AN: yay chapter 2! I hope you like it!

No flames. My First story

James didn't get to edit this. I wanted to get it out to you ASAP. But im sure if he finds mistakes when he reads it, he'll make me correct them.

Disclaimer: I don't own SM or the characters. But, this particular story is mine.

Summary: Serena Tsukino is your regular high school teenager who happens to meet a handsome stranger at a New Years Party she went to with her parents. What happens when that handsome stranger, Darien Shields, shows up at the most unexpected place – her class.

-misslorraine

UNCHARTED WATERS

Chapter 2 – Surprise

January 7 – Tsukino House

Serena turned over and opened one eye. Her alarm read 6:45AM.

"SHIT!" she hopped off her bed and ran to her bathroom. 'I must have pushed the 30 minute snooze button again! Damn, I really got to stop doing that,' she thought as she brushed her teeth and washed her face. Just as she was finishing up in the bathroom, Serena heard her mom call out to her,

"SERENA! Aren't you done getting ready yet? You're going to be late for school."

"Just give me a minute Mama" Serena cried out as she rushed from her bathroom back to her bed room. She threw off her pajamas and pulled on her favorite light blue jeans with a pick halter top and a white zip up hoodie with the words "Captain Bunny" on the back and "Lynnwood High Swim Team" across her chest. She skipped to her dresser as she put her hair up in her infamous buns. Quickly, she applied a very light layer of make-up on her face. 'HA- layer,' she thought. It really couldn't be considered a layer since it was just a tad of light blue eye shadow and pink sparkle lip gloss.

Serena grabbed her back pack and gym bag then fled for the stairs. She already had her sliver earrings hooked in by the time she got to the bottom. Her mother, Ilene Tsukino, was standing there with a chocolate muffin in one hand and Serena's keys in her other. Serena took in her mother's appearance and smiled. Her mother. Such a kind hearted woman. Standing at 5'9, she was taller than her daughter's 5'7, but she was almost as thin. However, after having two kids it's a wonder how she pretty much kept her figure. Serena smiled at her mom. She had hair so dark it almost looked blue when the sun hit it. Her brown eyes always so knowing. 'Too knowing,' Serena thought. Her mother could always tell when something wrong with her.

"Are you ready dear?" Ilene said, interrupting Serena's thoughts.

"Yes Mama, thank you for the muffin. My fave!" Serena took her keys and muffin as Ilene kissed her on the cheek.

"I know it is," Ilene smiled, "Now go, it is already 7:05, hurry or you'll be late… again"

"Okay Mama, I'm going. Have a good day," Serena raced to her car, shoved everything in, turned on the car, and was down the road in 20 seconds flat. Her black Honda Civic may be small, but it could move.

Lynnwood High School 7:33a.m.

Serena arrived at school with four minutes until the late bell. She wasted two minutes trying to find a parking spot. 'Too many damn people drive to school,' she thought as she finally pulled into an empty space. She jumped out of her car with her back pack, purse, gym bag, and half eaten muffin; locked her doors and made her way to the main doors. As Serena reached and opened her locker, she heard someone yell for her.

"Serena, hurry your lazy ass up! You pushed the snooze again didn't you? I knew I should have called you this morning. I-"

"Okay Raye I got it, but if you keep biting my ass off you'll be late for class too, then you'll have to yell at yourself," Serena bit out as she effectively cut off her best friend's rants. It was way too early for her to deal with Raye's 'know-it-all-so-I-shove-it-in-your-face' attitude. She turned from her locker just in time to see Raye's temper flair. Raye had raven black hair that flowed just past the end of her back. She was about 5'8 with a slender body that had curves in all the right places. Today she wore blue jeans, a dark red zipper hoodie with a red cut off shirt underneath. As always, her shoes were red. If people didn't know red was Raye's signature color, they were idiots.

'Great,' she thought. "Raye sorry hun, just a bad morning I guess. Didn't sleep well," Serena sighed as she ran towards Raye and the stepped inside the classroom just as the bell went off.

"Oh, dreaming about your lover boy again?" Raye asked; her and Serena making their way to their seats in the front corner of the class.

