Its time for a new face to take she stage......hope you enjoy and sorry i've been gone so long.

Serena stared at the handsome dark haired man before and was suddenly struck with a sense of déjà vu. "I'm sorry I'm being rude, please come in," she said opening the door. "My father's in the kitchen please wait here and I will get him for you," she told him. She turned and walked to the kitchen doorway, before entering however she looked over her shoulder at Seiya. He was handsome, extremely handsome, and he just oozed confidence. She shook her head, "Dad there's someone here for you, says his name is Seiya."

Ken stood from his seat at the kitchen table, "Great and here I told Lou that I wouldn't be able to work today," he said walking past Serena. "What's this all about Seiya? You had better not be here to tell me that Lou wants me to come in for something, I'm helping my daughter today."

"No Sir, Mr. Wiseman just wanted me to come by and get your signature really quickly before we send out the last of the paperwork on the Barinsky file," Serena heard Seiya say. "I am sorry to interrupt your day Sir but Mr. Wiseman was insistent that these get signed today."

Ken took the few papers out of Seiya's hand and started to proofread them, he had read only a few lines when he noticed a shift in Seiya's posture. Ken looked up at Seiya, he noticed that the younger mans gaze had been caught by something over his shoulder. Ken turned and looked and saw Seiya staring at his youngest daughter, who was too wrapped up in a conversation with her step mother to notice the stare. He looked back to Seiya, whose gaze had not left the brilliant blonde for a moment, "Careful son she's a mother and a wife," Ken told him looking down at his papers thinking that it would end Seiya's fascination.

"Isn't she getting divorced Sir?" asked Seiya still staring at Serena.

Ken looked up once again, "Yes, she is but like I said she's a mother whose about to have another two babies to raise, she doesn't need any young Casanova running into her life distracting her."

"I like babies," Seiya said simply not realizing Ken's intention. Ken was about to open his mouth to say something else when Seiya spoke again, "She's beautiful Sir."

Ken looked at the boy as he stared at Serena, his eyes were full of curious fascination and wonder. He had seen that look before, in high school and even before boys had stared at Serena more than Mina. His ex-wife had never really understood why but Ken knew. It was because even though Mina was blatantly pretty and proportional, Serena was a mysterious beauty. She stood out amongst the crowd by simply being in the crowed, she didn't try to get attention it just came to her, she never did anything to try and be noticed and that was what got her noticed the most. She was a mystery and that's why men were drawn to her, that and because she also radiated kindness and a love of life.

"Like I said boy she doesn't need anyone running into her life and distracting her while she is trying to rebuild herself," Ken told Seiya, he hastily signed the papers and then shoved them back at Seiya. "There you have your documents not get back to Wiseman and finish your job."

Seiya looked up at Ken not understanding what exactly he had done wrong, he was about to speak when another voice cut him off. "Are you finished with your business dad?" Serena asked.

Both men turned around to see Serena walking towards them, "Yes I was just telling Mr. Kou that he should take these back to Lou Wiseman ASAP," Ken said turning back to Seiya.

"Well you should probably do as my father says he's all business when it comes to numbers," Serena said jokingly. "Dad Jonathan and Hotaru want to know if you would teach them how to play the harmonica. I think they are trying to get out of unpacking," she said with a brilliant smile.

"I'll set them straight, we'll start in the basement," he said.

Serena smiled wider and then turned to Seiya, "It was nice to meet you."

"You as well Miss…" Seiya trailed off.

"Please its Serena, Serena Shields," she told him holding out her hand.

Seiya took it and was about to smoothly flip it over and kiss the top of her hand, but thought wiser of the move when he noticed Ken's glare. He simply shook her hand and smiled, "Nice to meet you as well, you know if you need any help at all around town I would be more than willingly to help out in any way."

"Thanks but that's what she has a brother and father for," Ken said, "now like I said you had better get those back to Lou if you know what's good for you."

Seiya knew it was his time to go with one last smile he said goodbye and walked out of the house towards his black Mercedes that was parked in the street. Serena and Ken walked over to the screen door and watched him drive away.

"He was nice is he a new intern at the firm?" asked Serena.

"No he's the new junior partner at the firm and I would advise you to stay away from him he has a reputation."

"Dad I'm getting divorced and about to give birth, believe me men are the last thing on my mind right now," Serena said patting him on the shoulder. "Now how about you get a move on that basement?" she said walking back to the kitchen.

Ken smiled and leaned on the screen doorway staring at the place where Seiya's car had been. He had a bad feeling about the boy and he would be damned if he allowed another person hurt his daughter.

After all the unpacking had been done and Jonathan had been put to sleep, Serena was left with Karen, her father, Michelle, Amara, and Sam. Sam was sitting at the kitchen trying to figure out how to efficiently set up her cable box, that he insisted was necessary, while Ken sat across from him reading the directions. Karen and Michelle stood at the double sink washing the dishes, and Serena was standing at the counter typing a letter to her editor when Amara reentered the kitchen.

"Alright all the nosey people are gone and the kids are asleep," she said sitting down next to Sammy at the table. The atmosphere didn't really change over the next few minutes and it bothered Amara, so finally she broke the silence. "Ok fine if no one else is going to ask the question I will! Serena what the hell is going on with you and Darien?"

Everyone in the room stilled and looked at Amara and then to Serena waiting for an answer. Serena looked up from her computer, "What do you mean what is going on?"

