Heero and Relena's Advice on Parenting Chapter 2 Pt. 1/?

[The Young Alcoholic]

Disclaimer: I do not owe anything here that is originally part of Gundam Wing. But I do own my original characters. Go me!

AN: I apologize on how long it took for me to finally get this story updated. I have also realized that this chapter?is a very long chapter, so I will have to break it down. I?m trying to have this chapter posted in two parts, if not then at most three. Thank you all for being patient.


Heero and Relena?s Advice on Parenting

Chapter Two
Part 1

Fifteen Years Earlier


??to further ensure the peace amongst all of humanity on Earth and in space, I have decided to?forget planning the rest of this speech and begin running across the world after changing my name to Forest.?

The young Vice Foreign Minister, Relena Darlian, groaned in frustration and quickly scratched out parts of her speech that would most likely not convince her coworkers of her next political step. Tonight was the annual ESUN convention dinner and she was planning on announcing her speech then, that is if she could figure out what to say.

She looked at her speech and sighed pathetically. Most of the paper was covered with scribbles and had barely any visible words left what so ever.

?I have accomplished more speeches than most politicians twice my age will ever do. So what makes this one so difficult??

Relena crumbled up her fruitless effort to revise her speech and threw the paper ball towards her wastebasket. It missed about a foot and it laid there amongst the other unsuccessful throws. She laid her arms upon the desk and buried her head in them, groaning once again.

Her office door suddenly swung open and a shrill voice cried out, ?Mommy! Mommy!?

Relena?s head instantly shot up at the sound of the high pitch cry, and the door banging against the wall. The room seemed to shake for a moment.

A little girl with rough, chocolate colored hair, and large, vivacious blue eyes, smiled at her from the doorway.

?Mia, how many times have I told you not to sla-Oh, my goodness! What is all over your face?? Relena quickly scurried over to her three year old daughter and crouched down to her height to get a better perspective of the damage.

The little girl was covered with all the colors of the rainbow, from head to toe. Relena silently prayed that whatever it was would easily come out. Not only from all over her daughter, but from wherever Mia had left ?her mark?. However, the one thing that she wouldn?t be able to wipe off at all was the huge toothy grin the toddler was giving her.

?I was finger painting,? said Mia, beaming. She held up her paint stained fingers. ?Just like you told me to.?

Relena was astonished. Well, not as much as most mother?s would be in this case since something like this wasn?t exactly out-of-the-ordinary for the Yuy family. She just hoped the damage wasn?t too bad.

She sighed while running her fingers all over Mia?s hair where the paint disaster seemed to have hit.

?What am I going to do with you, hm?? asked Relena. By the looks of things, it would take awhile to get Mia her original color again.

Mia giggled and Relena smiled softly at her. The little girl?s laugh was contagious. When Mia laughed, Relena had to laugh. She could never be cross with her. Though Relena never believed in the ?strict parent? concept, she distinctly remembered what her mother told her not too long after her last visit to the house.

Relena and her mother sat in the kitchen sipping on tea, discussing everything from parenthood to work.

?Relena,? said her aging mother, gently putting down her tea cup. It made a cling sound as it made contact with the saucer. ?That girl has a wild spirit about her. Of course there?s nothing wrong with expressing one?s self and mind, but if you don?t lay down some rules now, that child will only end up spoiled.?

She never thought much about it before, but after her mother had mentioned it she began to see some signs. Mia was constantly getting away with her messes. Relena thought about talking it over with Heero, but then decided not too seeing how if Heero had his ways, their house would already be put under military surveillance 24/7. Besides, she knew Mia never meant any harm. This was just a phase that would soon pass.

Relena just wished she could have enough confidence to believe everything she hoped for.

?I made you a picture.? Mia reached into her back pocket and pulled out a piece of paper folded four times. It took awhile for her chubby, little hands to finally reveal her masterpiece as Relena patiently waited, amusing herself trying to straighten out Mia?s hair.

When Mia did finally managed to unfold the painting, Relena took it and smiled. The picture revealed two different colored blobs in mid-air with the bottom half of the page covered in green.

?Oh, Mia,? she said. ?I love it, but?what are they?? Relena cocked her head to the side to get a different view.

Mia laughed and pointed at the two poka dots.

?It?s us!?

Relena inwardly laughed. Okay, so Mia was no Van Gogh, but she was still young and full of other talents to would make great career choices. This made Relena laugh. The girl was only three and she was already planning out her future.

?Is this one me?? asked Relena pointing to the pink blob with yellow scribbled at the top of it. She guessed that it was meant to represent hair.

