Changes of the Heart

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Epilogue to Changes of the Heart. Okay, please indulge my
need for sappiness here-it rarely surfaces so when it does it must be purged
from my mind so I can get back to writing lemons. Yea, so Quatre and Relena
have a few kids, heck his father had twenty-nine, well thirty counting Quatre,
so this number isn\'t near as bad plus the Winner couple have had no help from science.
All right then, I\'m shutting up now and hoping that you guys enjoy this
epilogue to Changes of the Heart.

 

 

 

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AC 212...

 "Colton Lawrence Winner." Trowa read out
loud the name from the paper. "They\'re stopping after this one aren\'t
they?" 

Heero closed the fridge door before plopping into a chair
at the table across from Trowa.  "When I talked to Relena she said
this was it." 

Trowa smirked. "All natural too. What a gal. I
vaguely remember Quatre telling me ages ago he had always thought 5 was a good
number of children to have."

Heero slumped back into the wood chair.  "She
sounded so happy, as did Quatre."  Heero took a bite of cereal.
"Next time they find themselves up this way they want to have dinner with
us." 

Trowa was still looking down reading the paper that laid
flat down on the table; he had just swallowed a spoonful of his cereal. 
"Sounds good."  Trowa finished off his cereal quickly looking at
his watch.  "Damn it Heero. If we don\'t get ready now we\'ll be late
for the concert."

Heero looked up at Trowa and with a half ass grin he
cocked his brow. "Then it simply means we\'ll have to shower
together." 

Trowa returned his own smart-ass look. "That\'ll make
us even later." 

"Not if we make it quick." Heero said, him and
Trowa both looking out of the corners of their eyes at the sink and then the
stairs. 

Trowa narrowed his eyes. "You do know who the last
one to make it to the shower has to be, don\'t you?" Heero\'s eyes went wide
as the two men jumped up from the table throwing their plastic bowls and silver
spoons in the sink and then darted to the stairs. Trowa was quicker and raced
up the stairs ahead of Heero, his voice raised. "Looks like you have to be
the uke." His mock laughter seemed to fill the townhouse.

Heero growled, but it was in good humor.  We\'ll
just see about that, he silently warned Trowa before taking off up the
stairs.

They had indeed taken their vacation to L2 and had, as
agreed, decided to just be friends, but that ended after only a couple of
months and the men again found themselves locked together in union as lovers.
They then moved to L3 where they still resided, having started their own
security business, dealing with the most high tech and cutting edge security
systems available, for even though they now lived in an age of peace, crime and
criminals still existed. They were even now toying with the idea of opening
their own investigative agency on the side.

 

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"Mommy! Mommy!"  The four older Winner
children ran full force to encircle their mother who had just walked into the
manor.  Relena laughed cheerfully as she knelt down to accept the hugs and
kisses of her children. Behind her was Quatre who was holding in his hand an
infant carrier that cradled the newest Winner arrival. He placed the carrier
down and took out the baby, as its siblings were now circling around him to see
their new brother. 

"I wanted a sister." Three year-old Alexis
frowned in a full pout that included the extension of her lower lip. Being the
youngest, until now wasn\'t to bad but being the only girl drove her nuts.

"I\'m know sweetie." Quatre kissed her cheek,
the girl\'s platinum blond lashes fluttered against his chin. "Why don\'t
just you and me go out later and I\'ll get you that doll and tea set you\'ve been
wanting so badly, then...maybe some ice cream?" 

The girl\'s light blue eyes lit up.  "Okay
daddy." She sighed with a big smile on her face, as her mother released agh ogh of her own. 

"I swear Quatre you spoil that girl horribly."

Quatre\'s grin grew wide. "A father\'s privilege when
it comes to his daughter."

A few days before the birth of what would be their first
child Quatre and Relena had decided to renew their wedding vows in a small
simple ceremony of family and friends. It was something they knew they didn\'t
have to do, but wanted to do to celebrate the new life they were bringing into
the world, as well as the new life and love between each other they were
starting together. Life as a real couple free of the lies and betrayals of the
past. Three weeks later the twin boys, Roarke and Xavier were born.

The boys were now seven and both sported the white gold
hair and light blue eyes of their father, though they weren\'t identical, in
fact everyone had begun to comment on how much Roarke was beginning to look
like his uncle Milliardo.

Garrett was born next. The boy was now five and not only
did he look exactly like his father but he also seemed to have picked up his
musical genius already on his way to master the piano and violin as well as the
flute that his uncle Trowa had given him on his fifth birthday; but the boy
already had a long list of the instruments he wanted for his next birthday. 
Alexis was born a little over two years later.

Her birth had been the most difficult but in Quatre\'s
eyes it had been the most memorable and exciting because as he said it gave him
a little girl to spoil just as much as his wife, and how he loved to spoil his
girls.

He did his fair share of doting on his boys as well. They
had been the first on their block to have an entire wing added just to house
for their own game room. It was complete with every full-sized arcade game
machines that could be found in the known universe and any game machine that
wasn\'t available Quatre simply had it custom made. The room also housed a mini
bar full of snacks, colas and juices along with game tables such as billia and and fuse ball, etc. and also a small but elaborate entertainment center and
stereo sound system.

And now there was little baby Colton.

Relena warm heatedly smiled stoking the light blond fuzz
of the boy\'s head and staring into the soft, light blue eyes that for now only
seemed to open half way before closing shut again. "Another blue-eyed
blonde like you Quatre. Not that I\'m complaining, but out of five you think one
would at least favor me."

Quatre wrapped an arm around his wife\'s shoulders. 
"Just look at Colt. I do believe he has your nose and chin, heck, his ears
alone are just like yours.  Yep. I\'d say a good combination of the two of
us." 

Relena chuckled. "Okay, okay dear, you\'ve made your
point."

Quatre leaned over and kissed her deeply.  "I
love you." 

"Me too." She smiled licking his taste from her
lips. But the intimate moment and family reunion was momentarily interrupted
when Simon came into the room to announce that dinner was only ten minutes
away. 

The children all scampered up the stairs at their
father\'s orders to wash up, he following closely the path of his children;
Alexis at times still needed help having only been potty trained for two
months.  And Relena, still holding her youngest child against her shoulder
slowly ascended the staircase, sighing softly in quiet reflection and gratitude
of the blessings of what were, second chances.

 

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