Pills

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad to be back." Serena said as she got out of Darien's car.

"I can't believe you're saying that either." Darien said as he joined Serena on the walk towards the school.

"Well hanging out at home by my self is just no fun. At least my friends are here, and I have you here too."

"Yah, but we only see each other during seminar and lunch."

"That's more then what I saw you at my house."

"True I guess."

…DING…DING…

"We need to leave earlier tomorrow."
"No, you need to be ready when I get there tomorrow."

"That too. See you in seminar."

"See you."

She stood on her tiptoes and quickly kissed him before shooting towards her fist class.

He quickly followed her lead and walked to his first.

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"Finally, a blow off class." Serena sighed as she sat in her seminar seat.

"And I thought you said you were glad to be back." Darien breathed behind her.

"WHAT!?" She jumped. She turned around to see Darien with a grin on his face. "That wasn't funny. You scared me." She said playfully hitting him.

"Got any homework yet?" He asked taking a seat next to her.

"No. Thanks to you. Since I had to sit over the weekend and do all that makeup homework, I don't have any yet."

"Well with classes like yours, you aren't going to have much anyways."
"And considering I've only had Child Development, Photo, and Lit. Appreciation, I wouldn't expect to have homework. But I'm forewarning you, we're learning something new in math today, so I'll probably need help."

"Why don't you come by after school? I'll help you."

"That sounds great."

"Hey guys." Andrew said.

"Hey Andy."

"Hey."

"Welcome back Rena, how was your break?"
"Well I was in a coma for half of it, and I had to sit at home…by myself…for the rest."
"What about Luna?" Andrew asked.

"She's a cat! What do you expect her to do? Talk to me?"

"That would be cool."

"Cats can't talk Andy. Are you sure you aren't the on that was in the coma?"

"Ha-ha, very funny. I just said it would be cool if they could."

"That would be kinda cool." Darien agreed.

"Well mister mentors, go do your job, everyone is staring at you guys because you're talking about talking cats." She said matter-of-factly.

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The day crept by slowly, and as Serena expected, she learned something that made no since to her. But I have an excuse, it was a continuation of Friday's lesson…I wasn't there. I'm sure Darien remembers how to do this. She quickly made her way to her locker and was met by the Darien. "Hey."
"Hey. So what do I have to teach you?"
"Some theorem."
"Which one?"
"P-pa-pafag-pafagreium?"

"Pathagreium?"

"YAY! That's it!"

"A squared plus B squared equals C squared."

"A what plus B who?"

He chuckled. "Come on, let's get going."

"Sure." She quickly got the materials needed and they left towards Darien's apartment.

They arrived and settled at the coffee table.

"Which one is A though?"

"Either of these two. As long as it's not the hypotenuse, it doesn't matter."
"And the hypotenuse is?"

"It's always the longest one. Or you can tell by finding the side opposite of the right angle."

"I still don't get why this all makes since when you explain it, but not when my teacher does."

"I'm always here to help."

Serena quickly finished her homework, so the couple moved to the balcony to relax. Darien sat in a lounge chair with Serena comfortably lying on his lap.

"Dare."

"Yah?"
"I wanna go on the pill."

He was taken aback by the question. "Huh?"

"I wanna go on the pill. You know, birth control."

"Why's that?"

"I don't know, I'm sorry I brought it up. I know I shouldn't have."

"No. Don't be sorry. It's just that you're so young, only fourteen. I've been thinking about it too, but I figured we could wait until you were a bit older."
"Why wait?"
"I won't feel like a pedophile…like I'm taking advantage of you."

"You wouldn't be taking advantage of me."
"Let's do this. We'll put you on the pill, so if anything happens, we're covered."
"Okay, just one problem."
"What?"
"There's no chance in hell my parents will agree to this."
"I can see that."
"So I was thinking…"
"You want me to be your father and take you in?"
"Would you?"
"Sure."

"Thank you so much!"
"Sure. I'll call a doctor office tomorrow."

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"So what can I help you with," he paused to look at the chart, "Ms. Shields?"
"?Well I'd like to get my daughter on birth control." Darien said.

"Okay miss. And you're name is…Usagi Shields?"

Serena nodded.

"How old are you?"

"14." She said shyly.

"And are you sexually active."

"Not currently. I do have a boyfriend though."

"And it's more of a precautionary method. You know how kids are these days." Darien chuckled.

"I get cases like this all the time, so this is normal for me. Are you taking any meds?"
"Just Tylenol."

"Okay. I need to take some blood and run some tests. This will be typical. You are gonna need to come see me once a month. I want to be sure you don't get pregnant because birth control isn't one hundred percent effective. I'll prescribe you a monthly pill. You can take it right here in my office. It'll last for the rest of the month. You came at the beginning of this month, so just count on coming at the beginning of every month." He said as he stuck the needle in her arm. "I'll take a vial of blood every time and run the tests. You can usually go and do something while I process the tests. I'll call your father when the results are back and you can just stop by."

"I thought doctors usually prescribe them for longer periods of time."

"Well being that she is only 14, and may become sexually active; I want to be sure nothing happens. Yes, birth control is very effective, but not one hundred percent, and being that she is younger, the percent effectiveness is slightly lessened. If she were to become pregnant and not know it yet continue to take the pills, she could damage the fetus." He pulled out the needle and marked the vial.

"You guys are free to go. The pregnancy test only takes a few minutes, but the others will take longer. Swing by tomorrow, after school, and you can take it. I'll have the results by then."

"Thanks a lot doctor." Serena said.

"Yah thanks."

"Sure."

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The school day went by slowly the next day. Serena's mind on what the doctor said. It's less effective for me because I'm younger. Do I really want to risk it just to have sex? I mean is it really worth it? I'll have to talk to Darien about it.

"Serena. Are you in there? Class is over. Come on!" Lita complained.

"Sorry Lita, zoned."

"It's okay. Now let's get out of here."

"Sure."

The two left and quickly met up with the other three, and then Darien and Andrew.

"How are you girls?" Darien asked wrapping an arm around Serena's waist.

"I'm whipped." Serena complained. "I almost fell asleep last hour."

"You always almost fall asleep." Amy pointed out.
"Yah, well I was up late last night."
"You're up late almost every night." Raye snapped.

"Well I can't help it!"
"You could just go to bed at a normal time like the rest of us." Lita suggested.

"But then I'd be normal."
"And we all know you're the furthest thing but." Mina giggled.

"Why do you think I drink so many of Andy's milkshakes? They actually keep me awake."

"I'm getting money, what do I care?" He joked.

"Dare, can you just drive me home? I really am tired. I'm thinking of taking a nap."

"Sure. I'll see you girls later. Bye Drew."

"See ya." The five called.

Serena and Darien made their way to Darien's car, and he headed towards the doctor's office.

"Nice cover up."

"It's true though. All of it was. I'm thinking that after I get this thing, I'm gonna go home and take a nap."
"And here I thought you just wanted to spend more time with me."

"I do, but really, I'm exhausted."

"It's okay. Now let's get going." He said pulling out of the spot.

The trip to the doctor's office wasn't that long. They were there before they knew it.

"Good to see you guys again." The doctor said.

"You too Dr. Freed." Darien said.

"Here. Just take this. Here's some water." He said handing her a pill and a glass of water.

She took a drink of water and put the pill in her mouth and then swallowed it all.

"Thanks doc." Serena said.

"Goodbye Usagi, Mamoru."
"See you." Both said as they walked out.

"That was easier then expected."
"Sure was daddy."

"My sweet, sweet Usagi."

He then continued to drive her home and she fell asleep on the couch