This Sailor Moon story is AU with some OCs of mine. Sailor Moon and the cast belong to the magnificent Naoko Takeuchi. Cover photo is called "Moonface" and is by deviantartist Saehral. Trailer for this story available: watch?v=iUrfcvu0jos
Serenity Tsukino:
"I don't know where she is, Andrew," I took another sip of my strawberry milkshake. Despite it being winter, the sun was still shining brightly and beamed in through the arcade's front window.
"It's not like Ami to be late. I wonder if something happened," he looked out of the arcade window again and sighed. His sandy blonde hair fell in his eyes.
"I'm sure she'll be here soon. I bet she was tutoring someone or finishing up homework."
Andrew was right though, Ami was usually quite punctual. The front door dinged as a customer entered, "Sorry I'm late, honey."
Andrew shook his head and kissed her cheek, "It's no big, just call next time, okay?" She nodded and turned to me.
"Sere, could you drop these off at the library? We have reservations," She smiled sweetly. Her arm held a stack of books on quantum mechanics and nuclear processes.
"Ami, you're gonna end up on a watch list… and probably me too when I drop those off," I shrugged as she set down the books. Her hair was an adorably short bob that looked blue in just about any light.
"Oh, I bet I've been on one since I was nine," Andrew tickled her side and she giggled, "Anyways, they're due today. Can you swing by the—"
"Yeah, I got it. I need to pick up some dye anyways," I scooted out from the booth seat and grinned at Ami and Andrew. They were so in love. I wonder when I will find my happy ending.
When I got to the library to drop off Ami's books I accidentally caught the eye of a weird geek. He walked over to me and adjusted his glasses.
"I see you like physics, Miss—?" He stared at me, his eyes magnified by the thickness of his glasses.
"Serenity, but everyone calls me Serena. And these aren't my books," I said hesitantly. I was hoping that he would get the message and leave.
"I see… trying to come off as normal and average? I see your intelligence, my princess," He grinned widely and I could see a piece of spinach stuck in his teeth. I tried looking everywhere to find something to move away towards. Anyone from class? No, no… ugh. I tugged at the trim of my shorts and bit my lip.
That's when I spotted him. I had never laid eyes on this man until now but he was quite handsome with his medium-length raven hair. He looked up from the front desk and smiled at me.
"I uh, have to go. It was nice meeting you," I said to the weird guy.
"It's Melvin! I'll see you later, Princess Serenity!" A librarian shushed him and he gathered his things to leave. I grinned at the guy running the front desk when I set the books down.
"Returning?" His eyes were a beautiful shade of blue; it reminded me of the ocean.
"Yes," I stood there a moment as he scanned the materials.
"It appears that there is a fine on this one," he motioned to the nuclear text, "That'll be $27.95."
"Thirty dollars? Ami didn't tell me it was overdue, she said it was due today," I reached for my wallet, "I don't even know if I have that much cash on me."
"I'm sorry, but you will have to pay now," He seemed sympathetic. I found a twenty, a five and some change to make up the difference. Once the fine was paid for he turned to me, "Do you have anything to check out today?"
"No, I do not," though I kind of wished I did. This guy was hot and I didn't want my only interaction with him to be exclaiming over Ami's negligence. "Actually, could you show me where the travel section is? I'd like a couple of books on Spain."
He nodded and led me past the stacks and towards the travel section, "Here you are. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to ask. My name is Darien Shields."
"Serena Tsukino," I replied. He bowed his head, smiled and returned to his desk.
I tried to spend enough time there to seem like I was really pondering. I even found a book that I hadn't of read yet about ancient sites to visit in Spain. Ever since I saw a movie in my English literature class in tenth grade, I had been planning my own personal trip to Spain.
At the time, I had been planning to go with my then-boyfriend Donnie. Donnie and I broke up at the beginning of my junior year when he went off to college. Things had been rocky in our relationship that summer but a certain fight we had over a girl he was spending a lot of time with caused the end of it.
I haven't seen much of Donnie since then, just occasionally passing him on the main strip. I hadn't told the girls much about the issues that led up to our breakup, mostly because I had felt ashamed. But that was all behind me now.
I was going to graduate in five months and two weeks after that I was heading to Spain for my trek.
"Did you find what you were looking for?" Darien Shields asked when I returned to the counter.
"I did and I even grabbed a movie for girls' night," I said setting down the film Sleepover.
"Isn't that a pre-teen film?" He scanned the barcode.
"Yes, but I was a preteen when I first watched it so now it's nostalgic. Besides, Alexa Vega rocks," I winked at him.
"That she does, your total comes to $18.95."
"What? I thought this was a library?"
"It is, I'm only messing with you Serena," he put my movie on top of the book, "Here you are."
"Thanks. Have a good one," I smiled as I headed out to Sally's Beauty Supply before they closed.
Darien Shields:
Damn, why didn't I ask her out? I turned to start sorting the latest returns by their shelf section.
"So, who was that girl?" Rei asked as she dumped a new load of books into the bin.
"Would you not ruin my work, Rei?" I moved the new books aside and went back to sorting, "She was just a girl needing some library stuff. And no, I did not ask her out."
"Why not?" She leaned over the counter bearing cleavage.
"Seriously, Rei? I'm your brother, I don't need to see that," She rolled her eyes.
"Jed likes it," She grinned devilishly.
"What you and your boyfriend do behind the shed is between you guys. Leave me out of it," I sneered. "I didn't get the chance to ask her out."
"Oh, you totally did. I saw her sitting around the non-fiction section for eight minutes checking the time," Rei stood back up and flung her hair behind her shoulders, "That girl was totally crushing on you and you didn't even attempt to ask her out."
"Well, it's too late now. She's gone," I finished sorting the old books and added Rei's new additions to the piles.
"Funny thing about the library, eventually they have to return the items they borrowed, Darien," Rei's eyebrow rose.
"Whatever, I have work to do."
"You have work to do because your twin sister asked Ms. Bitch to hire you," Rei snapped.
"It's Beryl and I could have gotten the job either way," Rei huffed and turned to walk away.
"Like you could get Serena anyways."
"Huh?" What did she say?
"Serena went to kindergarten with us, don't you remember? She goes to Juuban High now," Rei adjusted one of the book display stands, "She used to go out with Donnie Jensen, captain of the football team?"
"Oh." Well, now I know I have no chance with her. Miss popular wanting to go out on a date with Darien Shields? "She doesn't seem snobbish."
"Not all popular people are snobbish. Take me, for instance."
I had to try hard from laughing at Rei's comment. "You? Popular?"
"Yes, and so are you. Just because you're not a star athlete does not mean that you don't have a great group of friends, the respect of your teachers and the grades for a good college."
"I guess that's true—"
"And another thing; let us not forget that I came in second place to win homecoming queen in the fall."
"How could I?" I muttered under my breath.
Author's Note:
This is the beginnings of my newest fanfiction and I do hope that you enjoy. My other SM story is on hiatus as I have lost the drive for it, but if you really want me to continue it just PM why you think so.
I also have a new chapter for my Summer I Turned Pretty fanfiction and my Patriot one. Both have a lot of emotions and deals with sorting through them and coming to terms with the hardships in life.
Anyways, thank you for reading and I hope to be a little more on-the-ball about updating this one!
R&R :)