This is a tie-in story to a much (much) larger work which
includes Wufei and Sally as a couple, however it can be
read as a stand-alone fic.

Oops Baby
by Orla

Pairing: Wufei+Sally
Warnings: None - it's just sap ^_^

Disclaimer: Wufei and Sally are owned by Bandai, Sunrise...
etc. Lian, Liao and Shen belong to me (and two others).

***
AC 213 (China)

Chang Wufei was dreaming. It was a very pleasant dream
involving a grassy meadow, warm sun and the scent of his
wife's hair as he held her close. Then he opened his eyes
and smiled, because it hadn't been a dream, it was a
memory.

Wufei rolled onto his back and looked to his left. Sally's
side of the bed was empty, but he could hear the faint
sound of her movements in the bathroom. Apart from that
silence greeted his ears, peace and quiet reigned in a
house that hadn't been so quiet for such a long time in
thirteen years.

Wufei stretched. He loved his children, they were his pride
and joy, but he had never realised how _noisy_ and
_intrusive_ two children could be. Liao and Lian weren't as
bad as Maxwell's brood, thank the Gods, but it seemed that
no sooner were they out of diapers they were running
around, getting stuck and lost. Then school started, but
that offered no respite as endless questions and problems
started. Wufei turned his head and looked at the family
portrait that hung on the wall opposite the bed. It was
only in the past year or so that Lian and Liao had started
becoming more independent and, although Sally was a little
chagrined that she was no longer the most important person
in their lives, Wufei felt a little relieved. Now, he and
Sally could get some personal time and start going on
longer missions together. In fact, in the past three weeks
they had done two missions as Preventers and then came back
for what Sally playfully termed 'a long-overdue second
honeymoon' after packing the twins off to Heero and Relena.
 

Getting out of bed, Wufei pulled on a robe and went over to
the bathroom door. He was just about to knock and ask Sally
if she wanted some tea when there was a sharp cry and a
thud from inside.

"Sally?!" Wufei shoved the door open and bolted inside.
"What's wrong?"

Sally was sitting on the floor in her long white
embroidered robe. Her blond hair was loose around her
shoulders and her blue eyes were wide and unseeing. Wufei
knelt down, waved a hand in front of her face and then
shook her shoulders. "Sally! Sally, talk to me!" He cried
urgently. "Are you sick? Hurt?"

"Ah... uh..." she blinked and focused on him. "W-Wufei..."
She put her hands on his and stopped him shaking her.
"Wufei... I... Oh God... I don't believe it... I never...
it's impossible..."

"WHAT IS IT WOMAN??!!" Wufei was seriously concerned now.
It was unlike Sally to be so incoherent and rattled.

Sally swallowed and giggled a little hysterically. "I'm...
I'm... Congratulations Wufei! You're a father!" She said.

Wufei frowned. "I _know_ I'm a father!" He snapped. "What I
want to know is..." his voice trailed off and he stared at
her. "You mean... you're..."

"Pregnant!" Sally giggled again as Wufei's eyes nearly
popped out of his head and he sat down on his backside with
a thump.

"H-how?"

Regaining some of her composure, Sally shot him an
exasperated look. "The usual way of course! I think our
second honeymoon was a little too successful."

"B-b-but..." Wufei stuttered. "W-we... and... for years...
and this hasn't... b-but... you're thirty-eight..."

Sally glared at him. "Thirty _seven_!" She snapped ignoring
the fact that her thirty-eighth birthday was only a couple
of months away. "Are you saying I'm too old to have another
baby?"

"I think we _both_ are!" Wufei said. Then he looked
properly at Sally's face and sighed. "But, we'll manage."
He said and put his arms around her. "So much for peace and
quiet!" He quipped lightly.

Sally lay her head on his shoulder and stroked his back.
"Yeah, back to diapers and the terrible twos again." She
smiled. "What if it's twins again."

Wufei paled. "Sally... forgive me if I say... I hope _not_!
Oh... the twins, we're going to have to tell them."

Sally sighed. "And then Une, Zechs and Noin, and then..."
Her list was cut off by Wufei's mouth on hers. They kissed
deeply for a long time before parting, Wufei smiling at
her.

"I _am_ happy about this, Sally." He said as he lightly
stroked her cheek. "I was just a little shocked."

Sally kissed his fingers. "No more than me." She said.
Gently she laid a hand on her flat stomach. "And I'm
already looking forward to our little 'oops' baby, no
matter what."

