Mission Mistletoe
Chapter 3: The approach, the truce, the great mistletoe fake-out.
author: nat-chan
e-mail: natia_99@yahoo.com
genre: first season romance awwwww
rated: mistletoe G
disclaimer: o_O "I do not own Sailor--mo--oon
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Now I'm scared of Santa to--oo
Fa la la la la, la la la la..........oy" *sweatdrop*
*evil serena and darien high five again*
an's: I'm on a roll!!!! e-mail, e-mail the nat-chan!!
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Darien watched Serena from the corner of the arcade.....holy GAWDS she looked
amazing...too bad he couldn't tell her...but if he did, the world would surely
come to a ceasing halt as the very life balance itself was disturbed..right?
Hmm...perhaps....just maybe....he had blown his fear of approaching her a *tad* out
of proportion.
No no, that couldn't be it. Phew.
But as the change in the light hitting her hair as she sipped at her cider with the other
girls made his stomach fall out he knew his above relief was a lie.
Sigh.
Suddenly her eyes looked towards him and lit up....a smile made it's way across her
beautiful lips and she rose, heading eagerly in his direction.
He sucked in a huge breath. Could this be real? It had to be a dream? That breathtaking
smile--for him?
But as she came closer and he stood nervously, her eyes looked past him, "Molly! You made
it!!!"
She hugged her friend.
Darien's parade became rather soggy.
Andrew and the girls watched on with amusement.
"Has he always been this obvious?" Rei laughed.
Andrew smiled, "I think it's her dress."
Lita and Mina nodded.
Molly and Serena chatted awhile before Molly went to talk to someone else. Serena
looked around the party when she suddenly frowned, her eyes finding none-other-than Melvin
looking happily from the overhang by the door to her and back again. A glance to said
overhang revealed a nasty surprise. Mistletoe.
"What?!?!" She hissed angrily, "Who hung that cursed mistletoe there?"
Darien overheard her and glanced to find it had once again been replaced.
Andrew....
Then his eyes fell on the three flirting girls glancing from the plant of evil to
himself with obvious intent. His eyes narrowed. He looked over at Serena who's dark
expression matched his own.
"Every year...every year Andrew hangs that...shudder...stuff up there and I keep ripping
it down--he must have bought in bulk this year!!!" Darien exclaimed in a low growl.
Serena seemed to consider this a moment, she glanced over at Melvin again and shuddered as
well.
"I propose we join forces--are you game?"
Darien arched an eyebrow, "Call a mistletoe-destroying truce? I like it..." He rubbed his
chin thoughtfully, "I really like it."
And together they were formidable. Everytime Andrew or one of the girls put up mistletoe
Darien or Serena managed to sneak up, remove and annihilate it without a trace.
Then they would return to their partner and exchange congratulations.
"Well executed." Darien would compliment, "Done like a pro."
"Thank you thank you, I learned from the best. You are, quite simply, the master."
He smiled darkly.
But all good things must come to an end....so Andrew was thinking as he eyed the rather
conspirtorial pair suspiciously.
He turned to the girls, "Alright, the doorway OBVIOUSLY isn't working....perhaps we should
hang it somewhere else....in secret."
"Good idea!" Smiled Rei, "I'll pretend to hang some in the doorway while YOU hang some...
..." she scanned the room, "Over there!" She pointed towards the tree.
"Excellent." Andrew smiled, tapping his fingers together like a mob boss.
He looked over at Darien and Serena, "It's allll falling into place...."
*sweatdrop*
Meanwhile, said couple stood chatting amiably--no wait, that couldn't be right--could it?
But indeed, their truce had forged a pause in fighting long enough for them to notice...
...they actually got along pretty well.
Darien told a joke--Serena laughed! It was magical!
"You know...you're really not so bad." Serena smiled between laughing, "It's a shame
we don't find a common goal to hold a truce over more often!"
"I agree!" He chuckled, grabbing two eggnogs to toast the occasion with and handing
her one, "In fact...I propose, a permanant cease-fire!"
He grinned at her from sparkling navy eyes and a strange falling sensation hit her stomach.
"What do you say?"
He phrased it in humour but there was the merest speck of hope in his eyes....a tiny
hint of vulnerability--and suddenly she wanted to be his friend more than anything...to
laugh with him like this everyday.
"Done! Cheers, to a new era!" She laughed, clinking glasses with him.
And the genuine excitement and joy he couldn't mask hit her hard in the heart. Suddenly
friends seemed like a shoddy term for the way that deadly smile turned her legs to string.
Hmmm.... that couldn't be good. No, falling for your once-enemy in the dawn of your first
truce did not seem wise. Not at all.
But Darien caught her sudden blush and the disconcerted look in her eyes and his own
widened.
"Serena?" He managed, it was barely a whisper, and he was coming closer!!!!
