Title: Desire Within Two Hearts
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Authors: Yes, by two authors! One very well known and fantastic author
by the name of.... (Drum roll please) the fantastic, amazing, who
should be a professional writer GOLDSTAR!!!! Then there's the puny not
very good at all writer me, Kell!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh, come off it Kell, there's a bunch of writers that are way better
than I am, including you!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Emails: For Kell: sailorkell@usa.net and for GoldStar: goldstar@eternalmoon.zzn.com
Now, if you really want to make us super-dupper happy email both of us!
Even if it's the dreaded F word, FLAMES! On second thought you can
email GoldStar them!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh, thanks Kell, give me all the flames!! Just e-mail them to both of us, or whomever you want to, k?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN: All right, it's me Kell, and I'm making them short! Thanks Fifi,
Tif, SailorHeartache, everybody from SMRFF, Midnight2050, Jlala, my
editors, you know who you are!!!! Of course I thank GoldStar, that's a given! Wow, I'm done!! Oh, can't forget Miri or Kelly either!! Also
thanks goes to Akira just for being a major good bud!! Now, here's
GoldStar! Let's see who has the shorter author notes, shall we?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN: Ok, I'd like to thank Sftbal1295, my editor and one of my best
online friend who keeps arguing with me about Darien, Deedlit7 who
inspired me to keep on writing, Freckles, a newly found friend,
cknight09, Darien/tuxedo mask, Sailor Tampa, Sailor Swiftheart,
Merlinkity, sailormoon1201, and, of course, my *dearest* friend Kell,
ha, yeah right, j/p Kell! Also, Recca, James, and Yahiko were my idea
while Jerry, Ryan, and Sammy are hers. Recca comes from the anime:
Flame of Recca. Yahiko comes from Rurouni Kenshin. Well, I guess
mine's longer!! Haha!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Disclaimer: Of course we own Sailor Moon, I would never write about something that's not ours! We're good *obedient * girls! "Don't lie you two". "Little spore, be quiet"! Hehe, we got to chase some brothers!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Also, Rurouni Kenshin nor Flame of Recca belongs to us, ok? Well, gotta chase down Kell's brother and we'll do that while you're reading!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Serena, set the table. Since Stassy is gone, we need you to set
the table for dinner. Oh, Recca has his friend, Darien, over for
dinner, so set a plate for him too," ordered her brother Jerry, who had
blond hair and blue eyes.
"Sure thing, Jer," Serena Eddington called back. She entered the
kitchen and headed to the cupboard, which held the plates. Well, she
couldn't grab 10 plates, especially since it was fine china. Just
looking at the fine china, you could tell they weren't poor, but they
did live like any family. Even though they had a maid named Stassy,
but that was because she was their mother's friend who desperately
needed a job. All her 6 brothers, including her parents, lived like a
happy, close-knit family. She set the 3 plates on the table, and
headed again to the cupboard, picking up 3 more plates. Again, she
placed the plates on the table. She repeated this till there were 10
white sparkling china plates with blue roses entwined together for
decoration. Now, she needed to get silverware. She went to the
silverware drawer, and picked up 10 shiny forks, spoons, and butter
knives. Serena knew her manners and she put them exactly where they
belonged. 'Ooh, need cups,' she remembered. She went to another
cupboard and picked up 4 champagne glasses with clear glass and a
shadowed man and woman dancing together. She set them right above the
plates, and grabbed 4 more, and repeated the process. She snatched up
the last two glasses and placed them exactly where they needed to go.
She took the napkins and put them on their plates. 'Ah, done.
Time to put the food on.' She went and picked up the steaming pot
full of spaghetti and put on her cooking mittens and triumphantly set
it on the table. She ran to the counter to get the basket full of
garlic bread and plopped it on the dining table. Then, she got the
salad and put it on the dishes, decorating it beautifully, finishing
them off by carefully putting on the ranch dressing. Then, she got the
oranges, apples, and pears and cut them into slices, putting them on a
big plate with the same decorations as the smaller ones. She walked
out into the large dining room and placed the salad dishes on each
place on the dining table.