****
AC 218

The classroom was hot and stuffy despite all the windows
being open. Twenty five-year-olds sat at their desks,
baking in the heat, trying to concentrate on the teacher's
words. Miss Ping's hand flowed across the board as she
wrote out the simple arithmetic problems, the fact that her
head was pounding and her shirt was sticking to her back
was not helping her temper and she whirled as a sound
reached her ears. Someone was humming, an idle little tune
that grated on her ears and seemed to mock her efforts to
teach. She scanned the room and her eyes fell on a small
boy who was sitting by the window.

Shen Chang watched the birds flitting around the branches
of the tree by his window and smiled. He hummed softly a
little tune his mother had taught him and swung his legs
under his desk. He couldn't wait for lunchtime; his big
brother had made all his favourites and lent him a book
about China's ancient myths. Yes, eating and reading would
be more fun than sitting in this stupid class, listening to
the stupid...

"CHANG!" A piece of chalk slammed into his head and bounced
off onto the floor.

Wide-eyed, Shen whipped his head away from the window and
stared up at Miss Ping who was looming over him. Her face
was contorted with anger and he swallowed.

"This is a maths class, Chang!" She scowled. "Not a
daydream class! This is the fourth time this week that I've
caught you not paying attention. I won't tolerate laziness
in here! Go and stand in the hall!"

"But..." Shen moved to show her his work.

"NOW!!" Miss Ping grabbed his ear and hauled him out of his
seat. "Go and contemplate your disgraceful conduct and
realise the shame your laziness will bring on your family
when they see how badly you do in your lessons!"

"Ow!" Shen struggled as he was dragged out of the room.
"Miss Ping, I hav..."

"Silence!" Miss Ping half-flung him against the wall. "Now,
stay there!" She snapped and went back into the classroom
and slammed the door.

Shen scowled after her and contemplated kicking the wall.
No, that would only get him in more trouble. He sighed and
leaned against the wall, rubbing his sore ear. Stupid Miss
Ping... she never listened! If she did then he could tell
her that he knew all the answers to her dumb questions.

"What have you done this time, Mr. Chang?"

Shen turned and looked into the eyes of the Assistant
Principal, Mrs Lee. She was smiling at him and he smiled
back.

"I was looking out of the window in class, Ma'am." He told
her politely. "Miss Ping didn't like it."

"No, I don't imagine she did." Mrs Lee frowned slightly.
"Didn't you like the lesson?"

Shen dropped his gaze and traced a pattern on the lino with
his toes. "I was bored...,” he said in a small voice. "I
knew the answers ages ago..."

"Hmmm..." Mrs Lee tapped her lower lip with her forefinger.
"Shen, wait here for a moment." She opened the door to Miss
Ping's classroom and went inside.

Shen pressed his ear to the door, but he couldn't hear
anything. His heart beat quickly. Mrs Lee was a good friend
of his Mother's, perhaps she was telling Miss Ping off for
being so mean to her friend's child? He grinned and leaned
against the wall again, losing himself in a daydream that
involved Miss Ping being dragged out by _her_ ear!

Mrs Lee came out alone and smiled at Shen again. "Come with
me, Shen." She said. "We'll go to my office."

Shen's heart plummeted to the soles of his trainers. Miss
Ping had convinced Mrs Lee that he was a bad person and now
he was in trouble.

"We're just going to have a little talk," said Mrs Lee
taking his hand. "And I have some orange juice, would you
like some? It's just the thing on a hot day like this."

Shen's heart began to inch back up at her words. He grinned
at her and they walked up to her office on the first floor
of the school.

Soon Shen was comfortably ensconced in a chair opposite Mrs
Lee and was drinking the orange juice with relish. Today
was looking decidedly brighter and he was glad now that he
had been thrown out of class.

"Shen," Mrs Lee leaned on her desk and regarded him. "Your
inattentiveness in class has been noted by teachers other
than Miss Ping..."

Shen eyed her over the top of the glass and wondered where
this was going.

"But not one has complained that you don't do your
schoolwork, in fact you do it very well." Mrs Lee pursed
her lips. "Miss Ping thinks that your elder brother has
been helping you."

Shen choked on his juice. "She's wrong!" He cried, tears
started in his eyes. "Liao don't... doesn't help me! I do
it ALL MYSELF!!" He coughed as the juice went up his nose.

Mrs Lee came around to him and patted his back, removing
the juice from his hand. "Alright, alright, I believe you."
She said soothingly. "But it is unusual, don't you think?
How many of your friends get perfect answers all the time?"

Shen swallowed. "No one..." he whispered. "And I don't have
friends... they hate me."

