Notes: Hello minna! This is a romance story about Serena and Darien. This is my first time writing a Sailor Moon fanfic so don't kill me if you don't like it. I know that Serena is in Junior High when Ann and Alan come along but I forgot about that little detail until I was finished with this chapter so SORRY! Also, this is an AU fic so that means no transformations, no youmas, no nothing like that. If you want stuff like that
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is not mine so don't sue me. This is the
only time that I am going to say this so if you like to read the
disclaimer then you'll have to keep going back to this part.
Thank you note: Thank you to all of those wonderful fanfic authors
who inspired me to do this fanfic. Espeacially to Abbie and Lady
Rhinehart. I borrowed a little bit of your stories in this one.
Hope you don't mind. And now on to the story.
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Hard Times
Chapter One
New Kids on the Block
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"Hi Andrew. Can I get a strawberry milkshake?" Serena asked
as she walked into the Crown Arcade and sat down.
"Of course, my beautiful princess," Andrew said as he got
Serena what she wanted. "Your wish is my command."
Serena's cheeks turned pink. "Stop calling me that Andrew.
That sounds like a pet name for a girlfriend and you know that I'm
never gonna go out with you." she said.
"Not even to a movie?" he asked, making puppy eyes at Serena
as he handed her her milkshake.
"Nope, not even to a movie." she replied, laughing. Just then
the door to the Crown Arcade opened and in came Darien Chiba. He
was tall with dark hair and midnight blue eyes. He wore long black
pants with a black shirt and a green jacket slung over his
shoulder. Serena put a hand to her chest, he was sooooo handsome.
"Hi Darien!" Andrew called out to his best friend.
"Hey Andrew. Could you get me a cup of coffee?" Darien said
as he sat down next to Serena. "Hello Meatball Head. How's it
going? Flunk another test?" Darien said, a smile on his mouth.
"No, I did not flunk a test today Darien. Particularly since
we didn't have one." Serena said icily, trying to stay calm.
Surprise flashed across Darien's face but went too fast for
Serena to actually tell.
`I wonder why she isn't yelling at me like she usually does?'
Darien thought to himself. He noticed Serena looking at him oddly
so he pulled himself together.
"Are you sure? You're acting pretty strangely, Meatball Head." Darien said, watching her to see how she would react.
"Actually, Darien, I'm trying to restrain myself from strangling you with my bare hands and that may be why I appear to be acting strangely to you. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to get home. My mom wants me to help her clean the house and make dinner." Serena said even colder than before. And she walked out the door.
Darien watched the way Serena's hair flowed out behind her as
she walked away. `So soft,' he thought.
"Jeez, Darien, why do you always have to be so mean to her?
She's just a sweet innocent girl." Andrew said to Darien as he
cleared away Serena's glass.
"I don't know. I guess it's because she reminds me of the
annoying little sister that I never had." Darien answered his
friend.
"Yeah, well, you'd better lessen up. She is my girlfriend ya
know." Andrew said, glaring at his best friend.
"Andrew, she wouldn't go out with you if her life depended on
it." Darien said, looking at his friend in amusement.
"So? She'll come around, you'll see. She is going to be my
girlfriend one day." the fair haired young man said, staring off
into space.
"Keep dreaming Andrew. Keep dreaming." Darien said as he got
up to leave the arcade.
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`Oh Darien. Why do you have to be so mean to me? Can't you
see I love you?' Serena thought as she walked home. When she got
inside she was surprised that her mother hadn't already started
cleaning. She looked around the house.
"Mom? Dad? Sammy, where are you?" Serena called out. When
she looked in the kitchen she saw a note on the fridge. She walked
over to it. It said that everybody had gone to the store.
"Store? Why do they need to go to the store? Oh well. It
gets Sammy out of my hair. I think I'll go take a nap." Serena
said, yawning, as she climbed the stairs to her room.
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"Attention class!" Miss Haruna called out. "We will be having
two new students here at Juuban High. Please make them feel
comfortable. Would you like to introduce yourselves?" Miss Haruna
asked the two new students who were standing in back of her.
"My name is Alan. It is a pleasure to meet all of you. I'm
sure that I will like this school." said a boy who steppped out
from behind Miss Haruna. He was drop dead gorgeous, with his lean
figure and handsome face, and all the girls in the room had hearts
in their eyes. Except for Serena. Her heart was given.
