Consequences

Author's Note: so, a lot of you have been commenting on the formatting issue. Yeah! I get it. :) Thanks so much for letting me know, because I format it on word and don't really go through it on here. I assumed that when you pressed enter twice it worked. But no, formatting can't be that easy right?

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And the end of last chapter, I know, cliche right? But how else were they finally going to meet with how I was setting it up?

In other news. I know I have been really quick with updating. What can I say, I come on here, read some reviews and want to write more. I hope that I can continue that, but on my way home from a fair (I work at fairs, yes. So far it has been fun) in the long car ride, I came up with another story idea. This one hits really close to home for me in a lot of ways, so I am going to focus on that one too. It's called Daddy, Don't Hurt Me. It's really not for the faint of heart. So warning you here, and there. It's going to be pretty graphic, so if you can't handle violence in description. That one may not be for you. Enjoy this though.

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Chapter Seven

Darien's eyes narrowed at the blonde's doe-eyed expression on the couch. He turned to his sister, and said in command, "Amy. I would like you to go to your room, Serena and I need to talk."

Amy shot her brother a look of protest, but the angry contortion on his face told her not to argue. Giving Serena a look of sympathy, she walked past her into her bedroom.

Serena watched her walk past, and it made her blood boil. Who did this guy think he was? Some tough boy? Did he think he was going to win points with Serena like that? Putting on the tough guy act was a definite turn off.

At least, she wanted it to be.

"I don't know what you have to say to me that your sister couldn't here, but you don't have to be rude." She stood up and strode into the kitchen, expecting him to follow. "If you wanted me alone to talk, all you had to do was ask."

Darien followed close behind her and jabbed a finger in her direction for emphasis.

"First, you lure me into your bed."

"Lure?" A bark of laughter left her lips.

"Yes, lure. Then, you move in with my sister." He began using his hands in counting.

"I did do that."

"Next, you pretend you don't remember me, go out on a date, act completely different on it...and if that isn't bad enough, you call me later to hit on my roommate!"

Confusion was an understatement to what Serena felt. Tapping her foot and locking her hip, she threw up her hands.

"I don't know what the hell you are talking about! I never hit on your roommate, I don't even know who the hell your roommate is!"

"Oh don't play coy Serena I know how women like you act."

So, she was going to try and pretend she didn't know about Andrew. He knew enough about easy women. This one had gone too far and he was going to let her have it.

"Women like me? Don't think that one night in my bed makes you know me."

She wanted to punch him. How dare he throw accusations around at her like it he was angry.

Shouldn't she be more angry at him for not using protection? She paused her thoughts.

At least she didn't say that out loud. They both were at fault for the tiny life growing inside of her.

He had to laugh at her now. She was acting all innocent and confused. The only thing in his mind was that he'd been duped. Even worse, his baby sister had been too. This woman probably knew that Amy was his sister.

"One night was enough wasn't it Serena? One night and you got your way? I'll be damned if I believe that baby is mine. You've probably slept with half the city."

Not his baby?

Enough was enough.

Not able to take anymore of his insults, Serena went up and slapped him as hard as she could in the face. On the verge of tears, she looked at him with fury and pain.

"You bastard. How dare you judge me, because you can't take responsibility for your own actions. Yes, as a matter of fact I am pregnant. Yes, it's your child. How do I know? Before I left my fiance a few months ago, I was on birth control with him, and I had been with one other man before him. I don't normally take sex lightly." She paused to glare at him. "Then I met you in a bar one night, no idea you were related to Amy, and thought for once I'd mey a nice guy. I guess I was wrong. You are just like every other pig I have ever met, and I'll be damned if my child even knows you exist."

Leaving him to stand dumbfounded in the middle of her kitchen floor, she stalked past him to her room, slamming the door shut.

Serena was defensive? How did she have any right to blow up at him like that? It was, after all, her who had been in the wrong. Not only did she deny knowing Amy was his sister, she seemed to not recall their date. And she had lied about her name.

Who was this woman?

Amy poked her head out of her room, and trudged into the kitchen. By the time she entered the room, Darien had already sat down at the light oak table. He looked in deep thought, but Amy didn't care. She wasn't very happy with her brother.

He looked up at her as she approached.

"How much did you hear of that conversation?"

All of it. "I heard a good portion of it."

Amy could see the emotions running through his midnight orbs as he tried to ascertain any rhyme or reason to his previous argument. This was the man that Serena gabbed on and on about.

The man that she had a deep connection with.

The man who she cared too much for after one night.

The man she lost in an instant.

That means, oh dear, the man who is the father to her growing baby.

"So, you know I slept with her right?"

Darien needed his sister to realize who Serena was. Amy was far too innocent to realize how treacherous women like Serena were. By the look Amy was giving her now, he could tell she was trapped.

Far too trapped for his liking.

This tramp had to be crushed.

"I know you are the guy that she has been talking about for the last two weeks. Devastated by the fact that she couldn't recall your name."

