Comfronting The Girls…Pt

Confronting the Girls…Pt. One

Darien returned from the kitchen with two cold cokes for himself and Andrew.

"So why is Serena passed out?"

"She – uh – didn't sleep very well last night. She passed out in the car on the way back from her place."

"So he was okay with it?" Darien looked confused. "Sammy."
"Oh, he said practically the same thing you did. He was disappointed in the decision we…well more so she made, but he would always love his sister."

"He's a nice boy."
"Yah. He seems pretty cool. She's going to keep in contact with him. I'm just hoping her parents will understand sometime soon. Her mother seemed to care. I think she'll be more willing to help sooner. Her father on the other hand…when we were driving away from her house, we saw him and passed each other in car and he flipped me off."
"Mature much?" Andrew laughed.

The bedroom door opened silently and unnoticed by the two. Serena was about to step forward, but stopped as Darien sighed.

"I hope they come around though. Yah it would be nice to have financial help. I mean, I don't want Serena working while she's pregnant, but I can get over it. I'll make her stop working when she's close to her due date. I mainly want them to come around for Serena. I mean you saw how she was yesterday. She could really use the support of her family right now and through this whole thing. Talking to her mother about the different changes during the pregnancy. I'm not going to be able to answer those questions!"

Serena walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck and placed her chin on his head. "Awwww, why can't you answer my feminine questions?" She wined sarcastically.

"When did you wake up?" He asked pulling her around the chair and onto his lap.

"A few minutes ago."

"When did you come out?"
"I was about to come out before you started saying that stuff about my parents."

"So you were eavesdropping?"
"Well – uh – you…hum…you were talking behind my back!" She came back triumphantly.

"My childish Sere." He kissed her gently. "You feeling better?"
"Much. Sorry I passed out on ya."

"It's okay. Andrew took your place helping me."

"Thanks Andy."

"Sure."
"You guys hungry?"
"I could eat." Andrew said.

"I know I am." Darien agreed.

"Well then I'll go make dinner." Serena said getting up.

Darien grabbed her arm and pulled her back down. "No, I'll be making dinner. You sit and relax."
"How are you going to make dinner with her sitting on top of you?"
"Yah." Serena said escaping his hold. "I'll be back soon with food!" She called from the kitchen.

"Stubborn woman." He said loudly.

"Get used to it babe." Serena called.

"You two have problems." Andrew said shaking his head. "So has she told the girls yet?"
"No. I'm not sure when she's going to tell them."

"I'd guess tomorrow during school."

"Probably. That'd make most sense."

"I wonder how they'll take it."

"I have no idea."
"Well they have been friends for a long time. Maybe they'll understand."

"I hope so."

0.o

"So we need to really keep an eye on her."

"Zoicite seems even more persistent." Amy pointed out.

"As long as he doesn't know Serenity's identity, we're safe. We'll still keep an eye on her, but we won't have to worry as much."

"We still have to worry Mina."
"But not as much. I mean, the negaverse doesn't know who she is. Yah we still have to worry, but I think we should worry more about finding Endymion, and getting the other crystals from Zoicite and Tuxedo Mask."

"Speaking of him, any idea who he is Ames?"
"No."

"Well let's think about this." Lita started. "He started showing up randomly at the end of the last school year, right? Can any of you think of someone who showed up around that time?"

They all thought.

"WAIT! Serena said started complaining about the one guy who ended up being Darien at the start of summer." Raye pointed out.

"Come to think of it, Andrew said he came then. You don't think…" Amy said.

"Well let's see. Tuxedo Mask is tall, had dark colored hair, and well built." Mina said.
"Darien has all those qualities."

"Serena's living with our potential enemy!"

"Don't be so over dramatic."

"Did I just hear you girls say that Serena is living with the enemy? Is Darien from the negaverse?" Luna asked as she walked into the room.

"No, we think he's Tuxedo Mask."

"WHAT!?" Both shouted in unison.

"Yah. I mean, he moved here around the time Tuxedo started showing up at battles and he has the same features. Same hair color, build, and both are tall."

"Now that you mention it, they do seem a lot alike." Artemis mumbled to himself.

"We have to get her out of there!" Raye cried.

"How, we're not supposed to know!" Lita pointed out.
"Well would you rather her be mad cuz we already know, or her be in danger because she's living with Tuxedo Mask?"

"You're right. We better go over there now."

"You're right. The sooner the better." Raye said getting up.

"Let's go!" The four girls called.

0.o

"Come and get it boys." Serena called as she set the plates on the table.

