A/N: Hey guys hope you enjoy the chapter thank you for all the kind reviews for my first chapter and hope you enjoy this one too!
Serena sat in her bed with her knees bent and using her thighs to hold her binder as a writing surface as she wrote out her next letter to Darien from her alter ego Bunny who was much more calm and sweet, and unlike Serena where she could tell Darien how she felt and didn't have these angry outbursts at him. She wrote with her best handwriting putting her best effort into every letter also slightly disguising her slightly messy handwriting incase Darien ever did grow suspicious.
She wasn't sure why she was putting this much effort into this letter when she should be doing her homework or anything more productive. But as usual on Sunday evenings Serena locked herself in her bedroom and wrote these little love notes to deliver to Darien that very next morning which she wasn't even sure Darien wanted. She knew Darien was getting them because she always saw them fall out of his locker and then watched him stuff the pink envelopes into his jacket pocket or his backpack.
Serena smiled once finished with the letter and quickly folded it neatly and placed in yet another pink envelope and sat up from her bed and placed the letter deep in the pocket of her school bag and then sat down to work on the remainder of her homework she had pushed off until the last moment of the weekend in the most true Serena manner.
As she worked on algebra homework her brain drifted off in between problems imagining what might happen if Darien ever learned she was Bunny or if she ever plucked up the courage to tell him. She tried to not let her mind wander too far not wanting to fall into a fantasy world where she should focus on the real world also not wanting to give herself any false pretense that Darien would fall for her if he found out, in fact his reaction may be quite different if he did.
Serena quickly finished the remainder of her weekend homework and got herself off her bed and began to ready herself for bed for a busy week ahead.
Darien had long finished his weekend homework but found himself wishing he hadn't finished it so early so he had something to do on that Sunday evening. He laughed bitterly to himself realizing what a loser he sounded like wishing he had more homework or that he could do his homework again just for something to do.
He wasn't in the mood to lounge around anymore as that was what he did all weekend, the weekends were reserved for him to take a break from the world and retract a little to be more comfortable amongst himself with the occasional weekend outing where he would attend a party that one of his friends were throwing or invite the occasional girl over. But he wasn't in the mood for a hook up nonetheless if he was he wasn't sure who he would even call despite having plenty of options.
'If I knew Bunny maybe I would invite her over," He mused inwardly.
Darien got up and settled on reading a new book and settled himself in for the night to end the uneventful weekend.
Serena was never late on Mondays she made sure of it now. She got herself up early to get ready and then like always on these weekly rituals she walked to school before most students were even at the school to slip herself carefully towards Darien's locker where she would dig out her pink envelope from her bag and then slipped it in a practiced manner into a tiny slit the locker provided before turning on her heels to walk away except this time she made eye contact with two blue eyes staring at her with a most curious look.
"What are you doing?" Mina smirked.
"Nothing," Serena dodged linking her arm with Mina's trying to quickly walk away from Darien's locker to a more inconspicuous area where the two could talk.
It was growing increasingly closer to first period and students were starting to pile in now and the last thing Serena needed was to be caught red handed by any more students or any of her tormentors.
Once they walked to Serena's locker a few feet down the hall, Mina broke away from Serena tightly linked arm, "Oh. My. God," Mina said with a weird smile spread across her face.
"I just took your advice, that's all," Serena stammered trying to avoid telling her friend the whole truth.
She knew if the full truth came out about how long this letter thing had been going on for her friend wouldn't look at her the same.
"Uh huh," Mina eye rolled still with a stupid smile on her face.
"You know Andrew asked me about a girl named Bunny," Mina said carefully watching her friend grow increasingly uncomfortable and not making direct eye contact with her.
"I.. Uh… well …" Serena stammered now fidgeting with the ends of her school uniform skirt wishing she could just disappear.
"I knew it!" Mina screamed causing students to pause as they walked to their lockers staring at the two of them.
"Shut up would you?" Serena placed a hand over Mina's mouth.
"You know I knew it was you as soon as Andrew asked me he mentioned Darien had been getting these letters since the start of term," Mina said above a whisper as Serena let go of her mouth.
"How?" Serena asked not really being able to form sentences almost completely shaken up from the nerves of being caught.
"How did I know Bunny was you? Simple your favorite animal is a bunny your room is decorated in them and has been since I met you, two I know you sometimes go by Bunny by certain people, usually your Dad. And last but not least when we were in grade school you used to sign every paper with a Bunny doodle next to your name," Mina explained still keeping her voice low knowing her friend wanted this to be a secret and she would respect her wishes.
"How did Andrew know about..?" Serena then asked.
"Oh he's seen Darien get the letters everyday and occasionally Darien talks about it to him," Mina shrugged.
Mina and Andrew were friends despite Andrew's dislike for Serena but Mina knew Andrew didn't really dislike Serena he just was a bit of a sheep and followed the crowd. But Andrew never once spoke ill of Serena first unless someone else prompted him to, mainly Darien.
"Did Darien?" Serena then asked not really bothering to finish her sentences anymore.
"Say anything particular about Bunny? No not according to Andrew he just wants to know who she is." Mina said, "And why don't you tell him?" Mina raised a brow.
Now at this point in the conversation Serena noticed from behind Mina Darien was now approaching his locker. She watched him carefully open the locker and yet again another pink envelope fell out onto the tiled school floor.
"Serena just tell him," Mina said breaking Serena's gaze from Darien.