"Are you getting a divorce? Are you not? Did you move here to prepare for him? Are you sharing custody of your children? Is he marrying his mistress? What the hell is going on?" Amara practically shouted.

"Amara," Ken said with a warning tone.

"No, no Uncle Ken no one has been answering the questions that we all have, and I need to know what's happening," Amara said.

Serena sighed then shut her laptop, "I signed the divorce papers today, I'm sending them out tomorrow. We plan to share custody of our children, Darien is moving to New York, so commuting between visitation won't be hard, and no I don't think that he is going to marry his mistress."

Everyone was silent, then Amara spoke, "Aright well that's good to know."

Serena nodded, "If you excuse me I need to finish this letter and send it out." She picked up her laptop and exited the kitchen.

The tension seemed to lift with Serena's departure, and Karen let out a tense breath. "Really Amara I don't know how you could even ask a question like that you know that Darien wouldn't marry his mistress," Michelle said.

"What do you mean 'How could I ask that?' it's a valid question!" Amara said.

"Not really," said Sammy from his place.

"What does that mean?" asked Amara.

"Darien would never marry anyone else," Sammy said.

"And why wouldn't he?"

"Come on Amara think about it," he said. She stared at him with a blank look not understanding what he was saying. "Really come on Amara you're supposed to be the smart cousin!"

"What I'm not a mind reader!"

"Darien is still in love with Serena you dumbass!" Sammy said.

"Noooooo", Amara said. Everyone looked at Amara faces full of shock, "What he doesn't? If he did he wouldn't have cheated on her."

"I think I'm begging to understand why you still single," Michelle said.

In her office Serena finished her letter and was just about to shut down her computer when her Skype network began to ring, she opened the box to see who the caller was and was surprised to find it was Darien trying to get a hold of her. She clicked the button that allowed her to answer the call and waited till his face popped up on the screen.

It only took a few seconds and then she saw him, he looked tired and worn out. But seeing his face spread a warmth from her stomach through her entire body. "Hey Serena," he said forcing a smile on his face.

"Darien," she said back giving him a smile.

"I just wanted to tell you that I found a buyer for the house," he said.

"Oh really," she said slightly surprised.

"Yes it's a local buyer who has enjoyed some of my work in the past and when he saw that our house was on the market he said he was determined, he made me a very nice offer," Darien said picking up a piece of paper on the desk next to him and reading from it.

"Oh well that's good, I'm glad that it was able to sell to quickly," she said not concealing the sadness in her voice.

Darien caught the tone and looked up at her, "Serena are you alright?" he asked.

"Oh yeah I'm fine, it's just strange, we've been in that old house so long that it's strange to actually realized that soon someone else is going to be living in it. There were a lot of good memories there," she said.

"Yeah, like Jonathan's first birthday," he said with a laugh.

"Oh don't remind me, now I'm not going to be able to look a Mina without laughing again," Serena said.

Darien let out a hearty laugh and leaned back, "It was her own fault, and she was the one who insisted on baking the cake. It was good that you had thought ahead and ordered one from the bakery."

"If there's one thing that I know about my sister it's that when cooking is left to her something is going to catch on fire," Serena said. "I don't know how that husband of hers is going to survive the next few years."

"Husband? Mina got married?" Darien asked surprised.

"Yeah she surprised everyone today showing up saying that she was here to help and that she had eloped with Patty's lawyer that she met after the funeral," Serena told him.

"Wow I never thought that Mina of all people would be married," he said. "She doesn't seem like the type to ever settle down and have a family."

"What are you talking about Mina has always been the family gal, she said she wants like eight kids and a big backyard with a dog," Serena said her voice full of sarcasm.

"She had better be careful or she may get all that," Darien said.

"Oh jeeze could you see Mina as a soccer mom?" Serena said laughing at the idea.

"No but then I never saw you as one either and look where you have ended up," Darien said.

"Hey, for you information, I was a hot soccer mom," she said.

Darien laughed, "You sure are Serena. You make all the other small town moms jealous."

"Don't think that I don't Shields there was a reason that I wasn't allowed to join the PTA," she said with a smile. Serena glanced down at the time and realized that she and Darien had been talking for almost forty five minutes, "Oh no Dare I'm sorry but I have to go I didn't mean to talk this long and I still have guests, I'm glad we got a good deal on the house. I'll call you sometime this week to talk about Jonathan's school schedule."

And with those words she logged off and shut down her computer. After a few minutes of struggling she was able to get out of her chair. She turned off all the lights and was heading back to the kitchen when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the lower part of her stomach.

She clutched on to the wall and cringed at the pain, 'Not again,' she thought. She prepared herself for more pain when suddenly just as quickly as it had appeared it was gone. Serena stayed holding onto the wall for a few more seconds, she wiped the sweat off of her brow and stood up right, her breathing was ragged and her hands were shaking. She looked around to make sure no one had seen her.

Serena stood in the hall and composed herself for a few more seconds and then went back into her office. She picked up the phone and dialed, she waited for the answering machine to pick up and then left her voice message, "Hello Dr. Stone it's Serena Shields, I was just calling because I've been experiencing some strange pains and I wanted to set up an appointment to come in for a checkup." She left her phone number and the best time to reach her and then hung up. She leaned against her desk and lightly touched her stomach. "Please, please not again," she whispered tears silently rolling down her face.