5/25/03 - Lots of mistakes, I just updated this too. Have fun!
11/02 - Hi guys, I'm fairly new to the posting thing. I usually like to read your stories more than I like to write, but I was inspired one day and ended up jotting down a few things. Let me know if I suck and should go back to reading or if I should keep going with the story. Only one thank you for now (b/c I hate reading them too) to my bestfriend Myst for proofreading and offering her help!
I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the rights, but the important thing to remember is perhaps one day I will..It's important to dream right!
"The only rose without a thorn is friendship" - from a fortune cookie I once ate.
On with the fic!
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Chapter 1
Write to me and escape
"So Darien," Andrew called as he strolled towards his best friend "You don't happen to like Pina Colada's? Do you?"
Darien lifted his head from the coffee in front of him. "Why do you ask?" He replied raising an ebony eyebrow. Andrew grinned sheepishly from his side of the counter wiping his hands on the rag draped over his shoulder.
"No reason."He answered mysteriously. Andrew leaned on the counter as Darien resumed his musings of the liquid swirling in his mug. For a week or so now Darien had been coming into the Crown Arcade on his way home, as usual, and, although nothing seemed out of the ordinary, he had been different somehow. Andrew gave his friend a good look, he assumed that Darien was concentrating on the mug but his eyes seemed different, lighter almost as he stared at the liquid.
Andrew grinned smugly to himself, Darien was gonna kill him when he finally spilled the beans on his little plan though. He knew Darien hadn't been on a date, well, for as long as he'd known him, and it would have worried him, had he not had a personal glimpse of some of Darien's more private drawers once when he had been apartment sitting. He knew all about Darien's Victoria's Secret stash. Not only that, but Andrew believed it was taking him far to long on his own to realize his feelings for a certain blonde haired goddess.
Darien let his thoughts wander over the past week or so. His college courses for the quarter had finished and he had a month long break before the new ones started. Rarely did he have such a long break and he had, unfortunately, been spending a lot of time with his thoughts as a result. They haunted him all the time without the distractions of his studies, and all of them had been about her. Her long golden hair, her marble blue eyes, the lovely curve of her face, he couldn't get her off his mind. He had finally realized, not astonishingly enough, even to himself, that he cared for her. He might even go so far as to say he loved her. His head perked up as he heard her silvery laughter follow the chiming of the doors bells.
She came in with her usual group, the girls chatting away oblivious to the rest of the arcade. They chose their regular seats at the counter and to Darien's delight, she sat next to him.
"Hiya Andrew." She said cheerfully slinging her black book bag under her stool and plopping down.
"Hey girls! Serena! How's it going today?" Andrew asked turning his attention to the five ladies next to Darien. "Are we eating?"
"Definitely!" Replied Rei tossing a lock of her long, raven hair behind her. "Even I'm starved."
The girls ordered their usual and chatted away as Andrew took off to get their food started. Darien half listened as the girls gossiped excitedly about their school exploits of the day, his ears perking up when they started talking about their latest crushes.
"You have no idea how cute he is though!" Exclaimed Mina waving her hands for emphasis. "I wish you could have been there! He fumbled for about two minutes before he cut to the chase and asked me to a movie."
"Well, Greg and I are going out Friday night also. What movie are you seeing? Maybe if we doubled he wouldn't be so nervous, and we can always split up later on." Amy supplied generously.
"That'd be great Ames, I'm sure that he'd be ok with it." Answered Mina. "I'll call him later and find out."
Serena reached down and pulled out the local paper from her book bag. She started flipping through it as the girls chatted about their Friday night plans. She turned to the personals and began skimming the ads, she kinda felt sorry for the people who put these ads in, but some of them were downright funny. Prince charming seeks his princess, if I had a penny every time I'd read that one I'd drop out of school, Serena thought to herself. She noticed a particularly long one written about half-way down the page. She smiled in spite of herself, not many people resorted to poetry in the ads and she kinda of enjoyed reading the more romantic ones. This one was fairly catchy:
If you like chocolate milkshakes,
And playing video games.
If you're not into math class,
And you don't get straight A's.
