Toxic Love

TemptressKitten17

Rated: M

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon

Chapter 1: The Party

The girls arrived at Andrew's party around eight that night. Andrew barely even noticed that they had arrived; which suited Serena and Mina just fine. If he had been the one to answer the door instead of the tall blond guy with icy blue eyes, he would have immediately sent the girls home to change their clothes. Mina was wearing a low cut gold top. There was a heart shaped ring in the center of her chest that kept the top and bottom halves of the silky shirt together and the only thing keeping it up were the thin ribbon-like straps around her shoulders. Her black skirt hugged her curves and there were slits at the sides that came almost up to her hip. On her feet were strappy gold high heels. Serena had chosen a silver halter top with a VERY low back. She wore a black skirt like Mina's. On her feet were simple black high heels. Her light blond hair fell loosely past her shoulders.

" Welcome to the party ladies!" he said, smiling at the two young women standing in the entrance to his friend's apartment. Somehow the girls looked familiar. Perhaps Darien had 'dated' one of them.

" Thanks...uh..." Serena paused. She'd seen this guy before but she didn't remember his name or where she'd met him.

" Jared Anderson. But all my friends call me Jed!" he finished for her.

Serena suddenly smacked her forehead. " Of course! Now I remember! You're Amy Anderson's older brother aren't you? We met briefly when I was over at her place for a study session."

" Sorry Serena, I didn't recognize you. You're dressed like a completely different person! I'm kicking myself now for not asking you out when I was still single."

" Um...sorry to interrupt this reunion but I REALLY want to get to the party now! Sere, let's go!" Mina didn't even wait for an answer. She grabbed Serena's arm and pulled her into the living room. Serena waved to Jed and then she disappeared into the crowd.

Jared watched the blond goddesses disappear, not realizing that somebody else was watching him. He soon figured it out when a smaller hand hit him upside the back of his head.

" OW!" he cried out in surprise. He turned around to see the angry violet eyes of his dark haired girlfriend.

" I KNEW I shouldn't have allowed you to stand here by the door and greet the guests! I can't seem to leave you alone for two seconds without you flirting with some pretty girl!" she folded her arms across her chest and glared.

" Come on Raye, don't be mad. I was only being nice cuz those girls are friends of Amy's. You know I'd never cheat on you."

" Damn straight! You know I'd shoot your dick off if you ever did."

" You know, I kinda like it when you get so possessive over me...how about we leave early. You can always talk to your cousin tomorrow." Jed suggested as he pulled his raven haired temptress closer to him. Raye giggled. " Well, as tempting as it is, I HAVE to find Darien before we leave. I have to warn him before he finds out from somebody else..."

" Tell him tomorrow." Jed said before pressing his lips to her throat.

" Okay...you win. I'll tell him tomorrow." Raye promised as Jed led her out of the building.

Darien rolled his eyes as he watched Andrew and Reika fawning over each other. It was disgusting and reminded him of the many reasons not to be in a relationship. He could be luring unsuspecting gorgeous women into his bed right now! But NO, he had to sit here and entertain Reika's best friend Anne Granger because she didn't have a date. That wouldn't have been so bad except Anne had just broken up with her boyfriend over the stupidest thing. He'd wanted to have sex with her and she wanted to remain a virgin until marriage. That by itself was enough to cross her off his list. Also, she was incredibly annoying, incredibly clingy and way too much of a prude to be any fun. Luckily she would be leaving soon. She had to be home by ten or else mommy and daddy would be mad.

" I can't believe he dumped meeeee..." Anne whined

'Oh great! I really don't want to listen to her whining anymore. I wonder how much longer I have to sit here?' Darien groaned in frustration. He wanted to tell the little puritan all the possible reasons why she'd been dumped but thought better of it. Andrew would just take her side because he was whipped by her best friend and therefore had no choice if he ever wanted Reika to sleep with him again. And that was the really confusing part! Why would Andrew stick around if Reika had made him jump through hoops for her before finally letting him see her naked? And why would he stick around AFTER he'd slept with her when he could be sleeping with a different woman every night without having to agree with her on everything and subjecting his friends to her clingy and needy girlfriends?

" Anne, do you want to go home? I could lend you my car for the night and stay here with Andrew." Reika suggested.

