Overload Zero: Epilouge

[Krazy_kool_Snowborder_Chi]

Disclaimer: I don?t own Gundam Wing.
Heero sighed as he watched Liam try to wash the puppy he and Relena had given him for his eighth birthday in the backyard of the tiny grey brick in a suburb. The lights of New Edward?s could be seen on the horizon. Sitting on the grass knoll he kept an eye on the puppy and the child. As he continued to observe he felt an unexpected wave of happiness come over him.
?What a life?? he thought as he stretched out supporting his weight on his forearms.
?What?s eating you?? a soft voice asked.
Heero turned to look to see Relena bending over him. He gave her a small smile.
?Nothing,? he said gently and then watched as two girls about one and a half joined in helping Liam to wash the puppy which they three had named Nataku.
Relena rested her body weight down on the balls of her feet and tucked her knees under her chin. Heero turned back to the children as they continued to wash the dog in the newly planted backyard.
?Do you ever think what life would have been if we hadn?t slept together that night?? Relena asked, unsure of her self as she asked the question.
Heero turned back to Relena. Her blond hair was pulled back in a lose braid and was resting over her right shoulder.
?I don?t think we would be here with three wonderful children,? Heero said with a laugh.
Relena was silent. Heero became somewhat alarmed at her silence.
?What?s the matter?? he asked her.
?Nothing,? she said slowly and then joined Heero on the knoll.

