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Chapter 10 - Pool Party!

The next morning went by as the rest had, Mina dragged herself over for coffee, Artemis and Luna chased each other around the apartment and then an hour later Mina came to get Serena. They had forgotten the previous day to look at Mina's bathing suits for Serena, so they made a plan to do that after classes.

Once on campus, they headed to their first class. Serena went to the seat next to Amy and sat down.

"Morning, Amy!"

When Amy didn't respond, Serena glanced over at her to find her enthralled by a textbook.

"Amy?" Serena poked at her gently.

"Oh! Lily! Good morning."

"What are you reading?"

"Oh, I'm just catching up for that test in a couple weeks. Since I didn't study Tuesday and I won't have time to tonight, I wanted to get studying time in whenever I could."

Serena just shook her head as Amy glanced at the clock and went back to her book. She was going to try to talk some sense into her, but realized there was most likely no point in doing so. When the teacher indicated class was starting, Serena heard Amy sigh and put her book away.

When she got to her second class, Serena spotted Raye and made her way over to her.

"Morning, Lily!"

"Hey, Raye! How was your performance last night?"

Raye got considerably paler, "It was packed. I was so nervous! Will you be able to make it tonight? I could really use the support!"

"Of course I can! At lunch I can ask the girls if they're free, too. I know Amy and Lita expressed an interest in coming to see you. It's at 6, right?"

Raye nodded, "Thanks, Lily. As long as you're there, I will know that I have at least one fan in the audience!"

"Raye, if you performed half as well last night as you did Monday night, I'm certain you have more fans than you think."

Before Raye had the opportunity to respond, someone walked up in front of them.

"Hey, Lily."

They both looked up into Alan's gorgeous eyes. Serena immediately felt heat radiating from her cheeks, "Hi, Alan." Raye looked between them for a moment before clearing her throat. "Oh! Alan, this is my friend Raye. Raye, this is Alan."

Alan nodded his head towards her before putting his attention back on Serena. Raye was quick to note that the smile on his face was not reflected in his eyes. Despite the fact that she hadn't been formally introduced to Alan before today, Raye, along with the rest of the girls on campus, had the tiniest crush on him. However, now after finally meeting him and seeing the look in his eyes, her feelings were immediately thrown out the window. She didn't like him, not one bit.

Serena, on the other hand, was seeing a completely different Alan. She was seeing an attractive and popular man, that knew how to quite literally sweep her off of her feet, and, of course, the fact that he seemed to be interested in her - but she didn't want to form a relationship under the chaotic circumstances of her life.

Although less than 15 seconds had passed, Raye was getting impatient at him just standing there staring at Serena, "Can we help you?"

Alan's irritated eyes darted to Raye's. If it was ever possible for a war to be battled just by simply looking at each other, that's what Alan and Raye were doing.

Serena didn't know exactly what happened, but she tried to step in and calm things down, "Alan, was there something you needed?"

Alan's eyes immediately changed as he looked back to Serena, "Yes, actually. I wanted to see if you're going to the dance party tomorrow night."

Serena blushed and nodded, but before she could say anything a shrill voice punctured the conversation, "Alllaaan! Over here!"

The three of them looked over to see a very irritated Ann waving frantically at the seat next to her. Alan sighed and looked back at Serena, appearing to be very apologetic, "Well, I guess I'll see you there!" Before he left to join Ann he gave Raye a warning glare.

After he was out of ear shot, Raye looked over at Serena and demanded to know what that was about. Not understanding Raye's concern, Serena just shrugged. "He helped me out in Ballroom Dancing Class last night, that's all."

"Lily-" She was about to tell Serena that she didn't like Alan, but she realized she had no good reason as to why and couldn't exactly force Serena not to see him. "Just be careful."

Serena smiled thankfully over at her friend, "I will, I promise. Besides, Mina really seems to like him and if it means her friendship or Alan, I would choose Mina without hesitation."

Raye only had time to smile at Serena's statement before class started. She sat back in her chair and found herself surprised and thankful for Serena's honor-code; it wasn't too often a friend would turn down the captain of the football team simply because another friend liked him. As Raye thought about it, however, she wasn't too thrilled with the idea of Mina chasing after him either. She decided that all she could do is watch out for both of them as her mind finally focused on the lecture.

