Ok everyone, this is a simple Christmas story of Serena trying to do last minute shopping before the Christmas party Rei's . This is my first fic, so please, go easy on me. Also, I do not own Sailor Moon, Taco Bell, Dr.Pepper, or anything along those lines. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
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Christmas shopping…Serena style
Serena looked down her watch, "Ok, it's 2:45, and the party starts at 6:00, which mean I have…about three hours to shop before I need to make my way to Rei's." It was a cold and snowy Saturday in Tokyo. Dec. 23 to be exact. Today was the big Christmas party the she and the girls had been planning for months. The day before, they had decorated the living room area of the Temple with festive red and green streamers, fake snow, paper snowflakes, colored light, tinsel, and of course, a huge Christmas tree, with an angel on top. They had planned out everything. Lita was bringing the food. Amy was bringing the holiday music. " …and I'll bring the mistletoe! " Mina had eagerly stated . When she found out that Andrew was coming to this party, she insisted that the party neededit. "Plus… it is tradition guys. You can't argue with tradition!" So, Mina was bringing the mistletoe. Rei didn't need to bring anything. After all, she was hosting the party. Since all the other jobs were taken care of, that left Serena off the hook. Which worked out perfectly for her. Why? Because, as she looked down at her shopping list, the only people she had gifts for where her family. Which left her buying seven gifts. Six for her friends, and one for a jerk. She had to add Darien on her list when she found out that he was coming to the party. Arrogant jerk or not, it was Christmas, and she couldn't just leave him out when she bought gifts for everyone else. and the fact that you're practically in love with that major hunk has something to do with it too. She put her hand on her frosty pink sweater over her heart and sighed. How could she despise somebody so much…and love them so much at the same time?! One minute she wanted to strangle him, and the next…well… I sure wouldn't mind being under the mistletoe with him…
She was now standing in the middle of the food court in the mall, waiting in what appeared to be the longest line for Taco Bell that she had ever seen. "Man, can't they go any faster?!? I'm starving!!" She whined. She looked down at her watch again. "2:55?!? I've been in line for ten minutes, and I'm still behind, like…" she started counting the people in front of her, "…Fif…no sixteen people! This is SOO not fair! I'll never get my shopping done at this rate!"
"Actually, Meatball Head, you're behind fourteen people, those two are waiting on their food." A shiver went up her spine when she heard the voice whisper in her ear. She knew that voice. She knew it all too well. She turned around to look into beautifully amused ocean blue eyes looking into her azure blue eyes. Their gazes met, and the winter wonderland of stores, fake snow and colored Christmas lights seemed to melt away. They stood there for a moment, which seemed like forever, just looking into each other's eyes. Then their trance was broken when a little girl in a blue and white toboggan ran in between them. They both looked down to see the little girl with bright green eyes smiling up at them, with her two front teeth missing.
"Eff-ooos- me Mither… but have ooo th-een my buu ball?" she said through her toothy grin.
Darien looked puzzled. "Pardon me, little angel, but I didn't quite…" Serena cut him off. "Oh, it's over there by the plant, do you see it?" Serena pointed over at a rather large potted fern, where the object she wanted was. "Oh tank ooo Mith!!!" she then gave Serena's knees a hug, and then ran off to claim her toy. Serena just looked at the little girl and smiled. Darien chuckled at the scene, and looked back up at Serena. "How did you know what she was saying?" She look up at him and simply answered, "I speak 'little-kid'." They both chuckled. "Well, I don't, so…what did she ask me?" Darien asked. "She asked you, I quote," she spoke in her best childish voice, " Excuse me Mister, but have you seen my blue ball?"
They both laughed for a minute. It then dawned on Serena, Hey, I think this is the longest Darien and I have held a conversation with out arguing! She was about to say something along those lines, when Darien ruined it. "SO Meatball Head, did you procrastinate on gift shopping until right before the party?" he shook he's head and smiled, "Shame shame Meatball Head. Always the procrastinator! That's a bad habit you need to break!" She looked up at him with a confused look. " Pro-crast-I-WHAT? What does that…HEY! HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO TELL YOU! IT'S SERENA, NOT MEATBALL HEAD!!!" she yelled. "SER-E-NA!"
"MEAT-BALL-HEAD!" he yelled back, but with an amused look on his face. She looks so cute when she's angry! He thought. "For your information," he continued, in a much lower drawl, "to procrastinate means to put things off until the last minute, or in your case, you treating Christmas shopping like your homework." At this, she yelled, " I DO NOT DO THAT WITH MY HOM- er, umm…" He caught her there. She quickly changed gears before he commented on her slip up. "Hey, I didn't mean to pro-…umm…wait until before the party to get gifts, I really didn't have time to get them until now." This was true. It wasn't her fault that the Negaverse attacks had at least tripled within the last few weeks. Man, can't they take a break for the Holidays?! Darien snickered "and what, pray tell, has been taking up your time, Meatball Head? Sailor V games? Strawberry milkshakes? Drooling over Andrew? Putting on makeup? Certainly not studying!!" That did it. Serena's blood was now boiling. But instead of screaming or wailing, she stepped up to Darien, until their faces were only inches apart. This act alone made that smug smile wipe off his face, making a knot in his stomach over the nearness of her. In a low voice, barely above a whisper, she said. "1.)Jerk, the name's Ser-e-na." She poked him in the chest for every syllable in her name. "2.) I've already beaten the new game twice, and that was three weeks ago. 3.) Everybody knows my favorite is chocolate, though, strawberry is nice too… 4.) For your information, buddy, the only makeup I wear is LIPGLOSS! 5.) It's Christmas break! Duh! There's no need for studying! And finally 6.) I do NOT drool over Andrew! I don't like him like that anymore !" Then a thought occurred to her. "…and since when do you care?"
