Here's chapter 2.
Standard Disclaimers apply
(I wish I owned these characters, but I don't. *sniff*)
Enjoy, and see you at the bottom! Note: this is about a year later 
after last chapter. Sorry to skip around like that, but they are memories! What
 do you expect?


---------------------------------------


	The sun shone brightly into the apartment window, waking Darien
 up too
 early for a Saturday.  He sat up in his bed, and rubbed his eyes.  
Serena was
 already up, he could hear her making breakfast.  He rolled out of 
bed and 
groaned.

  	Then he walked slowly to the kitchen.  Serena was there, her 
long blonde 
hair hanging loose.  She was also wearing a long T-shirt, but even 
though it was 
too big, you could still see the unmistakable bulge of her stomach, 
an annoying 
side effect of being about 9 months pregnant.  

	Serena was too busy scrambling eggs to notice Darien come 
in, so she 
jumped when he whispered "Good morning!" in her ear.

	"Darien! Don't do that! You scared me half to death!" Serena 
playfully 
scolded, and tapped him on the shoulder with her spatula.

	"You know I'm just playing!" Darien laughed.

	"Why are you up so early?" Serena asked, as Darien sat down 
at a small 
table.

	"The sun woke me up. What about you?" Darien asked back.

	"Someone kept kicking me." Serena said, grinning as she put 
the scrambled 
eggs into a large bow.

	"Don't blame me!" Darien said.

	"I didn't say you! She's been kicking since about 4:00, and 
still is!" 
Serena said, taking the bowl of eggs and 2 plates and forks to the 
table. When 
she stood next to Darien to set things down, he reached out and 
put his hand on 
her stomach.

	Sure enough, he felt a small kick from the child Serena 
was carrying.  
Darien removed his hand and put his ear against her instead. 

	Serena smiled at him, and stroked his black hair.  "Hey, 
wake up. Your 
breakfast is getting cold!" Serena told him, and moved away from 
his head to sit 
down.

	"You know what day it is tomorrow?" Serena asked, batting her 
eyes at 
Darien while resting her chin on her hands.

	"Hmmm. I don't have the slightest idea! Sunday?" Darien said, 
obviously 
teasing.

	"No silly! My birthday!" Serena said with a laugh.

	Darien leaned across the table and gave her a quick kiss.  
"That was for a 
Happy Early Birthday!"

	"Why, thank you!" Serena said, as she finished the last of 
her eggs.  She 
then stood up to go get a glass of water.  

	Darien took a bite of his eggs and reached for the newspaper, 
which was on 
a nearby counter.  He started to open it up to the sports section, 
when he heard 
glass shatter.

	Serena had dropped her glass, and it had shattered on the 
wooden floor.  
Fortunately, they were both wearing slippers.  Her face had paled 
a little bit, 
and her eyes were wide. 

	"What's the matter?" Darien said, starting to get worried. 
He was going to 
scold her at first for being so clumsy as to break the glass, but 
the look on 
his face made him stop. Before she could answer, Serena began to 
clutch her stomach and double over. A loud groan escaped from her 
throat, then the pain passed. Darien was standing next to her, 
asking what was wrong.

	"Sh**, Darien, you need to get me to 
the hospital. 
 That was a contraction!" Serena said in a slightly louder voice, 
and groaned again.

	Darien jumped up, knocking his chair over in the process.  
Serena couldn't 
help laughing over the way he was knocking over everything in his way.  
After managing to get dressed, and keep her favorite vase away from 
Darien-Destructo, they climbed in the car, and another contraction hit 
her.
 


	"Darien! SLOW DOWN! I'm not dying here! Or are you practicing 
for your 
next high-speed chase! Never mind! We're here." Serena screamed as 
they pulled 
up to the hospital.

	"See, you just have to trust me, Serena!" Darien said, grinning.

	"Shut up and get me out of here!" Serena barked. Darien got 
out of the car 

and opened her door for her. 	She climbed out, stood up, and promptly 
sat back 
down again. "God, this hurts!" she whispered, and waited for the 
contraction to pass.

	"Come here, Serena. If need be, I'll carry you in!" Darien said.
Serena 
tried to stand up again, and put her arm around Darien's shoulder.  
He supported 
her for like that, stopping every so often when she winced in 
pain. It seemed to take forever to get to the doors, but they finally 
did.

	Darien pulled open the door, and they stepped into the room. One 
of the 
doctors that happened to be in there recognized Darien, and went over 
to them.

	"Hey Andrew!" Darien said.

