"It's getting cold Darien!" Serena wailed as snow began to fall. Their unexpected blizzard was quickly approaching them.
Darien straightened his back, as he turned his eyes away from his 'babies' damage, and towards an almost blue Serena. He shook his head at his girlfriend's lack of wits. "Staying outside in the snow won't help then" he said. "It'll be warmer in the car than in here."
Serena huffed and puffed. "But I don't want to be cramped up in a car! It's stupid heating doesn't even work now because of that stupid crash. I want to be in our cabin, the two of us curled up in front of a warm fire with our slippers on sipping hot cocoa. This isn't the weekend that I was expecting!" she began to cry as her beautiful hopes and dreams of spending a romantic weekend alone with her true love disappeared.
Darien stood there hopeless knowing that he couldn't touch her. He just sighed. "It'll all be ok Serena" he said. "Someone will come along when we least expect it, see the car and give us a ride to the nearest town. At least we're alone, that's something to be thankful for"
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Although the leather from the car seat was cold against Serena's body, it was warmed inside of the car than it was outside; Darien had been right about that after all. She curled up, tucking her feet under her as she played with the radio, looking for any stations. To her misfortune there was none leaving her bored as she waited for Darien to leave his stupid car alone and come tend to her needs. She could hear him still cursing about the damage from outside. She felt sorry for him considering she knew that he wasn't wealthy and that the cabin had already cost him more than he could afford. It would be months before his car would be back on the road, or even working again.
Finally her boyfriend joined her in the car, with a book in his hand that he had gotten from the boot of the car. She snorted at him as he sat it on his lap as he sat down in the driver's side across from her.
"I can't believe you would rather read than talk to me" she said. "This is unbelievable! I've been replaced by a book. My boyfriend and his book are on a romantic vacation together and I'm just the extra baggage! Well excuse me! I'll just get out and leave you too alone for a little privacy"
Darien laughed. "Calm down Serena, this is just for when you're asleep, so I won't go mad with boredom. It's just something for me to do when you're not talking to me. You don't have to get jealous over a couple of pages stuck together"
Serena lightly blushed and looked outside her broken window. The view was very limited, because of the tree blocking window. A cool breeze came from the windscreen, making both Serena and Darien shiver.
"Is there anyway we can cover this up before we freeze to death?" Serena asked Darien as he put his hand to his chin, thinking about it.
"I still have some of those folded up cardboard boxes that Andrew left in my car the other week when he was moving. He already had plenty of boxes so we didn't bother taking those ones out. Guess we we're too lazy at the time. There should be a tape gun in there as well"
Serena leaned over to where her boyfriend was sitting, opening his door and climbing over the top of him (considering that the tree was stopping her door from opening). "Well c'mon" she said. "I dunno know about you but I sure don't wanna freeze to death"
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After a lot of hard work, both Serena and Darien had managed to tape up the windscreen and the passenger side window, preventing most of the cold wind from reaching them inside of the car. Both partners had fought over how to do it and which was the more effective way but they had both agreed to just stop talking and start working, knowing that that would be the only way that anything would get done.
The snow outside was falling heavier now as the two pulled some of their heavy blankets and quits out of the boot and into the backseat of the car to protect them from the nights harsh cold winds.
Serena sighed. "I miss my fuzzy bunny slippers"
Darien shook his head. "I'm here with you in this 'paradise' and all you can think about is you pink fuzzy bunny slippers?" he said sarcastically laughing. "Oh Serena, how I love you"
Serena poked her tongue out at him, pulling one of the blankets over her body as she stretched and curled up in the back seat. Darien sat there looking at her, he groaned knowing the he couldn't touch her; he couldn't snuggle up to her and share his warmth. Serena saw her sorrow and smiled.
"Something wrong darling?" she asked cheekily.
Darien just turned his head and looked out the window. He mumbled something before closing his eyes and resting his head against the window. He was deep in thought.
Serena looked at him, admiring his will power. He was so handsome, so strong. He was perfect, and yet she ached for his touch, for him to wrap his arms around her and hold her while she drifted off to sleep.
"I love you Darien" she said as she looked lovingly towards him.
No answer came from him, only the sound of his heavy breathing. Serena smiled as she shifted and pulled one of the quilts over him, not wanting him to wake up cold. It was late in the afternoon but she wasn't tired. She tried to read Darien's book but gave up many times complaining that it was too hard and that she didn't understand half of the words that where used in it. Finally, very reluctantly, Serena closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
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Darien smiled as he dreamed of his beautiful princess, her dress as white as the snow that they both stood upon on their palace grounds. It was an old memory of the past, back when everything was right and pure, back in the Silver Millennium.
They where caught in a snow fight and he had jokingly turned to the princess and said that he would "protect her from any miscreants and their ghastly weapons of white" (referring to the people of the white moon and their snow balls).
She had softly giggled, a smile stretching across her face. Although she did not show any signs of coldness or complain of any, he gave her his cape, kissing her cheek as he wrapped it around her.
"You are my family now" he said to her. "And I will protect you your highness"
She blushed as his remark as they dodged ever snow ball thrown at them. They laughed in a fit of hysteric's as the prince tripped, landing the princess on top of him.
"Improper?" he asked her questionably raising his eye brow as he kissed her soft lips tenderly. She held his hand in hers, smiling and shook her head. They lay there for what seemed the rest of the day, looking into each others eyes, not wanting the moment to go away.
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