It was the ending to a very long day. Serena James stood by the door to enter her apartment. She fumbled with the keys and cursed under her breath, not finding the one to open the door. When she finally got in, she dropped her bags to the floor and went to the bedroom. Inside slept the baby.

"Mommy's home Rini." she whispered. She proceeded on to pick up the 4 month old infant. She lightly kissed her head. This baby was her entire world. If she didn't have this child, she would've been dead a long time ago. Not especially after the accident...Serena quickly cleared her mind when she saw Seiya had come in.

"Seiya, where were you?" she then called out.

"Sorry I was in the bathroom," he said lightly kissing her cheek. He tried to give her a small kiss on the lips, but she turned her face around to look at the little treasure in her hands.

"Work was not as bad as it usually is. I have to deal with other companies. Some new company is hitting the fashion industry like lightning. I forget its' name…Shelt…Sheld…oh well. I think I'm in for a raise soon."

"Money was never a problem. Darien had a good fortune. He left plenty for Rini to have."

"Seiya," Serena quickly cut in. "All that money belongs to Rini when she's 18. Nothing belongs to me." She then put the baby down and left the room to wash up for dinner.

"Filthy rich, that's what you're gonna be." He said casting a deadly glance toward Rini who seemed to be smiling in her sleep.

Meanwhile in New York City, Darien Shields was looking out his office window. He could see an amazing view of Manhattan. It would seem that this man had everything. Amazing looks, money, intelligence, yet something was not right. He could not remember his past. 1 year ago in a fatal accident, he was found near a river. Nobody had thought that he would've survived, but he proved everyone wrong. When he woke up he could only remember two names. One was Darien which he concluded to be his own name and the other was Serena…perhaps a wife or girlfriend. He spent a year of his life trying to discover his identity, but was now losing hope.

'I have to find out who this Serena person is. What does she mean to me and can she help me.'

It was very hard for Darien to reestablish a career, but he was discovered by a man named Andrew Anderson. Andrew wanted Darien to be his new model. The fresh face was a hit in England. (That's where Andrew works.) But then Darien had wanted to return to New York. He needed to know who he was. Andrew helped him get an excellent job and within half a year he became the CEO. He seemed to be born for the fashion world.

'Maybe it was my job before the accident.' He thought.' Destiny put itself together"

"Darien!" a voice that everyone recognized called out." I've been looking for you everywhere. Come, but its okay. Your gorgeous face can't keep me mad for long." Beryl came dangerously close to the man waiting for a reply, but he spoke nothing.

"What do you want Beryl. I'm in no mood for sex" he finally replied showing boredom in his eyes.

Beryl smirked and then proceeded to sit on top of him opened her legs wide. She slowly leaned toward his neck and began to suckle lightly. She stopped and kissed him putting her tongue into his mouth. He began to respond and they fought for dominance. He easily won and she purred when she felt a wet sensation. 'Damn this man. No one could beat him.' When she pulled back, she saw lust in his eyes.

"I knew you couldn't resist me." She purred into his ear.

Darien said nothing. Instead he roughly pushed her up on the table, knocking everything down. He slid her dress up and smirked when he saw she wore underwear.

"I see you had planned this whole thing out. I'm just using you for an evening fuck, know that for sure. I have no intention of expressing any die hard love."

Beryl ignored his words. She knew he couldn't care for her. But he was such a great lover. No man had ever pleased her in bed like he did. She grew wet just thinking about him."

"I'm waiting" Beryl said in between pants. She couldn't take it anymore.

He then pulled her dress as far as it could go and quickly got rid of his pants and boxers. Something about this situation just seemed too familiar. As if he had don't this before. Hopefully, with was a better woman. He then inserted his hard penis into her yearning womanhood. She screamed in pleasure as he went in a fast rhythm.

"Faster Darien faster" she cried. She screamed his name as she organsmed but he said a different name when he came.

"Wha, what did you call me" she asked in between breaths. She heard a Selena…Sabrina…no it was Serena!

He did respond. Instead he began to dress himself. He mentally cursed. Who was this woman and why was he so obsessed with her. This was not the first time such happened. Instead he had done it always once with all of his bad partners.

"I'm gonna leave. You can leave when you want to"

Beryl wanted to shout HOW DARE YOU but the only pathetic words that came out were "have dinners with me later."

"Is that a question or a statement? Because I'll say no to either." With these cold words, he left. Beryl eye filled with tears. She felt nothing more than a helpless whore.

She had helped this man become the CEO of this company. Her father, the owner, was the main reason that Darien wasn't starving. 'I swear that man doesn't have a degree to his name. What does he think of himself?' She tidied herself up and with the little dignity she had left, and walked out of the room, promising not to return. She had done this many times before but this time she would keep the promise.

"Seiya! Rini's crying. Help her?" Serena shouted. She was cooking dinner and preparing Rini's milk. Her hands were full and she really needed help.

