Chapter 9:
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Serena sat down on her bed. She wasn't feeling too well, and hadn't been for the last 2 months. She woke up every morning for the past couple of weeks, throwing up.
"Rena? Are you ok?"
"Huh…yeah…I'm fine. I don't feel too good."
"Does it have to do with Darien and the others?"
"Maybe…"
"Wait…" Emma looked at Serena.
"Wait what?"
Emma walked over to Serena.
"Serena…when was the last time you had…your…"
Serena thought for a minute.
"A couple of months…why?"
Mina's eyes widened.
"Serena…EMMA! Oh my god!"
Emma and Mina each grabbed one of Serena's hands, and hauled her up from the bed.
"C'mon…we're going out."
"I don't want to!"
"Too BAD!"
Emma and Mina dragged a kicking Serena out of the room. They weren't getting far.
"GRADY!"
Grady ran up the stairs.
"Yeah?"
"We need your help. Carry Serena to the truck…"
"Ok…why?"
"Just DO IT!"
"OK!"
Grady picked up Serena, and flung her over his shoulder. She pounded on his back.
"PUT ME DOWN!"
Grady laughed, and walked outside, and outside to put her into the truck. Mina and Emma grabbed their bags, and ran after him.
"Mina? What's going on?"
"We're going out…we'll be back…"
Grady was fighting to put Serena into the truck.
"Dammit Serena…if you sit in that truck…without fighting, I'll buy you ice cream…"
Serena calmed down, and got into the truck.
"Where you all headed?"
"Out Grady. We'll be back in a while."
Emma and Mina got into the truck, and drove off. The drove into town, and stopped off at the drug store.
"Why are we here?"
"Because Serena…"
"When was the last time you and Darien…you know…"
"Abut… uh… 3 months ago…why?"
"Lately, I've been noticing things change about you…you're eating more, getting tired more…and you throw up every morning…"
Her eyes widened.
"You mean…I'm…"
"That's what we're here to find out right?"
They climbed out of the truck, and walked into the store. They walked out 10 minutes later, Mina holding a brow paper bag.
"Right. Off to get you ice cream…"
Serena sat in between them, and soon held ice cream in her hands. The drove back to the ranch, and they all walked inside, and up the stairs. They locked themselves in the bathroom, and turned around to give Serena some privacy.
"Done…"
Emma looked at the box.
"Ok…we'll wait a minute…"
They all looked at each other, and didn't say a word. The minute was up.
"Who wants to look at it?"
"I don't…" Serena muttered.
"I'll do it…" Emma said as she took the thing away from Serena.
It looked at he. The little stick was pink.
"Well?"
"Mina? What does it mean when it's pink?"
Mina glanced at the box.
"Positive…"
"Positive?"
"Yes…"
"Serena…"
"No…"
"Yes…"
"OH MY GOD!"
"Are you happy?"
"I don't know…yes…no…yes."
"Yes or no?"
"YES!"
"SERENA! THIS IS GREAT!"
All of the girls hugged.
"Well… let's get out of this cramped bathroom, and into Serena's room…"
The girls walked arm in arm down the hallway, and into Serena's room.
"Serena? I think you should tell Darien…"
"No."
"Savannah?"
"Sure…"
"Now?"
"Why not?"
"I'll get her…" Mina said as she was going to get up.
"Mina… sit back down…I'll do it. MOM!!!"
"What?" Savannah said from downstairs.
"COME UP HERE!"
Emma heard her mother's footsteps coming up the stairs, and down the hall.
"What is it Emma?"
"Mom…uh…"
"What?"
Savannah walked into the room, and closed the door. Mina looked at Emma, and walked to Savannah and handed her the results of the home pregnancy test. Savannah looked at it.
"Who?"
"Serena."
"Really? Congratulations!"
"Thanks."
"I can't wait to tell everyone downstairs!"
"NO! Please Savannah. Don't…"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'll tell them when I'm ready…"
"Ok…well… don't you all hide up here…"
Savannah smiled and hugged Serena.
"How far along are you?"
"2 1/2 months…"
"You'll start showing soon…"
"I know…"
"Oh well. That's ok! This is going to be so much fun!"
They all walked downstairs.
"Serena. You should talk to Darien…" Savannah whispered in her ear.
"I know…"
"Go for a ride…"
"Is it ok…for the…"
"Yeah… just don't go too fast, or too far…"
"Ok…"
"I'll go saddle Guardian for you…and Bronx for Darien…"
Emma walked outside, and saw Darien sitting on the porch swing with everyone outside.
"Grady? Can you help me?"
Grady got up from his spot beside Lita, and walked with his sister towards the stable.
"Yeah?"
"Saddle up Bronx for me…"
"Sure thing…"
5 minutes later, Emma and Grady walked back to everybody.
"Darien?"
The door opened.
"Darien. Get onto the horse…we're going for a ride. We have to talk."
Everyone turned to see Serena.
"Serena!"
"Ray." She said with a curt nod, and an icy tone in her voice.
Everyone watched as Ray flinched at the sound.
"Serena…"
"Lita. Darien. Now."
Serena walked with Emma and Grady back to the stable, and Darien followed. Grady helped Serena onto her horse, and Emma handed Serena her hat.
"Be careful…"
"I will…follow me?" she whispered.
Emma nodded.
"Let's go."
"Where are you going? And how long?"
"I think just to the pass…we'll be about an hour…if we're not back by an hour and a half, come looking for us…"
Serena clicked Guardian into moving.
