I'm thanking God right now that I am able to post this chapter for you guys. Cherish life, don't hold onto petty fights that you have wit family members cause you never know how much time they have or you have left. Count your blessings and be grateful, be very grateful to still be able to do all of the things you want to do. My cousin was 22, he wont be able to do those things anymore. Just a month and a half older than me and its just hitting me right now. Another friend just turned 23, gone, just like that. Him and my cousin died on the same day, in two separate states. But damn you never know. So when you wake up in the morning, kiss your parents, tell the people you love exactly what they mean to you. If you guys would like me to rewrite this chapter because it was rushed just let me know.
Disclaimers: I don't own her Sailor Moon.
Thank You: TutorBitch, ffgirlmoonie, milkshakelvr, rosebudjamie, Princess Tasha, Supersaiyanx, Vaunam, Roswellachick, Calm-believer, XxBlownKissesxX, Dertupio.
Meran: Thanks. That really makes me happy, knowing that you can feel their pain, thats what I was going for.
Sarrang: Thanks about the B-day. I had to come up date this late as hell lol for you.
JxLegacy: I'm glad that you can relate to my story. I'm sorry that a guy was a dickhead to you. I've had plenty of male friends turn out to be just like Darien, jerks.
Ichikokit: Lmao
PazaakGirl: Some people actually think that. People assume that they can treat you how they want to, use you, then come back whenever they please. Plus most guys are idiots. That dude that left you two years ago was a jackass. The girl, she didn't take anything from you, she did you a favor. When my ex left me I thought I was going to die, but he did me a huge favor lol.
Katy-chan: Some people do regret, but they regret when its a little too late to fix their wrongs.
Luceceline: Darien suffers from blaming every one else for the things he's done wrong instead of facing the problems he created.
Raye85: You know, I know nothing about Seiya and the outer scouts so I never write about them. I was so into SMoon at one point that I was buying up alot of things but towards the end of 2001 I lost interest and started doing different things. I really didn't see the other episodes after the diamond saga, it became too cheesy for me and I said "eh fuck it." lol I'm not sure what I want to do, but now I want to rewrite this chap or add more to make it longer for you guys. I was thinking of trying to end it in two more chapters.
Sunny38: I tell my self that life is a soap opera, sometimes my life resembles one of those silly hood books. But I love the Soaps. Guiding light every morning, I missed my college english class messing around with Tammy and Johnathan this semester lol. The story should be finished soon, I just skip through the school year lol
Mysterious advisor: I'm thinking he should learn a few lessons. She should too.
Morning came too quickly. She wanted to roll over and forget that last night even happened. She felt stupid, her one true chance to get him back and she had blew it by ignoring him. Taking her first advice on the reasons why she should make Darien suffer was really pissing her off. Constantly telling herself that it didn't matter only meant that it did matter. Today her mission was simple; find something cute to wear that said she was single and free. She stood there in her closet wondering what meant single and free. Her conclusion equaled to nothing.
"Fuck it." She mumbled, 'Maybe some other time.' She thought grabbing some dark denim blue skinny leg jeans from a shelf. It never occurred to her to put more thought into her outfit before so her motto was 'why start now'. Instead of caring she picked up a dino tee out of her Wet Seal pile. She had to admit that she thought the shirt was cute even though it was a little cheesy. It had different colored and shaped dinosaurs on a black small tee shirt. She tried to hurry knowing that she couldn't be late today. She had to go to school as if all was normal. The jeans fit perfectly showing off her curves, giving her more booty then she thought she had. She slipped her dino tee over top her white wife beater and tucked it into her skinny jeans. Too her, her breasts were larger than usual. 'Thank you Dino.' She thought as she buckled her skinny belt, and was proud of her choices in accessories. She looked a little silly as she stared into her mirror with a head full of rollers and only partially dressed. She remembered what Mina said about how shoes could make an outfit so today she was putting forth effort. She grabbed a pair of boots that came far enough above the ankle but were too short in length to be considered knee boots. She actually liked them, they were from Aldos. A nice pair of ankle boots. The spiked heal was cute, with a pointed platform, and a bow that tied on the side of the boot. Today she wanted to step out looking damn good, make him feel stupid for ever doubting her full potential. She pulled out a light weight black leather jacket from Arden B and laid it on her bed. The leather jacket had a flared bodice, two front zipper pockets, and seamed shoulder detailing. The sleeves to the jacket were long. She couldn't forget her makeup and finishing off her hair, but make up and hair wasn't her thing. Who was she fooling the whole process to being a magazine groupie wasn't her thing. She needed back up and fast. She zoomed to her bedroom door and screamed for the only other person who could possibly understand the Do's and Don'ts of dressing like Mina. Irene stood in her doorway a little puzzled by her daughters full on transformation. Irene wondered if the argument Serena had with Darien fueled her all out change, either way she was happy that her daughter was blossoming into a young woman. Serena stood there unsure of what to say or where to begin; the look on her Mother's face said it all.
