Hey you guys! Thanks to honeylove90, hit60 and rosebudjamie for reviewing and giving me the motivation to write the next chapter of this story. Well… let me start off by saying that some of you had an alert saying that I posted the second chapter of To Have You Mine, but here's the thing. went bonkers on me, so I had to delete the story and repost all of the chapters again! So I lost all of my wonderful reviews! *Cries dramatically* but I renamed it to Thief of Hearts :) does that sound better? But anyways, again, I apologize for the mishap. I don't think that anyone is reading this, heh. I had this chapter for over a week but I always forgot to post it! So here it is! Happy reading, and remember to review!
TrueDestiny
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Thief of Hearts
TrueDestiny
CHAPTER ONE
Serena lay in bed peacefully but her sleep was suddenly disturbed because of the annoying ring tone that came from the kitchen. Her eyes drowsily trailed to the clock that was beside her as she mumbled to herself, "It's 12:30 AM… who could be possibly calling at this hour?" She aggressively pushed her blankets off of her and walked into the kitchen lethargically. Her steps were slow, considering the fact that she awoke from a phone call late at night.
"You'd think that they'd hang up by now…"she thought tiredly. Serena looked at the caller I.D which she read to be unknown. She placed her hand on the phone, picked it up and drowsily said, "Hello?"
"… Is Darien there?" the person asked in monotone. Serena narrowed her eyes at the feminine voice. 'Doesn't even say hello… so much for manners.' Serena thought. She was basically at the point where everything was ticking her off.
Serena yawned inaudibly and said, "He's not home at the moment. May I ask who is calling?"
"Saori," she said. Feeling suddenly awakened, Serena's eyes grew wide at the sound of her name. "Please tell him that I called. I need to speak with him as soon as possible. It's ugent."
"Oh, I'll tell him," she gritted her teeth. "and by the way, I think you need to find a better calling hour, considering the fact that you woke me up when I was sleeping." Before Saori could respond, Serena slammed the cordless phone on the kitchen counter.
"Why would Darien's ex-girlfriend need to call him?!" Serena was steamed. She knew that he had quite a few girlfriends before her but she didn't mind. But out all of Darien's ex-girlfriends, Saori was the person that she liked the least. She had such a great impact on him since they dated for three years. Darien considers Saori his ex-girlfriend because he dated her before dating Serena, so he practically blocked out all of his previous girlfriends. Guess you can say that he was really popular with the ladies.
Just then, Darien came through the front door. He made such a loud noise that it made her turn around and face him with eyes that could pierce his soul. Darien came home late again, but it's not like it's been the first time. He had a confused look on his face because Serena was practically giving him the death stare. As rage poured through her veins, she stomped right in front him, making Darien stand up straight.
"Hey, why aren't you sleeping yet--"
"Give me one good reason as to why Saori just called!" she shouted.
Darien looked at her as if she was crazy and said, "What are you talking about?"
"What do you mean, what am I talking about?! Your ex-girlfriend just called and asked me if you were here!" she yelled.
"Serena, I really don't think that this is a good time to be joking—"
"Do you seriously think that I'd be joking about this? Do you think that I'd be yelling like this if I was saying a joke to you?"
Darien sighed as he removed his shoes at the entrance. It was a routine that was like second-nature to him after living with his wife for two years. "Serena, I really don't need this right now. I just had a tough day at work and I'm really tired." he said as he took off his jacket and tossed it on the coat rack. Serena scoffed.
"Isn't it like that every day?"
"What?"
"Well you come home around this time anyway, and you say that you're always tired--"
"I know, you tell me that all the time, and of course I just got back from another tough day at work. Being a doctor is difficult Serena." He said it in a tone that made it sound like she had never lifted a finger to do what was called hard work.
Serena exhaled in frustration. "Well did you know that being a doctor would have this outcome? Did you know that you would come home late every night?"
Darien sighed and placed both of his hands on her shoulders and said, "Look Serena, I'm not trying to pick up a fight okay? I just--" Serena shrugged his hands off and said, "Look. All I'm wondering is why Saori would call at twelve thirty in the morning." she walked to the kitchen counter, grabbed the phone and said, "Call her back. She said that she needed to talk to you as soon as possible. She sounded desperate." and threw the phone at him.
"Serena--"
"Goodnight, Darien." Serena said, finalizing their conversation. She went back into the bedroom and slammed the door behind her.
Darien sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. He looked down at the floor and stared at the phone that was on the ground in front of him. He picked it up and said to himself, "Why would Saori call me out of nowhere? And what could she possibly want?" Darien dialled her number, held the phone against his ear and waited for her to answer.
"Hello?"
He paused, not knowing what he was getting himself into. "Uh… hey Saori. Long time no talk huh." he stated hesitantly.
"Oh Darien, I didn't actually think that you would call… Serena didn't seem too happy when I called."
"She doesn't like being disturbed while she's sleeping," Saori laughed. "but I can't talk for long… I don't want her to wake up at the sound of my voice."
"Well… to be honest, I don't really know why I called. I just… picked up the phone and dialled your number. I think it's because I miss you…" she said softly.
"Saori… I--"
"I know, I know. You're a married man, but I need to see you."
"You need to see me? What for?"
"I just… I need to see you. Please, tomorrow, can we get together?" she asked, making herself sound desperate.
"I don't know if that's a good idea…" he told her honestly.
"Just once. That's all I'm asking for."
He sighed, knowing that he was going to regret this. But in order for her to stop asking, he knew that he had to follow through. "Okay Saori, just once and that's it okay? Be at the Rose Café at three o'clock sharp."
