(Set the day of her father's death, be warned this chapter will be split into multiple parts)

~Monday 3rd July 2006~

~Serena's POV~

I woke up this morning to my alarm blaring, telling me to get up and ready for the coming day, today was the premiere for the new film I did with one of my many godfathers, Johnny Depp, and the film is 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest', I loved making this film, but anyway going off track a little there, I reached my hand out and turned off the alarm and dropped back down onto the bed, trying to get an extra five minutes sleep.

But that didn't last long before my mum, decided to send my little brother, John, up the stairs to make sure I was awake. He came barreling into my room and leapt onto my bed - on top of me, and it may not seem like it but he is a very hyperactive 3-year-old, and he is quite tall for his age as well, so that doesn't help when he jumps on you.

"'Rena, mummy said wakey!" John said while slightly hitting me with his little hands, I pretended to sleep while positioning my hands ready for the tickling I'm about to do as revenge, "'RENA! WAKEY!" He yelled after he realized that I wasn't getting up.

"YAH!" I shouted as I sprang into action and started to tickle him while laughing slightly at both of our actions. "This will teach you to not jump on people!" I expressed while still tickling him, with him laughing like the mad hatter.

"'Rena stop!" He begged, tears running down his face from all of his laughing, I stopped and he sat back up and hugged me, his little arms wrapped around my shoulders and his legs around my waist as I stood up and situated him on my right hip, to carry him downstairs to our mum and my step-dad, Philip, my mum was in the living room and Philip was in the conjoining dining room on the phone, probably to my manager, Lily-Mae, sorting out the final arrangements for the car rides to and from the premier.

They arranged most of it the other day, I was riding with mum, John, aunt Gen and uncle Jared, they were being picked up in the car first and then picking us up when it's time to go to the premier.

Lily and mum also arranged that I could bring a copy of the film home for my dad to watch when he gets home from a job in America today and wouldn't get to London until after the premiere. Now, you must be thinking, my mum and dad mustn't get along, but it's quite the opposite really, they decided to stay friends and he even became close friends with Philip, so there are really no arguments between them, they even have a 'guy's night' every so often with uncle Mark, uncle Jensen, uncle Jared and uncle Gino.

After the premiere we are having the cast and some friends and family, come over to our house for the after party - kid-friendly of course.

All of a sudden I was brought out of my train of thoughts by the doorbell ringing, I put John on the floor then sat in one of the chairs mum put out for my hair and makeup stylists, and I also realized that Philip wasn't on the phone anymore, but rather coming to the living room with Lily and the stylists behind him.

But that wasn't all, however, because when Maya - my make-up artist, went over to mum, Lily went into the dining room with a few cover bags that held our outfits inside and Ashanti - my hair stylist, came over to set up her equipment, I saw that there were more people behind them, they being aunt Elta - but she prefers to be called Danneel, uncle Gino, and uncle Jensen.

Aunt Elta is my mum's younger sister, uncle Gino is the younger brother of mum and aunt Elta and uncle Jensen is aunt Elta's husband. Even though she prefers to be known by her middle name Danneel, aunt Elta allows John and I to call her by her first name.

"AUNT ELTA!" John and I yelled as we ran to her to hug her, she laughs hugging us back, don't tell anyone but aunt Elta and aunt Gen are my favourite aunts ;-). After a while of hugging we let go of her so that we can hug our uncles, uncle Jensen is an actor as well, uncle Gino hasn't long come back from the military (I am using the information that I could find about him on Google and LinkedIn).

"Hey, sweethearts, are you excited about the film later?" Aunt Elta asked us, we both nodded and sat in our chairs as Lily came in, ready to give us our schedule for the day.

"Hey, Lily," I said, greeting her as, Ashanti, started to do my hair and Maya, put a face mask on me, I don't even know why she does it, I tried asking her before but she just said that it helps my skin keep healthy and supple but then went on to talk about it way too fast for me to understand.

"Hi, Rose, are you ready for today? Your uncle Mark and grandpa should be here soon." Lily said, and just as she finished, in came uncle Mark and grandpa, the only one of the blooded Sheppard's missing now is my dad, he should be home around an hour or two after the premiere.

"Honestly, I am super scared and really excited at the same time, I mean what if you don't like what I did with the character or I fall over or..." I said, only to be cut off by my uncles, who immediately came over and knelt in front of me, taking a hold of my hands as they shook.

"Hey, there is no need to panic, we are all going to be right there with you." Uncle Jensen said, looking into my brown eyes with his apple green eyes, uncle Gino spoke next, holding my right hand, and turning my head towards his.

"You will not fall, we won't let you and you had worked so hard for this film and we all know how determined you were to prove to them you aren't weak or frail, you are a strong, independent strong young women that I am proud to call my niece." He said, tears tried to break through my eyes as he finished speaking, but it didn't stop there, uncle Mark spoke next.

