A/N: Hey, i made you guys wait again.. hehe.. seems lyk a bad habit… sigh.. well it's not entirely ma fault.. I was busy… -cough- o yeah... sumone plzzzzz help me... da star thing (u kno.. da ding u get wen u press shift and 8) dusn appear wen i upload... can neone tell me y and how i can make it appear? also, my indents dun appear... neone can help me? u can either leave me a review or email me at neway… chapter 11 is up so dun kill me!! .

Goodbye, My Love- Chapter 11

Darien awoke to the ever persistent rays of blinding sunshine. He covered his face with a pillow to block out the brightness. A few minutes later, a lawn mower is heard. We hear a grunt from the young man under the covers. With a frustrated yell, he sits up in bed and, after a while, proceeds to climb out of bed. Slipping his feet into a pair of slippers, he walks to the door. Sighing, he opens the door, bracing for a new day.

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In another room, we can hear a girl cursing at an alarm clock. After a while, Serena, still grumbling, makes it out of the room only to be greeted by none other than Darien. Midnight-blue eyes met baby-blue ones. Serena felt dizzy and barely realized that Darien was speaking. She could vaguely see his mouth opening, but everything was in slow motion.

"Good morning."

"……."

Seeing that Serena wasn't replying, Darien gives her a concerned look. Suddenly, Serena blinks, and a second later, blushes deeply.

"Uh… yeah… you too… I mean… g-good morning." Serena stammers, while trying her best to not look at Darien. She could, however, feel his eyes on her, never leaving her burning face for a minute. The intensity of the stare was enough to burn a hole through her.

"Um…. well, we should go join the others," She states nervously.

"Yeah…"

With that said, the two started walking towards the living room, where everyone was already gathered. The sweet scent of pancakes welcomed them as both looked around at the various activities taking place. Amy was working on her computer, a box of cookies and a glass of milk next to her, and Lita was busy flipping channels on the couch. The two cats were deep in conversation in a corner. Headed for the kitchen, which was connected to the living room through an opening (no door), Serena and Darien merely exchanged good mornings with Lita and Amy.

There, Mina and Rei were busy flirting with Max. Each had a plate of neatly stacked pancakes in front of them. Max looked considerably red, most likely from the girls' ruthless teasing. When he saw the 'ex-couple' walk in, he quickly made his way over to Serena, in an attempt to escape from Rei and Mina's "cruelness." Serena laughed while Darien looked rather annoyed. It seemed as if his mere presence bothered Darien. This and the fact that Max was standing just a little too close to Serena.

Max noticed Darien's dark expression and wondered why the other guy disliked him so. 'What have I ever done to him?' Ignoring the look, Max turned to Serena.

"Good morning bunny! Come eat breakfast with us! I made the pancakes. Here, you sit down and I'll get some for you." Max pulls Serena over, leads her to the table and sits her down. Meanwhile, Darien is fuming at his 'intimate' actions while Mina and Rei looks on with amusement. As Max goes to fix Serena's breakfast, Darien stalks over and sits down right next to Serena, to her dismay. She had been hoping he would stay further away from her, as she was having trouble controlling her emotions.

Max returns a second later, placing the plate of pancakes in front of Serena with a fork and knife. He sees Darien, hesitates, then asks if he would also like some pancakes. Darien stares at him somewhat hatefully, but nods. Max walks away yet again to fetch more pancakes.

"So…. What's up…" Mina says, trying to stir up a conversation.

"…...." Darien replies by staring at her while Serena seems to not have even heard her.

"Eh…. Are you guys ok?" Rei asks tentatively. Just then, Max returns with another plate of pancakes. He sets it down in front of Darien.

"Thanks….."

"No problem!" Max replies in his chirpiest voice, trying to get on Darien's good side.

He proceeds to sit down across from Serena to Darien's displeasure. 'Sigh…. Why am I so upset every time he is the teeniest bit near Serena…. Ugh… I should at least try to get to know him….'

"So…. Max… You live in NY." It came out as more of a statement then a question.

"Yeah! So do you right?"

"Yeah… What do you do?"

"Oh… Well.. Nothing interesting… I'm actually a journalist…."

"Oh. That's nice. So how is journalism? Don't you have many exciting stories to write about?"

Max chuckles, "Not really. Some people might think that, but it's not all that adventurous as it's made out to be."

"I see….." A few minutes of silence follows this last statement until Max decides to speak.

"How about you? What's your job?"

"Oh… Well… I'm a doctor."

"Oh… A doctor… Good money, eh?"