Mia nodded her head in approval. Relena smiled back and looked at the childish excuse for a person next to her.

?This one must be you then,? Relena said.

?Yes!? shrieked Mia happily now that her mother could understand what her painting was. ?How did you know??

Mia?s spot was blue and from what Relena seemed to see, there was a black and white circular thing next to her.

?Because,? said Relena as if she had just figured out all of life?s mysteries. ?You?re playing soccer.?

?Yup!?

Relena looked at the painting one more time to see if she missed something. When she found that she hadn?t she asked Mia, ?Where?s your father??

As soon as Relena asked the question, she heard a masculine scream coming from downstairs. Both heads turned toward the direction of the sound. Mia smiled and turned back to her mother.

?I painted daddy special. I wanted it to be a surprise, so I did it while he was sleeping.?

Relena heard running footsteps coming up the stairs. Heero slid on the wood flooring and into view from the doorway. Relena covered her hand over her mouth to hold back her laughter, but when Mia openly laughed and pointed at her father, Relena couldn?t hold it in any longer.

Huge green and orange circles covered both of his eyes. He also had a black mustache that looked very similar to the ones that the old fashion bad guys, tying women to train tracks would wear. His hair looked as if someone dumped a whole bucket of Home Depot?s entire paint section on him. On his white undershirt were games of tic-tac-toe and smiley faces that weren?t so smiley. As for his blue jeans, they weren?t so blue anymore.

?Daddy looks just like the faces on his shirt!? cried Mia.

Relena laughed and held on to Mia?s shoulders for support. ?Yes, he does.?

Heero glared at Relena, but then smirked when a thought came to mind.

?You think this is funny? Wait until you see downstairs,? Heero said. ?We?re going to need some professional help.?

Relena?s eyes went wide, not because of how much money they were going to have to spend to clean whatever blew up downstairs. Instead a light bulb clicked on above her head.

?Hold that thought,? said Relena. She began mumbling statements as Heero and Mia watched. Relena turned back towards the two and pushed them out of her office.

?Both of you get yourselves cleaned,? was the last thing she said before shutting the door and continuing on with her speech.


Later that evening?


?What?cha doing??

Heero was finishing up adjusting his bow when Mia somehow entered the room without him noticing. Funny how he was beginning to lose his touch, especially around a three year old.

Dressed in his new tuxedo that Relena insisted that he?d wear at the dinner tonight, he looked at himself in the mirror. After one look he decided that he didn?t care much on how he was to present himself.

?Getting ready for your mother?s party,? responded Heero. ?Why aren?t you in bed??

The former Zero pilot looked down at his not so tall daughter. Mia was dressed in her favorite pajamas. It was a one piece that covered everywhere, including her feet. Her right hand held the arm of her favorite teddy bear that Heero knew too well. Relena had given it to Mia when she was born.

The stuffed animal was now all torn and raggedy. Possiblly most of its currrent state came from Mia dragging it on the ground with her everywhere. That bear had gone through more war injuries than the former gundam pilot himself. But Relena was always there to mend its wounds and to kiss it to make everything all better. As for Heero too.

?A party?? shrieked Mia excitedly, jumping up and down. ?Can I come??

Heero cleared his throat while readjusting his black bow one last time. ?No.?

Mia?s shoulders fell in disappointment and she pouted. She never got to go to any of her parent?s parties. She was always stuck at home with?

?Is a babysitter coming??

Heero nodded his head and placed some cologne on. Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed that Mia?s eyes were beginning to swell up and for once he wished his calculations of what would happen next would be wrong.

But he was right.

Time seemed to go by quite slowly while Heero watched Mia with terror as she clenched her eyes and began to open her mouth. With as much speed as he could gather up, he swooped down and covered Mia?s mouth with his hand before she could even utter a peep. The little girl opened her eyes in surprise at the physical matter that prevented her from screaming.

Moments later Heero crouched down onto his left knee and stared at his daughter with his piercing blue eyes and his jaw set tight. Mia then knew that she had gone as far as she could go. He opened his mouth to say what most parents would say in this situation, but decided against it. He dropped his head and sighed. Mia huffed some air from her nose to remind her father that his hand was still occupying her mouth. He released his hold from her and chuckled slightly as his once stone hard face turned into a soft, amusing one.

Relena had just emerged from the bathroom where she was busy putting on her navy blue gown. She stopped her step as she saw the quiet scene before her. Mia was quietly staring at Heero as he placed both of his hands on her shoulders. The look upon his face was something that Relena had never seen Heero look at Mia before. It looked remarkably a lot like the face he made after she had received his teddy bear on the shuttle years ago. The one item that forever kept that sacred bond between the two lovers. That bear was now in the hands of their daughter.

