The Price of a Broken Heart
Chapter 2: A Failed Mission
Last time: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, I invited Andrew to come with us," he started with a smile, "I have to pick him up now, so I hope we could get good seats."
Darien passed the movies as we headed towards Andrew's house. Now, my plan would be ruin. I sat quietly as I thought of what to do. Whatever it was tonight would not be the night to tell Darien since Andrew was coming and god knows who else?
The story continues….
We hurried into the movie theatre to get good seats while Andrew headed towards his date. He met her at the movies when we arrived. Darien and I walked ahead of them while they talked.
'I couldn't believe I failed my mission.' I thought bowing my head.
The fact of not telling Darien scared me. I didn't know what else to do anymore; I have tried to tell him many times but the words just never seem to come out of my mouth. And tonight of all nights I thought I had summoned up enough courage to tell him. But I guess I was wrong.
"Serena, here's our seat." Darien said ushering me to sit down.
"Okay." I said still deep in thought.
Suddenly out of nowhere Darien started to talk to me frequently. I didn't know what came over him, but he started to act normal. We talked for a long time until Andrew called Darien aside for a minute. I turned away to continue watching the movie.
"Uh…Serena, Andrew and I are going by the snack bar to grab a bite." he said touching my shoulder, "You want something?"
"Yeah, just a soda and some popcorn," I replied smiling.
The boys left for a long time, at least the most fifteen minutes but if felt like thirty minutes. I sat there wondering, if I should see what was causing them to stay so long. I got up and made my way towards the snack bar.
"Darien, here she comes." Andrew said introducing Darien to his friend.
"Hi, I'm Jennifer but you can call me Jenny." she said in a cherry tone.
"Uh, my name is Darien Shields, but you can call me Shields." I heard Darien say trying to make a joke.
Honestly, Darien couldn't make a joke to save his life. He would mostly say stupid things especially when he saw a pretty girl. He was more making a fool of himself than ever.
"I'll leave you two to talk." I heard Andrew say as he went to the popcorn stand with his date.
Darien's point of view
Jenny seemed to be a really nice girl. I could see what Andrew meant when he said she was my type. She looked like she was twenty years old but then again with all that make-up I could be wrong.
"So you like martial Arts movies?" she asked beaming away.
"Yeah,"
"Me too, it's like we have some kind of connection you know?"
"Yeah, I guess so." I said looking at her.
I had to say that Andrew picked a nice girl but I still didn't know if I want to date her. She had nice short length dark brown hair that reached her ears, beautiful hazel brown eyes and a bold smile that says 'I always gets what I want'. We talked for a while and to tell the truth the conversation was really good, a lot better than the others my previous girlfriends had with me.
"So you don't have a girlfriend? Do you?" she asked curiously.
I didn't answer yet. But wait a minute, she was crossing the line. I barely knew her and here she is peering into my personal life. I think she's being a little too pushy. But is she so dense to not know that I don't have a girlfriend? Why did she think I agree to meet her, for a friendly interview?
"No, I don't have one right now." I smiled weakly.
"Okay." she said rather happy.
Serena's point of view
I hid behind the wall as I look upon the scene. A box was currently next to me, I stood on it so that I could peep through the small window that was high above me. Darien and that girl came closer towards me.
"Wow, Darien that's cool!" Jenny yelled loudly at a comment Darien made.
"I'll see you some other time then." Darien said walking away.
"Okay, bye and you can call me. Andrew has my number." she said giving him a peck on the cheek and then hurrying away.
What did she think she was doing? Kissing MY Darien? If it wasn't for my good nature spirit I would have slapped that girl silly. I watched as Darien touched his cheek. It burned me to see him acted like he liked her. Or did he? Andrew came up to him and they were heading my way. I tried to move but my leg was stuck in the box. Time itched closer and closer and with every step I struggled to get my foot out of the box but it was no use, it was stuck. I moved once more and fell right in front of Darien and Andrew.
"Serena!" they both screamed at me.
"What are you doing here?" asked Andrew rubbing his hand through his blond short hair.