Seiya did as he was told. He looked at Rini. The girl had the exact face as her father. He hated Darien. Not only was he the smarter, richer, better looking of the two cousins, but the man had also taken the one women he loved...Serena. It was friendly competition in the beginning, but it ended up as bitter rivalry. Seiya had no choose but to get rid of him.

Serena and Seiya sat on the dinning room table with Rini in her crib nearby. The food looked delicious, but tasted even better. Of course, when one's teacher is Lita, how can they not cook well? Lita was one of Serena's four main friends. Just then, Serena felt a tear in her eye. After the accident, she had moved away from New York City. But suddenly, as if something was calling her she wanted to go back. She began to think about her friends.

There was Mina, her twin as people like to call her. They had known each other forever, and even tried blood tests to see if they were related. The result always came out negative and the two decided it was something in their "past lives". She was in a serious relationship with Andrew. However, he was always on business. He was due to come in three weeks. She waited for them like crazy.

Next was Ami. Ami was a little older than the rest of the girls. (I forgot the ages) She was 29, while the others were all 24. She was married to another doctor, whom she worked with for many years. Greg was his name and they had 2 lovely children. Ami was the genius in the group and they came to her with their problems.

Lita, the cook was also married. The lucky guy was Ken and they were expecting their 1st child in 6 months. And finally there was Rei. In the past, Serena and Rei had many problems. But after Darien's death, Rei had helped her a lot. She was a psychiatrist and mentored Serena through her problems. And there were a lot. Her husband, Chad and she had one daughter.

"Seiya" she called to him.

"Hmm."

"I was wondering. If we were to move back to the city, maybe they would transfer my job. I miss my friends terribly and meeting once a month is jus not enough. Plus, it's so boring here."

"You want to know something Serena?"

"What"

"I was thinking the same thing." Serena smiled at him and the two continued to eat dinner. She hadn't expected the conversation to be so short, but now she was getting use to it. Seiya did not talk much. When he did say something, it would always make one happy.

After dinner, they watched a movie and headed off to bed. Before Serena could go to her room, Seiya grabbed her hand. "Stay with me. It's almost going to be a year into the marriage and we haven't even."

Before he could finish Serena replied "not tonight Seiya. Please." With that he let go of her hand and proceeded to his room. "What the fuck do I have to do to let you accept me? Darien's dead, whether you like it or not."

In one of the most famous bar in New York City, Darien sat with a brunette around his arm. He was bored out of his mind and drank to his heart's content. Ann didn't look happy.

"Darien! Is it necessary for you to always get. "She said with anger in her eyes.

"Of course, it's the only was I'll sleep with you." He chuckled. Ann did not find his comment funny and began to leave. Darien lazily followed her.

"Stop being so melodramatic." She said. Laughter was still in his eyes.

"Why do you treat me like this? I love you okay. I fucken love you. I think I might also be carrying your baby. She said the last part in a hurry but Darien surely heard it.

"Liar" he said. He had always been careful. He always used a condom. O god what if he was going to become a father.

"I think so. I've been getting sick every morning and I have these horrible carvings for the weirdest foods." Darien didn't say anything. 'This was not supposed to happen. What would beryl do? Would he lose his job? And what about the other girl…Serena?

Anne looked at the gorgeous man next to her. This was not how she wanted him to react at all. She thought he would be happy. He should be swinging her in the air or kissing her. Instead, his face was full of worry. As if someone had died. She knew the child was his. She had slept with no one except ALAN. Why hadn't she remembered him before! O god what if the child was his. Right before she had met Darien, she was with Alan. He had left on a business trip, but Darien did not need to know about this. Darien was the best looking man she had ever seen. He was like a god.

She finally was going to speak, when he said something. "I'm not gonna marry you until I see this child's face. And have a blood test." Anne's eyes were consumed with tears and she looked the other way so he couldn't see her face.

"How many months?" Anne was so hurt to hear his words.

How many months Anne have you been pregnant?" He said loudly.

"Three" she said trying not to choke on the tears. When she turned around, he was not there. She instead had to get a taxi to go home.

Darien drove his car to his luxury apartment. He didn't bother changing and simply fell on the bed. In sleep, he could find sanctuary. He dreamed a beautiful blond woman with the most amazing cerulean eyes. She was always in the background. She would never come to him. At times, he chased her and she didn't move, but he would never reach her.

In another part of the country, Serena sat thinking about Darien as well. 'I wish you could see our daughter Darien. She has your nose, your hair, and your eyes. If I didn't know any better, I would think she was only yours.

Destiny, however had taken them in different directions, but they would meet again. With all these problems, would they ever come together though? Was their love strong enough?

