Under the Covers

OK, ok, due to the recent number of people wanting to keep Under the Covers as the title, I have decided to keep the original title.

Also whoever said just because Under the Covers sounded like it will happy ending that it actually will? Knowing my 'style' I'll probably kill of all the characters in a horrible death. Yay for me.

Any who, thanks for everyone who reviewed!

Chapter 16:

For the next couple of days Serena slipt back into her old lifestyle. Where she practically lived at Darien's apartment, hardly showing up at her dorm and she couldn't be happier.

Of course she knew that what she was doing to her friends but a bit selfish and uncaring but she needed someone who could just be there for her and not expect the world from her.

Darien could give her comfort and a sort of understanding that none of her girl friends could even begin to understand. And it wasn't just about sex.

The time they had spent apart matured them and made them just a little wiser. With Darien, Serena could forget everything that had happened with Michael and just be his lover.

"Is it good?" Serena asked enthusiastically as she bounced up and down in her seat as she looked at Darien intently as he swallowed the dinner she had made.

Everyone knew that Serena wasn't a good cook. Lita had given up hope on her a long time ago to show her how to cook but Serena was determined to cook Darien a meal to prove herself more than just a ditzy blonde.

"Uh..."

"Oh, you don't like it did you?" Serena said her face falling as she looked at the blackened mess she made Darien try.

Darien's heart dropped. "Aww, sweetie it just takes some more practise to master the art of cooking," He tried to joke as he watched her face crumple as she sniffed so she wouldn't cry.

Darien reached round the other side of the table and gathered her up in his arms. "I love it Serena. I love the thought that you wanted to cook for me," He whispered in her ear, rubbing his hands up and down her arms.

"Really?" Serena asked in a small voice.

"Really, now come on. I'll wash up and then we can go out and eat. There is this new place I've been dying to take you too,"

"You're the best!" Serena said as she hugged Darien.

"So I've been told," Darien said as he wrapped his arms around her, holding her to him.

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"This way," The waiter said with a slight bow as he led the couple to a table.

He waited till they settled down in their respective chairs before giving them their menus and rattling off the specials before ambling off.

Ann took a deep breath as she placed her menu down. She had already broken it off with Tyler earlier and things with him weren't the smoothest. She had to be more careful as how she phrased it.

*Flash back*

"Tyler get your filthy hands off me, I didn't come here for a fuck," Ann said as she pushed him off her again.

"Playing hard to get are we?" He said with an obvious wink before reaching out for her again.

It was obvious that he was stoned out of his mind and very, very horny.

Ann smacked him, "I'm pregnant!" She let out suddenly.

Tyler jerked forward as he had just been shoved violently. "What? Ann..."

Ann sighed as tears formed in her eyes. "It's not yours Tyler. But I can't see you any more either,"

He flopped down on his bed behind him. His eyes stony cold as he looked at the floor.

"Not mine?" "How many other people do you fuck with?!" Tyler said suddenly becoming violently angry as he threw himself at her.

Ann eyes widened with fear as she looked at his fiery orbs. His hands gripping her shoulder tightly as he cornered her in the shadows of his room.

She hadn't felt this kind of fear since she was a little kid and her father... it was all in the past now but she wasn't used to not being in control.

Tyler was supposed to be her fuck puppy as here he was. His grip on her shoulders causing her to let out a whimper of pain.

"Tyler! You're hurting me!" Ann exclaimed before she could muffle her voice.

She mentally kicked herself. Knowing that begging with the person that was inflicting the pain would not help to ease it. In fact she was just adding more full to the already blazing fire.

Tyler slammed her hard against the wall behind her causing her to lose the wind in her lungs as she tried to draw air into her body.

Using one hand to pin her up and stay locked in that position he used the other to remove her pants and panties. Realisation dawned on Ann. She was about to be raped but unlike the last time she wasn't defenceless and she wasn't just thinking about her own life anymore.

Ann bided her time before delivering the painful kick to Tyler's most treasured part. His eyes rolled to the back of his hand. His hands automatically reaching down there to ease the pain.

She wasn't finished yet. She cocked back her arm and hit him square in the nose. Hearing the satisfying crunch as the blood poured out.

"You bitch," Tyler screamed but to preoccupied to make a grab for her and now half cautious of what she could do next.

