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Without You
Chapter One
I always thought the experience would have been so much easier, to just let him slip away from me. Our relationship was on the rocks anyway and any hope of us staying together was basically broken, no shattered, and there was really no point in holding on. Since he was little he'd never been an emotional person, it wasn't something accepted in his family, and he tended to turn away any feelings that came over him. That attitude rubbed off on me and I realized Darien was a guy I couldn't give my heart away to because he wasn't connecting with me enough.
No matter how hard I tried to tear down walls, he had a million reinforcements behind that wall and I never managed to crack and see any hint of human feeling. I felt horrible though as I sat down in a soft chair in front of a big vanity mirror and makeup area. I looked into my large baby blue eyes and tried to find a trace of Darien left in me; I couldn't. Darien was long gone and I had to learn to deal with that.
"You look beautiful," a voice murmured at the large arched doorway before he came to stand behind me and place his hands on my shoulders. He bent down to look at our reflection in the mirror, his handsome face near my own, "You are a simply breathtaking woman Serenity Williams."
"That's what you say while you see me with my entire makeup on and my hair fixed and died bleached blonde." I said with a light smile. Although the compliments made me feel good it brought back Darien, again. He never called me a woman or beautiful, he could barely manage to tell me I looked "nice". After spending hours on shopping for the perfect outfit, matching it, doing my hair, doing my makeup, and trying to look perfect… after all of that I just looked "nice".
"Makeup or not, beauty is still beauty and yours shines through the makeup. There's a reason you're a big model and made it this far, it wasn't because of makeup." He said as he had come to my side rather than behind me and looked me in the eye. He was so cute that I couldn't manage to say something intelligent and my words came out, as always, clumsy.
"You know that you can only look into one eye at a time." My mouth spoke loud and clear and I immediately was mentally slapping myself. Well, they may have taught me how to walk without tripping and everything but my words were still as ill fitting and clumsy as ever. I closed my eyes and felt my cheeks heating up a little, "I, um, yeah. Ami Minzu wants me to do an episode on her show."
"Her show isn't very popular, it's barely known of." Seiya frowned.
"I know but she's an old friend from high school." I said sheepishly, "I had some free time so I figured I'd schedule with her and it'd give me some time to catch up with her and my other friends. I have her phone number. If you give me a free time I'll call her and tell her the date that I'm free. I mean, I'd really like to help her out."
"I absolutely understand, you're a good friend Serena." He smiled brightly. "I actually looked into your schedule; you're free this next Friday and the rest of the weekend so you can stay and catch a plane back home on Monday, then be back here in time to settle down and, eventually, model on Tuesday."
"Great, I'll call Ami." I smiled brightly, "Thanks a million Seiya!" I jumped out of the chair and hugged him before rushing to get my cell phone, which was in my purse beside my bed. Flipping through my contacts I was quick to find her and was calling, hearing the phone ring, within a minute."
"Serena! It's so good to hear from you! Thanks for calling back!" Ami greeted sweetly since she must have had me as a contact when my caller ID popped up. "Please tell me that you have good news. The girls and I have been dying to see you back here. As you know Mina does the show too, I just manage the things and –"
"Ami! Is that Serena you're talking to?" I could hear Mina yell.
"Yes, Mina!"
"Oooohhh! Let me talk to her! Let me, let me, let me!" she begged and I heard shuffling. Finally Mina's cheery voice came, "Serena! I haven't heard or talked to you in forever! I miss you girl! Look, you're doing the show, I won't take no for an answer. When are you free to schedule? We have absolutely nobody booked to do episodes on, this thing is really dragging. Nobody is interested in such a small show." I could hear the sadness and upset in her voice.
"Yes Mina, I'm free next Friday to Sunday." I giggled.
"Great, Ami and I can't wait! We'll spread the word and film next Friday so catch an early flight! We have so much to catch up on! We'll be filming this episode at our home town in order to get you back into a good spirit. Oh, gotta go! Mina and I send love, bye!" There was a click and Mina was gone. She obviously was busier than she had hinted but that was Mina, she never had enough excitement in her life, that's why guys never lasted long.
"So where's this thing at?" Seiya asked.
That's when it hit me: they were filming at home. That was the one place I never wanted to go back to, never would, and for a second I almost dived for my phone to call back to protest or quit on them. I knew I couldn't have possibly done that to them though. It was only for a three days, it wouldn't be that long. Everything would be okay, nothing would go wrong. Besides, what where the chances of me running into Darien again? Really good.