Toxic Love
TemptressKitten17
Rated M
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon
Author's note: If you are under the age of eighteen then you are reading this at your own risk. I will not be held responsible for what happens if your parents catch you reading this or if the content in my story corrupts your innocent minds. You have been warned.
For all intents and purposes that I cannot even begin to explain to you all, I have decided to rewrite the novel a bit so that this whole love affair takes place over several months in order to make it both more believable and all the more devastating. Also, I have aged the characters a bit so things are REALLY going to change a lot. This will hopefully give you all something to read without me really having to work too hard on writing the chapters. Why change an already great story, you ask? Well, for one thing I have grown up considerably since I first wrote this at the age of eighteen and so I've realized that my story isn't as of yet realistic. Hate to break it to all of you hopeless romantics out there, but you're going to end up kissing a LOT of frogs before you find your prince charming, and even then you'll have problems to deal with. The course to true love never does run smoothly, I've discovered. Yes, it sucks; welcome to adulthood. Another reason for the total rewrite is that now I am in Creative Writing and I have become very critical of my work; even more that before. So I am warning you all now that if you want to keep the old story (even though it is unfinished) for whatever reason, you would be wise to copy and paste it to a word document before it is irreversibly changed forever. By the way, if you want the prologue as well, then go to my website. Just click on the link on my page and go from there. Please do not flame me for the rewrite, I'm trying to IMPROVE the story, not completely change the plot so that it becomes unrecognizable. Just read the new chapters and you'll see that change can be a GOOD thing.
Prologue:
"I can't believe you're making me go to this party." Serena complained. She flopped down onto her bed, wearing only her pink bra and panties. Her cousin Mina was going through Serena's closet in a quest for the perfect party outfit.
"And I can't believe you DON'T want to go! For crying out loud Serena, it is NEW YEAR'S EVE and there is no way we are going to celebrate the new year at home!" Mina eyed a sexy black halter dress that Serena had stashed away at the farthest end of her closet. She tossed it to Serena to try on. "Besides, this year we're finally old enough to attend my brother's New Year's Eve bash instead of just hearing about it for the next few days."
Serena glanced at the black dress before unceremoniously hanging it back up in her closet again. Mina pouted. "Come ON, Sere! You haven't even worn half of these outfits yet and what better place to flaunt them than at the most anticipated party of the year? EVERYBODY is always talking about how great Andrew's parties are and I wanna go!"
Serena sighed. "Of course YOU want to go, Mina. I know what you're thinking, okay? You and I both know that this isn't about the party, it's about playing cat and mouse with your crush Kevin tonight; just like you do EVERY night there's a party. Why don't you just have sex with him and get it over with?"
"You just don't understand the game, Sere. It's not about sleeping with him; it's about making HIM want ME. If it was only about the sex I would have done him months ago, no problem. You know how easy it is to get a guy to say yes to THAT question."
"So then, what is it you want, A RELATIONSHIP?" Serena rolled her eyes. What a joke that notion would be. To expect commitment from a man was, in Serena's opinion, about as fruitless as hitting one's head continuously against a brick wall; all you ended up getting was a splitting headache.
"Would that really be such a bad thing?" Mina asked innocently.
Serena simply shrugged her shoulders. "Whatever, it doesn't matter what I think, Mina, because you'll just do what you want anyway."
"How about this one?" Mina held up a spaghetti strap red cocktail dress.
Serena shook her head. "No, I don't think I'll be wearing THAT tonight. You know, Mina, your brother would have a fit if he knew we wore stuff like this."
"I know; he's WAY too overprotective sometimes. Guess these are out of the question too then, huh?" she was holding out a black bustier and a pink lace shirt that left little to the imagination.
Serena made a face. "Um, yeah, but only because those are the clothes I save for booty calls. I don't actually wear them outside of the bedroom."
Mina hung them back up in the closet quickly. "Oh," she said.
Serena sighed. "Mina, just stop trying to find something for me to wear tonight, okay? If you want to go so badly, then go by yourself! I'll just be in the way of your flirting with Kevin so it's better if I just…"
"Don't say it! Serena, I'm serious about this! You NEED to get out of the house tonight! All you've done since finals ended a couple weeks ago is sit around and sulk and it is NOT healthy for you. Now you are going to get dressed up into something sexy and you are going to have fun tonight at the party and I won't take 'no' for an answer. And who knows, maybe you'll meet a cute guy and…"
Serena glared at her cousin. "If the rest of that sentence ends with me falling in love with him I swear I will throw something at you."
"It couldn't hurt, ya know," Mina countered. "So you've had a bit of bad luck when it comes to men, big deal! We all have to kiss a few frogs before we find a prince."
"I wouldn't call four guys in two years 'a few' Mina. Let's face it; I'm cursed." Serena went through her closet, pulling out random outfits and sexy tops and tossing them onto her bed.
"You are not cursed Serena, you just haven't found the right guy yet."
"That's because he doesn't exist. Face it Mina, the only thing guys want from me is sex. And maybe they're right to expect it; after all, it's my fault for being such an easy lay."
"Sere, you know that's not true."
"Isn't it? Because the last guy I slept with didn't even have to ask me out. I just hopped into bed with him the second he suggested it. And let's see, before that there was the two night stand guy, then the guy I had just met but was incredibly attracted to. And before that there was…" She stopped, refusing to go THERE again. Hurt momentarily flashed through her crystal blue eyes and Mina knew that it would be better to just change the subject.