If you'd like meeting me at midnight,
By the light of the moon.
I'm the man that you've looked for,
Write to me someday soon.
Serena giggled for a moment at the lyrics before she realized that it had described her perfectly. She sat staring at the page for about five minutes rereading it before she was interrupted by Rei's hand waving before her face.
"Hello, anyone in there?" Rei said snapping her fingers "What are you daydreaming about now, meatball brain?" Rei looked down at the page open on the counter and noticed what Serena had her finger next to. She read it quickly and then laughed when she realized what had spaced Serena out. "You guys have to read this!" Said Rei to the other girls, interrupting their conversation. She proceeded to read aloud the catchy poem, complete with song and dance ,as Andrew walked back to them carrying their orders.
Andrews grin broadened when he realized what Rei was reading aloud. He had hoped to warn Darien about the Ad he had placed for him before Serena had seen it, but this would make life more interesting. He knew she read the personal ads on a weekly basis as a sort of gag, but this would teach her two lessons, not to laugh at other peoples romantic ideals and to realize how he knew Darien felt about her. Even though he knew up until about a week ago the thought wouldn't have crossed Darien's mind either.
Darien listened as Rei read the poem. He blanched finally when he realized what Rei was getting at with the poem. It perfectly described the near eighteen year old girl at his side. He waited anxiously as the girls looked at each other questionably.
"Well, what are you going to do?" Asked Lita grabbing the paper and rereading it for herself, this time without Rei's little song and dance number.
Serena shrugged "What if it's not for me?"
"But is has to be some kind of sign, and even if it turns out not to be for you, whoever it is will be flattered if anyone writes back!" Exclaimed Mina getting into the spirit of the challenge.
"I don't know." Trailed Serena propping her head in her hands on the counter.
"Mina's right Serena, I think you should answer back." Said Andrew setting down Serena and Rei's burgers. "It can't hurt, and you could keep it anonymous."
"Yea, just write back, maybe you'll get a response. What's the worst that could happen they change their mind?" Rei said sitting back down at her stool and devouring her burger.
"I guess it couldn't hurt." Serena said glancing down as Lita handed the paper back. She looked at her watch briefly, "Hey we have about five minutes before we're late to the temple." Serena said and began cramming as much food into her mouth as she could before the other girls had time to finish up and grab their bags. As soon as the girls had cleared out Darien had a chance to read the paper himself that Serena had left behind.
"You didn't say a word to her tonight, man." Said Andrew cleaning up the counter and refilling Darien's mug.
"You don't suppose this is actually to Serena? Do you?" Darien asked a tightening in his stomach beginning as he scanned the rest of the page for any other clues.
"I know it's for her." Said Andrew nonchalantly, resuming his lounged pose on the counter.
"What do you mean?" Asked Darien looking at Andrews smug grin.
"I put the Ad in." Said Andrew.
"You did what?" Exclaimed Darien as the uneasy feeling in his stomach finally made itself known as jealousy.
"Whoa, calm down. I put the ad in, but it's from you." Andrew said, putting his hands up in defense.
Darien stopped for a moment, his normally stoic features racing a million feelings at once across them. Andrew knew Serena would read the ad, he reasoned. He shot a nasty glance at Andrew, I'm sure he guessed a while back how I felt about her. Darien looked at Andrew for a moment longer and sized up the situation, he put the hardest look he could muster on his face and grimaced at Andrew for a full minute.
Andrew watched the thoughts process over Darien's face and the not too rewarding glare he ended up getting from him. As Darien leaned over the counter toward him, Andrew straightened and put about a foot of distance between himself and the none too happy looking man across the counter.
"So what's the plan now?" Darien asked glaring at Andrew.
"Uh, well, I figured when I told you about the initial plot you'd take it from there." Andrew said, stammering.
Darien glared at Andrew before reaching in his wallet and laying a bill on the counter. "If this doesn't work, you may have to find yourself a new best friend." Darien said turning and heading for the doors to the arcade.
"I knew you'd approve!" Andrew called jubilantly as Darien disappeared into the crowds outside. I knew all he needed was a push, thought Andrew excitedly.
