Revolving Love: The Miracle Is On The Ice!
Miracle 2 – Pain and Betrayal
This is a revised chapter of the original so rereading will be at your best interest. Thank you so much!
Narrator
For Serena Tsukino, the day had been a mixture of heaven and hell. Even as the morning dews made way for the brilliance of the sun, the stares and gossip channeling the incident that had happened early that morning at first period could not fester out of the agitated school.
There were those who gaze upon Tsukino with open hostility, hate and jealousy. The very idea of a nerd dating their school prince, their soccer ace, their untouchable ice king was a bruising blow to many egos.
Some of the female population hated the girl for entirely different reason. They had kept their feelings shut, given up on the idea that they could ever be good enough for Darien because of Georgina. They hadn't taken the chance, too afraid to be hated, too afraid to be Georgina's enemy and yet here she was, a nerd with no strong back support, a non-entity in the school had fostered up enough courage to do what they had been too chicken to do. Her courage and bravely irked them because upon Tsukino's act, they had no choice but to admit how cowardly they were. But what human liked to have their weakness rub in their face? No one did and refusing to blame themselves for their missed opportunity, they decided that Serena should carry the brunt of their displeasure. And thus Serena Tsukino was hated. Hated for have courage and strength of character, for not being afraid to go for what she wanted.
However not all were displeased with her. In fact unbeknownst to the courageous girl, she had made friends amongst some of the most powerful people in the school. Amongst these people were Georgina's own friends. Of those who had no intimate connecting to the shield character, they were excited and pleased with Serena Tsukino for putting Georgina in her place. To them, Georgina was a brat, a whore and an underserving princess whose only worth came from the fruits of her father's labor. They harbored hate the likes of which had never been felt before toward the brunette haired princess for her spoiled attitude, her condescending tongue and her superior wanna be personality. It was good, they felt for someone to finally put her into her place and the icing on the cake was that it wasn't just a somebody that had done so noooo, it had been a nobody who had humiliated the spoiled brat. To them, that particular Monday would serve as a day of freedom to be celebrated every year for as long as they lived. Liberated from the unfair supremacy of the spoiled princess, they could have kissed the Tsukino's girls feet if she hadn't flown out of the building the moment school was over as if she was being haunted. And so they made plans to throw a party that night in celebration of Serena Tsukino, a party in which the honored girl would never even know about.
And yet still, there were those who didn't know how to feel about the whole situation. These lots were those pronounced to be rejects and nerds. For some of the nerds, they found Serena Tsukino's actions to be unnerving and downright arrogant while others found it to be courageous and brave. For those who thought her arrogant, the need to stay away from her as to not reign down the wrath of the popular crowd on them became their goal and as for those who thought her brave decided that remaining friends with her could help strengthen their character and hopefully someday, they too might develop her courageous spirit.
As for the person in question, she herself was lost in bliss and fear. Happy one moment that she had a possibility to make Darien her boyfriend and fearful the next minute of his rejection at the winter formal if he found her unworthy. To be honest, she was peeved at the idea that she had to prove anything to him at all. She might have liked him, even loved him but for him to be so arrogant in asking her to prove her worth nearly undid her happiness. She owed him nothing so why did she have to prove anything? And yet she had accepted the condition. She had, she had no other choice. It wasn't about proving him wrong or right, it was about giving her heart a chance at something that could potentially turn out to be the biggest blessing of her life. And so despite her anger at him, she was resigned and somewhat accepting. She would prove her worth as he so arrogantly requested but so would he. If she found HIM unsatisfactory by winter's formal, she would let him go even if he decided that they should be an item.
Darien's Pov
I blinked and sat stunned as she run out of the classroom as if being chased by demons. She was fast which made me wonder why she wasn't on the track team. I guess I wasn't the only one baffled by her departure.
"What's with her?" Zaiden asked.
"She probably just wants to stand outside to wait for Darien so everyone can see." Jason said through gritted teeth. He more than all disapproved of my choice to go out with Serena. In reality I really didn't know why I had done what I did, all I knew was that I had always noticed her. I was under no illusion that I harbored any affection for her, far from it. Yet she has always been in my line of vision, if we were within sight, no matter what I was doing, my gaze would be inevitably drawn to her. I wanted to find out why that was, why could she, a nerd who had meatball pigtails for hair, the only quality of hers that stood out occupied my vision so much so that it is with a force of will that I am able to turn away. And then of course, I just needed to be with someone in other to avoid Georgina.
