Title: A Family for Christmas-Prologue
Author: Sailor Bunny
Rating: PG..good family fun..lolz

Hiiii everyone! Is it me or has it been forever since
I've written? My
computer crashed and I can't get to some of my totally
best stories 
until after Christmas. So I started this one on my
dad's and I hope
hope hope I'll finish it by Christmas. If not..hey
it's like a trip
down Memory Lane. I mean we wish it'd come again
right? Happy Hannukah
and Kwanzaa and other various holidays around this
time to those who
don't celebrate Christmas. Happy holidays! Email me
and visit my site
pleeeease!
Sailor Bunny aka Lindz
sailorbunny21@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/smoonshroom/


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"Mrs. Kinely, I want those reports on my desk by
Wednesday. Get Mr.
Robertson on the line immediatly. And WERE is my mocha
latte?" Darien
Shields yelled, just stepping through the door of
Shields Industries.

"Here you go sir. Sorry for the wait sir." Mina Kinely
said timidly,
handing him his mocha latte. She rushed back to her
desk and picked
up the phone. "Yes this is Mrs. Kinely, Darien
Shields' personal
secretary, calling for Mr. Robertson." She handed the
phone over to
her boss and sat back down, tapping rapidly on her
computer.

"Yes Mr. Robertson, have you gotten up with Monsuier
DeLomburg?" He
said.

"Yes Mr. Shields and he's up for the sell. He can't
wait to come by,
meetyourfamily (AN: yes he says it really fast), and
sign the deal."
Chad Robertson replied.

"Whoa, whoa, wait, hold up...what family?" Darien
exclaimed.

"Wellll Dare...heh..ya see Monsuier DeLomburg is kind
of a family man
and it scored brownie points so...heh..."

"So you thought I'd get married in..how much time do
we have..2 weeks??"

"Well, no...I was thinking of hiring someone to POSE
as your family.
Just until the contracts have been signed. Come on,
this can be the
deal to beat out your father. This will be the biggest
sell of your 
life."

"Ugh, Chad, I don't know how you get us into these
messes. Just make
sure you get someone believeable." Darien slammed down
the phone.

"I come back from lunch and I'm supposed to have a
family Mrs. Kinely.
Is that normal?" He said, sitting on her desk looking
down on her.

"No sir. I don't believe so sir." Mina smiled a bit.

"You and your husband..what's his face..Anthony or
something..did you
ever go through anything like this?"

"Andrew. No sir..but his ex finacee once showed up
with a child claiming
that it was his and demanding child support and
marraige."

"Oh wow, what happened?"

"It was an excuse to get money for achohal. He got a
test that proved
he wasn't the father and social security took away the
baby, Nicky,
and she was hauled off to jail and proven an unfit
mother. I couldn't
bear the thought of a little boy in the orphanage over
Christmas..it was
2 Christmases ago..so we adopted him. We're a very
happy family now."
She smiled.

"Well, sounds nice. How old is the lil boy?" Children
and women were
Darien Shields's weak spot.

"He is 3 years old. Here's your reports sir. Two days
early." She handed
him a thick file.

He took them very happy. "This is great Mrs. Kinely.
Thank you." He
wandered off to his office where he spent his time
until 5:30pm.

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"Honey, I got a call from your principal. Do you know
what he said? He
said that you said your father was a secret agent sent
off on an
emergency case to save the world and that was why he
couldn't be reached.
Sweetie, why do you have to make up these stories?"
Serena Blake sighed
leaning over her 7 year old daughter, who was busy
brushing her doll's
hair.

"Mommy, all the other kids have a daddy. I have one
too. He's coming
back mommy. I've been a good girl all year and I'm
gonna write a letter
to Santa asking for him back. It'll be ok mommy."
Chloe Blake said.

Serena groaned and collapsed on her daughter's pink
fluffy bed. James
Johnson (AN: YES I'm mad at him Krissi and YES I'm
gonna make him the
biggest jerk like he is) and Serena Blake had been
married for 6 years
until he took off the previous Christmas. He was a car
salesman and
as dishonest at home as he was at work. (AN: LIAR!!
You're a LIAR!)
He up and left without an explanation or a goodbye.
(AN: LEFT you baka
JERK JERK JERK! *ahem*) Chloe had a hard time dealing
with that and
made up numerous stories whenever anyone asked about
her father.

"Honey, you need to stop telling these stories...oh
dear..come on, I'll
take you to Baskin Robins." She said.

"YAYYY! Ice cream! I'll get my coat!!" Chloe exclaimed
and ran to her
closet to get a hot pink puffy coat. "Let's GO!"

Serena laughed as the little girl pulled on her wrist
and out of their
apartment.

