The Kiss of Enemies
Prologue: Who did kissing what in the where now?
Rated: R (for later chapters, be patient loyal smut-ites)
Disclaimer: standard
Author: rain of silver stars
e-mail: moonsilverstaryahoo.com
It was Serena's fault. If you asked Darien about it, that is
what he would say. It all started with her, he claimed, that
day in the arcade.
In retrospect he is not far wrong, however, the rest of us
know it started sometime before that. Probably the moment
those two met. But I digress. How they met could fill another
book frankly.
That day in the arcade Serena came in in a mood. To be fair
she could be a rather moody girl--but usually her moods swayed
between hyper-happy, test score-miserable and 'it's-raining-
I-want-a-sundae-mid-cheerful. But today, this mood was brand
new. This one Andrew had never seen before.
Darien was already at the counter drinking his coffee when
she walked in. She didn't bounce or storm or anything. This
was a quiet anger. The girls weren't far behind her and
Andrew figured they had said something to upset her.
They all piled up to the counter around Darien as though he
wasn't there. Conversely, he didn't seem to notice
they were there either. He was just kind of...absorbed into
their midst.
"Chocolate milkshake Andrew!" Serena commanded as though
it were a matter of life or death. (an: ofcourse chocolate
is a matter of life and death!)
"Coming right up!" Andrew smiled and slid it down the counter
to her outstretched hand. That was the cool thing about Serena.
He could slide her shakes down the counter to her like a classy
bartender. No one else would ever play along with that. Bums.
Serena caught it and began drinking in what can only be described
as an angry fashion. Rei rolled her eyes and Mina sighed.
"What's up?" Andrew asked and though Serena tried to shoot ALL the
girls a warning look at the same time, she failed.
"Oh, Serena's in a bad mood." Mina said, "We went to a party last
night, with TONS of cute boys--" (Andrew could not help but realize he
had not been invited and feel a little overlooked--wasn't he cute
enough?)--and Serena finally got to kiss this guy she's had a major
crush on from school and she hated it."
Serena had realized halfway through Mina's speech that there was no
stopping her and resigned herself to her fate. She simply kept drinking
with added vehnom.
"You hate kissing?" Andrew asked blankly.
"Yes!" Serena yelled, "It was gross and it totally sucked!"
Just using the word 'sucked' brought back unpleasant memories.
"Serena, it was probably just him. Maybe he was a lousy kisser!" Rei
said with obvious irritation. Although, Andrew reflected, she pretty
much always spoke with obvious irritation...
Serena looked ready to respond to this but was cut off by a gleeful
Lita, enjoying the gossip a little too much, "Oh, didn't you guys
see? She was so mad about the bad kiss she grabbed some random
guy in the next room and tried him!"
All eyes widened and turned on Serena, now sucking back the milkshake
like air. All save for Darien who was frighteningly absorbed in his
book.
"You kissed some guy you didn't even know?" Mina gasped. This was
gossip enough for MONTHS!
"Wait a minute," Rei cut in, "Are you saying he sucked too?"
"No," Serena clarified, "I am saying KISSING SUCKS!"
Rei tried to reason with her, "Still, that could be two
bad kissers Serena. I wouldn't worry too much about it."
It was a kind reassurance from Rei and meant well, but Serena
did not notice it in her rage.
"I kissed two other guys after that." She said quietly and Rei
leaned in in shock.
"Come again?" She asked, disbelieving she had heard what she
just heard--she couldn't have heard...had she?
Serena abandoned the drained milkshake and Andrew refilled it
without ever taking his eyes from her.
"I said," Serena bit out, "That I kissed two other guys after
that too. I thought the same thing as you Rei...but now I know
for sure: kissingjustplainsucks!"
They all just stared at her.
"I can't believe you kissed FOUR guys at ONE party!" said Mina,
"I only kissed THREE!"
"You kissed THREE guys Mina?" Lita sidetracked in disapproval.
Mina gave a sheepish smile, "There were so many cute guys,
how's a girl supposed to choose?"