'Any second,' she thought, 'all of my brothers would storm in,
smelling the aroma of the food.' She was right. Her brothers loudly
stomped up the stairs, and headed to the dining room and they were
laughing loudly at some joke. They ran full to the table and flopped
in a chair. Ryan had blond hair and bluish-greenish eyes, Sammy had
brown hair and blue eyes, Yahiko had brown hair and green eyes, James
had brownish-blond hair and blue eyes, and Recca had blond hair with
green eyes. Serena had noticed Recca's friend. He had dark, midnight
black hair, but what caught her attention was his eyes. You would just
notice those eyes right away; they were this wonderful shade of blue.
Not the light cornflower blue like she and her brother Jerry had, but
this stormy sea-color that was so mysterious, that it delighted her so
much, she could feel a bolt of electricity go up her spine. Recca
interrupted her train of thought as soon as Serena and their parents
came in. "Okay, Mom, Dad," Recca started, "This is Darien," Recca
pointed to his dark haired friend sitting across from him. Lauren
Eddington had brown hair and blue eyes while her husband, Bryan
Eddington had blond hair with green eyes.
"Now Dar, the one sitting next to you on your right is my brother
Yahiko, and to your left is my little sis, Serena. Now there is
Jerry," he introduced pointing to the man sitting to the left of Recca.
"Over there," he pointed to his brother, "By the door leading to the
porch is Ryan. Then besides Ryan is James. Lastly, this is my brother
Sammy. Of course you know my Mom and Dad," he motioned to his parents.
Darien answered with a polite quiet,
"Hello." Soon, everybody was greeting Darien with a hello, and
giving him kind smiles. All of the Eddingtons were curious about
Recca's friend, Darien, and decided to play 20 questions. Well, let's
make it 200 questions. They asked him about everything from how he
knew Recca to if he played tennis to what he decided to be. Again
there was laughter from everybody.
Serena rose from her chair to get the spaghetti. She walked to
the kitchen and picked up the bowl of China, and then, at the same
moment Darien rose from his seat. She started walking to the dining
room to place the spaghetti bowl, when she suddenly saw Darien. For the first time since she was a little girl, she klutzed out running
into Darien. She fell to the ground with the spaghetti flying onto
Serena and Darien's clothes along with the spaghetti sticking onto
their hair and faces. The worst part was that the china bowl fell to
the ground. Serena immediately looked to see if it was all right.
"Phew," she whispered.
She didn't know what she would do if it broke, but she thanked god when
it had only chipped off a little. She suddenly looked into Darien
eyes, right then, she knew she could look into his eyes for hours and
hours. Darien just gazed right back at her, just as intent. Serena
then forced herself to pick up the bowel and the broken piece, carry it
to the counter, and wash the bowl. She didn't want to face Darien at
the moment because for some reason, she was frightened. She didn't
know what she was feeling, but her heart did flips when she looked into
his eyes like that, but she knew that now was not the time to think
about it.
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Darien had intended to go to the bathroom, but then Recca's
sister, Serena, had dropped the food on him, yet he still had to get
that food off him. 'Gosh I'm dirty. Yuck.' He started wiping the food
off him, but he couldn't forget when he looked into Serena's eyes.
'Oh, they are beautiful. Heck, Serena is beautiful, but it's wrong,
and so wrong to fall for your friend's sister.' He didn't quite know
why he liked her so much. Maybe, it was her sweet demeanor, and her
looks sure didn't hurt. Well he knew it was time to go home. This
just wasn't right for him to stay when he needed to sort through his
thoughts.
Serena swung her bedroom door open, and lightly walked in. Her
bed looked like a paradise to relax and forget about a certain
somebody. She plopped right down with her pillows and gigantic stuffed
animals. She snuggled up to her big, white bunny, and buried her face
into it. She couldn't believe what she had just did. She had spilled
food on Darien, and it had to be spaghetti of all things! He must
think she was a klutz. Life was not good at the moment for her. She
didn't know why she cared so much, but she just did. She immediately
took a liking to this guy, but she was sure he didn't like her in that
special way. Her thoughts were just a jumble right now. She had never
felt anything for a guy, but she definitely felt something for this
one.