"It smells great Serena." Andrew said walking in.

"Thanks."
"Sure does. What did you make?"
"Just some pork chops with a side of salad and green beans."

"Well it looks delish." Andrew complimented.

"Yes it does."

As the three sat down and picked up their silverware, a knock sounded on the door.

Darien and Serena got up at the same time.

"Sit, you made dinner, I'll get it."

"That's a lame excuse, but fine." She sat back down.

Darien walked to the door and opened it to reveal four girls and two cats. "Hey girls."
"Hi Darien, can we speak to Serena?" Amy asked.

"We're eating dinner; can't you guys come back later?"

"Listen buddy! We want to speak with her now!" Raye fumed.

"Raye, calm down." Lita said.

"Really, I could hear you all the way in the kitchen." Serena said appearing in the doorway behind Darien.

"Serena, can we speak to you?" Mina asked then looked to Darien. "Alone?"

"I'm eating dinner right now; can't I call you guys later or just see you at school tomorrow?"

"No. We need to talk to you now…alone."

"Fine, fine. Dare, go ahead and go back in. I'll only be a minute."

"Okay." He said walking back to the table.

Serena stepped in the hallway and quietly closed the door. "What the hell was that?" She whispered harshly.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb with me Raye. Why did you yell at him like that."
"I can think of two reasons." She muttered.

"And those would be…?"
"Serena, we figured out who Tux-uh-TM is."

Serena face paled slightly. "S-so."

"Serena, he's Darien."
"I know."
"You know? What do you mean you know? Why didn't you tell us?"

"How could you knowingly live with the enemy?" Mina asked.
"He's not my enemy…wait…live with? Where did you get this information?"

"Did I say live?" Serena nodded. "I mean date. Yah, date."
"So you mean to say how could I knowingly date with the enemy?"
"Okay, what ever."
"How did you know I'm living with him? What all do you know?"

The group sighed.

"We know everything Serena." Lita said.

"How?"
"I was on the steps when you told Sammy. We put two and two together. We figured you'd move in here." Luna said.

"We don't want you living with him. Especially since we don't know what he's after. And in your current state, you could be even more in danger."

"Ummm, if you haven't figured it out, he's part of the reason I'm in this state. He's not going to hurt me. I've known for a while now, and he hasn't done anything yet…and I highly doubt he will."

"How long have you known?"
"Since the incident at the mall."

"Why didn't you tell us!?"

"Cuz he asked me not to. He's not going to do anything. Don't you think if he really wanted to hurt you guys he would've done it already?"
"We only see him in battles."
"That day, he came after me to make sure I was alright. Once I figured out who it was, and seeing how you guys were so defensive over me, he guessed who you were. He knows you're the scouts, and has he done anything? No. You're not going to change my mind about being here. I'm staying here. It's not like I have another choice. My 'father' kicked me out, my mom isn't very glad that I'm pregnant, and you guys don't seem too happy to be my friend right now." A tear fell down her cheek and she quickly and hastily wiped it away. "He and Andy are the only ones I have left. Now I'm going back in before you guys make me even more upset. If you want to apologize, I'll be at school tomorrow. If not, then don't bother talking to me again. Goodbye." With that said, she opened the door, walked in, and shut it.

The girls heard a lock click on the other side. They all sighed.

"Damn that girl." Mina started. She paused a minute before speaking again. "We need to be supportive of her. She needs us now more then ever."

"Maybe we should've handled that differently."

"I think you're right."

"Come on; let's leave her alone for the night. We'll talk to her in the morning."

"Good idea."
"I should probably apologize to Darien too." Raye said. "I did kinda yell at him."

"Yes you should."

…

Serena put her back to the closed door, looked to the floor, and shut her eyes.

"Damn that girl." She heard Mina say.

Tears sprung to her eyes again as she placed her hands over her ears and slid to the floor. She brought her knees to her chest and placed her head into them and began crying softly.

She heard footsteps walking away from the door followed by ones approaching her.

"Sere? What's wrong? What is it?" Darien asked kneeling next to her.

"They hate me!" She cried into her knees.

Darien wrapped his arms around her shoulders. "Shhhhh, it's okay."
She leaned into his chest. "They know who you are." She whispered careful so Andrew wouldn't hear. "They think that you'll hurt me. I'm sorry. I told them that you knew who they were. I had to prove my point that you wouldn't hurt them somehow."

"It's okay. How about we go finish dinner before Andrew gets suspicious, and we forget about them for the night."
"Sure." She wiped away her tears. "Let's go."