The Pregnancy

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"WAH!" Rini cried out.

Groggily, Serena sat up and walked over to Rini's crib which Darien and Serena put in their own bedroom as Serena got tired of waking up every night and having to walk constantly between their bedroom and Rini's bedroom.

"What do you want now, Rini?" asked Serena softly as she picked up Rini and fed Rini. Instantly Rini's cries died down as she started to drink her milk.

"Why must you always wake your mom up? Why can't you wake your dad instead?" Serena chuckled while stiffling a yawn as she imagined Darien struggling to feed Rini her bottle of milk and making a mess out of it.

Rini looked up at her with wide innocent eyes as if saying that she didn't know either.

"Guess you prefer your mom better than your dad, little one." said Serena as she rocked Rini to sleep.

"If that is so, Rini, I will charge you for favourtism. Besides, how can you resist such a charming dad as I?" said Darien from behind Serena as he enveloped her in an embrace.

"I didn't know that you are awake." whispered Serena, afraid to wake a sleeping Rini.

"How can any sane human sleep with Rini's constant crying?" teased Darien.

"At least it proved that she has a healthy set of lungs." said Serena as they both chuckled.

"Let's go back to sleep. You should be pretty tired after being woken up by Rini for what? The fourth time within one night?" Darien said as Serena put down Rini.

"No. Not the fourth, the fifth." replied Serena as she yawned and drifted back into dreamland with Darien's arm around her waist.

The next day at the mall with Mina...

"So Mina, why are you free today? Isn't it a working day?" asked Serena as she checked out a skirt she saw. She had left Rini with her mother after Mina called her early in the morning.

-Flashback-

RINNNGGGG

Serena looked at the clock and yawned. It was only 7a.m. Who on earth would call that early?

"Hello?" said Serena into the speaker.

"Are you free today? I have a day off! " came a chirpy voice from the other end.

"Huh? Mina, is that you?" asked Serena still half asleep.

"Of course it's me, silly. Who else? Are you free today?"

"Yeah. But what about Rini?"

"Can't you leave her with your mum?"

"I've to call and ask. But she'll mostly agree. She simply adores Rini."

"Ok, see you later!"

"Ok." said Serena as she put down the phone and drifted back to sleep only to be woken up again by the doorbell 10 minutes later.

-end of flashback-

"Well, my boss let us off today as we had been working like mad for the last few days." came Mina's voice as she brought Serena back to the present.

"I see...So other than shopping,what else do we do?"

"Pig out."

"Pig out! But I've only given birth about one week ago! If I pig out, I'll really turn into a pig!" protested Serena.

"Puh-lease." said Mina as she rolled her eyes. "You are a sailor scout, remember? Your body is different from normal women! I mean, remember when you were pregnant? Your mood swings gave Darien such a hard time! So obviously, it applies to you now too. Look at you now." said Mina as she turned Serena around to face the mirror." You are almost back to the shape you were before you gave birth! Is that a miracle or what, huh?"

"But, like you said, it's almost! It's still not back to that shape yet!" said Serena worriedly.

"Sere, Sere. How many times must I repeat it before you get it? It doesn't matter the amount of food you eat, you know. You'll still continue to slim down until you reach the shape that you were at before you got pregnant." Serena's eyes suddenly light up."But there's a catch" continued Mina as she laughed when Serena suddenly slouched a bit when she heard that. "You cannot use your powers-" "WHAT? HOW LONG!"

"Don't worry. Just three weeks more to go." said Mina with a wave of her hand.

"THREE WEEKS?!"

"YES. As I was saying, no using of your powers, no driving and no sex." At this point, Mina smirked at Serena's blush. "Don't worry, Sere. The 'No Sex' part only lasts for two weeks after you give birth so that means you only have this week to go before you can go and 'have fun' with Darien." teased Mina as Serena's face went redder and redder to the point where she looked like a red tomato.

"Mina... I'm not as...easy about talking about such... intimate things as you are, you know. Besides, it's pretty embarrassing to talk about such things on the street..."

"Sere, why are you so worked up for? Don't worry. I'm sure the passeres-by won't even bother about us, right?"

"Uh... wrong."

As they looked around them, Mina noticed that a crowd has gathered around her and Serena to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU STANDING AROUND US FOR?!" screamed Mina to scare away the crowd.

The crowd dispersed, leaving Mina to continue with her chitchatting.

"So, as I was saying, Sere, you don't have to worry about not being able to-, Sere, are you listening?" Mina turned to where Serena was standing, just to see thin air. Serena had obviously ran off while the crowd was getting dispersed.

"Sigh...That girl will never grow up..." mumbled Mina to herself, ignoring the gaze of the passers-by.

"SERENA! WHERE ARE YOU?! HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?!

End of Chapter