A Brother, Boxes, Crystals, and a Princess

"Morning love." Darien greeted as he set a tray on the night stand.

Serena sat up and stretched. "Morning. What time is it?"

"Ten."

"Already!?"

"I figured you'd like to sleep in this morning."

"Thanks. The sleep did me good."

"How about breakfast?"
"Sure. What do you want? I'll make it." She said getting up.

He halted her actions with a kiss. "I already made it."

"Really?"
"Yup." He grabbed the try. "How does breakfast in bed sound?"
"Great, but only if you join me." She said pulling him onto the bed next to her. She took a bite of toast. "So what's on the agenda for today?"

"Well, after breakfast, we need to go to the doctors."
"Why?"
"Set up all the prenatal stuff."
"Oh yah." She said looking down.

"What's wrong?"
"I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm gonna be a mom."

He hugged her close. "You'll get used to it…and you'll be the greatest one around."

"Hopefully my children don't make the same mistake I did."
"Mistake?"
"I don't mean it in a mean way…I've always dreamed of raising a family…and recently hoped it'd be with you, but I wanted to wait until I graduated high school at least. I don't regret becoming a mom…I regret doing it so young."

"I understand."
"What are we going to do about all my stuff?"
"Well we could find a way to get it from your house."
She closed her eyes in thought. "Today's Sunday?" He nodded. "They're both supposed to be working. Maybe we could get into the house to get some of my things."

"Won't the house be locked?"
"Of course…Maybe Luna will let me in…or I could use my escape route."
"You have an escape route?"
"Sometimes the girls have late night meetings and need Luna. I often go with her because I'm paranoid that she'll get hurt…and for whatever reason, she wants me to come."

"Weird."
"That's what I said."

"Does Sammy know?"
"Not sure. As much as he acts like he hates me though, he really always loved me. I'm sure he'll let me in."

"We'll worry about that after breakfast. Eat up before it gets cold.

0.o

…KNOCK…KNOCK…

Slowly the door opened revealing Sammy.

"Hey Serena! Where have you been?"

"You don't know?"
"Know what?"
"Why I've been gone."
"No…"
"Sammy, I'm kinda pregnant." She said looking down.

Luna's eyes widened as she sat on the steps listening in. She had been wondering where her charge went…now she knew.

"Well congratulations."
Luna then ran upstairs and out Serena's window. I've got to tell the girls.

"You're not mad at me?"
"I love my big sister…even though you mad a bad choice, I could never hate you."
"I swear," she began looking to Darien, "did you three get together and rehearse this?"
"No. It just proves how much we all love you."

"So you're not gonna live here anymore?"
"Da – I mean – Ken kicked me out. I'm not wanted in this house by him…so no, I'm not."
"Oh." He said looking down. "So I can't talk to you anymore either?"
"How about you give me your cell phone number, and I'll call you every once in a while from Darien's place."

"Is that where you're staying?"
"Yah. I just came to get some stuff."

"What do you need help with?"

The three walked upstairs and packed several of her things.

…

"Is that everything?" Darien asked as he taped another box.

"I think." Serena thought for a minute. "Wait." She walked to her bed and reached behind the headboard. She then pulled out an envelope.

"What's that?" Sammy asked.

"My money. We're gonna need it, and I'm not gonna leave it here."
"I know where mom and dad keep some extra cash."

"How much extra?"
"There's got to be a hundred thousand in there."

"I hate to do this…but where is it?"

"I'll get it." He said leaving the room.

"You're not gonna stop me?"
"No. If you're parents don't want to support you physically, at least they can support you financially."

"Good, cuz you weren't gonna talk me out of it."

Sammy returned a moment later with a wicker box. "Here."
"How do you do this?"
"They never notice." He defended.

"Hey, I'm not gonna lecture you…I'm about to do it myself." She said taking a few bills.

"If you wanted, I could get some like every month and give it to you or something."

"I don't want to get you in trouble."
"I've done it for like three years now."

"I'm not saying either way. If you want to, then go ahead, if not, then that's fine too."
"Okay." He looked to his watch. "You'd better get going. Dad will be home soon."
"Crap! Come on Dare, let's go. See you later Sammy!" She called as she picked up the most recent box

"See ya Sammy."

"Meet me at the Crown after school tomorrow." Serena said as she and Darien walked down the stairs.

"Okay. Bye guys."
"Bye."
They quickly loaded the last box, got in, and pulled away.

"Oh no, that's dad's car." Serena said pointing a few feet ahead of them.
"Duck."
She did as told.

As Darien neared the stop sign, Ken slowly drove by him. He gave Darien the death glare and flipped him off before pulling away.
Darien started laughing.
"What's so funny?" She asked still hunched over.
"You can sit up now." She did. "He just gave me the death glare and flipped me off."
"I can't believe him!"
"It's fine."

0.o

"SHE'S WHAT!?" Four voices shouted simultaneously.

"I just came from her house. She hadn't been home since yesterday morning. She's probably been with Darien since yesterday after she left here. When she came home today, she knocked. She didn't walk in…she knocked."
"If her dad found out…" Lita started.

"Do you think he kicked her out?" Amy asked.

"He's always been real strict."