Sighing, I got up and stuffed my books in my pack.
"Well let's go already, we have practice." I said and grunting grudgingly, they got up to follow me. The only one who had yet to share his thoughts on this matter of a sudden girlfriend was Kagan and for that I was more than grateful.
Walking down the hall was more uncomfortable than ever. I have never quiet understood why people found it fascinating to watch me and my friends. Popularity was so over rated, I never asked to be popular, it was something forced on me and despite how much I fight it, it never goes away. As such I had learned long ago to ignore it. My locker was a bit further away from my friends so I walked on ahead whiles they paused at their locker to do their business. Rounding two corners, three lockers appeared in my line of vision. Three lockers, one for me, one for a student who transferred to a different school three weeks ago and one for Serena.
I was a bit surprise that she wasn't here waiting for me and even if she was, I would have told her to go home because of practice. Maybe Jason was right, that she wanted to show off that she was going out with me and was waiting for me at the front. For a minute I contemplated not going outside but sighed, shook my head and grabbed the bag with my training uniform. I wanted to get outside before my friends do, I didn't want them making a scene in front of the students. Outside I was greeted by the warm rays of the afternoon sun.
Soon not even the sun will have enough heat to penetrate the icy touch of December's winter. I tore my gaze away from the sun and brought my mind back to the present to realize like always that I was the center of unwanted attention. I looked left and right, trying to find my new girlfriend but I couldn't see her. With her weird pigtails, it would be impossible not to notice it and of course she had the golddest of hair color that it should be easy to see, but she wasn't there.
"Ummm…" someone approached me and I realize that he might be one of Serena's nerd friends.
"Yes?" I said.
"If you are looking for Serena, she already left." He said and I nodded.
She had already left? What the heck? Had she wanted to get away from me and my friends that badly? It was an amusing thought but inwardly I felt something was wrong. I was not happy yet I didn't know why. Not happy, disappointed without a reason.
I returned to the gym where all my friends were gathered, as soon as Jason saw me he shouted across the room.
"She was waiting wasn't she? Did you tell her F*** off because we have practice? Did you dump her ass?" His eyes sparkled as he pictured all sorts of humiliating scenes I could have told Serena off, if she had been there.
"For your information Jay, she wasn't waiting for me and she wasn't here." That seemed to silence him.
"Jason!" Our coach scolded and glared.
"Sorry sir." Jason said and I sat down by him. For as long as I can remember, soccer had always been a favorite of mine. At one point I even wanted to be a soccer player, a foolish dream that came to an end as soon as I understood the situation I was in. And so I gave up on the sport until I came to this school and I was forced to join by Kagan and Jason who were both part of the soccer team. At first I didn't want to, I didn't want to feel the pleasure I felt every time I played it, I didn't want to have any high hopes. But one night Kagan had been ill. The soccer team didn't have enough people then and I stood in for him. I never stopped since. But I knew that with the coming of our graduation, I would have to abandon for more benefitting goals.
I half listened as the couch hyped up the players but my mind could not leave the matter of Serena alone. Why, why hadn't she waited for me? It was really odd that I'd be affected by that but I was, I was unsatisfied with her action. If she had stayed and waited for me, I would have thought the same thing Jason had said, that she wanted to show off. But she hadn't waited for me, in or outside the school building and thus I did not know what to think.
Minutes later we were on the park dribbling and scoring. All my thoughts of Serena vanished with the adrenaline of the game as passes were called and kicked, as goals were made and cheers were let out amongst ourselves. The team work, the exercise and the sheer exhilaration of the sport is what made me fall in love with soccer, when playing, no thoughts was heavy to burn my mind. It was with sheer minded happiness that I played with.
Kagan passed me the ball which I had to receive and get past four opponents. Within the team, Kagan, Jason and I are known as the secret weapons. We can throw opponents for a loop at the bizarre way we passed and head butted. It was a simple system really. Kagan passes the ball to me, I get it to Jason who will hit it back to our section of the park where Kagan would meet the ball with a heavy kick of his own, I would jump, roll from behind and kick the ball to the goal while up in the air. But this all have to be done at an angel that would be impossible for the goalie to toss himself.
