Baby Baby
By Crazy4Cocopuffs
Chapter Eight: Not Again! Part One
"I like being on vacation." Darien said while pushing the twins on the swing set. It was June and since the day was beautiful and Darien had a week off, Serena had suggested that they have a picnic lunch at the park.
"I love having you home, Darry." Serena said from a few feet away where she was setting up a blanket on the ground. Once the blanket was set up and the food set up for lunch, she walked over to her family.
Darien was laughing at something that Danny had done and didn't notice Serena had snuck up behind him until he felt her small hands begin to tickle his sides. He turned around to see Serena sprinting away from him, laughing as he began to follow.
They ran for a few minutes (keeping one eye on the twins) until Serena attempted to hide behind a tree. Darien saw her hair peeking out from behind the tree and snuck behind her, hiding in a bush to avoid being seen. When Serena looked from behind the tree to find Darien, he jumped out of his hiding place and, wrapping his arms around her waist, proceeded to spin her around.
"DARRY!" Serena laughed as the world spun around her. "Put me DOWN! Darry, I'm serious! I'm getting DIZZY!"
"Okay, okay." Darien put her down and put an arm around her shoulder. "I hope Rini and Danny were good. We DID leave them alone for a whole two minutes!"
"They're probably digging into the food. They're not as bad as you think, Dare. They can be good."
Darien shook his head in disbelief. "Whatever you say, dear."
It turn out that they were both right…to an extent. They WERE eating when their parents found them but they weren't exactly being good. They were taking turns shoving handfuls of food into the other child's mouth.
Darien stopped Rini before she could push a handful of pasta into Danny's mouth. "That's not how you're supposed to feed someone, Princess."
"It's fun, Daddy!" Rini said. "Watch."
He was expecting her to try to feed Danny again, so he was a bit shocked when Rini turned around and stuffed the pasta into his face.
"SERENITY ROSE!" Serena shouted as she removed Rini's hand from Darien's face. "You DO NOT shove food in your father's face! Or anyone else's for that matter!" Since Serena was holding Danny in her lap, she gently pulled Rini's arm, guiding her to the area directly in front of her. In a gentler voice, Serena said, "It's not nice to do that, Sweetie. Don't do it anymore, okay?"
Rini was looking at her feet. She knew she was in big trouble when her mom used her full name. The last time she was called 'Serenity Rose' was when she had tried to shave Danny's head with Darien's razor. "Okay Mommy."
It took a good half hour to clean Darien, Rini, and Danny off but eventually they sat down and ate their lunch as a family. Serena and Darien talked while keeping one eye on the kids, who were being surprisingly good about eating on their own.
"So," Serena said to Darien as she reached over to wipe a blob of jelly off of Danny's cheek. "What should we do tomorrow?"
"Well, I was thinking that we take the kids to the zoo for the day. I used to love the zoo as a child." He chuckled as Rini started bouncing up and down on the blanket.
"I 'wuv the zoo! Say yes Mommy, please?" Rini pouted cutely and gave her mother the 'puppy dog' eyes.
"Zoo! Zoo!" Danny echoed his sister.
Serena looked at her daughter and shook her head. 'I'm way too gullible when it comes to these kids!' She thought, but what she said was, "Okay, okay! Turn the pout off! We'll go to the zoo tomorrow!" While the twins cheered, she looked at Darien and muttered so only he could hear, "You're lucky I love you so much. You know, she gets those eyes from you."
He leaned over and whispered in Serena's ear, "And she gets the pout from you, so we're even."
She smiled up at him lovingly. "You-"
She never got to finish because at that exact moment, a very loud, annoying voice called to her from across the park. "SERENA!" Serena stood up and turned toward the park's entrance, which was a good hundred feet away. There, in the middle of the entrance, stood Mina, Lita, Ami, and Raye. Serena had to laugh. They made such a funny picture. All of them were nearly eight months pregnant and dressed in overalls and t-shirts.
She ran to greet her friends, leaving Darien to watch Rini and Danny. "Hey guys!" She said as she reached them. After giving each of them a hug, Serena asked, "What are you guys doing here? Where're the guys?"