"That doesn't matter right now. What does is what are we going to do? Serena's fourteen years old and she's pregnant." Raye said.
"Not only that, but what about Endymion? What's he gonna say when we find him?" Artemis pointed out.

"This is turning out to be one complicated situation." Luna sighed.

"I told you we should've told her from the start!" Mina complained.

"And what are we going to do about Darien? Serena won't just leave him because she's destined to be with another man she's never even met." Lita pointed out.

"She's not like that."

"This is getting way too complicated."
"Maybe we should talk to her. She still thinks we don't know."
"Let's play it that way." Amy said. "Let her tell us. Then maybe we can sit and talk about it."

"I like Amy's idea."
"Okay, but don't tell her about Serenity yet. I don't think she can handle it yet. She's adjusting to the pregnancy, and we don't want her knowing that you're risking yourselves to protect her identity. She wouldn't take kindly to that." Luna ordered.

"And we have to make sure the negaverse doesn't find out about her. It would be twice as bad if they found out she was pregnant." Artemis added.

Amy's pocket started beeping. "Speaking of the negaverse." She pulled out her mini laptop. "We've got trouble, let's go scouts!"

0.o

Suddenly Serena's chest felt like it was constricting her heart. She closed her eyes tightly and brought her hand to her chest.

Darien looked over to her. "Serena? What's wrong?" He asked pulling the car to the side of the road.

"I-I don't k-know." She breathed.

"Has this happened before?" He asked moving closer to her side.
She nodded. "The l-last time it h-ha-happened was in t-the mall."
"When?"
"The day I-I found out you were T-Tuxedo Mask."

"Right before the youma appeared?"
"I t-think."

"What can I do to help the pain?"

"There's nothing to help it. I-it'll go away s-soon."

A familiar feeling triggered in Darien's brain. "Crap."
"W-what is i-it?"

"Youma." He thought for a minute. "Do you get this pain before youmas all the time?"
"I d-don't know. Sometimes w-when I get i-it, I'm with the g-girls, th-they leave right after b-because of a y-youma." She took a deep breathe. "You should g-go take c-care of the youma."

"I'm not leaving you like this."
"I-I'm telling y-you. It'll go a-away. I promise. There's n-nothing you can d-do for me."
"But-"

"GO!" She ordered.

"Okay. I'll go. I'll be back as soon as possible."
"Okay."

He quickly kissed her then got out.

0.o

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!"

"Venus Crescent Beam Strike!"

"Mars Fireballs Charge!"

The youma was on its knees hissing in pain when a rose slashed its shoulder.

The youma howled before changing back into a fat blue cat.

"What the hell?" Jupiter asked.

"Guess someone wanted a change in the crystal form." Venus laughed.

The crystal fell to the floor and six bodies rushed it.

Tuxedo Mask quickly emerged victorious.

"Give me the crystal cape boy!"
"You really think I'd do a thing like that Zoisite? Now if you'll all excuse me, I have to return to my previous business." He said before hurrying off.

"No matter, I'll get that crystal later. Now as for you sailor brats, hand over your crystal."

"The only person we'd give the crystal to is our Princess."
"Yes, the Moon Princess. And who might that be? One of you twerps? That wouldn't be right…the Princess doesn't fight."
"We'd never tell you who she is." Mercury said.

"Only time will tell me. I'll find out, and then I'll destroy her. I'll be back for your crystal, so don't think you're off the hook." He said before disappearing.

0.o

Darien ran up to the car only to find Serena sleeping. He quietly opened the door, got in, and drove off.

When he arrived, he went to wake her, but stopped. She looks so peaceful. He got out, walked around to her side and opened the door. After unbuckling her, he gently lifted her into his arms. He then made his way up to his apartment. How the hell am I supposed to unlock my apartment? He asked himself. After two minutes of attempting to fish the keys out of his pocket, he succeeded. He tried to stick them into the lock, but he ended up dropping them instead.

"Would you like some assistance?" A male voice whispered.

Darien looked to the voice. "Yes please." He chuckled lightly. "I guess I didn't think this through before picking her up."
"Guess not." He picked up the keys and put them in the lock. He then opened the door.

Darien then walked to his bed room and placed Serena gently on the bed.

"She's out."

"Yah. She's had a long night, who could blame her?"

"I understand. Has she told the girls yet?" Andrew asked.
"No. We just went to her house to get some stuff."
"You faced her parents."
Darien started walking to the living room, Andrew followed.

Once Darien shut the door, he took a seat on the couch. "No. They both were working when we went. Sammy let us in."

"Did she tell him?"
"Yah, he said the same thing we did. She thought we rehearsed it." He stood up. "So what did you drop by for?"
"Just dropping in on my friends. Seeing if there's anything you guys needed help with."
"You wanna bring up some boxes?"

"Sure. Why not. Doesn't look like Serena will be helping anytime soon."

A/N:Sorry for the slow update. Last week was hectic...report cards coming out and missing work needed to be handed in...then I wrote the first half Friday, and the second half last night...but for whatever reason, it didn't save and only the first part was there...so I had to rewrite the last part of the chapter this morning...i hope you liked the chapter!!

-SMF