Chapter 8 -- One Bloody Chance
All she could do was gape at the man in front of her like a dumb fish. Confusion was the only emotion that was emitting out of her. Nonetheless, she kept her gaze firm on him. Her mind worked with such vengeance. She mentally slapped herself for missing out this minor little detail. How could she be so unprepared for this little event? She racked through her brain, trying to come up with anything, bloody ANYTHING to say. Before she mentally slapped herself again, his voice interrupted her thoughts:
"My name's Darien Shields; I am the one that owns this Orphanage. Everything goes through with me first before any decision is made especially concerning the children. They're well being is the important thing for our staff," he said smoothly as he entered the room like the devil himself.
He offered his hand out with the biggest grin on his face, the devil's smile. Serena's gaze flew down to the offered hand and slowly her gaze trailed along his arm and settled on the big stain on his shirt. It seemed like high and mighty Darien Shields did not have time to go change before the meeting.
A smile soon split across her face remembering the memorable moment they had today. She looked up at the man with more confidence than when she first saw him. His smile seemed to falter just a bit but he did not dare show his weakness.
'My name's Serena. I just wanted to know if the children would be interested in some dance lessons,' Serena said signaling to Luna for her to translate her words. On queue, Luna translated her words perfectly.
Darien had not expected this at all. It was his turn to gape like a dumb fish. His smile no longer in its position and it seemed like he wasn't so high and mighty after all.
'I assure you Mr. Shields my disability wouldn't affect the way I teach. I would be grateful if you stopped looking at me like some pitiful disabled person,' Serena signaled, making Darien quickly close his mouth. Darien's eyebrows knitted in confusion and frustration at the same time.
"How are you planning on teaching if you can't even bloody speak? None of the children speak sign language. I don't think your services would be needed. Clearly you can't think that you would teach them without having a voice" Darien said his tone with a certain edge, clearly not thinking the choice of words he was using.
'Don't you think that you're judging me too quickly? Heck, you have not even seen me with the children and you are making accusations on my teaching abilities. If you haven't noticed but you can understand me perfectly without me saying a single word. I have Luna, she's a great helper. With both our abilities I know we can actually do this,' Serena signaled frowning at him.
Darien did not say a single word but frown at the woman before her. He did not know what but something about her irked him. He watched as golden wisps gently settled against her cheek as she shook her head in frustration. Her cornflower blue eyes that were clear as an open sky radiated with frustration. Her eyebrows contorted into a deep frown as her lips formed a different shape. This woman before him was beyond the word cute. Luna's voice broke his train of thoughts:
"If you guys judge people so quickly then Serena and I would be glad to let you know we're not interested in doing this. C'mon Sere let's go," Luna said grabbing Serena's hand and leading her to the doorway.
"Hey wait! I know we can figure something out," Lita said trying to make them stop.
'No we're sorry that we took your time,' Serena signaled as she opened the door.
"I'll give you one chance to show your "supposedly" marvelous abilities," Darien said smirking snidely.
'Fine,' she signed, her hard gaze never faltering. She would show this overgrown ogre that she could do this.
"I want you here at 1:00 tomorrow so you can give a performance in front of the children. We do not want to hire somebody that might not know anything about dancing. The children and I can judge if we want you to teach here," Darien said. His eyes declared a challenge. The stubborn that she was she fully accepted.
'Agreed, but I might add maybe next time you will perhaps will be dressed in a much cleaner attire,' Serena signaled giggling and left with Luna in tow before he could utter another word.
Darien looked down at his ruined clothes. For the first time this morning, he regretted about not going back to the mansion to change his clothing. Seeing his disastrous clothing only reminded the incident.
Slap
He quickly brought his hand to rest against his cheek. The print that was long gone still had a imaginary sting to it. His eyes blazed with anger as he stared at the door. The girl was definitely a mute but why did he have a feeling that this girl never shuts up. How ironic.
"Seriously Darien, what happened to you? You look like a train wreck," Lita said interjecting his thoughts.
"Long story," was all he said before he left the room leaving Lita confused.
"Okay, do you even know who that was?" Luna questioned Serena frantically.
'Who?' Serena signaled innocently.
"Mr. Shields," Luna said with her eyebrows raised so far that it looked like she had none.
'Am I supposed to know,' Serena signaled shrugging, secretly smiling.
"Your FUTURE brother-in-law!," Luna said worrying herself to death.
'Oh really,' Serena pretended to be utterly shocked.
"I'm not kidding about this Serena. If your sister finds out that your trying to prove yourself in front of the man that she is shortly going to marry she'll definitely going to put a stop to this. Also why the hell did you say something about his clothing? It seemed like you know more then you're letting on," Luna said gasping for air.
'Rei would not know about this because neither you nor I are going to tell her about this or else…' Serena signaled with a certain edge to her eyes.
"Or else what?" Luna said matching that edge.
'The little secret love affair that's been going on between you and our precious cook Artemis…do I have to really explain,' Serena said slyly. She watched as all the blood drained from Luna's face.
"You wouldn't dare," she said looking at her with horror.
'Try me' was all she signaled before she started to make a run for the house.
"I swear that child would be the death of me," the poor woman muttered to herself.
"HEY WAIT! Wait up for me!" Luna said before she started running after the mischievous girl.
SLAP
The echoes of the slap filtered through out the dark room. It was not something he should have been delving upon but the morning's incident had irritated him to death. How dare she slap him, what was shocking was that it was in PUBLIC! He had to admit that the girl had some courage to mess with a dark fellow like him or just plain stupidity.
Her disability was also a shocker considering even without her ability to speak she had said so many things. Considering it as a blessing that she cannot speak or else he knew he would have heard an earful from her today.
He did not know why but a stranger had come into his life: Ruining his new Armani suit, slapping him for no reason and then demanding a position at a place that he owned. He did not know why a stranger would rile him like a pressure cooker.
Ring
The phone rang but he was still engrossed in his thoughts that he paid no head to it.
Ring
Ring
Ring
He knew the caller would not go away without a fight so finally he ended up picking the damn phone.
"Hello," he said gruffly.
"Hello Darien," he heard Rei say on the other line.
"Hello Rei, what a surprise," he said rolling his eyes heavenwards.
"Um I was wondering, since neither you nor my sister have met each other I was thinking that maybe you would like to come for dinner tomorrow night. So you two could get acquainted," Rei said trying to make the best out of the situation.
Darien, the fool that he was had completely forgotten that he had a wedding to plan that was going to take place in just weeks.
"Yes, I would love to," he said smoothly. All of a sudden, he felt guilty, he did not why but he just felt damn guilty.
"Great, so we'll see you tomorrow at 6:00," not a second after those words flew out of her mouth she hung up.
Darien heaved a long sigh before he immersed himself in his long forgotten papers.
But at the back of his of mind, he could still hear the slap echoing thunderously.
Hey everybody i know its been a while since i updated...seriously it was not my fault my damn writers block and then i had to get my wisdom teeth out soo im still under the meds so i dont act crazy lol :p soo if u dont like this chapter or didnt think it was upto ur expectations...i swear it was the Damn medication lol...REVIEWSSSSS PPL!! i know im demanding lol :p...twinkle eyes
