Chapter 4 The Plan

"So what's your plan?"

"Well I was thinking Diamond didn't come up this 'bet' all by himself he's not smart enough to do that. And there's more to this bet than just male pride. He wants you to win this bet, so he can tell me that it was your idea to come up with this bet. And he's also working with someone else more than likely female who doesn't like me so if you win the bet it also hurts my reputation and everyone will think I'm a slut and they'll find a way to prove that we slept together. Do you follow me so far?"

He looked at her for a moment shocked that she thought of all this none of that had ever crossed his mind for one moment. "Yeah I follow you," he finely answered.

"Good. Well my plan is for this whole week of the bet we act like we're dating then no one will think anything of it when we have sex they'll just think we're just like any other teenage couple who think they are in love and have sex it's as simple as that. So are you up to my plan so we can foil Diamond and his buddies plans?"

"Yeah I'm up for it. Have you ever had to do something like this before? You sound like you have." He asked unhooking his seat belt and opening his car door. She did the same and answered his question when she got out.

"I had a friend who had to deal with something like this before. But it turned out it was her boyfriend that was using her." She told him.

Darien came around the back of the car, taking her hand in his and they walked in the store together. "You know we're being followed don't you," Darien bent over and whispered in her ear.

"Yeah it's Ann and Beryl. They're probley the ones who came up with the bet anyways." she said tightening her grip in his hand slightly.

"Serena can I ask you some thing."

"What is it?" she asked as they walked into the store and made there way to the contrastive isle.

"Are you a virgin?"

"Not that it's any of your business, but no I'm not a virgin. Don't ask me any more questions about it 'cause it's on a need to know bases and you don't need to know." She said moving to pick up a box of Tampax Pearl tampons and then a bottle of Maidal.

"Fine but I need to know some thing else."

She gave a sigh "What's that."

"Why were you such a bitch to me yesterday? I was only trying to be nice to you."

It took a lot out of Serena not to slap him for calling her a bitch but she derived to be called that she did act like a bitch to him the day before. "PMS" was all she said as she walked with him to the pharmacy were he picked up a box of condoms size large.

"PMS that's the only reason you've been being a bitch?"

"Yep." she said again as they walked back to the front of the store and the self check out lain. Darien didn't say anything to that. He knew most women were bitches when they were on their periods. They walked out of the store and back to Darien's car.

When they got into the car, "Well I guess you're goin' to have to get a prom dress since it looks like we're going to prom together now." Darien said as they drove out of the parking lot and on to Serena's house.

"Who were you going with." she asked him

"Avery but she's pretty enough to get a new date to prom," he said.

For the rest of the ride home they did not talk about anything in particular, sports, TV, school. The only thing of any importance in their conversation was that Darien said he would be driving Serena to school for the rest of the week. That was all fine with Serena that meant she did not have to get yelled at by Raye to start out her mornings for the rest of the week.

Darien pulled into her driveway; Andrew was there playing basketball with Taiki and Yaten. They did not think of any thing of it when he pulled into the driveway they knew he was giving Serena a raid home but what happened after is what got their attention. Darien leaned over and kissed Serena. What shocked them was that Serena seemed to be into the kiss. Finley Serena pulled back from their kiss and got out of the car "I'll see you tomorrow Darien," she said. After she shut the car door she walked striate into the house not looking at Andrew or his friends faces.

"Hey Darien what was up with the kiss?" Andrew asked him walking up to his open window.

"What do you mean? Can't I kiss my girlfriend?" He asked casually acting like he did not have a clue about what he was talking about.

"What? You two are dating now? But you hate each other." Andrew gasped.

"We use to hate each other. We have a understanding now."

"An understanding um?"

"Yeah. And I'd tell you more about it but I have to go brake off all my dates. See ya later" Darien said before backing out of the driveway. He really did not want to get into a deep conversation about what that understanding was that he and Serena had made.

Ann and Beryl were both socked to see that Darien was already putting the moves on Serena. The both could have sworn they hated each other with a passion. Beryl drove to Diamond's house to let him know what was going on and that he had some competition. When they got to his house he was the one to answer the door. "What's goin on between Serena and Darien?" he asked letting them into his house.

"Let me put like this" Ann said, "Darien has already hit first base. And on his way to second."

"What Serena let him kiss her?" he snapped

"And hold her hand." Beryl added.

"It's time for you both to get Darien away from Serena."

"I thought that we wanted Darien to win the bet?" Beryl asked.

"We do but we can't make it easy for him to win." Ann informed her.

"Oh"

"You both go and make sure this isn't easy for them." Diamond snapped pushing them back out of his door and slamming the door in their faces.

Serena walked into her house and she went up to her bedroom. When she got in to her room she changed in to a pair of shorts and a tank top. Serena left her room again and made her way down the hall to Mina's room. But Mina wasn't in her room so she figured she; maybe in the back yard since her family was barbequing that night. Serena walked passed her aunt and uncle who were in the kitchen getting food ready to put on the grill and went on out into the back yard. Mina was sitting around the pool with Lita, Raye and Amy. "Hey guys" she greeted them sitting down beside Mina.

"Well where have you been Sere?" Lita asked her.

She was about to answer Lita when Raye spoke first. "Why do you even have to ask her Lita she was probley off with Diamond and his buddies drinking and getting high again."

"Raye why don't you fuck off! It's none of you damn business who I hang with." she snapped, "And Lita the answer to you question is I was at school finishing up some work."

"Oh Serena stop with the bull. You never stay at school that long." Raye snapped back.

"I did stay after school. You can even call Darien up and ask him he's the one who drove me home."

"Speaking of Darien. What's this I hear you to are dating now and going to prom together on Saturday." Andrew said from behind Serena.

"You're want?" All the girls gasped looking ant Serena in utter disbelief.

"I thought you hated Darien." Lita said.

"We came to an understanding" Serena said simply. Getting up and getting a can of pop from the cooler.

"That's what he said so what's the understanding?" Andrew asked her.

"None of your damn business that's the understanding." she said opening the can of pop and taking a drink of it.

"I don't think you should go out with him Sere." Andrew said "He a major player."

"And I think you shouldn't worry about who I date." she said sitting back down beside Mina.

From that moment until dinner was ready they kept on her about why she shouldn't go out with Darien and she couldn't trust him. And every now and then they would come up with reasons for why he shouldn't go out with her. Listing all her flaws. In the end Serena felt close to tears because they just kept making her feel stupid and that know guy would want to go out with her and if they did want to go out with her it would only be for sex. A tear did fall from her eye but she wiped it a way before any of them could see it. Serena ended up going back to her room she was sick to her stomach and she told her aunt and uncle dryly that she was not hungry. She claimed into to bed and cried her left to sleep; her last thought was this is going to be a long week.