Chapter Three
"Have you guys heard?" A blonde haired girl said as she approched a groub of girls. "About what Mina?" A raven haired girl asked. "Well I heard Darien has been spending alot of time with Serena." "What?" The raven haired girl gasped. "You know, maybe we should try giving her a chance." A blue haired girl suggested. They looked over at her as she blushed. "You can't be serious, Ami." The raven haired girl growled. "I don't know Rei, I think Ami's right, we are adults now, so maybe its time to put this childish stuff behind us." A brunette agreed. Rei crosssed her arms over her chest. "Well Lita, you and Ami can do as you please, but I will not befriend a freak like her." She said as she walked off with Mina close behind.
"So Serena, I was thinking..." He started as he leaned over the counter. She stared into his eyes and waited for him to continue. "Tomorrow night, my friend Ken is throwing this big party at the beach and I was wondering if you'd like to go with me?" He asked nervously. She studied him for a moment. "Darien, I apperciate the offer, but I don't think I will be very welcomed by your friends." She answered. "Come on Serena, they just need to get to know you. I know once they do they will love you." He urged her. She shook her head. "I don't know, I'll have to think about it." He smiled. "I'll pick you up at eight." He said as he walked away from her. She stood there and watched him walk out the door. "If you haven't noticed, he doesn't take no for an answer." Andrew said as he walked up to her. She looked over at him. "Yeah." She mummbled. "You should go, Serena." "You think so?" He nodded. "Yeah, I am going and you can hang out with me if you like." He said sweetly. She smiled and smacked him on the arm playfully. "I see you everyday, what makes you think I would want to hang out with you?" She asked plafully. He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, cause I am so cool." He said as he winked. She laughed slightly. "You could only wish." She replied as she continued to work.
A few hours later a tall brunette woman and a short blue haired woman walked into the arcade. Andrew looked up and smiled. "Hello Lita, Ami. What brings you here?" He asked. "Actually we are here to talk to Serena. Is she here?" Lita asked. "Um..yeah just a moment." He said as he turned and walked to the back. "Serena, you have some guest asking for you." Andrew said. Serena turned and looked at him in confusion. "For me? Are you sure?" She asked. He nodded. "Yep." She slid past him and walked out of the back area and towards the counter. She frowned when she saw them. "Can I help you?" She asked coldly. "Hey Serena, I'm Lita and this is my friend Ami." Lita began. "I know who you are.." She interrupted. "Right, anyways we wanted to apologized for how we treated you in the past and was wondering...If you weren't doing anything after work today, would you like to come to the mall with us?" Lita asked. Serena looked at them cautiously. "Your joking right?" She asked. "No. Seriously." Ami protested. "Well I don't know." She answered. "Please Serena, give us a chance." Lita pleaded. Serena sighed as Andrew come up towards them. "You should go, Serena. Besides don't you need to get something for tomorrow night?" He asked. Lita and Ami looked at him then at her. "What's tomorrow night?" Lita asked. "Well Darien asked Serena to go to Ken's party with him, tomorrow night." Andrew said with a grin. "Really?" Ami asked with excitement. Serena bowed her head and nodded. "What time you get off work?" Lita asked. "She's off now." Andrew answered. Serena glared up at him. "Well come on, lets go shopping!" Lita said in excitment.
The three of them entered the mall with Serena walking in between them. "So Serena, what you going to wear?" Lita asked. "I don't really know, what should I wear? I have never been to a party before." She said. "Well, you should defenitly wear a bathing suit underneath a dress or something. That's what every other girl is going to wear." Lita answered. Serena frowned at the idea. She had never worn a dress before let along a bathing suit. She liked wearing her comfortable and less revealing clothes. "I don't know." "Come on, we will help you." Ami said as she wrapped her arm around Serena's. They entered a swim suit shop first. The three of them split up as they began to look around the store. Ami found her a nice baby blue one piece swim suit. Lita found a dark green two piece and Serena finally found the perfect one. It was a white two piece, the bottoms were made like a skirt. "Did you find one you liked?" Lita asked as her and Ami approached her. She looked up at them. "I think so, what do you think?" She said as she held up the swim suit. They both smiled and nodded. "Its nice, I think it will look good on you." Lita said. Serena smiled at them, she was starting to feel some what normal, being with Lita and Ami. "Come on lets pay for these and go find some clothes to wear." Ami suggested with a sweet smile. Serena and Lita nodded in agreement.
He walked up to her apartment nervously. He couldn't understand why he was so nervous around her, he had never been nervous around any other girl before. He stood in front of her door and knocked softly. He heard footsteps come towards the door, before the door opened. "Ames?" He asked in shock. "Hello Darien." She said as she let him in. "What are you doing here?" He asked as he entered the apartment. "Well after the scene with Rei a couple days ago, Lita and I decided to give Serena a chance and get to know her." She answered with a smile. He smiled at her. "Where is she?" He asked. "She's in her room with Lita getting ready." Ami said softly. Lita walked out of Serena's room with a nervous Serena behind her. "Hello Darien." She said as she entered the living room. "Hi Lita." He said as his eyes wondered to the blonde walking behind her. She looked breath taking in her pale pink dress with spagetti straps. It came down just above her knees revealing her long slender legs. Her long golden blonde hair was down in curls and she wore a golden cresent moon locket around her neck. She looked up at him as her cheeks turned a rose pink. "Wow...you look incredible." He choked out as he stared at her. She smiled shyly. "Thank you." She said softly. "Well come on you two, we got a party to get to." Lita said. Serena broke her gaze and looked over at her new friend. "Lets go." Lita said as her and Ami walked over to the door.
