A Glimpse Of What Could Have Been: Chapter 2

*Disclaimer* I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTER!! I don't own the movie, The Family Man either, which is where I got the idea for this fic.

*Warnings* ...Um...profanity? Not a lot, but some. There aren't really any warnings, I guess.

Heero awoke the next morning, blinking his eyes wearily at the ceiling above him. He groaned a little, a stretched his arms up above his head. When he brought they back down, he noticed several things. One, his hands had landed on something warm and soft. Two, the warm and soft thing groaned and shifted positions, proving that whatever it was, was alive. Three, whatever it was, it knew his name. And four, Heero recognized the voice that had mumbled his name. He was now wide-awake. Glancing down sharply, his eyes rested on a head of dirty blonde hair that was currently using his stomach as a pillow. Suddenly, the head turned, and light blue eyes blinked at him. Heero froze, and his eyes widened.

"Morning honey," a still half-asleep Relena mumbled, resting her chin on his chest.

"R-Relena," Heero muttered in shock. He couldn't help himself.

"Who else would it be?" Relena asked, smiling. She reached up and planted a quick kiss on Heero's lips. He was still too stunned to do anything about it. "I guess we should get up," she said, pulling herself out of bed. She threw on a robe. "Our guests will be here soon."

"Guests?" Heero asked numbly. Relena eyed him.

"You didn't forget, did you? Today's Thanksgiving." Heero nodded slowly. That's right, Thanksgiving. He was supposed to be going to Duo's house, but instead he was at Relena's palace. He recognized the bedroom, even though he technically had not seen it in fifteen years. This wasn't where he was supposed to be. Heero jumped out of bed suddenly, and looked quickly around the room. He was already wearing sweat pants, so he found a shirt and threw on some shoes, before running towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Relena asked, walking towards the bathroom door. He stopped.

"Uh...I was going to get some...coffee! I'll be right back." Relena held out a hand to stop him, but Heero was already out of the room. She shook her head, and entered the bathroom.

Heero walked quickly down the hall, a million thoughts racing through his head. He was at Relena's place! How could he possibly be there? A better question was WHY was he there? And who were these guests? He probably didn't even know them, but he would have to pretend he did. They were most likely a bunch of old delegates. Heero ran a hand through his hair. His feet had unconsciously taken him to right to the kitchen. Well, a cup of coffee couldn't hurt. He was about to walk in when one of the cooks came up behind him.

"Excuse me, Sir," the cook said. "I need to get into the kitchen." Heero turned around to move, and froze. He glanced closer at the face, and his eyes widened.

"You!" he accused, shoving a finger in the man's face. "Cliff, right? What did you do to me?!" Cliff smiled.

"So you recognized me. Don't worry, this isn't permanent."

"What isn't?" Heero asked.

"This life," Cliff replied. "It's a glimpse."

"A glimpse of what?"

"Well, you said you had everything you wanted, but I didn't really think that was true. In a few weeks, you should figure out if that was true or not. This life is a glimpse of what could have been, what your life could be like..." he trailed off.

"If..." Heero prompted.

"Can't you guess?" Cliff said, gesturing around them.

"If...if I had...never left Relena," Heero said, sighing at the end. "Great, wonderful. How long did you say this would last?"

"As long as it needs to. That all depends on you." A shout was heard from the kitchen. "Sorry Heero, but I need to go help with the Thanksgiving dinner. We have a lot of people coming over today," Cliff said turning to the kitchen.

"Yeah, about that. Who's coming?" Heero asked, not moving from his spot.

"You'll see," Cliff replied.

"Damn it. Well, will you always be here?"

"I need to go help the other cooks now," Cliff said, not answering the question. He disappeared into the kitchen. Heero was about to follow him, but decided against it. If he was going to live in this...glimpse of a life, then he would have to act the part. He would just live it out, and then go back to his normal life. No problem, right? Heero sighed, and tried to make his way back to Relena's- and his- room. Turning the corner, he nearly knocked over another person. That had been happening a lot lately. He glanced down, and was quite surprised to see Relena looking up at him. Or at least, the girl LOOKED like Relena. There was something different though. She was shorter, for one. And her eyes were a darker blue. Heero had seen those eyes before. Then it occurred to him that he saw them everyday when he looked in the mirror. The thought caused Heero to stiffen. He then realized that the girl had said something.

