UPDATED! THIS IS WHEN DARIEN MEETS SERENA'S MOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME! THERE'S A FEW AUTHORS NOTES INSIDE. HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT!
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Darien sat in his car with Andrew outside the restraint where he was going to meet Serena's mother with Mina. It was Friday night and has been a week since Serena been out of the hospital and he and the other two organised to meet with Serena's mother secretly to discuss about how to break the news to Serena. Darien had dropped Serena off her house few hours ago, and went home to prepare himself to meet the parent of his girlfriend.
Darien gave a small smile at the thoughts of how close he and Serena had become after she was sick. There is now a secret bond between them, a bond that means more than anything to Darien. But what if Serena's mother dislikes Darien and decides to break the bond? At the thought Darien's smile was replaced with a worried frown.
"Darien? You alright mate?" Andrew asked with concern.
"What if Serena's mother dislikes me?" Darien asked.
"Why would she? You're rich, your smart, your nice," Andrew grinned, a bit amused since Darien had never thought about how adults thought about him.
"But I was also a playboy," Darien said softly, hating the fact. He hasn't had a chance to tell George and Ken about the cancellation of the bet.
"Keyword Dar, WAS! Get over it and lets get out of your car already," Andrew laughed as he opened the door to get out.
Darien sighed as he followed his friend's league and walked inside the restaurant, they were five minutes early but had their seats anyway. Both waited patiently for Mina and Serena's mother to arrive. Few minutes later, Mina and a middle aged lady walked through the door towards them.Darien silently studied the lady Mina was with, she looked exactly like the person in all of Serena's photos that she showed to Darien on his many visits to her house. Only the woman is now thinner, paler and she looks more stressed and old with the many wrinkles forming on her face. There are also a lot of white hairs in her light brown hair. As Mina and the woman reach their seats, Andrew and Darien stood up.
"Auntie, this is Darien, Serena's boyfriend and Andrew, my boyfriend," Mina smiled as she introduced the two guys in front of them. Author's note: Mina and Serena are not related but because they are close family friends, Mina calls Serena's mother 'auntie' as a sign of respect. Serena's mother's eyes looked hard on Darien as he silently panicked.
"It's nice to finally meet you Ms Tsukino," Darien smiled as he offered his hand to the lady in front of him.
"I've heard a lot about you in the past Mr Shields," Ms Tsukino answered as she shook Darien's hand confidently, "But I guess you aren't as bad as what Serena told me months ago," she finished as her eyes softened.
"Thank you," Darien smiled weakly as his heart pounded loudly in his chest.
After Andrew and Ms Tsukino shook hands, they all sat down to order their food.
"So..." Darien began as the waiter retrieved with their orders, "Ms Tsukino, we are here to discuss about your sickness and about telling Serena."
"So I've heard from Mina," Ms Tsukino nodded.
"With all respect, but don't you think Serena deserves to know about the situation of your health?" Darien asked confidently, but still keeping his voice soft.
"What is there for her to know? If she knows or doesn't, it won't help the fact I will be leaving her forever soon."
"But don't you understand? She's really worried sick about you after you come home like once every ten or so days. She is your daughter, doesn't she deserve to know?" Darien asked.
"If she is worried about me already, won't she be worried more to know that I'm going to die soon? She would be in grief until I die, I do not want that," Ms Tsukino asked coldly.
"But do you know how much pain she'll feel if you were taken away from her unexpectedly? She'll feel more grief," Darien replied louder.
"I do not want her to get distracted from her studies, there's only months until she takes the VCE examinations and I don't want her to get distracted from that," Ms Tsukino replied. Authors note: VCE is the 'Victorian Certificate of Education' and is the vital examination that is taken in the last year of high school.
"And with her worrying about you isn't? She sleeps late, hoping to see you more if you do return home, she wonders all the time when will be the next time to see you. Do you think this is fair?" Darien asked heatedly, standing up.
"Darien mate, calm down," Andrew said softly, giving Darien a pat on the shoulder and pushed him back down.
"I apologise of my behaviour before," Darien said softly, "But if you tell her now, you two will be able to spend more time together. Make closer bonds. Do things you two always wanted to do. If you don't, you two will both die with regrets," Darien said softly.
There was an awkward silence as the food arrived.
"Very well, I will tell her tomorrow night," Ms Tsukino agreed after a few minutes.
Darien, Andrew and Mina's face brightened up at the words.
"Thank you Ms Tsukino," Darien smiled gratefully.
"No, thank you Darien, for being there for Serena," she replied and gave a smile back, "At least now I know that Serena will be in good hands after I'm gone."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of her," Darien smiled back.
"Wait, I'll give Serena a call now," Ms Tsukino smiled as she took out her phone and dialled her home number, "Serena, Honey, I'm coming home for dinner tomorrow okay? Yes, I'm sure I'll be there. I've got something to tell you. Okay I better go now, the boss is calling out for me, bye!"
Darien gave a small smile as she watch Ms Tsukino hang up the phone. He was worried about Serena, what if she doesn't take the news too well? He wouldn't be there for her. He wanted to be there with her, to comfort her. But he knew he wasn't in the position to ask. Darien was snapped out of his thoughts when his mobile rang. He took out his mobile to find Serena's home number on the screen.
"It's Serena," Darien said softly, giving Ms Tsukino a glance and she nodded to tell him to pick it up.
"Hey Serena, what's up?" Darien asked.
"Darien is this a bad time to call you?" Serena asked over the phone.
"No, no I'm fine. So is there something wrong?"
"Okay, it's just you took so long to pick up. Anyways... my mother just called before."
"Your mother called you," Darien said loud enough for the other three to hear and smiled as he watched Ms Tsukino smile back.
"Yeah, she said she's going to come home for dinner tomorrow night."
"That's great Serena."
"And I want you to be there, I want to tell my mother about us."
"You want me to come over for dinner tomorrow?" Darien asked loudly, directing the question to Serena's mother more than to Serena herself.
"Yeah, unless you're busy tomorrow?" Serena said softly.
Darien smiled as he saw Serena's mother give a nod in approval.
"No, no babe, I'm not busy. I'll come by tomorrow then," Darien smiled.
"Okay, that's great, I'll see you tomorrow then, I better go and finish off my homework now," Serena said quickly.
"Okay good night then," Darien smiled.
"Aren't you going to call me up later?" Serena asked.
"I thought you have to finish off your homework?" Darien asked amused.
"I've only got a bit left."
"Fine I'll call you after I finish dinner okay?"
"Yup, okay bye! Miss you!"
"Miss you too!" Darien smiled as he heard Serena hang up. He put his phone away and looks up at the other three.
"So I guess you'll be joining us for dinner tomorrow night," Ms Tsukino smiled.
"Yes, I guess I will," Darien smiled back.
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