"Well.. It's okay I guess….."

"Oh…."

"……" Another few minutes of silence passes, with all the occupants of the room exchanging glances.

"Well! If you're all done eating, get dressed up! We're going to have a tour of Tokyo! For Max of course," Mina suddenly says, causing Max to blush at the last words. Mina and Rei smirk at the easily-embarrassed young man.

"Ok! Um.. I'm gonna go change then!" Max stands up, glad to get away from the awkward conversation he and Darien were having.

"Wait! I'll come with you!" Mina stands up as well and follows Max out of the room. Now, it was just Rei, Serena and Darien.

"Well.. I'll see you guys later. I'm going to go change as well." Serena stands up and makes her way out of the kitchen, through the living room and into the hallway. She stops at her room and leans against the door. 'Wow… Darien actually tried talking to Max… However awkward it was, at least he tried.. I'll give him points for that… But, what does that mean….' Serena opens the door to her room and walks in. We hear a sigh as she shuts the door.

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'Well.. That was weird… I can't believe Darien attempted to talk to Max! It's so.. unlike him…' Rei steals a glance at Darien. He, in turn has his head bent and is poking at his pancakes with no intention in eating a bite of it.

"Good job." Darien looks up suddenly at Rei, confused at what she was implying. Rei smirked at his ignorance and proceeds to explain. "You tried talking to Max, even though you were jealous of him. It was really 'man' of you to do that." Darien flushes red at her comments, desperately trying to hide his flaming face from her.

'How did she know I was jealous.. Was I that obvious?' As if she could read his mind, Rei nods, grinning at him. Darien groans.

"Ugh… glad you're so perceptive…. Anyway, I'm gonna change… you should too.." Rei give him a nod, along with a knowing smile.

"Don't worry. Serena probably doesn't know that you were jealous. She's too dense to even acknowledge it, even though it was right in front of her." Darien glares at Rei, causing her to break into laughter. With a scowl, Darien flees the kitchen, away from Rei's mischievous gaze. Rei shakes her head before deciding to follow his example and heads to her own room.

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"Wow! So, this is the famous arcade you guys used to go to! They have everything here! Let's go in!" Max exclaims, his boyish grin back on his face. Everyone laughs with the exception of Darien, who had been sullen ever since they had gotten out of the house.

Walking into the arcade, they were all greeted by Andrew, the ever cheery blonde hotty, who mina immediately started flirting with. Andrew, somehow, escaped from her to welcome his old friend back.

"So, welcome back dude! It was quite… boring without you here. I'm glad you came back, even if only temporarily." Darien smiles, his first real smile since he had first seen Serena in New York. He claps Andrew on the back and begins to talk about everything his blonde friend had missed.

Meanwhile, Serena is moping around, for once, not busy with another Sailor V game. Instead, Max was playing while she was instructing him on how to play. Mina and Lita were off playing a racing game. Rei and Amy were at the counter, just overlooking everyone and talking. And so, this went on for a while.

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-Beep-

Amy and Rei exchange a look and quickly headed to the girls bathroom. Amy starts rummaging through her bag. She takes out a round object with a screen, which was blank at the moment. Warily, she presses a red button right under the screen. Instantly, the screen lights up and Luna's face appears.

"Amy! The youmas are attacking!"

"Youmas?!" Rei asks, hoping she had heard wrong. Next to her, Amy was deathly pale.

"Yes… I'm afraid there is more than one… So far, Artemis and I have tracked down 5 of them. They seem to be increasing in number though! You better inform the others quickly. We'll meet you in the park! We'll talk more then! Hurry!" With that, the screen goes blank again. Rei turns to Amy with a horror-stricken face and finds that Amy mirrors the look.

"There's 5 and they're increasing? Omigod… they're getting stronger and stronger… how much longer can we hold them off…"

"No, we can't think this way, Amy! We will find a way to beat them! We always have! Remember?!" Rei stares at her, willing Amy to believe her words, while she herself wasn't convinced. Amy nods stonily, but a determined look overcomes her suddenly.

"Alright! You're right Rei. We better tell the others! Com'on let's go!" Abruptly, the two literally flew out of the bathroom.

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"WHAT?!!!! NOW?!!" Mina screeches. Rei winces and covers her ears. Half the population of the arcade turns towards them and glares. Mina blushes and starts apologizing profusely.

"Go tell Serena! I'll tell Darien!" Rei whispers. Mina nods, recovering, and rushes off in search of a certain 'meat-ball head.'

T.B.C R&R please!!