Chapter 6

"I can't believe it!" Serena streaked with joy. She was in the back room of the church getting her wedding dress on. Rai, Leta, Mina and Amy were getting themselves ready as well. Molly was sitting on a chair closest to the door putting her shoes on. Even thought her and Molly haven't been super close like they used to be, she still loved her friend very much. Serena smiled with complete satisfaction. It has been almost two years since she lost Darien. Through the mirror, she looked at all of her friends. She realized that she never would have made it through without them supporting her. She giggled as she saw Mina trip over her dressed and fall to the ground. She honestly didn't mean to, but really…and people would call her clumsy. But she and Mina look so much a like, like twins. They also acted alike too.

"Girl, you look amazing!" Lita said as she walked over to her friend. She put an arm around her friend's shoulder. "So…this is it huh?"

"Huh?" Serena asked looking at Lita puzzled. She was completely into her thoughts that she hardly noticed Lita there. "Oh…" She said smiling, "This is definitely it! I'm the luckiest girl in the world!"

"You sure are…" Mina said as she walked over to where Serena and Lita were. "We are so proud of you and we love you so much!" She gave her friend a big hug. "I'm going to miss you so much!" She cried out probably a bit to dramatically.

"Where am I going?" Serena asked confused. "I'm I going somewhere?" She asked

"Your getting married Serena, where do you think you are going?" Rai said almost sarcasticly.

A smile came across her face as she looked up with dreamy eyes and in a matching voice said, "I'm going on my honeymoon with Seyia…I think we're going to play bingo and read magma's…" At hearing that, everyone in the room fell to the ground in disbelief. Serena looked around at her friends with a puzzled look on her face. "What?..." She asked confused.

"You'll never change…" Rai muttered under her breath.

"Huh…Serena," Molly asked from across the room, "You really don't know what happens during the honeymoon do you?"

"What? More happens?" She asked innocently

Everyone was again going to fall to the ground in disbelief, but they decided to save it…knowing Serena was going to say or do something in the near future. Mina looked down, shaking her head from side to side. She had a hugh smile on her face. "You're going to do much more then play games or read…and it's going to be much more fun then both."

"Would Seyia be able to join along in whatever I would be doing?" Serena again asked innocently.

Without answering her question, all the girls in the room started to laugh hysterically. In between laughs, Amy managed to sort of answer her previous question. "You'll find out soon enough Serena."

Just then, a knock came to the door. The wedding planner opened the door and peeped her head in. "Ok girls, we are ready to start the wedding. Start coming outside now so that you can walk down the aisle." All of the girls except for Serena left the room. The wedding planner turned her attention to Serena. "So how are you doing hon.?" She asked sweetly.

"I'm starting to feel nervous." Serena answered truthfully, then She continued, "April, to be honest with you, I'm also a little scared." She turned around to face the older woman. "I know…its silly right?"

"Oh no dear…" She said walking over to Serena and putting an arm around her shoulder. She turned Serena back to face the mirror. "It is perfectly normal to feel that way." She started, "But you shouldn't be scared. Not if he's the one who you've searched for all of your live…not if he's your second half. If you were meant to be, then getting married today will only complete you search." With that she patted Serena in the back. "You'll do great..." She started walking towards the door but turned back before she left. "Be ready in five minutes…your father is on his way to meet you back here to bring you out. And don't worry. You look so beautiful, like a princess and he looks like your prince. You look perfect together." With that, she left the room. Serena sat for a moment and thought about her conversation with April. There was no doubt that she truly loved Seyia, but she couldn't stop what she thought next. You're wrong. Seyia is not my prince, he never will be. Darien was my prince and I was his princess. We were suppose to live happily ever after. She paused in her thoughts as she heard someone call her name. Well, she continued in her thoughts, Maybe Seyia is my knight in shining armor…not really a prince…but he saved this princess…how could I not be in love with him? With that she turned around and walked out the door leaving the empty room behind her along with her thoughts.

Seyia and Serena's apartment in Tokyo

"I don't think I could do this." Serena said as she sat on the couch. Already it's been a year since the wedding. 9 months after the wedding, Serena gave birth to a baby girl her daughter Destiny. Now she was 3 months old. Both Serena and Seyia were very happy. Destiny looked just like her mother, but had her father's eyes and hair color.

"I can't leave Destiny alone. She needs me!" Serena protested. Although she and Seyia had dinner reservations for week in advance and the sitter was going to be at their apartment in an hour, Serena began to have second thoughts. But Seyia wasn't about to let her win this battle. She needed a break, heck, he needed a break! So he was not going to back down.

"We need this Serena." Seyia said calmly. "Since Destiny, we haven't had anytime to ourselves. I need you too." He pouted his lower lip and gave her the saddest puppy dog look he could give her. He knew she couldn't resist that look. Just as he predicted, her face began to soften up. She rolled her eyes up towards the ceiling. "Ok, ok!" She said as she raised both arms in to the air in surrender. "I give up, let's go."