"And I am Ann, Alan's sister. I am also glad to meet all of
you." a girl said, coming out to stand by Alan. She was very
pretty, with short brown hair and reddish-greenish eyes. "Alan, there's a seat over there next to Serena, why don't you
sit there? And for you Ann I think I'll put you behind Melvin."
Miss Haruna said, pointing the siblings to their seats. All the
girls stared at Alan as he walked over to the seat next to Serena
while all the guys gawked at Ann.
"Hey Serena, would you mind showing me around here during
lunch?" Alan asked Serena.
"Sure Alan." Serena said, smiling at him. Alan grinned.
`What a beautiful creature. Long silky hair and those wonderful
blue eyes.' He was brought back to reality when Serena told him to
pay attention. `I'll pay attention...to you, my princess.' Alan
thought, smiling.
While Alan was staring at Serena, Ann was making a face at
having to sit behind this loser. And she didn't like the way Alan
was looking at that girl, Serena, at the other end of the room.
"Hey, Ann, where did you live before you came here? And what
school did you go to? How come you moved here? Were you
transfered?" Melvin started to ask Ann. `If this is how the rest
of the students are going to be towards me, then this is going to
be a long day.' Ann thought.
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"Why were you staring at Serena this morning? Do you have a
crush on her?" Ann asked Alan, a bit angrily.
"Nani? What do you mean, `staring at Serena'?" Alan asked,
trying to hide how he felt about the goddess that sat in front of
him.
"Don't try to lie about it Alan. I thought you only loved me.
I can't believe that you would fall for such a weak earthling." Ann
pouted.
"But Ann, you know that the only one for me is you. That
Serena means nothing to me©Ann? Where'd you go Ann?!" Alan said,
spinning around, looking in every direction. He finally spotted
her talking to some tall guy with black hair and deep, midnight
blue eyes. As the earthling girls would've said, he was a real
hunk. "`Can't belive you would fall for such a weak earthling' huh
Ann? Well it looks like you've fallen for one too." Alan said, his
eyes twinkling with amusement.
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She was listening to Alan's blabber when she had spotted the
hottest guy she had ever seen since she had gotten to this strange
planet. Forgetting all about Alan, she had gone over to see him.
"Hi, my name is Ann. I just moved here. What's yours?" she
had asked him when she had reached him.
The guy turned around, startled. When he saw her outstretched
hand he took it and said" My name is Darien Chiba. So you just got
here, huh?" Darien looked at Ann, taking in her stunning looks.
`Wow, she sure is beautiful.'
"Yeah. Hey, I know this might sound a little forward but I wondering if you could show me around? You know, show me all the spots where you like to hang out, maybe introduce me to some of your friends. So, how about it?" Ann asked Darien suddenly, giving him a dazzling smile. `Man is he fine.' was her thought as she took in his all too handsome face.
"Uh sure. Why don't I show you the Crown Arcade first?"
Darien said, returning the smile with a rare smile of his own.
"Okay." Ann said, as she thoiught `Wow. I got a major stud to
spend the whole day with me, showing me around town. Maybe today
isn't going to be so bad after all.'
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Serena looked up as the door opened. `It's Darien, I can't
believe it. Hey, who's that with him? It can't be...no it is.
It's that demon Ann. What's she doing with Darien?' Serena thought
as she saw her one true love enter the arcade with Ann hanging on
to his arm. `Why is he letting her hold on to his arm? He never
lets any girl even touch him, much less hang on to his arm so
posessively like that. I wonder if...'
"Hey Darien. Is Ann your new girlfriend? Jeez, you sure did
get her fast. She only arrived at school today." Serena teased
Darien as he sat down at the bar with Ann.
Darien felt his cheeks burn as he said, "No, Ann isn't my
girlfriend. I'm just showing her around Tokyo. Is that a crime
Meatball Head?"
"Hey, that fits you Serena. I've gotta tell Alan that." Ann
said, laughing at Serena.
"I am not a Meatball Head you BAKAS! I am Serena. But why am
I even wasting my breath on a bunch of *lovebirds* like you who
probably won't even notice a thing other than each other." Serena
said, a wicked grin on her face.