Relena took a step back and peeked out from the doorway.

?Your mother,? said Heero. ?Tonight is very important to her. She?s about to make a big step that she is afraid will bother the both of us.? He lowered his head closer to Mia. ?But it won?t, will it??

She shook her head.

?Hn.?

While her father was mentioning all of this, Mia kept her wide eyes glued on his with her mouth slightly ajar.

?She needs help right now, and what you can do to help her is behave for the babysitter this time.?

Mia nodded.

Heero wasn?t quite sure if any of this was implanting into his daughter?s mind. Mia was a Class A trouble maker. Being mischievous was her obvious occupation. She was constantly playing tricks on people of out sheer fun. Although Heero enjoyed that fact that his daughter had a far more experienced brain than most children her age and people tended not to mess around them, it wasn?t good publicity for Relena. The worst part about it all was that Mia had an excuse. She was young and na?ve and ?didn?t know any better?. That was what most people kept telling themselves.

?No more claiming that your bear fell out the window and then locking the sitter outside after she went to look for it,? he continued.

Mia nodded once more.

?Or destroying the house and everything in it, then convincing the sitter that it was your evil twin.?

Mia nodded again for the third time, but with a tiny smile upon her round shaped face.

?Or having the sitter believe that you locked yourself in the bathroom with the water running, when you didn?t, and have her call the fire department to get you out.?

Mia giggled and mouthed, ?Oh, yeah?

Heero smirked when he remembered that night when he and Relena arrived home from her work?s Christmas party to find two fire trucks out front, blaring lights and radio transmissions, and one firefighter breaking down the bathroom door with an axe. Relena had the scare of her life that night.

?Behave,? he warned, narrowing his eyes.

Mia whispered, ?Okay? before throwing her arms around her father?s neck and hugging him.

Heero was caught off guard by the little girl?s strength and had to quickly place his hand on the ground behind him to keep balance. From somewhere behind him, he heard someone laugh quietly. He narrowed his eyes once more knowing where the noise came from, but he quickly went back to the matter at hand where a little monster was practically choking him. His little monster.

The man who once believed that his true purpose in life was to die in battle, was now a married man with a kid. And although he was still new to the whole parenting thing, he was willing to learn. Slowly but surely he returned Mia?s embrace, but any onlooker would have never guessed that the two were related since the hug looked incredibly awkward between the two.

Relena took this opportunity to finally reveal her presence by clearing her throat. Heero immediately released his hold on Mia and stood up, straightening his tux.

?Hi mommy.? said Mia.

?I believe someone here should be in bed,? said Relena advancing her way towards the toddler.

Mia held up her arms and Relena swooped down to pick her up.

?Say goodnight to your father.? Relena turned the little joy in her arms toward Heero who stood at their side, very coolly with his hands in his pockets.

Mia said goodnight and Heero responded with a curt nod. He watched his wife and child exit the room and he felt a sudden warm feeling deep down in his chest. The kind of warm someone would feel when they knew that their life was complete and there wasn?t anything else that they truly wanted. The only thing different about Heero and the feeling was that he wasn?t aware if his life was complete or not. He was just feeling the emotion and for once, he didn?t know how to respond to it. So he began to twitch.

Trying to distract himself from the ?warmth?, he picked up a family picture that Relena kept on the dresser. It was at one of Mia?s soccer games with her preschool friends. She scored her very first goal that day. Mia stood in the middle holding her ball triumphantly above her head. Relena was crouched down next to Mia, embracing her around the waist. That was one of those rare occasions when Relena actually had time to come down to watch Mia play. The two looked like a real family. He on the other hand didn?t. He wasn?t even smiling.

Relena entered the room but stopped short to look at her husband before her. His gaze was fixed hard at the picture. He even seemed to be glowering at it. A feeling of remorse filled her heart at Heero?s expression upon the little memory contained within the oak frame. Years with Heero lead her to the ability to somewhat understand what was going through his head at certain times.

And this was one of those times.

He continued scowling at the picture but situated it back gently on the dresser top. He placed his left hand on the wall, his right hand on his hip, and cocked his head. His position looked as if he was a great mastermind trying to figure out the real purpose for thin sliced deli ham, thought Relena. Then she noticed that his leg was constantly going in and out of a spasm.

?He?s twitching again.?

?I?m fine.? His blunt statement brought Relena back from her thoughts to reality.

Heero?s hard set face turned to gaze at his wife. She was glamours, dressed in her sparkling, long gown, diamonds captivating her shine, young, silky honey blonde hair, and a body with just the right curves, even after pregnancy. Just twenty-five years old, she was a well respected politician, a daughter, a wife, and now a mother. Relena Darlian was the ideal woman.

