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enough to come up with it first. Anyway, here's my second attempt ever on
fanfiction. The story I wrote two years ago had been very successful but
then with one program reformat, it was gone, and it wasn't saved. I'm sure
there are others that know what I'm talking about. But anyway, I hope you
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Serena sighed as she deplored the plane and entered the waiting lounge. It had been so long since she had been home, five years, and she was torn up with all her mixed feelings. She had left Tokyo to go to Australia to make her own life, and left behind the hurt that ripped her apart before she had decided to leave entirely. The happy childish laughter from the smiling little girl was all that calmed her.
"Serena!" someone shouted above the noise of all the people hanging around the lounge. She looked up and spotted her brother Andrew and her younger sister Mina there, with beaming smiles on their faces.
Seeing her siblings made her lose any indecision about coming home, and she ran to them and was met by a colliding hug by the three of them. She fought back the urge to cry while she felt the love of her brother and sister.
"Oh Serena, I can't believe it's been so long," Mina said, wiping her eyes after they had let go of each other. "But where's Rini?" she asked her.
Serena's eyes widened as she realized that her daughter was not beside her no longer as she was when she first exited the plane. She whirled around, trying not to panic. She breathed a heavy sigh of relief when she saw that her four-year-old daughter was still talking animatedly with the flight attendant.
"Rini!" Serena called out to her young daughter. The strawberry blond pigtails bounced as she turned to look at her mother. The child's face broke out into a wide grin when she recognized her aunt and uncle.
"Aunt Mina! Uncle Andrew!" Rini called out, running over to them on her chubby five-year-old legs.
Andrew scooped her up. "My god, Rini, you've grown."
Rini giggled. "Well I am going to be turning five," she beamed.
"Yes I know dear heart, which is why you're here. The whole family is going to throw you one big party," Mina said, tickling her on the side.
Rini erupted into bales of laughter.
"Alright, we'll get your luggage and go home," Andrew said, grabbing up one of Serena's bags.
Serena nodded as she readjusted the shoulder strap of knapsack filled with Rini's things. "I'm guessing we'll be going out for dinner tonight?" she asked her siblings.
Mina smiled as she slipped her arm through Serena's. "Don't we always," she grinned.
"We decided to go to the Emerald Kitchen, Lita's new restaurant," Andrew said as he directed them through the busy airport while Rini was perched on his shoulders.
"Yes, you haven't met our dear brother's fiancé yet. You'll love her; she's the best cook in all of Tokyo, bar none. Plus she's as sweet as pie."
"I like pie," Rini beamed.
They laughed at Rini's cute speech, rewarding her with a warm smile.
"Dear heart, you should pay more attention, your aunt said that Lita is as sweet as pie. But I promise to let you have pie for desert," Andrew chuckled.
Serena smiled, finally feeling a little more at ease since the plane began to land.
Andrew guided them through the crowds of people to the baggage claim where they waited for Serena and Rini's luggage. Once they had it all, they weaved through the crowds to the parkade.
When they were on the freeway making their way to the tower suite where Mina resided, Mina turned to her. "Are you coming home for good?" she asked her.
Serena shrugged. "I'd like to, but that depends on how the next two weeks go," she said vaguely, not wanting to say outright what she feared with Rini in the car.
Mina nodded her understanding, but Serena suspected her sister was hiding something. But, she'd have to wait. She couldn't risk Rini hearing them talk about the father she knew but had never met. The man that Serena hoped she would never see again, even if she was coming back to the very city where memories could haunt her at every turn.
Yet, there was something in her that yearned for that chance meeting where she could see her daughter's father again. She was curious as to how he would react to seeing her again, seeing how she had become successful in her own right but only for the sake of their daughter.
Yes, Darien wouldn't know what hit him once he knew that she was back in town, and she knew he'd be floored when he discovered that it was more than heartbreak that had caused her to flee her homeland of Japan. She had gone to reconstruct her life without him, taking care of no one but her and her daughter—their daughter.
Serena sighed as she deplored the plane and entered the waiting lounge. It had been so long since she had been home, five years, and she was torn up with all her mixed feelings. She had left Tokyo to go to Australia to make her own life, and left behind the hurt that ripped her apart before she had decided to leave entirely. The happy childish laughter from the smiling little girl was all that calmed her.
"Serena!" someone shouted above the noise of all the people hanging around the lounge. She looked up and spotted her brother Andrew and her younger sister Mina there, with beaming smiles on their faces.
Seeing her siblings made her lose any indecision about coming home, and she ran to them and was met by a colliding hug by the three of them. She fought back the urge to cry while she felt the love of her brother and sister.
"Oh Serena, I can't believe it's been so long," Mina said, wiping her eyes after they had let go of each other. "But where's Rini?" she asked her.
Serena's eyes widened as she realized that her daughter was not beside her no longer as she was when she first exited the plane. She whirled around, trying not to panic. She breathed a heavy sigh of relief when she saw that her four-year-old daughter was still talking animatedly with the flight attendant.
"Rini!" Serena called out to her young daughter. The strawberry blond pigtails bounced as she turned to look at her mother. The child's face broke out into a wide grin when she recognized her aunt and uncle.
"Aunt Mina! Uncle Andrew!" Rini called out, running over to them on her chubby five-year-old legs.
Andrew scooped her up. "My god, Rini, you've grown."
Rini giggled. "Well I am going to be turning five," she beamed.
"Yes I know dear heart, which is why you're here. The whole family is going to throw you one big party," Mina said, tickling her on the side.
Rini erupted into bales of laughter.
"Alright, we'll get your luggage and go home," Andrew said, grabbing up one of Serena's bags.
Serena nodded as she readjusted the shoulder strap of knapsack filled with Rini's things. "I'm guessing we'll be going out for dinner tonight?" she asked her siblings.
Mina smiled as she slipped her arm through Serena's. "Don't we always," she grinned.
"We decided to go to the Emerald Kitchen, Lita's new restaurant," Andrew said as he directed them through the busy airport while Rini was perched on his shoulders.
"Yes, you haven't met our dear brother's fiancé yet. You'll love her; she's the best cook in all of Tokyo, bar none. Plus she's as sweet as pie."
"I like pie," Rini beamed.
They laughed at Rini's cute speech, rewarding her with a warm smile.
"Dear heart, you should pay more attention, your aunt said that Lita is as sweet as pie. But I promise to let you have pie for desert," Andrew chuckled.
Serena smiled, finally feeling a little more at ease since the plane began to land.
Andrew guided them through the crowds of people to the baggage claim where they waited for Serena and Rini's luggage. Once they had it all, they weaved through the crowds to the parkade.
When they were on the freeway making their way to the tower suite where Mina resided, Mina turned to her. "Are you coming home for good?" she asked her.
Serena shrugged. "I'd like to, but that depends on how the next two weeks go," she said vaguely, not wanting to say outright what she feared with Rini in the car.
Mina nodded her understanding, but Serena suspected her sister was hiding something. But, she'd have to wait. She couldn't risk Rini hearing them talk about the father she knew but had never met. The man that Serena hoped she would never see again, even if she was coming back to the very city where memories could haunt her at every turn.
Yet, there was something in her that yearned for that chance meeting where she could see her daughter's father again. She was curious as to how he would react to seeing her again, seeing how she had become successful in her own right but only for the sake of their daughter.
Yes, Darien wouldn't know what hit him once he knew that she was back in town, and she knew he'd be floored when he discovered that it was more than heartbreak that had caused her to flee her homeland of Japan. She had gone to reconstruct her life without him, taking care of no one but her and her daughter—their daughter.