' THANK YOU! At least Reika has the sense to free me from Anne's company!' Anne nodded and took the car keys from Reika's hand. " Okay. But I still don't think you should be sleeping with Andrew when you're not even married. Why buy the cow if you get the milk for free?"

'Because if you're the cow Anne, your milk isn't worth waiting for! And if the cow won't give away free milk it's time to find another cow!' he thought to himself. Grinning at his own little joke that only he was aware of, Darien got up to walk Anne to the door. Not that he cared if she got to her car safely or not, he just wanted to make sure she was really leaving.

" Bye Anne!" Darien waved and shut the door behind her before breathing a sigh of relief. She was gone and now he was free to hit on women who WOULD sleep with him.

Serena was annoyed with Mina. Not that the little blond flirt could tell that her cousin was annoyed with her. Mina was standingg in the middle of the living room with more than five guys surrounding her. They were practically begging for her to pay attention to them EXCLUSIVELY and Mina was so preocupied with being the center of attention that she couldn't see the death glares Serena was sending her.

' Why did I ever agree to come here tonight? All these guys look like the commitment types and I don't do commitment. I just want to have some fun and then move on with my life! Is that such a crime?' She sighed and took another sip of her non-alcoholic ice tea. Serena didn't drink. She could jump into bed with a guy WITHOUT getting drunk first and she wanted to remember it in the morning. Besides, what if she ended up in bed with some clingy guy who would never leave her alone? No thank you! She watched her cousin shamelessly flirt with a tall guy wearing a grey t shirt that reavealed his muscular physique. Serena recognized him as Kevin Price, a guy from her acting class. Everyone knew he was interested in Mina; and Serena felt bad for him. Mina would let him think he had her and then as soon as she got bored, she'd turn him loose just like she always did.

Serena didn't condone Mina's behaviour when it came to using men. She led them to believe that she actually cared about them instead of tell them it was only a fling. Serena was always up front about such things. She always made sure that the guys knew that there was nothing more than sex between them. She didn't care for relationships anymore; she'd had one and it had ended in heart break. Why would she want to go through all that again?

She was about to leave when she spotted him by the snack table. Tall, dark hair and dark blue eyes; the man made her forget that she'd wanted to go home. She had seen him a few times at the club but he'd always been surrounded by women clamoring for his attention. But now he was alone and she could easily make her move. Serena made her way toward him, ignoring the voluptuous red head who kept telling her to back off from her man.

" I spotted him first!" she whined, still trying to push through the crowd. However, with such wide hips the poor girl couldn't get there fast enough and Serena won the prize.

" Hi. I'm Serena. I've seen you in the club a few times and I just thought I should say hi." Serena smiled innocently.

" Darien Shields. I've seen you a few times too. You caught my eye when I saw you dancing a few nights ago. You could put Britney, Shakira and Christina to shame."

" So you noticed. Thanks for the compliment by the way."

'Damn she is so hot! And those legs would probably feel so good wrapped around my waist...' Darien thought as his eyes focused on her delectable little body.

" So um...it's kinda noisy out here. Do you want to go somewhere a little more private so that we can talk?" Darien asked, hoping she'd say yes.

" Yeah. Let's go somewhere and talk. I've wanted to 'talk' with you for a while now and with everybody out here, nobody will notice if we've left the party." She smiled suggestively and licked her lips. Darien's eyes darkened with desire and suddenly his denim jeans were too tight.

" Then let's go. Follow me to my room and we'll talk." Darien took her smaller hand into his and led her down the hallway toward his bedroom. He unlocked the door and opened it. After they were inside, he shut and locked the door behind them.

Back in the living room, Mina was too busy coming up with sexual inuendos to notice that Serena had even left. But after Kevin had subtly asked Mina to stay the night at his place, she finally turned around long enough to find Serena and tell her that she wouldn't be coming home. She spotted her cousin with the notorious playboy Darien Shields disappearing into what was no doubt his bedroom. Mina shook her head. Serena was about to meet her match. She turned back to Kevin.

" I don't think I have to worry about my cousin tonight. I'm all yours!"

Temptress Kitten: There is a revised version of this chapter on the next 'page' that is a lot longer and more detailed. I would love to get some feedback on it!

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