And he would never live up to her height.

Relena watched forlornly as Heero?s gaze turned away from her with a look of confusion entwined with anger. She replaced the sad tenstion with a soft smile and absorbed the moment. He was so handsome and strong. They both had gone through some much together, and now they were up against their toughest match yet. Parenting.

Together. That?s what is always has been, and always will be.

Crossing the distance between them, Relena wrapped her arms gently around his neck and pulled him in close where both their hearts touched. He returned her embrace, slidding his hands around her slim waist. She looked up at him after a moment. Her steady gaze seemed to send the message all through his body. Slowly he brought his head down for a gentle kiss. Their lips brushed against each other?s several times and Relena smiled slighty. The smell of vanilla reached his nose and immediately his body calmed. He gently kissed her forehead and then laid his head upon hers where her soft hair welcomed him. They just stood there, in each other?s arms for who knows how long, swaying gently to an unheard melody that seemed to be playing only in the couple?s heads. To Heero and Relena, it felt like forever, and that was all they needed.


Later?


?Heero,? asked Relena looking into her vanity mirror as she wiped away a trail of lipstick that seemed to have gone astray. ?When is the babysitter going to arrive? It?s already half past seven.?

From his position on the bed, Heero just shrugged and continued his concentration on tying his shoes. Relena noticed the reflection of the gesture from her mirror and turned around to look at him puzzled. ?What do you mean??

Heero huffed as he finally finished tying his right shoe. He lifted his left leg to rest on top of his right thigh and began tying the other. ?I wouldn?t know,? he mumbled. ?I wasn?t the one who called.?

As soon as the words came falling out of his mouth, he heard a ?thud? hit the carpet flooring about three feet beside him. With his head bent low and in mid stride of tying his last shoe, Heero looked to where the thud came from. There lay a lipstick container with a light pink stain already protruding onto the carpeting. He looked up to where the cosmetic had fallen from and stared at a wide eyed Relena.

?You didn?t call the sitter?? she said in barely a whisper.

Heero finished the task with his shoes and stood up, but surprisingly was almost sent back down upon the bed as Relena cried out louder this time, ?You didn?t call the sitter??.


After five long minutes of arguing?


?I thought we made an agreement that you would be the one hiring the baby sitter,? cried Relena as she quickly walked into her study to reach her phone.

Heero stormed in right after her, pushing to door harder than he should have against the wall. Picture frames shuddered at the tension. ?I was busy with that report for Une. I said that I didn?t have the time.?

Relena busily ran through her phone book, ignoring his excuse. She flipped through the pages and would occasionally stop at a name, shake her head in disproval, and continue on with her search.

?What about Zechs?? grumbled Heero.

Relena stopped to scowl at him. ?I told you. He?s accompanying Noin tonight at the dinner, or have you forgotten about that too?? she scoffed as Heero returned her remark with his infamous death glare.

?How about Duo and Hilde?? she asked.

?Vacation,? replied Heero.

?Quatra and Dorothy are still here visiting on the company?s management, right??

?Returned home yesterday.?

?Well,? she said as she stopped her search once again. ?You certainly have your hands on things.?

Heero took a step back and leaned against the wall behind him, closing his eyes and crossing his arms. Relena sighed and went back to her work.

?What about Melinda?? Relena waited for a response but when she got none, she looked up to be greeted by Heero?s hard set eyes.

Heero thought about Relena?s secretary. The way the woman was always screwing up things. He remembered the time when Melinda got one of Relena?s policy documents mixed up with her brother?s sperm donation file. Relena was utterly shocked considering how one of the representatives that she was working with also had the name Charles.

He stared back hard at Relena as if mentally trying to tell her that having Melinda baby-sit their three year old daughter would be, ?the biggest mistake you ever made.? But he decided instead to answer flatly, ?No.?

Relena placed both hands on top of her desk for support, bowed her head and sighed. She stayed in that postion for a couple of seconds.

?Well, then,? she said as she came back up to rub her temples. ?I guess we?ll just have to bring Mia with us.?

Heero was surprised but showed no sign of it. Bringing Mia to a formal dinner meeting did not sound all that pleasant. He looked back at Relena whose face features seemed to recline back to the soft and lovely style that he knew so well.

?Heero,? she said like she always did whenever she felt to be near him in a time of need. ?Is it just me, or are you also having a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach??


At the convention?