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A few days later
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serena had to fill the horses' stalls with clean hay. Since Stassy
didn't come home last night, they were still all worried sick for her.
But Serena's mind was still on Darien. For once, she wasn't wearing a
dress, but pants. She grabbed the pitchfork from the wall it was
placed on and headed to the stalls. With a few thrustful (GoldStar: Is
that even a word? My spell checker says it isn't.) motions, she was
getting all of the old hay out of the stalls. At first, it was a piece
of cake, but as time wore on, it became more tiring. She had always
hated doing this; it was really boring. Well, she had to do it. As
she was thrusting, she spotted a shadow. She raised the pitchfork for
self-defense.
"Want some help?" he offered. She turned her head around and
noticed it was... HIM! She gave a surprised squeal and then covered her
mouth with her hand. She couldn't believe he was actually here talking
to her. What was she to say? She had no idea. Well, her arms decided
the answer for her. They sure were tired, so she put down the
pitchfork and handed it to him. She sat down while Darien was busy
filling the horse stalls. She blew her bangs out of the way and rested
while watching him. 'Well, he does have one heck of a body...what am I
thinking?! No, no Serena!! He doesn't feel anything for you, he's
just helping because he thinks I'll klutz out and kill the horses with
the pitchfork. (Editor's Note: LOL!) Well,' she thought, 'I can still
always dream.' And she definitely started daydreaming about his thick,
black hair and dark pool eyes. Suddenly, she was out of her trance
when she heard Recca's voice.
"Hey Serena, Darien," greeted Recca, he turned to Darien, "Oh,
mom and dad wanted to know if you wanted to go to the ball tonight."
"Why are you having a ball?" asked Darien.
"Because it's Ryan's birthday today, and you know mom, always
wanting to throw a party anyway..." replied Recca, "So Darien, want to
come?"
"Sure, I guess...I have nothing else to do today anyway,"
answered Darien.
"Great! The party starts at a quarter till 5! Why don't you
just go home, I think *your* chore is done already, Darien," remarked
Recca, grinning slyly at Serena. Darien looked at the pitchfork, then
dropped it.
"Hehe, oh yeah, maybe I should get home, see you later Recca!"
then, Darien ran out of the barn. Recca looked at Serena.
"So, I guess two people are falling for each other. Imagine, my
dear sister, Serena and my best friend, Darien, falling for each other.
Who would've thought? And here, I thought you didn't like guys. Guess
I was wrong," Recca gave a joyous wink to Serena. Serena just looked
at Recca heatedly and stormed out of the barnyard.
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Later in the day
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Serena was in her room, getting ready for the ball. She had a
light pink gown on with white frilly lace around the neckline. Darker
pink roses were embedded in the dress, making her eyes even more
brilliant. Her long, golden hair (AN: Serena's hair is not as long as
it is in the show, try thinking that it ends at her waist) was still
down, but she had no idea how to put it. She thought and thought and
tried different styles, but they all looked to common or messy for her,
so she just decided to leave it down. She put on her shoes and looked
at the clock. It was 5 o'clock exactly. People are probably already
down there and dancing. 'I should go down.' thought Serena. So, she
checked to make sure if everything was all right, and opened her
bedroom door. Sure enough, there were people already in their huge
ballroom and dancing. Serena could hear the elegant music as it hung
through the air and sailed past her ears. She stepped down the stairs
and while she was doing that, she heard a hush. When Serena heard the
silence, she looked up to see that everyone was staring at her. 'Do I
have something in my hair? On my dress?' panicked Serena. Then she
heard a booming voice as loud as a trumpet.
"Serena, dear! You look fabulous!" exclaimed Mina Livingston.
Mina looked like Serena's twin, except for the fact that their eyes
were a slightly different color and Mina tied her hair in a bow and she
was wearing an orange dress with hearts all over. Behind her walked 3
other young women. Since Mina had broken the silent spell, the room
had gotten back into its usual cheeriness. As the 3 women stopped in
front of Serena, she recognized them instantly. They were her other
friends, Ami Abranko, Rei Fugimoto, and Lita Thomas. Ami had blue
short hair and eyes and was wearing a blue gown with teardrops stitched
in. Rei had long black hair and purple eyes and was wearing fire
designs on her red dress.. Lita had brown wavy hair tied up in a high
ponytail with green eyes. She was wearing a green gown with lightning
bolts embroidered.