The three of us were a team within a team and the strongest supporters of our team. We were the ones the team depended on to get us out of tough situations, we were the ones the school depended on to bring glory and honor to its name, we are the weapons and it was a name we wore with pride.
Practice came to an end and feeling much mellower, I took a shower in the men's room before changing into clean clothes. I went to my locker, grabbed my book bags and met my friends at the entrance. Zaiden always went home with us because while he wasn't on the team, he often helped with strategies and if he wasn't doing that, he would be in the library reading on the history of our next competition. Because of his sharpness for details and thorough researching, we are often well prepared before we played a game.
"Hey Darien, I heard your lady ditched you." He said as soon as he saw me.
"No, I think Jason scared her away." I replied with a grin.
"Hmmph! If only that was true." Jason said and we began to walk toward our Mercedes bens.
"Why do you hate her so much anyway?" I asked. I really could not understand it. Was his hate simply because of the difference in our social status? Wasn't that just vain?
"She is totally beneath you!" he said as if that should explain why he hated an innocent girl.
"In what way Jason?" I asked.
"Need you ask? You are of high rank…"
"Because people look up to me Jason. Do not forget that I am an orphan Jason, so then what makes my position any higher than hers?" I asked and he immediately shut up. There was an edge to my voice with my words, I hated it when Jason got all high rank this or high rank that and looked down on those less fortunate than him. He was of a good family with a lot of money and so were the rest of my friends. Kagan was the heir to an international trade company, Zaiden is the son of the tycoon of the computer industries and even Andrew who was just a bit below them would someday own his father's arcade which made quite a lot of money. Compared to them I was nothing. An orphan abandoned in an alley and found by Kagan's parents. At the time I was a new born baby and Kagan was two years older than me. They searched for my parents all around but no one came forward to claim me. Out of pity, they did not place me in an orphanage but instead sought out two couples who could not have children of their own. I was adopted into their lives and for the most part my childhood had been happy. I had met the rest of my friends during that early period of my life until one day, everything changed.
My foster parents died in a car crash. I was eight and already I had lost four parents. I was once again taken into Kagan's home and it was there that I discovered I had not been my foster parent's true child. I was a homeless orphan, my parents didn't want me and those that did had just died. The pain I felt was so terrible that I run away. I was found by Kagan and the rest of the guys and was brought back to Kagan's house but I came back totally changed. I was no longer the ignorant child. My childhood suddenly felt like a lie, everything, every laughter, kiss, happiness, sadness, it all felt like one big lie. With nothing save the clothes on my back, I vowed to become something more than the helpless child that I was. I was placed in another home, and that was how I gained Rei as my sister. Her parents adored me and so did Rei and not wanting to let them down I began to study, so seriously I studied that it was as if every day I was taking a college exam which I had to study for. My progress was noticed in the grades I skipped and the scholarships I received until I had to move to the US to an elite all boys' school and graduated at the top.
But despite all that I have gained, I could never forget that I was an orphan, that I did not belong with the guys.
We drove off.
"Are we going to the Crown first?" Kagan who was driving asked.
"Nah, I want to get to the house first." I answered.
"Where is Neal anyway?" Kagan asked and I rolled my eyes.
"Is it really that hard to figure it out?" I said and they all chuckled.
"Glued to his girlfriend again." Zaiden answered.
"Man, that guy is too soft!" Jason said.
"I must tell Rei you said that." I commented off handedly.
"No!" He screamed and turned haunted eyes on me.
"That sister of yours is like his personal demon." Kagan laughed.
"Please please don't!" Jason begged and I pretended to think about it. I would never tell Rei that but it was good to see him begging. Then I had an idea.
"I won't tell her…" he sighed. "On one condition." His head came right up as his eyes narrowed.
"What?" he asked and I looked straight at him.
"Leave. Serena. Alone." I said each word with deliberation as to stress to him how serious I was.
"No freaking way!" he said.
"Ah alas, I will be the one to break the terrible news to my sister. The news that his boyfriend finds it terribly a sign of weakness when a boyfriend indulges his girl. How crash she will be." I said dramatically, watching as flutters of emotions washed over his face. Fear, anger, more anger and finally the fear won.
