Moonchildren here with chapter 4 with as many of you have been waiting for Seiya makes a return. I do not own any rights to Sailor Moon so please no suing.

Chapter 4

Life's Complications

We had been going out for three weeks when life got in the way. It was pure bliss. We both felt like crazy teenagers again. We were seeing each other whenever possible. He'd come over after he got off from work since I was enjoying my free summer. When he got to the apartment we eat dinner and cuddle up on the couch while we watched a movie. Usually we would only make it half way through a movie before we started making out and then make love. I don't know if those are the correct words to use. There is a part of me that loves Darien. A part of we that has always loved Darien, but I was not ready to say I'm in love with him. Honestly, I didn't know if I was capable of being in love with anybody. If I could love anyone it would definitely be Darien. It was incredible to just be with someone who truly seemed to only have eyes for me. We'd hold hands as we walked around anywhere we went. Every touch was so natural to him. I didn't feel like I have to force him to want to be with me. Darien truly did.

The sad thing about life that I have found out to be true almost every time is what comes up must come down. I just didn't expect for it to fall so hard and so fast.

As Darien and I progressed I realized that I told the girls that I was dating Darien (they were all pretty ecstatic), but I hadn't told Andy. He had recently started working a lot. He wanted to prepare to take over his parents' restaurant. I walked in to the restaurant and sat at my usual stool. He came out from the back and smiled a very tired smile.

"Hey Sere..long time no see!"

"Sorry I have been…..occupied lately."

"Occupied?"

"You got a minute…wanna spilt a piece of pie with me?"

"Sure"

As we ate I began to tell him about the last couple of weeks and that special night that it all happened. I expected him to be happy, but he looked angry. I put my fork down and brushed my hand through his hair.

"You okay?"

"No Serena, I'm not! I can't believe you just run into an old flame's arms! What are you thinking? He flaked on you years ago! He will flake on you again! I can't believe you're such an idiot!"

"Whoa! Time out Andrew! What happened between me and Darien years ago is in the past! We were just two stupid kids! Why are you this upset?"

"Because Serena, I have been here for you all this time. I was here for you for the first round with Darien. I was there for you when Seiya left you in pieces. I fed you, I helped you with the lawyer, and I let you lay in my lap so you would get some sleep. I did all these things for you Serena, but I will not be there when he breaks your heart!"

"So you're mad because I made you take care of me? I didn't ask you to! That's what I thought friends do."

"No, I'm mad at you because I thought you would realize that I did all those things because I love you! I was hoping after you moved on that you would see what was in front of you all this time Sere."

He tried to grab my hand, and I jerked it away in shock. Andrew loved me? When, where, why, how…..oh no! I begin to slowly back up against the door. I wanted to flee. I know I should have tried to sit down and talk about him about this situation. I felt awful. I really care about Andrew, but I don't love him that way. I just looked up at him with tears in my eyes.

"Andrew….I'm sorry. You're my best friend and I love you, but now that way."

"Serena…..I just need you to go for right now…just go."

I left in tears. I was confused about what just happened and terrified that I lost my best friend. I just continued to walk to Darien's house when as for perfect timing my cell began to ring. I look at the number and almost dropped the phone. It was Seiya. Part of me wanted to just ignore it, but the stupid side of my answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey Serena, do you have a minute?"

"Why would you possibly need a minute from me?"

"Don't be like that Serena."

"Okay, what do you need Seiya?"

"Serena, I am desperate! We are flat out of money! I don't know what I am going to do. Is there anyway you could send me any money I would greatly appreciate it….I really need your help!"

I stood there stunned. We had barely spoken in months and now he calls me for money!

Almost threw my phone against the wall. I just took a deep breath and calmly answered.

"Seiya….I can't. I have just enough money to take care of myself."

"Serena, you have to help me! You know I'd have to be desperate to call you."

"No, what I know is that you think I'm desperate to get back in your good

graces, but I hate to tell you dear. I don't care anymore."

With that I hung up the phone. I stood there for a second expecting him to call right back. Luckily he didn't. I finally made it to Darien's house. When he opened the door I collapsed in his arms. He held me tight for a minute then pulled me face to face with him. He asked what was going on and I told him everything. During the whole story he just sat there with an expression on his face that I couldn't quite make out. Finally when I was done he didn't say anything. He simply put his hand on my shoulder and asked if I was ready to go get some dinner. I stared at him blankly for a minute. I finally just nodded my head and we went to eat. We barely spoke as we ate. Darien was being very hard to read. I didn't want to say the wrong thing so I kept quite. We went back to his place watched TV and then went to sleep. It was the first night that we spent together that we didn't make love. He rolled the opposite way from me. I rolled to him and grabbed his hand. He grabbed back and began to rub my hand. I wanted to say something, but just kept quiet in fear of saying the wrong thing. He finally rolled my way. We looked into each others eyes. Tears began to roll down my cheeks. He put his other hand to my face and wiped the tears away. I wanted to grab him, but was still afraid that something was off. I knew he was concerned about me but there was something else bothering him. I just drifted to sleep holding his hand.