She paled.
Darien gazed hungrily at her. That soft dress...her soft hair...and now that he was
close enough...that soft soft smell. He absolutely, completely, totally and irreversibly
HAD to kiss her!
Her eyes fluttered nervously as the delicious scent of his cologne filtered in.
~GREAT, just GREAT. He HAS to smell absolutely fanTASTIC doesn't he? The Gods are
punishing me!!!!!!!!!~
Darien leaned closer and closer until.....suddenly his eyes widened and--forgetting the
kiss (he would later kick himself repeatedly for this)--whispered in her ear instead--making
her shiver.
"Serena...Andrew's hanging more mistletoe!"
Andrew indeed, was sneaking up a ladder by the Christmas tree, mistletoe in hand,
looking surreptisiously from side to side.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???!!!!!" Cried Serena turning around so suddenly she bonked Darien
in the nose---he held the aching appendage and watched in something of slow motion as
her shriek startled Andrew on the already unstable looking ladder and he began to teeter
helplessly.
"Who-a!....help?" He managed as the ladder tipped right over. He grabbed the Christmas
tree in panic and took it crashing to the ground, ornaments and tinsel breaking his fall...
the mistletoe flew out of his hand and landed at Darien's feet where he promptly ground it
to a find dust under his heel and scuffed it away.
Andrew might never know how much of the floor dust was actually mistletoe.....
"Andrew! Are you alright?!" Cried Rei and Mina from the doorway.
Darien and Serena turned to look at them.
"A distraction!" Darien hissed, "So they could hang more in the doorway!"
He grabbed Serena's arm and dragged her to the entrance as Rei and Mina ran to aid
their fallen co-conspirator.
"Let's just stand here, guard this spot, and NOT move!" He said in frustration.
I mean, sure he'd love to kiss Serena, but on his own time!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, with his
luck he'd get stuck under it with someone else. He glanced to the three flirting girls
from earlier, they waved coyly and blew kisses and he shuddered. Serena followed his
gaze and giggled. Then she pointed towards Melvin who kept glancing from her to the
ceiling in search of mistletoe.
"Gods help us..." He said, gripping her shoulders.
She met his eyes, "If we just stay here together, I think we're safe...."
"Right...." He replied looking around carefully before relaxing.
"So, tell me the story of your life." He smiled bewitchingly at her, leaning casually against
the glass door frame.
She laughed, "Well...."
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Chapter 3: The approach, the truce, the great mistletoe fake-out.
author: nat-chan
e-mail: natia_99@yahoo.com
genre: first season romance awwwww
rated: mistletoe G
disclaimer: o_O "I do not own Sailor--mo--oon
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Now I'm scared of Santa to--oo
Fa la la la la, la la la la..........oy" *sweatdrop*
*evil serena and darien high five again*
an's: I'm on a roll!!!! e-mail, e-mail the nat-chan!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Darien watched Serena from the corner of the arcade.....holy GAWDS she looked
amazing...too bad he couldn't tell her...but if he did, the world would surely
come to a ceasing halt as the very life balance itself was disturbed..right?
Hmm...perhaps....just maybe....he had blown his fear of approaching her a *tad* out
of proportion.
No no, that couldn't be it. Phew.
But as the change in the light hitting her hair as she sipped at her cider with the other
girls made his stomach fall out he knew his above relief was a lie.
Sigh.
Suddenly her eyes looked towards him and lit up....a smile made it's way across her
beautiful lips and she rose, heading eagerly in his direction.
He sucked in a huge breath. Could this be real? It had to be a dream? That breathtaking
smile--for him?
But as she came closer and he stood nervously, her eyes looked past him, "Molly! You made
it!!!"
She hugged her friend.
Darien's parade became rather soggy.
Andrew and the girls watched on with amusement.
"Has he always been this obvious?" Rei laughed.
Andrew smiled, "I think it's her dress."
Lita and Mina nodded.
Molly and Serena chatted awhile before Molly went to talk to someone else. Serena
looked around the party when she suddenly frowned, her eyes finding none-other-than Melvin
looking happily from the overhang by the door to her and back again. A glance to said
overhang revealed a nasty surprise. Mistletoe.
"What?!?!" She hissed angrily, "Who hung that cursed mistletoe there?"
Darien overheard her and glanced to find it had once again been replaced.
Andrew....
Then his eyes fell on the three flirting girls glancing from the plant of evil to
himself with obvious intent. His eyes narrowed. He looked over at Serena who's dark
expression matched his own.
"Every year...every year Andrew hangs that...shudder...stuff up there and I keep ripping
it down--he must have bought in bulk this year!!!" Darien exclaimed in a low growl.
Serena seemed to consider this a moment, she glanced over at Melvin again and shuddered as
well.
