this is my new fanfic. this chapter is what happened three years ago when serena found out her fiance darien was cheating on her. after this chapter it will be three years later. if there are scenes of what happens in this chapter, they will be flashbacks. enjoy!
Remember Me?
Chapter 1 - The Past Heartbreak:
Twenty-five year old Darien Shields held Serena Sanders' hand as they made their way back to their big house in the center of Tokyo.
They walked in and Darien shut the front door behind them. Serena, his twenty-one year old fiancée, made her way to the kitchen, in search of a snack.
Darien's phone started ringing.
"Hello?" Darien answered.
"Hey baby." His secret girlfriend, Janine, said.
"Hi. What's up?" Darien said confidently.
"Wanna come over?" Janine asked him.
"Sure, Andrew, I'll be right over." Darien said loudly.
Serena's head popped around the kitchen doorframe.
Darien gave her the sign for "1 minute!" and turned away.
He heard Janine laugh on the other end.
"How many times have you used Andrew as my cover-up?" She giggled.
"Too many!" Darien exclaimed, making it look like Andrew had done something wrong, and screwed it up. Bad.
"Good cover." Janine said, still chuckling slightly.
"OK, I'll be over in a minute." Darien said, hanging up and setting down his phone on the hall table.
Serena walked out of the kitchen with a chocolate-chip cookie in one hand, and a glass of Diet Pepsi in the other.
"Going out again?" Serena smiled. "What did Andrew break now?"
"One of his stereos at home." Darien lied, grinning. "Trust him."
Serena leaned in and gave him a small kiss on his cheek. "See ya later hun."
"Bye." He turned and picked up his keys. He walked out of the door, turning back and blowing Serena a kiss.
He shut the door behind him, leaving his phone behind.
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Ten minutes later, Darien was stuck in unbelievable traffic.
"Come on! I can walk faster than this!" Darien cried, beeping his horn repeatedly.
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Back in their luxurious home, Serena was sitting in their living room with a bowl of ice-cream, watching TV.
Darien had been gone about fifteen minutes when she heard his message tone go off.
She put her ice-cream down on the coffee table and walked into the hall. She picked up his phone and looked at the name on the screen.
"Who's Janine?" Serena said aloud. Starting to get a bit suspicious, she plucked up the courage to read it.
Hell, if it wasn't important, she could just delete it and put the phone back where it was.
She pressed the 'Read' button, shaking slightly with nerves.
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Darien finally drove into Janine's driveway.
He walked into her house to find her sitting on her hallway sofa, holding a glass of champagne.
"Oh. What are we celebrating?" Darien smiled, reaching out and taking the glass she offered him.
"Our four-month anniversary." Janine smiled, and gave him a kiss. Pulling away from him, she said, "What took you so long?"
"Bloody traffic." Darien laughed.
"I sent you a text. Did you not get it?" Janine pouted like a little kid.
"No." Darien said, puzzled, searching his pockets for his phone. "Because I haven't got my phone on me."
"Well," Janine said warningly, "you wanna hope your girlfriend didn't read that message."
"What?" Darien said.
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Serena sat in the living room, not even bothering to wipe her tear-stained face anymore. She would just keep crying anyway.
The words of the text couldn't leave her mind.
Hey babes. Where are u? I'm getting lonely here. Hurry up hun. xxx
She shuddered at the thought. She looked down at the phone lying on the coffee table, beside her abandoned ice cream.
She heard the front door, but didn't look up.
Out of the corner of her eye, Serena knew it was Darien standing in the doorway looking at her.
"Shit."
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Darien's eyes darted from Serena, who was avoiding eye contact with him, to his phone lying on the table.
He hung his head. "Serena, I -" He started.
"Don't say anything." Serena said, her voice quivering. "I don't wanna hear it."
"But, Serena -"
Her head snapped towards him. He almost reeled back in shock by the hurt and frustration in her face.
"How long have you been together?" She demanded.
He sighed. No point lying now.
"Four months." He told Serena truthfully.
Serena's teary eyes widened.
"You were with her before you even proposed to me?" Serena almost screamed, standing up. True enough, Darien and Serena had only been engaged for two months.
Darien took a step forward and put his hands on Serena's shoulders. "I assure you, I don't love her. I love you."
Serena avoided his eyes. "I can't even look at you anymore."
"Please, Serena -"
"NO!" Serena screamed at him.
Darien took his hands off Serena's shoulders. He looked intently at the floor.
After cooling off a bit, Serena said calmly, "I want you to leave."
Accepting defeat, Darien sighed. "K."
He made his way upstairs and started packing.
Serena shook and sat down again.
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Half an hour later, Darien, accompanied by two suitcases, came back downstairs.
He walked into the living room, leaving his suitcases in the hallway.
"I'm going now." Darien said sadly.
Serena said nothing. She did, however, look in his direction, a single tear falling from her watery eye.
She watched as Darien walked out of her life for what she thought would be forever.
What she thought would be forever.
so what d'you think? im thinking of scrapping my other fanfic, When She Ran To Him, because it's not going anywhere and the plot, basically, stinks. please still continue reading this fanfic, however because i actually want to finish this one. rate and review please!
QueenSerenity818 out.