Author's Notes: Sorry for taking so long to put this chapter up. I've been very, very busy with theatre and choir, and I had a slight case of writer's block.

Anyways, thanks for reading my story and thanks for the reviews. I love reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, or any of the characters. Sadly enough.

Serena and Darien walked to the cafe with the other Sailor Scouts and Spencer. Serena's arm was tightly wrapped around Darien's arm. "Serena could you possibly loosen your grip? Your cutting off my circulation." Darien said. Serena nodded, but hardly loosen her grasp.

Spencer gave Darien a glare. "Some of us would love to have that problem." He said.

Darien kissed Serena on the forehead. "And some of us would love to do that." Darien said with a smirk on his face.

Spencer gave another glare to Darien and looked the other way.

"Will you two stop acting like children? We already have one Serena, there's no need for three." Ami said.

"Hey!" Serena exclaimed.

"Serena, don't even try to object that." Mina said.

Serena gave a slight shrug and then laid her head on Darien's arm.

"HELP!" A little voice shouted from behind. Serena turned around to see a little blonde girl with a frighten expression.

"Help!" The little girl said again, stopping when she got to Serena's leg.

"What's wrong?" Serena asked.

"They're after me." The little blonde said, hiding behind Serena.

"Who's after you?" Serena asked with concern on her face.

"The orphanage people." She said.

Darien looked at the little girl. "Why are they looking for you?" He asked, bending down to the little girl's level.

"Hey Sherlock, can't you see she ran away." Spencer said.

Darien gave Spencer a glare and looked back at the little girl. "Why did you run away?" Darien asked, sincerity in his voice.

"Because she doesn't like it there." Spencer said. "Are you sure your studying to be a doctor?" Spencer asked.

"Will you shut up, Spencer! I'm trying to ask question." Darien said, getting up and standing up straight.

"Well your asking obvious questions, Detective know-nothing." Spencer said.

Serena gave a small sigh and tuned out the two bickering boys. She bent down and smiled at the little girl. "What is your name?" Serena asked the little girl.

"Melanie." She said simply.

"What would make you run away, Melanie?" Serena asked.

"I hate it there. The kids are mean to me and the food is horrible. Just for one night I would like to be away from it all." The little girl said.

"Well you could stay with me." Serena said impulsively.

Darien turned away from Spencer and looked over to Serena. "How are you going to do that, Serena?" Darien asked her.

"Well I didn't quite think of that." Serena said putting a hand on the back of her head.

Darien looked at the sad little girl. "She could stay with me." Darien said sighing.

The little girl smiled. "Thank you so much." She said, hugging his legs.

Darien looked down at the girl nervously. "Just for one night though." He said.

She smiled. "Oh of course." She said, still hugging his legs.

Melanie sat with Serena in Darien's apartment. She had bathed and clothed into a nightgown that was small enough to fit her. Darien prepared a little snack for Melanie in the kitchen while Melanie and Serena waited.

"Do you just randomly have girl clothing in your apartment?" Melanie asked.

"Well...no actually I don't. My daught...I mean my cousin left them over here." Darien said from the kitchen.

"Oh..." Melanie said walking over from the couch she was sitting on to a picture of Serena and Darien.

"What a goof ball." She said silently to herself, slightly laughing.

"Melanie, how long were you in the orphanage?" Serena asked, looking over to her.

"Well I'm ten now. So about five years." Melanie said, walking back over to Serena and sitting down next to her.

Serena looked down at the little girl. "I'm sorry." Serena said.

Melanie yawned and rested her head on Serena's lap. "It's not your fault." She said, closing her eyes.

Serena smiled as the little girl fell asleep. "Tell me why I like her more than my own daughter?" Serena asked Darien.

Darien sighed. "I'm not going to even attempt answering that question." He said from the kitchen. "Anyways...the cookies are ready." Darien said, showing up with a tray.

"Oh...cookies. Hey Melanie, the cookies are ready." Serena said tapping he sleeping little girl.

Melanie didn't respond. "She's dead tried. I won't wake her up." Serena said yawning.

"Looks like your getting pretty tried yourself." Darien said.

"Yeah, I am. What time is it?" Serena asked.

"Almost ten thirty." Darien said.

"Oh no!" Serena exclaimed, putting Melanie's head off her lap and jumping up from the couch. "My dad is gonna kill me. Gotta go." She said running towards the door.

"Bye Serena." Darien yelled to her. Serena turned around and walked back over to Darien.

"How inconsiderate of me. I completely forgot." She said. Darien smiled and walked closely to Serena.

"To get some cookies." Serena finished, grabbing cookies from the tray and walking back out the door.

Dorlen stood in front of a tiny store near the Crown Arcade. He carefully painted words on the small window and labeled the store "Basic Fundamentals".

"I thought stores never worked?" Morgan said from behind him.

Dorlen put the paintbrush down and looked at her, eyes full of annoyance. "Clothing stores never work." Dorlen said.

"Well, I have to say, your sense of decorating is at in all time low." Morgan said, snorting at the pink and green paint combination.

"I thought girls liked pink and green." Dorlen said.

"Not combined like that, but the store does have a semi cute name. Well, it's cute for a guy to make." Morgan said.

"Morgan, did you come here to spy on me or to be with me?" Dorlen asked, walking up to Morgan.

Morgan perked herself up and made a playful smile at Dorlen. "Well, Dorlen I had a plan." Morgan said.

