Tomorrow Is Another Day
By Strawberry
Romance/Drama
Chapter 18
I don't own SM! Or scenes from gone with the wind or the dresses! Or the dresses descriptions!
Serena looked at herself in the mirror, there were bags under her eyes, what Andrew had said had affected her… it was months ago, but each and every night it played in her mind, Darien, knew something was wrong but didn't seem to want to hear of talk about it, Rini's first birthday party was today, the little girl had grown very beautifully, she had beautiful golden hair like her mother, but hers was youthful and younger then hers mothers, which gave it a beautiful shine, her blue eyes were bright like her mother but had stormy traces in them from her father. They were like a magnificent country side, scattered with the debris of the latest storm. She had a quieter disposition, though she was only one. she enjoyed her father's company very much, he would take her in her carriage for strolls around the block, Serena would usually accompany the two, it was quite enjoyable at times, the only one who looked after Rini when Darien was busy was Mammy, Though she was young, Rini favored her father more then her mother, she would crawl and make him take her in his lap while he read the paper, she would occasionally crawl to Serena, whenever she got hurt she would cry and cry until ether her mother or father would pick her up, Serena was relived of that. Occasionally, when Serena saw father and daughter atop a horse, Darien sitting behind Rini holding her of coarse, she'd feel ether jealousy or affection for the two. She put on her ruby ear bobs, they matched her dress perfectly, she was wearing a red bustle dress, it made a V shape, just above her breast, the V was decorated with red silk taffeta, making little ovals of fabric, that went a little before the waist on the right side on her, the ovals were also going diagonal below her waist, her sleeve were long and bell shaped, the ends of the sleeve were pleated, the skirts was wide spread, the back was bustled up, it also scooped into a V at the back and was decorated with the same red fabric ovals. She slipped on her red silk slippers.
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The house was soon full of little children running about, Serena had wired Amy and Sam money to come with William for the party, Charles was there too. Other children from the neighborhood came and brought beautifully wrapped presents. Rini was wearing a white dress with very short, slightly puffed sleeves; the dress was decorated with small Red rosebuds around the waist. Darien was wearing a navy suit and vest with a white shirt and a navy ascot. He looked devilishly handsome. Their were pony rides in the backyard which occupied most of the children and Rini, Darien walked with the pony and held onto the little girls waist, Serena watched from the patio. Mina was helping Charles onto the pony and Andrew was talking with Sam, and Amy was talking to some of the in Serena's opinion aristocrats of the town. Darien's mother attended the party, she came all the way from Charleston, she and Darien had patched things up and she wanted badly to see her first grandchild. She was very kind and warm to both Darien and Serena and loved their little girl very much. During the afternoon the children napped and the adults mingled, and at nightfall the children slept in the Shields house while downstairs in the ballroom a ball went on.
While the children slept Andrew and Mina took a walk in the garden, hand in hand, all of a sudden they stopped and turned to each other, they talked for moment then he leaned in and kissed her passionately, little did they know Serena looked down at them on a balcony on the second floor. She knew no guests would go upstairs to the second floor; she grabbed the railing for support as she watched the passionate love scene. All of a sudden arms wrapped around her waist, she jumped back, and the person put their head and smelled her hair then kissed the top of her head. She looked up and saw Darien, he smiled and kissed her lips, she looked back out the window, she didn't want him to see what she was watching, she tried to break his strong embrace but couldn't.
"What are we watching darling?" he asked, he kissed her neck and looked, but thankfully Andrew and Mina had moved on,
"I-I'm just watching the sunset." she stuttered,
"It's breathtaking isn't it?" He asked, she nodded, they watched the sunset continuously until it was gone. He turned her around, holding her tight, she looked at him. She was now facing him,
"Tell me, are you having fun?" she asked
"Oh yes… Delightful." she said as she smiled, he chuckled and kissed her on the lips,
"Come my darling, let's go downstairs, the guests must be wondering where we are." he said, he held out his arm, she gratefully took it and they walked downstairs.
TBC