"I love you" Tuxedo Mask said smiling down at me as he carried me like a princess.
"I… Can I see your real face?" I asked running my hand up to where his mask was, stroking the area around it.
"Anything for you, princess" He gently put me down, and pulled off his mask leaning closer so I got a great view of his endless eyes.
"Da- Darien!" I shouted shocked. The background changed and we were stood in our uniforms on the street.
"Well of course who else could it be you meatball head" he said laughing evilly.
I woke with a cold sweat , I had just had the worst dream, my super, gorgeous hunk of a hero, Tuxedo Mask turned out to grouchy , annoying abusive Darien! Thank god it's the holidays , clearly all this maths work has messed with my mental heath. I said it was better for me to read my comics than do stupid maths homework, now I've gone insane. Great!
"Serena, stop moving about" Luna complained from the foot of the bed. "We need a good nights sleep as we're leaving for countryside in a couple of hours."
"Sorry" I mumbled and lay still staring up at the ceiling , unable to sleep. Who are you Tuxedo Mask and why do you remind me of that idiot Darien?
"Serena, your going to be late!" my mum called up the stairs as I hurried about packing last minute things in to my all ready full suit case.
"I coming" I shouted back racing down the stair , just as I realised that I'd left my mobile and Luna up on my bed. Racing back up to get them I shouted out to everyone as I ran out the door "Bye , love you" I faintly heard mum sigh a wish me good luck.
"Serena! Hurry up" I heard Raye shout from her seat in the bus.
"Im coming" I said tripping and falling , I rolled over and sat up just in front of the bus "Ouch" I rubbed my head and butt.
"Serena!" Raye, Ami , Mina and Lita said in unison.
"Coming, im coming" I said grabbing my bags and running on the bus, sitting in front of Raye and Mina who where sat in front of Lita and Ami. "No fair how come you guys get to sit together?" I moaned.
"Because we woke up on time " Raye said annoyed
"I did wake up on time! I was up for ages after a weird dream…but I forgot to pack the night before" I mumbled
"Honestly your so forgetful" Lita said smiling. Behind her smile was nervousness and I remembered that we were going to send he holidays at Lita's cousins house.
"Lita what's your cousin like" I asked settling back in to my chair.
"He's really cool, he taught me how to cook! But well lately it seems like we're drifting apart. Like these friends of his who will be staying with him while we are, I've no idea who they are .Kaito said that they're from around where we live , said he met them while visiting me a couple of months ago but last week was the first time I heard anything about them. We used to be like brother and sister"
"Well he might have thought you wouldn't come if you knew he was inviting guys , we might know" Ami said helpfully.
"Besides the more the guys the merrier , after all it is summer" Mina said grinning like an idiot.
The bus stopped and three guys got on, Andrew , his friend Matt and Darien. God can I not catch a break.
"Hey Serena" Andrew said coming over and sitting in front of me , with his friend Matt.
"Hi" I said faintly watching Darien follow behind them, Please don't sit next to me , please don't sit next to me , pretty pretty please don't sit down next to me.
Darien sat down next to me "Hey meatball head" he said laughing at me.
I glared at him but he just turned around and said hello to Raye.
"Where are you guys heading" Ami asked Andrew
"A friend of ours has invited us to stay with them in the country, along with his kid cousin and her friends" Darien answered.
Horror filled my body and I was unable to move, I sat very still and listened as Lita asked if they were staying with Kaito Kino.
"Yes we are do you know him?" Andrew asked
"Erm.. Well we're kind of the kid cousin and her friends" Lita said blushing at how eagerly Andrew had spoken to her.
"Well this is going to be a long trip" Darien said looking down at me. That's just what is was thinking. I thought but instead of saying anything I turned my head to the window , watch Darien's reflection , looking at his eyes.
