Proposals
Serena's eyes opened from the invading light coming from the window. She turned to the man next to her and her eyes met his deep ones.
"Morning." He whispered before pecking her lips.
"How long have you been up?"
"Just a few minutes."
"Oh."
"Guess it didn't matter about you having nothing to wear to bed." He smirked.
She blushed. "Guess not."
…KNOCK…KNOCK…
Darien groaned inwardly. He reached to the floor and grabbed the shirt Serena wore the previous night. "Here." He handed it to her then got up to find his pants.
Serena placed the shirt on and grabbed her panties and replaced those as Darien pulled on his pants.
…KNOCK…KNOCK…
"Coming." Darien called as Serena ran to the bathroom. He opened the door to see his sister on the other side. "Hey."
"Morning. Where's Rena?"
"What do you mean?"
His sister stared at him knowingly. "She's not in the room next to yours, and she's not downstairs. So she's gotta be in here."
Serena walked from the bathroom in her previous day's clothes towel drying her hair. "Hey Raye." She popped next to Darien. "Sorry. I popped in here to take a shower." She smiled.
Darien smacked his forehead, and Raye laughed.
"What?"
"Each bedroom has its own bathroom." Raye said.
She blushed. "Oh."
"It was a nice cover though." She added.
"Just glad it's not your parents here." Darien chuckled.
"So what's up?" Serena asked.
"Your parents are making breakfast. Trista will be here in a few. She called a little bit ago, but she said she's going to need to speak to Serena alone though."
"Whatever she has to say to me she can say to my friends and family."
"Sere. It's probably about moving you again." Darien said quietly.
She just sighed and walked to the bathroom to hang the towel before walking back to the two. "Let's go eat." She said dejectedly before walking past the two and down the stairs.
…
An hour later found Serena sitting on the couch with Trista. Everyone else had gone upstairs while the two talked.
"Does this really have to happen?" Serena asked sadly.
She nodded. "I'm sorry. We'll move you somewhere else and give you a new identity. You can start a new life." She tried to sound happy.
"Start a new life without the ones that mean the most to me?" She snapped back.
"I know you don't like it, but it's the only way for you to be safe all the time."
"No one is ever safe all the time." She pointed out.
…
The others all sat in Darien's room by the fireplace. Darien finally opened his mouth. "I don't care what Trista says, I'm going with Serena wherever she is sent." He said sternly.
"We all want to Darien." Ilene sighed.
"You guys have lives. You don't need throw away everything to go with her."
"We're nothing without Rena." Amy said.
Darien sighed. "I've been thinking about a plan, but didn't want to mention it in front of Sere because she'd totally reject it. It would involve you all giving up everything."
They all looked puzzled. "What are you thinking?" Lita asked.
He took a deep breath. "We all uproot and move. We could go to a completely different country and change at least our last names if not our whole names. We could work on selling everything we own and get all the money we have out of the banks and move. That way we could be with Sere. But as I said, you'd all have to give up everything. Any other friends, other family we may have. It'd be hard."
"Well I don't have much." Amy said. "I mean, I'm an only child and my mother works here."
"And I'm an orphan. I don't have anything either, so it wouldn't be a big deal. The only friends I have are all of you." Lita added.
"My parents have passed on." Mina stated. "So I don't have anything. Like Lita, you guys are all I have."
"I only have you and dad. I don't even see dad at all, so it's not that big of a deal." Raye thought. "So it wouldn't be a big deal for me."
"And we only have us and our daughter." Ken said putting a hand on his wife's shoulder who nodded.
"So it wouldn't be a problem for us." Ilene added.
"What about careers?"
"None of ours are permanent." Amy said as the four girls nodded.
"And we can get new ones." Ken said.
"Anything to be with Serena again." Ilene added with a smile.
"But what about you Darien? You own the huge hospital." Mina pointed out.
He shrugged. "I don't care. I don't care about anything if Sere isn't here."
"You seem to have very strong feelings for my daughter young man." Ken stated the obvious.
He sighed and walked to the balcony doors of his room. He opened them and walked out.
"He is very deeply in love with Rena." Raye said quietly. "They both love each other. They have since my mother's funeral."
"I have noticed a deep connection between the two." Ilene mentioned.
Raye nodded.
