Alright heres the next one, I know this is short but I think you may like it.
I do not own sailor moon.
Serena stood waiting at the Airport gate waiting for Jonathan, Rei and Mina to arrive from their layover in New York. Darien was standing behind her off to the side and Helen was sitting waiting for her grandson. It had been two weeks since Serena had seen her son and she was anxious to see his smiling face. She could see people start exiting from the plane and caught a glimpse of Mina's shining blond hair. A small smile came to her face; her sister had done so much for her, in her own way, over the past few weeks. Serena could see a new relationship blooming with her and part of her was happy. But then part of her was cautious she knew her family too well.
She shifted her weight to her other foot and chewed her lip, she was nervous and happy. Then when she saw Rei's black hair she smiled widely, she could see Jonathan walking holding his aunts hand. She broke out in a wide smile when he spotted her and his eyes lit up like Christmas. He broke away from Rei and ran through the people; he reached her and jumped into her arms.
"Mommy, mommy," he cried as she picked him up and hugged him tight. Serena felt tears prick her eyes as she held onto him. She kissed his cheek and rubbed his head.
"Oh baby I missed you so much," she said.
"I missed you too mommy," he pulled away from her and gave her a pouting look, "mommy aunt Mina made me go shopping, it was terrible."
Serena laughed at him, "Believe me baby I know," she said.
He looked at her smiling and then his eyes went to Darien and again he lit up. "Daddy!" he yelled and squirmed in her arms to be put down. Serena let him down and he instantly ran to Darien and did the same as he had done with Serena. Serena turned to watch the exchange; Mina coming and standing next to her on her right and Rei on her left. Serena saw the happiness that Darien had on his face and she how relived he was to be holding his son at the moment. It brought a feeling of sadness to her heart.
Helen stood and went over to Rei they stared at each other and then Rei moved in and gave her a long hug. She whispered something that Serena couldn't hear and then they broke apart.
Darien put down Jonathan and kneeled down in front of him. Jonathan was talking so fast and Darien could only give him a smile as he nodded and tried to keep up with his son's words.
"That's a sight I'm not used to," Mina said. Serena looked at her and saw that she was watching Rei and Helen.
"Not here Mina," Serena said as she went back to watching Darien and Jonathan.
"You know she would love to hear from you Sere," Mina said, "And it wouldn't kill you."
"Mina you know as well as I do where she stands on that issue," Serena replied to her comment.
"True but sometimes to mend things you have to put in the first stitch," Mina told her.
"Since when have you become so wise?"
"Living with Rei for so long you pick up on some of her wisdom here and there," Mina said jokingly. Then she grew sober, "It only takes one phone call, and you know that you could need someone like her especially after what your about to start into."
Serena was silent and didn't look at her, "I think on it."
"Well I guess its better then nothing," Mina said as she pulled her jacket over one arm and then the other. "I'll be in town for a while Serena, I called a few friends and got a temporary job here and an apartment."
"Are you sure that they can spare you in Los Angeles?" Serena asked sarcastically.
"Ehh, your so funny," Mina said as she picked up the handle on one of her roll suite cases and began to walk, "Nice to see you again Helen, Rei," and with an icy tone, "Darien." She walked up to a service vehicle and handed the man a hundred dollar bill. "IF you get my bags there's a tip as well." The man not being an idiot ran over and grabbed the bags and began to pile them on the back. Mina stepped in making sure not to scuff her black Prada shoes. "I'll call you Serena maybe me, you, Lita, and Rei can all go out to dinner some night," she said, she thought about it for a second and then said, "Maybe we wont, don't want to be seen in public with you even though you do look better then last time."
The man hopped into the car and began to drive away slowly. "By all," Mina yelled as she waved behind her and became smaller and smaller in the distance.
Serena could only give a sarcastic smile at her sister's actions. "That woman hasn't changed at all," Darien said as he walked over to Serena holding Jonathan and watching Mina.
