PhantasyDreamer: Hey I'm back from a long break! I've been in the Naruto realm for sometime and I couldn't get out of it. Sad but true. Well, I've had this chapter down for a few months so I decided to post it while I continue to work on the new chapters for this story and The Forgotten Princess. And I must tell you that inspiration is not working with me right now. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. So get ready to read a long chapter since I took so long to update.
One thing, I don't have Sailor Moon and that's a fact. So don't sue me cause I am broke.
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The Price of a Broken HeartChapter 14: Running from Destiny
Last time: "Okay then I'll call you." I stated softly as I leaned over towards him and kissed him on the cheek, "Goodnight Darien."
I replied as I immediately exited his car and heard him whisper a goodnight as well. I waved to him as his car drove down the road. Slowly walking up the steps heading towards my house, I thought deep on the events that just occurred. I turned the knob in deep thought getting ready to go inside. My hand froze in its position when I realized what I had just done. I just kissed Darien! And what's worse is that he has a girlfriend. Is there something wrong with this picture?
The story continues...
I yawned as I pushed the covers off of my body. I got out of my bed and looked at my clock in shock. It was already eight a.m. and it was my first day of work. I was supposed to be there for 8:30 a.m. and by the looks of things I would end up reaching late. I rushed into the bathroom to take a quick bath. Fifteen minutes later, I came out and put on my work clothes that I took out the night before. I dabbed on a little make-up but not too much, didn't want to make myself look like a life size doll. I placed my long blond hair in a donut, just the way it was for Sammy's graduation. I then quickly headed towards the door. I knew Mondays was always a busy day at the office but I didn't know that I would actually blew it on my first day of work and reach late.
Rushing down the stairs, I headed towards the kitchen to get some breakfast. I made eggs and toast along with a hot cup of coffee. After I was finished, I realized that there was a note stuck to the refrigerator with a pretty cat magnet. I pulled it off immediately to read the contents of it.
Dear Serena,
Your Dad and I had to rush to the bank for an important meeting. I'm sorry but you'll have to catch the bus to get to work today. And I'm also so sorry that you can't use the car today either. Have a nice day sweetheart.
Mom
I gasped after reading the contents of the note. I had to catch the bus? I frowned as I placed the note back onto the fridge. I couldn't remember the last time I did catch a bus. It was so long ago that the thought of it frightened me. I heard a slight noise from upstairs. I figured it was Sammy so I decided to go up there and ask him if I could use his car. As soon as I made it to his bedroom, I knocked furiously on the door. When I didn't receive an answer I opened the door to see him sleeping on his bed, curled up like a little baby in his sheets. I immediately walked into his slightly messed room and rushed to his side to wake him up.
"Huh? What? Who's there?" he questioned groggily with a weird look on his face.
"Sammy, can I use your car to get to work please?" I asked feeling rather strange that I was asking my little brother such a question, "I'm going to be really late."
"Sorry Serena." he paused with a yawn as he sat up, "But my friend borrowed my car last night and got into an accident. So now it's in the garage."
I sighed. It's in the garage? That's what he got for letting his friend borrow his car. I said my goodbye to him and rushed out of the house. I ran as fast as I could in my high heel shoes down the sidewalk. I didn't let the fact that they were stilettos stop me. I just kept going. As I journeyed close towards the bus station I could see puddles of water collectively on the sidewalk, it showed that there was a heavy shower early this morning. I frowned, trying my best to stay away from close to the sidewalk, in an attempt to prevent myself from getting wet. Knowing those crazy drivers these days they would drive blindly, not caring if they wet someone with water on the sidewalk. I wasn't too far when I accidentally slipped on the concrete path. I couldn't believe that I didn't see the large puddle in the middle of the path. I fell to the ground with a loud thump, instantly ruining my suit. I rubbed my back a little from the pain I felt and muttered incoherently to myself for being so unobservant.
"Oh man!" I yelled completely frustrated.
My red skirt was soaked around the rim area and the back but it wasn't ruined completely. I got up to see the bus just a few yards away but unfortunately it was leaving out of its station. I looked to my left to see a small boutique there, instantly I was inside and tried my best to get my skirt dried off with the cloth I was given. Coming out of the building, I then tuck the cloth in my purse and began to walk slowly to the bus station, hoping to catch another one sometime soon.