"We wanted to see you but you weren't home. Andy said he say you and Dare and the kids go into the park so here we are." said Lita. The arcade, which was now owned by Andrew, was directly across the street from the park.
"The guys needed an escape," Ami said.
"Yeah. I think we're driving them slightly insane." Mina added.
Raye giggled and said in a very bad French accent, "Dahling, dey married us, didn't dey."
Everyone looked at Raye, who was now smirking wickedly, in silence for a second then laughed uncontrollably. They drew a lot of attention to themselves. Serena was nearly howling on Ami shoulder. Ami was holding on to Serena with one hand while the other was held over her heart as she tried to catch her breath while still laughing. Mina and Lita were laughing wildly as they leaned against each other's back, both holding their stomachs. Raye was calmly surveying the chaos around her, but less then a minute later, she was laughing madly with Serena and Ami at Mina and Lita. While the others had started to calm down, Lita and Mina were in the same shape as they had been in the beginning. As they were laughing, back to back, they had started to slide and eventually were sitting on the ground, still back to back and still laughing uncontrollably. This is what sent the other girls back to laughing.
When Serena didn't return after ten minutes, Darien took Rini and Danny by the hand and went to find her. Once Darien spotted the group by the entrance, he headed to them. When they were about twenty feet away, Rini and Danny broke away from Darien and ran to grab onto the nearest legs. Danny had latched onto Ami's left leg and Rini attached herself to Raye's right leg.
Darien came to stand next to Serena. "Sorry. They got away from me."
"It's okay," Ami said, still giggling slightly. "We don't mind at all. Hey Danny. Hi Rini."
"HELLO!" The twins said in unison. They released their 'aunts' and went over to their mother. Serena picked up Rini and Darien picked up Danny.
"Do you guys wanna come sit with us? We've got a blanket by the playground." Serena asked, shifting Rini from one side to the other.
"We don't want to intrude." Lita answered, but Darien shook his head.
"We'd love it. Please sit with us." Darien pretended to beg. The girls heard him whisper to Danny, "Big eyes, baby. Give 'em the baby face." And both father and son looked at them with their bottom lip sticking out. "I'll buy everyone ice cream." Darien added as a bribe. He knew Serena didn't get to spend as much time with her friends as she wanted to, so he attempted to provide an opportunity for her.
"Well…if there's ice cream…sure, why not?" Mina answered and the group headed to Darien and Serena's blanket.
Serena and the girls sat down on the blanket and Darien settled Danny and Rini on the playground before taking the group's order and leaving. Serena, keeping an eye on her 'gruesome twosome', asked her friends, "So where did the guys go?"
Lita answered, "They went to play pool."
"Dumb guys." Raye rolled her eyes.
"They just needed to break. After all, we are high maintenance." Ami said.
"Especially those of us who have the tendency to THROW THINGS at their husband!" Mina added, looking pointedly at Raye.
Raye blushed. "Well, he deserved it!"
"What did he do?" Serena asked.
"He…umm…well, I don't remember WHAT exactly, but I know he deserved it!" Raye huffed.
Serena suppressed a smile. "I'm sure he did, Raye."
"Yeah, well…So Serena, how have the kids been?" Raye changed the subject, knowing Serena could never resist talking about her children.
"They're so hyper sometimes, but I know they're good on the inside. At least, I hope they are, because they can be a handful. Especially Rini." Serena looked at the twins, who were playing on the see-saw.
"Yeah, tell me about it. I still remember when you called me a couple of weeks ago when Rini shaved a line down the middle of Danny's head." Ami said giggling. "It took us an hour to give him a decent haircut."
"Yeah, well-" Serena started, but she was interrupted by Rini and Danny shouting, "DADDY! DADDY!" as Darien walked toward the group followed by Andrew, both with their hands full of ice cream cones.
Darien stopped in front of his children and handed them their ice cream, strawberry for Rini and vanilla for Danny, before heading to the girls. "Here we go, ladies. Chocolate for Mina, Mocha for Raye, Vanilla for Ami, Chocolate Chip for Lita, and for my beautiful wife, Double-Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Fudge-Chip with rainbow sprinkles." He said as the cones were handed out.
