Note: I don't own the characters just the story. Please review and check out my other story Down Under. No bad reviews please. Serena rang the doorbell and put her sunglasses in her hair. The door opened within seconds by Darien. He seemed calm and collected. "Good afternoon. Are the kids ready to go?" She asked cheerfully. "Good afternoon to you too. Yes the are ready." He said smiling. "We're here!" Jamie exclaimed with her beach bag. She pushed her dad's leg and ran to Serena. Jason hurried up to Serena too. "Are we leaving now?" Jason asked "Yep!" She said smiling down at them. "Are you strong enough since last night." Darien asked with concern. "I'm fine. I promise. Couldn't be better." She said softly looking at him. Jamie and Jason grabbed one of Serena's hands and dragged her to the car. "Bye. Have a great time" Darien called after them. They waved and headed to the beach. At the beach…. They had spent hours of play in the water and building sand angels and castles. Serena thought that about after an hour and a half they'd be exhausted but now she needed a break after three hours. She sat on her beach blanket and watched them run towards her and collapse in giggles. They tackled her tickles and she tickled back. After they calmed down and they all just laid there relaxing. Serena closed her eyes to the sunlight and just began to replay the scenes from this morning. "Mommy, are you in love with my daddy?" Jamie asked. 'Mommy?' Serena thought in surprise. She opened her eyes and sat up. She was thrown off guard by mommy and the question. She looked down at Jamie. "Little kids shouldn't ask questions like that." "Will you get green eyes?" Jason asked. "Why? I like my eyes?" Serena asked slightly offended and confused. "I can't call you mommy unless you have green eyes." Jason said logically. "Yeah, I can't either." Jamie said agreeing with her brother. Serena sighed and rolled her eyes. "Look. I can't do that. Out of respect for your mother, I'm not going to try and take her place and neither are you two going to. It's hurt your daddy too much. Just call me Serena or Rena or Sere. I love you two but I can't be your new mommy." She said softly trying to explain things to them. They kids stayed silent for a few minutes looking down. "I wanna go home." Jamie pouted crossing her arms. "Alright. We'll leave in a little bit." Serena said laying back down. "No! I wanna go now!" She exclaimed standing up stomping her foot. "Okay!" Serena said standing up. She picked up her blanket and shook it off. "Start getting your things together." She said to them They quickly got their things together to leave. Carrying Jamie and Jason to the house quickly, Serena sighed. She didn't think they were so heavy. They had fallen asleep and refused to wake up. She knocked on the door with her sandal. Darien heard the knocking and wondered who could be knocking oddly. He got up and went to the door. He opened it to see Serena holding his children. "Can I get some help here?" She asked huffing. "Sure." He took Jamie from her. "Sorry we didn't get to change. They were ready to go." She said softly shutting the door behind them. "It's okay. I didn't even notice." He said turning back to see her dressed in a white bikini. They walked up the stairs and went into their separate directions to put the kids to bed. Darien quickly put Jamie down and hurried back to see Serena bent over tucking Jason into bed. He had a pretty nice view of everything. He caught himself smiling slightly. "Um, so is he still asleep?" He asked as she stood up straightly. "Yeah." She said with a disturbed look on her face. "What's wrong?" He asked "I feel kinda weird around you in a swim suit. It's disrespectful." She said honestly. "Do you want me to get your stuff out of your car?" He asked "If you don't mind" She said sheepishly looking down at her feet.
Darien smirked.
"Be right back." He said leaving out.
She sighed and sat on Jason's bed. She looked around the room, taking notice of every little detail. From the little race car border around the room to a picture of his mom on his dresser. She went over and picked up the picture.

Flashback "Serena, can I just call you mommy? You look like her so much." Jamie said softly End of Flashback

Serena looked over the picture over and over again. The woman was breath taking. She could see their resemblance slightly. They favored a lot except the eye color. She began to feel sad and alone.
"I wish I was their mom." She whispered aloud to herself. She felt hot tears well up in her eyes.
"Here's your stuff." Darien said walking in the room.
In surprise, Serena dropped the picture and looked over at him. Darien saw the sad expression on her face and in her eyes. He gulped slightly. He had the urge to hug her and comfort her. Serena picked up the picture and put it on the dresser.
"I'm going to change." She said not looking directly at him.
"Alright" he said gently.
She went into Jason's bathroom and changed. Once she was finished, she noticed that Darien wasn't there. She headed back downstairs to see him sitting on the couch.
"Can we talk?" She spoke up.
He looked up to see her standing there. He moved over making room for her.
"Yeah"
Once she was seated, she took a deep breath.
"It's about the children. Well what they said to me." She said "What did they say"
"They want to call me mom. I can't let them. It'll be like I'm taking her place. They want me to change my eye color and all." She said looking down at her hands.
Darien stayed silent staring straight ahead. When he didn't reply, she looked up to see him staring into space. He looked so forlorn and beautiful- if a man can be beautiful.
"Will you tell me how long ago did their mother die?" She asked.

He knew it was a matter of time before either Serena or Cynthia was going to ask.
"Right after she gave birth to Jamie. She was really weak…and-" He couldn't finish because tears were beginning to flow down his face.
"It's okay to cry." She said almost lovingly moving closer to him.
"And she died looking directly at me with all the love in her eyes. She said she loved me and died." he said breaking down.
Serena gulped back her own tears and reached for him. She wrapped her arms around him. He returned the hug tightly continuing to cry. He had never cried since her death and now he had given in.
"I'm sorry I brought back so many memories." She said beginning to rock him back and forth.

Thirty minutes later…
Darien laid in Serena's chest sleeping like a baby.
'He needed that' She thought to herself as she tried to slip from under him. Once she was free she walked into the kitchen. She noticed Darien's friend Nathan sitting at the table eating an apple.
"whoa! You startled me…Hey Nate…how long have you been here?" She asked nervously.
"I been here. I came after you took the kids this morning. I was just up in the entertainment room watching tv." He stated.
"Well, is Cynthia here?" She asked looking around.
Nathan chuckled shaking his head.
"No. I kept a look out for you. So what's up with you two?" He asked.
"Nothing. So…are you in the wedding? She asked trying to make conversation.
"Yeah." He said looking over her, he could see why Darien was falling for her.
"Can I use the phone?" She asked.
"Sure"
She walked over and took the cordless phone off the hook. She dialed Seiya's number for some odd reason. Something told her too. The phone rang twice.
"Hello" came a female's voice.
"Can I speak to Seiya." She asked.
"Wrong number." the girl said hanging up. Serena looked at the phone heatedly. She knew she had the right number! She placed the phone back on the hook and turned to Nathan.
"Tell Darien I'll be back in a minute." She said.
"Okay. See ya when you get back." he said to her retreating form.
She was heading straight to Seiya's house.