Meatball head spent the whole trip looking out the window, I heard Andrew ask Ami what's up with her and Ami said something about a bad dream creeping her out and keeping her up all night. I'd laughed when I first heard but then I caught sight of her eye in the reflection of the window, she'd looked so lost, she looked like me. Not knowing who I am , where I come from and most of my childhood, I've always been lost and I felt pity for her. I also worried about what could possible have made the meatball head klutz look so lost. I too had strange dreams that kept me up at night, dreams about a trapped princess.
"Helloooo , did you two fall asleep or something?" Raye asked waving her hand in front of mine and Serena's face.
"What do you want Raye" Serena whispered
"We're here"
I stood up , grabbing my bag and walking out of the bus. Kaito's house is pretty big, its modern looking but seems to be completely made out of wood. It looked like someone had made lots of cosy little cabin right next to each other. Maybe I will enjoy this.
"Serena" an unusual voice called out from the bus as Serena came out carrying her bags, while squashing her little black cat.
"Who was that ?" I asked.
Serena looked at her cat "No one" she said as she sped away from me falling face first not much farther ahead. Chuckling to myself I picked up my bag and started towards the house.
"Lita!" Kaito called out running up to the tall girl and embracing her.
The other girls looked at each other puzzled , Kaito is pretty much the opposite of Lita. He's around 20 but he only reach's up to her shoulder , he's also has bright red hair and freckles. He's one of the rare guys who where their heart on their selves. He's one of the nicest guys I've met next to Andrew , but standing next to Lita like that I could understand why the girls were so confused.
"Matt, Andrew and Darien im so glad you could make it" he said smiling towards each of us "And you pretty girls must be Lita's fiends right?"
"Yes sir, Im Raye, this is Ami" Raye said pointing as Ami said "Nice to meet you"
"Hello" he said smiling.
"Im Mina" Mina said twirling her hair. We all looked over at Serena to introduce herself but she'd gone off in her own little world again.
So I said "And this is Meatball head" I jerked my thumb towards her. Kaito's eyebrows shot up as he held out he hand. Serena seemed to snap out of her trance and gave me the death look.
Kaito held out his hand and said "Hello Serena its nice to meet you"
Serena took his hand looking puzzled she said "How do you know my name?"
He chuckled "Well I've heard a lot about you. Lita speaks about you all and as you were the only one who hadn't introduced yourself , you had to be Serena. Beside that Darien spoke about you before and he called you Meatball head , so he explained it to me back then." Serena sent me a puzzled look, her blue eyes wide with astonishment.
"Don't get the wrong idea," I said holding my hand up in a 'I didn't do it' gesture. "I was telling him about how dumb you are for getting a 30% on your test, then throwing it at my head"
She went bright red "Shut up baka!" she stomped in with the others following her. Apart from Andrew who stayed behind with me.
"Why do you annoy her?" he asked
I shrugged "She fun to annoy"
"I guess, just … Serena's not going to wait around forever, okay?" Then he quickly followed the others into the house. What the hell did he mean? I bent down to pick up my suit case and saw a picture on the floor, it was of Serena and a little boy and two adults, I assume its her family. I picked the picture up and tucked it into my back pocket.
"Oh I guess I forgot to tell you, your be bunking together, I only have four spare rooms" Kaito said smiling.
"But that means that one girl will have to bunk with a boy" Ami said. I looked over at Darien , knowing my luck I'll get stuck sharing a room with that idiot! Please don't stick me in a room with him.
"Well yes , there is that but I've divided the room up with some blanket curtains and stuff, so you should be fine." Kaito said
"I vote that Serena share's a room with one of the guys" Raye said an evil tiwnkle in her eye.
"What! Can't Mina" I complained.
"No, No," Andrew said in his normal calm attitude "Serena and Darien should share a room"
"What! No, Don't stick me in a room with him" I repeated my earlier thought. I looked over a Darien expecting him to argue but he was staring at Andrew and Andrew was staring back. They both looked really odd.
After what felt like years Darien looked over at the rest of us , slinging his bag over his shoulder he said "Okay but your carrying your own bags"
