This is my first fan fiction so I hope I have done everything right. I'm not very good at summaries so please give it a chance. Writing like this is peoples' thoughts.

THE LIFE SHE CHOSE

"Dr. Shields?" His nurse asked as Darien walked into the offices he shared with his partner and best friend.

"Yes?" He asked absently, as he looked at a file.

"Drew would like to see you before you go to your office."

"Thank you." Darien said and sighed as he walked down the carpeted hall that led to Drew's office.

'Six years that woman has worked for me and she still addresses me as" Dr. Shields" but calls Drew by his first name.'

Darien tapped on Andrew's door and stuck his head in. "You wanted to see me?"

Drew looked up from the patients' files he was updating. "Yeah. Come in." He went back to writing furiously .

"You know, if you do your files as you see patients, it wouldn't pile up." Darien said, sitting down in the chair in front of Drew's desk.

"I know, I know." Drew sighed. "One day I'm going to listen to you." He closed the file and leaned back in his chair. "And to Molly because she tells me the same thing."

"How is she doing?"

"O.K. so far. Morning sickness is kicking her ass, though. It seems to get worse everyday."

Silence followed for a few minutes as Darien gave Drew a chance to tell him what he wanted.

"So." Darien said when it became apparent that Drew wasn't going to say anything. "Not much longer to the big day."

"No. A week from tomorrow."

"Are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be, I guess." Drew said unenthusiastically, or so Darien thought-at least for a man getting married in a week and a day.

Drew leaned on his desk. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about." He said reluctantly. "Well, sort of anyway."

Darien raised an eyebrow and waited for him to continue.

"Here!" Andrew exclaimed, thrusting a piece of paper at him. "I debated whether or not to give it to you when Molly asked me to." Drew babbled as Darien opened the paper and looked at it.

'A phone number?' Darien thought . 'What?…' Then he noticed the name. 'It couldn't be…' He looked up at Drew in shock.

"I figured I should just let you decide." Drew finished quietly. Darien looked at the name on the paper again.

'Serena…'