Yes! Seyia thought I won! Serena walked to their room and was in there for about 15 minutes. When she walked out, Seyia was thankful that he was already sitting down, because his wife basically took his breath away. "You look so beautiful!" He gasped.

She was wearing a little black dress with a very low back line. She looks too beautiful he thought should she be wearing that in public? She will defiantly have heads turning tonight… That last thought made him a little jealous.

"You really think so?" She asked as she spun around. "I didn't think this dress would ever fit me again."

"Again?" Seyia echoed. When was the first time she wore it? "When was the first time you wore it?" He asked.

"Oh, it was a couple of years ago. The girls and I were at the mall and Rai dared me to try it on. At first I felt bashful, but the girls thought I looked great in it and so I brought it." She walked over to her husband and sat on his lap. "I never had another reason to wear it, so I hit it in the back of my closet."

"Oh…" Was all that Seyia could say before the door bell rang. "I'll get it." Serena said as she got up off from her husband's lap and walked towards the door. After a few moments Serena waked back to the room with the babysitter.

"Good evening. My name is Gabriela. It is nice to meet you." She said as she walked over to Seyia and shook his hand she was a beautiful young lady, Seyia noticed. She was Taller then Serena with long brown curly hair and emerald green eyes. Her hair came down a little past her elbows and she had an olive complexion. Seyia also noticed that she must have been in her early to mid teens.

"Please sit down." Serena motioned for the girl to take a seat on the couch. She sat across from her.

"Well, I'll go and get ready while the two of you chat." Seyia said as he got up and went to the bed room. About 10 minutes later, both Seyia and Serena were heading out the door. Serena was going through the final instructions she had for Gabriela. Gabriela continued to nod in regards to Serena's instructions as she continued to talk

"I will call the house every 15 minutes to check on everything ok?" Serena said as she walked out of the door.

"Yes Mrs. Kou."

"And check the caller ID before you pick up the phone. If it's any of the numbers I gave you, pick it up, if not don't pick it up."

"Ok."

"You could also watch a little television, listen to some music and feel free to eat what ever you want." Seyia chimed in. "We should be home in a couple of hours."

"What do you mean she could watch TV? and play music!" Serena cried out "We're not paying her to hang out; we're paying her to watch our baby! And you're telling her she could watch TV!"

"Goodnight Gabriela." Seyia said ignoring his wife. "Lock the door ok? We'll call you when we get there." Seyia said as he closed the door behind him.

"YOU'RE DARN RIGHT WE'LL CALL YOU!" Serena called out over her shoulder,

"EVERY 15…NO…NO MAKE THAT 5 MINUTES!"

"Take it easy honey." Seyia spoke calmly to his wife as he led her to the elevator. "That's not a stranger we hired to baby-sit Destiny. You know her family…Her aunt babysat you when you were younger right?"

Serena pouted, "Why couldn't we get her Aunt…or even Rai…Mina or the other girls?"

"Don't you remember that you asked and they all told you they had plans tonight?" Seyia said looking at her, "Besides, Gabriela is a very responsible young lady. Didn't you tell me that she is an A student and that she's class president?"

Serena's face began to soften up again, "Humm…I guess you're right. I'm probably over reacting. Let's go and eat."

At the Restaurant

"Serena?" Seyia looked up at his wife. A concerned look was on his face. It has been an hour since they left the apartment to go out. True to her word, Serena called the house every 15 minutes. However, this time she was gone for much longer and Seyia was beginning to worry. When she finally did come back, be began to worry even more because of the look on her face. She had a look of worry, fear and confusion written all over her face. She held on to the back of the seat for support, fearing that if she didn't would fall to the ground.

"We have to go!" She said firmly

"What's wrong? What's going on?" He asked puzzled by the tone of her voice.

"Something is terribly wrong, I can feel it." She started, "I called the house more then once, and nothing…she didn't pick up the phone. Previously when I did call, she would pick up by the second ring…I've gotten used to that…" Her voice trailed off. She drew in a deep breath trying not to cry.

Seyia could tell by the tone of her voice and by how she looked, that they were better off leaving now. "Ok…let's just pay the bill first and then we'll go."

Normally it would have taken them 45 minutes to get from the restaurant to their apartment. However with Serena driving, they managed to get home in 30 minutes. Before Seyia could say anything or even get out of the car, Serena dashed out of the car and ran towards the building with Seyia running not to far behind. She opened the door and ran up the stairs. Thankfully, they lived on the 3rd floor, so it didn't take her long to run up the stairs. She made it to the apartment before Seyia. When she saw the front door to her apartment wide open, her heart stopped. Her worst nightmares were beginning to come true. She opened her mouth and let out the loudest scream of horror.

That made Sayia rush to the apartment even faster. When he finally reached it, he saw his wife standing still in front of the door screaming and crying at the same time. He ran inside the apartment…and noticed Gabriela laying face down on the floor. A look of horror crossed his face. He couldn't believe what was going on. Everything was like in slow motion as he ran to his daughter's room and gasped in horror as he noticed her room was trashed with everything thrown about and his daughter missing. "NOOOOOOOOO!" He screamed in horror and anger.