"Can you help me with my makeup?" She asked, mumbling out the words that she never thought she would ever ask her mother. She stood there her eyes downcast to the floor as Irene walked forward signaling for her to sit in the chair by her vanity. Serena sat and Irene's face lit up, makeup was one of the things she loved doing. Serena closed her eyes ready to meet her doom. Irene took a light shade of blue eyeliner pencil and lined underneath her right eye, she took the liquid liner in the same shade and lined the top of her eye. She held Serena by her chin wondering if she should apply anything drastic and changed her mind. Irene did the same to her left eye then topped it off with a silvery blue eye shadow that was light enough to blend with the light blue eyeliner. Her lip gloss was just that, a gloss used to glaze the lips just enough. Irene then put a little mascara on her eye lashes followed by two tiny blue rhinestones perfectly placed at the point of the eyeliner. Irene smiled as she hurriedly undid the rollers from Serena's hair. Serena's hair was done in loose curls that Irene ran her fingers through to give them their own style. She pulled the top back up off of Serena's forehead so her makeup wouldn't be hidden.
"Oh my." Irene gasped as she stared at her handy work, she was breathtakingly beautiful. From her mother's gasp, Serena was scared to open her eyes, but she had to. She couldn't just sit in her room all day with her eyes shut and miss school. She had to go; she had a plan to put into effect in order to win Prom Queen.
'Wow.' Was Serena's first thought as she took in her appearance in the mirror, the girl starring back at her couldn't be the skin she was living in.
"Thanks Ma." She sincerely said, rushing to give Irene a hug. She grabbed her leather and notebook and zoomed out of her room and down the stairs. 'I'm getting old.' Irene thought while cleaning up the small mess she made on Serena's vanity. Sammy stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting to see Serena. He had heard her cry last night after the music had stopped. He wanted to tell her cheer up then but decided not to after she threw some rollers at her room door trying to hit him. He snickered; his sister acting like a girl was something he couldn't believe. Serena bounced past him and he wasn't sure he was looking at the same girl.
"Um... Um... Um..." Sammy stuttered into a complete stupid slur as he watched her bounce past him. He stood there completely shocked wondering who had kidnapped his sister in the middle of the night and replaced her with a girl from the magazines. She paid his stuttering no attention as she waited for Andrew to pick her up.
"Your lip gloss." Irene called as she walked down the stairs to give it to Serena.
"Sammy, close your mouth." Irene said chuckling at her son and his state of shock. At the mention of Irene giving Sammy an order, Ken looked up from his morning news paper and glanced back down then back up. His paper dropped as he stared at his daughter who didn't look too familiar at the moment.
"You're not leaving the house like this." Ken said standing up from his seat. The muscle ticked in his cheek and he wasn't sure why he was angry but he was pretty sure Serena was going to receive more than enough unnecessary attention. Serena flushed pink from the fuss her family was making over her. Sammy still stood there with his mouth hanging open watching the scene in front of him unfold.
"You march back up them stairs and grab a hat and something... Err... Um... You know what you used to wear." He argued, stamping his right foot signaling that he meant business as Irene put her hands up signaling for him to stop.
"Don't be ridiculous." Irene said her eyes blazing in anger towards her husband's absurd demands for their daughter. The beeping of a car horn put a pause on the argument that was happening in their household for two seconds. Serena knew that was for her, and time for her to break free while she could.
"That's Andrew. Gotta go." She rushed making it out of the door just before her father could physically force her back upstairs. She heard her Mother spewing threats of him cooking and doing his own laundry if he didn't act like an adult.
"Damn!" Was Andrew's reaction to Serena's new look as she made her way down the steps to the side of his car. She desperately tried to hide behind her small notebook, but it did nothing. He stood there leaning against the hood taking in her every move. Serena tried to hide the blush as he opened the car door for her and closed it behind her.
"Is it like that?" He asked teasing her. He sat there getting ready to put his car in motion.
"Stop it Andy or I will put Tiffany on you." She threatened him giggling when she heard him gulp and his tires screech from pulling out of the parking space. The last thing he needed was Mina kicking his ass because Serena could have possibly turned a stalker on to him.
"Alright. Leave Tiffany out of this, it's something about her that reeks of psycho." He muttered while stopping at a stop sign. Her transformation was breathtakingly startling. He wondered what that guy named Darien whom he was hearing so much about could possibly see in the air headed girl Ashley. Ashley always managed to grate his last nerves whenever she was in the area.