"But Darry, I told you that chocolate would be fine. How'd you remember my favorite?" Serena took a bite of her ice cream.
"Honey, I've known you nearly twelve years. I think I know what you like by now." He smile at her and kissed her nose.
"I love you, you know that?" She reached up, grabbing him by the back of his neck, and pulled him into a deep kiss. Raye coughed and Serena broke away from Darien and he sat down next to her.
"There are children in the area, you two." Andy said. "Try to keep the PDAs to a minimum. I've got to get back to work. Stop by sometime, okay?"
"Yeah, thanks for your help Andy." Darien said.
"No problem. Bye."
"Bye Andy!" Everyone said at once.
Shaking his head, Andrew headed back to the arcade. As he disappeared from sight, Rini and Danny decided to play a new game, Run-In-Circles-Around-The-Grown-Ups. So, with dripping ice cream cones and messy faces, the twins did just that. "Come here." Serena called, trying to grab a child but missing every time. She sighed and stood up, saying, "Are you guys sure about the whole baby thing?" before going to chase down her children. The game ended with Rini's half eaten strawberry cone ended upside down on Darien's sneaker.
The picnic lunch had lasted until five in the afternoon. It would have lasted longer but Rini was complaining about being hungry and Danny was falling asleep in Serena's lap. After saying goodbye to her friends, Serena and Darien carried the twins to the car and went home. After carrying the kids into the house, Darien put the twins onto the couch and called for a pizza for dinner.
Serena went into the living room, where Darien was sitting between the two sleepy toddlers. "Dinner'll be here soon. We should give the kids a bath." She said, picking up Danny.
"Okay. Let's get them into the tub, and then I'll get their PJs." Darien said, lifting Rini and following Serena into the bathroom. Twenty minutes and a splashing battle later, Danny and Rini were squeaky clean and dressed in their footie-pajamas (Rini's was pink with stars and moons on it and Danny's was navy blue with stars and moons).
As Serena carried Rini out of the bathroom, she said, "I wonder when-" She was interrupted by the doorbell. She handed Rini to Darien, who went to settle her and Danny in the living room. "Finally." She grabbed some money from her purse by the door and went to pay for the pizza. After taking the pizza and paying the delivery boy, Serena carried it to the living room, where Darien had set up paper plates, napkins, and drinks on the coffee table. Rini and Danny were busy looking through the family's movies for something to watch while the family ate.
As Serena was putting a slice of pizza onto plates for Rini and Danny, Rini emerged with Disney's 'The Sword in the Stone' clutched in one little fist. "I wanna watch Stone, Mommy!"
"Okay," Serena said, taking the movie from Rini, handing her a plate of pizza, and put the movie into the VCR. Darien moved onto the couch with Danny next to him and Serena sat down next to Rini. They started to eat as the previews played, Darien and Serena taking longer to eat because they would stop to clean tomato sauce off of one of the twins' faces.
Almost too soon, the movie was over, the twins sound asleep in their beds, and Darien and Serena had just finished cleaning and went into their bedroom. They quickly changed into their sleepwear, Serena in a tank top and pj bottoms and Darien in black boxers that had roses on them (girls, use your imagination. Can you say yummy?).
Serena knew Darien was exhausted when, after he had changed for bed, he simply stood at the end of the bed for a second then fell backward, not even having enough energy to pull the covers back and get under them. She climbed up next to him and wrapped her arms around him. Darien's arms instinctually surrounded her and pulling her closer.
"Did you have fun today?" Serena asked, placing a small kiss on Darien's chin.
"Yeah, but where do those two get all that energy. The last time I was so worn out was when I worked last Halloween, remember?" He asked.
She nodded. "That was awful. You didn't leave the hospital for nearly 24 hours. And the twins would go to sleep until you came home."
"Which I did."
"Eventually. And you immediately passed out on the couch."
Darien laughed. "Hey! It was a long day! I was just a little tired."
