Anyway! On with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon, if I did a) I would be rich, but I'm poor, and b) Darien would be mine. Raise your hand if you think he is perfect. (raises hand) Wedding Dreams Fulfilled?
Chapter Two: Telling the Parents
They tried to sneak into the house quietly, but Rini, who was on her way to join the rest of the family, caught them. She squared her eyes and smirked devilishly at Serena. Rini knew what was about to happen and didn't wan tot miss it so she continued into the family room. Serena and Darien followed slowly behind, and waited a few minutes before going into the room.
"Are you sure you want to tell them now . . . I mean we can still wait." Said Serena. She peeked into the family room and saw every one sitting and watching T.V.
"Don't you think your parents will be upset if we wait? Your dad is already gonna freak out so why make it worse. Come on." Darien started pulling Serena's hand until she gave up and led him into the room where her family was.
"I'm home!" Serena said before becoming visible to them. Darien stood out of sight still holding Serena's hand. 'Oh-no I'm not doing this by myself' "Come on Darien" she mumbled and no one heard but him. " And we . . ." she pulled Darien all the way into the room with her. " Have some things to tell all of you."
Everyone, but Rini looked at them with interest. Darien muttered a hello and gave a quick bow to Serena's parents. Her dad was calm (but he's in for a big surprise). " What is it Serena? We're all ears."
Serena just stared at her dad. ' He must be in a good mood. That's great, maybe he won't freak like I thought he would.' She didn't even realize she was gaping at her dad with her mouth open, until Darien started speaking and it closed on its own. "Well . . . It's very big and will affect all of are lives and we would like your family to be the first to know. . ." He nudged Serena so she could be the one to tell her family.
She smiled sweetly and grabbed a hold of Darien's arm tightly and blurted it out "We'regettingmarried" Everyone gave her a blank expression. She took a deep breath and repeated it more calmly and slowly. " We, Darien and I, are getting married." There was a long silence as Serena's parent's and brother Sammy (yes Sammy is there too), let what Serena said sink in.
"No." and with that said Serena's father stormed out of the room. Serena's mom stood up, smiled and followed her husband out of the room. They could hear them from the kitchen.
"Wow! . . . Serena the meatball head finally made dad explode!" said Sammy, being the annoying little brother like usual. "Darien . . . I always thought you had better taste. You could do so much better than meatball brain." He said this while shaking his head in disapproval. Rini, the brat, nodded her head in agreement to Sammy's comment.
"Grrrr . . . " Serena was growling at both of them, but stopped when he took her hand and began taking her to the kitchen. Her parents were still arguing loudly.
Mean while in the kitchen
"Ilene I don't want to hear it. Honey . . . they're too young and not ready to get married!"
"Ken . . . Well . . . maybe they won't get married right away, maybe they'll wait of few more years. I mean they've waited this long haven't they. Anyway, you knew this was going to happen eventually." Said Ilene getting annoyed. 'I can't believe him sometimes.'
"But she just turned eighteen!"
"Which means they could have gotten married two years ago. Besides didn't Darien ask you for permission to marry her."
"What! When!"
"Come on I know you remember. A few years back before he went away to study."
"And left my little girl heart broken . . . "
"He did not leave me heart broken!" Serena stormed in, Darien followed her. She had been listening outside with Darien and couldn't take it any more. "Sure I felt lonely but I knew he was going to come back in a year. I promised to wait for him and he came back to me. So, you can stop arguing because either way we're going get married, because I love him and he loves me!" Serena was on the brink of tears. She couldn't believe her dad was acting like this. She couldn't believe she just yelled at her dad. She had never done that before.
"YOU!" Her dad screamed pointing at Darien. "You've corrupted my daughter! She never acted like this before!"
"Excuse me sir, but you brought that on yourself. But I can't deny the fact that I agree with what Serena said. She didn't want to tell you right away, but I talked her into it because I thought you would be angry or upset if we waited. I'm sorry Mr. Tsukino, but I plan on marring your daughter no matter what. Thank you Mrs. Tsukino for standing up for us. See you later Serena." Darien bent down and gave her a quick kiss. "I love you, don't worry about this, we'll deal with it." He whispered to her and walked out of the room and headed for the door to leave.
"DADDY! I can't believe you! Darien! Wait!" Serena ran out of the kitchen to catch Darien before he left.
"Ken," Ilene shook her head. "Can't you see how much they love each other? We'll be lucky if they don't elope on us. Come on. You're going to apologize." She pushed him out of the kitchen and quietly out the front door. She put her fingers to her lips. In a sign to be quiet, and they listened for a time to cut in.
"I can't believe him sometimes." She hugged Darien tighter. "He's so stubborn, and makes me so mad sometimes."
"Serena . . . don't worry. He'll come around. Hopefully."
"Oh Darien . . ." they continued to hold each other until they heard someone clearing their throat. They quickly let go when they saw Serena's parents and the ready to kill look her father was giving Darien. "Umm . . . Hi mom, dad what cha doing out here. Hehe." Serena said nervous. 'How much did they see? How much did they hear?'
