A series of Romantic Events

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Chapter 10

Serena stood there dumbfounded, 'did he just KISS me?' she thought, as she touched her hand to her lips, 'man he is a really good kisser!', 'did I just think that!?!', 'I should be mad……. But I'm happy.'

'Man I hate my temper, it rises when I really don't need it to, and when I'm supposed to be mad…………..nothing!!' She walked over to the counter where Andrew was standing there just staring at her.

"What?!" she asked annoyed, "oh, I don't know maybe it was that scene you two just made." he said sarcastically. "No body really saw us………..did they?" Andrew was completely dumbfounded by his friend's immaturity, she has no idea that Darien is in love with her.

'Well, guess I had better tell her' he thought, he walked out from behind the counter, and walked over to Serena, she had her back turned to him, he put a hand on her shoulder.

"Serena………." he was cutoff by Serena spinning around into his embrace, she sobbed into his chest, "oh, Andrew….I…I should be…….mad, but……..I'm not……..I'm……happy. She said between sobs. He hugged her tighter, Little did they know that someone was watching them the whole time.

Darien had stormed out of the arcade so fast he had not noticed that he didn't grab his briefcase on the way out. He decided to go back and get it, after all he had to have it for school, plus he wanted to see how Serena reacted to his kiss.

He walked back to the arcade, before he reached the door, he looked through the window to see Serena in Andrews embrace, his eyes showed many different emotions, anger, sadness, love, hope. They were all there

At this point sadness and a little jealousy took over, but he really needed his bag so he decided to go on and get it. He walked into the arcade, and over to where his bag lay on the counter, trying and hoping that he was no noticed by Serena and/or Andrew.

He tip-toed over to the counter, he turned around, an was about to leave when he came to stare into two cerulean eyes, she spoke up first, "D….Darien?" she asked, and stuttered a little bit, while not daring to meet his gaze, "w..wa..what?" he stuttered, also, not daring to attempt to meet her gaze.

"We…um…need..to..um..talk…." she said while a blush crept onto her cheeks. 'man she is so cute when she blushes' he thought to himself "uh…..yea we do…….um….why don't …we…um…take…a walk?" he said with nervousness evident in his voice. "Ok" she squeaked out, almost in auditable, but he heard her. No matter how in auditable Serena would talk he always seems to hear her.

They walked out of the arcade and over to a nearby park. They walked over to a bench in front of a fountain. "Lets sit" he said tilting his head toward the bench right behind them. She nodded in agreement, and they turned around and sat down, a fair distance apart, so not to feel awkward , but it wasn't working very well. "Serena...I'm...sor." he was cut off by "BEEEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEEP"

"Uhg" she said as she pulled out her communicator, "What's up?" she asked in an annoyed voice. "We need your help Serena!" a girl with short blue hair, said in a worried voice. "Is it really important Mercury?" she asked "I'm kind of in the middle of something..." she said trailing off, while turning the screen to Darien.

"O, Serena, I'm terribly sorry but we really need you..." she said trailing off in an apologetic voice. "But Ames, this is kinda important" she said in a whiney voice. "Well I kinda think the fate of the entire world is just a bit more important." she said getting a little bit frustrated, after all Amy was the cool-headed one of the Scouts. "K" was all Serena said as she stood up and closed the communicator.

As she stood up she said "I'm really sorry Darien..." she trailed off looking at the ground. He stood up and sighed "Don't be sorry, It's your responsibility, and it is a lot to handle..." he said "I should know" he mumbled almost inaudibility, but she picked up what he had said and it hit her just as she was about to turn around, she whipped back around and said with pure confusion in her voice "How in the world would you know?"

"Um…….I……uh…….well………." he was caught by surprise, 'She wasn't supposed to hear that' he thought with panic, lucky for him his babbling was cutoff by and ear-splitting scream (No, not Serena, this time) she whipped around towards the noise, and her mouth fell open, at the sight of the sailor scouts being hurled towards her, by a yoma .

Darien started to run away so he could transform, but he rethought it for a second because he didn't want Serna to think he was a big chicken 'Why do I care if she thinks that?' he asked himself and then shook the thought out of his head 'Anyway…….The fate of the world first!!!' .

As Darien had made it a good ways away from the yoma attack, Serena just stood there awestruck, it was like neither her voice nor her legs would work, Darien looked back with wide eyes, 'oh no, not again' he though as he rushed back he had no time to transform, he ran up and tackling Serna to the ground, except it was the ground on the other side of the huge fountain they had been standing at earlier .

Darien had taken most of the hit, he landed on the ground with Serena on top of him, but she was so light he barely noticed, he just laid there, catching his breath, of course he forgot he didn't transform, and he made that leap in his alter ego.

Serena just closed her eyes as tight as she could waiting for the feeling of being plowed into the ground, but it never came, so she got curious, you know how they say curiosity killed the cat? Well this, shocked her to death! "Darien?!?!, But how?"