After Serena walked Raye to her next class, she found herself wandering towards the library - despite the fact that it was there that she had the encounter with Darien on Tuesday. For some reason, she wanted to run into him again. Even though he only walked her home because he forgot his money, by his presence alone he unknowingly saved her from a 5-minute walk in the dark, where she would be looking around corners and being startled by every sound. She felt safe with him around. Serena only wished he didn't know anything about her past, but there was nothing she could do to change that now.

After last night, Serena felt like giving Darien another chance.

"Hey, Meatball Head!"

On second thought, Darien was evil. She took a deep breath and turned around to face him. "I would say 'Hello, Jerk,' but I will be the bigger person and say 'Hello, Darien.'"

Darien smirked at her, "You know, by stating that you won't say something even though you want to, kind of cancels out not saying it, don't you think?"

Serena rolled her eyes and turned around to continue walking, knowing full-well that she wasn't getting rid of him that easy. Sure enough, Darien took a few big steps to catch up with her.

"Where are you off to?"

"The library, I still haven't seen it and something interrupted me from doing so on Tuesday." She was hinting that she didn't want him to mention anything relating to what happened and fortunately for him, Darien took the hint.

"Well, to make up for that interruption, how would you like a tour of the library?"

Serena glanced over at him, wondering why he would offer such a thing. "I'm sure you have better things to do than give me a tour."

Darien didn't hesitate, "No, my class just finished and I don't have anything to do before lunch."

Serena smiled slightly, "No meetings this time, huh?"

Darien flushed as he remembered yesterday and laughed trying to cover for his embarrassment. "No, none right now. So what do you think?"

Serena shrugged, "Sure, if you don't mind."

Darien just smiled, "Well first thing you must know, is that there's more than one library on this campus and none of them, I repeat none of them," he said making sure he had her full attention, "likes to have their books drooled on."

Serena stomped her foot and rolled her eyes, "Darien!" She continued on without him and he laughed as he caught up with her.

"This is Library West, or the Main Library." He held the doors open for her and she unconsciously thanked him. Her eyes were immediately taken in by the most beautiful sight she had seen in a long time: Starbucks. If ever there was a time where a person's eyes could transform into hearts, it would be now with Serena.

"There's a Starbucks… In the library?"

Darien chuckled, "You like coffee, huh?"

Serena looked over at him, "I don't just like coffee, I bleed coffee."

Darien laughed as he pointed to their left, motioning to a study area before stepping around her and getting onto the escalators.

Serena's face crumpled up, "Escalators? Seriously? What do you people have against stairs?" She followed him onto the escalators wondering what else this library had in store for her. At the top of the escalators, she saw a huge study room with many students staring blankly into their computer screens.

Serena started to blush when all of the girls stared in their direction and started to talk quietly with each other. She realized it was due to the fact that she was probably with the hottest teacher on campus and they were jealous.

Serena's eyes went wide and she blushed, 'Hottest teacher? Where did that come from?'

Darien on the other hand, was unaware of the girls paying attention to him. What he was aware of, however, was the attention all of the guys were giving to Serena. He glanced over at her and saw she was blushing. He couldn't help but feel a little jealous as he moved them quickly through the room and into the book part of the library.

"This holds just about all the books you could ever need unless it's specialized to a certain field. Like the College of Law has their own separate library, as do the others."

Serena examined the bookshelves but turned back to Darien with a confused look on her face, "The bookshelves are so close together! How can anyone get the books they want?"

Darien walked around her and pointed to something Serena hadn't seen. There were three buttons, one to move the bookshelf left, one to move it right, and in the middle there was one to stop it.

"No way!" Serena reached out and pushed the button to move the bookshelf to the right and stepped back when it started moving. Then she pushed the left button and watched as it changed course before she pushed the right button again.

Darien quickly snatched her hand away and hit the 'Stop' button. "Stop that, you're going to break it!" He couldn't help but smile when he heard her giggle. "Come on, let's go."

Serena watched as Darien walked between two of the bookshelves and an evil grin came to her face. She pushed the button to make the bookshelf to Darien's left move towards him. Her face fell when the bookshelf didn't move. She kept trying to push the button.

"What are you doing?"

