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rinkapesb1Oh, Baby!
Part 2 of 2
Author: ChibiCori
E-mail: ChibiCori@aol.com
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I'm feeling the pressure to make this disclaimer entertaining. I
mean, I'm usually pretty good at being humorous for disclaimers, but right now,
I feel off. So I'm going to try. ::Ahem::
<Chibi stares blankly at readers> Uhhh, yeah. I don't own it. Wait, can I try
that again?
This is the second part to Oh, Baby! So ya'll can stop bugging me, about this
fic at least.
Oh, Baby! Part 2
Darien sighed gratefully as he sat on one of the benches that littered the
park's walkways. He had never been so tired in his life. Every bone ached,
every muscle screamed for release. He tried his hardest to not look as tired as
he felt, but the dark circles under his eyes and his slouching posture gave him
away.
That morning- make that, early morning. No, EARLY, morning- had been an
ominous foreshadowing of the disaster Serena's degression into babyhood would
actually be. She had decided to wake up from deep sleep at three in the
morning, and being the butterfly she was, refused to be alone. Needless to say,
Darien was reaquanted with his favorite episodes of I Love Lucy. When Serena
finally settled back into dreamland around six, Darien noted bitterly that the
sun was now pouring happily into his apartment. Grumbling, Darien threw his
comforter over his head and attempted sleep.
And when I write attempt, I mean it, because at 7:15, Serena decided she had
had enough sleep for the night.
At the first cry, Darien told himself he was just hearing things, she couldn't
possibly be up again. All babies do is eat, sleep and cry, right? At the
second lusty wail, Darien groggily noted that the latter seemed to be very true
in Serena's case.
Darien soundly cursed the names of all the senshi as he reluctantly got out of
his bed and picked Serena up out of her make-shift crib. She gurgled brightly
at her perch on Darien's hip as he crossly threw a pre-prepared bottle into his
microwave. Plopping her onto the counter, he crossed his arms on the cool, tile
top and rested his forehead on his forearms. Letting out a long, whooshing
breath, Darien listened as the microwave hummed in the background.
Serena's tiny fingers threading through his hair brought his head back up and
she looked at him with the most adorable expression. Darien found himself
immediately forgiving her need to be up at ungodly hours.
"How is it you can be awake so early as a baby when you do nothing but sleep
all Sunday morning as a teenager?" Darien asked lightly, not expecting any
answer.
But he got one, sort of. Serena giggled and crossed her eyes, then patted his
cheeks with smooth palms, as if apologizing for the inconveinance. Darien
stared at her for a moment, searching clear blue eyes for any sign of deviance,
but saw only innocence and the litte mischief that had always been there.
After she was fed, the morning became a blur. One minute, he was rushing to
keep her from harm's way, then the next he was rushing to keep his things out of
harm's way. The vicious circle of diaper changing, feeding, burping, holding
and then changing again began to make him see double. Darien was nearly pulling
his hair out and he had never said the word, "No" so many times in his life.
Having a baby was a lot of work, but a baby Serena would scare even Godzilla.
The vision of a 50-foot baby Serena crawling through the streets of Tokyo,
drooling on cars, teething on policemen and probably in desperate need of a
change filled Darien's head. Fighting a shiver, Darien came back to his senses
just in time to save a vase from falling on Serena, which she had caused by
bumping into his bookshelf.
Around the fifth time she bumped into something, causing countless items to
plummet to their doom, Darien decided it was time to go. Anywhere, he didn't
care, as long as baby Serena couldn't demolish his apartment. Darien found
himself missing the old Serena immensely. Not that she never bumped stuff, but
at least he could make out with the old Serena. That and he missed her voice,
and her laugh, and how she did her hair, and how she felt with her arms wrapped
loosely around his waist, and her wacky antics and....damn, he suddenly felt
very lonely.
Darien tried force the feeling relief down as he strapped Serena into her
stroller, but it rushed over him all the same as he buckled the last buckle.
She was bound into the thing, somewhat resembling an astronaut at launch. There
would be no problems in Housten, as long as he kept her in it. Darien sighed as
he realized that he would have to take her out eventually. Stupid common sense,
who needs ya?
Darien's ease was short-lived however. The moment he had stepped out onto the
street, pushing the stroller with a bubbly Serena in it he felt dread grip his
heart again. What did people always say, something along the lines of "Good
looking men with babies or puppies?"