11/02 - Hi guys, I'm fairly new to the posting thing. I usually like to read your stories more than I like to write, but I was inspired one day and ended up jotting down a few things. Let me know if I suck and should go back to reading or if I should keep going with the story. Only one thank you for now (b/c I hate reading them too) to my bestfriend Myst for proofreading and offering her help!
I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the rights, but the important thing to remember is perhaps one day I will..It's important to dream right!
"The only rose without a thorn is friendship" - from a fortune cookie I once ate.
On with the fic!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 1
Write to me and escape
"So Darien," Andrew called as he strolled towards his best friend "You don't happen to like Pina Colada's? Do you?"
Darien lifted his head from the coffee in front of him. "Why do you ask?" He replied raising an ebony eyebrow. Andrew grinned sheepishly from his side of the counter wiping his hands on the rag draped over his shoulder.
"No reason."He answered mysteriously. Andrew leaned on the counter as Darien resumed his musings of the liquid swirling in his mug. For a week or so now Darien had been coming into the Crown Arcade on his way home, as usual, and, although nothing seemed out of the ordinary, he had been different somehow. Andrew gave his friend a good look, he assumed that Darien was concentrating on the mug but his eyes seemed different, lighter almost as he stared at the liquid.
Andrew grinned smugly to himself, Darien was gonna kill him when he finally spilled the beans on his little plan though. He knew Darien hadn't been on a date, well, for as long as he'd known him, and it would have worried him, had he not had a personal glimpse of some of Darien's more private drawers once when he had been apartment sitting. He knew all about Darien's Victoria's Secret stash. Not only that, but Andrew believed it was taking him far to long on his own to realize his feelings for a certain blonde haired goddess.
Darien let his thoughts wander over the past week or so. His college courses for the quarter had finished and he had a month long break before the new ones started. Rarely did he have such a long break and he had, unfortunately, been spending a lot of time with his thoughts as a result. They haunted him all the time without the distractions of his studies, and all of them had been about her. Her long golden hair, her marble blue eyes, the lovely curve of her face, he couldn't get her off his mind. He had finally realized, not astonishingly enough, even to himself, that he cared for her. He might even go so far as to say he loved her. His head perked up as he heard her silvery laughter follow the chiming of the doors bells.
She came in with her usual group, the girls chatting away oblivious to the rest of the arcade. They chose their regular seats at the counter and to Darien's delight, she sat next to him.
"Hiya Andrew." She said cheerfully slinging her black book bag under her stool and plopping down.
"Hey girls! Serena! How's it going today?" Andrew asked turning his attention to the five ladies next to Darien. "Are we eating?"
"Definitely!" Replied Rei tossing a lock of her long, raven hair behind her. "Even I'm starved."
The girls ordered their usual and chatted away as Andrew took off to get their food started. Darien half listened as the girls gossiped excitedly about their school exploits of the day, his ears perking up when they started talking about their latest crushes.
"You have no idea how cute he is though!" Exclaimed Mina waving her hands for emphasis. "I wish you could have been there! He fumbled for about two minutes before he cut to the chase and asked me to a movie."
"Well, Greg and I are going out Friday night also. What movie are you seeing? Maybe if we doubled he wouldn't be so nervous, and we can always split up later on." Amy supplied generously.
"That'd be great Ames, I'm sure that he'd be ok with it." Answered Mina. "I'll call him later and find out."
Serena reached down and pulled out the local paper from her book bag. She started flipping through it as the girls chatted about their Friday night plans. She turned to the personals and began skimming the ads, she kinda felt sorry for the people who put these ads in, but some of them were downright funny. Prince charming seeks his princess, if I had a penny every time I'd read that one I'd drop out of school, Serena thought to herself. She noticed a particularly long one written about half-way down the page. She smiled in spite of herself, not many people resorted to poetry in the ads and she kinda of enjoyed reading the more romantic ones. This one was fairly catchy:
If you like chocolate milkshakes,
And playing video games.
If you're not into math class,
And you don't get straight A's.
If you'd like meeting me at midnight,
By the light of the moon.