"SERENA, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?! WE ARE NOT
GOING OUT!!!!!!!!" Darien shouted, causing everybody in the room to
look at them.
"Yeah, right. Whatever Mr. Romeo. See ya later you two."
Serena said, waving good©bye as she walked out.
"You know, that Serena isn't that bad sometimes." Darien
murmured.
"What was that Darien?" Ann asked him.
"Oh, nothing. So, who is this *Alan*?" Darien asked Ann,
interested. `I hope it's not her boyfriend or anything. I really
like her.' he thought.
"Oh Alan? He's just my brother." Ann said. Darien let out a
sigh of relief. "So, Darien, when are you gonna introduce me to
your friends hmmm?" she asked him.
"Oh yeah. Andrew!" Darien called out. "Come over here!"
As Andrew walked over Darien noticed the look he was giving
Ann.
"Hey Darien. Who is this, your girlfriend?" Andrew asked as
soon as he got there.
"No, she is not my girlfriend." Darien told him, starting to get a little annoyed.
"Good, cuz that means that she's mine for the taking." Andrew
said. Then, turning to Ann, "Hello there pretty young lady. Would
you bestow me with the honor of knowing your name?"
"It's Ann." Ann said to Andrew, blushing slightly. Darien
looked at Andrew jealously. `Wait a second, why am I jealous of
Andrew? I have no reason to hate him.' Darien thought with a
start.
"Aaahh, the name of an angel. Oh, heavenly woman, would you
please accompany me to see a movie tonight?" Andrew said, a
blissful look on his face.
"Well, um, I don't know how to say this but I'm kind of tired.
I'm sorry Andrew. Maybe some other time." Ann said sweetly to
Andrew, batting her eyelashes at him.
"Here, how about I walk you to your apartment?" Darien
offered.
"Oh, thanks Darien. It really means a lot to me."
"Okay, we'll see you two later." Andrew said to them as they
walked out. But they didn't even seem to hear them. All they
seemed to notice was each other. Andrew sighed.
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When Serena had walked out of the arcade instead of going home
she had ducked into a nearby alley and had waited until Ann and
Darien had left. Then she had followed them.
Serena had followed them all over town. They had gone over to
tons of gift shops where Darien had bought Ann gift after gift and
was holding them while they walked.
They finally reached Ann's apartment building. "Oh Darien,
thank you for walking me home. And thank you for buying me all of
these presents. That was so sweet of you. Would you mind it if
you helped me carry all of these wonderful things up to my
apartment?" Ann said in a sickenly sweet voice.
"Okay, whatever you say." came a muffled voice from behind all
of Ann's things.
"Wonderful. Here, follow me." Ann said, pulling his arm.
`Oh great, now I'll probably have to climb a whole bunch of
stairs and after that long hike I don't think I'll make it. I'm
pooped." a tired Serena thought as she followed the two inside the
building.
"Here Darien, why don't you come in and have some tea?" Ann
offered when they had reached her apartment.
"Oh thanks." Darien said, closing the door behind him. Just
as he closed the door a panting Serena collapsed at the top of the
stairs.
"How can he do it? How was he able to climb all these stairs
with all that stuff and *still* not even break a sweat. Even after
that huge hike around Tokyo. It's a miracle." Serena said in
between gasping for breath.
Inside the apartment Ann had just served tea Darien was
listening while she told all about the `horrible stuff that Serena
did to her' while she was in school.
"I was just tring to eat my lunch when she came over to me and said `Hey, Annie, nice hair, although I didn't know split ends was
in style this year. Where were you this morning during class?
When Miss Haruna asked you that question you acted like you weren't
even on this planet. What is up with that? You truly are a
space case.'" Ann lied. The truth was that Ann had said those
things to Serena at lunch, also making fun of her hairstyle.
"That's horrible. I never knew she could be so heartless."
Darien said, leaning over to pat her on her arm. Ann felt her body
flare up with his touch. "I'm gonna go find her and talk to her
about her behavior towards you." Darien said, a serious look on his
face.
"Oh, would you Darien? That would mean so much to me." Ann
said giving him a hug.
"Sure, anything for you." choked out Darien.
"Here, let me show you to the door." Ann said, helping Darien
up. When they got outside the door they both were silent for a
moment, then Darien took Ann in his arms and kissed her. The kiss
was a passionate one. When they finally came up for air they were
confronted with two expressions of shock. One of them was
Serena's, who's turned into one of pain. The other belonged to a
very angry Alan.
