Moonchild here! Well here's the chapter that we have been waiting for. Darien will make his grand apperance.

I do not own Sailor Moon.

Chapter 2: One Step Forward Two Steps into The Past

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A couple of months have gone by. I have moved to a one bedroom apartment. Just me and my cat Luna. Seiya is living with his new princess. We barley speak. It's for the best. I still love him and staying away from him will help me move on quicker. To help me move on as well I have been set up by friends on three dates. Let me explain a couple of things about me. I was a late bloomer. I was this short, skinny little nothing in high school. My friends developed and knew how to work their curves. I on the other hand hid what little bit of a figure I had by wearing baggy clothes. I wasn't a girly girl either. I was not good at putting on makeup or fixing my hair. I would either keep it down in a wavy mess or up in pigtails. The pigtails helped me look younger than I was. I was alway mistaken as a preteen while I was a teenager. These attractive features did not really have the boys running toward my door. I had a serious crush most of my time in junior school and high school with a boy that was older than me. I was terrible at flirting with him. He went to college and I never saw him again. I had only had one boyfriend. A dork at best. His name was Melvin. We dated for a couple of months and became bored with each other. He was my first kiss, but not a real kiss. Just little pecks. Then there was my only real boyfriend besides Seiya.....Darien. I'm jumping the gun though. I will explain more about him later down the line. The point of this explanation is to explain that I am terrible with flirting, talking with guys, and fixing my hair and make up. I got so frustrated at the beginning of the school year last with my inability to do my hair that I finally just chopped it all off. It was to my chin at the time. It was a bit of mistake and drastic, but that seemed to be the theme of last year. It was down to my shoulders now and for my first date I used a straightener and put on light make up. This date was a choice by Ami. He was a very intelligent man who took me to a lecture and for coffee. He was a little too intelligent for my taste. Don't get me wrong I am not the clutzy airhead that people give me credit to be but I can't just quote books to make the conversation sound more intelligent. It was not a horrible date or anything I just did not feel the spark and it was obvious that he did not either. We simply shook each others hand (hot action right) and wished each other a good night. We did not see each other after that.

Date number two was from an old friend of my family. He was a really nice guy but not my type at all. He was a country boy at heart. He was a total wrong match for me. During the date I got the feeling he thought we were in a relationship. Let me explain something else about me. I don't think I have to explain this, but I am going to anyway. I am a girl that has only been in relationships and not many of those. I am also a girl that needs to not be in love with a man that doesn't love her, but is still in love with that guy none the less. I am the girl that for the first time wants a fling. It sounds fun and wild! This guy though was telling me that I would find out about his sleeping habits.....umm yeah first date. Not to mention the seven beers on our first date. It was all quite interesting. When he went to kiss me goodnight I jumped in my car. Yeah this dating stuff is so much fun.

Date number three was the best of all! Well it was not exactly a date but a friend gave a guy my phone number. He was first texting me to let me know that the picture he was shown of me was very pretty. Then it was just random messages about what do I like to do for fun and such. He was a bit disappointed that I did not go to clubs or bars. I'm just not that kind of girl. Well we finally spoke on the phone with each other. That was the most awkward conversation that I have had in my life. He was asking me about my sex life and how many "cuddle buddies" I have been with. I just was in shock and hung up the phone. I blocked the number. Dating is not suppose to be this hard right?

Another month had gone by and it was the end of May. I had been doing well during the school year without having the company of a male, but that was do to the amount of time I spent focusing on my career. During spring break was the hardest time to be alone. I just alot of time to think of him and I was hoping that summer would not be the same. I was home for a weekend to spend some time with my family. While I was there I went to a grocery store for my mother. That's when it happened. As I was walking through the grocery store I saw him. I saw Darien Sheilds. My face flushed as soon as he turned my way. He looked up and smiled. Crap! I am totally blushing! I haven't felt this way since high school. I haven't felt that way since him.

