The walk down the street wasn't momentous, except for Serena's screeches at shadows, to which were met with annoyed stares by the girls. Amazingly, Rini slept through it all, having Serena's sleeping abilities according to Raye.

Soon after, they reached Darien's apartment on the top floor. Darien unlocked the door and they went in.

"I hope you have milk here, Darien," Serena said, a bit forcefully.

"Of course Bunny-kins," Darien soothed, making a mental note to refill his milk ASAP. The girls made themselves comfortable in front of the TV with popcorn, watching a romance movie, while Serena and Darien made dinner. Rini lay in Darien's room, fast asleep on the bed. They had wrapped her in her pink blanket, as well as one of Darien's warm fleece ones.

Dinner was soon over, and a quiet crying began from the other room, almost like a meowing. They didn't hear it at first, but soon the noise became more pronounced. Each syllable in Rini's crying was stretched and stressed, meaning she wanted something NOW. The girls ran in and began to choke as a stench reached their noses.

"I believe we have found the source of the problem," Amy said in an odd voice, due to the fact that her nose was plugged.

"Who's going to do the honors?" Raye asked in a muffled voice, her shirt pulled up to her eyes in an attempt to breathe clean air. All eyes moved to Serena.

"Mommy, would you mind?" Mina teased, chuckling. Serena frowned.

"WHY ME?" she wailed.

"Oh Serena, this is just practice, once Rini's born you'll be doing this five times a day or more!" Lita said happily.

"Don't think you'll get out of helping too soon," Serena said, turning to Darien who had tried to sneak past the door.

"Uh…." Darien mumbled, defeated. "I was just…" He was spared thinking of a lie as he was dragged into the room.

"Darien does it first before I do!" Serena said. Darien gulped as he moved to the wiggling and crying baby before him.

"Are you sure you don't want to…?" he asked, turning to Serena.

"Positive. I promise to do it next time if you do it this time," Serena swore, hands on her hips and wearing a defiant expression. The other girls were in a corner, giggling but also trying to get away from the stench. Darien sighed and undid the diaper, choking with watering eyes as Serena watched happily, trying to stifle her sniggers.

Rini was sitting in the living room now, and the girls were in a circle watching her.

"What do we do now?" Lita asked, as Rini stared up at her.

"What do you do with an 8 month old baby?" Mina asked, bored. She looked up as Serena came back in the room.

"I told Mom I was at Raye's sleeping over, and she's fine with it," Serena said, sitting down next to Raye and Amy. All at once, Rini made a noise of happiness and crept over to Serena on her stomach, only able to crawl a little bit.

"Ma-ma," she said. Serena stared at Rini open-mouthed.

"Mama?" she whispered, astounded. "She said Mama! She said something!" Rini smiled and giggled.

"I wonder if she can walk?" Amy wondered. Serena stood Rini up on her two feet and let go of her. Rini swayed for a moment, then fell with a plop on her butt.

"Does that answer your question?" Serena asked, turning to Amy. Rini lay down onto her back and grabbed her foot, pulling it to her mouth and sucking it thoughtfully.

"PUU!" she screeched suddenly. Serena's mind began working on this outburst, a memory coming to mind.

"She's talking about Pluto! Rini calls Pluto 'Puu'," Serena speculated. "Rini must know Pluto in the future, when she was a baby."

"Or she's just speaking baby language and using her mouth," Amy added assumedly, but thinking Serena was probably correct. Rini crawled to Darien.

"Da-da," she said, patting her father's leg. Darien's mouth hung open as well.

"Does she know my name?" Mina asked excitedly, grabbing Rini and setting her down on her lap.

"Say 'Mina'," she implored of Rini. Rini looked up at her, almost stupidly.

"Mee-na," Mina repeated, sounding out each syllable. Rini just looked up at her like 'Wow, you're stupid'.

"Save her the boredom, Mina," Raye said, taking Rini from Mina. "I'm going to teach her fire reading."

"Try to teach her how to ride a horse while you're at it," Lita returned sarcastically.

"Oh shut up," Raye responded indignantly. She smiled at Rini, and lifted her up in the air, staring into her eyes.

"This little Moon Child is destined for greatness, and I swear to help her get there in the future," Raye cooed in a quiet voice. Rini giggled, waving her hands in front of Raye's face, trying desperately to grab onto Raye's nose.

"Raye, I doubt she's too interested- she's more interested in your nose," Amy stated with a laugh. Raye held Rini close to her, then nuzzled her nose with her own. Rini began sucking on it.

"Ugh!" Raye cried, pulling back. She rubbed her nose, handing Rini to Lita. Rini squiggled out of Lita's grasp and crawled as fast as her little legs could carry her to Serena.

"Mama!" she cried, crawling into Serena's lap. "MamamamamaMA!"

"Oh, how cute!" Serena cooed, playing with Rini's hands. Rini's little fingers curled around Serena's index finger and squeezed. She shook Serena's finger childishly, waving it around. There was a silence as all contemplated mother and daughter in one of their special moments, no one wanting to interrupt it. Unfortunately, the doorbell did.

DING-DONG!

"I'll get it!" Serena said, handing Rini to Raye. She left the room, and loud squalls began erupting from Rini- She wanted her mother. Rini began wiggling, trying to get away from Raye, fighting with all her might. Raye, struggling to contain the baby, plopped her down on Darien's lap. Rini recognized her Daddy, instantly quieting down her fussing and sucking her thumb, snuggling in deeper into his warmth. Serena came back with a puzzled and quizzical look on her face.

"There's a pizza guy here saying someone just ordered a larger pizza," she said, confused. Mina raised her hand.

"Me!" All eyes turned to her. She blushed.

"Well how else are we gonna eat?" she asked, putting on an innocent smile.

"Who exactly is paying?" Darien questioned with a twinge of dread.

"Erm… good question," Mina replied sheepishly. Darien gave a sigh.

"I'll go pay," he said resignedly, giving the baby to her mother. Rini smiled as she felt herself in her mother's arms. Now this is where she wanted to be. Rini's eyelids drooped and soon she was asleep in Serena's arms, again.

A/N: Awww, sweetness. Review... onegai!