Vexed

Mina sat tapping her fingers against the table, slowly sipping her wine. Serena was late. She sighed, preparing herself for what she was about to do. She couldn’t really believe it either. She kept convincing herself this was the best way about things. Just as she looked up from her glass she noticed the long haired blonde who was a mirrored image of herself. “Serena!”
Serena looked around for her sister, a bit later then she would have liked. “Oh! Mina.” She quickly made her way over to the breath taking blonde sitting alone at the table, “Darien didn’t come?” She looked a bit confused, hadn’t Mina said it was important? She saw worry flash across Mina’s face but it was gone just as quickly as it came.
“That.. That’s kind of the reason I asked you here..” She paused, looking at Serena. “I’m not sure how to go about this delicately so..” She trailed off and Serena tilted her head a bit to the side. “I.. I need something more..” She started.
“More?” Serena interrupted. “Wine?” She glanced at Mina’s empty glass with confusion.
“What? No. I need more in the sex department. Darien doesn’t touch me anymore.. It’s like he doesn’t.. need me anymore.”
Serena gasped, her hand to her mouth. “Are you getting divorced?!”
Mina shook her head, “Not that I know of.. but I need some time to think.. to.. be free.” She blushed and Serena got her message. “But I don’t know if its just stress on me… or on him or what. But I need something more.”
“I.. I don’t understand what you mean. Did you ask me here for support..?” Serena was thoroughly confused and concerned for her sister.
Mina looked away, guilt apparent on her face. “Not … exactly…” She paused and gathered a breath before continuing. “I… I want you to take my place while I’m gone. I can’t lose him if I find out I was just acting childish..” Serena’s eyes widened as she went to stand, a bit outraged.
“Mina! How could you be so selfish!” Her cheeks were flushed with what Mina could only assume was anger. “He loves you and you want to trick him so you can go fool around! And what about me? I have a life too.”
Mina looked down, fiddling her fingers. She wished she had more wine, “I know Serena.. but I need this. Please?”
Serena slowly sat back down, taking a deep breath. “This is insane, Mina.” She twirled her hair around her finger. It would be so strange for her. She’d have to act like Mina in every instance around him. “I.. I don’t know if I can do it. What if he wants to have sex?”
Mina laughed lightly, knowing something like that was very impossible to happen, “Serena, he hasn’t even looked at me in that way in months. You think in the week or two I’m gone he’ll get ancy? I don’t think it’ll happen, but on the off chance..” She paused to think, “You can, can’t you?”
“WHAT?!” Serena’s face turned a dark shade of pink as she looked at her sister, she had to be insane, “Sleep with your husband?!” Serena’s face felt hot. She didn’t know if Mina knew of her feelings or not, but it was still wrong to ask of her.
“Its not like I’m not going to be fooling around so.. If you want to, who am I to stop you?” Mina looked too serious. Serena didn’t like it.
“This is just awful, Mina. I really hope you find what you’re looking for. What happens if you realize you don’t want to be married anymore? What will you do about him? He’ll hate me if he finds out about our ruse.”
“If that happens I probably have to divorce him. Serena, if worse comes to worse, which I don’t think it will, I’ll explain how I made you and make it impossible for him to hate you. Alright?” Mina looked up at her sister with hopeful, puppy dog eyes.
Serena sighed and held her head in her hand. “Oh this absolutely won’t end well. I just know it. How could you be so careless when getting married.” To my crush no less.
Mina squeed lightly and leaned over the table to hug her sister. “I knew you’d help me! I owe you big, Ser!”
“You don’t even know..” Serena trailed off in her sentence.

--------- Darien-----------
Darien sighed as he sat in Andrew’s living room. He had been there all day, avoiding home. His last few months had been a wreck and he had finally decided to admit it to his best friend. He explained everything and broken down on the very couch where he sat now. “Andrew, I just don’t know what to do. I think I rushed into marriage. She was just so eager.. and now I see everything that annoys me and I can’t stand. She wants four children! Four!” He sighed and took a deep drink from his beer.
Andrew looked at his friend with sympathy, “I understand. You should have thought about it more. You were young and reckless, but what are you going to do now?” He didn’t mean to be so pushy, it was just the question weighting on his mine since Darien explained his troubles.
“I don’t know. I need more time to think.” He sighed once more and finished his fourth beer. “But I suppose I need to address this. It’s not fair to her.” Darien looked down to the empty beer can in his hand, “Drinking my problems doesn’t help.” He went to stand but staggered, quickly caught by his friend.
“Darien, I can’t let you go home in this condition.”
“I have to go. She’ll get upset if I’m late.” Darien moaned, as Andrew helped him to his car’s passenger seat.
Andrew helped Darien to his house and made sure he wasn’t going to do anything crazy before leaving. “See? She’s not even home yet. You’re safe.” He chuckled and set his number to speed dial on Darien’s phone before leaving. He shook his head, walking to the bus station, 'That guy has some serious shit to deal with..'

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AN: >> Sorry. The first chapter is WAY shorter than I normally write, but it's mostly a prologue. Stick around for the good stuff. ;D
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