He warily noted that more women then usual were eyeing him. You know, the old
"Look at that fine piece of meat" look. Throw in a sensitive between the "fine"
and the "piece" and you have the exact look many single, young women in Tokyo
were giving Darien that morning. It didn't help that Serena looked like a
little darling, staring in wide-eyed curiousity about her.
A good looking guy and an adorable baby, he was screwed.
The inevitable happened a few moments later when Serena suddenly burst into
wanting, baby noises. Darien frowned as he noticed that her attention was
completely absorbed, her hands reaching out and her mouth pulled into a little
pucker. 'If she is checking out some 5 year-old kid, I'm gonna-'
But when Darien's gaze followed Serena's, he instantly halted his dark thought.
It was not some kindergarten-Romeo she was so excited about, but a couple
buying ice cream from a street vendor.
"Is that what you want? Same old Serena." Darien laughed as he lowered himself
to rest on his haunches, smiling widely at the baby in front of him, "Sorry, but
I think you're a bit too young for that right now."
Serena absent-mindedly wrapped her tiny fingers around Darien's index finger,
then pointed her own finger at the vendor and began to talk to him, which had it
been understandable would have been along the lines of "pwetty, pwetty pwease
with a cheewy on top?"
Darien sighed as he accepted she was going to be as persistant as ever. "No
Serena, you can't have any ice cream. You are too little. Just wait a couple
of days when you are-"
"What difference would a couple days make?" a strange voice, an extremely
female voice, asked from behind him.
Darien froze, like if he kept very still and very quiet, the extremely female
voice would just go away. But when the voice cleared her throat delicately,
Darien reluctantly turned on his toes and looked up at the voice. As he feared,
the extremely female voice had a very female form. She was attractive with
short blond hair and green eyes. Unfortunetely, those green eyes had that
"meat" look in them.
Darien fought a sigh as he slowly straightened. He hesitantly thought that he
would have found this young woman cute, and probably would have asked her out on
a date. He also noted dryly, that he would have lost interest in the young
woman in about two days. Of course, that was all before he found his soulmate
in a certain meatball adorned girl. She held his heart and his somewhat short
attention span like no other woman ever would.
Speaking of the Mini-Meatball Head, he didn't like the look she was giving the
young woman. He'd seen it many a time on Serena when other women attempted to
hit on him. Funny thing was, it was no less menacing on the now cherubic face.
Her expression was completely blank, her face not decieving a single emotion to
him or the woman. Everything was in her eyes, which sparked and flamed with a
mix of all sorts of feelings. And none of them good. When Serena got THAT
look, Darien always knew that trouble was never far behind.
"Well?" The young woman asked again, tucking a stray blond petal behind her
ear-rather flirtatiously too.
Darien racked his brain for an excuse, but due to his lack of sleep, his brain
wasn't working at its best, "Ummmm-"
"I mean, why wait a couple of days when she can have some right now?" she
offered quickly, not wanting to scare off the fine, sensitive piece of meat in
front of her.
Darien smiled slightly, noticing that that LOOK of Serena's was getting more
violent by the moment, "Errr, she is really too young for it."
The woman's laughter ringed out into the street, causing several people to turn
and stare. Darien put a hand behind his head and blushed bright red. He hated
making a spectacle of himself, though he was getting more used to it with Serena
and Rini constantly pulling him around town.
When she was finished, she waved her hand in dismissal, "Don't be silly. No
one is ever to young for ice cream!"
'Darn, she didn't take the hint.' Darien thought sourly,'Then again, it was a
kind of vague hint.'
"She is too young to hold the cone." Darien stated matter-of-factly, then took
his place behind the stroller, ready to push it as quickly as humanly possible,
away.
But the young lady refused to be, uhhh, refused, "I'm sure you can get it in a
bowl, if you ask nicely."
Darien nearly shuddered at the sweet and flirty tone the "if you ask nicely"
was in, then quickly added, "Well, I'm not a very nice person. It's a hopeless
cause."
The woman laughed, again, "Tell you what, I'll ask him for you. I am VERY
nice. I'll even pay for it too."
'Shoot! Go away!'
