12/11/07

12/15/07 reposted/edited

Serena was feeling the itch. The one that only a good hard stiff fuck would cure.

But here was a problem.

She didn't have a boyfriend to relieve it.

'Hell', she thought to herself, 'I'd take a girl if she knew what she was doing'.

She had just left her last class of the day and was heading towards to Union Café - located at the center of campus. It was basically a giant coffee house with couches in one section, a coffee bar located across from it and tables in between for studying or meeting up with someone. The coffee bar sold small things to eat like sandwiches, chips and other basic snack foods.

Serena took a place in a relatively short line and when it was her turn, she ordered a chocolate shake. After picking up her drink, she wandered over towards a couch that was situated against the wall and in a corner. She was able to people watch without being too obvious.

Contrary to what most of her friends though, Serena wasn't completely oblivious to her surroundings. Just because she talked a lot and sometimes had her 'blonde' moments, didn't mean that she was a complete dunce. Her roommate Mina knew the feeling, though Mina had more credit than Serena which didn't really bother Serena too much but it was enough for her to take notice.

The café was fairly empty but probably because it was midterm season. Most were in the library instead of a distracting café. However there were a few groups occupying tables.

Serena sipped her drink, her thoughts meandering around. She was thinking of a solution to her itch. There was a possible solution however, how to go about executing it was another problem. She pulled out her phone from her bag and began going through her contacts.

There was no way she was going to pick up some random guy. She needed someone she could trust but also someone who wasn't too close with her as well. She didn't need the emotional attachment and didn't want to deal with the messy aspects of a relationship. Someone who could handle her need without wanting anything back. No strings attached.

Serena had plenty of guy friends and acquaintances, but as no one popped immediately into her head.

"Serena". Serena looked up from her phone and into Darien's dark azure eyes. Serena smiled at him. To call them friends was a bit much but call them acquaintances wasn't enough. They never really saw eye to eye, and were known to butt heads over something. But they had the same mutual friends so it was hard not to see each other. They had moments when they were civil towards one another, and here was one of those times.

"Hey Darien!" she said. She patted at the seat next to her on the couch and he sat down.

"Finished with class?" he asked her. She nodded and repeated back the question. When Darien also said yes, they found that they had nothing else to really say and fell into an awkward silence.

Serena knew Darien as a good friend of Kevin. Kevin was a guy who had a major crush on Mina, who was Serena's roommate. They were all the in same year in college. Kevin and Darien lived off campus separately while the girls lived in an on campus co-ed dorm called Wafers. Kevin and Darien were also friends with Jason who is also Serena's cousin.

"So-" they both started. They grinned at each other but fell into another awkward silence.

"You start," he said to her.

"Oh, well I didn't really have anything to say. I was just… I don't know, filling in the silence?" Her phone rang before Darien said anything back, and she apologized before looking at the caller ID. It was Gary, a guy who sat with her in Biology who was also her lab partner. Gary was a nice enough guy but there was something about him that annoyed Serena. Serena chose to ignore his phone call and turned her attention back to Darien.

"Are you going to Ami's party?" he asked. Ami lived in a quaint little house in a neighborhood that was adjacent to the school campus. The neighborhood had young couples as well as students who could afford a house. Ami, with her full blown scholarship and her generous paid internship at the local hospital, she was able to afford a pretty nice house. Ami lived with a roommate, another intern from the hospital – Zach Griffen.

"Yeah. I haven't seen Raye, Jason or Lita in a while" she told him.

"Yeah, it's kind of crazy how suddenly Raye and Justin went from hating each others' guts to becoming attached at the hip" he said.

"And locked in his bedroom" she muttered. Serena was happy for Raye, one of her oldest friends, for finally seeing what every other girl saw in Jason. And for also finding someone who would stand toe to toe to with her and made her less uptight. 'Maybe,' thought Serena, 'constantly getting laid did that for her'. It would seem logical with the guaranteed sex from a boyfriend. The idea and advantage irked Serena who was alone and with an itch.

Serena glanced over at Darien. 'hmmm…?' she though to herself.

With a sudden burst of confidence she asked Darien to take her home. Darien somewhat surprised at Serena wanting to be alone with him in his car agreed.

They left and walked towards the general student parking lot. Darien could sense a weird tension around her and wondered at it. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye and saw what every other boy with raging hormones to old men saw.

Serena - a beautiful girl. She had long shiny blond hair that was currently hanging straight down. A heart shaped face with a stubborn jaw and a perky nose. She was perky in other places as well he noted. Thick lashes rimmed cerulean eyes and a pink cupid's bow mouth that looked like they needed to be kissed.

'Wait …What?'

Darien was a little perturbed by his last thought. But he was careless in his musings as Serena turned to look at him and asked him why he was staring at her like that.

"Oh nothing." He replied with a slight blush.

'What the hell" he thought. 'Am I seriously blushing?'

They reached his car – a black on black 2008 Lexus IS350.

He unlocked the car and opened the door on the passenger side for Serena. She was surprised by this gesture but recovered quickly before her surprise made it more awkward. She slipped into the smooth leather seats and put her backpack on the floor between her knees and pulled on her seatbelt as he walked towards the back of the car. He opened his trunk and put in his own backpack and climbed into the front seat.

He turned the car on and turned on the A/C and radio. Music blasted out and he turned it down with an apologetic smile to her when he noticed her jump in surprise. She smiled back and looked ahead. He pulled out of the parking lot and off of the school campus.