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"Straighten up. Keep your shoulders STRAIGHT you
miserable child!" A
tall blonde woman snarled, who looked like she could
never give birth.

"Well if I was getting PAID more I WOULD!" The little
blonde boy snarled
back.

Darien groaned. Chad had hired 2 actors to be his
family and they...just
weren't right. "This isn't going to work. I'm sorry
GOODBYE!" He
pushed them out of the house before Chad got a chance
to protest.

"Oh come on they would've been perfect...just some
training..." Chad
pleaded.

"No, this has to be NATURAL it has to look REAL! They
were as far from
real as could be." Darien groaned.

"Well what do you expect, the perfect family to come
running into the
house?" 

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Chloe was silent on their taxi ride home from Baskin
Robins. She stared
out the window wistfully. Her eyes widened as they
passed by a huge
mansion. "STOP THE CAR!!!! STOP THE CAR!!!!" The car
came screeching
to a halt and the girl ran out and into the house.

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"No I don't expect the perfect family to come running
into..." Darien
was interupted by the front door opening. He raised an
eyebrow but
motioned everyone still and turned around. He could
almost see the door
and saw...a little blonde girl wandering through.

"Wow..." She whispered blissfully admiring her
surroundings.

A smile creeped up his face and stopped when the door
opened slowly.
A blonde woman of about 26 popped her head in.
"Chloe..Chloe Alicia
Blake get your butt over here..Chloe!" She hissed,
silently walking in.

"Can I help you?" Chad asked, utterly confused.

Her head snapped up. "Oh..oh my gosh..I am SO sorry..I
don't know--"

"Mommy, this place looks exACTLY like my dollhouse!"
Chloe smiled
brightly.

Serena put her hand to her forehead and shook her
head. "I am SO sorry,
she has the habit of..well..she thinks this
house..YOUR house looks
like her dollhouse..well she makes up these stories.."

Chad smiled slyly. "This isn't my house."

"Oh..." Serena's brow scrunched up.

"It's mine." Darien spoke up. "And it's quite alright
Mrs..."

"Miss. Blake. Serena Blake. Ugh sounds like an old
Bond movie. I'm Serena
Blake, this is my daughter Chloe, and we are leaving
and this little
girl is being grounded. I am so sorry about all of
this. Come here 
Chlo"

"Wait...." Chad said. His sly smile grew. "Miss Blake,
will you marry
this man right here?" 

"WHAT?!" Serena gawked. Chloe stifled a giggle.

Darien looked at him and caught his drift. "What he
was saying was, will
you and your daughter pose as my family?"

Serena was still gawking. "Scuse me?"

Darien ran a hand through his jet black hair. "I'm
Darien Shields. My
company is..well..having this..merger. Mr. Robertson
here told the 
owner of the other company that I had a family..which
I completely
don't. I will of course pay you handsomely. How does 2
thou sound for
2 weeks?"

Serena stared at him for the longest time before
speaking. "Yes..Mr.
Shields.." She stared a while longer. 

Chloe tugged on her sleeve. "I think you should say
yes mommy."

Serena glanced down at her then up at Mr. Robertson,
then at Mr. Shields.
"Make it 5 and you've got a deal."

He raised an eyebrow. "Three."

"Four and a half."

"Four."

"Four and a half. Take it or leave it." She shrugged.

He lingered. "Okay four. You're very good at
negotiating. Ever thought
of going into business?" He smiled.

"Yes. But my job is alright." She smiled back.

"So we're gonna be his family? For two weeks? And live
here?"

Chad spoke up. "Sure are."

"YYYYYEEEESSSS!!!!" She exclaimed. Serena laughed.

"Ok Zoe, Sally, we have to inform you of Mr. Shields's
schedule and
how things go about. Say, tomorrow at around noon?"
Chad asked.

"That's Chloe. And I'm Serena. And I'll have to ask my
boss. Boss, can
I go to lunch with you?" She asked Darien.

He looked flabbergasted. "Huh??"

She smiled. "I work in your factory."

"Oh heh..sure." He winked.

"Alright. Tomorrow at noon. Come one Chlo." Serena
took her daughter's
hand and walked out.

"Good good! Tomorrow at noon. See ya later Sarah!"
Chad waved after 
them. He chuckled as they left. "I think they'll be
perfect." He told
Darien.

Darien glared at him. "Serena. Serena and Chloe
Blake." He replied.

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Welp that's it. I'm going to try my best all this week
to get it all
done by...Saturday *groan* Ah well Happy Holidays!!!
Sailor Bunny aka Lindz
http://www.geocities.com/smoonshroom/
sailorbunny21@yahoo.com