"Oh no, I couldn't. I don't know you well enou-"
"My name is Vicki, I am a Capricorn and I looooove walks in the park!"
"gh" Darien blinked as he realized she had just divulged all that information
before he had even finished the word.
Vicki smiled and tossed him a stomach-turning sweet look before jogging over to
the vendor. The corner of Darien's mouth quirked up for a moment and then he
just shook his head. It was hopeless, he was cursed to be a boy toy for the
rest of his life.
Serena's displeasured grunt brought his attention back down to her curly head.
She was still looking darkly at Vicki, who was now animatedly ordering ice
cream. She then looked up at Darien with a, dare he say, cross look on her
face?
"Now Serena, you wanted ice cream and now you're getting it. You can't
complain about that." Darien scolded, then grinned crookedly as he smoothed a
hand over unruly, golden curls, "Why do I keep talking to you like your 15?"
Serena's mood suddenly shifted and she was happy and bouncy again. She tugged
at the end of Darien's jacket and cooed a soft little song to him, finding
entertainment in the fabric that only babies can find. She then stretched her
arms out to him, wiggling little fingers at him in want and her mouth wordlessly
begging him to pick her up.
Darien couldn't resist the adorable invitation and unbuckled her. Lifting her
to sit on his hip, he nuzzled her nose gently with his. In return, he got a
razberry on his cheek. Darien smiled and held Serena closer, enjoying the feel
of being her sole means of protection for the moment. For the first time that
morning, he was enjoying baby Serena's company.
An attention grabbing cough broke the sweet scene Darien and his little angel
made. He turned to see Vicki standing behind him, giving him a thorough once
over. Darien fought the urge to stare coldly at her and nodded a head towards
the cones and bowl in her hands, "So they do serve in bowls huh?"
"Oh!" Vicki started, instantly bringing her eyes back to his, at least showing
a bit of embarrassment, "Yeah. I took a wild guess and got her chocolate."
"Good guess." Darien muttered, not really interested in conversation.
"Thanks! And I hope you don't mind, but I got you one too." Vicki held a cone
of vanilla out to him.
Darien shook his head, "I'm not a big ice cream fan." but did reach out for the
bowl so he could get something out of this whole nightmare. But Serena
interrupted the transaction by leaning away from him and reaching out for Vicki.
Darien stared in wonder as Vicki squeled in delight.
"Ooooh! She wants me to hold her! Can I?"
Serena made it quite clear that she wouldn't take no for an answer and Darien
mumbled an affirmitive response as he passed his tiny girlfriend to the enemy.
Serena looked up at Vicki and smiled brightly, batting her blue eyes at her.
"I think she likes me!" Vicki breathed, looking at Darien with much meaning,
"Is she yours?"
"Uhhh, no. I'm just babysitting." Darien said as he eyed Serena warily.
"How sweet. She is just so cute!" Vicki said in baby talk as she pressed her
forehead to Serena's. Serena backed her forehead away and turned her attention
to the ice cream cone in Vicki's other hand, melting in the early afternoon sun.

"Do you babysit a lot?" Vicki asked, turning her full and complete attention to
him.
"You can say that." Darien answered, Vicki's sudden new attitude slowly taking
his thoughts from Serena's odd behavior.
"I bet you'll be a great daddy." Vicki cooed- literally cooed.
Panic swelled inside him as Vicki began to advance on him, her words laced with
an obvious meaning, "Uhhh, yeah. People tell me that all the time."
"Of course, you'll have to be married before you can have a baby." Vicki purred
- literally purred - "Then again, marriage isn't an automatic prerequisite, is
it?"
Darien swallowed nervously, taking a step backward to each of her steps
forward. His rump finally hit a tree trunk and he suddenly felt very trapped,
like a fine, but sensitive, piece of meat. Sparing a glance around, he saw no
means of escape and he prayed silently to any god that would listen. 'Please
God, if you will just get me out of this, I won't bother Serena about her poor
grades for a week, no, a month!'
They seemed to go unanswered as Vicki began to close in for the kill "How would
you like to-"
Darien watched in awe as Vicki's smooth face suddenly twisted into one of shock
and she began to screech. Darien quickly grabbed Serena away from her before
she dropped her, but the baby seemed to be enjoying the show immensely. Vicki
flailed around for a few moments before grabbing her shirt and untucking it from
her shorts. A scoop of ice cream plopped onto the sidewalk between Vicki's
legs.