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Cliffhanger I know you don't like 'em . Thank you for reading my fanfic.
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is not mine so don't sue me. This is the
only time that I am going to say this so if you like to read the
disclaimer then you'll have to keep going back to this part.
Thank you note: Thank you to all of those wonderful fanfic authors
who inspired me to do this fanfic. Espeacially to Abbie and Lady
Rhinehart. I borrowed a little bit of your stories in this one.
Hope you don't mind. And now on to the story.
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Hard Times
Chapter One
New Kids on the Block
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"Hi Andrew. Can I get a strawberry milkshake?" Serena asked
as she walked into the Crown Arcade and sat down.
"Of course, my beautiful princess," Andrew said as he got
Serena what she wanted. "Your wish is my command."
Serena's cheeks turned pink. "Stop calling me that Andrew.
That sounds like a pet name for a girlfriend and you know that I'm
never gonna go out with you." she said.
"Not even to a movie?" he asked, making puppy eyes at Serena
as he handed her her milkshake.
"Nope, not even to a movie." she replied, laughing. Just then
the door to the Crown Arcade opened and in came Darien Chiba. He
was tall with dark hair and midnight blue eyes. He wore long black
pants with a black shirt and a green jacket slung over his
shoulder. Serena put a hand to her chest, he was sooooo handsome.
"Hi Darien!" Andrew called out to his best friend.
"Hey Andrew. Could you get me a cup of coffee?" Darien said
as he sat down next to Serena. "Hello Meatball Head. How's it
going? Flunk another test?" Darien said, a smile on his mouth.
"No, I did not flunk a test today Darien. Particularly since
we didn't have one." Serena said icily, trying to stay calm.
Surprise flashed across Darien's face but went too fast for
Serena to actually tell.
`I wonder why she isn't yelling at me like she usually does?'
Darien thought to himself. He noticed Serena looking at him oddly
so he pulled himself together.
"Are you sure? You're acting pretty strangely, Meatball Head." Darien said, watching her to see how she would react.
"Actually, Darien, I'm trying to restrain myself from strangling you with my bare hands and that may be why I appear to be acting strangely to you. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to get home. My mom wants me to help her clean the house and make dinner." Serena said even colder than before. And she walked out the door.
Darien watched the way Serena's hair flowed out behind her as
she walked away. `So soft,' he thought.
"Jeez, Darien, why do you always have to be so mean to her?
She's just a sweet innocent girl." Andrew said to Darien as he
cleared away Serena's glass.
"I don't know. I guess it's because she reminds me of the
annoying little sister that I never had." Darien answered his
friend.
"Yeah, well, you'd better lessen up. She is my girlfriend ya
know." Andrew said, glaring at his best friend.
"Andrew, she wouldn't go out with you if her life depended on
it." Darien said, looking at his friend in amusement.
"So? She'll come around, you'll see. She is going to be my
girlfriend one day." the fair haired young man said, staring off
into space.
"Keep dreaming Andrew. Keep dreaming." Darien said as he got
up to leave the arcade.
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`Oh Darien. Why do you have to be so mean to me? Can't you
see I love you?' Serena thought as she walked home. When she got
inside she was surprised that her mother hadn't already started
cleaning. She looked around the house.
"Mom? Dad? Sammy, where are you?" Serena called out. When
she looked in the kitchen she saw a note on the fridge. She walked
over to it. It said that everybody had gone to the store.
"Store? Why do they need to go to the store? Oh well. It
gets Sammy out of my hair. I think I'll go take a nap." Serena
said, yawning, as she climbed the stairs to her room.
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"Attention class!" Miss Haruna called out. "We will be having
two new students here at Juuban High. Please make them feel
comfortable. Would you like to introduce yourselves?" Miss Haruna
asked the two new students who were standing in back of her.
"My name is Alan. It is a pleasure to meet all of you. I'm
sure that I will like this school." said a boy who steppped out
from behind Miss Haruna. He was drop dead gorgeous, with his lean
figure and handsome face, and all the girls in the room had hearts
in their eyes. Except for Serena. Her heart was given.
"And I am Ann, Alan's sister. I am also glad to meet all of
you." a girl said, coming out to stand by Alan. She was very
pretty, with short brown hair and reddish-greenish eyes. "Alan, there's a seat over there next to Serena, why don't you
sit there? And for you Ann I think I'll put you behind Melvin."
Miss Haruna said, pointing the siblings to their seats. All the
girls stared at Alan as he walked over to the seat next to Serena
while all the guys gawked at Ann.
"Hey Serena, would you mind showing me around here during
lunch?" Alan asked Serena.
"Sure Alan." Serena said, smiling at him. Alan grinned.
`What a beautiful creature. Long silky hair and those wonderful
blue eyes.' He was brought back to reality when Serena told him to
pay attention. `I'll pay attention...to you, my princess.' Alan
thought, smiling.
While Alan was staring at Serena, Ann was making a face at
having to sit behind this loser. And she didn't like the way Alan
was looking at that girl, Serena, at the other end of the room.
"Hey, Ann, where did you live before you came here? And what
school did you go to? How come you moved here? Were you
transfered?" Melvin started to ask Ann. `If this is how the rest
of the students are going to be towards me, then this is going to
be a long day.' Ann thought.
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"Why were you staring at Serena this morning? Do you have a
crush on her?" Ann asked Alan, a bit angrily.
"Nani? What do you mean, `staring at Serena'?" Alan asked,
trying to hide how he felt about the goddess that sat in front of
him.
"Don't try to lie about it Alan. I thought you only loved me.
I can't believe that you would fall for such a weak earthling." Ann
pouted.
"But Ann, you know that the only one for me is you. That
Serena means nothing to me©Ann? Where'd you go Ann?!" Alan said,
spinning around, looking in every direction. He finally spotted
her talking to some tall guy with black hair and deep, midnight
blue eyes. As the earthling girls would've said, he was a real
hunk. "`Can't belive you would fall for such a weak earthling' huh
Ann? Well it looks like you've fallen for one too." Alan said, his
eyes twinkling with amusement.
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She was listening to Alan's blabber when she had spotted the
hottest guy she had ever seen since she had gotten to this strange
planet. Forgetting all about Alan, she had gone over to see him.
"Hi, my name is Ann. I just moved here. What's yours?" she
had asked him when she had reached him.
The guy turned around, startled. When he saw her outstretched
hand he took it and said" My name is Darien Chiba. So you just got
here, huh?" Darien looked at Ann, taking in her stunning looks.
`Wow, she sure is beautiful.'
"Yeah. Hey, I know this might sound a little forward but I wondering if you could show me around? You know, show me all the spots where you like to hang out, maybe introduce me to some of your friends. So, how about it?" Ann asked Darien suddenly, giving him a dazzling smile. `Man is he fine.' was her thought as she took in his all too handsome face.
"Uh sure. Why don't I show you the Crown Arcade first?"
Darien said, returning the smile with a rare smile of his own.
"Okay." Ann said, as she thoiught `Wow. I got a major stud to
spend the whole day with me, showing me around town. Maybe today
isn't going to be so bad after all.'
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Serena looked up as the door opened. `It's Darien, I can't
believe it. Hey, who's that with him? It can't be...no it is.
It's that demon Ann. What's she doing with Darien?' Serena thought
as she saw her one true love enter the arcade with Ann hanging on
to his arm. `Why is he letting her hold on to his arm? He never
lets any girl even touch him, much less hang on to his arm so
posessively like that. I wonder if...'
"Hey Darien. Is Ann your new girlfriend? Jeez, you sure did
get her fast. She only arrived at school today." Serena teased
Darien as he sat down at the bar with Ann.
Darien felt his cheeks burn as he said, "No, Ann isn't my
girlfriend. I'm just showing her around Tokyo. Is that a crime
Meatball Head?"
"Hey, that fits you Serena. I've gotta tell Alan that." Ann
said, laughing at Serena.
"I am not a Meatball Head you BAKAS! I am Serena. But why am
I even wasting my breath on a bunch of *lovebirds* like you who
probably won't even notice a thing other than each other." Serena
said, a wicked grin on her face.
"SERENA, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?! WE ARE NOT
GOING OUT!!!!!!!!" Darien shouted, causing everybody in the room to
look at them.
"Yeah, right. Whatever Mr. Romeo. See ya later you two."
Serena said, waving good©bye as she walked out.
"You know, that Serena isn't that bad sometimes." Darien
murmured.
"What was that Darien?" Ann asked him.
"Oh, nothing. So, who is this *Alan*?" Darien asked Ann,
interested. `I hope it's not her boyfriend or anything. I really
like her.' he thought.
"Oh Alan? He's just my brother." Ann said. Darien let out a
sigh of relief. "So, Darien, when are you gonna introduce me to
your friends hmmm?" she asked him.
"Oh yeah. Andrew!" Darien called out. "Come over here!"
As Andrew walked over Darien noticed the look he was giving
Ann.
"Hey Darien. Who is this, your girlfriend?" Andrew asked as
soon as he got there.
"No, she is not my girlfriend." Darien told him, starting to get a little annoyed.
"Good, cuz that means that she's mine for the taking." Andrew
said. Then, turning to Ann, "Hello there pretty young lady. Would
you bestow me with the honor of knowing your name?"
"It's Ann." Ann said to Andrew, blushing slightly. Darien
looked at Andrew jealously. `Wait a second, why am I jealous of
Andrew? I have no reason to hate him.' Darien thought with a
start.
"Aaahh, the name of an angel. Oh, heavenly woman, would you
please accompany me to see a movie tonight?" Andrew said, a
blissful look on his face.
"Well, um, I don't know how to say this but I'm kind of tired.
I'm sorry Andrew. Maybe some other time." Ann said sweetly to
Andrew, batting her eyelashes at him.
"Here, how about I walk you to your apartment?" Darien
offered.
"Oh, thanks Darien. It really means a lot to me."
"Okay, we'll see you two later." Andrew said to them as they
walked out. But they didn't even seem to hear them. All they
seemed to notice was each other. Andrew sighed.
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When Serena had walked out of the arcade instead of going home
she had ducked into a nearby alley and had waited until Ann and
Darien had left. Then she had followed them.
Serena had followed them all over town. They had gone over to
tons of gift shops where Darien had bought Ann gift after gift and
was holding them while they walked.
They finally reached Ann's apartment building. "Oh Darien,
thank you for walking me home. And thank you for buying me all of
these presents. That was so sweet of you. Would you mind it if
you helped me carry all of these wonderful things up to my
apartment?" Ann said in a sickenly sweet voice.
"Okay, whatever you say." came a muffled voice from behind all
of Ann's things.
"Wonderful. Here, follow me." Ann said, pulling his arm.
`Oh great, now I'll probably have to climb a whole bunch of
stairs and after that long hike I don't think I'll make it. I'm
pooped." a tired Serena thought as she followed the two inside the
building.
"Here Darien, why don't you come in and have some tea?" Ann
offered when they had reached her apartment.
"Oh thanks." Darien said, closing the door behind him. Just
as he closed the door a panting Serena collapsed at the top of the
stairs.
"How can he do it? How was he able to climb all these stairs
with all that stuff and *still* not even break a sweat. Even after
that huge hike around Tokyo. It's a miracle." Serena said in
between gasping for breath.
Inside the apartment Ann had just served tea Darien was
listening while she told all about the `horrible stuff that Serena
did to her' while she was in school.
"I was just tring to eat my lunch when she came over to me and said `Hey, Annie, nice hair, although I didn't know split ends was
in style this year. Where were you this morning during class?
When Miss Haruna asked you that question you acted like you weren't
even on this planet. What is up with that? You truly are a
space case.'" Ann lied. The truth was that Ann had said those
things to Serena at lunch, also making fun of her hairstyle.
"That's horrible. I never knew she could be so heartless."
Darien said, leaning over to pat her on her arm. Ann felt her body
flare up with his touch. "I'm gonna go find her and talk to her
about her behavior towards you." Darien said, a serious look on his
face.
"Oh, would you Darien? That would mean so much to me." Ann
said giving him a hug.
"Sure, anything for you." choked out Darien.
"Here, let me show you to the door." Ann said, helping Darien
up. When they got outside the door they both were silent for a
moment, then Darien took Ann in his arms and kissed her. The kiss
was a passionate one. When they finally came up for air they were
confronted with two expressions of shock. One of them was
Serena's, who's turned into one of pain. The other belonged to a
very angry Alan.
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