Something didn't seem to add up in Amy's head. Hadn't he mentioned that she lied about her name? This same girl he'd slept with hit on Andy, but Serena never mentioned seeing him again. Amy knew that if she had Serena would have lit up and been energized. Darien, her Darien, her big, protective brother made her roommate swoon, even if for one night.

One night that caused a big oops, but a wonderful oops. Until now, Amy didn't even think about how this affected herself.

Serena was pregnant with Darien's baby. That meant she was going to be an aunt!

Oh dear, Amy had to work this mess out.

Make these two at least civil with each other. Her brother had a tot on the way with Serena. How wonderful!

Amy remained in revelation as Darien snapped his fingers at her. "Amy." She didn't respond. Apparently, whatever she was thinking about had her focus more than what her brother was trying to say. This bugged him more than he wanted it to. For once, he wanted her to listen to him. He needed to get through to her.

"Amy!" He snapped his fingers harder this time in front of her eyes. She jumped, taken aback by his persistence and ferocious manner. For some reason, after twenty-six years, she now noticed how tall her brother was.

It was as if he loomed over her.

Like a menace.

Too bad she knew him for the softie he really was. He just may have scared her.

"Sorry." She really wasn't. "I was processing everything." That wasn't a lie. But to be more accurate, scheming was more her process.

Putting her hand on her nose, her thoughts intensified.

"Did you even give her a chance to explain before you jumped down her throat?"

"I didn't have to. I know the kind of girl Serena is. I've known plenty. They go around getting knocked up to take a man for all he's worth. And she has you duped."

This whole Serena duping thing was simply not working on Amy. A girl duping her would not have been resolved in raising a baby herself, nor would she have tried to back out of an apartment with Amy. Unless...Serena had known all along Amy would fall for it.

No! Amy needed to quit thinking like that. Darien's insanity was getting the best of her. Besides, there still was this whole part about her lying about who she really was. Serena didn't lie or deceive people. Serena was sweet and innocent, the good twin, Serena always referred to herself.

Amy smacked her forehead.

Duh, Amy Stansbury!

It all made sense now.

"Darien, what did you mean when you said Serena lied about her name?"

Finally she was listening! His persistent nagging actually worked for once. Amy would hear him out.

"Well, she introduced herself to me differently than she did you."

He could see the wheels in her head turning. Okay, he had her now. This was good. It was all going to blow wide open. Serena couldn't even fool his sister now.

"Go on..."

She was listening. Inside he was cheering to himself and grinning. Hiding his emotions, a trick he learned well over the years, he kept on convincing Amy.

"Well, when she met you at school, she couldn't lie about her name. She had to be Serena at work, but at the bar, she must have known who I was. She lied about her name to get me to bed, and not have you find out. So when it came out that I was the man who she slept with, she could go on pretending that she didn't plan it. And living with you, she did that to make it all a small world coincidence."

Amy grimaced at his conclusion, and had to force herself from rolling her eyes.

Really?

Looking at the smug look on his face, she could tell he was serious. But he hadn't won yet.

"And where does the hitting on Andy part come in?"

His smile slightly faltered. This wasn't how it was supposed to play out. Well, how did hitting on Andrew come in? He knew.

"Andrew's an attractive guy. Even with her plan, she had to have a backup. It only makes sense for her to go after my roommate."

Even he could see the new holes Amy had shot through his argument. It didn't matter.

Soon, Amy would have it all cleared up.

"Okay, so your convoluted theory is that she would lie to you about her name to sleep with you, and then turn around and tell me her real name. And then, when she suddenly 'meets' you again, she can act all innocent and tell you the baby is yours for money. But, just in case, she hits on your roommate?"

Darien listed off his points in his head and nodded. "Yeah, that's about it."

"You're crazy."

"I am not crazy. And my notions aren't convoluted. Why can you not see the spell she has somehow voodooed on you?"

"Because I'm not crazy."

This time, instead of holding back, she rolled her eyes in slight annoyance.

"I'm not crazy!"

Okay, he was not crazy. He just didn't know what Amy knew. If she didn't like having the upper hand with Darien every once in awhile, she wouldn't have let this fight go on this long. It always took her back to when they were kids.

It was a sibling thing.

He never acted like a child with anyone but her.

And Darien was acting like a child. Sort of.

She tried to put herself in Darien's shoes. Looking down, she realized that was probably next to impossible seeing as his feet were so big. Okay, but for all serious purposes, she did need to enlighten him on who Serena was and who this "liar" really was.

She crossed her arms and her bright blue eyes bore into his head. "Darien, I need you to tell me what name she used when she lied to you?"

He looked thoroughly at his sister. After all that arguing, was she finally, for real this time, believing him?

Her face seemed serious.

But did it matter what Serena's name was?

"Does it matter?"

"Yes." Apparently, it did.

It was his turn to roll his eyes. "She told me her name was Mina."

Amy nodded and smacked her lips together making noise.

"Mina? Are you sure?"

He threw up his hands in exasperation.