~*~

?Why are we doing this again?? Liam whined as Heero combed his disobedient blonde lock off his face.
?Because we are trying to see if your mom will finally marry me,? Heero replied as he continued to comb Liam?s hair.
Liam squirmed for a few minutes but then calmed down as Heero put down the brush. Liam then turned to face his dad. Looking up at him, Liam had to tilt his head quite a bit.
?Then why am I needed?? He asked.
Heero frowned. It was like Liam to question and disagree before he actually knew. Heero then gave up and handed his son a twenty.
?Just keep quite,? Heero told his son bribing him with the twenty which Liam took with fascination.
The Sound of the door opening and closing jolted Heero and Liam. They both looked at each other and then scrambled into the living room only to be greeted by Relena?s backside. Liam gave Heero a questioning look and Heero returned it. Liam shook his head and then jumped on the cream coloured couch and picked up the phone to call his friend Nick. Heero stood there still stunned that Relena had not greeted either him or Liam. She never came into the house with out greeted either one of them. He sighed and sat down next to Liam, knowing better then to bug Relena.
Twenty minutes later Relena came stomping into the kitchen. Heero followed her in. He watched as Relena, clad only in a pair of read silk boxers and grey tee shirt with blue lettering that read, Preventer Athletics, began to rummage around in the freezer for what Heero figured was Ice Cream.
Heero watched her for awhile longer till he felt a familiar tug on his pant legs. Heero look down at Liam.
?Can we go yet? I?m really hungry,? Liam hissed a little too loudly.
?Go where?? Relena asked before Heero could answer Liam.
?Out to dinner,? Heero said trying to not get angry with the little boy at his feet.
?Go with out me,? Relena declared and turned back to the freezer to search for her ice cream.
?But you have to come,? Liam whined, ?Dad?s got some great news!?
Heero clamped a hand over Liam?s mouth only to have it licked by his six year old son. Liam smiled as Heero gave him his patented death glare and then Liam ran back to the living room. Heero turned back to Relena. She was now rummaging for a large spoon.
?Why not?? he asked more calmly and more poised then Liam?s response.
Relena stopped and placed a hand on her hip, ?I don?t feel like it. I had a rough day at work and I was stuck in rush hour traffic. Gee for being a new populated colony, traffic in New Edwards is just as bad as any major city on Earth.?
?But I got reservations months ago,? Heero whined.
Relena sniggered, ?You and Liam sound alike when you don?t get your way.?
?Then why not?? he asked hoping that she would give him an answer.
?Because I?m not feeling well,?
?That?s not an answer, anyways you used that one already,? he retorted back.
Relena was now visible agitated. Slamming the spoon back into the drawer, Relena turned fully to face Heero.
?Fine you want and answer, I?ll give you one. I?m pregnant. I?m six months away from giving birth to twin girls,? she spat out.
Liam rushed back into the kitchen and looked at his one angered mother and one shocked father. He had overheard their discussion from the living room and it was Relena?s slamming of the spoon that brought him in.
?You?re what?? he asked.
Relena sighed and crouched down to eye level with Liam.
?I?m going to have another baby. In fact I?m going to have two little girls,? she explained to the six year old.
?That?s cool. I?m finally going to be a big brother,? he exclaimed as he hugged Relena.
Relena hugged him back and Liam ran to his room muttering about calling Uncle Milliardo and Aunt Lu as well as his friends. Relena stood up and noticed the shell shocked Heero. Relena waved a hand in front of his face in an attempt to grab his attention.
?Mars to Heero??
Heero continued to stare into the distance. His mind was racing with the complexities of this issue. Relena was pregnant again, meaning that their tryst before they left for Mars was the only time she could have conceived. Had it really only been four month ago that they had been on Earth in each others arms as lovers? He tried to remember if they had used a condom that night, but by the news that Relena had just told him the answer was obvious, they had not. So many questions lay on the tip of his tongue, but he was only able to form two words and get them our coherently.
?Marry Me??
Relena giggled cautiously and then replied with a no. This forced Heero to snap out of his trance as the words rolled off her tongue.
?Why not?? he countered sounding like a little boy who had just lost all his best baseball cards to a rain storm.
Relena smirked and placed a hand on her red clad hip, ?Because I?ve done quite well for a single mother. Sure you?ve been here to help, and it?s not like I don?t appreciate it,? Heero snorted which earned a death glare from Relena, ?It?s just I don?t need a husband to make this equation work.?
?Relena,? he pleaded, ?I?m not doing this just for the children you are giving me. I?m doing this because I love you. I?I was going to ask you tonight anyways. I?m tired of waking up in another room with you so close. I?m tired of having to explain to Liam?s friend?s parents why we?re not together. It hurts. I?m tired of living in the shadows and from what I see so are you.?
Relena was taken aback with his speech.
?I?m not living in the shadows and I think what we have is just great,? she said slightly angered yet a tiredness shone through.
Heero steeped closer to her, ?Are you afraid I will push you away? Is that why you push me away?? he asked softly
Relena did not answer. She opened the ice cream in front of her and dug in.
?Relena, pushing me away hurts. It hurts not only me but you as well. I should know I did it for five years until that night at the club,? he stated coming closer to Relena.
Relena put down the spoon and stared blankly into the ice cream.
?Now you know how it feels,? she said softly as a tear began its descent down her pale cheek.
Heero continued to stare at Relena as she cried. It shocked him that she was crying. In the years he had known her, she had never cried in front of him. She hardly cried in front of others but never in front of him. Somehow he knew that she was showing him something that she never would let another man see. He sighed and then pulled Relena into a tight embrace. He wanted her to let go of all the fear and worries that had plagued her life. He was willing to wait as she let go of those demons. He would wait for her once again as she once waited for him so many years ago.

~*~

The two continued to sit in silence as their children finished their chore of bathing the dog.
?What?s your favourite memory?? Heero asked Relena, breaking the silence.
Relena pondered his question, ?I have many,? she answered.
?There?s the birth of our children and Liam?s first Christmas. Too many to name,? she murmured as she continued to observe the children.
They sat in silence again.
?What?s yours?? she asked.
Heero faced her and gave her the soft smile he reserved for family and friends only.
?That day on the beach,? he told her.
Relena smiled and then turned back to looking at their children.
?That?s a nice one,? she replied and stood to gather up Liam and the twins.