"So, which outfit do you want to wear tonight to the party?" she asked.
Serena shrugged. What the hell? She was young, attractive and sexy as hell! Why should she spend all her time moping over some jerk that was too busy thinking with his prick to see how great she was? 'Well, maybe tonight I'll play the game THEIR way.' Serena thought to herself as she went through her outfits, selecting and rejecting certain pieces. 'I'll find a gorgeous guy, seduce him and then I'll be the one to decide if HE'S worth a second go instead of the other way around.'
"Tell me again why you're using my apartment to host your party TONIGHT of all nights?" twenty four year old Darien Shields asked as he cleaned his spacious penthouse apartment.
"Because you lost the bet last week and owe me a favor, remember?" Andrew said as he poured the contents of a very large chip bag into an equally large plastic bowl.
"It was a stupid bet, Drew. It doesn't give you the right to take over my place in order to host your party.
"Then why did you agree to it if it was such a stupid bet?"
Darien sighed in frustration and ran his fingers through his hair. He knew he could have won the bet if only she hadn't distracted him. But she had, and Andrew had beaten him at pool for the third time in a row despite Darien's insistence that he couldn't possibly win against him on the last round. "Care to make a wager on that?" Andrew had asked, and because Darien was just a little too cocky for his own good, he had agreed; big mistake.
Just as he was about to sink the last ball into the corner pocket, that gorgeous blonde caught his eye again. She was out on the dance floor wearing a black mini dress that flaunted her generous curves, and her hips were moving so sinuously that Darien could scarcely concentrate on the game. He shot the ball from the wrong angle in his distraction and lost the game to Andrew of all people; again. To add insult to injury, the gorgeous blonde was nowhere to be found; having left the club while Andrew was collecting the money Darien now owed him. "Oh, and by the way. I'll be borrowing your apartment for one of my parties real soon." Andrew had said while Darien was still watching in the direction where that girl had been shaking her ass only moments before.
"I never thought you would actually win against me. I mean, come on Drew! Usually you totally suck at the game and I figured that there was no way you could actually beat me three times. And you still can't."
"But, I did. That's why we're here now setting your place up for the biggest party of the year."
"No, you didn't beat me Drew. You just got lucky because I was too distracted by the hot piece of ass on the dance floor that night."
"You just don't want to admit that I was able to beat you at YOUR game, Dare. But it doesn't really matter since I still get to use your place to host my party!"
"Just stay away from my bedroom, and make sure that your guests stay away as well." Darien warned.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Don't worry, Reika and I will be perfectly comfortable in the hall closet."
"That better be a joke Andrew."
Andrew smirked. "Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Either way, I still technically own your place for the next twenty four hours. That's plenty of time for me and Reika to christen every OTHER room in your place." He winced slightly as Darien punched him in the arm.
"Thanks a lot for reminding me AGAIN about what I WON'T be doing tonight." Darien unplugged the table lamps and wrapped up the cords before moving them into the hall closet where they would not get broken by accident. 'Too bad I couldn't prevent OTHER things of mine from getting broken.' Darien thought to himself.
"Dude, just let it go already! SHE obviously got over it; why else would she have gotten married last month? She moved on, so why can't you do the same?"
Darien sighed. "I really thought she was the one I was meant to be with Drew. I mean, we were friends for so long and then we were so much more than that. She was like my other half and I always thought we would end up together in the end."
Andrew looked at his best friend incredulously. "Dare, she CHEATED on you with one of your friends. How could you possibly have thought that you two had a future together?"
"Well, we sure as hell don't have a future NOW, do we? Not while she's married to my ex-best friend anyway. I can't BELIEVE her! I mean, here I was, willing to forgive her and take her back and she had the nerve to tell me that she was getting married that very week to the guy she cheated on me with!"
Andrew nodded. Having already heard this story a million times over the course of the last few months, he was getting a little tired of it. "You know what you need, Darien? You need to get over Saori! You broke up two years ago and since then all you have done is pine for her like a lovesick puppy dog. Oh sure, you brought a few girls home for some fun, but that's been the extent of your efforts to move on."
"That's easy for you to say, Drew. You have a girlfriend who's crazy about you and would never in a million years leave you for your best friend."
"And that's exactly my point, Darien! You need to realize that there are plenty of other women out there. And who knows, maybe you'll find the right one at the party tonight."
Darien laughed bitterly. "Right, like the woman of my dreams is really going to show up tonight at my front door and make me forget all about Saori and her new husband. That's a good one Andrew. I swear, sometimes you are way too optimistic for your own good."
Meanwhile, a good ten minute drive away, Serena Tsukino dressed for her cousin's party with every intention of seducing at least one of Andrew's friends before the night was over.
Temptress Kitten: I'm trying a new format for my paragraphs since my writing prof pointed out that I was doing it all wrong. I hope this is more professional looking now. So, what do you think? Is it better than the original prologue or does it need some more work? As you already know, I have no problem rewriting a chapter so if it's lacking something TELL ME so that I can fix it ok? And don't JUST tell me what it lacks; I want to know what parts you like about it, what my strengths are and what you want to see more of! Also, if there was something in the original prologue that you really liked but didn't get to see in this version, let me know. I may have overlooked something or it may have been intentional, however I still value your opinion. I guess that's all I really have to say for now. Till next time…
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