Simple Addiction

Summary: Vampires? Fairy tales, that's what they were..and that's what she had always thought them as. But on a fateful day, when he claimed her as his mate, did her world turn upside down, and her beliefs were nothing but fake reality.

A/N: Sorry if I don't update fast enough for you. I try my best though. I'm constantly trying to think of better idea's for the story, and I'm trying to think of better idea's for my others stories as well, ahha. I have so many things trapped in my head that I don't know what I want out first. So sorry for all the delay, and sorry if this chap isn't as long as the others. Please Review.

Chapter 4

"Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew" Serena cried as she used her hands to block her eyes.

"Ew"

"Ew"

"Ew"

"Ami!" Raye laughed as she looked over Serena's shoulder.

"Make her wear something please!" Serena yelled as she clamped her hands more tightly to her eyes.

Ami had been naked on the floor, holding what seems to be a mannequin . But Serena didn't even want to look, it was embarrassing to have a glance at her friend who had peered up at her like nothing had happened.

"What" Came the quiet reply of her blue hair friend.

"Uhh, are you covered up yet Ami?" She asked uncertainly as she pondered whether to take the chance to look or not.

"Ohhh, well..umm..wait" Ami muffled. All Serena heard was the ruffling noises coming from Ami's direction, and the breathing of her other friends behind of her. "There, finished"

Serena slowly opened a cracked in her hands, and looked at her friend who had covered herself with a really big t-shirt. She finally lifted her hands from her face and peered curiously at her friend, what the hell had she been doing. She quickly glanced at the mess of clothing material that had surrounded her friend.

"What are you doing Ami?" She asked increduously as she sat down on Mina's bed while Mina, Lita and Raye sat at the foot.

"I..well" Her blue friend blushed, "I was try the dress out to see if it fitted, but it just needed alittle adjustment and I was too lazy to put on my clothes..so..yeah.."

"I never knew you were that lazy" Mina laughed as she clutched her stomach.

"Shut up" Lita muttered as she whacked the laughing blonde against her head.

"So..uhh..what-" She started.

"Oh yeah! You won't believe it Serena, I got these amazing tickets to this party! It just came in the mail, I heard on the news that it was all exclusive. But can you believe it? I got tickets!" Mina rushed as her face became bright red.

"Blah blah blah blah" Serena muttered, "I don't even know what's soo good about this thing"

"Because-" Raye interjected.

"-It's hosted by the one and only" Continued Lita, who wasn't usually as boy crazy.

"Darien Shields" Finished Ami, who had gone back to her sewing.

Darien Shields...the name made her shiver slightly as a strange tingle went through her body.

Serena didn't even bother to ask who he was. They were all the same, typical hot, rich guys that owned large businesses or some sort. There was nothing special, she heard it all the time from her friends..but some how, his name stuck to her the whole time, while she had her normal conversation with her friends.

"Hey.." She suddenly interupted as Mina had started to talk about how to get the right manicure.

"Yeah?"

"How did you even get the tickets?"

"I won them.."

"Won them?" Lita asked as she looked up from her cook book.

"Well, I woke up today, and as I was looking through my mail, I saw the tickets there with a piece of paper sticked on to it, stating 'You have won these tickets to this party, blahblahblah'" Mina responded, looking quite happy with herself.

"Wow..how do you know this isn't just some scam?" Serena muttered.

"Because they're all over the Stars Magazine!" Rei suddenly rushed out, "And they're totally expensive"

"Whatever" Serena muttered. But she still felt that something was missing..until she recalled Ami on the floor, "Hey Mina..didn't you say you were going to show me something?"

"Show you something?"

"You know...about the dresses?"

"Dresses?" Mina looked blanked out. God, was her friend really that forgetful.

"The dresses for the party!" Serena muttered as her friends face changed into recongnition from the word party.

"Oh yeah!! I totally forgot about it..you'll totally love it!" Mina cried as she stood up and walked over to her closet, "Ready?"

Serena nodded slowly as she watched Mina open the door to her closet. She felt herself gaped at the cloth that hung in the closet, no words could express what she had felt then.

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Serena gasped as she walked through the opened doors of the house. There were dim lights everywhere, and it was like a halloween party. Spooky and mysterious, she was glad her dress hadn't looked out of place, because everybody had been wearing something wild. She was grateful for Ami's work. It was fantastic!

Okay..maybe it wasn't really a dress..some sort of short skirt? With some tights? Okay..okay. The whole thing had been made in white silky material. The top was like a loose halter top, the back really low, making her unable to wear a bra. That made her blush a bit, she hoped that some pervert wouldn't notice it.

