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The car ride was a little awkward for Darien, Serena and the kids. Serena glanced in the back to see her children sleeping peacefully so she decided to turn the music down a little. Darien glanced in the rearview mirror to see that Seiya and his wife were still trailing behind them.
"So honey, what's really going on?" Darien asked quietly.
He had never felt so out of the loop in his life. He felt as though he was about to be hit with something big but he didn't want to think the worse. Serena took a hold of his free and glanced out of the window. Some times when the old saying -what you try to hide will come to light was actually being applied to her life right now. It wasn't that she didn't love Darien or meant to keep anything from him, she was just afraid he wouldn't want her after what happened or worse. She didn't want to live a life without him. What she and Andrew did was to protect her relationship. She hated to make Andrew keep her secret but she didn't want anything to tarnish her relationship. Those four years ago was the making or breaking of their relationship and she didn't want the break.
(Flash back)
"Sere, you do know how hard it is to keep this from Darien? He will know something is off" Andrew said running his hand through his hair.
"You promised me you would help me! I don't want him to know anything until I have the guts to tell him. He may think I'm no good anymore. "She cried into her hands.
"Hun, I think you know Darien will know it's not your fault... things like this happen to all kinds of people. I really think you should tell him. He will understand and be on your side." Andrew said hugging his friend.
"I don't know….I just don't know. I need time" She muffled in to his shirt.
"Well, I still think you should tell him, how are you going to explain the hospital band? I forgot to call everyone while we were here so I guess that helps with explaining things to others" Andrew asked trying to get her to reason with him.
She pulled away from him and snatched the bracelet off and threw it to the floor.
"Problem solved. Let's check me out of here and go." She said wiping her face.
(END of Flashback)
"It's hard to explain really. Just know that I love you and our family and I think we should just leave everything in the past alone." She said quietly.
Darien looked over to see that she was really afraid of something and it made his chest tightened.
"Did- did you cheat on me with him?" He whispered to her.
Her head whipped around to his face, she could see so much hurt etched into his face.
"No! Never" She exclaimed
He exhaled a little, he felt bad for asking but he had to know.
"I hope not." Was all he could come up with to say after that comment.
The silence returned as they neared their home. Serena took her seatbelt off as they pulled into the curved drive way. Moments later they could hear Seiya's car pull up behind them and Darien turned the SUV off. Today was already starting off way too wrong. Serena was suddenly angry that Seiya and Stella decided to follow them. Seiya was really asking for a death wish of all days. Darien squeezed the hand of Serena's that he still held onto. He felt like once he found out what was going on things might not be the same anymore. He gently leaned over and kissed her lightly bringing her out of her jumbled thoughts.
"What was that for?" She asked softly.
"Just to let you know that I love you. I don't fully understand what's going on since you didn't cheat or anything so whatever you two were hiding; I just want you to know that I'm here for you. No matter what." He told her honestly.
Serena felt tears come to her eyes. She really did have the best husband in the world. Why didn't she tell him so long ago? Maybe Andrew was right. She should have said something and she wouldn't be going through with this now..
"Thank you babe, I love you so much." She said sweetly through watery eyes.
Her tears frightened him. Did she and Seiya kill someone or witness something? Well he was ready to find out what he had to do to protect his family if so. He kissed her again before getting out the car to grab the kids.
Note: I know it's short but I just wanted to post something for this weekend… Review