She looked up at him, frustrated. "I'm trying to squish you, but it's not cooperating!"

Darien's face fell into his hands as he tried to conceal his laughter. "There are motion sensors, Lily. Otherwise you'd see on the headlines everyday that a student was killed by a bookshelf."

Serena huffed as she followed him. On the 3rd floor there looked to be an endless supply of computers for students to use and on the 4th floor was another study room. On the left, there were rows of chairs and desks and on the right there were little rooms.

"What's in there?" Serena asked, pointing to the rooms on her right.

"Oh, those are private rooms for grad students and faculty." They continued walking and Darien stopped in front of one, "Because I was gone for so long, this is now my office for the rest of the semester until they can free one up." He unlocked the door and held it open for Serena. She looked around her, hoping that there was another student that would save her from being alone with Darien, but there was nobody in sight.

She sighed and she peered in and saw a desk with a comfy chair and lots of paperwork. She walked in and was startled when Darien let go of the door and it closed on its own accord.

"I just need to get some files for a meeting this afternoon." Darien began to search through all of the papers on his desk as Serena tried to make herself nonexistent in the corner.

Darien knew exactly where the papers he needed were, but he continued his search so that he could buy himself some more time. He had been meaning to talk to her about something for the past 2 days but it never seemed like the right time. He noticed Serena move towards one of the boxes he had in the corner and stand on her tippy toes to see what was inside of it.

Darien couldn't help but notice how her lower back arched and her calf muscles flexed. As her arms reached up, her t-shirt parted from her body to reveal the lower part of her stomach and all he could think about was enveloping her from behind, allowing his hand to sneak under her shirt and travel across her bare skin.

"Darien, what's thi-" Serena gasped when she turned around only to realize Darien was literally right behind her.

Darien blinked a couple times, wondering how he got from the desk to where he was now. He was inches away and with her pinned between him and the boxes, she had no escape. He could easily hoist her up and push her against the boxes… he had the sudden need to see if her lips were as soft as her skin.

Serena looked up at Darien as he stared at her with an intent look in his eyes. At first her eyes darted around, trying to find a way to escape, but when she realized there was no way out she hesitantly looked back up at him. Her breathing fell in sync with the fast beating of her heart and the way he was looking at her made her legs feel weak. She had never wanted to be kissed more in her entire life than she did right then. The way he was staring at her was making her feel things that she hadn't felt since she started dating Chase.

Chase. The thought of him caused her to blink away her emotions. She couldn't trust men with her heart, not after everything that Chase put her through. She broke the eye contact with Darien who then seemed to snap out of a trance and back away from her.

Although the entire exchange happened over mere seconds, it felt like a lifetime. After a short silence, Darien spoke. "I wanted to offer extra self-defense classes to you. Not that you need it, but it's always good to… be prepared."

Serena knew exactly what Darien meant. In case 'it' ever happened again, Darien wanted Serena to be able to take care of herself. However, she knew if she accepted these extra lessons that they would be somewhere together, most likely alone. Although she couldn't deny what her heart felt, she had to listen to her brain: Men cannot be trusted. All men wanted to do was lure you in and then show you their true colors when you least expect it. Her heart told her that Darien isn't Chase, that he's different - He wouldn't hurt me... But her mind reminded her that her heart had said the same thing about Chase. Look where that got her.

"I don't know…"

Darien sighed as he moved back towards the desk, "Just think about it, okay?"

Serena was still trying to figure out what happened, so all she could do was nod as she inched towards the door. "I need to meet my friends for lunch… Thanks for the tour." Serena opened the door and was about to be free when he said the only thing that would make the situation right again.

"Have a great day, Meatball Head."

In that one instant, Serena felt that everything that had transpired in his office was a distant memory. She playfully glared back at him as she headed down the hallway. He would go back to teasing her and she would go back to pretending to be angry. Everything would go back to normal… right?

At lunch, the girls waited rather impatiently for Lita to arrive with the food, especially Serena and Mina. When Lita finally got there, she stopped dead in her tracks. The girls were staring at her, or more accurately the food, with a look of pure need. However, Serena and Mina were the scarier of the bunch, looking as if they might tackle Lita and eat her on accident along with the food. Lita didn't know if she should continue approaching them or drop the food and run for her life.