Serena giggled loudly, causing both adults to look at her. Darien couldn't
help but notice Serena's hand was a bit sticky with, if his nose was to be
trusted, vanilla ice cream. The little brat had stuffed an ice cream scoop from
the cone Vicki was holding down Vicki's shirt!
'That's my girl!'
Darien thought as an unholy grin split his face. A chuckle soon followed and
soon Darien was doubled over in laughter, Serena delighting in the show of
enthusiasm. Vicki simply stared in disbelief.
"Why are you laughing? That little brat just put ice cream down my shirt!"
Vicki cried out in outrage.
Darien wiped a tear from the corner of his eye and fought the urge to let
laughter consume him again, then pointed out, "Cuz it was funny."
"It most certainly was not! I'll have you know that this is a very expensive
shirt!"
"And I'll have you know that I really don't care." Darien countered, sliding a
glance at Serena, who was looking at Vicki with triumph shining in her eyes.
"Why you-" Vicki struggled to find the word, but couldn't. She finally just
let out an exasperated cry to the heavens and then looked back at Darien, her
eyes lethal, "I'm leaving. I could never date someone who behaved so horribly."

As Vicki stormed off, Darien couldn't help but add sarcasticlly, "Gee, how will
I ever go on living?"
This brought a giggle from Serena, who looked up at him with shining eyes.
Darien sighed as he looked at her pointedly, "You really shouldn't have done
that Serena. It wasn't very nice."
But he couldn't help but think that Serena knew he didn't mean it. She just
smiled coyly at him and bowed her head at the half-hearted scolding.
Which leads us back to the park, where Darien sat in grateful silence, Serena
playing quietly in the grass in front of him. They had headed to the park right
after the interlude with Vicki and had made themselves comfortable. A breeze
blew at Serena's curls, sending them dancing playfully around her head. Darien
had tucked a pink flower from the gardens behind her ear and she looked like a
baby elf playing in the well manicured grass. At first she had scooted all
about, forcing Darien to go after her and bring her back. Serena thought it a
game and continued to do so, a tiny game of tag. But now she just sat on a
little tuff of grass by the bench and watched a ladybug scitter from blade of
grass to blade of grass.
"Darien?" a deep female voice called from behind him, drawing his gaze away
from Serena.
It was Haruka and Michiru, who pushed a stroller with her. Darien immediately
recognized Hotaru to be the occupant. She had gotten bigger since the last time
he had seen her, she was almost a year and a half now.
"Hey there." Darien offered in salutation.
Haruka shook Darien's hand and then asked, "What are you doing here? Is Serena
with you?"
Darien tripped over the words as he tried to answer, "Well, kind of."
"Kind of?" Haruka looked about to ask what he meant when a tug at her pant leg
brought her attention downwards. Her eyes were greeted by a blond baby, with
bright blue eyes and a pink flower tucked behind her ear. She smiled up at
Haruka and tugged at her pant leg again, using the fabric as support as she
stood on wobbly legs. Haruka stooped to pick the baby up before she pantsed
her, that and to get a good look at the oddly familiar face.
Michiru also noticed the familiarity and asked Darien suriously, "Darien, is
this baby here with you?"
"Yes."
Michiru and Haruka both looked up at him with surprise, then quickly looked
back at the baby. Suddenly making a connection, Michiru looked back at Darien
and then away in embarrassment as she asked, "Umm, I know that we've been out of
loop for while, but, uh... This baby looks a lot like, errrr-"
"Did you and Serena make this baby?" Haruka interrupted, getting straight to
the point Michiru was trying to make.
Darien blinked, not fully understanding for a few moments. When the impact of
her words finally sank in, Darien instantly put up defending hands in front of
him, shaking his head in fierce denial, "NO! Oh geesh, no!"
Michiru eyed him critically then looked at the baby again, "Then why does this
baby look so much like Serena?"
"Because it is Serena." Darien answered, still in shock over Haruka's
accusation.
"What?!" both girls cried in unison.
"Uhhh, you might want to make yourselves comfortable." Darien said, pointing to
the bench.
As Hotaru and Serena played in the grass in front of them, both without a care
or a memory of their older selves, Darien explained Serena's situation. When he
finished, Haruka stared at the shrunken princess and Michiru gasped.