"NO!" she snapped. Ever since she had told her friends about Darien, they had not let off on the "lover boy" remarks. 'They think they are so damn clever,' Serena thought, slightly annoyed. She sighed and fell into her seat.

Serena had failed to notice anything different about the figure writing on the white board in the front of the class when she had walked in. However, now that she was seated she could plainly see there was a huge difference. It was a man, first off, wearing khaki slacks and what appeared to be a white button up shirt. The sleeves were long, but he had them rolled up past his forearms. She leaned towards Raye and whispered,

"Raye, where's Ms. Haruna?"

"She quit," the raven haired girl replied.

"What?" Serena squeaked out, "When?"

"Well, apparently during winter vacation Meatball Head, geez use your brain," Raye scolded.

"Why did she quit? I thought she loved teaching," Serena asked quietly.

"She-,"

"Alright class," the deep booming voice cut off Raye. "Let's begin."

He didn't turn around, but there was something in his voice that caused Serena to get nervous. 'I've heard that voice before,' she pondered. As if her brain couldn't place the voice fast enough, the answer was supplied to her. On the board she saw the teacher, or whatever the hell he was, had written his name on the board. "Mr. Darien Shields." She read it just before he turned around and confirmed her fear and fantasy. 'What fantasy? What the hell, he's my teacher now. My teacher. Ugh,' Serena made a face. 'What is he doing here?!'

Darien hadn't seen her come in, but he had heard her voice in the hall arguing with another student. Of course, he thought he was having hallucinations. He hadn't been able to stop thinking about the girl he met at the party, Serena Tsukino. Darien didn't know what it was about her. She just had a presence that captivated him. Which was weird since he never gave any attention to women unless he suspected they were going to open for him. Crude, but true. He was just good with women, not to mention his looks had every woman at his door. Literally, sometimes at 2 and 3 in the morning. But Serena was different. Their conversation, her confidence, her quick witty remarks, her voice held him.

Now don't get him wrong, she may have had a captivating presence, but she also had a great body from what he could tell. He had dreams, night and day, about her. What she would smell like. What she would feel and sound like under him. Her skin looked as if it felt like silk and tasted like-

Darien shook his head to clear his thoughts. As he wrote his name on the board he could hear the students whispering. Obviously surprised that a man was standing in front of their class instead of their female teacher. Honestly, he hadn't expected to be here. He had gotten a call at 6 this morning from the principle, Kenneth Gale, pleading with him to take over the English classes Ms. Haruna left behind. Since Ken was one of Darien's best friends, he couldn't refuse; really he tired.

After he wrote his name, Darien began to speak in his stern voice and turned to face the class. As his eyes skimmed the students' heads his gaze was drawn to a familiar head with blonde hair that sported two meatball like buns on top. It was Serena, but how? How could she had been this young and still attend Andrew's party? And he had kissed her for Gods sake! 'Oh, hell,' he thought. Darien could see the shock and confusion all over her cute face. Wait, cute? 'Damnit stop it,' he told himself. Lucky for him, he didn't wear his emotions on his sleeve so he was able to keep his cool and look professional.

As if he was reading her mind, "My name is Darien Shields, you can call me Mr. Shields. I am going to be your English teacher for the rest of the year," Darien could hear the guys groan and the girls sigh in wishful thinking. Well all the girls except for one. He gave her a quick glance. Serena was staring at him with angry eyes. As if he had lied to her or something. It wasn't his fault, she wasn't even suppose to be in high school. High fucking school!

Darien called roll before beginning, "Alright, let's start our lesson," he continued.

Serena couldn't believe her eyes or ears. This was not good. Her face had paled as she sat staring blankly at her book. Raye got worried when she saw her unusually pale skin.

"Sere, you okay?" she whispered. Serena didn't answer. "Serena!"

"Huh?" she turned to her friend.

"What's wrong?"

"Wha.. Nothing," Serena rubbed her face with both hands, hoping she was just seeing things. She looked back at Darien continuing with his boring lecture. She looked back at Raye. "Nothing. I'll tell you at lunch. Make sure the girls are there."