"Hi Serena!" chimed Ami. They all waved hello to her.
"Hey guys! I didn't think you would be here, but I'm glad you
are anyway!" replied Serena.
"Yeah well, you know how your mother loves us, especially me
because of my wonderful cooking," bragged Lita jokingly.
"Yeah right, Lita. Anyway, it's a great place to meet cute guys
too. And speaking of cute guys, here comes your brother and another
one!" exclaimed Rei, pointing behind Serena. Serena looked behind her
and saw Recca and Darien walking towards them. Darien looks so
handsome, thought Serena, looking into his eyes. Recca's voice brought
her out of her trance of the same man.
"Hey Serena. Hey Rei, ladies," he bowed his heads towards Rei,
showing obvious attraction. "Anyway, Serena, dad wants to talk to you,
he has a...surprise, if you may call it that." Serena looked surprise.
She nodded and walked towards her father, walking behind her were her
friends, brother, and Darien. When she reached her father, he was
talking to a young, handsome man with very dark brown hair and black
eyes.
"Ah!! Serena! There you are! I have something wonderful to
tell you!" exclaimed her father.
"What is it father?" asked Serena questionably. Her father
winked at her while the young man was busy observing her, which made
Serena very uncomfortable.
"Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention!" hollered her
father. The crowd hushed once more and turned their heads toward their
host. "I have a wonderful announcement to make! This young man here,
Devon Leininger, a man in the army," pointed her father, "Has asked my
daughter's hand, Serena, in marriage! And I have consented!" Everyone
started clapping thunderously, while Serena stared into space with
shock and fear in her eyes.
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AN: Well, folks! That's the end of this chapter! I hope you enjoyed
reading it as much as we've enjoyed writing it! Well, see you next
time! Let's go to Kell now!
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AN: Kell here! That's the end and we would like to know what you
thought about it! Chapter 2 coming your way to your nearest computer!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Authors: Yes, by two authors! One very well known and fantastic author
by the name of.... (Drum roll please) the fantastic, amazing, who
should be a professional writer GOLDSTAR!!!! Then there's the puny not
very good at all writer me, Kell!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh, come off it Kell, there's a bunch of writers that are way better
than I am, including you!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Emails: For Kell: sailorkell@usa.net and for GoldStar: goldstar@eternalmoon.zzn.com
Now, if you really want to make us super-dupper happy email both of us!
Even if it's the dreaded F word, FLAMES! On second thought you can
email GoldStar them!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh, thanks Kell, give me all the flames!! Just e-mail them to both of us, or whomever you want to, k?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN: All right, it's me Kell, and I'm making them short! Thanks Fifi,
Tif, SailorHeartache, everybody from SMRFF, Midnight2050, Jlala, my
editors, you know who you are!!!! Of course I thank GoldStar, that's a given! Wow, I'm done!! Oh, can't forget Miri or Kelly either!! Also
thanks goes to Akira just for being a major good bud!! Now, here's
GoldStar! Let's see who has the shorter author notes, shall we?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN: Ok, I'd like to thank Sftbal1295, my editor and one of my best
online friend who keeps arguing with me about Darien, Deedlit7 who
inspired me to keep on writing, Freckles, a newly found friend,
cknight09, Darien/tuxedo mask, Sailor Tampa, Sailor Swiftheart,
Merlinkity, sailormoon1201, and, of course, my *dearest* friend Kell,
ha, yeah right, j/p Kell! Also, Recca, James, and Yahiko were my idea
while Jerry, Ryan, and Sammy are hers. Recca comes from the anime:
Flame of Recca. Yahiko comes from Rurouni Kenshin. Well, I guess
mine's longer!! Haha!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Disclaimer: Of course we own Sailor Moon, I would never write about something that's not ours! We're good *obedient * girls! "Don't lie you two". "Little spore, be quiet"! Hehe, we got to chase some brothers!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Also, Rurouni Kenshin nor Flame of Recca belongs to us, ok? Well, gotta chase down Kell's brother and we'll do that while you're reading!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Serena, set the table. Since Stassy is gone, we need you to set
the table for dinner. Oh, Recca has his friend, Darien, over for
dinner, so set a plate for him too," ordered her brother Jerry, who had
blond hair and blue eyes.