At the end of the shirt, there was a low diagonal cut which only covered one side of her hip while the other, was alittle bare. The only thing that had been covering her legs was a simple short loose cloth that wrapped around her thighs, and went above knee. The whole thing might've not been as special another, but it was to her.

She may have never even wore it in a million years, but seeing how Ami had worked so hard on it..and how the material clung to her skin, making her have a nice glow, she decided that..it wasn't really about the design. It was how the whole thing had expressed her, expressed Ami. She felt like she could cry for her wonderful friend.

Plus, there was a really nice jewelled mask to go with it, she wouldn't miss out on that could she?

It had been also made in white..actually..what she had wore was all white. White stilettoes..white thong. So anyways..the mask was white, lined with crystals..or diamonds? On the side, showing her mouth and nose, while covering her cheeks. And the circle openings that showed her eyes.

"Serena..Serena!" Raye suddenly cried as she shook her slightly.

"Serena!"

"Whaa-?"

"You were day dreaming" Lita stated.

"Ohh, ehhe. Sorry" She blushed as she followed her friends to the center of a large room to what appeared to be the main dance floor. People had on weird looking costumes and were also wearing mask.

"Uhh, Mina?" Rei asked as they all huddled around to what seemed like the punch table.

"Yeah?"

"What are we suppose to do now?" Lita asked, her face totally blanked out.

"Gosh, Dance! Hello?" Mina cried as she first waved her arms in the air, and then dragged both Rei and Lita who had Ami clung some where in between, towards the dancing people that were cluttered around the room.

"Wait!" Serena muffled as she gulped down the drink that had been in her hands. She couldn't believe that they would just go off and ditch her like that. It was them that had invited her anyways, and no they were going to have fun with out her.

As the last of it was poured down her throat, she checked to see if her mask was tied securely before making her way into the direction that Mina and others had gone, hoping that they would be some where near by. She looked left and right, but couldn't see her friends anywhere, where could they've gone?

She suddenly bit back a small cry as the dancing bodies around her started to get wild as the song changed, and they were nearly crushing her small frame. Jesus, couldn't they be more..like..gentle? Although she wasn't sure if there was a gentle way of dancing unless you were taking ball room dancing or ballet. Damn, her head was going up in puddles. She didn't even know what she was thinking now!

Knowing that she couldn't find her friends anytime soon, Serena decided to go off on her own and explore the house. There was nothing to do except dancing..and she was sure that she didn't want to do that. After witnessing how the others acted around her while dancing. Ugh. And trying to find her friends again was a boring thing that she didn't want to go and do.

As her mind was wandering off, she didn't notice that the music had stopped ringing in her ears until she felt herself bump her head against a wall.

"Oww" She whined as she rubbed her head, looking around her. Where the hell was she?

She couldn't have gotten herself lost could she? All around her were several hallways that didn't seem to be leading anywhere, and there was a wide stair case. She looked back at where she had came from, and found that there were multiple corridors. Which one was the right one? Did she have to look through the whole house to find her way back? She started to panick, but immedietly calmed herself down.

What was wrong with her? She had wanted to search the house anyways, and this was the perfect time to do it.

Serena decided to search the top part of the house first, since it didn't looks as scary as walking through the dark hall ways. As she walked up the steps, she felt as thought she was being watched, and quickly turned around, only to find nothing but her own shadow and the dimmed lights. Feeling her heart pounding slightly fast, she reached the top of the stairs and quickly walked to her right.

Seeing that there were more lights that shone through in the hallway, made her feel a lot better. She felt herself being a bit scared of darkness ever since the dream yesterday.

And with her looking around and about the house right now was like her doing a recap of what had happened in her dream.

Jesus, she knew how she had been scared of the dream. How terrible it had been to even think of it again. How it had looked so real, and that she almost believed it..but still..she wanted to see him again. It just came out of no where. One minute, she had hated how he was in the dream, how he was a horrible creature haunting her.

But..how sad he looked, the pain. When she looked into his eyes, she felt a bit of it too..She didn't want to, but she felt herself want to see him again.

Serena hadn't been noticing where she was going until she felt herself coming out of her mindless thinking. A warm hand was clamped tightly against her mouth, and she felt herself being dragged into a room on her left. God! How come things happen to her before she reached the end of the hall way?

She gasped against the hand as the person closed the door behind them, before pushing her towards a bed that had been in the center of the room. She didn't even have time to notice what had been into the room as she felt the intruder gently lifted their hand away from her mouth. She had had a chance to look at who they were, but she didn't dare.

