Author's Notes: I know it's been done before, loads of times in fact and I loved them all but then when I was trying to find one to read the other day I couldn't find one so I thought I'd write my own version. So he it is.

Disclaimer: As usual Sailor Moon and the characters etc. Don't belong to me and I make no profit from writing this it's just for my own enjoyment.

My big mouth

Uno Problemo

Serena POV

I just couldn't help myself, although if I'm honest I would have said anything to get Melvin to stop asking me out...but did I have to say that? Just like a wildfire on a hot, dry day word had spread through the whole High school that Serena had a boyfriend.

What's the catch I hear you ask? The catch is I don't.

As much as I would love to be able to say I have a boyfriend, Tuxedo Mask doesn't hang around long enough to give me the time of day and of course there was that one perfect evening at Princess Diamond's ball...but not truth was I didn't have and had never had a boyfriend.

So why did I say it? Well...I'm not exactly sure. Melvin seemed to have an answer for every other excuse I came up with and suddenly I blurted out 'I already have a boyfriend'.

I hadn't meant to lie, and I certainly hadn't wanted anyone else to hear them, but let's face it this is High school so naturally I should have known the gossip would spread in a matter of minutes.

I wanted to tell the girls, ask them for help and advice; after all it was an accident. However I just couldn't bring myself to face Raye's response. So I just hoped that some new gossip would come up that spread and eventually mine would die down.

Unfortunately....no such luck.

It had been two weeks since that incident; two whole weeks of the girls nagging at me for details on who he was and why I hadn't told them. So I also started going home early from the arcade of disappearing into the park by myself for an hour or so...just so they would assume I was meeting up with a mystery guy. I was careful however not to actually say I was doing anything because I didn't want to actually lie again. The rumours were bad enough by themselves! Some thought I was having an affair with a married man, others said he was in the army or prison and the worst...some said I was seeing a teacher. Yuck! If I was seeing a teacher surely I would get better grades!

Everyone expected me to bring him to the ladies choice dance coming up, where since I obviously don't have a boyfriend to bring I will have to either lie more and say he couldn't come and explain...or admit that I lied in the first place.

"I really can't face school tomorrow." I sighed and shoved the now empty glass away from me, the girls would be here any minute, I had to pull myself together.

"Why's that Meatball Head? Another test to fail?" a familiar voice taunted. I groaned but didn't look up to face the older guy I knew was stood there.

"Who asked you Jerk?" I muttered.

"Hey Serena!" Mina called, as the girls walked into the arcade. Saved!

"Oh Hey Darien! Long time no see!" Raye smiled at him sweetly. I rolled my eyes. Darien was a jerk. He had insulted me the first time he had seen me without knowing anything about me, and pretty much every time I'd seen him since then. Raye however couldn't get past his looks. OK, he was good looking but so were loads of guys and they didn't all have his serious attitude problem.

I shuffled over in the booth to let Raye sit next to me as the other girls piled into the other side.

"Yeah, I've been really busy lately with work and school, you know?" he replied casually.

"Yeah I know what you mean." Raye replied, nodded enthusiastically. "I know what I get like when I spend all day at school and then have to go home and help run the temple with Grandpa." I had to give her an A for effort even if she was an F in her choice in men.

"Haven't seem much of you either Serena." Lita winked across the table.

"Yeah when are you going to fill us in on this guy?" Mina asked.

"Yeah spit it out already Meatball head." Raye added. She had picked that up from Darien, you can imagine how thrilled I was.

"Can it Raye!" I snapped.

"Whatever, he probably a total dork!" she retorted.

Darien POV

Guy? Meatball head had a boyfriend? When did that happen and why was it such a secret? She didn't seem old enough to be dating...

Although I don't know why I thought that because most of her friends were and it had never occurred to me to think they were too young, after all Andrew and Rita started dating when they were younger than all of them. Maybe it was because Serena was always acting like a five year old.

"I don't want to talk about it." I heard Serena say firmly.

"See what did I tell you, total dork." Raye grinned. "I mean what do you expect? It's Serena, Meatball Head and mega klutz!" I wanted to laugh, I should laugh...but I didn't. Serena wasn't fighting back. It didn't seem so funny when she didn't fight back...

I watched as she stood up quickly and forced her way past Raye out of the booth and fled the arcade. Ouch! Something had really hit a nerve with that girl today. I had to resist the urge to go after her. Strange. I didn't follow her though I turned to the counter instead and headed to talk to Andrew and order my coffee.

There was nothing I could do to cheer her up anyway. The only words that ever seem come out of my mouth when I speak to her are insults.

"What did you do this time?" Andrew asked, grinning as I sat in front of him.

"Don't blame me. This time it was all Raye." I told him. "The usual please Andrew." He handed me a cup of coffee that he had already made. I did order the same thing every day after all.

"Alright I'll believe you, but I'm sure you didn't help the situation...you never do." He replied.

"I'm not that bad." I protested.

"Don't give me that, you're always being mean to the poor girl." He insisted, and he was right.

"Well she irritates me." I replied, as if it justified everything. "Besides that's different....it's not being mean if she's fighting back. If she's not fighting back it's just bullying."

"If I didn't know better I'd say you cared." He said, raising one eyebrow.

"You make me sound like a monster." I muttered.

"If something looks like an orange, it's an orange." He just grinned back. I stayed silent and his grinned faded. "So what is it? No one's allowed to pick on her except you?"

"No that's not it..." I disagreed, furrowing my brow. "Something about Raye insulting her boyfriend really seemed to strike a nerve." I watched Andrew turn away and try to hide the fact he was stifling a laugh. "What have I missed?"

"Maybe you should ask Serena." He suggested, chuckling slightly. "I'm sworn to secrecy."

"Are you serious?" I asked him suspiciously.

"She's either heading home or at the park." He nodded. I thought it over for a minute while finishing my coffee. It couldn't hurt...I was curious...

Author's Notes: Again sorry I know it's been done but you gotta love first season get togethers! xx