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Cynthia squeezed his shoulder and left. Darien then watched her leave then turned his attention back to Serena. She was so beautiful. The moonlight from the window spilled over her body, making an unearthly glow over her. She looked like the moon goddess herself. He ran his hand through her hair, loving the silky feeling of it. Every since he saw her, he had been dying to do just that. He then leaned down and kissed her rose petal lips ever so softly. She was perfect. He slowly untangled himself from her and left reluctantly.

Serena woke up the next morning in a room that was strange to her. She got up and left the room and everything became familiar. She was at Darien's. She then hurried down the stairs wondering how she ended up spending the night there. She didn't drink anything. She walked into the kitchen to see Darien sitting there drinking coffee. He looks up to see her standing there in the doorway.

"Good morning, Jill" He said jokingly.

She looked at him confused.

"Good morning. What happened?" she asked running a hand through her hair.

"You fell going down the stairs." He said softly.

He stood up and she noticed that he was holding her kitten. He sat the kitten down and walked over to her. The way he walked over her and the look in his eyes made her nervous for some reason. He gently ran one hand over the side of her face and the other played with her hair. He looked deeply in her eyes. He was wondering where this newfound attraction for her was coming from and why he was now so touchy feely with her. BUT he liked it. Serena felt like she was drowning in his eyes. She felt safe and protected. She forgot the world around her. She felt something brush her leg and it broke the trance. She looked down to see her kitten looking up at her. She felt herself blush and she pulled away from Darien and reached down for the kitten.

Darien stepped back and ran a hand through his hair.

"Umm… you don't have to work today. After your fall, I think it might do you some good to go rest." He said trying to think of something to say.

"Thanks. I hope you don't mind but I wanted to take the kids to the beach today." She said quickly turning away from him.

"Okay. I'll have them ready by the time you get back."

"Okay. I'm just gonna run upstairs and get my stuff." She said over her shoulder heading out of the kitchen.

Darien watched her quickly leave the kitchen and cursed himself. He didn't mean to scare her. Actually he didn't know what he was trying to do. Sighing, he went back to the table to finish his coffee.

Serena rang the doorbell and put her sunglasses in her hair. The door opened within seconds by Darien. He seemed calm and collected.

"Good afternoon. Are the kids ready to go?" She asked cheerfully.

"Good afternoon to you too. Yes the are ready." He said smiling.

"We're here!" Jamie exclaimed with her beach bag.

She pushed her dad's leg and ran to Serena. Jason hurried up to Serena too.

"Are we leaving now?" Jason asked

"Yep!" She said smiling down at them.

"Are you strong enough since last night." Darien asked with concern.

"I'm fine. I promise. Couldn't be better." She said softly looking at him.

Jamie and Jason grabbed one of Serena's hands and dragged her to the car.

"Bye. Have a great time" Darien called after them.

They waved and headed to the beach.

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