Limos and black town cars pulled into the ring-around driveway where the dinner was hosted at. Aside from a few street lights and the dim lighting coming from inside the restaurant, the dark night was brightened with a frenzy of camera flashes in all directions. Tonight was like Christmas to the media. Everyone anxiously waited hoping Santa brought them what they wanted, gossip. Among the crowd of people, there must have a been at least one reporter from every nation in the world trying to get the live coverage.

Preventors tried their very best to keep the media off the red carpet that led the ?celebrities? into the restaurant. Reporters constantly continued to lean over security and shove their recorders and microphones into on walking political faces. By now the Preventors had to join hands to make a barricade, noticed Relena from inside her limo?s tinted windows. She inwardly laughed at the sight. It almost looked like a game of Red Rover, Red Rover, except security was probably hoping for no one to come over.

She was surprised at how many reporters were still standing out there in the chill. After all she was behind arrival time. It took longer than she thought trying to get Mia ready and strapped into her safety seat after Heero had to run and remove it from their car and into the limo. Her train of thought from earlier in the evening was sent off track as Mia playfully hit her arm beside her. Relena blinked and looked down at the smiling toddler.

?Lights!? cried Mia.

Relena smiled and looked back to the scene to her left. ?You?re right. Lots of lights.?

It was now her turn to make her appearance as the limo slowly began inching its way in front of the carpet that would lead them to whatever tonight had to offer. Now the cameras were going off like crazy and Relena inwardly smiled to herself. All of those reporters were still out there because they were waiting for her.

The car came to a complete stop and Relena took in a deep breath. Her side door opened and a Preventor offered his hand to help her out.

?Vice Foreign Minister Darlian,? he said.

Relena graciously took his hand.

Meanwhile a reporter standing as close as she could to the line of Preventors in front of the building began readjusting her hair in front of her partner?s camera. She waited patiently for the camera man?s signal with her microphone held close to her mouth.

?Thanks, Leon,? she said flashing a smile that revealed her coffee stained teeth. ?As you can see, thousands of people have gathered here just to see the ESUN members arrive for their annual convention dinner.?

A couple of college students stood behind the reporter waving while one even pulled out his cell phone to call home and tell his parents that he was on T.V.

?There goes Representative Tylon from the L-2 colony along with his wife.? The reporter stopped for a brief moment as the question from the anchor man back in the studio buzzed into the ear piece in her ear.

?Right you are, Leon. There also happens to be a rumor that Vice Foreign Minister Darlian will be making some sort of announcement tonight. Although the press will not be allowed inside the convention, you viewers can count on Channel 9 News to give you full coverage on just what the Vice Foreign Minister has up her sleeve.?

All of a sudden the crowd started to go wild and the reporter looked behind her shoulder.

?Speaking of the Vice Foreign Minister, it seems that she has finally arrived.? The reporter motioned for the camera man to get a closer shot. ?Vice Foreign Minister Darlian has just stepped out of her vehicle and is now greeting the people in that lovely manner that she does so well. Also stepping out of the car is her husband, Heero Yuy, with?something in his arms??

The reporter got onto her toes to get a better look at what the Minister?s husband was holding.

?Oh my!? she cried. ?It seems that they?ve brought along their daughter, Mia, to the dinner.?

The viewers were shocked.

[takisha16]

This was such a cute chapter!!!!
Heero makes a great dad, it's so funny how their daughter controls them with her trouble making! I wonder how they are going to handle Mia in the event!?
I hope she behaves!

[RelenaDorlinYuy1]

AWWWW kawaii i wonder what Mia going to do heheheheheh XD !! more please i really like this !!

[perfectpeach]

oh no. whats gonna happen? not good not good. more please.

[RelenaDorlinYuy1]

oops i press the wrong button my bad *sweat drop*

again good work please update !!

[Stellar-Soldier]

Heero POV: 'This isn't going to end well.. ' *Waves his free
hand toward flashing cameras while holding Mia's hand
with the other*
Relena POV: '...Im dead.' *Flashes a fake, but believable
smile toward the surrounding media*
Mia POV: 'Oooh! Flashing lights!' *Childish grin appears on her face*
Stellar-Soldier POV: 'I bet all you readers 2 dollars that this public
convention is not going to end well, and will result
in utter embarassment within a 30 minute period,
starting when Relena gets up to a podium.'
*Keeps himself in a rather emotionless manner,
similar to what Heero Yuy used to do before
getting married*

[Raspberry]

SOOOO CUTE!

And so funny! I've spent 1,5 week with my cousins' 3 year old son, so everything what Mia does, fits so perfectly for kids their age! Besides, it was very very funny chappie

Great job, I hope that next parts will be up soon!

[lildragonfly]

agree w/ all the others....