Andrew was starting to seriously regret not getting in on this party.
He looked over to Darien and noticed he had not once looked up from
his book. Had he missed the entire conversation?
Now, it cannot be said that Andrew is a mean person. He would gladly
give anything to his friends. And if someone had tried to embarass
Darien he would have stepped into defend him. But this rule did
not apply to himself and therefore, he let the wicked little thought
turn into an absolute plan of action and said casually, "You know Serena,
you're not the only one who hates kissing. Darien hates kissing too!"
Darien looked up sharply at his name to hear all the girls speak at once,
"Darien, you hate kissing too?"
A look came over Darien's face at that moment--one reserved especially for
Andrew--the latter of whom winked at him in a way that revealed he was getting
a very enjoyable internal laugh at his expense.
Darien took a deep breath, "No, I do not like kissing. Frankly it's kinda
gross--hey, what do you mean 'too'?"
"Serena hates kissing too!" Ami chimed then turned very red for being the only
person to say it.
Darien turned to find Serena, straw in mouth, staring at him in disbelief.
The two enemies regarded one another blankly on this strange point of
agreement.
"You hate kissing?" Darien asked.
"It's gross." Serena answered, "And lame."
Darien seemed to consider this, "I agree."
Mina looked outraged, "You can't tell me you hate everything about girls Darien
Shields! Girls are NOT gross and lame!"
A very wicked smile graced Darien's face at that moment, one only
Andrew had ever seen, "I didn't say EVERYTHING about girls was gross and
lame. There are lots of OTHER things about girls that are...great."
Mina's mouth simply hung open and Serena quickly looked back to her milkshake.
Lita was looking at him as though she were screaming "Hentai!" though she never
did manage to utter it.
Andrew rolled his eyes.
Darien was back to himself, "Now Meatballhead, are you speaking from
accumulated data or one bad experience? I can say with confidence that
kissing is gross. How many people have you kissed?"
Serena took the moment to be shocked at how absorbed Darien could get
in a book--what book WAS that anyway? then replied, "Four."
Darien looked taken aback at this and raised his eyebrows.
Rei threw her hands in the air, "This is the stupidest conversation EVER.
You two just haven't kissed the right people yet!"
Darien and Serena turned simultaneously to glare at her and it was
then Rei noticed an eerie similarity in personality between them that
had never presented itself before.
Andrew meanstwhile had moved on from kissing to what he considered
the greater issue at hand, "Why didn't I hear about this party?"
The girls just looked at him blankly.
"What, am I not CUTE enough?"
The girls giggled, "It was a school crowd party Andrew, everyone
was younger than you!"
"Hmph." Andrew replied, still put-out.
After the girls had left he sat across from Darien, "We should
have a party, at my place!"
Darien was eyeing his book with longing but Andrew slid it away from him,
"We haven't had one for a while. I'll set up the spare room for you so
you can crash there."
Darien looked a little reluctant but finally conceded, "Alright, why
not?"
"I think we should invite the girls!" Andrew enthused, thinking of
pretty Mina and her enjoyment of kissing at parties...
Darien's eyes widened, "Andrew! You can't be serious! Those guys are
WAY too young for your crowd! And I know you're planning to have
booze--what if they get drunk?"
Andrew rolled his eyes, "Get a life. They're not kids. They can take
care of themselves."
Darien reached for his book, "Alright, whatever."
Andrew watched him try to find his place again, "Pretty funny
that you and Serena agree on kissing. You don't usually agree
on anything."
Darien scoffed, "Serena's one of those girls who'll kiss
someone she thinks she's in love with and THEN she'll like
it."
"The same could be said for you."
But Darien looked at him honestly, "No. I actually have kissed
someone I thought I was in love with--and it still sucked."
Andrew rolled his eyes, "You're hopeless man. Absolutely hopeless."
Darien regarded him wryly, "Hey, here's an idea. This time, maybe you
could NOT broadcast that bit of information to a group of teenage girls!"
Andrew merely laughed. And Darien read his book thinking Someday...someday
you'll get yours....