"Sure thing, Jer," Serena Eddington called back. She entered the
kitchen and headed to the cupboard, which held the plates. Well, she
couldn't grab 10 plates, especially since it was fine china. Just
looking at the fine china, you could tell they weren't poor, but they
did live like any family. Even though they had a maid named Stassy,
but that was because she was their mother's friend who desperately
needed a job. All her 6 brothers, including her parents, lived like a
happy, close-knit family. She set the 3 plates on the table, and
headed again to the cupboard, picking up 3 more plates. Again, she
placed the plates on the table. She repeated this till there were 10
white sparkling china plates with blue roses entwined together for
decoration. Now, she needed to get silverware. She went to the
silverware drawer, and picked up 10 shiny forks, spoons, and butter
knives. Serena knew her manners and she put them exactly where they
belonged. 'Ooh, need cups,' she remembered. She went to another
cupboard and picked up 4 champagne glasses with clear glass and a
shadowed man and woman dancing together. She set them right above the
plates, and grabbed 4 more, and repeated the process. She snatched up
the last two glasses and placed them exactly where they needed to go.
She took the napkins and put them on their plates. 'Ah, done.
Time to put the food on.' She went and picked up the steaming pot
full of spaghetti and put on her cooking mittens and triumphantly set
it on the table. She ran to the counter to get the basket full of
garlic bread and plopped it on the dining table. Then, she got the
salad and put it on the dishes, decorating it beautifully, finishing
them off by carefully putting on the ranch dressing. Then, she got the
oranges, apples, and pears and cut them into slices, putting them on a
big plate with the same decorations as the smaller ones. She walked
out into the large dining room and placed the salad dishes on each
place on the dining table.
'Any second,' she thought, 'all of my brothers would storm in,
smelling the aroma of the food.' She was right. Her brothers loudly
stomped up the stairs, and headed to the dining room and they were
laughing loudly at some joke. They ran full to the table and flopped
in a chair. Ryan had blond hair and bluish-greenish eyes, Sammy had
brown hair and blue eyes, Yahiko had brown hair and green eyes, James
had brownish-blond hair and blue eyes, and Recca had blond hair with
green eyes. Serena had noticed Recca's friend. He had dark, midnight
black hair, but what caught her attention was his eyes. You would just
notice those eyes right away; they were this wonderful shade of blue.
Not the light cornflower blue like she and her brother Jerry had, but
this stormy sea-color that was so mysterious, that it delighted her so
much, she could feel a bolt of electricity go up her spine. Recca
interrupted her train of thought as soon as Serena and their parents
came in. "Okay, Mom, Dad," Recca started, "This is Darien," Recca
pointed to his dark haired friend sitting across from him. Lauren
Eddington had brown hair and blue eyes while her husband, Bryan
Eddington had blond hair with green eyes.
"Now Dar, the one sitting next to you on your right is my brother
Yahiko, and to your left is my little sis, Serena. Now there is
Jerry," he introduced pointing to the man sitting to the left of Recca.
"Over there," he pointed to his brother, "By the door leading to the
porch is Ryan. Then besides Ryan is James. Lastly, this is my brother
Sammy. Of course you know my Mom and Dad," he motioned to his parents.
Darien answered with a polite quiet,
"Hello." Soon, everybody was greeting Darien with a hello, and
giving him kind smiles. All of the Eddingtons were curious about
Recca's friend, Darien, and decided to play 20 questions. Well, let's
make it 200 questions. They asked him about everything from how he
knew Recca to if he played tennis to what he decided to be. Again
there was laughter from everybody.
Serena rose from her chair to get the spaghetti. She walked to
the kitchen and picked up the bowl of China, and then, at the same
moment Darien rose from his seat. She started walking to the dining
room to place the spaghetti bowl, when she suddenly saw Darien. For the first time since she was a little girl, she klutzed out running
into Darien. She fell to the ground with the spaghetti flying onto
Serena and Darien's clothes along with the spaghetti sticking onto
their hair and faces. The worst part was that the china bowl fell to
the ground. Serena immediately looked to see if it was all right.