"Would you believe I'm looking for my contacts?" I asked embarrassingly rubbing my foot.
"Yeah right," Darien stated folding his arms.
I made myself to my feet with a little help from Andrew. We all headed inside to finish watching the movie. On the way in I bought my soda and popcorn that Darien conveniently forgot to get me.
1 hour later
"Serena, that movie was great!" Darien said giving me a hand pat on the shoulder.
"Yeah it was." I said walking away.
"I'll have to watch that another time…" I heard Andrew say in the distance.
Darien and Andrew were busy talking as I walked away. They didn't notice and to me that was a good thing. I needed some time alone. I saw a small Ice cream parlor located on the other side of the road. The breeze blew my golden hair high in the air and I could feel the coldness rip through my skin. It was dark, darker than it had even been before but I could make out the parlor. Slowly, I walked with my head down.
"Serena!" I heard my name being called in the coldness.
What was I thinking? Darien would never think of me that way. I was a fool to even think that he could see me in that light. I walked slowly forgetting that I was crossing the road.
"Honk, Honk!"
A loud sound interrupts my thoughts as I look up to see a car coming in my direction. I attempted to move but my feet felt like they were glued to the floor. Fear and shock ran through my mind as I stood in the street immobile. The bright lights seek to blind me but I soon felt myself being pushed aside by a pair of strong arms.
"Serena, are you okay?" Darien asked helping me up.
"Yes…Darien I…"
"Serena, are you CRAZY?" he started yelling loudly, "You could have gotten hurt or worst killed!"
"Darien I was…" I said trying to hold back my tears.
"Listen, I don't want you to get hurt, okay."
I could see the concern in his eyes. Why was he doing this to me, didn't he know he was hurting me? The way he looked at that girl said it all. He's in love, oh how I hate it.
Darien's point of view
"Serena, I think you need to go home." I said as Serena turned her back to me.
"Yeah." she said with tears rolling down her cheeks. I tried to comfort her but she pushed me away.
"Serena, did someone hurt you?" I asked but she remained silent clutching her arms together.
Her clothes had been smudge with dirt and she didn't even seem to care. I had never seen Serena act so emotional before, she was always a strong and determined girl but I guess whatever it is was that was bothering her must have caused her to act this way. I couldn't bear to see her tears anymore, so I walked over to her but she fell to the floor.
"Serena!" I screamed as I saw her lay on the floor motionless.
Who could have hurt my best friend? If I only knew I would make them suffer. I cradled Serena in my arms and hurried to my car. I didn't know what to do; I mean what do you when a person faints? I got to my car where Andrew waited patiently.
"What happened?" he asked with a surprised look on his face.
"Serena fainted."
"Oh that's not good."
We hurried to carry her to the hospital but before we got there, she woke up.
"Where am I?" she asked groaning while rubbing her head at the same time.
"You're with Andrew and me in my car." I replied smiling.
Wait a minute, why am I smiling? I was so glad to see that she was okay that I showed it plainly. What was happening to me? She looked at me with a confused expression.
"Just take me home." she replied sternly.
"Okay."
Serena's Point of View 2 Weeks later
"Serena, where were you?" asked Mina bugging me.
"Yeah, we haven't seen you in a week?" joined in Lita and Raye.
"I'm sorry, I've just been busy that's all." I lied.
Little did they know I was avoiding them for a whole week. I didn't want them to question me about my date…I mean outing with Darien."
"Where, were you hiding now?" Amy asked putting her hands on her hips.
"I've been around." I lied hiding my face, "I just wasn't feeling well."
"Right, well meet us at the temple at four," Raye replied leaving me, "and don't be late!"
"Yeah," I sighed.
After they left, I headed to my Literature Class, I was in such a hurry that I didn't even see the person as I hit into him.
"Oof!" I heard him say as we collided.
My books fell out of my hands while my bag lingered away from me. My important papers slid out of my books and threatened to run away.
"Why don't you watch were you're going you idiot!" I screamed rubbing my head.
"Hey there, let me help you." he said picking up my books, "I'm very sorry; I really didn't see you there."