Raye realized Lita's hesitation and gently smacked Mina and Serena on the back of their heads. "You're scaring her!"

"Ow!" Both of the girls said together and pouted. "But I'm sooooo hungry!" Serena and Mina both looked at each other, realizing they said it in the exact same tone and at the exact same time. As the two of them giggled, Lita decided she could proceed safely and handed the girls their lunch.

All of them ate slowly, except of course for Serena and Mina. Mina didn't even noticed the disapproving looks she was getting, but Serena did and blushed, blaming Lita's amazing cooking abilities. Lita just smiled and Raye rolled her eyes. They discussed going to Raye's concert, and although Amy, Molly and Mina couldn't make it because of work, Lita said she would be there.

Lita turned towards Raye, "Can I bring my cousin? She's been talking about going to The Shrine for a long time now and I'd like to be able to surprise her."

Raye nodded, "Of course you can! The table will be saved under Lily's last name, 'Avery'. I'm so glad you guys will be there!"

Serena looked towards Lita, "How about you drop off the snacks for the party tonight at my place so that we can go to Raye's performance together? Your cousin can even come to the pool party, too!"

Lita grinned over at Serena, "Yeah! That'd be great!"

The next couple hours were filled with classes, so of course they were uneventful. After dropping Molly off at her house, Serena and Mina headed back to the apartment so that Serena could pick out a bathing suit. Mina headed over to her apartment to get them while Serena headed to her own. While she waited for Mina, she was bombarded by two attention-seeking kittens.

Mina had narrowed her options down to two, much too in love with the other one to part with it. The first bathing suit was a pink bikini with black see-through fabric around the edges. Much too sexy for what Serena wanted, but the second one was a simple baby blue bikini that had a tie around her neck and back with the bottom tying on one side of her waist and a brown beaded design on the other side. She immediately fell in love with the second one and watched as Mina snatched back the first one.

"Oh, thank goodness! I wanted to give you more than one choice, but I love this one soooo much!"

Serena giggled, "I'm glad I didn't pick that one then! Thanks again for letting me have the bathing suit!"

"Not a problem! I do have to get to work now, but I'll be back around 7:30 with Molly!"

The rest of the afternoon, Serena played with the cats and thought back to what had happened with Darien. She couldn't help but remember what it felt like to be so close to him, especially today in the privacy of his temporary office. She started getting light headed as the unreleased passion swept through her body. She sat on the couch taking deep breaths, hoping that her mind could restrain her heart long enough for it to come to its senses.

Lita arrived around 5:30, carrying in lots of yummy-looking snacks. Lita introduced Serena to her cousin, Mika – a childhood name that had stuck when she couldn't pronounce her own name 'Michelle' properly. Mika resembled Lita in a lot of ways – right down to the hair and eyes. Except Mika, at 16, looked fragile and delicate, especially standing next to Lita.

Mika was excited about going to The Shrine and didn't even try to hide it. When Raye got on stage she was absolutely fantastic, just as Serena expected her to be. Lita and Mika couldn't believe Raye's talent and when they commented on that fact, Raye just blushed and smiled. When she was done, they all walked back over to Serena's apartment together to change into their bathing suits. Raye wore a black and red bikini, Lita wore a hunter green bikini and Mika wore a dark pink one-piece.

After the others were done changing, Serena went into the bathroom to get into her new suit. She smiled when it fit her perfectly. When she walked out of the bathroom however, she was met with strange stares. "What?"

Lita was the first one to get back her voice, "Serena… What happened?"

Serena looked down to her stomach and realized that just above the waist-line of the bikini was a giant scar arching horizontally across her stomach. It was a constant reminder of how insane Chase would get if he thought she was cheating on him. She had gotten used to the scar and had forgotten to cover it. Tears formed in her eyes as she tried to come up with an excuse. Raye somehow realized her dilemma and saved her.

"The silly things we do in our childhood, huh? Check out this scar," She lifted her knee up to show a 2 inch long scar down her right knee.

"Ha! That's nothing, check this one out," Lita lifted up her thick brown hair and turned around to reveal a thick scar resembling a lightning bolt.

Mika put her hands on her hips, "Lita, are you really proud of getting into a fight with a woman that had 10 inch long nails?"

