Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Is There A Written Path To Love? ❯ Seeing the loved ones again ( Chapter 9 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Is There A Written Path To Love ?
By Blue Dreamer (bluedreamer80@hotmail.com)
http://membres.tripod.fr/bluedreamer
Standard disclaimer, you know I don't own Sailor Moon, and all that other stuff, now
on with the story.
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- "..." indicated when there is a dialogue
- '...' indicated what the person is thinking

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As Serena and Seya got off the plane, Serena exclaimed "Tokyo, here I come" Her face was mixed with excitement, nervousness, and worry... Coming back home was to Serena the biggest task she would have to cope with
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*~*~ Chapter nine: Seeing the loved ones again ~*~*

At Tokyo International Airport

-"Seya, I'm nervous" started Serena as they got off the plane. "What will everyone think about me and my arrival here and what will my parents say, and Darien?"
-"Don't worry, they will understand" said Seya trying to reassure her
-"Do you honestly believe that I can just come back and that everything will be back to normal??"
-"Maybe not at the start but you will have to force yourself a little...a lot" Seya said
-"Yeah... you're probably..." answered Serena

Serena was cut in her words by a group of journalist who got to know that the idol singer was back from his trip, and seeing Serena with him made them happy as they thought of a new scandal title : "Seya Light leaving wife and child for his ex". Before Seya or Serena could do anything pictures have been taken of the two and questions were being asked: Seya, did you go to Paris for professional reasons or was it to date your ex-girlfriend? Are you going to divorce? A kiss for the pictures... and so on. Seya and Serena were furious as they remembered the times they used to date and were having a tough times due to the paparazzi. They somehow managed to pass them all and got into a taxi.

-"Serena, do you want to come home, or do you want to see your parents, or maybe...?" he asked the girl
-"No Seya, I'll go home and see my parents. They must be quite anxious"
-"Ok."

Half an hour later, the taxi dropped Serena in front of her house.
-"Thanks Seya, for everything, really"
-"Don't mention it Serena, I'll send you my bill a little later" he answered back
-"Yeah right !" laughed Serena
-"It's good to see you laughing Odango"
-"Why you ..."

The taxi left leaving Serena a little worried... she took all the courage she had and went to ring at her doorbell. As the door opened, Serena nearly got a heart attack as much as the person who opened the door. Ilene had aged a lot... 'worries... it's all my fault' Serena thought.
-"Rena, it's really you?????" asked Ilene
-"Yes mom, I'm back home, that's if you and Dad don't mind" Serena said cautiously
-"Of course dear, please come home. I missed you so much" said Ilene crying and hugging Serena in her arms.

Serena felt strange entering her own house even though she also felt secure. The last months had been hell for her working at the strip club. However, now she was home. As she entered the hall, she couldn't help realise that everything had changed
-"Mom, you changed the whole setting of the house?"
-"Yes, I guess I needn't to do something, you know when Andrew..." said Ilene sobbing
-"Mom, I... I'm sorry I couldn't come earlier"
-"You're home, that's all that matters." Then Ilene asked her where she was
-"Paris" said Serena abruptly
-"Romantic city right?"
-"Guess so"
-"So what have you been doing there?"
-"I'm tired Mom, can't I get some sleep" said Serena not wanting to tell about her bad experiences
-"Sorry dear, you must be tired" said Ilene a little sad 'My daughter's changed so much... she's got hard... I wander what happened to her over there'. "You can go to your room, we'll speak later dear"
-"Thanks mom" said Serena and quickly went upstairs into her room.

Serena locked herself in her room. As she looked around, she was amazed to see that nothing had changed... Her mother kept the room the same way. Emotionnaly exhausted, Serena fell asleep and only woke up next morning. As she was about the get out of her room, she stopped and thought of how her father would react. 'He'd probably yell at me' Somehow, she made a move to the outside.

As she entered the kitchen, Ken ran and hugged his daughter. Serena was relieved and both just hugged each other for a few minutes.

