Chapter Ten: Beds and Who?!

Last Time

Heading further down the corridor he stopped at the last few rooms. The main door at the end of the hall had an air of royalty and the girls new this was Darien's room. However, there were four other doors with markings on them.

"There's something Darien and I have to tell you" Serena stated.

"These rooms belonged to…"

Present

"These rooms belonged to your betrotheds, the Generals, Darien generals"

"Wait! Do you mean the Generals, as in the Dark Kingdom Generals?" asked Rei

"Yes, but those are clones. These were the real Generals or reincarnations as we are" Serena quickly replied.

"But they are evil" Lita whined.

"They weren't always evil. And those Dark Kingdom scumbags aren't my Generals. Just as you are friends and serve and protect your princess, so were the Generals my friends and protectors" Darien shared.

"Where are they? If we were reborn where are they? Were they reborn but don't remember their duties?" Amy asked.

"We don't know. We don't know who they are or if they were reborn into this age. I'm sorry. I know you guys don't remember but you were all magnificent together. Just as Darien and I fell in love, so did you with the Generals, although Rei gave Jadeite a run for his money" Serena said laughing lightly at the memory.

"Me and Jadeite?! Are you kidding me?!" Rei screamed

"Actually no. I remember you being very um passionate together"

"WHAT!!!"

"Calm down. Remember these are good Generals that we're talking about now. I know it's hard to differentiate between them when all you know are the evil Generals from the Dark Kingdom, but they were good" Serena responded

"Um who was I with?" Amy asked shyly

"You were with Zoisite. But it was a he. For some reason the evil Zoisite is a girl which further proves that they are just crappy clones" Serena explained.

"Lita was with Nephrite and Mina was with Malachite" Darien told the others who were surprisingly calm and patiently waiting to see who they were paired with in the Silver Millenium

"Anyways, you all snuck down here at one point or other so if you go to the room that belonged to your respective pair, you'll probably find some of your old clothes. I thought you may each like to have your own rooms and well have some of your old things" Darien said

"Thanks for the thought" Lita replied

"Yeah, thanks Darien. I kind of want to see what I find" Mina replied curiously.

"I guess we'll all go to bed now as well" Amy said

"Wait. Where will you be sleeping Serena?" Rei asked.

"With me of course" Darien responded calmly.

"We always share this bedroom when we stay here and don't worry we're not going to be doing THAT. Darien and I are waiting till we are married. So get your heads out of the gutter!" Serena responded after having seen Mina's sly look, knowing exactly what she was insinuating.

"Alright. Let's go to bed" Lita said as she walked to Nephrite's old room. The other girls respectively followed, saying goodnight to each other on their way into the rooms.

Serena and Darien headed into his old room. It was luxuriously furnished and there was a fire already roaring in the large fireplace that was centered opposite to the bed. His room was at least as big as the first floor to Serena's house. Half of the room was distinguishably the sleeping area. There was a beautiful dark cherry wood four poster bed with a canopy. There were layers of bed linen beginning with a creamy silk fabric, then a blue silk fabric, and dark burgundy silk linens on top of that. To cover the whole bed was a beautiful dark burgundy comforter that had blue and gold stripes on it. It was extremely thick and made the bed look plush, luxurious, and completely inviting. The canopy had sheer burgundy cloth hanging from it providing an even more glorious look to the bed. There was a matching cherry wood bench at the foot of the bed and two matching tables on either side at the head of the bed. There was a grand armoire, a master chest, and closet full of old regal looking clothes.

The other side of the room was also used for relaxation but work as well. Half the walls were lined in wooden bookcases which were filled with old hardcover books, journals, scrolls, maps, and on one bookcase some modern books which Darien had brought with him in previous visits. This is where the fireplace was located. It had a beautiful wood mantel with a shiny onyx inlay. There was a large rug in front of the fireplace along with a love seat couch and two chairs with a chess board table in between, all set up to play. The final significant piece of furniture in the room was a large wood desk which at the moment was void of any paper but which had been used in the distant past as an area of devising strategy to defend against enemies and the surface on which Darien had written many a love letters to Serena.

On the far side of the room there was a large archway which led to the balcony.

All in all, the room was glorious and exquisite.

Serena walked over to the master chest casually and opened a drawer. She pulled out one of her old sleeping gowns and went into the nearest door (which happened to lead to the bathroom). There she changed and later emerged into the room to find Darien in a pair of sleeping pants, but no shirt, staring into the fire.

"I love this room" Serena said sighing as she sunk into to the bed.

"I like it to but mostly when you are here with me" Darien replied softly.

He climbed into bed behind her, spooning Serena to him with his arms around her waist, his naked chest pressed to her back. Serena sighed again and turned in his arms to face him.

"You know, I really like having everyone hear. Kind of reminds of the old days except with more people. You'll never be alone now, especially with everyone here. You'll wish you we were alone by the end of the week, especially when my parents find out I'm sleeping in here with you and not with one of the other girls" Serena said laughing lightly towards the end at the inevitable argument that would ensue due to their sleeping arrangements.

"Yeah, you're dad is going to flip" Darien said laughing lightly as well.

He grabbed Serena around her waist bringing her body closer and leaning in to kiss her. The feel of his petal soft lips was magnificent on hers and all Serena could do was kiss back. She slipped her hands into his silky midnight hair while his hands moved to explore the small of her back. Finally coming up for air they both stared with love into each other's eyes. Smiling sweetly Serena leaned back into the bed pulling Darien beside her. She then proceeded to get into a comfortable position spooned as close to Darien as possible with his arms holding her tightly.

Sighing with immense love Darien said goodnight and the light from the candles and chandeliers in the room suddenly dissipated leaving only the moonlight streaming in from the balcony.

I'm on winter break so hopefully I'll be able to write more often. Happy New Year!

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