"You expected her too?" Serena asked.
Serena, Darien, Helen and Jonathan walked into the house and instantly Jonathan ran to the old housekeeper Christina who hugged him tightly. Serena smiled as he told her all about their trip. When he was finished he ran up to his bed room and proceeded to throw his things all about the room, "It was too clean," he declared later.
Serena walked into the kitchen and saw that Christina had set out a bottle of Serena's water. She smiled at the thoughtfulness of the woman; she loved her like a mother and whished that she could have been her mother. It would be a real improvement from her real parent.
Darien walked in behind her and hung his jacket up on the hook that was next to the door. He said nothing to her but went to the cabinet and pulled out a box of saltine crackers. He set then down in front of Serena and then began to nibble on them himself.
"What are you having morning sickness as well?" she asked sarcastically. He smiled at her and continued to munch on her crackers. "Stop it if you eat all of them then I wont have any for when I really need them," she said. He still continued to munch knowing that it annoyed her. "Darien," Serena cried as she came around the counter and tried to take them from him.
Darien grabbed them and held the out of her reach, "Darien give them back," she said as she reached for them. He wrapped his free arm around her waist, but still kept the box from her. Serena put her hand on his shoulder so that she could push him away and get free to grab the box. "Stop it," she said. He gave her a playful laugh and leaned back even more. She was smiling and slightly laughing at him as she tried to get the box back.
This was the scene that Helen walked in on when she entered the kitchen silently. She stopped in her tracks before they say her and backed out of the room. She crack a big smile as she turned and walked away from the room. She turned to go upstairs and Jonathan was sitting at the top watching her.
"Why are you smiling grandma?" he asked innocently.
"Because little one, you're going to be a big brother," she said knowing that if she told him the truth he wouldn't understand. His eyes got as wide as sauce pans and his mouth formed an "O".
"I want a brother," he said happily.
"Why?"
"Because then I can teach him everything that daddy taught me," he said confidently.
"Shouldn't daddy teach him that?" asked Helen.
Jonathans face fell, "He won't be around," he said sadly.
"What do you mean?" Helen asked alarmed.
"Aunt Mina said that mommy was going to move me and her back to New York that she and daddy were finished," he said. "What does finished mean grams?" he asked using the nickname that he had given her as a baby.
She took Jonathans hands and smiled at him, "Jonathan you listen to me and not your air headed aunt, your mommy and daddy are not finished," she said strongly. "They have a lot of things happening now but they are not finished, they are still very much in love."
"I'm glad, cause I would be sad if we moved to New York without daddy," he said.
"So would I sweetie, so would I," Helen said.
Downstairs Serena was still trying to get the box from Darien. "Please Darien?" she asked softly trying a new tactic, "I have stomachache and I need them."
Darien smiled at her, "I can fix that," he said. He put the box down behind him and brought his other hand up to her face and tilted her chin up so that she was looking up at him. He brushed away the hair from her face and studied her eyes.
Serena's heart was beating fast now, she was remembering a feeling that she had long forgotten. She couldn't take a breath and felt like her knees were weak and knew that if he hadn't been holding her she would have fell down. Her hand was on his shoulder and her other on his upper arm.
She saw him tilting his head to move in and kiss her and against her better judgment she tilted her head to give him access to her lips. When they touched Serena felt a shock, a jolt that she hadn't felt for a long, long time. His hand moved to entangle itself in her hair and his other arm tightened around her pulling her closer to him. Her whole body was warm and full of a passionate fever that she had forgotten. Her hand wrapped itself around his neck and she felt him lift her up onto the counter.
His hands were on her hips, and hers were in his hair. Her legs parted and he stood in between them. He left her lips and moved down her jaw until he came to her neck and he began to place fathering kisses on her neck. Serena had a bright smile on her face; she pulled him back to her face. She wanted to feel his lips again it was something that she had missed.