"I'll do it." Mina said. "I'll move and change my name. Whatever it takes."
"Me too." Amy and Lita agreed together.
"Wherever our daughter goes, we go." Ken stated sternly.
Raye nodded. "I'll go too." She said getting up. She walked over to where her brother was standing outside. "Hey."
"I didn't know you could have such strong feelings for someone. It wasn't that bad when I left after mom's funeral because I didn't know her as well. But when she was Usagi and I got to know her, I just fell for Usa too, but putting the two together." He sighed. "God I love her so much."
"I know Darien. And I know she loves you too."
"But we're going to have to leave her again."
"What about your plan?"
"Everyone will have to uproot. I don't want to make them do that."
"Everyone just said they'd go. All agreed. I'm sure Rena will agree in a second if she knew she could be with her friends. Trista won't let all of us go with her."
"Trista will never agree to it."
"So we'll have to do it discretely."
"Let's go plan with everyone." He nodded and both walked in.
Everyone sat in silence for a few minutes thinking of how they could pull this off.
"Where should we go?"
"Doesn't really matter."
"What about France?" Amy suggested. "There are some English speaking areas there, so we don't have to worry about learning the language quickly. Plus, if someone were to look, they'd think somewhere completely English speaking."
"Good idea."
"How about you all go there soon. As in about a week. You can sell all your houses and withdraw your money." Darien suggested.
"But what if it takes time to get the houses to sell?" Ilene asked.
Darien glanced to Amy. "What about your mother?"
"I could explain it to her. She could collect the money and bring it over to us."
"She knows some of it. She works with Sere and me."
"Does anyone have a problem with that?"
Every shook their heads 'no.'
"I'll call her later."
"And of course I'll handle the traveling expenses since it's my idea. I know it's a long distance and will cost a bit."
"You don't have to do that." Mina said.
"Mina, none of us exactly have the money to just by a plane ride to France." Lita pointed out.
"It's true." Amy said sadly.
"Then it's settled. I'll just stay here with Sere through the trail, because she's going to have to testify so these guys are behind bars. They obviously found her here, so they may be able to find her with us."
"Can I suggest something tough?" Amy asked.
"What is it?" Ilene looked confused to the blunette.
"Don't tell Rena the entire plan. She'll be too happy and Trista will note a difference. All of us can say our goodbyes and whatnot before we leave. You can explain it to her as soon as the verdict is read then jet out of there. We could leave Trista a note or something so she doesn't know."
"That's a good idea. Rena would be different." Raye thought.
They all nodded in agreement.
"I have her number now." Raye said. "I'll give it to you and you can send her a text after the trail and just say that she's being taken care of and we're leaving. That way she doesn't send a search party or something."
"That's what we'll do then." Darien said.
"Everyone has a passport, right?"
Everyone nodded and Darien sighed in relief. "Good. But we can tell Trista that you guys went home, and since I live here, I stayed for support. You could all start looking for places to live online. Use my credit card for a down payment. We could get a few houses, or everyone get their own. It doesn't matter to me. Just let me know what you decide and leave me the address of my place."
"We could go look now." Amy suggested.
"Good idea. It may take some time." Lita added.
The four girls all walked out the door to Raye's room. She said they could use her computer and laptop to look.
"Could you please wait Mr. Selene?" Darien asked his girlfriend's father.
Ken nodded. "I'll be with the girls." Ilene said.
"What is it son?"
"That's just it. I want to make sure you are okay with me asking your daughter to marry me."
Ken stared into his eyes. They were filled with love and compassion for the topic they were on. "You really love my daughter?"
"More than words can say."
"I know she's had her eye on someone these past few years. The other men she's dated, she never seemed truly happy with them. Now I know why."
Darien nodded. "We met after my mother's funeral."
"I would love it if you were to make my daughter the happiest woman on earth by marrying her." He smiled.
"Thank you sir." Darien extended his hand.
"It's dad now." Ken pulled the man into an embrace.
"Right." He chuckled.
A/n: Hope you weren't expecting an official marriage proposal from the title...lol...but anyways...I had this...well most planned out. Ummmm...not much to say...watching teh R movie now...it's the sad part at the end :'( Haven't watched the movie in maybe 2 years or so and I still know about 99 percent of the words XD Imma nerd :D lol Let me know what you thought bout the chapter!
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