"Phew," she whispered.
She didn't know what she would do if it broke, but she thanked god when
it had only chipped off a little. She suddenly looked into Darien
eyes, right then, she knew she could look into his eyes for hours and
hours. Darien just gazed right back at her, just as intent. Serena
then forced herself to pick up the bowel and the broken piece, carry it
to the counter, and wash the bowl. She didn't want to face Darien at
the moment because for some reason, she was frightened. She didn't
know what she was feeling, but her heart did flips when she looked into
his eyes like that, but she knew that now was not the time to think
about it.
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Darien had intended to go to the bathroom, but then Recca's
sister, Serena, had dropped the food on him, yet he still had to get
that food off him. 'Gosh I'm dirty. Yuck.' He started wiping the food
off him, but he couldn't forget when he looked into Serena's eyes.
'Oh, they are beautiful. Heck, Serena is beautiful, but it's wrong,
and so wrong to fall for your friend's sister.' He didn't quite know
why he liked her so much. Maybe, it was her sweet demeanor, and her
looks sure didn't hurt. Well he knew it was time to go home. This
just wasn't right for him to stay when he needed to sort through his
thoughts.
Serena swung her bedroom door open, and lightly walked in. Her
bed looked like a paradise to relax and forget about a certain
somebody. She plopped right down with her pillows and gigantic stuffed
animals. She snuggled up to her big, white bunny, and buried her face
into it. She couldn't believe what she had just did. She had spilled
food on Darien, and it had to be spaghetti of all things! He must
think she was a klutz. Life was not good at the moment for her. She
didn't know why she cared so much, but she just did. She immediately
took a liking to this guy, but she was sure he didn't like her in that
special way. Her thoughts were just a jumble right now. She had never
felt anything for a guy, but she definitely felt something for this
one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A few days later
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serena had to fill the horses' stalls with clean hay. Since Stassy
didn't come home last night, they were still all worried sick for her.
But Serena's mind was still on Darien. For once, she wasn't wearing a
dress, but pants. She grabbed the pitchfork from the wall it was
placed on and headed to the stalls. With a few thrustful (GoldStar: Is
that even a word? My spell checker says it isn't.) motions, she was
getting all of the old hay out of the stalls. At first, it was a piece
of cake, but as time wore on, it became more tiring. She had always
hated doing this; it was really boring. Well, she had to do it. As
she was thrusting, she spotted a shadow. She raised the pitchfork for
self-defense.
"Want some help?" he offered. She turned her head around and
noticed it was... HIM! She gave a surprised squeal and then covered her
mouth with her hand. She couldn't believe he was actually here talking
to her. What was she to say? She had no idea. Well, her arms decided
the answer for her. They sure were tired, so she put down the
pitchfork and handed it to him. She sat down while Darien was busy
filling the horse stalls. She blew her bangs out of the way and rested
while watching him. 'Well, he does have one heck of a body...what am I
thinking?! No, no Serena!! He doesn't feel anything for you, he's
just helping because he thinks I'll klutz out and kill the horses with
the pitchfork. (Editor's Note: LOL!) Well,' she thought, 'I can still
always dream.' And she definitely started daydreaming about his thick,
black hair and dark pool eyes. Suddenly, she was out of her trance
when she heard Recca's voice.
"Hey Serena, Darien," greeted Recca, he turned to Darien, "Oh,
mom and dad wanted to know if you wanted to go to the ball tonight."
"Why are you having a ball?" asked Darien.
"Because it's Ryan's birthday today, and you know mom, always
wanting to throw a party anyway..." replied Recca, "So Darien, want to
come?"
"Sure, I guess...I have nothing else to do today anyway,"
answered Darien.
"Great! The party starts at a quarter till 5! Why don't you
just go home, I think *your* chore is done already, Darien," remarked
Recca, grinning slyly at Serena. Darien looked at the pitchfork, then
dropped it.