"Fine!" he said through gritted teeth.
"And the contract is sealed! Darien has the right to tell Rei if you break your promise to stop harassing his unsuitable girlfriend." Zaiden said as was our tradition to put any promises or conditions made into perspective.
"I don't know why you guys don't like her, she seems fine to me." Kagan said and we all looked at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Bless your heart Kagan, I feel you are my only true friend." I said and he laughed, Jason scowled and Zaiden fell into silence.
Zaiden and Jason who lived two minutes away were dropped off first before Kagan drove to our houses which stood several feet apart. Before he entered the iron gate of his house, I got out of the car, waved to him and walked the few feet to my house.
"Darien!" I was locked in the tight embrace of Mrs. Hino, Rei's mother.
"Good evening aunt Hino." I greeted as I returned the hug.
"Call me mother!" she pouted and I chuckled to hide how nervous her request made me.
"Is Uncle in?" I asked instead.
"Hajime is so cold!" She said on the verge of tears.
"What happened?" I asked
"She wants me to go to the Oprah with her. Those noisy singing that sounds like a rat suffocating is not something I will endure for any reason." Uncle said coming down the stairs to greet me. He gave me a short hug and stepped back.
"All the men take their wives to the Oprah! Why must I be alone!?"
"Because all those men are deaf and daft." Aunt's mouth trembled.
"I HATE YOU!" She said as she ran of crying.
"Come on Hanako! I do everything for you, one thing I can't do and you hate me." Uncle said running after Aunt Hanako. I knew it was only a matter of time before she got what she wanted, she always does and I wonder why uncle always falls for the crocodile tears and her meaningless hate words. I sighed, and headed off to my room.
I paused and stared.
What was she doing in my room of all places!?
"Georgina?" I asked and she turned around to face me.
"Darien." She cried out and run to me, throwing her full self on me that I had to hold her to prevent both of us from falling. Her hands locked around my neck and her lips crushed mine before I could do anything to help it. She was so aggressive that I couldn't push her away. She pushed against me as if trying to melt her body in mine and I had no problem with it. Her full breasts felt like a cushion against my chest and I kissed her back with equal hunger. I picked her up and locked the door before taking her to the bed. Her fingers fumbled at the button of my shirt and I opened her blouse to cup her full bouncy breasts. I teased her breast with my tongue and teased until called out my name in pleasure. The deliciousness I felt at her sultry voice calling my name pushed away all conscious thoughts from me.
"Ah Darien." She moaned again. My shirt came off as well as her bra. I laid on her and ran my hand down her thighs and over her breasts as my mouth tasted hers over and over. Her expert hands opened the zip and button of my pants as she tried to pull it off. I was hard, really hard and ready for her. I held her skirt and pulled it down as she pushed down my boxes. I pushed down her panties and brought the tip of my bulging staff to her sweet entrance. I made to thrust in her.
"Darien, come in me!" she demanded, her body heated with desire. That was all the encouragement I needed but before I could thrust, an image of Serena's humiliated back as she turned away from me and the crowd filled my mind. I shook my head to clear the image but it would not go away.
"Darien." Georgina gasped desperately. I was torn. I had a girlfriend now, well supposedly. Until the winter formal, Serena was technically not my girlfriend but I had still given her hope so I will still be held responsible if she had a broken heart before the bargain we made was fulfilled. And her, lying under me wet and waiting for me was Georgina whom I wanted to take so badly. What was the right thing to do? I had made her body burn for me, she needed to release, it would be cruel to leave her as she was and cruel to betray Serena's trust. What was I to do?
However the decision was taken out of my hand. Georgina bucked her body up and I sank into her.
It didn't matter anymore.
All I could see was Georgina.
An hour later, we both lay exhausted on my bed, her head laid at the crock of my neck and I ran my fingers down her body and over her breasts, squeezing a little.
"Darien"
"Mmm?"
"What were you trying to do today?" she asked and sat halfway up to stare down at me. Her eyes were furious.
"How could you humiliate me as you did?!" As soon as she said that I felt guilty, for two reasons. One, I had betrayed Serena right on the first day and two because I had hurt Georgina with my rash behavior.
"I'm sorry Georgie." I said as I sat up.
"Drop that bitch tomorrow and make me your girlfriend!" she demanded.