Mrs Lee sighed. "I'm beginning to see the problem..." She
smiled reassuringly. "Shen, would you like to take a little
test? It may help us to make you happier in your classes."

"That'd be a miracle test!" Shen giggled. "Okay, I'll try."

****

"He's _what_?" Wufei dropped his armful of disks onto the
floor at Sally's words.

"He's got an IQ of 250." Sally told him again. "Jenny Lee
did an IQ test on him today and said he was nearly off the
scale." She rubbed her forehead. "I can't believe that we
didn't pick up on it..."

Wufei shook his head. "I just thought he was a fast learner
like Liao and Lian, they're both intelligent, but not at
this level..." he took the report from Sally and scanned it
quickly. "Why the hell didn't Shen _say_ that he was
finding his classes boring? He didn't pipe up when you were
called in to deal with him playing up in class two weeks
ago."

Sally looked distressed. "I ask myself the same thing." She
said. "I'm his _Mother_, he used to talk to me all the time
before he went to school! Why can't he talk to me now? I
could've helped him sooner!"

"Mother? Father?"

Wufei and Sally looked over to the door. Lian and Liao
stood there looking guilty. Wufei folded his arms.
"You two have been conspiring again?" He asked sternly.

Liao sighed. "You and Mother were so busy this last month
with uploading the new computer system for the Preventers
and... uh..."

"We thought we could help Shen!" Lian blurted. "I mean...
we're his older siblings..."

"You should have said _something_!" Wufei snapped.

Sally laid a hand on his arm. "Wufei... don't yell. They
only wanted to help." She smiled at Lian and Liao. "I know
that we were busy, but if there is a problem that concerns
Shen or either of _you_, then your Father and I would
rather here about it _right away_."

Liao nodded. "Yes Mother, we won't keep secrets again."

Shen sidled into the room; he was clutching his teddy bear
to his chest. He looked at the serious expressions on the
faces of his family and his lower lip trembled. Sally gave
a little cry and gathered him up in her arms.

"Don't cry sweetheart!" She urged him. "It's okay, we're
not mad at you or Liao and Lian!"

"Am I a freak?" Shen asked her, his voice muffled as his
head was buried in her shoulder.

"Absolutely not!" Wufei laid a hand on his son's hair.
"You're just smart... like your Mother."

Shen lifted his head and looked at Wufei. "Like Mama?"

"Yes," Wufei's face relaxed into a soft smile. "Your Mother
is very clever you know. When she was around Lian and
Liao's age she was a surgeon and then a leader who saved
alot of people's lives."

Sally blushed. "Wufei..." He shot her a warm look and she
smiled.

Lian and Liao grinned at each other. "Well, we knew the
brains had to come from _someone_." Lian joked. "And I was
pretty sure that it wasn't Father!"

"Yes, but your reckless attitude isn't from Mother!" Liao
thumped his sister's arm.

Wufei mock-scowled at them. "Are you being disrespectful to
your Father?!" He demanded.

Lian giggled. "Sorry, Father." She grabbed Liao's arm and
dragged him away. "We'll go and think deeply on our
dishonourable actions!"

"Hn!" Wufei snorted. "What did I do to deserve such
children?"

Shen giggled and reached out a hand to his Father. "I love
you, Papa."

Wufei turned and encircled Sally and Shen in his arms. "And
I love you, son."

Sally smiled. "We both do, Shen. It wouldn't matter to us
if you had three arms," she said, her eyes twinkling.
"You're our child and we love you, no matter what."

Shen hugged her. "Do I have to go back to school?" He
asked. "I don't wanna go back to Miss Ping's class... she
hates me..."

Wufei patted Shen's back. "Don't worry, you'll be going to
another school, one which you'll find alot more
interesting."

****
Two months later:

Shen swallowed against his nerves as he got out of the car
and looked at his new school. It was a brick red building
and there was a plaque that read: 'Saint Gabriel School'.

"This was your Aunt Relena's school once," his Mother put a
hand on his shoulder. "They run alot of different classes
and activities here that will keep you from getting
distracted."

"You're so lucky," Liao sighed. "This place houses an
extensive library..."

"You and your books!" Lian scoffed. "It's the athletic
activities that I envy Shen!"

"Both have merits." Wufei said smiling down at Shen. "You
just choose what you want to do and be happy."

Shen grinned. "I will, Father!" And he pushed open the
doors.

****

The End

If you want to read the fic that inspired this side story,
go here:
http://www.dreamwater.net/ashura/TestTubes/TestTubes0.html
It's very, very long! ^__^

Orla