Prologue: Who did kissing what in the where now?
Rated: R (for later chapters, be patient loyal smut-ites)
Disclaimer: standard
Author: rain of silver stars
e-mail: moonsilverstaryahoo.com
It was Serena's fault. If you asked Darien about it, that is
what he would say. It all started with her, he claimed, that
day in the arcade.
In retrospect he is not far wrong, however, the rest of us
know it started sometime before that. Probably the moment
those two met. But I digress. How they met could fill another
book frankly.
That day in the arcade Serena came in in a mood. To be fair
she could be a rather moody girl--but usually her moods swayed
between hyper-happy, test score-miserable and 'it's-raining-
I-want-a-sundae-mid-cheerful. But today, this mood was brand
new. This one Andrew had never seen before.
Darien was already at the counter drinking his coffee when
she walked in. She didn't bounce or storm or anything. This
was a quiet anger. The girls weren't far behind her and
Andrew figured they had said something to upset her.
They all piled up to the counter around Darien as though he
wasn't there. Conversely, he didn't seem to notice
they were there either. He was just kind of...absorbed into
their midst.
"Chocolate milkshake Andrew!" Serena commanded as though
it were a matter of life or death. (an: ofcourse chocolate
is a matter of life and death!)
"Coming right up!" Andrew smiled and slid it down the counter
to her outstretched hand. That was the cool thing about Serena.
He could slide her shakes down the counter to her like a classy
bartender. No one else would ever play along with that. Bums.
Serena caught it and began drinking in what can only be described
as an angry fashion. Rei rolled her eyes and Mina sighed.
"What's up?" Andrew asked and though Serena tried to shoot ALL the
girls a warning look at the same time, she failed.
"Oh, Serena's in a bad mood." Mina said, "We went to a party last
night, with TONS of cute boys--" (Andrew could not help but realize he
had not been invited and feel a little overlooked--wasn't he cute
enough?)--and Serena finally got to kiss this guy she's had a major
crush on from school and she hated it."
Serena had realized halfway through Mina's speech that there was no
stopping her and resigned herself to her fate. She simply kept drinking
with added vehnom.
"You hate kissing?" Andrew asked blankly.
"Yes!" Serena yelled, "It was gross and it totally sucked!"
Just using the word 'sucked' brought back unpleasant memories.
"Serena, it was probably just him. Maybe he was a lousy kisser!" Rei
said with obvious irritation. Although, Andrew reflected, she pretty
much always spoke with obvious irritation...
Serena looked ready to respond to this but was cut off by a gleeful
Lita, enjoying the gossip a little too much, "Oh, didn't you guys
see? She was so mad about the bad kiss she grabbed some random
guy in the next room and tried him!"
All eyes widened and turned on Serena, now sucking back the milkshake
like air. All save for Darien who was frighteningly absorbed in his
book.
"You kissed some guy you didn't even know?" Mina gasped. This was
gossip enough for MONTHS!
"Wait a minute," Rei cut in, "Are you saying he sucked too?"
"No," Serena clarified, "I am saying KISSING SUCKS!"
Rei tried to reason with her, "Still, that could be two
bad kissers Serena. I wouldn't worry too much about it."
It was a kind reassurance from Rei and meant well, but Serena
did not notice it in her rage.
"I kissed two other guys after that." She said quietly and Rei
leaned in in shock.
"Come again?" She asked, disbelieving she had heard what she
just heard--she couldn't have heard...had she?
Serena abandoned the drained milkshake and Andrew refilled it
without ever taking his eyes from her.
"I said," Serena bit out, "That I kissed two other guys after
that too. I thought the same thing as you Rei...but now I know
for sure: kissingjustplainsucks!"
They all just stared at her.
"I can't believe you kissed FOUR guys at ONE party!" said Mina,
"I only kissed THREE!"
"You kissed THREE guys Mina?" Lita sidetracked in disapproval.
Mina gave a sheepish smile, "There were so many cute guys,
how's a girl supposed to choose?"