Before I knew it, a car came out of nowhere and dashed across the road splashing water all over my suit just as I was about to cross the road. My hair, face and suit were drenched with water. I yelled in frustration as people passing by looked at me strangely. I moved my right foot to walk away when instantly my red shoe heel broke causing me to fall to the ground, once again. I sighed trying my best to calm down. I felt like crying but I remembered that I was more mature now and I shouldn't be crying, at least not in public. I looked at my ankle to see that my pantyhose was rimmed and a portion of my short red skirt was ripped coming up to my thighs.
"I can't believe this is happening to me." I muttered to myself as I tried to get up but failed miserably.
This was so not my day. First I woke up late, missed the bus and then got my suit messed up. I was so angry with that driver for wetting my clothes that I wish I could find him and make him pay, literally, for my dry cleaning bill that is. I tried to get up one last time and fell back down on the hard floor. I felt like a fool not knowing where to go or what to do.
"Need some help?" a voice asked calmly.
I looked up wondering who it was and I was even more surprised when I saw the person smiling at me. He outstretched his hand to mine and I took it willingly. I was so happy that I couldn't control myself. When I was on my feet, I thanked him. He looked absolutely handsome today.
"What were you doing down there in the first place?" he asked as if not noticing how ruined my suit was.
"I was on my way to work and being late as I was I stopped for a minute. And then some crazy driver splashed water all over my brand new suit and my heel broke throwing me to the floor." I frowned looking up at him sadly.
"Wow zats harsh. Well zats not a problem, I'll take you home." he smirked using his French accent as we headed towards his car.
I clung onto his arms as I limped away walking towards his car. I held my broken heel shoe in my hands. As we drove towards my house I smiled at him. At first I was expecting the person that helped me up to be Darien but was more shock when I noticed that it was Drake. The last time I had seen him was at the carnival and we barely spoke since I was spending the whole day with Darien. I grinned sheepishly as I fixed my skirt that was constantly moving up on me.
The drive to my house was silent. We barely spoke although for what reason I don't know. I sighed as I gazed out the window to try to relieve myself of the sadden thoughts that were going through my head.
"You know Serena. It's kind of weird to have met you here."
"How so?" I asked a little confused by his statement as I turned to him.
"I was actually thinking about you since I haven't seen you in days." he smiled a little with his hand firmly on the steering wheel, "And now I was surprise to see you in the middle of the street."
"Oh." I paused wondering where he was going with this.
"Serena…" he paused as if afraid to say something, "Would you like to have lunch with me today?"
"Sure!" I practically yelled not realizing it.
"Great, I think we have a lot of catching up to do." he winked at me as we pulled up towards my house.
As soon as the car stopped I got out and invited him inside. I quickly opened the door, gave him a seat on the couch and then rushed up stairs to change my clothes. When I was finally in my room, I headed to the bathroom to take another bath. I had to tidy up to get the dirt out of my hair and skin. I was now standing in my bedroom, sighing as I looked at my reflection from my dressing room table mirror. I placed my super red jacket and skirt along with the white blouse I had underneath in the hamper. I then rushed through my closet and took out another suit. I put on my navy blue suit which was practically similar to what I was wearing before. But instead, it had a nice designed button that pinned the jacket to my left side closing the jacket and the skirt had two splits on each side of it along with a white shirt underneath. Placing two navy blue heels on my feet, I hurried out of my room to see Sammy staring at me curiously. First of all, I wasn't expecting him to be home since I thought at least he would be out with his friends, as usual or maybe trying to find himself a job.
"Serena, what are you doing here?" he asked me curiously as he looked over the stairs balcony, obviously seeing Drake partially on the couch.
He was putting on his red t-shirt as he looked at me. I could see that he had just woken up because of the slight drool that was still on his face. Or was it toothpaste? I chuckled a little receiving a glare from him. He wiped it away and stared at me. It was now 9:45 a.m. and he should've already left the house.
"Well I could ask you the same thing. Why aren't you at your work place?" he asked as he stood right next to me with a frown on his face, "By the way what's he doing here?"