Raye nodded. They both went back to listening to their new teacher. Darien could feel a set of eyes burning holes into him. Every time he glanced at her, she was staring at him.

Finally class ended and Serena was quick to pack up her stuff in hopes of bolting out the door. Unfortunately, Darien was faster.

"Excuse me, you're Ms. Tsukino right?" he had come up behind her.

Serena arched her brow in disbelief. "Yeah," she said as she watched all the other students leave, except for Raye, who was standing by the door staring at them with questioning eyes.

"Good I caught you. Ms. Haruna left a note for the new teacher to get your help," he proceeded.

"No she didn't. Now what do you want Darien?" she put emphasis on the familiarity.

Darien walked back to the front desk and opened the side drawer. He noticed a girl staring back from Serena to himself. Pulling the paper out, he turned towards the door, "Ms. Hino is it?"

"Yes, Mr. Shields," Raye replied staring straight into his eyes.

Damn, what was up with teenage girls today? "Did you want to ask me a question?

Raye nodded her head no, then looked at Serena.

"Very well, then you may wait in the hall for Ms. Tsukino," he walked towards the door as Raye stepped out and shut the door behind her. Darien turned around to see Serena sitting on one of the front desks in the middle of the room. He walked to her and handed her the note.

Serena read it then gave it back.

"So are you going to help me with the class until I get settled?" he asked.

Yes, surprisingly, Serena was smart. After she got to high school, she pulled her act together. She was now a 4.0 student along with one of her other best friends, Ami Mizuno.

"What are you doing here?" she asked abruptly.

"Me? What are you doing here? You never said you were in high school," he pointed out.

"You never asked. You said you worked at the technology place with Andrew and my father!" she shot back.

"Your father?" now he was getting confused.

"What do you think I was doing at that party? You think I enjoy the company of drunken old farts?"

Darien bit back a laugh. "You went to a New Years party with your father?"

"I went as a designated driver. Didn't you notice I was drinking water? Gosh you would think as a teacher you'd have more brains."

"It isn't that I don't have brains," he took a step towards her to close the gap. "It's that I'm trying to sort through your lies."

Serena's eye brows shot up. "I didn't lie!" she was getting passed annoyed. 'How dare he call me a liar!'

"Well, you sure didn't tell the whole truth."

"Look, I told you the truth. It isn't my fault that you're too much of a dumbass to ask proper questions and just assume things," Serena hopped off the desk and slid past him towards the door.

Darien grabbed her forearm to still her. "You can't talk to a teacher that way!" he snapped.

Darien was holding her too tightly which caused her temper to flair. She didn't even know why they were fighting. Things just got out of hand, but now she was mad. Why was she so mad?

'Because now that he's your teacher nothing can happen,' Serena hated her conscience. It was always popping up at the most unwanted times. 'Who says I can't have him? He's just a temp… And I'll be 18 soon enough. Besides, he did kiss me,' her eyes narrowed,

"And a you can not be kissing a student!" she said a little too loudly for Darien's liking. Serena yanked her arm away from his grip, flung the door open, and yelled, "MOVE," to the crowd of students huddling in front of the door.

The crowd parted as Serena made her wait out. The students of the next class filed in with confused looks on their faces. They had never seen Serena that mad. She was always perky and cheerful. They spotted the new teacher and began to whisper how he could have pissed her off.

Darien stood at the door staring into the hall, with clenched fits. He was frustrated. Darien didn't even know what she was THAT angry about. Yeah, he had called her a liar, but she wouldn't get that mad, would she? He hated not knowing.

He began to relax his hands. Darien was going to find out. Oh yes, he was. He smirked as he walked back to the front of the class.

AN: Okay well, that's chapter 2! May not have been all that exciting, but don't worry because all the fun stuff starts in chapter 3!

R/R

What does Serena have planned? Will Darien keep his cool?

I hope to get chapter 3 up by tomorrow night BUT i'm not sure. I have to attend a party tonight and I have a feeling chapter 3 will be long. So just hang in there. It's coming. Have a safe New Year!