Saori smiled and said, "You're still as demanding as ever." as she chuckled at the end of her sentence.
"Well, you're the one that wants to see me right? That's the only time I have available."
"I guess that being a doctor is pretty tough."
'Enough with the small talk,' he thought. "I'm sorry Saori, but I'm really tired. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Oh… alright. Goodnight, Darien."
"Bye."
He hung up the phone and placed it on the counter. "What could she possibly want to talk about?" Darien shook his head, and headed to the bedroom. He opened the door and walked into the bathroom and shut the door. When he turned the shower on, it gave Serena the signal for her to shriek.
Serena heard everything he said. "Could he honestly talk any louder? The nerve of that guy… he has time to see her and he doesn't even try to see me? Ugh!" she gripped her blanket tightly. 'Screw this! He can sleep here by himself, arrogant bastard.' Serena forcefully took her blanket off of her, grabbed her pillow, exited their bedroom and threw her pillow on the nearest leather couch. She lay on it immediately and tried to erase the last five minutes that just happened in her mind. Serena heard the flow of the shower stop, which immediately trigged her mind to close her eyes. She heard him open and close the drawers which made her even more awake. But she tried not to move when Darien opened the door.
'Damn… he noticed that I was gone.' Serena thought.
Darien walked to the couch that she was laying on and he sighed as he saw her form before him. "Serena..." he mumbled. When he sat down on the couch, Serena tried to pretend to stir in her sleep, but Darien rolled his eyes.
"Serena, I know you're awake."
She moaned, and pretended to stir.
Darien placed his hand on her shoulder. "Serena… I want to talk to you."
'Crap. He knows I'm awake.' she thought. By the way he just spoke, Serena opened her eyes and slowly sat straight up and said, "What do you want?"
"Why are you sleeping on the couch?"
She looked away from his gaze and said, "I wanted to."
"But you hate sleeping on the couch," Serena bit the inside of her lip. "Did I make you angry?"
"… Darien, I want to go to sleep." she said with a sigh. Darien exhaled in frustration, "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong." she turned her head away from him. He leaned in closer and said, "Seriously Serena, did I do something?"
She immediately snapped her head around from his continuous questions and boasted, "YES, of course! The fact that you're going to see Saori bothers me!"
"Wait, what? How did you know that I was going to see her?" he wondered.
"Maybe you should talk on the phone a little quieter next time." she inquired stubbornly.
"Serena…"
Her eyes softened. "How come you have the time to see Saori but you don't even try to spend any time with me? Is there something about me that bothers you?"
"No of course not, I just… I'm really sorry Serena. It's just that, I'm seeing her because she can get really needy sometimes. If I don't go she's going to keep asking me."
"Do what you want. I really don't care." she said indefeasibly.
"If you didn't care, you wouldn't have told me that it bothered you," Serena narrowed her eyes at his witty comment. "don't worry… I don't plan on seeing her for a long time." he assured.
"Darien… I don't want to limit the people that you see but I just… I don't know if it's a good idea to see your ex-girlfriend."
"Serena, don't worry. I'm married, she can't possibly do anything."
'Being a married man hasn't stopped you before…' she thought harshly. "No but really Darien… I'm at the point where I really don't care anymore."
"Seriously Serena, what's going on?"
"Like you haven't noticed?" she raised her voice. "Haven't you realized that we're barely even together at all? I hardly ever see you anymore and it seems like I don't matter to you."
"It seems like you've thought of this for quite awhile…"
She frowned. "Haven't you?" 'Hasn't he even thought about our relationship? About us?'
"I know that we don't really spend time with each other anymore… but I was going to tell you that my two week break starts tomorrow."
She rolled her eyes. "So what, you're probably going to go to the hospital for fun or something."
"I was actually hoping that we could do something. I remembered that your birthday is in the next week and a half."
"You remembered?" she mumbled quietly. Serena shook her head at the thought of herself giving into him. "I don't care."
"I know that your birthday means a lot to you." he said softly.
"Things have changed, Darien." she locked eyes with his which was a signal for him to leave. But Darien wasn't going to go anywhere just yet.
"Serena, you just told me that we're not spending enough time with each other. But when I try to, you just push me away," he paused to see her face reaction change. "What more do you want from me?" he said softly.
"I want you to be there for me, especially when I need you!" her sudden outburst made him appalled. Serena kept her head low and said, "I just feel like we're not even a couple anymore... And it really doesn't make a big difference if we just spend one day together, even if it's just on my birthday," she looked at him with eyes that hurt him. "I could care less."
"Serena--"
"I'm going to sleep. Goodnight, Darien." she stubbornly lay herself on the couch, pulled her blanket above her shoulders and immediately shut her eyes.
"C'mon Serena, let's sleep in our bedroom."
No answer.
"It's not going to be my fault if your back hurts in the morning because I know that you hate sleeping on the couch! Plus, there are blankets in there!" he tried sounding optimistic as possible.
No answer.
Darien's eyes trailed to the floor and faintly said, "Okay then… goodnight, Serena." and with that, Darien stood up and walked back into their bedroom and slowly shut the door.
3:00 AM
Serena stirred a million times in her sleep. It was cold in the living room and Darien was right, she hated sleeping on the sofa.
'Ugh… I wish he slept on the couch instead!' she thought to herself.
Author's Note: Yeah, I decided to release the first chapter so you guys could read something while I finish writing the second chapter!
Chapter 2: Darien is about to see Saori for the first time in two years! Will something happen between them? Will his feelings for her spark and come back again? Find out in the next chapter!
If you liked it, please review! It gives me the motivation to keep going! :)
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