I could hear the anger in my brother's voice and if I didn't know better it seemed that he was pretty mad that Drake was here, in our house. My thoughts went back a few years when I was angry at Darien and his stupid girlfriend, Jennifer. I remembered slightly the conversation Sammy was having with Darien on the other line of the phone, completely unaware to my knowledge.
"Well aren't you Serena's boyfriend?" I had heard him ask as I turned the corner, "I mean you always take her out and stuff and I know Serena really-"
"Sammy, who are you talking to?" I asked wondering who he was trying to con.
"Look Serena, I'm just trying to convince Darien that you like him." he stated smoothly as I looked at him clearly flushed and ready to kill him at any second.
"Give me that!" I yelled at him and then we both ended up in a fight. After that I finished my conversation with Darien.
I also remembered on the day of my prom, he had also said something else that stuck with me.
"By the way Serena, I hope you and Darien get together. I wouldn't mind having a big brother." he waved moving to close the door.
I smirked those were the days. Now we merely had verbal arguments, at least over the phone. But since I had returned home we barely got to speak and argue. I looked at him as he raked his short brown hair. He was much taller than me now maybe about five inches or so but I couldn't tell since I was wearing heels. I let out a sigh. I couldn't tell why he was mad. After all, he had known that Drake was my ex-boyfriend and he was acting as if he didn't even know the guy. I cleared my throat preparing myself to answer his question.
"I was late. Got my suit ruin by a crazy driver and Drake gave me a ride home." I stated quickly with a smirk, "What's your excuse?"
He frowned while walking down the stairs with me, "Over slept as usual, besides I'm going to the beach today with my friends. So, I'll see ya later!"
He waved to me and Drake whom he barely acknowledged with a slight hi and then he was out the door. I smirked at Drake who had a weird look on his face. I figured he was wondering why Sammy acted that way but I just shrugged it off. He then stared at me with a smile.
"So, how do I look now?"
"Much betterz but of course you always look marvelous." he stated with a sly grin, making me blush, "Zis color is much more appropriate for your first day on ze job."
I grinned telling him thanks and then looped my arm through his and walked out of the door with him but not before locking the house. Drake was such a funny character.
Darien's Point of View
I sighed as I walked up towards the receptionist desk where a young shoulder length red head sat. The building was elegantly designed letting people who enter know that it is a place of business. A large oak desk stood in front of me blocking my view point of the lady's face. There were two chairs on the opposite side of the desk, showing where potential clients would sit. The lady was too busy typing away on the keyboard of the computer to even notice my presence. I cleared my throat and immediately she turned her attention towards me with a startled expression on her face. I got ready to say something to her but the phone stopped me before I could say anything.
"Hello Harley's Legal Trust, how may I help you?" she spoke politely through the phone as she signaled to me to wait for a minute, "Yes okay, now please hold."
She then turned her attention to me with a genuine smile, "Yes sir. How can I help you?"
"Yes, I'm here to see Serena Tsukino." I whispered as she nodded and began dialing on the phone.
A few seconds passed by and then finally she looked back at me.
"Can I have your name sir?"
"Just tell her it's a close friend." I smirked refusing to reveal my identity.
The lady stated what I had said and then told me to go straight down the hall and turn left. I did as I was told and came to a large oak door that blocked my path. On the door stood a name plate that had Serena's full name engraved in it. I knocked lightly on the door and immediately it opened. I smirked, a little as I came face to face with a surprised Serena. She gazed up at me in shock with her mouth wide open. I guess she saw the bouquet of flowers I was holding in my hand.
"Here these are for you." I stated slyly as I gave her the red roses.
She blushed as she took them from me and placed them in a vase behind her desk. Smiling I could see that she was a little surprised and nervous by my actions. I frowned a little as I made my way towards her desk sitting in the chair in front of it. I didn't know why I did it but I guess it was because I hadn't seen her for almost two days. And for some strange reason, I couldn't stop thinking about her.
/Is that so/ my conscience stated in a teasing manner.
'Yes that's so. I guess I just wanted to see her face again.' I thought finding it hard to hide my grin.
/Yeah that's it./ the voice stated rather sarcastically in my head, /I guess it's not like what Andrew said right? Don't kid yourself Darien, you still love Serena/
'What! You know that's not true. I love Alexis and that's the truth.'