"What?" he asked quickly. The girl rolled her eyes.

"I said," she replied exasperatedly, "good morning Daddy." Daddy? The girl had to be at least fifteen, and she was still calling him daddy? Wait a second...daddy?! This kid was his?!? He looked back down at her. No wonder she looked like Relena.

"Morning," Heero mumbled, before brushing past her and continuing down the hall. If that girl was his child, then she couldn't be fifteen. It wasn't possible. The oldest she could be was around fourteen or so. Heero was so lost in thought that he didn't see the person walking quickly down the hall towards him. The other person wasn't paying attention to anything either, so the two collided in the middle of the hall, sending the other boy sprawling out on the floor. He sat up and combed a hand threw his hair, before looking up. Heero suddenly found himself looking into a smaller version of himself, which was kind of freaky. The main difference was that this boy had Relena's eyes.

"Oh, sorry dad," the boy said. "Didn't see you." He picked himself up off the floor. "Have you seen Angie yet this morning?" Heero blinked.

"Who?" Oops, bad move. The Heero-clone looked at him weirdly.

"Angie, you know, my twin sister?" Twin? Whoa...

"I know who she is," Heero snapped. The boy blinked. "She went that way," he said, gesturing down the opposite hallway.

"Ok thanks Dad! I'll see you later." With that, the boy dashed off down the hall. Heero watched him go, and then started walking again. Not much later after that, a loud scream pierced through the air. Heero identified it as a crying baby. Geez, how many kids did he have?! He was standing in the hallway listening to the screaming, when a door opened behind him.

"Oh Heero, good," Relena said, poking her head out into the hallway. Shit, he'd passed their bedroom door. "You're going to check on Lena," she continued, starting to disappear. Heero noticed her hair was still wet from her shower, but she was already dressed.

"I'm what?" Heero asked. Man, he felt really stupid right now. He had no idea what was going on, and he wasn't acting like himself. Far from it, actually. Relena looked at him.

"Well, you were walking to the baby's room, so I figured you were going to check on her."

"O-Oh yeah. That's what I was doing."

"Did you get your coffee?" Heero scowled.

"They kicked me out of the kitchen," he grumbled. Relena chuckled, and shut the bedroom door. That left Heero alone, with HIS crying baby. Heero walked along, pinpointing the noise to one of the rooms, and opened the door. He cringed involuntarily as the sound got louder, and then stopped abruptly. Looking warily into the room, Heero's eyes landed on a crib, and a baby girl standing up, clutching her small hands on the rail. As soon as she saw Heero, she stopped crying and her face broke out into a toothless smile as she squealed with delight. Heero couldn't stop the small smile from forming on his face. Then it occurred to him that he had no idea what to do. He slowly approached the crib, not sure if he should pick up the child, that he now noticed had snot running down from her nose. Before he got the chance to do anything though, Relena came rushing in. She picked up the girl, and wiped her nose.

"Don't worry Heero. I just remembered she's probably hungry," Relena said, lifting up her shirt and bringing the baby to her breast. Heero watched, not able to pull his eyes away.

"You're still breastfeeding her?" he asked, and then blinked, wondering why he had asked that.

"We're doing both," Relena replied, unaware of Heero's uncertainty about everything. "I'm supposed to be weaning her by now." Heero nodded.

"Oh..." he replied. He was probably supposed to know what that meant.

"Are the kids awake yet?" Relena asked.

"Uh, I saw Angie and..." Heero trailed off, not knowing the other boy's name.

"Oh, Josh is probably still in bed. I swear, he'd sleep until three if we let him," Relena said, shaking her head. Heero nodded. He wasn't sure who Josh was, but he hoped it was Angie's twin. He didn't think he could deal with four kids.

Hehehe, poor Heero. Don't worry; I'm aware that Heero may have seemed greatly out-of-character during this chapter, but come on. He woke up next to a woman he hasn't seen in years, and then runs into three of his own kids that he never knew he had! He's just a little unnerved right now, but it'll get better. Please review!

*~Maxine~*