Suddenly there was banging on the door. I jumped up and saw Darien standing there. He told me to stay back as he grabbed a bat. I looked at the alarm and it was a quarter after three. What the hell was going on? Then I heard screaming, screaming of a familiar voice.

"Serena I know you're in there!"

I couldn't believe it. How the hell did he find me here? I ran to the living room. Darien was standing at the door. He just stood there with his head down, enraged. He finally looked up and saw me.

"How in the hell did he find you?

"I don't know."

"Well open the door"

I took a deep breath and opened the door. There he was drunk off his ass. He stumbled in and fell to the floor.

"Seiya! What the hell is going on?"

"Well well well….I see now why my lil princess couldn't help me."

He tried to touch my face but I moved away. I wanted to grab the bat out of Darien's hands and beat the hell out of him! By the look on Darien's face I could tell he would have been thrilled if I did just that.

"So…lil girl I leave you alone for just a little bit and you run right back into his arms."

"How dare you…you left me for another woman, treated me like garbage, made me feel like I was hurting you, then you call me out of the blue to ask for money, and to top it off you bang on my boyfriend's door in the middle of the night! You are an asshole! I loved you! I gave you everything and this is how you treat me! Get out right now or I'm calling the cops!"

He struggled to stand up but kept falling down. I just watched in disgust. I cannot believe this was the man that I fell in love with. The man I gave everything to. The man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. All these thoughts sent my whole body shaking. Tears flowed uncontrollably down my face.

Darien finally grabbed Seiya's shirt and threw him out the door.

"If you ever come near her again I will kill you!"

"Congrats Darien….nice to know you could finally get her. Silver's better than no placing huh?"

"Go sober up and if you say one more thing I will beat you till you stop breathing with this bat!"

Seiya crawled away and Darien slammed the door. He ran to me and grabbed my shoulders.

"Serena, look at me! Are you ok?"

I just kept shaking and crying. We stood there for what felt like hours. I finally felt like I was going to collapse. Darien helped me back to bed and I collapsed.

The next morning I woke up with a pounding headache. The following night seemed like a dream. I rolled over in hopes to just hold on to Darien, but he was already out of bed. I decided to roll out of bed myself and find him. I was hoping he wasn't too upset about last night.

I walked in the kitchen and he was sitting at the bar with a cup of coffee. I went to make my own cup. I sat by him at the bar. He had these sad eyes when he looked at me. I had seen those eyes before.

"Serena we need to talk about last night."

"Darien I am so sorry! I have no idea how he found where you lived! I will figure it out and stop it!"

"Serena that's not even the problem, the problem was how it affected you. How hurt you were. You still love him. It's obvious!"

"No Darien I don't….I don't feel that way for him anymore. I didn't even know that guy that came here last night."

"Admit is Serena…admit that you love him."

"Darien, I do love him….I will always love him, but I'm not in love with him."

"We got into this to fast. You weren't ready. I knew that first night was a bad idea. I knew you weren't ready, but I let it happen."

"Darien, No! That night was one of the most amazing nights of my life. It was perfect."

"Serena I can't be a rebound!"

"You're not a rebound! Darien, how could even think that?"

"Serena….we need to end this. I don't want to end our friendship. I want to be there for you. When we stopped talking when we were kids, I lost my best friend. I don't want to lose you again, but I can't be in this relationship. It's too much for you too soon. Let's just slow down, be friends."

I just sat there fighting tears. I didn't want to cry anymore. I did agree with him about losing a best friend all those years ago. I wasn't ready to lose him again. If I couldn't have him completely at least I could still have part of him. I just nodded. I then finished my coffee and went to get dressed. After I was dressed he met me in the hallway. He hugged me. I hugged back and quickly walked out the apartment.

When I got out of the apartment, I just ran. I kept running till I made it to the park. I got to a bench and just begin to bawl. I lost Darien's heart for the second time….over Seiya. I'm such an idiot!

That's it for chapter 4. Sorry for the depressing ending, but sometimes cliffhangers are just too fun. Many questions will be answered. How did Seiya find out Serena was at Darien's? How did Seiya find our where Darien lived? Will Andrew and Serena fix their friendship? Can Serena handle just being friends with Darien? Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out more!