: Hey, thanks so much for the reviews! I decided to post up one of my other ideas that we discussed on

the NSG forums. I hope you all like this one too:

Disclaimer: Still not mine.

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The morning sunlight streamed in through the thin curtains, causing Murrue to blink slowly, and open

her eyes. She turned her head to the right to check the clock on her bedside table. 6AM?

She groaned and snuggled back down, intent on getting at least an hour's more sleep.

A few moments later, she realised that would never happen.

"Mama, Mama, wake up, Mama!" chirped a voice. Murrue cracked her eyes open slightly.

"Stellar, it's only six o'clock. It's still sleep time'

Her five-year-old daughter frowned and clambered onto the bed, sinking into the soft mattress.

"But the sun's shining, Mama, so it must be morning!"

Murrue sighed and sat up. Her little girl's auburn hair was all messy and sprinkled with cornflakes,

and her blue eyes twinkled with mischief (just like her father's). Her nightdress was dirty, and soaked

with what looked like orange juice..

"Stellar, what have you been doing to get so dirty?"

The child beamed and jumped off the bed, picking up a tray she had left on the floor.

"Lookie, I made you and Papa some breakfast!"

The tray held two bowls of milk with a few cornflakes swimming in them, and two cups of

orange juice. Murrue couldn't help smiling.

"Thank you very much. Did you get breakfast too?"

"Uh-huh, I got cereal" replied her daughter.

"Very good. Now I guess I'd better wake up your papa."

She poked the lump lying fast asleep next to her.

"Mwu, time to wake up"

All she got in reply was a grunt. Murrue huffed, making Stellar giggle.

"Come on, lazy. Stellar made us breakfast"

"Mmmmphhh. Too early.."

Murrue shook her head and sighed. Her husband was so difficult to wake up. She was just glad it was

summer, as waking Mwu up was ten times harder in cold weather...

"Stellar, do you want to try waking Papa up?"

Her little girl smiled, pulled up the blanket at the bottom of the bed, and started tickling her father's

feet. Mwu yelled and squirmed around, trying to get his feet out of reach. Murrue just laughed.

Mwu then sat bolt upright, grabbed Stellar from the bottom of the bed, and started tickling her feet,

causing her to squeal with laughter.

"Stop it, Papa, stop it!"

Letting go of his little girl, Mwu reached across and started tickling his wife instead. Murrue tried

her best to escape, but he wasn't about to let her go so fast.

Eventually she got him to stop, breathing hard and her cheeks bright red from laughter.

"That wasn't fair" she reproached. "I wasn't the one who tickled you"

Mwu just grinned, blue eyes dancing with merriment.

"But you forget, my love, you were the one who put Stellar up to it"

Murrue pouted and looked away, making Stellar giggle again. Mwu just gently turned Murrue's

head to face his, and kissed her softly. He could tell she was trying her best to stay mad at him,

(or at least, pretending to be mad) but gradually he wore down her resistance until she was

kissing him back. When they finally broke for air, their daughter put the breakfast tray carefully

on the bed.

"Look, Papa, I made breakfast for you and Mama!"

Mwu smiled gently and ruffled her hair. "Thanks, muffin"

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Later in the day, Murrue walked into the living room looking for her husband. Mwu wasn't

there, just Stellar sitting on the floor drawing a picture.

"Stellar, sweetie, have you seen your Papa?"

The little girl looked up. "He's upstairs" she replied. "Playing with his trains"

Murrue smiled. When they had first moved into this house after the war seven years ago, one

of the first things Mwu had done was go out and buy a massive train set, complete with tracks,

stations, the whole works, and proceeded to set it up in the attic. When she had protested at

it taking up a whole room, Mwu had merely smiled and said:

"Relax, there are five other bedrooms in this house. How many kids were you planning on

us having?"

Murrue had only been able to blush and look away, frustrated that once again, he'd been able

to turn the tables on her.

The sound of the telephone ringing snapped her out of her daydream. Stellar dropped her crayons

and raced over to pick up the phone.

"Hello, La Fllaga residence" she said in her best 'grown-up' voice, making her mother smile.

"Oh, hi Uncle Kira! Yep, I'm fine, and so are Mama and Papa! Huh, what's that, a festival? Wow!"

Stellar looked up at Murrue

"Uncle Kira says there's a festival at the park tonight. He says everyone's going. Can we go too,

Mama? Please?"

Murrue smiled again. A festival sounded like a lot of fun.

"Sure, honey. Tell Uncle Kira we'll be ready at six"

The festival was a lot of fun. For the full experience, they had all gone wearing cotton yukata,

or summer kimonos. Mwu was a bit uncomfortable wearing his, but Murrue had put her hand on

his arm and told him he looked very handsome.

They all tried the games. Athrun proved the best at goldfish catching, where he gave one of

his prizes to Meyrin (who had accompanied him) and saved the other to give to Cagalli, who

was unfortunately too busy with her work to attend.

Lacus then pointed to the ring toss booth.

"Kira, please try and win me that" she asked sweetly, gesturing to a pink stuffed bunny.

Kira smiled at her and paid for a game, winning the plushie easily on his first try.

"Ya know, they really shouldn't let Coordinators play these games" remarked Mwu dryly.

"Ssssshhh! That's not nice!" hissed Murrue, shoving a toffee apple in his mouth.

Since he had two more rings left, Kira won some chocolate, and another, identical bunny, which he

gave to Stellar. Her face lit up in delight.

"Thank you, Uncle Kira!" she said, hugging the toy.

At the end of the festival, Lunamaria bought some hand-held sparkler fireworks.

"The guy at the booth said that whoever's firework lasts the longest will have their dearest wish

granted. Sounds corny, but do you want to give it a try?"

They all stood in a circle except for Murrue and Lacus (who already had their dearest wish

granted) and Stellar, who was too little to try it.

Their fireworks quickly fizzled out one by one, leaving Meyrin and Luna's as the only

ones left. Slowly, however, Meyrin's went out, making Luna the winner. She smiled happily

and glanced at Shinn, who blushed, looked away, and pretended he hadn't noticed.

Meyrin looked dejected, until Athrun placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled, which made

her blush.

The firework display at the festival closing was spectacular. Rockets were fired in the dozens,

turning the night sky into a blaze of colours. Mwu glanced down, and saw that his little

daughter had fallen asleep in her mother's arms, clutching her new bunny doll. He smiled

It had been a busy day for her.

Murrue herself was absorbed with the fireworks, the myriad colours reflected in her marigold eyes.

Mwu put his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. She smiled softly and snuggled

her head against his shoulder.

"So, what would you have wished for?"

Mwu looked surprised. "What do you mean?"

"The firework competition" she replied, not moving her head from his shoulder.

"If you had won, what would you have wished for?"

He grinned. "A big happy family, lots more kids"

Murrue blushed pink. "Shouldn't you have asked me that first?"

Mwu looked down at her.

"Why, would you have said 'no'?"

Murrue's blush deepened. "That's not what I meant, I just..."

He chuckled. "It's okay, don't worry. I love you, Murrue"

She looked up at him, cheeks still pink. "I love you too." she whispered.

He leaned down and kissed her, just as the biggest rocket of all exploded in front of them.

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: Well, there ye have it, the second of my babbling stories. Inspiration was brought to you by:

a. Ideas scribbled on the back of a till reciept

b. jadzia-san and lithiumflower56 (hugs them)

c. The NSG forums

d. Angelic Layer (no, really)

Until next time, thanks for reading! Please review, okay: