Chapter #2 crying for forgiveness
Serena hoped off the bus only to walk into a downpour. She got drenched in a matter of seconds. The rain hid her tears flowing down her face. She kept on walking not caring were she was going. She passed a couple running into their apartment to avoid getting wet from the rain.
She didn't mind getting wet. She didn't care.
"Why should I?" she mumbled aloud to her self. Slowly making her way towards the park, which sat just beside the harbor?
She went and sat herself under a tree as an effort to keep most of the rain from falling on her face and body. She gazed out onto the harbor to where all the boats were lined up together neatly. The blanket of seawater had formed a slight mist on the top of its surface from the now heavy falling rain.
In the corner of her eye she caught a flicker of something red swaying in the breeze. Turning her head she saw a large bed of roses covering the dampened earth. She sat by the tree, staring at them for some time.
This was her favorite spot to come to when she was upset. Darien had first taken her here when she was fifteen. She was having trouble concentrating with her homework so Darien took her here. He said this was his favorite spot to come when he couldn't focus on his studies.
"Dam it Darien why did you have to say that?" Serena spoke softly as she laid her head in her lap. She kept recalling what he had said to her out side the school grounds.
"Why did you find someone that WANTS to take you?" Those words pierced her heart deeply.
Serena broke down in another verge of heart breaking tears. A slight breeze caused her to shiver. She hugged her knees tighter and tried to forget the cold temperatures that engulfed her small body.
She felt something warm sit on her back and realized some one had put a jacket over her. She shifted her face only to find midnight eyes staring back at her with guilt, confusion and pain all mixed into one. She turned away from the person only to have a hand rest on her shoulder.
"I figured I would find you here meatball head." Darien calmly stated and sat down besides her. His eyes observed her facial features. He could tell she was hurt. He lifted his hand gently and carefully rubbed away her tears.
"I'm sorry Serena," he continued trying to make her feel better. "May I ask though what I did wrong?"
Serena was offended by the question.
"How could he not know what he did?" she asked her self, "maybe I over reacted?"
Serena sighed loudly and pulled the jacket closer to her as another breeze blew over. It was still raining quite hard. A loud ring of thunder could be heard as Serena jumped suddenly in her position. Serena was terrified of thunder. She always had been since she could remember.
"Darien don't you know what you said to me?" She gazed into his eyes waiting for an answer. He only looked at her in confusion. The rain faintly fell over his charcoal black hair as he sat there thinking. In the end he looked at her for the answer.
"I'm sorry Serena I don't know what I did wrong."
"You said and I quote "You mean you found some one that WANTS to go out with you?" Serena fought back more tears that threatened to fall. She was surprised when she felt an arm pull her into a warm body. As Darien embraced her he stroked her head with his hand.
"Serena I didn't mean that and you know it," he was right they always did this to each other. So why should today be any different?
"Yeah I am sorry Darien I guessed I over reacted. With the prom and all I got a little emotional."
"A little?" Darien laughed, "You yell at me in front of a crowd. Storm off in tears towards the bus. Made your way to the park in a downpour and sat on soggy wet grass and cried."
Serena thought about this and sighed. He was right. Then again he always was. Perfect scores in every exam, tests and assignment you could think of. He even scored extra credit.
The rain picked up again and fell harder than before. Darien stood up and held a hand out to his small companion.
"Come on meatball head lets get you out of the rain and dried off" he waited for her to accept his hand and made his way towards his car. Once in the car Serena muffled a scream as another large rumble filled the air.
"Still frightened of a little sound hey?"
Serena glared at him then her expression softened and she laughed lightly, "Yeah you think after all these years I would be over it by now."
They both laughed a bit then pulled into the curve to park Darien's car.
Once they reached his apartment and made their way to the tenth floor, Darien unlocked his front door and showed Serena in. he grabbed two towels and threw one at Serena.
"You know what? You look like a drowned rat, Serena"
"HA, ha, ha." Serena replied sarcastically. Drying her hair as best she could she walked into the lunge room and sat down on his couch. Throwing her now damp towel at him in an effort to pay him back for the joke. He only laughed and took the towel off his head and placed them in a basket. He went into the kitchen and turned the kettle, grabbing two coffee cups as he did.
Serena looked down at the floor only to notice sheets of work scattered every where. It obviously he had studied hard.
"No wonder he aced college." Serena thought to her self.
"Here you go Serena," Darien came in and placed a cup of hot cocoa in her hand, "sorry about the mess."
"That's ok." Serena sat down on the couch and began to drink her warm beverage. Darien sat next to her. Silence fell over them for a moment before Serena spoke up.
"Look Darien I'm sorry for getting upset like that."
"It's ok meat ball head." Darien rubbed his hand through her hair causing it to get messy.
"Oh Darien!" Serena yelled and threw the pillow next to her at him. Laughing she went to pick the pillow up again but was stopped when Darien reached her first.
"Oh your in for it now" This caused her to squeak in surprise and she ran down the hall. He stood up and ran after her.
It all ended with two teens breathing hard on the floor with Serena's knee length hair flowing messily down her back. Darien had some how managed to pull her pig tales out.
"It's a big improvement for you meatball head" Darien studied Serena's long hair. He forgot how long it actually was. In fact it was the first time he ever saw her hair down. It made her look elegant and sleek.
"Hey what would you know Darien? I mean you always have your hair the same." Serena said in-a-matter-of-factly tone. She placed her hands on her waist and looked at him with a look to match her voice.
"And what may I ask you is wrong with my hair?" Darien ran his hand through his own hair trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Serena laughed.
"Nothings wrong with it. It's just that you have had that style since I can remember."
Shrugging his shoulders Darien got up and brushed his clothes off. Serena, still laughing from their little tickle war, slowly got herself up and made her way to the bathroom.
Taking one of his hairbrushes, she ran it through her golden locks. Still amazed at the way her hair fell down to her knees, Darien offered to help brush her hair for her. She smiled up at him and handed the brush to him.
"Thanks."
"For what Sere?" Darien answered running the brush down her hair.
"For coming to get me after my out burst today, I shouldn't have over reacted like that." Serena's eyes fell to the tile floor. Still feeling guilty she shifted uneasy in her position.
Two hours had passed and Serena gathered her stuff and made her way to the door. She thanked Darien for letting her stay in his apartment during the small storm. He only brushed it off saying she would have done the same thing in his situation. Laughing she waved good bye and went towards the elevator.
Making sure she was gone Darien let out a sigh and made his way back inside.
"I'm glad that we made up" Darien contemplated, "I don't know what I would have done if she left me."
The phone rang breaking him out of his previous thoughts.
"Hello?"
"Oh hey Darien it's me Andrew."
"Hey Andrew."
"Did you make up with Serena?"
"Yeah she and I are fine now. Is that what you phoned to ask?"
"No I came to invite you to come with me and Rita for a double date sort of thing. You see it is our anniversary and I would love you to come. It is at the new restaurant down town."
"Sounds like fun Andrew but did you say double date?"
"Yeah got any one you wanna bring?"
"I'll think about it, when is it?"
"Friday night 8 o'clock"
"Cool I'll be there, cya!"
"Bye." With that Darien placed the phone down. He went and grabbed his textbook and started going over notes from class. He didn't get very far cause he kept think of what Andrew said.
"Hmm maybe I should take Serena I'm sure she would like to go to the new night club."
He got up and walked back towards the phone, hesitated a bit, then picked it up. After the third ring some one answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Um hi is err Serena there?"
Serena hoped off the bus only to walk into a downpour. She got drenched in a matter of seconds. The rain hid her tears flowing down her face. She kept on walking not caring were she was going. She passed a couple running into their apartment to avoid getting wet from the rain.
She didn't mind getting wet. She didn't care.
"Why should I?" she mumbled aloud to her self. Slowly making her way towards the park, which sat just beside the harbor?
She went and sat herself under a tree as an effort to keep most of the rain from falling on her face and body. She gazed out onto the harbor to where all the boats were lined up together neatly. The blanket of seawater had formed a slight mist on the top of its surface from the now heavy falling rain.
In the corner of her eye she caught a flicker of something red swaying in the breeze. Turning her head she saw a large bed of roses covering the dampened earth. She sat by the tree, staring at them for some time.
This was her favorite spot to come to when she was upset. Darien had first taken her here when she was fifteen. She was having trouble concentrating with her homework so Darien took her here. He said this was his favorite spot to come when he couldn't focus on his studies.
"Dam it Darien why did you have to say that?" Serena spoke softly as she laid her head in her lap. She kept recalling what he had said to her out side the school grounds.
"Why did you find someone that WANTS to take you?" Those words pierced her heart deeply.
Serena broke down in another verge of heart breaking tears. A slight breeze caused her to shiver. She hugged her knees tighter and tried to forget the cold temperatures that engulfed her small body.
She felt something warm sit on her back and realized some one had put a jacket over her. She shifted her face only to find midnight eyes staring back at her with guilt, confusion and pain all mixed into one. She turned away from the person only to have a hand rest on her shoulder.
"I figured I would find you here meatball head." Darien calmly stated and sat down besides her. His eyes observed her facial features. He could tell she was hurt. He lifted his hand gently and carefully rubbed away her tears.
"I'm sorry Serena," he continued trying to make her feel better. "May I ask though what I did wrong?"
Serena was offended by the question.
"How could he not know what he did?" she asked her self, "maybe I over reacted?"
Serena sighed loudly and pulled the jacket closer to her as another breeze blew over. It was still raining quite hard. A loud ring of thunder could be heard as Serena jumped suddenly in her position. Serena was terrified of thunder. She always had been since she could remember.
"Darien don't you know what you said to me?" She gazed into his eyes waiting for an answer. He only looked at her in confusion. The rain faintly fell over his charcoal black hair as he sat there thinking. In the end he looked at her for the answer.
"I'm sorry Serena I don't know what I did wrong."
"You said and I quote "You mean you found some one that WANTS to go out with you?" Serena fought back more tears that threatened to fall. She was surprised when she felt an arm pull her into a warm body. As Darien embraced her he stroked her head with his hand.
"Serena I didn't mean that and you know it," he was right they always did this to each other. So why should today be any different?
"Yeah I am sorry Darien I guessed I over reacted. With the prom and all I got a little emotional."
"A little?" Darien laughed, "You yell at me in front of a crowd. Storm off in tears towards the bus. Made your way to the park in a downpour and sat on soggy wet grass and cried."
Serena thought about this and sighed. He was right. Then again he always was. Perfect scores in every exam, tests and assignment you could think of. He even scored extra credit.
The rain picked up again and fell harder than before. Darien stood up and held a hand out to his small companion.
"Come on meatball head lets get you out of the rain and dried off" he waited for her to accept his hand and made his way towards his car. Once in the car Serena muffled a scream as another large rumble filled the air.
"Still frightened of a little sound hey?"
Serena glared at him then her expression softened and she laughed lightly, "Yeah you think after all these years I would be over it by now."
They both laughed a bit then pulled into the curve to park Darien's car.
Once they reached his apartment and made their way to the tenth floor, Darien unlocked his front door and showed Serena in. he grabbed two towels and threw one at Serena.
"You know what? You look like a drowned rat, Serena"
"HA, ha, ha." Serena replied sarcastically. Drying her hair as best she could she walked into the lunge room and sat down on his couch. Throwing her now damp towel at him in an effort to pay him back for the joke. He only laughed and took the towel off his head and placed them in a basket. He went into the kitchen and turned the kettle, grabbing two coffee cups as he did.
Serena looked down at the floor only to notice sheets of work scattered every where. It obviously he had studied hard.
"No wonder he aced college." Serena thought to her self.
"Here you go Serena," Darien came in and placed a cup of hot cocoa in her hand, "sorry about the mess."
"That's ok." Serena sat down on the couch and began to drink her warm beverage. Darien sat next to her. Silence fell over them for a moment before Serena spoke up.
"Look Darien I'm sorry for getting upset like that."
"It's ok meat ball head." Darien rubbed his hand through her hair causing it to get messy.
"Oh Darien!" Serena yelled and threw the pillow next to her at him. Laughing she went to pick the pillow up again but was stopped when Darien reached her first.
"Oh your in for it now" This caused her to squeak in surprise and she ran down the hall. He stood up and ran after her.
It all ended with two teens breathing hard on the floor with Serena's knee length hair flowing messily down her back. Darien had some how managed to pull her pig tales out.
"It's a big improvement for you meatball head" Darien studied Serena's long hair. He forgot how long it actually was. In fact it was the first time he ever saw her hair down. It made her look elegant and sleek.
"Hey what would you know Darien? I mean you always have your hair the same." Serena said in-a-matter-of-factly tone. She placed her hands on her waist and looked at him with a look to match her voice.
"And what may I ask you is wrong with my hair?" Darien ran his hand through his own hair trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Serena laughed.
"Nothings wrong with it. It's just that you have had that style since I can remember."
Shrugging his shoulders Darien got up and brushed his clothes off. Serena, still laughing from their little tickle war, slowly got herself up and made her way to the bathroom.
Taking one of his hairbrushes, she ran it through her golden locks. Still amazed at the way her hair fell down to her knees, Darien offered to help brush her hair for her. She smiled up at him and handed the brush to him.
"Thanks."
"For what Sere?" Darien answered running the brush down her hair.
"For coming to get me after my out burst today, I shouldn't have over reacted like that." Serena's eyes fell to the tile floor. Still feeling guilty she shifted uneasy in her position.
Two hours had passed and Serena gathered her stuff and made her way to the door. She thanked Darien for letting her stay in his apartment during the small storm. He only brushed it off saying she would have done the same thing in his situation. Laughing she waved good bye and went towards the elevator.
Making sure she was gone Darien let out a sigh and made his way back inside.
"I'm glad that we made up" Darien contemplated, "I don't know what I would have done if she left me."
The phone rang breaking him out of his previous thoughts.
"Hello?"
"Oh hey Darien it's me Andrew."
"Hey Andrew."
"Did you make up with Serena?"
"Yeah she and I are fine now. Is that what you phoned to ask?"
"No I came to invite you to come with me and Rita for a double date sort of thing. You see it is our anniversary and I would love you to come. It is at the new restaurant down town."
"Sounds like fun Andrew but did you say double date?"
"Yeah got any one you wanna bring?"
"I'll think about it, when is it?"
"Friday night 8 o'clock"
"Cool I'll be there, cya!"
"Bye." With that Darien placed the phone down. He went and grabbed his textbook and started going over notes from class. He didn't get very far cause he kept think of what Andrew said.
"Hmm maybe I should take Serena I'm sure she would like to go to the new night club."
He got up and walked back towards the phone, hesitated a bit, then picked it up. After the third ring some one answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Um hi is err Serena there?"