100 Drabble Challenge

Hey everyone! It has been ages. My youngest daughter was born in March and with three kids I have had very little time to myself. I moved again and well, have been living without internet except on my phone for over a month now. I have it on my phone and just learned to post here from it. I will be posting drabbles until I get myself internet again. Won't be for a long while so please enjoy these short stories aka drabbles in the meantime! -Natasha

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1) #58-Heartfelt Apology

The strong scent of dark coffee hit Darien's nostrils. He could hardly wait for the beverage in his hands to cool before he took a sip.

Just as Darien began to drink, it was at this moment that Andrew decided to ask him a question.

"Don't you think you owe Serena an apology?"

Darien sighed. Andrew asked this question after nearly every one of Darien and Serena's daily fights, but today it was especially annoying.

"Of course not," remarked Darien. "Why would I?"

Andrew shook his head. He wiped the same coffee cup he had been washing five minutes before. He repeated the same circular motion with his dry washcloth for the fifteenth time at the bottom of the mug before he spoke, "It just seems like whenever you make her upset enough to yell that you have no feelings or that she hates you, you get really upset yourself."

Darien glared at his best friend. "No, I don't."

"Yes, you do."

"No, I don't."

"Yes," Andrew paused for an extra second for effect. "You do."

Darien threw his hands into the air.

"What am I supposed to do?" Darien asked, "Am I supposed to walk up to her and say 'I'm sorry for the things I say and the things I do? It's not that I enjoy hurting you, I just have to see you and this is the only way I can get you to notice me?' Should I tell her that I'm sorry because I'm desperately in love with her and I don't know how to express these feelings?"

Darien laughed at this very thought. He ignored Andrew's knowing smile. "Well, that's crazy. It's not even true, and it's not as if she would believe me. Hell, even I don't believe me! Serena would know I was lying through my teeth, Andrew."

He said the words with a kind of finality, as if he knew in his heart every word was true.

Andrew raised an eyebrow. He didn't believe Darien for a single second.

He placed a hand on Darien's shoulder.

"Or maybe she will know it's a heartfelt apology."

"It's not!" Darien protested, but his expression lightened at his friend's words.

"It is." Andrew reassured him, gripping Darien's shoulder tighter.

"It isn't," insisted Darien.

"Yes, it is." Darien's shoulder hurt as Andrew gripped him even harder.

Darien looked as if he wanted to hit Andrew up the head, but then he heard a jingle from the arcade doors. He turned his head just as soon as Serena burst into the doors yelling his name. Her face was red and her eyes full of anger as she returned to continue their argument from earlier. He brightened at the sight of her before realizing he couldn't wait to argue with her once more.

"It is." He whispered to himself, smiling.