His voice was soft and smooth. I continued to mumble incoherently picking up my stuff, I lifted up my head to see the stranger's face and to my surprise he was very handsome. He had short flaky black hair, like Darien's and strong muscular shoulders. I stared at him for a while wondering when did he start to come to my school. He looked at me, I looked at him. 'Was this fate?' I asked myself.
"Are you alright?" he asked with a French accent.
"I'm okay." I replied embarrassingly.
'This guy is totally cute.' I thought dreamily smiling away.
/What about Darien/ my conscience rang back.
'Darien who? I don't know no boy name Darien.' I smiled at myself.
/Your best friend/
'Forget about Darien, this boy is c-u-t-e.' I smiled confidently.
We proceeded to my class and I decided to find out at least something about this guy.
"How come I've never seen you in this school before?" I asked, looking at him.
"Huh? I've been attending this school for a year now, and I'm graduating in June with you." he stated smiling at me and walking with one hand in his pocket and the other holding my books.
"What?" I asked shocked.
Could I have not seen this guy before? I must have been so hooked up on Darien for so long that I didn't realize it.
"So here's our class." he said giving me my books.
"Our class?" I echoed looking at him.
"By the way, my name is Drake."
"Serena."
"I know." he mumbled.
"This is goanna be a long day." I muttered sighing.
Darien's point of view
"Hey Andrew, could you get me a hot chocolate?" I asked sitting at the counter.
"Coming right up." he said mixing the chocolate.
I sat there for a moment thinking about my life. I haven't seen or heard from Serena in over a week, after she pulled her little 'fainting stunt' as I like to call it. I wondered what was going on and if she was avoiding me.
"So, how's things going with you and Jennifer?" he asked grinning.
"Fine, we've been on one date so far, but I'm trying to take it slow."
Andrew gave me a sly grin. I know, I know, I said I wasn't going to date her but I changed my mind. A guy should be able to change his mind too, you know. Besides it's not like my so called best friend is interested in me anyway.
"So are you going to Serena's prom?" he asked changing the subject.
"No, I think I'm a little to old for that." I said raising my eyebrows.
"Well I'm going, Lita invited me." he said smiling, "So why don't you take Serena? I hear she still doesn't have a date yet."
Andrew gave his regular smirk. What was he up to? The fact of Serena not having a date surprised me, I mean look at her. Beautiful blond hair, light baby blue eyes, a great figure, what any guy would want.
/Then what's stopping you/ a voice rang in my head.
'Serena's my friend and that's it, whatever feelings I thought I had were just my imagination.' I frowned.
/Just keep telling yourself that./
'I am right.'
"Hey, Darien isn't that Serena out there with a guy?" Andrew asked breaking me out of my mental battle.
I turned my head slowly as if trying to prevent myself from seeing what I was hoping not to see. Outside, stood Serena standing next to a boy who looked like he was the same age as her, seventeen. They made their way inside and Serena seem to barely notice me staring at them. The boy was smooth, that I could give him credit for and I could see by the way he moved that he liked MY Serena.
'Wait a minute MY Serena where did that come from?'
/I told you, you like her./
I looked at them intently. Serena was smiling away and I could feel the burning in my heart growing. The heat of jealousy rose within me.
"Darien are you okay?" Andrew asked me looking at my flushed face.
"Yeah,"
"I mean you look really jealous." he replied wiping the same spot on the counter for the last ten seconds.
"Me? Jealous, no way!" I replied raising my eyebrow, he looked at me curiously, "Okay, okay, I'm jealous, you happy!"
I screamed almost falling off of the stool. Andrew looked at me in disbelief. Yes, I may be confuse about my feelings for Serena, but one think I know for sure is that I won't let anyone hurt her.
"Hey Dare," he said touching my shoulder, "don't do anything stupid."
"Yeah I won't."
I made my way towards them but before I got there I overheard the guy say something.
"Serena, I have to ask you something?" his voice shaky.
"Yeah, go ahead Drake."
"Will you go to the prom with me?"
Okay, had to stop it there. Tell me what you think; I think this chapter turned out great. Please no flames. I'll be waiting for your reviews.
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