Lita shrugged, "She picked the fight, I just finished it."

Serena and Raye shared a long look of understanding before there was a knock on the door. Serena went to open it and Mina and Molly stood there, already changed in their bathing suits. Mina was wearing an orange bikini that had black ties and Molly was wearing a white open-back-one-piece.

"Hey, girls! We went ahead and changed at my place before coming over here. Lily, that bathing suit looks really goo- Oh…" She also noticed the scar.

Serena had recovered at this point and smiled slightly as she looked down at it, "Funny thing is I don't even remember how it happened."

Raye piped up, "Yeah, we were just showing off our childhood scars."

Mina laughed, "We all know the awesome things we can get into as kids! I don't even remember how I got half of my scars either."

"Who wants to help me carry down the food?" Lita thought it was an innocent question.

"FOOD!" Serena and Mina shouted together as they made a dash to the kitchen.

Lita sighed and yelled after them, "Just make sure some of it's left by the time we get to the pool!"

The girls piled out of Serena's apartment. Raye slowed down while she waited for Serena who was locking the door. When Serena caught up to her, Raye stopped her. "Serena, I just want to remind you that if you ever need someone to talk to… about anything," she briefly glanced down at Serena's scar, "I'll be here for you."

Serena almost wanted to cry again. If she hadn't been carrying so many containers of food, Serena would have hugged her. She only nodded and smiled at Raye, "Thank you… I'll remember that." Raye smiled and started walking again but Serena stopped her. "And… Raye? Thanks for saving me in there."

Raye smiled again and put an arm around Serena's shoulders, squeezing it gently, as they walked to the stairs.

Amy got there shortly after they made it to the pool, she was wearing a dark blue one-piece and Serena was honestly surprised that Amy didn't have a book permanently glued to her face. She made her way over to Amy and handed her the notes. "Thanks for letting me borrow them!"

Amy took the notes smiling, "Anytime! I'm glad I was able to be of assistance. If you ever need help studying, just let me know."

Serena noticed Amy constantly glancing down at Serena's stomach but trying to be polite and not say anything. Serena smiled slightly, "Sorry, I know it's kind of noticeable."

Amy just smiled at her, but she didn't inquire as to what caused it. She had seen scars like that before working at the hospital and knew that it was not her place to ask something so personal.

~*.*~

Darien walked into the lobby of the apartment sighing after a long day at work. It wasn't even the work part that was making the day so long for him – it was what had happened with Lily. He couldn't even concentrate on his meetings because she kept entering his mind. Her endless legs, velvet skin, silk-spun hair, her beautiful eyes and her lips that were bound to be as soft as rose petals.

Laughter interrupted his train of thought and he looked out of the glass windows into the pool area. He almost dropped everything he was carrying. Lily was standing there, in a beautiful blue bikini… her toned stomach, firm bottom and absolutely perfect breasts… Darien took a deep breath trying to control himself, mostly the lower part. He grinned to himself, 'You know… I suddenly feel like a dip in the pool.' He knew it wasn't a good idea to get this close to her, not with the way she was dressed… or not dressed as the case happens to be, but he couldn't help it.

~*.*~

"Smile!" Mika held the camera in front of her face and all of the girls posed for a picture.

Mina had wanted pictures of everything. Of course, Serena guessed that was the way Mina was as she also did that when they were touring the campus. The girls had a blast so far, although they scared many of the other tenants away. The pool was a large rectangle with a 4' wide 10' long cement divider in the middle of it, perfect for using it as a volleyball 'net'. Although Mina always won, as it was her sport, it was still fun to play. They tried Marco Polo but after Mika hit her head on the cement barrier while she was trying to dive for Amy, they decided to move onto something else.

They all stood up from taking the picture when Darien made his grand entrance, "Hey, Meatball Head!"

All of the girls turned to look at him, Lita, Mina and Molly laughed but Amy, Raye and Mika looked confused.

"It's his pet-name for her." Mina whispered to them, fortunately not loud enough for Darien hear.

Serena turned on her to shush her when she crossed her arms and glared at Darien. "What are you doing?" Her mouth dropped slightly when Darien took off his t-shirt, leaving him only in a black swim trunks.

"What does it look like I'm doing?"

