Ilene walked through the door and placed her purse on the counter.
"Where have you been?" A male voice asked from another room.
Ilene jumped in shock. "Ken, you're home early."
He shrugged as he walked into the room. "We were slow so I decided I'd come home and spend some time with my wife and son, but when I got home, Sammy was here and you weren't."
"I'm sorry dear. I wasn't aware you were coming home early." She flashed one of her genuine smiles.
"You didn't answer my question."
"What was that?"
"Where were you?" Ken asked again, his patience wearing thin.
Ilene thought quickly. "Well I was out shopping. I needed to start obtaining ideas of what to get you for your birthday."
Ken's features visibly relaxed. "Oh. You know you don't have to get me anything." He said walking up to his wife.
"You say that every year and what always happens?"
"You always get me something." He smirked.
"Yup. Now what do you want for lunch?"
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Serena woke up to feeling something in her stomach. "What the heck?" She felt it again. "D-Dare." She called, starting to get worried. "Darien." She then realized he was asleep. She shook him gently.
He gently sat up. After stretching, he looked at Serena who looked worried. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know. I felt something."
"Where?"
She placed his hand on her stomach. It happened again.
Darien's face grew into a soft smile as Serena's grew more worried. "What's wrong? What's happening? Is something wrong?"
He shook his head. "Nothing's wrong Sere."
"Then what is it?"
"That would be our baby kicking."
"Really?"
He nodded as a knock was heard on the door.
"Come in." Serena said smiling.
"Good morning you two."
"Good morning." Both said.
"Why are you so happy?" Dr. Mizuno asked as she approached the two.
"Feel."
Dr. Mizuno reached her hand out towards Serena and Serena took it and placed it on her stomach as the baby kicked again. Dr. Mizuno smiled. "That's wonderful Serena." She removed her hand. "And I have better news for you."
"What?"
"You can go home today."
"Thank you so much Dr. Mizuno!"
"It's no problem dear. There's just one condition."
"What's that?"
"You have to take it easy. You've entered your final trimester. This means no heavy lifting, make sure to take the elevator, and be off your feet as much as possible. I know you're working, so be sure to take brakes, talk to your boss and explain."
"Andy is great; he'll let me take breaks if I need."
"Okay. Now I just have to call your mother and have her sign the release forms." She said walking towards the door.
"Thank you so much Dr. Mizuno."
"It's no problem dear. Now I don't want to see you again in here. Not until you're having your baby."
"Nor do I want to be in here. I'll do my best." Serena smiled.
"Good." She said before leaving the room.
"Dare, did you call Andrew? I didn't even think about that."
"I called him yesterday morning…I didn't call anyone to tell them you had woken up…Amy said she was planning on coming in yesterday...but she didn't make it…I wonder what happened." He thought aloud.
"I'll give them a call when we get home and I get to rest a little."
"Good idea."
…
"Hello?" Ken said picking up the phone
"Hello. Is Ms. Ilene Tsukino there?"
"Sure. May I ask who's calling?"
"This is Amanda Mizuno."
"One moment please." Ken set the phone down and walked to the room where his wife was. "Ilene, there's an Amanda Mizuno on the phone for you."
Amanda Mizuno? "Okay. Thank you dear." She walked over to the phone. "Hello?"
"Hello Ilene. This is Dr. Mizuno."
"Oh, Hello. How are you?"
"I'm fine. How about yourself?"
"Good, thank you."
"Can you come in and sign release papers for Serena please? She's ready to go home."
"Of course. I'll leave here now."
"Thank you."
"It's no problem."
"Bye.
"Buh-bye."
Ilene hung up the phone. She walked up the stairs. "Sammy, I have to go sign release papers. Would you like to come?" She asked in a lowered voice.
"Yah. Sure."
"Okay. I'm going to tell your father that we're going birthday shopping for him." She said before leaving the room.
A/N: okay, sorry it's shorter then my normal 5 pages...it's three...one line from four...but I'm not feeling well. I jsut got back from visiting my grandparents and I've been coughing for like three weeks now, my stomach hurts horribly and I feel really sick still. I'm sorry...I'll post more when I can...plus I got really excited for my new idea...the sequal to C&S...it's started...just a prologue...but I'm going to lay down now, so I'll post the next chapter when I can...hoep you understand and thanks if you do! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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A/N: This just goes to show how bad I felt last night and how tired I was....I forgot to upload that...well put it in my story...I'm sooooooooo sorry...I was wondering why I didn't have any reviews...I usually would've had one within tweleve hours...lol...sry!!!
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