Andrew was starting to seriously regret not getting in on this party.
He looked over to Darien and noticed he had not once looked up from
his book. Had he missed the entire conversation?
Now, it cannot be said that Andrew is a mean person. He would gladly
give anything to his friends. And if someone had tried to embarass
Darien he would have stepped into defend him. But this rule did
not apply to himself and therefore, he let the wicked little thought
turn into an absolute plan of action and said casually, "You know Serena,
you're not the only one who hates kissing. Darien hates kissing too!"
Darien looked up sharply at his name to hear all the girls speak at once,
"Darien, you hate kissing too?"
A look came over Darien's face at that moment--one reserved especially for
Andrew--the latter of whom winked at him in a way that revealed he was getting
a very enjoyable internal laugh at his expense.
Darien took a deep breath, "No, I do not like kissing. Frankly it's kinda
gross--hey, what do you mean 'too'?"
"Serena hates kissing too!" Ami chimed then turned very red for being the only
person to say it.
Darien turned to find Serena, straw in mouth, staring at him in disbelief.
The two enemies regarded one another blankly on this strange point of
agreement.
"You hate kissing?" Darien asked.
"It's gross." Serena answered, "And lame."
Darien seemed to consider this, "I agree."
Mina looked outraged, "You can't tell me you hate everything about girls Darien
Shields! Girls are NOT gross and lame!"
A very wicked smile graced Darien's face at that moment, one only
Andrew had ever seen, "I didn't say EVERYTHING about girls was gross and
lame. There are lots of OTHER things about girls that are...great."
Mina's mouth simply hung open and Serena quickly looked back to her milkshake.
Lita was looking at him as though she were screaming "Hentai!" though she never
did manage to utter it.
Andrew rolled his eyes.
Darien was back to himself, "Now Meatballhead, are you speaking from
accumulated data or one bad experience? I can say with confidence that
kissing is gross. How many people have you kissed?"
Serena took the moment to be shocked at how absorbed Darien could get
in a book--what book WAS that anyway? then replied, "Four."
Darien looked taken aback at this and raised his eyebrows.
Rei threw her hands in the air, "This is the stupidest conversation EVER.
You two just haven't kissed the right people yet!"
Darien and Serena turned simultaneously to glare at her and it was
then Rei noticed an eerie similarity in personality between them that
had never presented itself before.
Andrew meanstwhile had moved on from kissing to what he considered
the greater issue at hand, "Why didn't I hear about this party?"
The girls just looked at him blankly.
"What, am I not CUTE enough?"
The girls giggled, "It was a school crowd party Andrew, everyone
was younger than you!"
"Hmph." Andrew replied, still put-out.
After the girls had left he sat across from Darien, "We should
have a party, at my place!"
Darien was eyeing his book with longing but Andrew slid it away from him,
"We haven't had one for a while. I'll set up the spare room for you so
you can crash there."
Darien looked a little reluctant but finally conceded, "Alright, why
not?"
"I think we should invite the girls!" Andrew enthused, thinking of
pretty Mina and her enjoyment of kissing at parties...
Darien's eyes widened, "Andrew! You can't be serious! Those guys are
WAY too young for your crowd! And I know you're planning to have
booze--what if they get drunk?"
Andrew rolled his eyes, "Get a life. They're not kids. They can take
care of themselves."
Darien reached for his book, "Alright, whatever."
Andrew watched him try to find his place again, "Pretty funny
that you and Serena agree on kissing. You don't usually agree
on anything."
Darien scoffed, "Serena's one of those girls who'll kiss
someone she thinks she's in love with and THEN she'll like
it."
"The same could be said for you."
But Darien looked at him honestly, "No. I actually have kissed
someone I thought I was in love with--and it still sucked."
Andrew rolled his eyes, "You're hopeless man. Absolutely hopeless."
Darien regarded him wryly, "Hey, here's an idea. This time, maybe you
could NOT broadcast that bit of information to a group of teenage girls!"
Andrew merely laughed. And Darien read his book thinking Someday...someday
you'll get yours....