Note: Sorry for the wait! I own story not characters. Enjoy!

"Hey, is anybody hungry besides me?" Nathan asked flipping through the channels on t.v.

"I know I am." Serena said rubbing her stomach at the thought of food.

The guys, Serena and the kids had been lounging around the living room area bored. Before anyone else could say anything Cynthia and some of her friends came into the room casually.

"Dare Bear, I need some money. The girls and I are going shopping for a few last minute stuff for the wedding." She said holding out a hand as she walked up to him.

"Why didn't you let me know? I could've gotten ready." Serena said standing up.

"You have a job to do." Cynthia snapped her green eyes glittering darkly.

Darien noticed this…

"Job or no job. She's still a bridesmaid." Darien said hesitantly handing her the money.

"Oh alright." She said annoyed.

"No that's okay. You're right, Cynthia. I have a job to do. That's my main reason for being here. I'll stay here with the children and Darien." She said smugly sitting back down.

Cynthia totally forgot that she couldn't leave Serena there with Darien. It was too late to try to keep her enemy close. Well, Darien had the kids and his friends to be a chaperone. She tossed her heavy black hair over her should and stormed off with her croonies.

"Come on Jamie and Jason." Serena said standing back up holding out both hands.

The kids quickly grabbed her hands and followed Serena to her room.

"What are we about to do?" Jamie asked curiously.

"I'm about to teach you two a game I use to play when I was little. I'll sing the song and do the hand movements, then you can join in a minute. Okay…it goes like this: Everynight we go together, I like the weather, bring back my love to me. When we get married, our heart you'll go boom boom boom boom boom. Boom boom boom boom boom boom…" as Serena sang the fast paced song she tickled them.

Their giggles floated through the air…

The guys could hear the giggles and singing.

"I'll be right back." Justin said getting up from his spot.

He went to Serena's room to see the playful scene.

"Hey, I know that game. Can I play?" He asked sitting down with them.

The kids giggled some more and nodded. Justing wished that Darien could see how good Serena was with his kids. He secretly wished Darien was getting ready to marry Serena and not Cynthia but he didn't want any trouble in his friendship with Darien.

Five minutes later all of the guys were wondering if Justin was coming back up front with them but when they heard his laughter, one by one all of the guys made their way back to see what was going on. Darien was the last to come back. Serena was so amused that she had to teach these grown men how to play the game. As the singing and playing continued Jamie began to pout. Serena noticed quickly.

"What's wrong honey?" Serena asked.

"I'm hungry!" She said.

"I think we all are." She said reaching over and pulling Jamie in her lap.

"Hey, I know a great place that we could eat at. They have dancing and everything." Darien said.

"Oky. Well let's get dressed and go." Zack said.

Everyone jumped up to get ready.

They walked into the place looking around. Music was playing and there was a stage for performance. The host lead them to a round booth big enough for all of them. As sat waiting on the waiter to come get their drink order, they listened to the music. Serena noticed the familiar song and squealed.

"Oh, I love this song… I wanna dance!" She exclaimed.

Nathan held a hand out across the table.

"Hey, well let's dance, lady." He spoke up.

"Hey Darien order me a coke." Serena said taking Nathan's hand sliding out of the booth.

"Me too." Nathan said.

Darien didn't like what was happening in front of him. He simply nodded and watching move onto the dance floor.

"She's good." Zack stated

"I know, I've watched her." Darien murmured.

"I think Serena's going to make it big one day. She was telling me on the plane that she entered some contest a while back for Mtv. She said she wanted to be a major dance instructor."Justin informed.

Darien took his eyes off the couple for a minute.

"I didn't know that."He said softly.

"Nathan's good too." Zack stated.

"Yeah, yeah." Darien grumbled as he watched Nathan's hand work up the side of Serena's beautiful gray tube dress. Serena was so beautiful. Her hair was pulled up into a simple bun but a few tendrils framed her face. The whole time everyone had been carrying on Micheal hadn't said a word. He simply watched his friend's emotions cross his face every five seconds.

"Hey Darien, don't be jealous. You got a woman. Let Nathan have a chance." He whispered to him

Darien turned red from embarrassment and anger.

"I'm not jealous." He whispered angrily.

The waitress came up and they gave her the drink order. Darien had a hard time focusing on the waitress.

"Sir, are you ready to order the food now?" She asked.

"No, no. Give us another ten minutes." He said waving her away.

The waitress shrugged and walked off. At this time, the song had eneded and people were clapping for the couple. Nathan raised Serena from her dipped position back up to him. Their faces were merely inches away. Serena found herself swimming in Nathan's gorgeous green eyes. He smirked.
"We were good." He whispered to her.

"Yes we were. Maybe you could be my permanent dance partner."She murmured wondering why she was flirting so openly with him.

He laughed heartily. She was too cute.

"Yeah sure." He said releasing her only slightly.

His hands were still resting on her hips. He had to admit the closeness was kinda getting to him. She was to intoxicating. No wonder Darien couldn't resist the sexiness she had. She had it but didn't flaunt it like some women and that made her sexier. The next song began to play and it is by Selena "I could fall in love with you.''

"Hey you wanna dance to this song?"Nathan asked.

"Yeah. I love dancing. My mom told me it would be the death of me. It's probably true too." She joked putting her arms around his neck.

"I like your dancing style. It seems like you can do it all from jazz, ballet to hip hop." He complemented.

She smiled up at him warmly.

"Thank you that means a lot." She said continuing to smile.

Nathan shrugged and burried his head in her neck. Serena was surprised to feel a soft butterfly kiss on her neck. She blushed a little. Nathan lifted his head and rested his forehead on hers. He felt like he was overstepping boundaries but he couldn't help it. If Darien wanted Cynthia he could have a stuck up slut. He wanted Serena. Darien saw the scene unfolding and couldn't take anymore. He excused himself from the table and went over to them.

"May I cut in?" he asked coming up to them.

Nathan frowned slightly.

"Sure…" He said letting go reluctantly, stepping to the side.

"Thanks." He said forcing himself to smile at his friend.

Nathan nodded and headed back to the table of curious men. He was sure he was about to have to answer questions in coded form because of the children.

As Serena and Darien danced, Darien tried his best to think of something to say that wouldn't sound stupid.

"You are special. You know that?" he asked softly.

"How do you know that? I'm just a dance teacher and a nanny." She said shrugging.

"I believe you were sent to me and my kids."He said looking at her with a loving gaze.

"That's sweet." She said smiling up at him.

At the table, the guys sipped their drinks waiting for the dance to be over so they could come to the table so they could order.

"Uncle Mike, Can Jamie and I dance?" Jason asked taking his sister hand.

"Sure, just stay close to the table." Michael permitted.

Serena glanced over towards the table to see the children trying to mimick them. She giggled at the cute sight.

"What's so funny?"

"You're children"

Darien turned to see them dancing and he began to laugh too.

"They are too cute." She said smiling.

"Yeah, you gotta love'em. Hey let's go eat." Darien said, knowing the mood was over.

"Okay." She said and she let him lead her to the table.

Note: Sorry it took a while to update and I'm sorry it's short. I'm in summer school and I've been dating lol. So once again I apologize for the wait. Well review and I will try to update again this week if possible! Love ya!!