Serena was at a loss for words. Yes, she imagined he would be muscular… but he was toned in places she didn't even know could be toned. A toned body added to a gentle tan, black hair and those ocean-blue eyes of his…

Mina watched the two staring at each other, remembering the night before when she was certain that Darien had used the excuse of 'forgotten' money, just so he could walk Lily home. After that, she started putting together how he teased her, the comments that Lily had made about him, and how they looked at each other – she realized that one way or another she was going to find a way to get them alone together so that they could 'work out' their differences.

Darien quickly glanced down over Serena's body. The moment he noticed the scar, his angry eyes quickly looked up at Serena's. He's worked in the FBI long enough to know the type of things that cause scars like that. He also knew that if he ever came face-to-face with the person that did that to her, he would surely kill them. No questions asked. Darien felt himself getting angrier by the second when he noticed Serena's hands flew to cover the scar. He promptly cooled himself off as much as he could and simply grinned before running past her, performing a perfect cannon ball into the pool completely soaking the girls.

"Ugh! Darien!" Serena picked up a plastic pool-toy and chucked it at his head.

"Ow! Nice aim, Meatball Head!"

Raye stormed up next to her, "Lily, WHO is that?" Raye was upset because she had been trying to dry off for the last half hour and now she was completely soaked.

"That's Darien." Lita grinned, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" Lita executed another perfect cannon ball into the pool next to Darien.

"LITA!" After being splashed again, Raye was standing there with her fists balled at her sides, her back hunched over and her long black hair flattened against her body as she huffed.

Serena giggled and Raye turned her anger on her. Serena stopped laughing at the look in Raye's eyes and turned as Raye started to chase her around the pool.

"Raye! Lily! You shouldn't be goofing off around the pool! Someone could get hurt!"

They both looked back at Amy before Serena grinned and glanced at Raye, "You're absolutely right, Amy. We'll goof off 'in' the pool!" Serena jumped into the pool, joining Darien and Lita. She never thought Raye would actually jump in after her since she had been making such an effort to get dry, but there was a splash behind her and Serena turned around to stare at Raye for a brief moment before swimming for her life. Her efforts lead her to Darien and she hid behind him. "Protect me!"

Darien laughed and instead pulled her back around in front of him and held onto her, waiting for Raye to catch up. She squirmed in his arms as Raye started to tickle her. She tried to beg for her to stop in between snorts and giggles. When Raye finally stopped, Serena relaxed in Darien's arms. It was such a natural feeling for both of them that they didn't understand why they were getting strange looks from everyone.

Serena was the first to realize it and slipped away from him. They were saved from the awkward moment when Sammy came out to the pool, "Hey guys, I know you're having fun but we're getting a lot of complaints. Think you could keep it down a bit?"

All of the girls blushed in embarrassment and nodded, softly speaking their apologies. Sammy was about to go inside when he spotted Mika. She smiled brightly at him. Mina looked between the two of them and grinned, "Sammy, this is Mika. Mika, this is Sammy." Sammy and Mika both blushed.

Sammy shuffled his feet, "Nice meeting you!" Before she could respond, he made an awkward dash back into the lobby.

Mina giggled, "I think he's just shy. Why don't you go talk to him?" She gently pushed Mika towards the lobby entrance. When she disappeared through the door, all of the girls giggled at how cute it was.

Serena looked around the pool for Darien when it suddenly rained pool noodles on and around her. She looked up to find Darien standing on the side of the pool looking victorious. "You must have noodles with Meatballs!"

~*.*~

Amara stood in the lobby looking completely worn out. She hadn't slept since she got the phone call yesterday and had been up all day trying to think of a way to tell Serena the news. In the end, she decided that it was best just to tell her and get it over with.

For five minutes, she had been watching the normally calm Darien acting like a kid and listening to Serena laugh with her friends near the pool. Although Serena's laugh sounded carefree, Amara knew that, underneath her bubbly exterior, Serena was holding onto her sanity by a single thread. Amara sighed, knowing her news would be like cutting that thread with a chainsaw.

She looked back to the pool. Although she would have to tell Serena eventually, she couldn't bring herself to ruin Serena's night. It would just have to wait.

Please R&R!

I realize that was an insanely long chapter, so I'm appreciative to those who stuck it out!