I looked at Georgina; she was everything a man would want. Fashionable, of good family and very smart too. She had a killer body and a seductive allure about her that drew men like moths to a flame. She was what I wanted; she had always been from when I first met her at age 8 when I ran away from home. I had fallen into a hole and hit my head heard against something. My vision was blurred and when I thought I was going to die I heard an angel's voice call to me.
I was in such a bad state that all I remembered afterwards were warm hands embracing me. She lifted me out of the hole somehow and rested my cold cheeks on her lap as she sang a very sweet lullaby. I remember looking up at my angel and all I could see were her brown hair. I slept on her lap for a long time and when I woke up, Georgina was the one my head was resting on her lap.
"Are you alright?" she had asked, looking concern at me.
"Did you save me?" I asked and she nodded. "Thank you."
She leaned down and pressed her soft lips to my checks.
"Just remember that there are people who love and cares for you a whole lot more than you know." She said and for the first time after the death of my foster parents, I felt at ease. Soon after that, the guys found us and we returned home.
Georgina has always been special to me, despite what a brat she was, I could never get her out of my mind. But as we grew and I realized that she was far too important and above my station, I became afraid. Someone like her did not deserve a low life like me. She deserved a prince charming, someone who can add to her family's fortune not a penniless boy. But she loved me; she wanted me just as much as I wanted her.
I knew this when she came to my room the day before I left for the elite school in the states. She kissed me and told me she had always been crazy for me and that day was the first day we made love. When I came back, she had totally changed. She was even more beautiful than I remembered but her attitude had changed. She was spoiled, selfish, demanding and looked down on people less fortunate than her. When we met, all she kept talking about was how manly I had grown and how handsome. At the time she was dating some really popular singer. Someone by the name light.
He wasn't often around since his career made him travel far and wide and as I gained popularity in school, she started pushing towards me. I know now that she loves me only because unlike her ex, I am always around. And I was popular now and handsome. In her eyes the little boy she had saved has disappeared and is replaced with a man good in bed. And yes, I was not that little boy anymore, but back then, she had loved that little boy, now she just lustered after me and just wanted to be the center of attention. I on the other hand still loved her. I wanted her in all the ways a man would want a woman but as long as she wanted me for all the wrong reasons, I could never make her my girlfriend. At least that was what I thought yet she always managed to get me to sleep with her and make love to her, it was getting harder and harder to resist her. And it didn't help that though girls at school liked me, as long as she was around they felt they didn't have a chance. I hadn't expected Serena the nerd to have the courage to do what she had done, but as soon as she asked me to be her boyfriend, I found my way out.
For me, Serena is just a tool to help me distance myself from Georgina.
So what the heck was I doing sleeping with her again!?
"No, this should never have happened." I answered to her demand. I stood up and walked around searching for my scattered clothing.
"What?" she said barely above whisper.
"What you and I have is nothing more than mere physical attraction."
"Ha!" she scorned. "And what do you have with Miss Nerd, pray tell me?" she said, folding her hands under her breasts.
I looked at her for a second and looked away.
"Serena is someone I can learn to love." I lied. I felt the bed move and soon she stood behind me, her hands encircling my waist.
"Darien I do love you. Please, you and I belong together! I'm the only one who can love you as much as I do! I saved you, remember?!" I closed my eyes. Would she always use that above my head?
"Yes you did and for that I thanked you and your family was compensated for it."
"Oh come on darling, you know you want me." she said coyly and pressing herself against me and shifted to my front.
"Who can offer you all that you stand to gain by being with me?"
"No one."
"That's right. So don't make this harder than it is." She said and leaned up and kissed me. I let her kiss me for some seconds before I found the strength to push her away.
"Leave." I said.
"Ha, are you serious."
"Leave and never come back to my room again.
"Darien!"
"Leave!" I yelled. I didn't stand around long enough to watch her leave. Instead I went to the bathroom, took a shower and dressed. By the time I returned to the room…she was still there.
"Come on Darien baby."
"It seems you are hard of hearing. I'm going to the arcade, I expect you to clear out of the room by the time I get back or I will physically drag you out!" I said.
"Darien!
"Darien!" I walked out and closed the door.
My heart was so heavy I felt it would fall out of my body.
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