Time? What's that? I'm still in shock that school is so close! So I completely missed my tradition of updating on July 4th weekend, AND my phone reminded me that I needed to update for Composer Gizmo-chan's birthday, sooo….

LET'S FIX THAT LAST UPDATE SHALL WE.

And PS some people are asking about what I'm doing for the 100th chapter, and I have a few ideas…I kind of miss writing stories where Axel and Roxas aren't already together, because I know all these one shots are separate, but there is a bit of continuity to them, like people staying together once I put them there and Roxas and Demyx liking romance novels and Zexion being kinky and etc. SO. I'm working on it. XD

PS, apparently I updated for Composer's birthday last year too :p If you review a lot, it sticks XD

….I don't even know how I knew to put a birthday remind in my phone…did you mention it in a review reply or something Composer? It isn't in a review. lol

What If…

Roxas had survived and Axel and Roxas raised Roxanne together?

((as suggested by the belated birthday girl Composer Gizmo-chan and the darling Zesty))

Previously on All My Children read:Nobodies…

Roxas lay on the floor, coughing up darkness.

"Fuck."

-((here it comes))-

Axel held Roxas' hand in a death grip as he and half the Organization piled into Vexen's lab gone maternity ward. Every possible gadget that could be required for a birth was brought into his lab for the occasion. Vexen worked fast as Roxas lay on the table, unconscious.

"Get it out!" Axel exclaimed, angry and frustrated that he was so powerless.

Vexen made a few incisions and there was darkness everywhere. Vexen swore and went to work, trying to deliver a viable baby and save Roxas in the process. Axel couldn't watch what was going on; he simply stared at Roxas' sleeping face.

"Please wake up," he whispered.

Vexen had the baby out and handed her—a girl—over to Marluxia, the impromptu nurse. He worked to resuscitate the baby, who was not breathing, while Vexen tried to save Roxas. All machines were beeping and screeching while they worked. Axel closed his eyes. He heard one of the machines start beeping solidly, while the other flatlined.

"Please," he whispered as he opened his eyes. Roxas stirred on the table; the baby lay unmoving.

"Baby?" Roxas managed before Vexen gave him more anesthetic. Axel looked over to Marluxia, who was continuing chest compressions. His face lost hope with each one.

Roxas fought to stay awake. "Where's…my baby?" he said before going under again. Axel walked over to the table where the baby lay.

"Please wake up," he whispered, for Roxas' sake, as Marluxia gave one final chest compression. Machines came alive as a small cry was heard as the baby, a girl, was immediately carried off and prepped to be put into a special incubator to continue her growth.

Axel turned back to see Vexen putting the final sutures into Roxas' abdomen. "We were lucky," he explained," I was able to save some of his intestines. His waste will have to be disposed of in a bag now, but I'm sure Roxas would rather be alive."

"Definitely," Axel said as he settled down next to Roxas, holding his hand.

-((a few hours later))-

Axel woke from his brief doze to see Roxas beginning to stir. Axel moved close to the bed again as Roxas opened his eyes.

"Axel?" Roxas said weakly.

"Hey Rox," Axel said, a relieved smile on his face.

"Where's the baby?" Roxas asked.

"The baby's fine Roxas, she just has a bit more growing to do." He gestured to the incubator across the room. "Her lungs still need to develop completely."

"Her? A daughter?"

"Yes, Rox, we—" he stopped, suddenly overwhelmed by it all, "We have a daughter," he finished, his voice cracking.

Roxas smiled as broadly as one can from a hospital bed. "We have a daughter," Roxas repeated, equally as stunned. "A daughter! Axel, what should we name her?"

"I think you've earned that right," Axel replied, glancing at all of the machines and Roxas' new digestion bag.

"Oh, quit being such a downer, Axel, that's my job," Roxas said, winking. "Do you have any ideas?"

Axel thought for a moment. "How about we wait until we can take her out of the incubator? Then she'll officially be 'born'," Axel explained.

"Sounds like a good plan," Roxas said, yawning. "I think I'll…take a nap again."

"Good idea Rox," Axel said, smiling.

-((three months later))-

Roxas practically tackled Axel to wake him up one morning. "Come on, Axel, get up! Today we get to hold the baby!"