I muttered to myself a little but when I turned to look at Serena she was staring at me curiously wondering if I was crazy or not. I chuckled trying to hide my foolish behavior while she still stared me as if I was clearly going insane.
"So, what brings you here Darien?" she asked now sitting behind her desk as she fiddled with the papers in her hands.
I cleared my throat as I looked at her, "Well since it's your first day of work, I decided to treat you to lunch."
"Really?" she asked as if wondering what my motive was.
She narrowed her eyes giving me a sneer look. I got up and leaned in closer on her desk almost coming face to face with her. I titled her head upwards so that she could look at me fully in my eyes and I could see her eyes widen even more, besides I was almost closing the gap between our faces.
"Let's just say I missed seeing my best friend." I winked as I tapped her lightly on the cheek seriously making her blush.
I sat back in the seat in front of her with my arms folded. Looking up I could see that her face still had the shock expression and her mouth was held slightly open. I wondered if it was something I did. Wait was it? I only realized then what I did. For a moment I didn't even know what came over me but I soon noticed that I almost kissed her. And why is that? Was it because I hadn't seen her in two days or was there something else?
/You know what it is you idiot/ my conscience exclaimed butting into my life once again.
'Leave me alone! I know what you're going to say but you're wrong.'
"Um…okay." she stated clearing her throat as she got to her feet, "Let me just make a phone call."
She quickly made her phone call to someone and told them that she would be out for lunch. After that we both exited her office. I walked steadily next to Serena as we left the building but on the way out she waved to the receptionist whom I only realized now was pregnant. She waved back to Serena and whispered something to her that I couldn't decipher but I ignored it. Soon we were at a small restaurant. I sat silently looking through the menu to find something worthy to eat. After a few minutes, Serena and I ordered hamburger and fries.
"I almost forgot. Happy Belated birthday Serena." I stated genuinely as she only smile in response.
I guess I made her speechless for once. She was now 24 years old and still looking as young as ever. Silence grew between us as we waiting for our food. She was fiddling with her finger nails while I was just trying to think of something to talk about.
"So tell me Darien, how come you're not married yet?" she questioned, giving me a curious look.
"Um…well. I don't know. I guess I was just waiting for the right person to come into my life."
"And is Alexis the right person?" she started taking me by surprise.
The thing is she almost sounded like Andrew.
"Yeah…at least I believe she is."
She let out a small laugh as she looked at me. We continued to talk more about our lives. She told me she had a new case she was thinking of taking up. She was going to prosecute a drug dealer who was caught with serious possession of drugs. I could see in her eyes that she was excited about it and by the way she spoke, if she got this case it would clearly launch her career. Immediately after we were finished eating our lunch we sat still talking some more. I told her what happened after the carnival and how I sat down and had a heart to heart discussion with Alexis. She finally understood what I meant by my statement at the carnival and forgave me on the spot, so things were pretty much better now.
"So Darien, the girls told me you missed me a lot when I went away. Is that true?" she asked as if teasing me.
"Uh…" I stated unsure of what to say.
She began to giggle a little as she wiped her mouth.
"Don't worry Darien, I'm only teasing you." she smirked, her eyes as bright as ever.
Before I could answer her, a young lady came up to our table with a broad smile on her face, she had mid-back brown hair that was braided down her back and she was also holding a baby boy who had the same brown hair as hers expect that it was flaky. Serena and I gazed at her wondered why she was standing by our table much less smiling at us.
"Oh my gosh Darien, it's about time you and Serena got together!" she stated loudly alerting the customers of our presence. Serena and I gave her a startled expression.
"Um…do we know you?" Serena questioned the woman who I could see seem to know us.
"Come on, you guys know me." she stated as she shifted the baby in her arms. Looking at Serena I could see that she was trying to rack her brain as well wondering who this girl could be, "But I'm really glad that you guys are finally together besides what happened. By the way how long have you guys been married?"