"And Ami is positive that it is only temporary?"
Darien nodded, "Yeah, that's what all her readings say."
"Thank goodness. The last thing we need is another baby senshi." Haruka added
in dry wit as she jerked her head in Hotaru and Serena's direction.
Darien nodded in agreement as he leaned his elbows on his knees, watching as
Hotaru held Serena's hands and supported her as Serena lifted herself into an
unsteady standing position. He smiled at the site the two shrunken senshi and
wondered if Hotaru would ever get to grow up to be Serena's age. Well, her real
age.
"I hope another monster doesn't attack while Serena is out of comission."
Michiru's worry broke into Darien's thoughts.
"What do you mean?" Haruka, who had been paying attention asked.
"Well, Sailor Moon is still the one who always finishes the monsters. The
other senshi couldn't possibly beat a fully powered demon without her." Michiru
explained.
Suddenly, as if the fates were doing it just to spite them, an explosion
sounded at the other end of the park. Darien, Haruka and Michiru immediately
knew the reason for it too. One of those weird 'Eye' people were attacking
again. They all stood, looking towards the battle. Even Serena and Hotaru had
stopped their play to look, instinctively knowing that something was very wrong.

"We must go help them." Michiru said, putting a hand on Haruka's shoulder.
Haruka paused a moment and then nodded her head, "Darien, stay here with the
princess and Hotaru."
Darien wanted to argue, but didn't as Haruka and Michiru took off running
towards the battle. 'Man, why do I always feel like I'm here to baby-sit?'
He turned to pick up Serena and Hotaru. He should get them far from the battle
scene, who knows how far the senshi could be drawn into the park. But when he
felt Rini transform, he ceised the motion. Fear seized his insides, as they
always did when either Rini or Serena transformed.
Darien found himself torn between protecting the two infant senshi and running
to his daughters aid. It had always been so much easier to defeat the monsters
when both Serena and Rini changed, and though Darien had always worried about
them, this time was much different and much more worrisome. This time, Rini
didn't have her mother there to scoop her up and move her from dangers way, or
deal the final blow that would save them all. Finding the cons to outweigh the
pros, Darien scooped up both infants as he ran towards Rini and the battle.
When he got there, he placed both girls behind some bushes and looked at Hotaru
with all seriousness, "Hotaru, I have to go help Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama, I
want you to stay here and keep Serena with you. Do you understand?"
Hotaru looked at the raging war behind him and then at Serena. When she turned
her solemn purple eyes back to Darien's she nodded and then said, "Go, help
fwiends."
Darien put a hand on Hotaru's shoulder and smiled. The little girl understood
so much for one her age, then again, she was supposed to be a 10 year-old girl
right now.
He then turned to Serena, who was watching the dust clouds risng above her
green haven in interest. She wasn't scared of the noises of clashing powers and
fists, she seemed to know what they were and what they meant. Darien planted a
soft kiss on her downy curls and then turned to the battle. Pulling a rose from
his jacket, he allowed the magic of his alter ego to run through him.
Soon he stood before them, his mask and top hat in place. He leaped into the
trees around them and found his way to the thick of the fight. They're foe this
time was the one called Tigers Eye. He laughed as he ordered his monster to
attack Jupiter and Mars. Darien halted before throwing the rose to see what the
monsters attack was.
On the ground, the frightening clown reached into his oversized pants and
pulled out four fish in each hand, "I am Big Pants and I have a joke you are
going to love! It's called the Fish Fry!"
With that, the clown threw the fish at Jupiter and Mars. They dodged the
attack, but not without sacrificing some of Rei's beloved hair.
"Hey!" Mars called out in fury, then spoke to her friends, "Watch out, those
fish are sharp!"
Tigers Eye chuckled as the clown readied another bunch of fish, "Fish Fry, I'll
have to share that one with Fish Eye." Then he cried out to the senshi, "Dear
me, seems like I have you beat. Even with your new pumpkins here, you don't
have the power to destroy me or Big Pants! Where is your precious Sailor Moon
now?"