Axel rolled over and glanced at the clock. "Roxas, it's four-thirty in the morning. Not even Vexen will be up this early to let us into his lab," he said as he rolled over.

"Well I can't sleep anymore, I'm too excited," he said as he crawled up and straddled Axel's waist while jumping up and down.

"Roxas be careful!" Axel said, suddenly serious, "you don't want to upset your—"

"My bag is fine and digesting in a perfectly normal manner, thank you Mr. Worrier, and if you'll stop brooding—"

"I'm starting to see why you'd do this all the time," Axel muttered.

"You have to entertain me to keep me distracted!" Roxas finished. "And when I say, entertain me, I mean entertain me," he said as he laid completely down on top of Roxas.

Axel looked away. "You know for a fact we used the last condom last night…"

"We don't need them, Axel! There's nothing left in my body for a baby to attach to!"

"Of course there is Rox!" Axel said, sitting up and taking Roxas with him, "it could be even worse if there's a next time!"

"There won't be Axel," Roxas said quietly.

Axel narrowed his eyes. "So if you got pregnant again—"

"We would abort the baby. I have to be around for this one, and besides, the likelihood was small enough in the first place for this one, no one even understands how it happened—"

"We seem to be the presidents of the small likelihood club…" Axel pouted.

"You need to stop being such a downer! You're going to make our child into an emo kid!" Roxas said, smiling. "I'm tired of being the happy one who has to coerce you into having sex all the time. That's your job and, frankly, I miss being coerced," Roxas said, winking.

"I'm alive, Axel," he continued, caressing Axel's cheek, "I'm alive and well right here, with you and our baby."

Axel smiled. "I'm glad things will be getting back to normal…now, how about I distract you for a few hours while we wait to see the baby?"

Roxas smiled and flopped back down on the bed. "That's more like it!"

-((a few hours later))-

Roxas was practically vibrating on the spot; he was finding it that hard to contain his excitement. Axel stood behind him as he sat in the rocking chair, waiting for Vexen to bring them the baby. Vexen carried her over to Roxas who took her gently, cradling her close to his chest. Her tuft of red hair made her unmistakably Axel's child.

"Well, at least you know I wasn't sleeping with anyone else," Roxas joked lightly. Axel didn't reply, but continued to watch their child. As if sensing something was going on, the baby opened her bright blue eyes and looked up at Roxas and Axel.

"Roxanne," Axel whispered.

"What?" Roxas said, twisting up to look at him.

"Let's name her Roxanne," he suggested, "Look at those eyes. And without you, she wouldn't be here."

Roxas considered it. "Roxanne it shall be," he proclaimed, "but I'm your only Roxy."

Axel laughed. "Deal."

Roxas looked to Vexen. "When can we take her upstairs?"

Vexen shrugged. "She's strong enough now. Tonight if you would like."

"That sounds wonderful," Roxas said as he rocked his baby back and forth.

-((Roxanne's first night in their room))-

Roxas paced the room, making shushing noises as Roxanne's loud, piercing screams filled the air.

"Her lungs are definitely healthy now," Axel deadpanned as he rolled over, giving up on trying to get some sleep when it wasn't his turn.

"She's just fussy," Roxas explained, trying to get her to settle down in this new place. "Shhhh, it's okay Roxy…"

"Hey, I thought you said that we weren't going to call her Roxy?" Axel asked.

Roxas grinned. "I said you couldn't call her Roxy," he explained as he continued to calm Roxanne down. "There we go," he crooned as he put her in her crib across from Axel's bed, "aaalll better!"

"No doubt Demyx is camping with Zexion tonight," Axel said, referencing his poor neighbors.

"I wouldn't be surprised if the Superior takes pity on Saix," Roxas replied softly as he came to bed. "She's finally quiet," he said as he lay down next to Axel under the covers.

"Miracles happen," Axel replied before kissing Roxas on the cheek. "Night, Roxy."

Roxas grinned. "Goodnight, Axel."

As if on cue, a piercing wail filled room. Axel sighed and rolled over Roxas to see to the upset infant.

"What was that you said earlier about things getting back to normal?" Roxas said after him.

Axel threw his pillow at him.

-((let's fast forward and let the plot begin shall we?))-

"Axel."

Axel sat on his bed with his head in his hands.

"Axel."

"How did this happen?" he whispered softly.