"I can't Mina. One we don't know what he really thinks about Bunny," Serena said the nickname just below a whisper even though the halls were now busy with noise of constant chatter from other students to the clanking of the metal locker doors. "And two I don't know if he would be happy that I was her."
"You wouldn't know unless you said something, and also its my understanding that he wouldn't be asking or having Andrew ask around who Bunny is if he didn't like this Bunny character," Mina smiled now turning catching a glance of Darien shoving the pink envelope carefully into a pocket of his backpack before grabbing his books from his locker and then quickly turning on his heel to head down the hall presumably to class.
Mina then gently smiled to herself knowing her theory was right Darien liked this Bunny girl just watching him interact with the pink envelope treating it with care before quickly heading off to more than likely find a private place to read it. Now to just get Darien to find out who Bunny was without herself personally outing her friend, because Mina was Serena's friend and wouldn't dare betray her trust by telling her secret before she was ready to but she could make sure the two of them ended up together without hurting Serena or making Serena do something she wasn't ready to do like really admit her feelings. But Mina would need a bit of a better idea of Darien's thoughts on Bunny. She knew Darien was a player and couldn't stand the thought of him hurting Serena or using her and she couldn't just outright ask him they weren't close but she was friends with his friends so she would have to bide her time to learn more.
Serena then let out a huge breath as Mina walked away from her to her own first period. Serena was more than a little taken aback with how everything played out she expected more judgment from her friend or more of a reaction with a condescending tone but was pleasantly surprised to find her friend was supportive of course she wanted Serena to tell Darien but she just didn't think she could pluck up the courage.
On the other hand Serena could feel her face burning with a blush and butterflies fill her stomach to know Darien showed interest in Bunny and that he had read her letters and in a sense was seeking her out. He didn't know it was Serena and she knew Mina wouldn't out her but it made her heart flutter that to some weird extent her feelings were reciprocated.
Once Darien was safely in his first class of the day and being one of the first students in the class he made his way to his desk to retrieve the letter from his backpack to read it. He wasn't sure why he made sure to be practically hidden or away from his friends when he read these letters. Maybe because he didn't need their judgement on how he actually fed into these anonymous girly letters, or maybe because he didn't want to admit interest in Bunny. I mean he sort of admitted to Andrew his interest in her. But he didn't really say anything but that he wanted to know who she was and if Andrew were to ask why ever, which Andrew rarely asked because he knew how private Darien was, Darien could always come up with a lie.
Darien carefully opened the pink envelope to retrieve the letter inside and then carefully unfolded the letter making sure to not accidentally tear it or smudge any of the perfect cursive letters. Was he admiring mystery girl's handwriting now? He didn't have an image of what she looked like and this compliment to her cursive was like complimenting her figure considering the circumstances. And whether he could admit it to himself or not, he had feelings for this being who wrote to him. He just also hoped he wasn't being catfished where this was some guy or some girl doing this as a prank and it was easier to not admit anything as a guard.
Darien,
Another week has passed and I find myself as usual writing you this letter from the comfort of my room after a dull weekend. I imagine if I ever met you we would enjoy dull weekends together not really doing much but enjoying each other's company and talking idly about anything and nothing. As usual I hope you have a great week.
With Love,
Bunny.
Darien read every word twice just imagining how her voice might sound as he read it in his head. She was just like him. Enjoyed quiet weekends alone. She was almost too perfect. He imagined enjoying a hot cup of coffee while snuggling up to her on his couch after a long night together. Very poetic he internally thought. This Bunny girl was almost able to see through the exterior bullshit show he put forward and almost like she got him down to his soul without even really knowing him or so he thought, he wasn't close with many people so how would she really know him.
After pondering on her words he gently brought the letter close to his face to see if her scent might linger to the paper. And to his surprise a faint smell did cling to it. The smell of strawberries, vanilla, and something unique. Something that was her.
He then awkwardly folded the letter back up and back into the envelope as he noticed more students began to fill the classroom.
But what Darien didn't notice was a pair of blue eyes analyzing him from the hallway. She hadn't meant to catch this scene truly. She was only making her way down the hall toward her own class but she did notice him open the envelope and curiosity got the best of her and how he would react to her best friend's letter. Mina did have suspicions that Darien had some sort of fascination with the idea of where the letters were coming from as his actions and having Andrew track this girl down showed that. But watching this display confirmed more than what she had even began to think on how Darien was thinking. He had a crush on Bunny. And not your typical crush for Darien, he had feelings. She knew Darien and what he was like. She was friends with his previous bed mates she knew he didn't normally like any girl more than a bed buddy and that was why she was concerned for Serena besides of course how Darien treated her friend.
But when he lifted that letter to lightly inhale Serena's smell unknowingly being watched, she grew a devilish grin. And felt her heart soar for her best friend now. She knew there could be a happy ending and that was all Mina ever wanted for her. She just had to figure out how to help the two idiots into each other's arms without anyone getting hurt.
A/N: Hey everyone so quickly before this chapter is over. My goal with this story is to be consistent with my updates. However I do want to be honest with you all. I plan to update weekly. But I am bridesmaid in a wedding this upcoming weekend and then I get surgery the following week and I don't trust myself to write or edit my story as it needs to be between running crazy errands for a crazy bride or when I am zonked out on painkillers. So these next two weeks one chapter might only come out. After that I will resume a weekly update schedule! Hope you all understand as I don't want to be cheap with my writing on this story.