Chapter 11:
Raye stood in the airport looking for her brother and Andrew. They were supposed to be coming back that day. She sighed as she sat down waiting for the lane to come in. A week ago Darien had called and told her that he and Andrew were going to be a little longer than they thought. She wondered why but decide not to ask. She looked down at her watch. The plan should be coming in now.
Raye got up from her seat and walked over to baggage claim. When she got there she saw her brother, Andrew, Serena, and two other blondes. She guessed that they were Serena's siblings. Wait, what were Serena and her siblings doing here. "Darien, Andrew." She called over to them.
"Raye!" Darien said as he gave his sister a hug.
Raye then looked at everyone else. "I see you decide to bring a little of San Francisco back with you. So, what's going on?" She asked looking at the three blondes behind Darien and Andrew.
"It was his idea." Andrew told Raye.
Darien glared at Andrew before turning back to his sister. "I invited Serena to New York so we could get to know each other even better. I also invited her brother, Jadeite, and sister, Mina, to come as well."
"Hi." Mina and Jadeite said together.
"Nice to meet you." Raye said to them. "Wait, what about you-know-who?"
"Let me worry about Beryl all right." He told his sister. "Now, let's go home. All right?"
Raye said nothing as the six of them went to leave JFK Airport. They all pilled into a taxi outside. "Where ya headed?" The driver asked once they were all inside.
"Cooperstown." Darien told the driver.
The driver grunted in response. After an hour of driving they were at the mansion. "That's eighty dollars." The driver told them.
Darien reached into his pocket and pulled out a hundred. "Keep the change." He told the drive as he got out.
The six of them walked down a long driveway up to the house…well mansion. Mina stopped dead in her tracks when she saw it. "You LIVE here?" She asked making sure the driver got the right house.
Darien and Raye looked at each other before looking back at Mina and nodding. "Yeah, we live here." They said together.
"Our father's a really popular lawyer." Raye told the group as they walked up to the mansion.
When they were all inside Jadeite and Mina looked around. "Nice place you got here." Jadeite told the two.
"Thanks." Darien said. "I'll show you guys to your rooms."
Darien picked up Serena's suitcase with one hand and took her hand in another. "Watch your step." He told her as he led her up the stairs.
Back down at the bottom Mina was about to pick up her suitcase when Andrew stopped her. "Here, I'll get that for you." He told her as he picked it up.
Jadeite looked over at Raye. "I would carry something of yours up the stairs but you have nothing to carry."
Raye looked at Jadeite and smiled. "That's all right. It's the thought that counts." She told him.
"There are two guest bedrooms." Darien told them once they were upstairs. "Serena, you'll share a room with your sister."
They stopped in front of a door on the left side of the hallway. "This is the room. Right across the hall is my room and next door is the bathroom."
Darien opened the door and set Serena's suitcase down. Andrew did the same with Mina's. Taking hold of Serena's hand again he led them down the hall. Once they were at the other end of the hall they stopped in front of another door. "This will be your room." Darien told Jadeite. "Raye's room is across the hall if you need anything."
Raye glanced down at her watch. "In an hour our fathers coming home. If you want you can stay in your rooms for that time. When he gets home though we want you guys to meet him. Also, that's when dinner is."
Mina went into her and Serena's room to take a nap and Jadeite went inside his to also nap. Andrew went home and Raye went downstairs to work on something. Darien and Serena were left alone in the hallway. "So, what do you want to do?" He asked her.
"I suppose that I could go for a walk."
"I'll go with you. There's a river not to far from here. We could walk down there and walk back with in an hour."
"Alright." Serena told him as he grabbed her hand and led her outside.
When they reached the river, Serena asked if they could sit down for a while. They sat on the bank of the river in silence for a bit. After a while Darien looked down at his watch. "Oh, it's we should start heading back if you don't want to be late." He told her as he stood up.
Serena nodded as he helped her up. They then headed back on the path to go back to the mansion. On the way back though someone was standing on the path. Waiting for Serena.