Chapter 2 - Three Years Later:
Serena paced the streets of Tokyo with her best friends, Lita, Amy and Raye, as well as her sister, Mina.
"So where are we going next?" Lita asked, already struggling with quite a few shopping bags filled with expensive clothes she had bought.
"Can you actually carry anything else?" Serena giggled, carrying her fair share of bags aswell.
They all laughed as if they were either hammered, or stoned. Whichever, it didn't make a great deal of difference. People still stared at them.
They stopped in front of their favourite shop, Gowns Galore, and stared in awe of the dress in the window.
It was a light shade of baby pink, and it had a halter-neck style top, with a red rose in the middle. It came down to the knees, and it had a sash around the middle, a slightly darker shade of pink, which had three more red roses around the middle. They stood in wonder.
"It would sooo suit you, Serena," Mina pointed out.
Serena tilted her head slightly as she imagined what it would look like on her. She smiled at the picture of herself dancing with a very handsome man in her head.
They all nodded in agreement.
"I wonder if they have my size," Serena said, still half dazed.
Without thinking about the amount of bags she already had, Serena walked into the shop and found the rack with the dress on.
"Yes! The last one!" Serena said loudly, causing a few people to look in her direction.
She held it up against her, and, deciding that it looked good, walked over to the till and bought it.
She went back outside to find Raye shaking her head, though smiling.
"Honestly." She said.
They were all standing there giggling slightly.
"What?" Serena asked.
"You do know that there is a sale on here next week, with 50 percent off everything in store. Including the dress you just bought." Amy pointed out wisely.
Serena looked down at the receipt.
"Oh, dammit. I just paid fifty quid for that." Serena cursed. She sighed. "Oh well, it was the last in my size and it would've gone by the time the sale arrived."
They all continued giggling, much to Serena's slight annoyment.
"OK, guys, you can drop it now." She said angrily, still mad with herself for buying the dress straight away.
"Well, I don't care what you all say, but I'm coming back here next week for a red dress. Even though I don't need one." Raye said happily.
"Hey! We can all come here and get dresses in our favourite colours! Then we can go to a party, or go clubbing!" Lita suggested.
Serena nodded. "Yeah, I'll get another dress!"
"Um, why?" Mina said.
"Because the dress I just bought is more of a date dress than a party dress, don't you think?" Serena said.
"Sure." They all said, rolling their eyes slightly.
"Well, I know I'm right." Serena said arrogantly.
They all snickered at her.
Serena frowned and started walking over to the nearest cafe. She turned back around.
"I was going to buy you all drinks. But not now." Serena smiled.
They started laughing, knowing that she wouldn't have, and followed her inside.
But none of them saw the tall, handsome and dark-haired man who turned the corner just as they walked in. He walked straight past the cafe door without a second thought. He was on the phone.
"Hey, Andrew. I'm back in Tokyo. Wonder if I'll see Serena again." He sighed. "Let's just hope that if I do, we'll keep contact to a minimum. I can't bear to have her mad at me again. I just know that if I run into her, she'll end up getting hurt again and I don't want that for her. I still love her Andrew."
He heard Andrew groan on the other end.
"Darien, face it, she threw you out, she's not gonna take you back just like that." Andrew said, clicking his fingers at the same time.
He looked down and continued walking. "I know, but I want her to. If I see her again, I'm gonna try and make things work."
Darien smiled at this thought.
"You, my friend, are living in denial." Andrew said, and hung up.
Darien took his phone away from his ear and put it back into his pocket.
It's been three years, he thought, she's bound to have cooled off by now...
just so you know, the dress serena just bought IS important to the story, kind of, so dont get confused. as ever, rate and review please and check out my other fanfics.
QueenSerenity818 out.