	"Hey Darien, what's up?" Andrew replied, and glanced at Serena, 
and 
realized why they were here. "Stupid question. Wait here, I'll get a 
wheelchair!" he said and left.  Darien sat Serena down on a nearby chair
and waited patiently with her.

	Andrew soon came back with the wheelchair and took Serena to a 
room.  He told a nurse to stay with her when her contractions came.
Once Darien tried to leave to get a small 
snack, but the second he closed the door, Serena let out a loud cry, 
making him 
rush back in the room.

	After that, he sort of dozed off, falling into a deeper and 
deeper sleep, 
until he was awakened by Serena gently shaking his shoulder.

	"Huh, what? Yeah? Why'd you wake me up?" Darien asked.

	This made Serena whack him on the shoulder, and she said, "The 
nurse just 
went to go get Dr. Mizuno. This baby's coming fast!"

	Darien fully woke up, and grasped her hand. Through her cries 
of pain in 
the next hour or so, he continued to hold her hand, and also felt the 
release of 
tension in the room when crying broke the air of the room.  Dr. Mizuno, 
known to 
Serena as Amy , took the bloody baby to be cleaned off.  Darien leaned 
over to 
Serena, who had dropped her head on to the pillow, and was trying to 
slow her 
breathing.  He gently kissed her forehead, then her eyelids, and finally 
her 
lips.

	She gently responded, and opened her eyes. 

	"You did it, Serena. I'm proud of you!" Darien whispered, then 
"I love 
you."

	"I love you, too!" Serena whispered back.

	"Ahem!" Amy said, with a now clean baby in her arms.

Darien looked up, and took his daughter in his arms. Almost in awe, 
he sat back 
down, just staring at the rosy young life he now held. Serena brought 
herself up
 to a sitting position, just to watch them. 

	He took in every detail about his daughter, her small, lightweight 
body, 
the way she looked so perfect, yet venerable in his arms, and everything 
else 
about her. 	Then, with a small gasp, he noticed the small fuzz of hair 
on her 
small head. It was a pale red, almost pink. Darien could have sworn he'd 
seen 
that color before, but couldn't place it until Serena said:

	"Her hair! It's the same as you're mom's was!" Serena then reached 
out her 
arms, to take her daughter. Darien handed her over, and watched as his 
wife 
cooed over her.

	"What are you two going to name her?" Amy asked, still in 
the room.

	"Umm," This question had caught both of them off guard.

	"Well, since your birthday is tomorrow, why don't we name her 
Serena, and
 call her Rini for short!" Darien suggested.

	"I like the name Rini, but I don't want my child named after 
me!" Serena 
argued.

	Darien laughed, and said, "I guess its Rini then! How bout we 
just say we 
named her after my mom! Her was Katrina!" As if in approval, Rini let 
out another loud wail.
(AN: I have know idea what is mom is, so let's just say it's Katrina 
for now.)

-----------------------------------------


	Darien remembered that it was almost exactly the same way when 
Seth was 
born. Serena had woken him up at 3 in the morning, and they were out 
of the house by 3:05. It was just daybreak when he was born, crying as 
much as his sister did. Rini was in the hospital's small daycare 
playing with some of the other kids.
Twice they had shared the love and joy of holding a new life that 
belonged 
equally to them. Seth had a dark brown fuzz for hair, and eyes like 
Darien's. 
Both of them seemed to grow too fast, but a few priceless moments were 
captured 
in pictures.

	One was with Darien holding Seth, who then was about 2 years old. 
They 
were both laughing at something, and just before Serena snapped the 
picture, 
Rini, who was about 6, jumped onto Darien piggy-back style. They didn't 
even 
know she was home until they were almost blinded by the camera's flash.

	Another picture was of them on a beach. It was the middle of the 
afternoon, and all of them were enjoying a nap. Darien lay in the middle 
of the 
towel, with Serena's head on his bare chest.  Seth was asleep, with 
Serena's arm 
wrapped around him. By now, he was 3, and Rini, who was laying curled up 
in her 
father's arm, was 7. One of Serena's friends had come and taken that 
picture. 
(it was umm, *thinking*, Mina who took it.) 

	Even after they woke up, it was still a beautifully lazy day.


--------------------------

(time = the same as prologue)

	Back in his room, Darien woke up to find Rini and Matthew gone.  
Serena 
was asleep beside him. He took her hand, and fell back to sleep.


--------------------------

Okay, that's chapter 2. Hope you liked! Bye Bye!
Dragonfly, aka NeoPrincessMars