Suddenly they heard the doorbell rang in the background and they halted their actions. "You should get that," she said against his lips.
"Christina will," he said, not wanting to move.
"It may be for one of us," she told him as began to move again.
"They can wait." But the person at the door was not one who liked to wait. Within a few seconds of him uttering those words Christina came into the room and cleared her throat. Darien pulled back from Serena, "What is it?" he asked, and no sooner had he uttered those words had Cassie Lang walked into the room. She was dressed in a tight black dress with a jean jacket thrown over it, matching flip flops on her feet. Her hair was up in a messy bun and her large sunglasses were hiding her eyes.
"Darien I've called you about three times today and you haven't called me back," she said in a whiny voice.
"Perhaps that was because he had better things to do," Helen said as she pushed by Cassie to stand by Serena, who was still sitting on the counter. "We went to pick up his son at the airport and he was out with us, I would think that is more important then some foolish little woman calling him obsessively."
"Excuse me I am not just some foolish little woman," Cassie cried out, "I am carrying his child."
"So is my daughter-in-law," Helen replied. "And truthfully I think that Darien being with his wife is more important then him being with you." Darien was silent through the whole ordeal, his eyes glanced over at Serena and he saw her touch her head.
Serena meanwhile felt like she was being suffocated in the room. Christina stood by the door and watched the two women screaming at each other as things began to escalate. Then from the upstairs floor music drifted outside and down into the kitchen.
Serena heard it and realized that it was The Killers "When you were young." She had just bought the CD for Jonathan who thought that they were the best band since, toasted Jelly. Serena smiled at the song, then she heard Cassie let out a cry of aggravation and throw her hands up in the air in defeat complaining to Darien about how no one in his family was seeing her side.
Darien began to say something now and Serena's headache became worse. Suddenly Ami walked into the room with Kevin, and Lita; they had arrived and sent the children upstairs upon hearing raised voices. Ami and Lita instantly began to question what was going on. Serena tried to focus on the song.
"You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now
Here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young"
Serena heard the second verse start and also heard the raised voices of everyone in the room Helne more then anything, then Lita expressing her outrage at the fact that Cassie was in the house. Ami as she was trying to calm everyone down, Darien trying to explain things to Kevin, Helen yelling at Cassie and Cassie yelling back.
Finally Serena got fed up with the situation and jumped down from the counter. The room was filled with too much tension and it was seeping into her and making her head throb, she didn't know if it was good for anyone but she knew it wasn't good for her baby. Serena went to the sliding door and opened it; she stepped out onto the back patio and heard the music above everything else.
"They say the devil's water
It ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while"
Serena walked out across the patio and unlocked the gate that lead to the large in ground pool, she went to the deep end and saw the water clean and blue. Serena could hear everyone's voices screaming and it made her head throb worse. Serena looked down into the pool and remembered how that when she was a child she had gone underwater and blocked out the world. All that was down there was silence, and the solitude.
Serena shook her head as she heard the wails of Cassie and the yells, of Helen. She stepped out and let herself fall into the water; it washed over her instantly and within seconds she heard nothing and it was all blocked out, but she could still hear the song playing. Everything around her was blue, then she closed her eyes and a familiar scene played before her eyes.
"You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now
Here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young
(talks like a gentleman)
(like you imagined)
When you were young
I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know"
Underwater Serena smiled as she came back up for air and pushed back her hair so that it was out of face. She turned and saw Darien standing at the gate watching her as she tread water to stay up. He didn't say anything only sat down in one of the long chairs that sat around the pool.
"I'm sorry Serena," he said, "this is all my fault."
Serena said nothing then looked at him and said, "Yeah it is." And with that she dipped her head underwater and again let the silence engulf her.
Well I love the song When you were young and I dont own it its by the Killers one of the greatest bands I have ever heard. I writing this while i was listening to this and i just thought that it fit so well. Tell me what you think and how you think the story is going so far.