"Hehe, oh yeah, maybe I should get home, see you later Recca!"
then, Darien ran out of the barn. Recca looked at Serena.
"So, I guess two people are falling for each other. Imagine, my
dear sister, Serena and my best friend, Darien, falling for each other.
Who would've thought? And here, I thought you didn't like guys. Guess
I was wrong," Recca gave a joyous wink to Serena. Serena just looked
at Recca heatedly and stormed out of the barnyard.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Later in the day
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serena was in her room, getting ready for the ball. She had a
light pink gown on with white frilly lace around the neckline. Darker
pink roses were embedded in the dress, making her eyes even more
brilliant. Her long, golden hair (AN: Serena's hair is not as long as
it is in the show, try thinking that it ends at her waist) was still
down, but she had no idea how to put it. She thought and thought and
tried different styles, but they all looked to common or messy for her,
so she just decided to leave it down. She put on her shoes and looked
at the clock. It was 5 o'clock exactly. People are probably already
down there and dancing. 'I should go down.' thought Serena. So, she
checked to make sure if everything was all right, and opened her
bedroom door. Sure enough, there were people already in their huge
ballroom and dancing. Serena could hear the elegant music as it hung
through the air and sailed past her ears. She stepped down the stairs
and while she was doing that, she heard a hush. When Serena heard the
silence, she looked up to see that everyone was staring at her. 'Do I
have something in my hair? On my dress?' panicked Serena. Then she
heard a booming voice as loud as a trumpet.
"Serena, dear! You look fabulous!" exclaimed Mina Livingston.
Mina looked like Serena's twin, except for the fact that their eyes
were a slightly different color and Mina tied her hair in a bow and she
was wearing an orange dress with hearts all over. Behind her walked 3
other young women. Since Mina had broken the silent spell, the room
had gotten back into its usual cheeriness. As the 3 women stopped in
front of Serena, she recognized them instantly. They were her other
friends, Ami Abranko, Rei Fugimoto, and Lita Thomas. Ami had blue
short hair and eyes and was wearing a blue gown with teardrops stitched
in. Rei had long black hair and purple eyes and was wearing fire
designs on her red dress.. Lita had brown wavy hair tied up in a high
ponytail with green eyes. She was wearing a green gown with lightning
bolts embroidered.
"Hi Serena!" chimed Ami. They all waved hello to her.
"Hey guys! I didn't think you would be here, but I'm glad you
are anyway!" replied Serena.
"Yeah well, you know how your mother loves us, especially me
because of my wonderful cooking," bragged Lita jokingly.
"Yeah right, Lita. Anyway, it's a great place to meet cute guys
too. And speaking of cute guys, here comes your brother and another
one!" exclaimed Rei, pointing behind Serena. Serena looked behind her
and saw Recca and Darien walking towards them. Darien looks so
handsome, thought Serena, looking into his eyes. Recca's voice brought
her out of her trance of the same man.
"Hey Serena. Hey Rei, ladies," he bowed his heads towards Rei,
showing obvious attraction. "Anyway, Serena, dad wants to talk to you,
he has a...surprise, if you may call it that." Serena looked surprise.
She nodded and walked towards her father, walking behind her were her
friends, brother, and Darien. When she reached her father, he was
talking to a young, handsome man with very dark brown hair and black
eyes.
"Ah!! Serena! There you are! I have something wonderful to
tell you!" exclaimed her father.
"What is it father?" asked Serena questionably. Her father
winked at her while the young man was busy observing her, which made
Serena very uncomfortable.
"Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention!" hollered her
father. The crowd hushed once more and turned their heads toward their
host. "I have a wonderful announcement to make! This young man here,
Devon Leininger, a man in the army," pointed her father, "Has asked my
daughter's hand, Serena, in marriage! And I have consented!" Everyone
started clapping thunderously, while Serena stared into space with
shock and fear in her eyes.
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AN: Well, folks! That's the end of this chapter! I hope you enjoyed
reading it as much as we've enjoyed writing it! Well, see you next
time! Let's go to Kell now!
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AN: Kell here! That's the end and we would like to know what you
thought about it! Chapter 2 coming your way to your nearest computer!