"I propose we join forces--are you game?"
Darien arched an eyebrow, "Call a mistletoe-destroying truce? I like it..." He rubbed his
chin thoughtfully, "I really like it."
And together they were formidable. Everytime Andrew or one of the girls put up mistletoe
Darien or Serena managed to sneak up, remove and annihilate it without a trace.
Then they would return to their partner and exchange congratulations.
"Well executed." Darien would compliment, "Done like a pro."
"Thank you thank you, I learned from the best. You are, quite simply, the master."
He smiled darkly.
But all good things must come to an end....so Andrew was thinking as he eyed the rather
conspirtorial pair suspiciously.
He turned to the girls, "Alright, the doorway OBVIOUSLY isn't working....perhaps we should
hang it somewhere else....in secret."
"Good idea!" Smiled Rei, "I'll pretend to hang some in the doorway while YOU hang some...
..." she scanned the room, "Over there!" She pointed towards the tree.
"Excellent." Andrew smiled, tapping his fingers together like a mob boss.
He looked over at Darien and Serena, "It's allll falling into place...."
*sweatdrop*
Meanwhile, said couple stood chatting amiably--no wait, that couldn't be right--could it?
But indeed, their truce had forged a pause in fighting long enough for them to notice...
...they actually got along pretty well.
Darien told a joke--Serena laughed! It was magical!
"You know...you're really not so bad." Serena smiled between laughing, "It's a shame
we don't find a common goal to hold a truce over more often!"
"I agree!" He chuckled, grabbing two eggnogs to toast the occasion with and handing
her one, "In fact...I propose, a permanant cease-fire!"
He grinned at her from sparkling navy eyes and a strange falling sensation hit her stomach.
"What do you say?"
He phrased it in humour but there was the merest speck of hope in his eyes....a tiny
hint of vulnerability--and suddenly she wanted to be his friend more than anything...to
laugh with him like this everyday.
"Done! Cheers, to a new era!" She laughed, clinking glasses with him.
And the genuine excitement and joy he couldn't mask hit her hard in the heart. Suddenly
friends seemed like a shoddy term for the way that deadly smile turned her legs to string.
Hmmm.... that couldn't be good. No, falling for your once-enemy in the dawn of your first
truce did not seem wise. Not at all.
But Darien caught her sudden blush and the disconcerted look in her eyes and his own
widened.
"Serena?" He managed, it was barely a whisper, and he was coming closer!!!!
She paled.
Darien gazed hungrily at her. That soft dress...her soft hair...and now that he was
close enough...that soft soft smell. He absolutely, completely, totally and irreversibly
HAD to kiss her!
Her eyes fluttered nervously as the delicious scent of his cologne filtered in.
~GREAT, just GREAT. He HAS to smell absolutely fanTASTIC doesn't he? The Gods are
punishing me!!!!!!!!!~
Darien leaned closer and closer until.....suddenly his eyes widened and--forgetting the
kiss (he would later kick himself repeatedly for this)--whispered in her ear instead--making
her shiver.
"Serena...Andrew's hanging more mistletoe!"
Andrew indeed, was sneaking up a ladder by the Christmas tree, mistletoe in hand,
looking surreptisiously from side to side.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???!!!!!" Cried Serena turning around so suddenly she bonked Darien
in the nose---he held the aching appendage and watched in something of slow motion as
her shriek startled Andrew on the already unstable looking ladder and he began to teeter
helplessly.
"Who-a!....help?" He managed as the ladder tipped right over. He grabbed the Christmas
tree in panic and took it crashing to the ground, ornaments and tinsel breaking his fall...
the mistletoe flew out of his hand and landed at Darien's feet where he promptly ground it
to a find dust under his heel and scuffed it away.
Andrew might never know how much of the floor dust was actually mistletoe.....
"Andrew! Are you alright?!" Cried Rei and Mina from the doorway.
Darien and Serena turned to look at them.
"A distraction!" Darien hissed, "So they could hang more in the doorway!"
He grabbed Serena's arm and dragged her to the entrance as Rei and Mina ran to aid
their fallen co-conspirator.
"Let's just stand here, guard this spot, and NOT move!" He said in frustration.
I mean, sure he'd love to kiss Serena, but on his own time!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, with his
luck he'd get stuck under it with someone else. He glanced to the three flirting girls
from earlier, they waved coyly and blew kisses and he shuddered. Serena followed his
gaze and giggled. Then she pointed towards Melvin who kept glancing from her to the
ceiling in search of mistletoe.
"Gods help us..." He said, gripping her shoulders.
She met his eyes, "If we just stay here together, I think we're safe...."
"Right...." He replied looking around carefully before relaxing.
"So, tell me the story of your life." He smiled bewitchingly at her, leaning casually against
the glass door frame.
She laughed, "Well...."
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