They pulled up at the beach. Serena looked out at the beach and saw alot of people standing around a big fire. "I don't know about this Darien." She said softly as she continued to stare out the window. "Don't worry Serena, everything will be alright tonight." He said softly as he took her hand in his. She looked over at him as she felt his hand touch hers. "Come on, lets go." He said as he started to get out of the car. She turned and opened her door and got out. He walked around to her side of the car and took her hand. They walked up to the bon fire together. "There you are, what took so long?" Ken said as they approaced him. "Sorry Ken, you remember Serena, don't you?" Darien asked. Ken looked over at the blonde haired beauty standing next to his best friend. "Yes I do, I am so glad you could come Serena." He said sweetly. Serena blushed and smiled. "Thank you." She said softly. "Would you like a drink?" Ken asked. "No thank you." "Okay well if you need anything its over there on the table." He said as he pointed to a table on the right side of the fire. "Come on Ken, leave them alone." Lita said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He smile and nodded as he lead her to the others.
"I'll be right back, I am going to go get something to drink, you sure you don't want anything?" Darien asked as he turned to her. "I'm sure." She said. "Okay." He said as he walked towards the table. Serena looked around the group of people, she recognized most of them, but there were some she wasn't sure if she knew or not. "Serena?" A male voice asked as he walked up to her. She looked over at him. "Hello Andrew." "Wow, you look amazing." He said shocked. "Thank you...You know all this attention and staring is starting to weird me out." She confessed. He smiled at her. "Don't worry Serena, it will die down in time." He said softly. She smiled back at him. "So are you here with anyone?" She asked. "No. My girlfriend, Rita, is away at college right now. I came to hang out with friends." "Oh, I didn't know you had a girl friend." She said softly. "Yeah, I find it better not to mention her. Don't have that lonely feeling lurking around me." "Yeah, I kinda know what you mean." She said. "Hey Andrew." Darien said as he rejoined her. "Hey Darien, I see you got her to come." "Yeah, she didn't really want to though." Andrew laughed slightly. "Oh I am sure." Serena smiled at his comment. "Well come on lets go party." Andrew said as he started to walk back towards the crowd.
Serena stood back and watched everyone else drink and have a good time. It was nice to be around people, but yet she still felt out of place, like she didn't belong. She started walking away from the crowd towards the water. She stood at the edge of the beach and let the cool water splash up over her feet as she stared up at the moon. "It's beautiful isn't?" A male voice asked as he stood next to her. She took her gaze off the moon and looked over at him. "Excuse me?" "The moon..." He said as he looked into her eyes. "I'm sorry, but I don't believe I know you." She said as she started to feel uneasy by his presence. "You don't, my name is Samuel." He said with kindness. "I'm Serena." "I know who you are." He replied as he stared at her necklace. Shock and confusion appeared all over her face. "Where did you get that?" He asked as he pointed at her necklace. She looked down at it and back up at his face. "I don't know, I have always had it. Why does it matter?" She asked cautiously as she stepped back a few steps. He stared at her as he smiled. "Don't worry, I am not here to hurt you." "Why did you want to know about my necklace?" She asked again ignoring his comment. "You'll find out soon enough..." He said as he walked away. Serena stood there confused as she watched him walk away. "What are you doing here?" A voice asked in an angry tone. Serena whirled around to find a furious Rei standing behind her. Her eyes turned cold as her hatred for the woman started to surface. "I was invited." Serena snapped back. "Who would invite you?" She asked hatefully. Serena glared at her. "I did." Serena and Rei looked over at him. "Rei, this childish nonsense needs to stop. Grow up and leave her alone." He growled. Her eyes burned a hole in him as she stared at him. "Why did you invite her?" She yelled as he anger grew stronger. "Because she is my friend, so deal with it." He said with irratation in his voice. Rei glared at him and then at her before she stormed off.
"You okay?" He asked softly turning his attention to her. She looked up at him. "Yes, thank you." He smiled down at her. "Come on, I'll take you home." He said softly. She nodded as he lead her towards his car. After about twemty minutes they pulled up infront of her apartment buliding. "Well thanks, Darien, I had a good time." She said softly as she started to get out of the car. He turned to his door and got out. "Let me walk you up." He said as he shut his door. He couldn't understand this feeling that was coming over him every time he was with her. It was a feeling he had never felt before, a feeling of pure bliss. He always seemed to be on cloud nine in her prescence and when he was away from her he couldn't wait to see her. She smiled at him. "You don't have to do that, Darien." She protested. "I want to." He said as he locked her arm in his and lead her towards the building. They walked up to her apartment in silence, both of them lost in their own thoughts. They reached her door and stood there facing each other. "Well good night Darien." She said softly as she started to enter her apartment. He gently took her hand and turned her back towards him. She looked up at him. "Darien.." She started as she stared into his eyes. "Shh.." He whispered as he cupped her face in his hands and leaned in to kiss her lips softly. She closed her eyes as his lips touched hers, placing her hands on his chest. When he pulled out of the kiss he stared down at her as her eyes slowly opened. She stared into his eyes in shock. "Good night, Serena." He whispered as his hands fell down to his side. "Good night.." She whispered as he turned and walked down the stairs. She slowly turned back around and entered her apartment.
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I am working on chapter, just kinda stuck on how I want it to go.