Serena and Darien walked with Melanie to her orphanage. Melanie walked sadly down the sidewalk.

"Now I have to go back to this horrible place." Melanie said pouting.

"We'll visit you everyday." Serena said with a reassuring tone.

Melanie looked up and gave Serena a slight smile. They walked in silence until they reached a small building. The building's light blue paint was faded and the windows of the building were smudge with dirt. Serena made a look of disgust, and then looked down sadly at the little girl.

"It's gonna be alright, kiddo." Serena said, walking up to the glass door. Serena stopped as she saw a small sheet of paper on the glass door. Her small blue eyes got bigger as she read the sign.

"Packed up and left because of rat infestation?!" Serena exclaimed loudly.

Darien's eyes filled with disbelief. "What that can't be true. Stop playing jokes, Serena." Darien said, walking up to the door. Darien read the sign and stood there shocked.

"How could they just pack up and leave in one night?" Serena asked out loud.

"Melanie, Did you know about this?" Darien asked, turning around to look at her.

Melanie looked down at the ground and started playing with her fingers.

Darien let out a sigh. "Melanie, why would you do that?" Darien asked.

"Because I wanted to get away, and I thought you would let me stay with you." Melanie said, looking up at him.

"Melanie..." Darien started but trailed off.

"You will let me stay with you?!" Melanie exclaimed.

Darien let out another sigh. "Yes...but only until we find you someone that can take care of you." Darien said. Melanie gave Darien a huge smile and hugged his leg, just like the day before.

Darien looked down in embarrassment. "Okay...that's quite enough, Melanie." Darien said softly as people walked by.

"I heard this new store was suppose to be great!" Serena said excitedly as she walked to a small store called "Basic Fundamentals".

"Serena, did I have to come? All this store sells is make up." Darien said, looking at Melanie and Serena walk happily to the store.

"Well...yeah, but wherever Melanie goes, you go." Serena said, walking over to Darien and linking her arm with his. "And besides I can't have you being alone when Queen Beryl is around." Serena whispered in his ear.

"What are you my bodyguard." Darien said sarcastically. Serena just nodded playfully and walked up to the store's door.

"Wow, this store has really ugly color combinations." Serena said, before she opened the door and walked in.

"Hello, welcome to Basic Fundamentals." A guy with black hair said at the entrance of the store.

"Hello. Are we the only people here?" Serena asked, looking around.

"That's what I asked , when I came in." A girl with straight short black hair said from behind them. "But I actually was the only one here." She said smiling and walking over to the group.

"Hi, I'm Tessa." She said, extending a hand for Serena to shake.

Serena gladly shook her hand and smiled at her. "Hi Tessa. I'm Serena, and this is Darien and Melanie." Serena said.

Tessa looked over at Melanie and Darien. "Oh so this is your husband and child." Tessa said in disbelief.

Serena burst out in laughter. "No...that's...not...my...child...I'm...way...too...young." Serena said through the laughter.

Tessa smiled. "Oh, how silly of me. This must be your brother and sister. Well, in that case. Hi, I'm Tessa. Single and looking." Tessa said, extending a hand out to Darien.

Serena stopped laughing and gave a glare to Tessa. "You mean single and about to have a black eye." Serena threatened.

Tessa looked at Serena. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you two believed in incest." Tessa said, walking over to a make up station.

"She's truly more clueless than me." Serena said. Darien nodded his head.

"What is incest?" Melanie asked, glaring at the black- haired female.

"I see you don't like her too. Well, that's makes three of us." Serena said.

"Actually four." The black-haired man said walking over to the counter.

Serena looked at the man, but quickly changed her attention to the crowd of girls that were about to rush in the store. Serena quickly jumped away from the entrance and let the girls run in.

"Welcome ladies to the grand opening sale." The man said from the counter. All the females including Serena and Melanie tried on various types of make-up.

Serena put a little touch of lip-gloss on Melanie's lips. "You don't need to much make up." She said, getting out some blush and putting it on herself.

"You look lovely." Melanie said smiling.

"I haven't even finished applying the blush yet." Serena said.

"I know." Melanie said. Serena gave Melanie a smile and Melanie walked over to Darien.

Serena kept applying make-up on her face until a woman fainted. All the women crowded around the body. Then another women fell, then another, and another. The women started panicking. Some ran to the entrance but quickly figured that the door was locked.

"Don't be afraid ladies." The black-haired man said laughing. Soon all the females in the room had fainted including Melanie and Serena.

The black- haired man gave a sigh as he looked at Darien who was knelling at the ground, next to Serena.

"Why did you come in this store, if you weren't going to try on any make-up?" The man asked.

"What did I ruin your plans?" Darien said, getting up and walking over to the man.

"Yes, you did. How am I ever supposed to go through with my evil plan." The man said with a mock helplessness in his voice. "Oh like this. Faithful Servant of Queen Beryl show yourself." He said as a monster appeared from the back of the store. "Have fun." The man said, jumping away from the counter. "By the way, my name is Dorlen." Dorlen said, walking to the back of the store.

Darien quickly changed to Tuxedo Mask. The monster ran over and attacked him, knocking the air out of him and sucking his energy. Darien tried to grab a rose, but failed. He looked down at the unconscious blonde beauty next to him. "Serena." He thought.

Final Notes:So how did you like it?

Yeah, I know this chapter wasn't that great.

Sorry, still going through that slight writer's block.