The next day, Serena got up early for work. She would ask her boss for a transfer. She had been doing her work very well lately. She put on her usual business shirt with a beautiful white blouse that she had recently bought. When she looked into the mirror, she had to admit, she liked what she saw. Her body was slim, just as slim as it was before Rini. Her personal trainer had worked many hours to get rid of that motherly fat. She was 5 feet 5 inches. A perfect height, in her opinion. Her chest was a medium C and her legs were very long. She was the American dream.

She woke Rini up and gave her a little milk, but the baby wouldn't drink too much. At times this made Serena worry. Rini's nanny was due in 5 minutes and Serena decided to wait while she got there. She peeked into Seiya bedroom to see that he was still sleeping.

'I'm sorry Seiya, but I can't give you what you want.' When Seiya had offered to marry Serena when she was pregnant, Serena thought it was out of friendship. Seiya knew that Serena's parents would disown their pregnant daughter if she had no husband. But after time passed by, it seemed Seiya wanted much more out the relationship. He wanted her to really love him. When he admitted to her that he was in love with her since college, she was amazed. She had never expected such a confession. She didn't mean to, but her reaction came out as cold and unfeeling. This had caused confusion in the house.

When the nanny finally arrived, Serena left. She took out her car, a Lexus, and drove to work. She slowly got on the glass elevator and it took her up. As she looked down, she saw a beautiful man who reminder her of Darien. He looked the other way and Serena couldn't see his face.

When she talked to her boss, he was very happy with the transfer.

"I'm very glad you have agreed Serena. I needed a worker there anyway. Today, two very important business men from New York are checking out the company. They want 15 workers and they will be paid almost double of what they earn here."

Serena was overcome with happiness. Tears of joy filled her eyes and she was told that the move must be scheduled for a week.

"Take the week off to organize yourself. You will get paid for the week though"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you sir. You have no idea how happy I am."

'Everything seemed perfect. Rini would grow up where she had. Serena would be near her friends and now this new job.' Serena slowly left the office and gathered her belongings.

Darien strolled around impressed with the small company. He then proceeded to find Mr. James's office. But before her saw the sign, he saw an amazing woman with the happiest expression. She quickly entered the elevator.

'She sure seems happy.' Something told him to follow her, but then he saw Mr. James's office.

"I think it'll be a pleasure working with you company."

"Thank you sir, one of our workers has been informed about her transfer and she was thrilled."

"She doesn't happen to be a beautiful blond, she." He didn't mean to say beautiful but it came out anyway.

"Yeah, that sounds like Serena." Darien almost twitched at the name.

The week passed quickly and soon the moving truck came. Shields Company (the one she would now work for) had provided a lovely apartment. The view was gorgeous and Serena was so happy. The girls and she went out to celebrate. Everyone went over to Rei's house for a small barbeque. Lita quickly took hold of Rini, saying she needed practice for her upcoming baby.

The other girls, meanwhile, noticed the awkwardness between Seiya and Serena.

"Hey Sere, what's up with you and Seiya." Mina asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Sure you don't" replied Rei sarcastically.

"Fine. I'll tell you. We kind of have a misunderstanding. I think he's in love with me, but I have no feelings for him."

"God, he's such a great guy. Serena accepts what you have. You guys are a picture perfect family. Wait...does this mean you haven't slept with him!"

"Nope"

"Serena!" they all said at once.

"Give him a chance Serena. He's so depressed."

Serena looked over at Seiya. This man had done so much for her. Maybe he wasn't so bad.

"I'm gonna so then." The girls smiled and Serena walked to Seiya.

"I'm sorry."

"Huh" he looked at her sleepily. She smile

"I'm sorry Seiya. I've been unfair to you, but I promise I won't anymore. This is a new city and I want to start all over." Seiya couldn't believe what she had said. The next part was even more unbelievable. She kissed him. It was a soft kiss and Serena ended it quickly. Seiya, however, enjoyed the kiss so much, she began another one. He slowly slid his tongue into her sweet mouth. Serena became uncomfortable and began to pull back. Seiya misunderstood this as a sign of nervousness and put a hand on her back.

"Seiya" Serena managed to pull away and felt something she hadn't felt in a year. Her cheeks were flushed and she wanted nothing more than to leave the party and hit a bedroom. When she looked at the person responsible for her condition, she frowned. Something wasn't right.

Darien, meanwhile, held a glass of wine in his hand and looked at his window's beautiful view. Something about the city seemed to glow. As is something beautiful had happened but when he looked to find they change, nothing at all could be discovered. He smiled and lifting up his glass, made a toast to his possible new baby, to life, and to the Serena that always haunted him.

Will Serena consummate her marriage to Seiya or will she meet Darien once again?

Will Darien recognize her and if not, how will Serena feel?

What will happen to Anne's baby!

I hope you guys like my story. It's of course a Serena/Darien romance. Please, this is my first time ever writing a fanfiction story. Can you give help me with tips. Also, I know the plot is quite unstable, however, with each chapter that will surely change. Enjoy. Much love.