lives near the University here. We both got accepted, and he invited us to stay with him during the summer so that we could get used to the town and get a little spending money. Mom was planning on moving after we left, so we just shipped our things to his house little by little. All we had left at home were the bags that we had with us yesterday."

"So what happened?" Trowa asked. Jen took a deep breath.

"We were on the bus heading for Jacks place when I find that packet and letter from my mom, plus one written to me, in my bag. In the letter that she wrote to me, she explained that she had only dated that bastard because she suspected that he was part of a terrorist organization who was going to bring back war, and when she had gotten all the information that she could she left him and compiled it to give to the Preventers. Unfortunately, she said that they were now watching her too closely, and she would be unable to give them the information herself. So she stuck it in my bag, knowing that I was going to be going to the University that my…father…was teaching at. That's when I found out who you were." She said to Duo, who nodded solemnly. He was now fully awake, and was listening with rapt attention along with everyone else.

"Where's your mom now?" He asked quietly, almost fearing what she would answer. Jen looked up, the words dying in her throat as she choked back tears. Ashley picked up the story from here.

"She's dead." There was complete silence from around the table, so quiet you would have heard a single cricket chirping.

"How?" Quatre asked.

"She killed herself. The police called Jen's cell phone when we were about halfway here. They told us that she had drank some poison and then set the apartment on fire before it killed her. They wanted Jen to come back and fill out the paperwork and everything, but we had just taken a look inside that packet and decided that it was more important to get that into the right hands. We told the police officer that we were carrying out her last wishes." Everyone was silent, either staring at their drinks or the wall while Jen tried desperately to hold the tears in. Each of the couples squeezed each other tightly, silently grieving for their lost friend and seeking comfort in each others embraces.

The silence didn't last long, as the rest of the children began to wake up and started coming down the stairs, wanting to know when breakfast was. Jen slipped away to her room when everyone was occupied with the younger kids, and Ashley followed, giving silent comfort to her as she finally let herself have a good, long cry. Ashley handed her some tissue when she was finished.

"So, you want me to come with you when Sally examines you?" She asked. Jen hiccupped and shook her head.

"I gotta start doing things on my own. You've practically been carrying me since we found out. You hide it well, but it's starting to wear on you."

"And you think spending a day with this many people in the house is going to be relaxing? Especially after we saw what they were all like yesterday?" She said, her mouth quirking upwards in a smile. Jen gave a small smile in return.

"Just think of it as a day at school."

"School sucked Jen."

"I'm not talking about that part. Just deal with everyone like you would our group of friends. Lots of patience and blatant honesty." Ashley then glomped her, sending them both onto the bed.

"Are you sure that you don't want me to come?"

"I'm sure dammit! Besides, you have to call Jack and tell him where we are, he's probably freaking out." Both girls giggled at the idea of Jack freaking out, which they had seen on more than one occasion.

"All right all right! I'll stay behind! But you'd better get ready."

"Yeah yeah."

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Did you like? The next chapter will be from Ashley's point of view and the personalities of all the children, their relationships with each other, etc...don't know yet whether this will be first person or not. Please review!