Rating: PG i reckon'
Warnings: Slight Heero bashing
PART NINE
A scream echoed through the hallways. The now seven-year-old Ryan clutched at his sister's hand, his wide eyes reflecting the white washed walls of the Earth Based Preventers Hospital. He whimpered, wishing he could take away his mother's pain.
"Uncle Duo, why is my mommy screaming so loud?" he asked softly, wishing he had the Wet Carpet there for comfort.
Duo blinked, for all the world, clinging to his wife. "I dunno. I've never had a kid before like that."
Catherine sighed. "Because she has to force a baby through a ten centimeter opening?and stretching that far would really, really hurt, I'm sure."
Ryan blinked in confusion. "Oh?" His sister was smart, but sometimes she said things that didn't make sense.
The vivacious 15-year-old Jonathan Maxwell grinned. "And that's an excuse for all those words?"
"I think so, yes." Cat said haughtily.
Jonathan grinned even wider. "Knowing you, Cat, you'll find some way to make the man go through with the child-birth so you don't have to."
Catherine turned her nose up and glanced at Duo. "Duo, why does your son???"
Ryan tugged at his sister's hand. "Don't ask him. Uncle Duo doesn't know anything." Ryan spoke with the conviction of a second grader. Duo blinked. Hilde laughed. Relena screamed.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! IF YOU EVER, EVER DO THIS TO ME AGAIN, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU CAN NEVER HAVE KIDS AGAIN! DO YOU HEAR ME!"
"Really, does she have to say all that?" Jonathan's voice came again. Ryan wondered how he could sound so cheerful when Relena was down the hall screaming. And what was Daddy doing to her to make her so mad?
Catherine leveled her best death glare on the boy. "I obviously wouldn't know."
Jonathan coughed, realizing he had pushed as far as he could without threat of death. "Yeah?sorry I asked."
Suddenly, a broken cry resounded down the hospital hallway. "It's a girl!" came a shout.
There was muted silence as Cat and Ryan sat patiently while Hilde nearly dragged her family into the delivery room. "A girl!"
Ryan followed the three with his eyes. Shouldn't he and his sister be going in first? he wondered absently.
Cat sighed. "A girl?"
Ryan beamed. "A girl!"
Heero nearly fainted. "A girl." He turned his exhausted gaze on his second daughter. The child had a mass of dark fuzz atop her still malleable skull, was starting to slowly turn from blue to a pink color, and wriggled, screaming weakly at the top of her lungs. She was the most beautiful thing Heero had ever seen (excluding his other children). Why not give a beautiful daughter a beautiful name? "Can we name her???"
"Elizabeth Jude Yuy. Will that do?" Relena muttered. She refused to give her daughter, who had taken over six hours to deliver into this world, a first name of either Boris or Jude. Honestly, where had Heero come up with those names?
The ex-Gundam Pilot grinned suddenly, stepping forward to hand his wife their daughter. "Why not Boris??"
"Don't push your luck, Yuy." He decided not to.
? * * *
Finally, Heero thought. The baby, nearly two months old, was dead asleep, his other grown (partially grown) children were somewhere else in the house, and his wife was right there, leaning against the doorframe of their room.
Heero trapped his wife between his arms, each resting on one side of her head. She smiled seductively at him. "Heero?"
The man bent to ravage her lips when a voice came. "Dad? Mom? Can you take a survey for me?"
Relena sighed. Heero groaned. "Can't this wait, Catherine?" he asked his eldest daughter.
"It'll only take a minute," she answered sweetly, for once resembling her mother.
This really wasn't the best time for it? The man had to wonder whether his daughter did this on purpose. "I don't??"
"Pu-lease, Daddy!" Ryan chirped, appearing behind his sister with the Wet Carpet in tow. Cat had to hide a grin. Really, she did love her brother. And imagine the wonders of a baby girl working toward her purposes! The girl mentally rubbed her hands together.
"Murow."
Heero glared at his daughter. Heero glared at his son. Heero glared at the cat. He only chose to comment to the infernal beast, however. "I hate you."
"Murow." The infernal beast approached and rubbed at his legs, purring deeply. That could only mean one thing: the Wet Carpet was hungry.
Ryan giggled. Heero relinquished his position against the doorframe to begin the journey to the kitchen. Feed the Wet Carpet, take the damn survey, and have dessert.
Cat handed her magazine to Ryan before she bent to lift the Wet Carpet. His deep purr resounded in her ears. "Stupid Carpet. Yes, he's a stupid kitty, huh?"
Relena sighed, following the procession of her family. She took at look at the magazine in Ryan's hands. "Cat, did you get that survey from that magazine?Red Hot Youth?'How to seduce a boy?' I don't know if you should be reading this."
"I got it from Lindsey."
"Lindsey??"
"Oh, Winner."
"I still don't know if you should be reading what Lindsey Winner is reading."
"Aunt Dorothy told us that it was substantial reading? Seducing a male is good for politics and money. All that stuff."
"Oh? Well, then, Cat, do you have anyone in mind?"
"In mind?"
"Of seducing." Relena teased.
Ryan giggled. "I saw Cat kissing Jon??muff." The boy got a face full of fur. "Murow."
Cat blushed, suddenly looking flustered.
Relena raised an eyebrow. "Did you now?"
Heero's back was stiff. "You mean the Maxwell baka?"
With a sigh and a slump of the shoulders, Cat rolled her eyes. "Yes, that baka."
Heero scowled. "You, that baka, that baka's parents, and Relena and I are going to have one long talk."
Ryan was oblivious to the glare sent his way. Really, how could Cat ever think she loved her little brother? Or that he was useful in any way?
They had arrived in the kitchen by now. Catherine quickly changed the subject. "Just answer these questions??"
Relena's cell phone rang. She rose, waving to her daughter and walked a short distance away. "Hello?"
Silence.
"Oh! Hey Joseph! How are you?? Really! That's wonderful?"
"Anyway," Cat continued, "Just answer these questions and I'll add up your points and see what category you get into."
Heero sighed and answered the questions. The Wet Carpet 'murowed' until Cat scowled and rose to feed him. Ryan scooted over into his sister's seat, his large blue-green eyes flashing in merriment. He carefully counted the points for each question and shaded in the boxes for the different categories.
Relena entered the kitchen, snapping her cell phone with a 'click.' "That was Joseph, Heero. He wants us to come to his wedding."
Heero blinked. "To the blonde guy?"
"Yes, he's getting married to the 'blonde guy.'" Relena blinked, suddenly realizing she didn't know what the 'blonde guy's name was.
Cat glanced up. "You mean you know a gay guy, Dad?"
Heero scowled. That really didn't sound like it was a good thing, coming from his daughter.
"Daddy!" Ryan giggled happily, coming up with the result of his survey. "Guess what you are!"
"What?" Heero asked with little interest.
"A kitty-cat!"
"Murow."
THE END
What can I say? The Wet Carpet really had to get the last word in. And the last laugh. Please, R&R! Tell me what you think of the whole story! And thankyou to all my previous reviewers! That really helped me keep going! I've started to start another story, so look for that!
[Paxbanana pulls Ryan over.] "Speak, Ryan!"
[Ryan
] "Pu-lease R&R for the scary person!"[Paxbanana sweatdrops.] "Thanks, kid."
Done at last...