I'm the man that you've looked for,
Write to me someday soon.
Serena giggled for a moment at the lyrics before she realized that it had described her perfectly. She sat staring at the page for about five minutes rereading it before she was interrupted by Rei's hand waving before her face.
"Hello, anyone in there?" Rei said snapping her fingers "What are you daydreaming about now, meatball brain?" Rei looked down at the page open on the counter and noticed what Serena had her finger next to. She read it quickly and then laughed when she realized what had spaced Serena out. "You guys have to read this!" Said Rei to the other girls, interrupting their conversation. She proceeded to read aloud the catchy poem, complete with song and dance ,as Andrew walked back to them carrying their orders.
Andrews grin broadened when he realized what Rei was reading aloud. He had hoped to warn Darien about the Ad he had placed for him before Serena had seen it, but this would make life more interesting. He knew she read the personal ads on a weekly basis as a sort of gag, but this would teach her two lessons, not to laugh at other peoples romantic ideals and to realize how he knew Darien felt about her. Even though he knew up until about a week ago the thought wouldn't have crossed Darien's mind either.
Darien listened as Rei read the poem. He blanched finally when he realized what Rei was getting at with the poem. It perfectly described the near eighteen year old girl at his side. He waited anxiously as the girls looked at each other questionably.
"Well, what are you going to do?" Asked Lita grabbing the paper and rereading it for herself, this time without Rei's little song and dance number.
Serena shrugged "What if it's not for me?"
"But is has to be some kind of sign, and even if it turns out not to be for you, whoever it is will be flattered if anyone writes back!" Exclaimed Mina getting into the spirit of the challenge.
"I don't know." Trailed Serena propping her head in her hands on the counter.
"Mina's right Serena, I think you should answer back." Said Andrew setting down Serena and Rei's burgers. "It can't hurt, and you could keep it anonymous."
"Yea, just write back, maybe you'll get a response. What's the worst that could happen they change their mind?" Rei said sitting back down at her stool and devouring her burger.
"I guess it couldn't hurt." Serena said glancing down as Lita handed the paper back. She looked at her watch briefly, "Hey we have about five minutes before we're late to the temple." Serena said and began cramming as much food into her mouth as she could before the other girls had time to finish up and grab their bags. As soon as the girls had cleared out Darien had a chance to read the paper himself that Serena had left behind.
"You didn't say a word to her tonight, man." Said Andrew cleaning up the counter and refilling Darien's mug.
"You don't suppose this is actually to Serena? Do you?" Darien asked a tightening in his stomach beginning as he scanned the rest of the page for any other clues.
"I know it's for her." Said Andrew nonchalantly, resuming his lounged pose on the counter.
"What do you mean?" Asked Darien looking at Andrews smug grin.
"I put the Ad in." Said Andrew.
"You did what?" Exclaimed Darien as the uneasy feeling in his stomach finally made itself known as jealousy.
"Whoa, calm down. I put the ad in, but it's from you." Andrew said, putting his hands up in defense.
Darien stopped for a moment, his normally stoic features racing a million feelings at once across them. Andrew knew Serena would read the ad, he reasoned. He shot a nasty glance at Andrew, I'm sure he guessed a while back how I felt about her. Darien looked at Andrew for a moment longer and sized up the situation, he put the hardest look he could muster on his face and grimaced at Andrew for a full minute.
Andrew watched the thoughts process over Darien's face and the not too rewarding glare he ended up getting from him. As Darien leaned over the counter toward him, Andrew straightened and put about a foot of distance between himself and the none too happy looking man across the counter.
"So what's the plan now?" Darien asked glaring at Andrew.
"Uh, well, I figured when I told you about the initial plot you'd take it from there." Andrew said, stammering.
Darien glared at Andrew before reaching in his wallet and laying a bill on the counter. "If this doesn't work, you may have to find yourself a new best friend." Darien said turning and heading for the doors to the arcade.
"I knew you'd approve!" Andrew called jubilantly as Darien disappeared into the crowds outside. I knew all he needed was a push, thought Andrew excitedly.