She didn't want to see what had awaited her in the dark room.

She shook slightly as she felt their hand caress her cheek gently before cupping her chin.

"I made sure to keep you away..to stop you from realizing" The voice came, masculine and soft. "Ever since I saw you..I knew that you were the 'one'. But how sad to know that you belonged to that..filth"

"I tried..I really did! I made sure to restrain myself in front of you..pretend that you were just a normal stranger. It would've worked..but you showed up again..here..at this party. Why?"

She gasped a little, forcing her eyes closed, even though she knew she wanted them opened.

"I made myself strong..to not force myself on you..but how good you looked..out of breath..hair out of order. And right now..you look like a angel. But this stupid mask-" She felt him ripped the mask away from her face, she still didn't open her eyes. "I had done okay that night..to not do anymore but feel you in my arms"

"That had been enough..for that night. Now, I want it tonight too.." He murmured as she felt him kiss her slightly against the neck, before grazing his lips against her jaw line.

She shivered, it felt so good..but some how..it was different from the dream.

Some how..something-

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"Where's Serena?" Mina murmured after an hour of dancing.

"I thought she was with us.." Ami murmured as her cheeks were flushed, and eyes bright.

"Rei! Where's Serena?" Mina asked as she pulled the brunette away from the man she had been dancing with. They had been having fun..until Mina found out Serena was missing.

"Serena was righ-" Rei started, but stopped. "Where is Serena?!"

"Hey guys!" Lita cried happily as she made her way to her friends. "Why do you all have troubled expressions on your face?"

"Have you seen Serena?" Ami asked uncertainly, hoping that Lita would say yes.

"Of course..she was right behind-" Lita trailed off, "Oh my god, where's Serena? She couldn't have wander off by herself could she? Doesn't she know that anything could happen?"

"Especially when mostly everybody are rich drunk people who can manipulate the law-" Rei started.

"And get away with raping-" Ami said after Rei.

"Young women.." Whispered Mina.

"We have to find her!" Lita cried as they made their way out of the dancing crowd, in search of their friend who had mysteriously dissapeared from their sides.

The four of them had searched almost the whole entire bottom floor of the mansion, but they still couldn't find their blonde headed friend. The had looked at all the room, in the washroom, under the beds, and even through the cracks of the floor board.

"There is a upstairs you know.." Rei muttered as they finished through the last room at the end of a hallway.

Their rapid searching had only used up 10 minutes, they were good with finding things.

"Lets go then!" Lita cried as the scrambled out of the room and rushed towards the grand staircase, "Okay, me and Mina will go right, and Rei and Ami go left"

"If you hear any sounds, or if you find something, scream or yell!" Mina said as they pairs rushed to their destination.

If it had been any other friend, they wouldn't have been as worried. But Serena was Serena, she was different then most. She was energetic, lively, sweet..and maybe just a little bit clumsy at times. But they all loved her. She had brought the friendship out of them. She was the one to bring the group together.

Serena was the one who brought little quiet Ami out of her shell.

Serena was the one who showed Rei that winning wasn't everything.

Serena was the one who made Lita see that there was a girl inside of her, and that she wasn't just a tom boy.

Serena was the one who encouraged Mina to go after her dream, and not to let go.

Serena was the girl that they cared for, and they couldn't believe that they had let her out of their sight just like that. The girls didn't even know how it happened. They had always watched out for their blonde friend, to see if she gets into trouble or not, or just to keep her safe under their eye.

One minute they were with her, hoping to think of all the fun things they would do.

And then after the next second, they found them selves have their mind go completly blank, and just filled with having fun. It was like all their thoughts were made to focus on filling their own pleasure.

If only they had stopped their selfish thinking.

Serena wouldn't have gone missing.

They wouldn't have to worry if their had been anything wrong, done to her.

They would've been all enjoying the party together.

Why couldn't everything..just be right for once?

"D-don't" Serena whispered as her eyes were still clamped shut, his hands softly gripping her waist.

"Why? I know you're feeling it" He murmured as his lips carefully kissed her neck again.

He had been doing it for the last few minutes. Kissing her..kissing her senseless. But she couldn't bring herself to look at him. Even though she felt something..felt a spark. It wasn't..wasn't what she had expected. It was different from her last assault..this one..made her feel..weird? No..that wasn't the word for it. But it was just something.

His lips were different.

His voice was different.

His effect on her was different.

He, in all was different.

He, wasn't the same man from her dreams.

"You're not him" She whispered as she finally opened her eyes to look at him, just as the door to the room burst opened.