"Whatever," Serena said, rolling her eyes. Then she grinned. "Did you ever make it up to me?" She asked, running her hand in circles on Darien's chest.
An eyebrow flew up and Darien looked into Serena's face. "You know I did."
"Really?" Serena asked in a ditzy voice. "I don't remember it."
Darien finally caught on and he began to kiss Serena, first on the forehead, then the nose, then a kiss on each cheek, before he reached her lips. He paused and said, "Does this jog your memory?" before kissing her passionately.
When he broke away, leaving both of them a little breathless, Serena answered, "Yes, that does seem a little familiar. But I think I need another example. You don't mind, do you?" She was still in her original position, hugged against Darien's side.
Darien winked at her. "Not at all, my dear. Not at all." In one quick motion, he pulled her under him for a deeper kiss.
Let's just say it was an interesting night.
The next morning, Serena was still in Darien's arms, although sometime during the night they had actually made it under the covers. While the happy couple slept peacefully, their two little monsters were planning the best way to wake them up.
"Let 'frow cold water on them!" Danny suggested.
"No. We can hit them wif' pillows!" Rini said.
"Or jump on the bed!" said Danny.
"Or draw on Daddy's face!" Rini giggled.
"Or play with Mommy's Stare-O" Serena had a stereo system set up in the bedroom.
"What if we scare them?" Rini proposed, rubbing her little hands together deviously.
Danny was all for it. "What do we do?" He asked.
"Otay, here's the plan. I'll tickle Mommy's feet and you get Daddy's. When they get wakey, stop, kay?" Rini said. When Danny nodded, she continued. " 'Den, when they get sleepy again, jump on the bed and yell really really loud!" Rini giggled.
"Yeah!" Danny chuckled and together they snuck into their parents' room and got to work. They pushed the blanket off of Serena and Darien's feet and gently tickled them, trying not to laugh.
Darien thought it was an itch and used one foot to scratch the other, while Serena smiled and mumbled sleepily, "Darry, stop it. That tickles." Before pulling the blanket closer around her and trying to go back to sleep.
"Now?" Danny asked quietly.
Rini nodded, "Now"
They climbed up onto the bed and as they began to jump on top of (literally) their parents, Rini and Danny started screaming at the top of their voice, "MOMMY! DADDY! TIME TO WAKE UP! TIME TO GET UP!"
Serena and Darien woke at first scream and he quickly pulled the twins onto the bed so no one got hurt. "Why do you always insist on getting up at dawn and terrorizing us?" He asked them.
"It's funny!" Rini and Danny chorused.
"Funny, huh?" Serena asked. She caught Darien's eye and winked at him. He nodded and Serena continued. "Do you think THIS is funny?" She and Darien each grabbed a twin and began to tickle them.
Laughter sounded through the house until, a few minutes later, the family went into the kitchen for breakfast.
"What do you want for breakfast?" Darien asked his family. "How about…pancakes?"
The twins got excited and started bouncing in their seats. "Yeah! Daddy-cakes! Daddy-cakes!" Darien made perfect chocolate-chip pancakes, which the twins called 'Daddy-cakes. Since he usually only made for special occasions, it was a special treat.
Darien smiled and started cooking. Soon Rini and Danny were happily covered in syrup and eating their yummy pancakes. Darien finished and went to sit next to Serena to eat when he noticed that she wasn't eating, just pushing the food around on her plate.
"Rena, what's wrong?" Something had to be wrong. SERENA wasn't EATING.
She smiled up at him and said, "I'm fine. I just don't feel like eating."
"Are you sure you're not getting sick or something?"
"Nope. Not sick. But I am…" Serena mumbled the last word, so Darien couldn't understand what she said.
"You're what?" He asked.
"Pregnant."
BOOM Serena looked at Darien, who was now out cold on the floor, having fallen out of his chair.
"I knew he'd take it well." She said giggling, then stepped over her unconscious husband, gathered up the twins, and went to clean them up.
AN: I made a small change in this story. Sorry if you thought it was the next chapter. I'm working on it! I'll update soon (before Wednesday hopefully). Thanks to everyone who reviewed!