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Serena sat down on her bed. She wasn't feeling too well, and hadn't been for the last 2 months. She woke up every morning for the past couple of weeks, throwing up.
"Rena? Are you ok?"
"Huh…yeah…I'm fine. I don't feel too good."
"Does it have to do with Darien and the others?"
"Maybe…"
"Wait…" Emma looked at Serena.
"Wait what?"
Emma walked over to Serena.
"Serena…when was the last time you had…your…"
Serena thought for a minute.
"A couple of months…why?"
Mina's eyes widened.
"Serena…EMMA! Oh my god!"
Emma and Mina each grabbed one of Serena's hands, and hauled her up from the bed.
"C'mon…we're going out."
"I don't want to!"
"Too BAD!"
Emma and Mina dragged a kicking Serena out of the room. They weren't getting far.
"GRADY!"
Grady ran up the stairs.
"Yeah?"
"We need your help. Carry Serena to the truck…"
"Ok…why?"
"Just DO IT!"
"OK!"
Grady picked up Serena, and flung her over his shoulder. She pounded on his back.
"PUT ME DOWN!"
Grady laughed, and walked outside, and outside to put her into the truck. Mina and Emma grabbed their bags, and ran after him.
"Mina? What's going on?"
"We're going out…we'll be back…"
Grady was fighting to put Serena into the truck.
"Dammit Serena…if you sit in that truck…without fighting, I'll buy you ice cream…"
Serena calmed down, and got into the truck.
"Where you all headed?"
"Out Grady. We'll be back in a while."
Emma and Mina got into the truck, and drove off. The drove into town, and stopped off at the drug store.
"Why are we here?"
"Because Serena…"
"When was the last time you and Darien…you know…"
"Abut… uh… 3 months ago…why?"
"Lately, I've been noticing things change about you…you're eating more, getting tired more…and you throw up every morning…"
Her eyes widened.
"You mean…I'm…"
"That's what we're here to find out right?"
They climbed out of the truck, and walked into the store. They walked out 10 minutes later, Mina holding a brow paper bag.
"Right. Off to get you ice cream…"
Serena sat in between them, and soon held ice cream in her hands. The drove back to the ranch, and they all walked inside, and up the stairs. They locked themselves in the bathroom, and turned around to give Serena some privacy.
"Done…"
Emma looked at the box.
"Ok…we'll wait a minute…"
They all looked at each other, and didn't say a word. The minute was up.
"Who wants to look at it?"
"I don't…" Serena muttered.
"I'll do it…" Emma said as she took the thing away from Serena.
It looked at he. The little stick was pink.
"Well?"
"Mina? What does it mean when it's pink?"
Mina glanced at the box.
"Positive…"
"Positive?"
"Yes…"
"Serena…"
"No…"
"Yes…"
"OH MY GOD!"
"Are you happy?"
"I don't know…yes…no…yes."
"Yes or no?"
"YES!"
"SERENA! THIS IS GREAT!"
All of the girls hugged.
"Well… let's get out of this cramped bathroom, and into Serena's room…"
The girls walked arm in arm down the hallway, and into Serena's room.
"Serena? I think you should tell Darien…"
"No."
"Savannah?"
"Sure…"
"Now?"
"Why not?"
"I'll get her…" Mina said as she was going to get up.
"Mina… sit back down…I'll do it. MOM!!!"
"What?" Savannah said from downstairs.
"COME UP HERE!"
Emma heard her mother's footsteps coming up the stairs, and down the hall.
"What is it Emma?"
"Mom…uh…"
"What?"
Savannah walked into the room, and closed the door. Mina looked at Emma, and walked to Savannah and handed her the results of the home pregnancy test. Savannah looked at it.
"Who?"
"Serena."
"Really? Congratulations!"
"Thanks."
"I can't wait to tell everyone downstairs!"
"NO! Please Savannah. Don't…"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'll tell them when I'm ready…"
"Ok…well… don't you all hide up here…"
Savannah smiled and hugged Serena.
"How far along are you?"
"2 1/2 months…"
"You'll start showing soon…"
"I know…"
"Oh well. That's ok! This is going to be so much fun!"
They all walked downstairs.
"Serena. You should talk to Darien…" Savannah whispered in her ear.
"I know…"
"Go for a ride…"
"Is it ok…for the…"
"Yeah… just don't go too fast, or too far…"
"Ok…"
"I'll go saddle Guardian for you…and Bronx for Darien…"
Emma walked outside, and saw Darien sitting on the porch swing with everyone outside.
"Grady? Can you help me?"
Grady got up from his spot beside Lita, and walked with his sister towards the stable.
"Yeah?"
"Saddle up Bronx for me…"
"Sure thing…"
5 minutes later, Emma and Grady walked back to everybody.
"Darien?"
The door opened.
"Darien. Get onto the horse…we're going for a ride. We have to talk."
Everyone turned to see Serena.
"Serena!"
"Ray." She said with a curt nod, and an icy tone in her voice.
Everyone watched as Ray flinched at the sound.
"Serena…"
"Lita. Darien. Now."
Serena walked with Emma and Grady back to the stable, and Darien followed. Grady helped Serena onto her horse, and Emma handed Serena her hat.
"Be careful…"
"I will…follow me?" she whispered.
Emma nodded.
"Let's go."
"Where are you going? And how long?"
"I think just to the pass…we'll be about an hour…if we're not back by an hour and a half, come looking for us…"
Serena clicked Guardian into moving.
