Note: Sorry for the wait! I know a lot of you have mixed feelings about this story but just keep reading please! Lol. Anywho, I own the story not the characters. ENJOY!!

Nathan looked down at the beautiful bombshell sleeping next to him. He kissed her forehead tenderly and climbed out of the bed. It was 4:00am. He sighed. The daybreak was so soon. He put on a pair of pajama pants. He quietly exited the room and headed for the kitchen for a drink of water. His skin was heating up again from the mere thought of Serena waiting in bed for him. As he entered the kitchen he was surprised to see Darien drinking a cup of coffee.

"Hey what up man" Nathan murmured.

Darien looked up from his cup of coffee and smiled.

"Nothing. Just a lot on my mind. What are you doing up?" He asked.

"Just getting a drink of water." He said grabbing a glass out of the cabinet.

Darien noticed a few marking on Nathan's back.

"Hey, you okay?" Darien asked becoming concerned.

"What are you talking about?" Nathan asked confused filling the cup with water.

"Your back" Darien stated getting up.

Nathan took a sip of water and shrugged.

Darien moved some of Nathan's thick hair out of the way to see claw markings all over his back.

"It looks like you got in a fight with a cat or something." Darien said eying his friend.

Nathan choked slightly on his water.

"I scratch my back sometimes in my sleep. It's nothing major." He lied smoothly.

Darien didn't believe him and he began to feel uneasy- like Nathan was hiding something. Before he could question him any further, Nathan dumped his cup.

"I'm beat. I'm going back to bed. See ya in a few hours." Nathan said exiting the room.

Darien received a waft of fragrance from off of Nathan. Nathan smelled sweet- like vanilla- like Serena. He also now began to notice that Nathan hair was slightly stuck to his skin. The claw markings. He now began to feel like an idiot. Did something happen between Serena and Nathan? He felt a sickening knot begin to form in his stomach. He quietly went up to stairs and headed to Serena's room to find it empty. His heart was falling quickly into his stomach. He turned and quickly headed to Nathan's room. His hand reached for the door knob...but soft murmurs stopped him.

"You okay?" came his friend's voice.

"Yeah, you?" came Serena's voice.

"I'm great." came a chuckle.

"Good. I'm ready for round two"

Darien couldn't listen anymore. He was on the brink of breaking the door down but he remembered that she wasn't his. She was now in the arms of one of his so called friends. He was engaged to another woman. Sleep wasn't coming now. He headed to Serena's room. He'd wait for her to come back to her room.