That knot in his stomach turned into a million butterflies. Since when do care? Since when do I care?!?! How about since the first moment I laid eyes on you, my beautiful Meatball Head! I just can't…wait a sec, did she just say…
" You don't like Andrew?" he asked quietly. Serena could see disbelief, shock, and something else in his eyes. Was it…hope? No way! Couldn't be! But what if…
"No…no I…I a… I don't", she could feel the blush coming on her cheeks, and it matched her sweater. She looked Darien dead in the eyes, "Why?" Their faces where still only inches apart from when she yelled at him, but now, the closeness had taken on a new meaning. This was one of those instances where, one minute, she wanted to strangle him, and in the other… Darien could feel a blush coming on too. How was he going to answer THAT! Especially when she was looking at him with those gorgeous stain glass windows to her soul, and her pulp cherry pink lips, just asking to be kissed mercilessly by him! It would have been easy to lie to her, and say that he didn't care, or that he simply thought she did, but not now, not like this. They both inches closer, until their noses touched.
Before he could answer her (or do anything else), a lady in a bright yellow winter coat came up to them. "Excuse me, sorry to, ah… interrupt, but have you seen a little girl with a blue and white toboggan come by here?" Their gaze broke from one another's, and looked at the woman.
"Oh…umm…what?" they both answered. Just then, that cute little girl came up. The woman sighed with relief. "Oh Rachel! There you are! You shouldn't run off like that!" The woman then took the little girl's hand, and walk off to a near department store. An awkward silence fell between the two. They where now farther apart then they were only seconds ago. Serena decided to break the silence. Looking at a very interesting piece of squashed gum on the floor, she meekly asked, " So, umm, Darien, why did you come to the mall again? I forgot."
The corners of his mouth turned up, into his ever-so-famous smirk. "That's because I didn't tell you Meatball Head." He stated.
She looked up at him, with a curious look. "That's right, you didn't. But why would you be…Wait!" an idea popped into her head. "Did Mr. Perfect Darien Chiba procastrate on getting his gifts too?!?" She said with a smile. HA! I caught him! I even used his big word! YES! Wait. Why is he laughing?!?
He couldn't help but laugh. ProCASTRATE?!? Oh my, did she get that one wrong!!! This is TOO FUNNY!!!
"What's so funny Jerkface?!" she was starting to get annoyed.
After he took a few breaths, he finally started to calm down.
"It's procrastinate! Pro-cra-stin-ate! Not (snicker) Pro (chuckle) CAST (giggle)… BA HAHAHAHA!!!!!! He had doubled over and burst into laughter, leaving a very irritated Serena.
"Procrastinate, procatrate, what's the difference?" she said exasperated tone. Gosh, how he do this to me?!? I get so worked up when I'm around him!
He looked up at her with amusement in his eyes.
"Meatball Head, do you have any idea what castrate means?!"
"Uh… well… now that you mention it…no. What does it mean?" She asked curiously.
A blush came across him creeks. Uh oh. I didn't think she'd ask that. Oh no! I can't tell her THAT!
"Umm… ask Rei! Yeah! Ask Rei! She's be happy to tell you!" Or try to castrate me for making you ask her! Before Serena could implore him to answer her, he added, "I'm actually here to pick up a present I ordered last week. I got all my shopping done last week. This took a little longer to get in though. You're up next to order Meatball Head! See you at the party!" and with that, he ran off into a sea of mall-go'ers, trying to get last minute gifts.
"May I take you order Miss?"
"Huh?" Serena turned around. She then realized that she was at the counter, in the very front of the line. When did THAT happen? she though.
" I'll, uh, take…one #6 with chicken, and a Dr.Pepper to drink."
"Will that be all Miss?
"Yep!"
"Ok, your total comes to $7.44" Serena grabbed her food, and headed to the only table in the food court available. She sat there and ate her food, and though of what just happened between her and Darien. As she bit into her taco, she remembered the look of what looked like hope in his eyes when she told him that she didn't like Andrew, and the look he gave her when they were inches apart. It looked like, like… he was going to KISS HER! Could it be possible?! Could he actually LIKE me? Oh, I wish I wish I wish he does! That would be the best present for Christmas! That, and my first kiss! That's when her mind came back to why she was there in the first place. "Present? Presents?! PRESENTS!!! OH NO! What time is it?!?" She looked down at her watch " 3:20?!? OH Better book it Serena!!!" and with that, she gulped down the rest of her soda, and ran out of the food court.
"Now, who do I go for first?" She looked down at her list:
People I need gifts for
Mom- Green sweater and earrings
Dad- Tie and "Best Daddy" mug
Sammy-Quasar the Horrible Video Game
Mina
Lita
Ami
Rei
Chad
Andrew
Darien
She added the last one. I'm going to need something special for him, so I get his last. So, I guess that means I'm getting Mina's first!
In another part of the mall. "Here you are Sir!" Darien was handed a very dazzling looking necklace in a box. " She'll absolutely LOVE this!!!…I hope." The woman behind the counter put her hand on his arm and said, "Sir, ANY woman would love a gift like this. Trust me, whoever this lucky girl is that your buying this for, she'd be CRAZY not to love it!!!" Darien looked at the woman and smiled. "I sure hope so." And then he thought to himself. and maybe, just maybe, I can make you mine Meatball head.
Well, that's it for Ch. 1. DON"T WORRY! I'm writing the next one, and will be up either later tonight, or tomorrow. I just wanted some input on what she should get the scouts, Andrew, Chad, and of course Darien! There will be some funny surprises coming up, Like what Lita got Serena for Christmas. It WILL be a laugh riot! Ok, so please, PLEASE review! And please, go easy on me, and NO FLAMES!