She asked and I could see Serena instantly blush as she brushed her left hand across her face to hide the huge blush that was plastered there. It looked like she was trying to hide it from me but unfortunately I saw it. On the other hand, I couldn't keep my mouth closed. Besides I didn't know who I was speaking to and what she was talking about. I wondered how she could know so much about me when I didn't even know her. I frowned turning my attention back to Serena's hand, it was still in the same position and I could see why this lady thought we were married. Serena was wearing a gold band ring on her ring finger and as the light shone on it, it sparkled tremendously. The stone was pink however and not its regular white. I could only assume that it was a simple ring that she would wear casually and that's why this lady would come up with this idea.
"Um…I don't know Darien. How long is it? Let's see..." my blond best friend answered coyly while counting on her fingers, "I think it's about six years."
"Wow that's so great! I'm so happy for you guys!" she smirked as the baby began to cry in her arms. She consoled the child, rocking him gently and before long he feel asleep, leaning on her shoulder, "But Serena you look great! What no children yet? Well don't worry you'll get some soon enough."
She patted Serena on the back making her jump a little. I guess the lady had startled her.
"So, are you going to give us your name?" I asked getting a little impatient, and trying to hide the embarrassing feeling I was getting.
"Alright I'll tell you Darien." she sighed as she pulled out a chair from another table and joined it to ours, "I can't believe you two can't tell who I am. It's me Jennifer."
WHAT! I now had the courage to close my mouth. Jennifer? I wasn't expecting to see her here. Plus I hadn't seen her in years. She had truly matured, looking much prettier than before. Did I say pretty? She was gorgeous but not as gorgeous as Serena though. Better remember that. It's amazing what six years can do to a person. Although I could see she didn't have her perfect model figure as before I knew it was because she had a child but she was still almost as tall as I am.
"Wow! It's great to see you after all these years." Serena smiled at her whole heartedly.
"I know and Serena I'm very sorry for the way I treated you so long ago." she gave Serena a pleaded look of pure sorrow.
I could see Serena smiling at her telling her it was okay. And that it was the past and there was no use to dwell on it anymore.
"By the way Jennifer." Serena started taking me by surprise, since I was in a constant daze, being shock that is, "Darien and I aren't married."
I could see that Jennifer immediately had a pale look on her face. I guess she was embarrassed that she had made a mistake.
"We were just catching up on old times since we haven't spoken or been in contact for six years." Serena giggled relaying our story to my ex-girlfriend.
"What?" she shrieked almost dropping her child, "Well I know that was partly my fault."
She bowed her head in shame.
"It's alright. We met a few days ago and we reconciled." Serena chuckled as she patted Jennifer's hand that was on the table.
'Sure there is.' I thought bitterly, 'I'm still in love with Serena!'
/Whoa! Tell the man what he's won./
'Shut up! You're the reason I feel this way.' I frowned as I folded my arms, besides they were acting as if I wasn't even in the room, 'Stupid conscience.'
/Hey you should thank me for showing you the light./
I growled. And to my surprised the girls immediately turned to me so I coughed and took a quick sip of water that I had on the table. I just had to find a way to cover up my action. They both smiled at me and began talking again. Jennifer then got up getting ready to leave when a blond man approached her.
"Hey there sweetheart." he smirked as he took the baby from her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
I could see Serena mouth the words 'How Romantic'. More like how pathetic. At least that was my thoughts. Besides now that Jennifer had placed the thought of marrying Serena in my head, I didn't know now if I was going to make the right decision by proposing to Alexis. I sighed as the guy looked at me.
"Um…you guys meet my husband, Kevin." Jennifer smirked as he put an arm around her shoulders.
A young blond haired girl peeked out from behind Jennifer's husband, startling me with her light brown eyes.
"Oh yeah, and these are my children Kyle and Michelle." she smirked as she held the little girl's hand who seem to be five years old.
"Please to meet you all." Serena stated courteously.
"The same here." I muttered.
Kevin shook mine and Serena's hand and then they told us they were leaving but before they left Kevin came back to me. For some reason I didn't recognize him, but when he was standing in front of me with a slight smile. I then realized where I met him. It was at the party I went to with Jennifer, the going away party for a friend. And it was also the night I practically forgot Serena's prom.
"Thanks Darien."
"For what?" I asked miserably.