Big Pants smiled viciously as he threw his arm back, ready to send another
onslaught of razor sharp fishies when a sudden red slash impaled the hand and
made him drop his fish. Big Pants cried out in pain as Tigers Eye looked up at
the voice sounding from the trees;
"How dare you attack this park where babies eat ice cream and people watch
their children play?! You are in need of a changing!"
Mars guffawed and turned to Venus, "Do you think babysitting has gotten to
him?"
"What do you think?" Venus snickered.
Tuxedo Mask, obviously done embarrassing himself, jumped down from the trees.
Neptune ran to his side and asked in a hushed voice, "Where are Hotaru and
Serena?"
"They are safe." Tuxedo Mask offered, vaguely.
Uranus narrowed her eyes and said menacingly, "If you just left them in the
bushes, I'm gonna..."
Tuxedo Mask swallowed nervously as he shook his head, "What do you take me for
Uranus, a complete moron?"
Uranus looked about to answer, and not in a very affirmitive way for Darien
when she was suddenly whacked upside the head with a foam-rubber bat. She
slowly turned her head to see Big Pants smiling grotesquely at her.
"Play with me!" he demanded.
Uranus clenched her jaw tight and then spoke through her teeth, "Are you ever
going to regret that. World Shaking!"
The attack flew at Big Pants, who stood in a batting position, his big rubber
bat in his hands. As Uranus's attack neared him, he took a mighty swing and
sent it flying over the trees. Everyone watched until it landed, causing a huge
explosion. When they turned back to Big Pants, he was gone.
Suddenly, he appeared before Mercury. He slammed his bat into her, throwing
her into a bush behind her and then advanced to Mars, who didn't have time to
react before she was sent flying into a tree trunk.
He continued to pummel the senshi, acting as if rounding bases in a baseball
game. With all the inner senshi down, Big Pants set his sights on Chibi Moon.
He swung his bat high above his head and laughed evily, then brought it down in
a deadly arc.
Tuxedo Mask's cane stopped the death blow, "Tuxedo Mask!" Chibi Moon cried.
"Call Pegasus, Chibi Moon!" he cried, grunting at the exertion of holding Big
Pants at bay.
Chibi Moon's pink eyes filled with tears, "What good would it do, without
Sailormoon's attack he is useless! Oh, how I wish she were here!"
The air filled with a wicked laugh as Tigers Eye scoffed, "She's right, you all
are doomed without Sailor Moon. Give up or I'll- Huh?"
Everyone's gaze followed Tigers Eye's to see baby Hotaru standing in front of
him. She looked up at him darkly and then stuck her tongue out at him.
"Hotaru!" Uranus and Neptune cried in unison.
"You a bad, bad man!" Hotaru pointed out calmly, giving Tigers Eye a stern
look.
Tigers Eye smirked, "Yeah, I am. And what are you going to do about it,
squirt?"
Hotaru crossed her arms in front of her chest and said with a shrug, "Me
distwaction."
"Huh?"
Seeing that the blond man in front of her clearly didn't get it, Hotaru hooked
her thumb over her shoulder. Tigers Eye and the senshi's gaze followed to see
Serena sitting right next to Big Pants, her eyes filled with curiosity.
Big Pants was delighted to have the new play thing and dropped his bat, causing
Tuxedo Mask to fall backwards. Chibi Moon immediately dropped to her knees
beside him.
"Ooooh! Aren't you pretty? Want to play?" Big Pants cooed, Serena giggled,
then took a hold of his ankle.
The pleased expression on Big Pants' face began to melt as a tiny moon symbol
appeared on Serena's forehead. The clown monster began to flail and scream, but
he couldn't seem to escape Serena's tiny grasp. The area began to shine around
them and Big Pants let out a final wail before disintigrating before them all.
As the light faded, Serena clapped her hands gleefully and then looked at Tigers
Eye before sticking her tongue out at him.
"I've been beaten by a couple of infants! Oh, the guys will never let me
forget this!" Tigers Eye cried before leaping into his circle of fire.
Nobody moved for a minute, they all just stared at Serena and Hotaru before
Uranus whacked Tuxedo Mask upside the head, "I can't believe you just left them
in the bushes!"
^_~ ^_~ ^_~ ^_~ ^_~ ^_~
Darien sighed heavily as he threw himself onto his couch, Serena snuggled on
his chest. She was changed, bathed, fed and burped, all together a very happy
baby. Darien felt like he would probably need a crane to lift him up in the
morning.