-"Look at you Rena, so ... so grown up" he started
-"I'll still be your baby girl" Serena said laughingly
-"I would like to... but I realise that you've changed, matured and... there is something that makes you an adult"
-"Dad!!!"
-"I'm just happy you're back"

Serena and her parents had a long talk, about everything that had happened these last few years. Difficult topics were brought back like her abortion and her father's attitude towards Darien, her running away, and most important what had happened to her in Paris.

Ken and Ilene were shocked to know what Serena had been doing as a living but they did not scold her. They just listened and tried to understand her. As they came to speak about Andrew, Serena was quite curious to know what exactly happened.

-"It's just that..." started Ilene "After you left... things changed a lot. Andrew had completely fallen for Katarina, and Katarina was feeling insecure because..."
-"...but I wasn't there, and she had Darien, and..."
-"Let me finish young girl"
-"Sorry mum"
-"Darien had been acting strange and even though he was with Katarina, she felt that he was not totally thinking of her"
-"You mean to say Darien still loves me?" asked Serena
-"Don't jump on conclusions little girl" said Ken angrily
-"Yes dear", answered Ilene "You know that achieving love is not always easy Rena... I've told you this several times when you were small... you will have to follow many paths to get to your goal and..."

Serena could not take it any longer and ran outside... ran towards where her one and only love's place. As she got there, and rang the doorbell, a little child opened the door for her. 'A miniature of Darien' Serena was taken aback as she fad forgotten about Matthew. As she turned to leave without answering the child Darien called out for her
-"Serena, is that you?" he asked a little uncertain
-"Why, have I changed that much?" said Serena as she turned back
-"Well... actually yes you have. And quite a lot I should say" Darien answered

-"Who is she Dad?" Matthew asked
-"This is Serena" answered Darien

Serena realised the close bond between father and son. She could not help think of her lost baby, 'or shouldn't I say our their lost baby'.

-"I just came by... I gotta go" said Serena quickly
-"No, why don't you come inside" he suggested
-"Is it okay with you Matthew?" Serena asked

Little Matthew nodded, and Serena went inside Darien's place. It felt so strange going inside his place... so many memories... last time she had come, they had ended up making love.

Matthew was intrigued by this newcomer and asked her how she knew Darien

-"Actually, he was my brother's best friend" said Serena
-"You're uncle Andrew's sis?" asked Matthew surprised "I did not know"
-"I was away for some time, in Paris"
-"Paris!" the little boy was exited as he had never travelled.

Serena gave a few details about her trip there.

Darien noticed that Serena's childhood was no more to be seen in her eyes 'Man, she must have gone through some bad stuff' Unable to figure out what happened as Serena would not answer... Darien gave up for the time being.
As Matthew when to his room to fetch a new toy of his, Darien insisted again
-"Why do you think something had happened?" Serena then tried to change the subject "Matthew's quite a child... As mischievous as the father" Serena tried laughing
-"Serena, tell me"
-"Definitely like you. I can remember when we were younger..."

-"Tell me Serena" asked Matthew as he came back "Daddy was as naughty as me?"
-"More I would say" answered Serena
-"Really?" asked the boy
-"Rena, you should not be telling this" said Darien

After some time, Serena decided to make a move and go back home. Darien propose to take her home but she declined the offer.
-"No not this time Darien" she said a little sadly 'Not this time'

As Serena left... souvenirs of their past came back ton her. Their childhood playing and fighting, her brother, their picnics... and how they ended up in bed... Serena shook her head... thinks will never be the same... never

As Darien closed the door on Serena, a pair of eyes were looking at him.

-"Daddy, will she be my new mummy? He asked out of the blue
-"I don't know" Darien answered
-"But you love her, don't you"
-"Yes I do"
-"More than mummy?" Matthew asked

Darien could not answer Matthew "It's different."

Matthew could not quite understand

"You'll understand later, as you grow older" Darien then remembered when he was younger... and fighting with Serena and telling Ilene that he would not want to have a girlfriend

Flashback...

-"You'll never know when it happens love is a strange feeling" had said Ilene
-"But Is there a written path to love Mummy" had asked Serena
-"No dear... there is no such think. Each of you will have to make your own path to find love"
-"I will never fall in love... girls are such a nuisance... just look at Serena"

And then fights used to start again

End of flashback...