Didn't this woman believe him anymore? It was as if they hadn't grown up together. If his mother could see them now, bickering over some common blonde. His mother had hated blondes. She would have seen right through this SerenaMina chick's act.

"Yes, I am sure Amy."

Amy smiled. What was that smile for? Did she realize it annoyed him to no end that she could sit there and smile at him after everything?

"Oh Darien. You haven't been deceived and neither have I. It's a common mistake."

"Save it Amy." Another female voice said from behind her. Amy shot around to see her roommates angry face boring into her brother.

The nerve of that man! Serena shouted in her head as she slammed her door. Pacing seemed like the smartest option now. It calmed her and gave her a chance to think.

And she thought she a reunion with the man she dreamt about at night would be wonderful.

His stormy blue eyes haunted her for the last two weeks. Even if she couldn't remember a name, she remembered their lovemaking.

Well, she had a name now. And she was just in luck.

Of all the men in the world, he just had to be Amy's brother.

Her new friend. This would not come in the way of her friendship. Over Serena's dead body. She clenched her fingers in fury. If only she could get her hands on him, She'd-What?

She'd probably just crumble.

Defeated, she opened the door to try and straighten this mess up with him. After all, he apparently thought she was some liar, and she refused to lose Amy.

"Darien, I need you to tell me what name she used when she lied to you?"

Serena listened to Amy's question. Did Amy believe him? Serena began to hyperventilate for a second. She couldn't lose her. Not over this. Calm down, Serena. She took a deep breath.

In.

Out.

In.

Out.

"She told me her name was Mina."

It all made sense to her now. Mina.

Of course. Mina's flopped date was with Darien. If she recalled, they had shared one kiss that was terrible. Mina had said he couldn't kiss, but if Serena's recollection of his lips were any defense against that, she had a strong case.

Maybe strong wasn't the word.

Serena had been drunk.

That didn't matter. He had still insulted her. Worse, he insulted the integrity of her sister.

No one did that without feeling the Carlisle twosome wrath.

With intensity, she snatched a photo off her nightstand and stalked back into the kitchen.

"Oh Darien. You haven't been deceived and neither have I. It's a common mistake."

Serena smiled at Amy. So, her friend didn't believe him. But he seemed unwilling to listen to reason.

Before he could respond with some snide remark, he caught her gaze and she shot him a ferocious glare. "Save it Amy."

Amy turned around and looked at her. Amy nodded, and stepped back, knowing Serena could it explain herself.

"Amy must have gotten the good genes." His gaze stayed locked on hers. He looked like he was ready to say something, but he kept his mouth shut. Good. He remembered their conversation from a few minutes ago, he must not want to get insulted again.

"She trusted me and her instincts weren't off. Had I not overheard your conversation, it probably would have taken me longer to put two and two together."

He opened his mouth in defense, but she shot up one finger.

"Let me finish." Darien backed down. He huffed and stopped looking into her eyes. It seemed the fury in them annoyed him. It should.

Now was the perfect moment. She threw the picture at him, and pointed back at herself as he looked at it, realization crossing his face.

"I'm Serena. The girl in the picture, my twin sister. Mina's her name. I believe you met her."

"I didn't know." It seemed to be all he could say as he looked back down at the picture, coming to grips with the mistake he made.

Didn't know? Did he even ask? "You didn't even care. You were so ready to jump to whatever conclusion you wanted. You even had to audacity to say I, no wait, Mina and I, since now she's involve, slept with half the city. I meant what I said earlier. This baby, he or she will never know you." She looked at Amy who remained silent by the fridge. "Amy, I am going to go see Lita for awhile. I'll be back in a bit, as long as you still want me here."

"Of course." Amy smiled at Serena and she walked out of the kitchen, leaving her stunned brother staring at the picture. She sat down across from him and touched his hand.

"So...can you finally admit you were wrong?"

Darien sighed pitifully and looked up at her. "Do you think I should go after her. Apologize?"

Amy chuckled. "Oh dear brother. You are an idiot sometimes. Apologize isn't the correct word. Grovel would be the word you are looking for. And yes! Get your butt moving. You are wasting your time here at the table."

Darien shot up from the table. He was resolved to fix this mess.

Sometimes, he even had to admit to himself, he could be a real idiot.

End of Chapter Seven

I really wanted to simply put End. I am seriously evil guys. And now I have Writer's block. For this story at least. I had an idea where I was going, and I kind of let the characters develop on their own...not such a great idea now. I am still trying to decide if I want to keep this light and fluffy or go angsty. My new fic is lots of angst (what can I say, I like the inner turmoil of pain), so would making this one painful be too much?

What do you guys think?

Can you see the possibilities of this one turning into pain for the characters?

What do you guys see?

I have an idea where I am going, but shoot me messages on your theories. The more you review on what you like, the more my wheels turn. The story may change. Or it may not.

Because, with every action, there is a consequence.

...okay, but really, I am on the fence of angst or no angst. State your opinion, and wait for the next chapter.