~*~

Relena fidgeted with the small bouquet in her hands. Hilde sighed and then turned to face her long time friend.
?Don?t worry you?re doing this for the right reason,? she said with a smile.
?But what if those reasons are not the right ones?? Relena questioned.
?Don?t worry hon, I had the same doubts and fears as you did before my wedding,? Lucrezia piped in as she adjusted the train of Relena?s dress.
?Yeah but you didn?t marry the man because you were tired of say no to him and you really did want a father for your children,? Relena sniped.
?Calm down there. We weren?t saying that what you are doing was wrong. I think it?s great that you are marring the father of your children. But don?t you think it is out of love as well?? Hilde asked as she picked up Lucrezia?s bouquet and handed it to Relena?s sister in law.
Relena sighed and nodded her head in response. Both Hilde and Lucrezia smiled as the ice cold ex princess of the world finally admitted that she was still in love with the perfect solider.
?I feel as if all my dreams from when I was a teenager are finally coming true,? Relena said exasperated.
Hilde giggled and then patted her hand on Relena?s shoulder, ?I?m glad to see the old Relena back.?

~*~

Heero watched as the two pink squirming bundles were placed into his awaiting arms. He sat in New Edwards County General in a white rocker much like the one he had sat in when Liam was born, only this time Relena was sleeping in the bed next to the twin?s bassinets. Liam was jumping up and down around him about being a big brother that Duo had to take him out of the room. Hilde stood next to him as he watched in awe the new life in his arms.
?So what are you going to name them?? Hilde asked as she continued to watch with Heero.
?Asuka Grace and Mayu Hope Yuy,? he said softly as not to wake up Relena.
?Nice,? Hilde commented, ?Yours or her choice?? she asked in a sly voice.
?Both actually,? he said softly.
?Liam wants to know if he can come back in. He says he?ll be good,? Duo said from the door.
Heero nodded and then Liam came back into the room. He said a quiet sorry and then stood on Heero?s other side.
?Well Heero you are a lucky man,? Duo said and pulled Hilde into a hug.
?Yeah I am,? Heero whispered and then continued to rock the two bundles of joy.

~*~

?Mom?? Liam asked as he walked between Heero and Relena on the family?s pre dusk stroll around the neighbourhood.
?What?? she responded shifting an already sleeping Asuka in her arms.
?Where you always in love with Dad??
Heero shifted a squirming Mayu in his arms and then looked at Relena.
?I was,? she said with a smile.
?What about you dad,? he asked turning to his father.
Heero nodded and then placed Mayu on the ground, which Mayu then proceeded to tickle Liam.
Relena smiled and Heero returned it back. They loved each other. They would love each other till the end of time. Sure they had had hard times and actually getting both to realize that love was hard work it still showed. They were no longer the Perfect Solider and the Princess of Peace, they were Heero and Relena Yuy, Preventers, parents, lovers, and friends. They had the peace they finally wanted, the peace they had fought for in the war. They had each other.

THE END

A/N: Yeah I?m finished. Hip Hip hurrah. I?m going to continued Crazy Little Thing Called Love once I get set up at Uni.




<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Krazy_kool_Snowborder_Chick on 2002-08-25 12:39 ]</font>

[Tomorrow]

That was one of the most interesting stories I have ever read. I've been a faithful reader of this one, and the only reason I never left a review was because I wasn't sure where you were heading with this. I was afraid, at certain points, that I'd have to bail, just because it was getting too hopeless at times. At least it turned out all right. I must say, you have a gift if you make me, an angst queen, want to bail because the story was getting depressing. An original concept indeed.

I absolutely loved it, and you're very talented. It was one of the best reads I've had lately. Wonderful! ^_^

[darky]

That was so cool. I liked the way you played with the times. It?s good that at the end she finally stopped being so stubborn. Loved how Heero fought for her. So cute.

Great fic.

Darky