"Axel."

Axel looked up. "She's turning two today! How did this happen?" he repeated to Roxas, who stood in front of him, pulling on a shirt.

"Children grow, they're funny that way," Roxas replied, "and if you don't shut up you'll wake her, and then we can't have birthday sex as presents to ourselves."

"I don't know why you're putting that shirt on then," Axel murmured as he came close to Roxas, wrapping his arms around him tightly. He looked over Roxas' head to the crib.

"Roxas."

"Hmmmmmm?" Roxas murmured contentedly against Axel's chest.

"Why is our child sleeping on top of the dresser instead of the crib?"

"What?" Roxas exclaimed and turned around to see Roxanne open her eyes on top of the dresser.

"So much for not waking her up," Axel said dryly. They continued to watch as she stretched and blinked. Then, they watched as she appeared to sink into the dresser. Roxas rushed forward but she was already gone; her 'I'm awake' cry emitted from the crib. Roxas blinked in astonishment.

"Did she just—"

"use a portal?" Roxas finished. "Oh no, Axel, she could transport anywhere and not even realize! What if—"

"Up," came the plaintive cry from the crib.

Axel put a finger over his mouth. "Hush Rox, we haven't even taken her to Twilight Town yet. The farthest places she'd go would be to the lab or the cafeteria to get into the cookie jar."

By now, Roxanne was trying to climb out of the crib. "UP!" she yelled, demanding attention.

Axel walked over to the crib. "It's okay baby, it's time to celebrate!"

Roxas looked doubtful. "As long as she doesn't go anywhere without us, I guess it'll be okay…"

-((less than a year later))-

"What do you mean you can't find her?" Roxas said as he finished off the last Heartless in Tram Common.

"She wanted to play with you over here and when I told her no, she made a portal and ran into it," Axel explained, "the portal closed before I could follow her."

"This is what happens when a three year old comes on missions; she should never have even been here—"

"You know the Superior is dying to see if she has any keyblade ability," Axel put in.

"And now she could be in Agrabah for all we know!" Roxas said, worry increasing with every second.

"I don't think so," Axel mused, "she's never taken a portal out of the world we're in; I'm starting to wonder if she knows how to. She has to be somewhere in Twilight Town…Where is her favorite place to go?"

Roxas immediately opened a portal to the Sea Salt ice cream stand.

-((20 minutes later))-

"This is ridiculous," Roxas said as he paced in worry, "we've checked the ice cream stand, the mansion, the sandlot, and even Yen Sid's Tower! I'm really starting to think she's in another world, Axel," Roxas started to pace in a circle around Axel.

Axel stopped him. "Come on now, Rox, it's only been-" he looked up at the clock to see how much time had passed and stopped. He opened a portal.

"Axel?" Roxas questioned.

"I'll be back in one second," he said, leaving Roxas no time to protest. Axel was back thirty seconds later with Roxanne in tow.

"Roxanne!" Roxas cried in relief as he ran over to them and took her from Axel's arms. "You're safe! You know better than to run off without us!"

"Play," Roxanne said, pouting.

"You couldn't play then, Roxy, we told you that. You just need to listen," Roxas said, sternness evaporating by the end of the sentence. He looked up at Axel. "Where did you know to look?"

"Oh, I saw her on the edge of the clock tower when I looked to see the time," Axel said as if commenting about the weather.

Roxas almost dropped Roxanne. "I don't even know what to say," Roxas said.

"Nothing," Axel said, moving to embrace his family. Roxanne squirmed between Roxas and Axel. "She's safe, that's all that matters."

"We're terrible parents aren't we, Axel?" Roxas questioned honestly.

"Not terrible, just fun," Axel replied, winking.

-((END!))-

OMG That was longer than I expected. AND I lost about a half a page because my computer freaked out…I hate that. Because once I write it I can't get it back. But it could've been worse!

And the chapter title sounds like a Sitcom. XD

R and R!

Last one: Amnesia!

"Why the hell would someone have sex on the side of the road?" he continued, more to himself.

Sora, unfortunately, heard him. "Many reasons Riku! Don't you remember that one time it was hot and the air conditioner was broken so we—"

"Yes, Sora, I remember," Riku said quickly, cutting him off before more people stared at him.

~freaky-hanyou