After the whole park thing, Serena conked out. She deserved it though. Darien
chuckled as he thought of how even as a baby, she was one the bravest soldiers
ever. She slept then, wearing only a diaper and holding fistfuls of his shirt.
Her curls drifted into her eyes, and Darien brushed them out of the way with
gentle fingers. She wriggled then, causing Darien's hand to still momentarily
before falling back into deep slumber.
Darien sighed again as he felt his eyelids grow heavy. He mentally counted off
things he had better do before he fell asleep; check on baby formula, make sure
he had enough diapers in the morning...yawn!...doors locked...clean
clotheeeesssss...zzzzzzzzzz
Darien drifted off, completely unaware that the baby on top of him had just
grown a few inches.
^_~ ^_~ ^_~ ^_~ ^_~
Serena yawned and stretched as she slowly opened her eyes, wincing slightly at
the obtrusive light. She felt like she had been sleeping forever. The last
thing she remembered was fighting that monster Saturday morning...
Goosebumps rose on her flesh and Serena scowled as she reached for her covers.
But they weren't there. 'What the heck? What is going on....' Serena finally
pried her eyes open and took in her surroundings.
'Hey this is Darien's apartment!' Serena thought as she looked around. It
didn't take to long to notice that she had been sleeping in Darien's apartment,
on his couch- or to be more precise, on Darien- and that she was completely
naked.
"EEEEIiiiiiIIIIEEEEEEee!"
Darien woke with a jolt, sitting up suddenly. The last thing he had expected
was to be slapped back down suddenly, a hand placed firmly over his eyes.
"No, don't you dare look!" he heard a happily familiar voice demand.
"Serena! You're back!" Darien cried, and in his joy reached out to hold her.
He was rewarded with Serena's ear-drum shattering shriek, "No, absolutely no
physical contact until I am fully clothed!"
"Fully-?" Darien began, then realized that when she had grown back to her full
size again, her cotton and plastic covering her butt must have popped right off.
So she was naked, how...interesting.
"Where can I find something to wear?" Serena asked shakily.
Darien smiled, "Borrow a shirt of mine or something. I doubt anything the
girls brought over will fit you."
He heard her hesitate then breath out a sigh as she said, "Fine. Close your
eyes."
Darien grinned even wider as he squeezed his eyes shut. She paused, feeling
with her palm to make sure that he had complied with her orders before taking
off. He heard the padding of her feet and then the sound of dresser drawers
opening before he opened his eyes.
He got up and went to the kitchen, looking for something for her to eat,
because knowing Serena, she would be starving. From his room, he heard a THUNK
and then her muttered curse. Chuckling, Darien threw some old pizza into the
microwave. He heard Serena enter the room and he finally got to look at her in
all her grown-up glory. And he had to admit, she looked really cute in one of
his over-sized t-shirts.
Her blue eyes, which hadn't changed really, looked warily at him and her long
blonde hair hung loose around her shoulders, brushing the ground. She rubbed
her forehead and mumbled, "I bumped my head on your dresser."
Darien laughed and took her into the circle of his arms, "Here." he whispered,
before kissing her bump.
Serena blinked in confusion, then smiled because, heck, it felt better, "Do you
have anything to -"
The microwave beeped and Darien pulled out the plate and handed it to her.
Serena giggled as she blew on the hot pizza, "What are you, a mind reader?"
"No, I just know my Serena." Darien said, lifting his arms to hang lazily on
her shoulders.
Serena gazed up at him at that and then set down her untouched pizza, "Ummm,
what is going on? First of all, I wake up naked, in your apartment, sleeping on
your couch with you. Then I find at least four bumps on my head that I don't
remember getting in the first place. I feel like I haven't had any solid food
in me for days and there is a whole bunch of baby stuff in your room."
Darien stared in amazement, "You mean you don't remember anything that's
happened to you in the last two days?"
"No, the last thing I remember was fighting that monster Saturday morning."
Serena explained, a puzzled expression crossing her features.
Darien shook his head impishly before leading her to the living room, "We'd
better sit down for this. It's a long story and just thinking about it is
making me dizzy."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll save you the details. Sigh, this was longer then I first expected.
Anyway, tell me what you think!
^_~
Chibi-chan!