Title : Together At Last
Author : Buni Of The Moon
Couple : Serena and Darien
Rating : T 13+
Summary : Serena and Darien discover their feeling for one another and share a kiss, but do they know each others secret identities?
Chapter : 1
Comments : This is the first Fanfic i've actually written, so give me your comments and reviews! Always happy to hear constructive criticism or praise :p Together At Last
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Chapter One
By Buni Of The Moon
Chapter One
"Serena, you're such a meatball head!" shouted Darien from one side of the Arcade. He ran and hid behind one of the booths as he watched a half filled cup of chocolate milkshake splat on the window behind him. "Ha! Missed me, meatballs!" he knew it made her mad when he called her that. He poked his head up above the seat he had crawled onto and managed to duck just in time before a chocolate muffin came hurtling at his head. It joined the already splattered milkshake on the window in the front of the Arcade and made a loud splashing noise as it hit the puddle forming underneath. Darien picked up the dripping muffin and peeped his head up above the seat. 'Good' he thought to himself, 'she's gone back to get more ammo.' With that he chucked the soggy muffin and it hit her right on her neck. Serena squealed and jumped up and down as the mixture of chocolate and milkshake ran down her back.
To Darien's surprise, Serena turned round; eyes filled with tears and ran out of the Arcade door. He looked around and saw everyone was looking at him. Ray stood up and walked over to him. "You've done it now". He looked round at her other friends and saw the rest of them were looking disappointed with him.
"How was I supposed to know she would react like this? We always have these fights!" Darien said, trying to defend himself.
"She's upset ok? I better go and see if she's alright." Ray said calmly but severely.
"No I'll go". Ray looked surprised to see that Darien had said this. "It was my fault, I started it, I'll talk to her." He surprised himself by what he was doing, although he knew he had over stepped the mark this time.
He ran out the Arcade doors and stood on the side walk to see which way Serena had gone. He looked over the passer-bys heads, as he was quite tall, and saw her walking with her head down, turning into an alleyway beside to Arcade. He ran up to alley in which she had turned into and saw her slumped against a wall, hugging her knees, on the floor crying. "Meatball head?" he said, amazed by the kindness in his voice. Serena seemed equally surprised to hear that tone from her enemy and looked up, her eyes filled with tears.
"Don't call me that anymore." She looked up at the tall man standing next to her, leaning on the wall she was. He knelt down to her eye level and took a place next to her on the floor.
"I'm sorry Serena, I didn't mean to upset you. It was only one of our play fights, you know I don't mean it. Serena listen to me." He grabbed her arm and pulled her to face him. "I never meant to hurt you." Darien let go of Serena and sat back against the wall, astounded by what he had just said. How could this be? What had he just said? This was his worst enemy, they were supposed to fight. But when he looked into those tearful eyes, he felt his heart melt. He couldn't stand to see her cry. What was it about her that he felt so close to? Why was he getting these feelings now? Just a moment ago they were having their same old fights. Why had she got so upset? Did she feel this connection to? Was this why she was now hurting?
He came back to his senses to find Serena looking up at him, although they were sitting down, he was considerably taller. "It's ok. Just ignore me. I'm being silly." She looked back at the ground in front of her and tried to make it seem like there was something much more interesting going on in that small piece of concrete than the conversation she was just having. How could she say something like that? She hated him. But there was just something about that soft side of his voice that she couldn't say no to. What was happening to her? Was she starting to like him? The jerk who keeps on calling her meatball head? The jerk who doesn't look where he is going and trips her up? The jerk who starts all the fights they have? If she didn't like him, why did she react like that in the Arcade? All he had done was call her the same stupid name. What was it about him that made her feel her heart had to be free? Why was he being so kind to her now? Why had he followed her? Did he feel the same?
She looked round to see his deep blue eyes connect with hers. She felt a shiver down her spine, and by the look on Darien's face, he had to. They both turned away quickly but were taken aback by the way they had reacted.
"Um…I better be getting back to my friends. They will be…er…worrying about me." She knew this was a complete lie, but was scared by the feelings she had just felt, she wanted to get out of there, and fast.
"Yes…erm…I have a lot of things to do. You know, busy man and all that" he looked down at the floor as he heard Serena get up beside him. He too scrambled to his feet in the narrow alley way they were now in. Serena tried to squeeze past Darien, but it was such a tight squeeze, she tripped and fell onto him. Darien grabbed her before she fell over and pulled her close to his body.
She relaxed as he pulled her to his chest and closed her eyes as she felt his heart beat. The rhythm took over her whole mind, all she could think of was, him, her, and this small alley way. Her hand felt upwards, reached his shoulders and grasped his shirt, pulling her closer. She wanted to be part of him, of this rhythm she was feeling. Her heart began to race as her cheeks began to blush.
She was holding on to him. He couldn't believe it. The girl he had hated. And he liked it. His heart began to race at the thought of her and how close they were getting. He pulled her closer, and buried his head in her soft hair. He smelt it, a scent of lavender filled his nostrils and made his head feel light. He wanted to do something, something to make her never forget him. He lifted his head from hers and touched her chin with his fingers. He tilted her head upwards and kissed her soft lips.
Serena lifted herself onto the tips of her toes. He was kissing her. He, Darien, her worst enemy, was kissing her, Serena, Meatball head. 'Wow' she thought to herself 'he sure knows what he's doing!' He pulled away from their moment of passion and she opened her eyes. He too opened his and they looked at each other.
"I've got to go" Serena blurted out quickly and ran off round the corner. "Sorry" she yelled back. Darien sank back to the ground he had been seated on before and looked up at the sky. "Darien, what have you done?" he spoke out loud to himself.
The next morning began like any other morning. Serena was late for school again and Darien was talking his usual walk round the block.
Darien stared into Serena's eyes. The usual place, the usual time, the usual klutz of a girl running into him. But it was different this time. He saw her in a new light. Ever since that incident behind the Arcade he couldn't get her out of his head.
Serena looked up into the deep blue eyes of her worst enemy. Why did she feel this? It happened every day, the same place at the same time. Why was it different? She knew why really. Yesterday at the Arcade, it changed everything.
"Sorry." Darien and Serena said at the same time. Serena backed away from Darien breaking their eye-contact. As Serena turned around she tripped over the curb and fell flat on her face. Darien immediately jumped to her rescue and caught her just before her nose hit the ground.
"Thank you Darien." She said, catching his gaze again.
"You're such a klutz meatballs." He said, looking into her eyes. He smiled and stood her back on her feet, still holding her arms.
She looked down at the floor again and he released her from her grip. "About yesterday…" she began.
Darien butted in, "It was a mistake. It won't happen again. Meatball head." Although he longed to touch her lips again, he knew he couldn't, it wasn't right, no matter what he felt. He was 19. She was 15. Nothing could happen.
Serena's eyes filled with tears as he said this and turned away, her back facing him. "I agree" she replied through gritted teeth. She was lying. She wanted to be with him. But she knew she couldn't. She was 15. He was 19. Nothing could happen.
She picked up her bag which had fallen to the floor when he had picked her up. "I'm late for school, I need to go." She turned round and faced Darien, who was looking his feet. Was he lying to? Did he feel what she felt? Could he not get her out of his head? No. He said it. It was a mistake. All she was to him was a silly little school girl. Silly little meatball head.
He looked up to see her eyes filling with tears again. He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. She turned and ran down the side walk as fast as she could go. He sighed and looked up at the sky again, fighting back a tear. It couldn't happen. She was too young. She wouldn't want him. She didn't want him. He turned away and carried on walking.
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