"You look nice." He finally said trying to break the silence that lasted the whole ride to school. He glanced over at her and she seemed to be in her own world.
"Thanks." She softly spoke back feeling oh so new to the attention from Andrew. They were a bit early today as they sat in his car waiting for Mina to arrive in the parking lot. Serena anticipated and dreaded Mina's arrival at the same time. One part of her wanted to show Mina her beautiful make over and the other was scared that Mina might pull out a camera and lights would start flashing. A car stopped behind his and honked, then pulled further down to park.
"Mina." Andrew said trying to calm his excitement. He didn't know what to do. Finally meeting his crush the beautiful Mina was still very new to him and it unnerved him. He tried to calm his nerves to face her. The last thing he wanted to have was sweaty hands when he went to walk Mina to class.
"Lets go." He said hitting the unlock button and opening his door.
"Wait..." She faltered, her legs turning into jelly, "I'm scared." She confessed on a soft whisper. He had to lean in to hear her correctly. From the outside of the car it looked as if he was leaning in to kiss his girlfriend. They sat there oblivious to the impressions they were giving off. Andrew then realized that she was new to this type of attention and it could really do damage. He realized that the plan could back fire and give Serena a really messed up ego, hence creating another Ashley.
"They're already staring." Serena nervously gushed through clenched teeth while trying to stay calm as she spoke of her classmates walking to the school. Andrew quickly glanced and she was right, everybody that passed his car couldn't help but pause for a second and do a double take. Of course they would wonder, want to know who she was. That was the way of High School.
"Don't pay that shit no attention, just face it Rena you are beautiful." He said gripping her hand and giving it a light squeeze. He knew that today was going to be very hard for her. The fact that she was trying to bounce back from a terrible break up with her best friend, get over her fight last week, and reinvent herself. He had to admit that she was strong, a fighter and proud to have her on his arm. In his short time of knowing her, he knew she was drop dead gorgeous for all of the right reasons and not the wrong. Today, he was one happy dude, not many guys at his school could say that they were associated with the most beautiful women. When he thought beautiful, he thought personality wise then looks.
"Okay, I can do this." Serena started and was stopped by Andrew while he was helping her out of the car.
"Don't start that crazy chanting thing, it never works"He teased, locking his car and pulling her closer to him so she could feel better about what was to come.
Mina stood there at the trunk of her car looking for one of her history books wondering why she had to be cursed with a history class this semester. She turned around gasping at the vision walking towards her. Serena is drop-dead gorgeous registered with her mind. Mina had known but she had no idea what it would be like once Serena actually worked at it. Mina fell in love with the outfit Serena was wearing and was proud that Serena was getting the hang of dressing up. She gave Serena two thumbs up once they stood in front of her and quickly gave Serena a hug.
"I don't even think people will realize it's you." Mina said in awe turning Serena around and appreciating how well Serena had put her outfit together. Mina knew that Serena had it in her, knew it was times Serena lacked confidence in herself.
"My lip gloss is poppin, my lip gloss is cool." Serena joked as Mina stood next to her bouncing to the words she was saying. They sang together "What you know about me, what chu know bout me?" Andrew smiled happy to see Serena's nerves calming some. Andrew stood beside the two nervous. Too nervous to say anything, but quickly glance at Mina when he thought she wasn't looking. He guessed they were in the process of talking about maybe dating each other, but he wasn't sure. He hadn't asked her out. He wanted to, but he didn't, didn't want things to move too fast. 'Chill.' His mind chanted as he realized he was crushing on Mina hard, a little too hard. To him Mina looked stunning. Absolutely beautiful, just like every time he would see her. He felt a little foolish, waited all night to finally talk to her and words had eluded him in her presence. Mina gave Andrew a quick hug and a blush stained her cheeks as she gave him her history book to carry for her. No words were exchanged upon the transaction. He took the book smiling one of his winning smiles. Mina nearly swooned, he was absolutely gorgeous. 'Carrying her book to class, okay that's a step up.' Andrew thought calculating his chances to date her. Serena wanted to bang her forehead against the trunk of Mina's car; the love in the air was making her sick. 'Ugh.' Serena thought shaking her head to clear it of their cheesiness.
"What's with the history book?" Serena asked Mina and Mina smiled a devious smile. She conjured up a good plan to show Serena off without Serena even realizing it. Mina was going to make Darien feel it one way or another. She was going to flaunt Serena around him in little ways so Serena wouldn't feel uncomfortable. Serena knew that look and didn't want to be on the receiving end of one of Mina's plans. Serena chucked it up as being Mina's way to communicate with Andrew, after all she did hand him the book.