"Don't come any where near me or my baby ever again. You hear me Tyler! No where," Ann screamed as she stormed out of his room.

She brushed past him. Not noticing the tears streaming past her face. Her hand massaging her stomach.

"I won't let anyone hurt you," Ann knew what she had to do now.

*End of Flashback*

After that incident she hide herself away in her room before gathering up the nerve to meet with Seiya. It seemed safer and wiser to tell him in a public place this time round.

Also after that near rape experience she was more protective of her baby then ever before and she was 98% sure that she will keep it. The baby was hers and she was meant to look after it and protect it.

"Ann? Are you ok?" Seiya asked tenderly as he placed his hand gently on top of hers, which was resting on the side of the table.

Ann smiled weakly, "There is something important I have to tell you,"

He looked up into her eyes and brushed his finger across her cheek before settling it on top of her other hand.

"Seiya?" A wavering voice asked timidly behind him.

Ann's eyes widened as she lifted her head to see the intruder. She snatched her hand away from beneath Seiya's.

He turned slowly and dramatically around in his chair.

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"One day Darien I promise you I will cook you a good and proper meal," Serena informed Darien as they took their seats from the waitress.

She couldn't help but notice how the waitress's cheeks blushed slightly pink as Darien brushed his hand against hers as he took the menu from her.

Serena also picked up as she stumbled at her words when she was reading out the specials but the best part was when she watched her slink off to join the other rejected employers.

"When did you ever become such a nasty, over protective woman?" Darien questioned as he watched her over his menu.

"The moment I saw you," Serena simply replied.

"You know Serena; I wouldn't have ever had you pegged to have the main course right in front of you and plenty of side dishes,"

"Fine, I'll just go then," Serena said as she threw her napkin onto the table. As she caught his underlaying message.

"No!" Darien said loudly and quickly as he reached for her hand to keep her in her place. "You know I didn't mean it like that,"

Serena sighed. She stayed where she was.

"Can I get you any drinks or entrees to start of with?" The waitress asked appearing out of nowhere.

"Just give us a couple of more minutes and we can order it all together," Darien said flashing a sexy smile.

She flushed red again and nodded dumbly as she stumbled off.

Darien sighed as he looked around his surroundings as he tried to figure out what to say to Serena next. All the meaningless questions like who's the weather didn't seem quite appropriate at the time.

A shape caught his eye. "Is that Seiya?"

"What? Where?"

"There sitting opposite Ann?" Darien said his voice wavering slightly when he said Ann's name.

Serena's eyes frantically searched the finely seated dinning hall. She took in a sharp intake of breath when she located them not 5 tables away. Luckily they hadn't spotted them yet.

Serena groaned as she covered her eyes, "What am I supposed to do?"

Darien scanned her face intently knowing the conflict she must be going through. On one hand she had every right to march over there and demand what was happening but that meant including why she was there and that included him.

"I'll be lurking near the men's room if you need me. Wave frantically in my direction if you want me to escape fast," Darien said as he kissed her cheek slightly and moved away.

Serena nodded and took a deep claming breath as she tried to regain in her emotions.

She watched with growing unease as she draw nearer to the table. She watched as Seiya place his hand above Ann's that was leaning on the table. She was right behind him when she heard Ann say, "There is something important I have to tell you,"

Her jaw dropped open when his fingers run across her cheek softly before resting on top of their other hands.

"Seiya?" Serena timidly asked as she stood behind him. Oblivious to her presence before she breathed his name.

He turned around in his seat.

"Seiya, what.... Ann?" Serena stuttered out as she gestured between the two of them frantically.

Seiya sunk lower in his chair. 'This wasn't the way it's supposed to bed!' He shouted out in his head.

"Serena... I can explain," Seiya began but faltered when he realised there wasn't much to explain.

Ann sat stonily in her seat as she tried to rack her brain. She started this 'affair' with Seiya fully intending to hurt Serena the worst way possible but now everything was different.

But what was stopping her to get Seiya so she could support this baby and hurt Serena at the same time? It was almost too easy. Killing two birds with one stone.

"I'm pregnant," Ann blurted out suddenly, instantly getting the attention from both Seiya and Serena.

"It's yours – Seiya," She added.

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