Let's rewind to my senior year. I was starting to gain the curves that my friends had. The curves were mainly in the chest area. Despite the curves, I was still clueless when it came to guys so I had friends who set me up. I normally would not have gone for a set up, but after the guy that I liked went to college I felt like I needed to make a change. I went to my friends house and met him. When I saw him for the first time I thought he was really handsome. He was wearing jeans and a black sweater. His dark hair helped light up his blue eyes. I felt my face go red when we shook hands to introduce ourselves. I felt a spark when our hands touched. I was nervous and excited. We all started watching a movie together and Darien slowly started putting his arm around me. It was totally different than any feelings I felt before. That night we made a date for the following Friday and exchanged numbers. We talked everyday that week and had our date on Friday. We went to a movie and then drove around and got to know each other. We had alot in common. While we were driving around he asked me to be his girlfriend. He drove me home and we had a kiss goodnight. This was my first real kiss. We saw each other the next night and called each other on the phone every day that week. I was on cloud nine. I felt like a normal teenage girl. For the first time in my life I felt attractive. Then the next weekend we were going on another date he picked me up. When he picked me up he seemed different. When I asked if he was okay he slammed on the breaks. He told me completely out of nowhere that he didn't want to stay with me other anymore. He said there were alot of reasons, but mainly that he didn't want a girlfriend. I was crushed. He drove me home and I cried. All our friends gave him hell about dumping me. A week later I asked him again why he did it and he said that he had a dream that made him realize that we weren't going to make it. We still talked on the phone almost every other day and hung out as friends every weekend. I even was his date to prom. I thought that he was just scared and that if we kept being friends we would get back together. I got the hint during his prom though that we were not going to be together again. He was seriously crazy about this girl. I was a little crushed that night, but luckily thats when Seiya picked up the pieces. Shortly after prom me and Seiya got together. Darien seemed happy for me, and we continued to be friends. I feel in love with Seiya. Seiya and I were different than me and Darien. That nervous spark wasn't there, but it was a complete comfortable feeling. Right before we went to college I lost my viginity to Seiya he then gave me a promise ring. At that moment I believed we would be together forever. Seiya went to college with me. Darien visited quiet a bit. He would bring me my comic books once a month. Seiya was getting very jealous about Darien. I assured him that Darien did not care about me that way. We went down that road and he just didn't feel that way about me....or so I thought. I asked Darien to help me pick up Seiya's Christmas present. It was a big deal for me. This was my first Christmas with a boyfriend. I wanted to be unconventional and buy him a promise ring. I wanted a guy's opinion. So we began driving to the mall in Darien's car. As I was in my own bubbly world Darien had that look in his eye that he did on the day he dumped me.

"Darien...what's wrong?"

"Serena are you sure Seiya is the one."

"Yes Darien I am!!"

"But I don't think he loves you the way that you love him."

"Why would you say that?"

"Because he doesn't look at you the way I do! He doesn't love you the way I do!"

I turned over and looked in his eyes. They had never seemed that blue to me as they were that second. He loved me. I couldn't believe that all that time I wanted to be with him he did not want to be with me. I was angry at him for waiting till now. Then I felt pain for him because I was about to break his heart.

"You're too late. I love Seiya."

"Serena he doesn't love you!"

"Stop saying that you just want me to pick you!"

He just stared at me for a moment. I saw a pain in his blue eyes that I have never seen there. He then grabbed my hand.

"I just want you to be happy Serena."

He still took me to the mall and helped me pick out that ring. Then he took me home. I told Seiya about the incident. He comforted Darien and they got into a huge fight. I ran to Darien after the fight. He had that same look in his eyes as he did in the car.

"You're making the wrong choice Serena, he doesn't love you. I can't explain how I know, but he doesn't love you."

"Stop this! He loves me and I love him! He didn't run scared like you! I wanted you Darien! This could have been you, but you ran away from me! You ruined us and now you want to ruin me and Seiya! I hate you Darien Sheilds!! I hate you!!"

I turned away as the tears went streaming down my cheeks. Darien went to touch my shoulder, but then he decided to just walked away. I did not look at him until he was walking away. I wanted to stop him, but I let him go. I never saw him again.

That is until today.........

"Serena Kou....or did you go back Tsukino either way Serena you look beautiful. That's a good length for you hair"

"It's Kou...thank you.....how have you been?"

"Where do I start...more importantly where do we start?

"Well I guess I owe you an apology. You were right he never loved me...and I should have never told you that I hated you."

Tears began to roll down my cheek and he put his arms around me. I have been hugged many times after the divorce, but none felt as comforting as that hug.

"Hey you wanna get out of here and go for a walk?"

"I'd like that, but I got get the groceries to my mother first."

"Fair deal"

We got in his car. He then drove me to my mom's. She looked up in shock when she saw Darien carry the groceries. I just gave her a look that told her I had no idea how this way happening, but it was. We dropped off the groceries and went back to the car.

"Where to Sere."

"I really have no clue. How bout we just drive?"

"Fair enough."

So we drove away. Not knowing where we going, or what we were going to do when we got there.....guess we will see.

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That's it for chapter 2. I will try to get the next chapter out A*S*A*P* I hope you all have enjoyed!