"Stupid report." Mina nonchalantly muttered to Serena as they headed for the school. They were there just in time to walk Mina to class first. It was only right, Andrew was Mina's soon to be boyfriend. Unlike Serena, Mina noticed all of the attention that Serena was receiving and she knew that word was going to travel fast about how good Serena looked. Phase one of Mina's plan was already implemented, allow Serena's beauty to speak for itself. Serena felt hesitant, her nervousness came back tenfold. It took coaching from both Andrew and Mina for her to even step into school. Serena's stomach flopped as her peers continually gawked at her. She was on the verge of turning around completely and walking home until Mina snapped and practically yelled in a southern drawl, "Got damn, Rena you sexy as hell!" The students in the hallway paused for a second, and then things went back to normal. Serena and Andrew burst out laughing.
"It's too early for this." Andrew commented while adjusting the books he was carrying in his hands.
"Mina you are a fool." Serena admitted once they reached her old class room. They stood there in front of the door chatting with Mina like they didn't have a class to attend too. Serena's old classmates gawked at her because she wasn't the Serena they knew. The Serena they knew wore fitted hats not a head full of curls. The Serena they knew wore baggy tee shirts, not tight shirts from wet seal that proved she had boobs. Serena giggled, she knew they would react but not like this. She heard a couple of them mutter damn, and heard some guys whispering about how thick and delicious she looked. Serena shook it off turning a little on the locker she was leaning on. She took a few steps back to give Mina and Andrew some privacy and smiled at how cute they were in public. 'Look at them.' She thought smiling harder at how Andrew turned into a mute in front of Mina and how Mina turned into a beginner at dating. Serena turned away from them to look else where, finding it to be quite rude to keep analyzing them. That's when she saw Darien standing at the beginning of the hall, her smile didn't falter. She had already known what he was going to wear. Not once did she think of running to him and begging for his forgiveness. Standing next to him, well nearly draped on his arm was Ashley. They looked even cozier than before and Serena was actually happy for them. Even though her heart ached she was happy for him. Even though just last night he swore he loved her and not Ashley, she was happy for him. 'You sent him away, you can't be mad.' She thought while clicking her tongue, ignoring the strange stares her peers were sending her way. 'They're made for each other.' She thought taking her eyes off of Darien and Ashley, signaling for Mina that it was her and Andrew's cue to go because trouble had arrived.
Just like she had spotted him Darien had spotted her standing near the classroom door. He wasn't sure at first. He assumed her to be a transfer student, but then recognition hit him. It was Serena standing there drop dead gorgeous with another dude standing beside her. It was another dude with her besides him. His dramatic love confession meant nothing to her, and knowledge of that broke through his soul. A new feeling of emptiness crawled throughout him. She didn't want him echoed throughout his fragile mind. He gulped back his rage and unintentionally squeezed Ashley's hand. It was then that it hit him, she turned him away and in return he was with his second choice. Ashley paid his grip on her hand no mind. She could careless if Darien was dragging her around the school as long if it was her he was dragging and no one else. Ashley continued to chatter with her henchmen as she released Darien's hand to walk with them to give off the image that it was him chasing her.
Serena pulled on Andrew dragging him a long and Darien's lungs felt as if though they had collapsed, breathing became difficult for him. It just couldn't be, she couldn't be was all Darien could process. It wasn't right for her to look so different than what he was accustomed to. The Serena he knew would forever be a tomboy. Darien knew that it was childish and immature of him to think the way he thought, and feel the way he felt, but it was Serena. He came to school with the motivation to hurt Serena even more but then in that moment he realized that he was in the wrong. All bitter thoughts drifted away, the fight died inside of him. He knew that it was he who lost him his first love. He took his first step out of the spot he was currently transfixed in. Mina smiled when they walked into the class room. His eyes held down cast, he couldn't look at Mina she resembled Serena too much. He brushed off the different mutters of how he was such a dumb ass from his fellow classmates. And he tried to ignore the derogatory remarks they were making about if they had one night with the beautiful Serena. Anger boiled within him, rumbling, a new source that he couldn't contain. He was never the one to resort to violence. The pencil he held in his hand snapped in two and Mina stifled her giggle. 'Serves his ass right.' Mina thought watching him from her seat in the back of the room. She truly felt that some people needed a taste of their own medicine and she was the sole provider for Darien receiving his because she knew Serena would have never dished it back to him for treating her bad. The class moved at a snail pace and it was driving Darien insane. He wanted to leave, lock himself away from the world and remember all of the good things in him that Serena had loved. Darien, could think of none, only the hurt he had caused her.
Review and let me know what you guys think. Thanks for all of the support. Life has just been really hard for me right now and I thank you guys for not giving up on me.