Serena's mother smiled. "We came out here so your father could apologize for over reacting right Ken . . . "
"Yes" he didn't sound like he meant it. (We all know who really wears the pants in a family) "I'm sorry for over reacting." He mumbled. "Congratulations Serena. I guess you're not so little anymore."
Serena smiled and through her arms around her father. "Oh daddy, thank you!" Then she went to her mom. "Thanks for the help mom. I love you."
"No problem sweetie. Welcome to the family Darien." Said her mom giving her a big hug.
Ken stick out his hand to shake Darien's and Darien accepted. "Thank you sir, not for me, but for Serena."
Serena's mom let go and grabbed her left hand. "Okay let's see this ring! Oh it's beautiful. It must have cost a fortune."
"No, not really. I got a good deal from my friend and I've been saving."
Now her dad was looking at it. "Is it real?"
"DADDY!" "KEN!" "I can't believe you just asked that!" said Serena and her mother at the same time.
"Well is it?" He asked.
"It is. I wouldn't give Serena anything less than perfect, because that's what she is, and she's perfect for me."
"Oh Darien!" She resisted the urge to cry at his words and instead ran up to him, hugged and kissed him, but stopped when her dad cleared his throat several times. She smiled sheepishly. "Sorry."
"So when's the big day?" asked her dad, ruining the moment.
"Umm . . . " Serena and Darien said together.
"We . . . really haven't discussed it yet . . ." explained Serena looking at Darien for help.
"Well I'm sure you're going to wait a few more years right?" said her dad with a big fake smile saying to tell him he was right.
"Like I said, we really haven't had time to discuss it." Explained Serena for the second time.
"We'll set a date when we're ready . . . and you'll be the first to know," said Darien trying to explain than Serena. "Well it's late and I have to work tomorrow . . . so.. "
Serena gave a pleading look to her mother to get her dad to give them some privacy. She got the message and quickly got to work on it.
"Well we'll just leave you two alone to say goodbye." Ilene had to drag Ken away. When they went inside they Serena threw herself into Darien's arms once more.
"I'm so glad the they're gone! I get so tense when you and my dad are in the same room or air space." said Serena as she snuggled herself into Darien as he leaned onto his car. "My dad had me scared. I thought he wasn't going to let us get married, but he came through . . . barely." She sighed and laid her head on his chest. "I love you and I loved how you stayed calm and took what my dad said. I love you Darien and I'm so happy." Now she was listening to his heartbeat.
"I love you too Serena . . . " he started to lean down and kiss her. "So when do you want to get married?"
"What? I don't know . . . " Now she was staring at him. 'He had to ruin the moment.' She thought.
"Well, I'm going to wait for when you're ready. So you decide when and you set the date."
"Ha! You just don't want to help and do any of the work."
"What! That's not true!"
"Besides, I want us to do that stuff together. I'm ready whenever you are." She hugged him tightly. "We can get married in a few months or a few years."
"What about a few weeks?"
"A few weeks! Well . . . I guess it doesn't matter as long as we're married in the end." Serena looked up at him. "Really? A few weeks?"
"Yeah. You're right to weeks is to short."
Serena let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. Then Darien pulled her back into his embrace. They held each other tightly and Darien said, "Okay, we'll decide together." He let her loose and took her chin in his hand. He gently and (oh so) slowly raised her head to his. He gave her a sweet yet very passionate kiss.
Serena removed her hands from Darien's waist and wrapped them around his neck. Darien moved his hand from her chin to the back of her neck and the other hand on her back pulling her closer and deepening the kiss.
Sammy and Rini were in the window spying on Serena and Darien. They started when they went outside and their parents had followed. "Yuck! I hate it when they kiss!"
"Shhhh... Rini someone's gonna hear."
Suddenly their kiss broke and they thought they had been caught. Darien continued to hold Serena as he whispered in her ear. "We're being watched."
"I know." She whispered back.
"We'll talk about the wedding tomorrow, but I have to go because I do have to work tomorrow. I love you and hope you know you'll be on my mind from the second I let go to the next time I see you tomorrow. I'll be dreaming about you tonight."
"As will I. I love you and I wish we could stay like this, but we will be in each others arms soon." They kissed again quickly and released each other. Darien got into his car and drove away. Serena watched him leave and waited until he was no longer visible.
Serena came inside smiling, said nothing to the spies when she passed them and went up stairs to dream of Darien.
Author's Notes 2:
Ok thanks for reviewing guys and if you deem me worthy please review again. I understand if you don't, but I'm still gonna post the next chapter anyway. To my six reviewers Phantasy Star, PixiePam, Usagi of Fedual Moon Era, Sailor Ryo-Ohki, Richforce, and FROM THE QUILL OF FIDEL. Thanks a bunch. For the comments, I was jumping up and down when I read them. My mom thought I lost my mind. Love hearing from you (gets down on knees) pleeeeaaaaassssse review. Thank you.
Later days.