"And let's not forget that it is Johnny you worked with on this film, and he is a right old goof, but you managed to be professional and remember more dialogue as well as stop yourself from laughing when you both were on a scene together," he started, causing most of us to start giggling, "but you managed to keep a professional facade, you are a badass young women that have handled pressure better than most people at such a young age, you should be proud, I know your dad is proud of you and he will tell you himself tonight, and if you feel a little scared just hold our hands, because we will never let you fall, never in a million years, we are proud to call you our niece." Now tears were definitely falling down my cheeks in a river.

"All done," Ashanti said when she finished my hair before going to do my mum, aunt Elta and John's hair as Philip has to work tonight, he is a police chief officer in central London, a couple of minutes away from the premier. Maya came over to do my makeup, after taking the mask off and wiping my face to make sure all of the face masks was completely gone, she began doing a simple and natural look for my make-up adding a little light pink lip stain.

A minute or two later she had finished and Lily came over to me with my dress bag and sent me to my room to get dressed.

Once I finished putting on the dress and heels, I took a picture and sent it to my dad with the caption 'Ready for the premiere, see you tonight - Love Rose xxx.' When I was making my way to the top of the stairs after straightening my room out, I felt my phone vibrate in the secret pocket of my dress, alerting me of a text.

I took out my phone and opened it to read the text from dad, 'You look beautiful Rosalie, can't wait to see you tonight, enjoy the premier - Love dad xox.' You may be thinking that I am a little too young for the career path I have already and that I take advantage of it, but I don't and to be honest, I love to act and model, I also love to interact with my fans and supporters, I always try and stop to at least take a picture with them and maybe start a conversation with them if I have the time, and we would literally talk about anything.

When I got downstairs I saw mum, aunt Elta, and Lily ready but the boys were nowhere to be seen, most likely getting changed upstairs as we have a half hour before aunt Gen and uncle Jared will be here with the cars.

When I got to the living room I sat down with mum and aunt Elta on either side of me and picked up one of the photo albums from the coffee table and started to look through the pictures with mum and aunt Elta looking over my shoulders, laughing at some of the pictures from when they were little and telling me some of the stories behind the pictures, looking at the photos, I realise I am basically a carbon copy of them but with my dad's dimples and eye shape.

After a few minutes the came down, every single one in a tux, except Philip, as he was dressed ready in his police chief outfit, ready to go to work when we leave.

(Jensen and Danneel; Imagine Jensen's shirt matches the top of Danneel's dress in colour,

Philip & Anya; (OUTFIT ONLY FOR PHILLIP, NOT THE OFFICER!)

Gen and Jared; (WHEN THEY GET THERE IN THE CARS)

John;

Mark and William;

(Sorry, I couldn't find a pic of William in s suit.)

Gino;

Mum is wearing blue to match me, while aunt Elta and uncle Jensen are matching, grandpa and uncle Mark are matching sort of - they just have matching lavender ties, uncle Jared and aunt Gen told me they are both going to be matching in the darker colours and uncle Gino matches John because they are both wearing light blue and grey suits.

Lily is wearing a stylish yet very professional outfit, consisting of a red top, black blazer, checker trousers, and heels. (pic below is the outfit - minus the Starbucks and bag)

"I must say that we look stunnin'," I say, looking at us all ready for the premiere, all of us smiling at each other, Lily then went over to the coffee table and came back with the camera we keep by the photo albums.

"I say we should take a photo of us now before the cars get here, and the show really begins." She says, while setting the camera up, Philip tried to get out of the door while her focus was on the camera. "Don't even think of it Philip, you are included in this photo." She said, still not even looking away from the camera.

"Damn, so close." He muttered while coming to stand next to mum, causing Gino, John and I to giggle at his misfortune of trying to get away.

"Okay, on three, say 'pirates'." Lily said and we all laughed at the cliché, "1, 2, 3."

"Pirates." We all say looking at the camera, smiling, we were all hugging each other trying to make sure we are all in the picture, laughing slightly once it's taken as we all start to fall to the side.

(Back: Gino, Philip, William

Middle: Jensen, Danneel, Anya, Mark

Front: Serena, John)

But we all failed in trying to stay standing and we all fell and landed on top of each other, I landed with John on top of me, Jensen landed with Danneel, mum, and Mark on top of him and Gino landed with Philip and William on top of him.

"Ouch." Jensen, Gino and I murmured as everyone got of each other, us three still laying on the ground, holding our stomachs laughing lightly from the lingering pain of the others' elbows, but the others? Oh no, they were full-out laughing, holding their stomachs as well, but only because of how hard they are laughing.

First Posted: 4th March 2019

Edited: 4th March 2019