"Well after you broke up with my lovely wife…" he paused as he gave her an affectionate gaze, "I met her a few months later and we resolved our differences and got back together. I guess I have you to thank for that. Your lost is my gain."
He chuckled a little making Serena giggle.
"Well I'm glad I could help."
"Okay then see you guys later!" Jennifer shouted as she, her husband and children exited the small restaurant.
I bowed my head to hear Serena say something.
"Don't they make a cute couple?" she asked.
"Yeah." I sighed as I became silent once again.
"Who would have guess we would've seen Jennifer and now she's so nice. I can see that she has totally matured. She has a wonderful husband and beautiful children. Life is so unpredictable. Strange huh Darien?" Serena looked at me and all I could do was frown.
Serena's Point of View
I sighed as I sat on the couch waiting for Drake to pick me up. Obviously I didn't have a car yet. I hadn't seen my parents since yesterday and Sammy told me when I came home this afternoon that they were going to come home late because they were going to dinner with some friends. I sat with my hands resting in my lap. I couldn't shake the incident that happened at lunch with Darien's ex-girlfriend, Jennifer. What I couldn't seem to brush away was that she thought Darien and I were married. I instantly took my gold ring off of my ring finger and placed it on my middle finger. I had bought it for my birthday a few years ago when I was in Florida. Immediately, Sammy came down the stairs and headed towards the TV. He took out one of his video games and popped it into the machine. I didn't know quite yet, but it appeared as if he didn't notice me sitting on the couch.
"So Sammy, how was your day?" I asked startling him.
He gave me a slight chuckle while rubbing the back of his head.
"Hey there, didn't see you." he started as he turned his attention to me, with his feet crossed, "I had fun although one of my friends almost drown. But other than that it was cool!"
I cocked my eyebrow slightly. One of his friends almost drowned? Thank God it wasn't him.
"So, where are you going tonight?" he asked skeptically.
I giggle a little for some unknown reason, "I'm going on a date with Drake. I had to cancel our lunch date since Darien anonymously came by to take me out. So I had to put that off."
He scoffed a little surprising me, "I already knew Darien took you out to lunch. I kinda told him to do it since he was calling me constantly asking how you were."
I gasped. He did that?
'Does Darien care?' I thought with a slight smile.
/What do you think/
"What? I can't believe that."
"Serena you need to understand that Darien cares for you in his own weird way," he stated as if giving me advice, "and he's a really nice guy too."
I arched an eyebrow at my brother. He had never been so blunt with me before, giving me advice. What was he getting at?
"Sammy Dwayne Tsukino, are you trying to set me up with Darien?" I gazed at the boy who was now sitting on the couch right next to me on my left.
He had a cheery expression on his face.
"Duh meatball head, you're a little slow. I thought I was making it quite obvious."
"But don't you like Drake?" I questioned a little surprised by his statement.
"Yeah, but I think Darien's a better match for you."
"Sammy that's not up to you but for destiny to decide."
He chuckled while holding his stomach as if in pain. I could hear him laugh out the word 'destiny' between gasps. I frowned. I heard the sound of the car's horn beeping outside. I got up and told Sammy goodbye. He only gave me a sly smirk telling me not to worry about Darien. I sighed as I closed the door behind me. I wore a simple short light purple dress. It had short sleeves and the dress trailed to my knees, it was plain with no style or design. I walked over to Drake's car with a sadden expression on my face. As I entered, I told him goodnight and then we began journeying to our destination. I stayed quiet for a long while. I just couldn't grasp what Sammy was saying to me. He wanted me to be with Darien? Even though it was sweet of him, I knew that would never happen. Besides he has a girlfriend and other than that he never cared for me that way. My thoughts went back to this afternoon when Darien came so close to my face. I wondered if what Sammy was saying is true. Are we a better match? And does he really care? I let off some steam as we came into the parking lot of the restaurant. Drake was silent himself and he didn't seem to mind my silence at all. He led me into the restaurant with him. We sat together and I could see that for some reason he seem to be blushing.
"Serena, I have a confession to make." he started making me curious.
"Um…okay what is it?"
I stared at him a little nervous wondering what his confession is about. What it something serious? Or was he thinking of seeing me more often?
"I still have feelings for you Serena, even after all these years."
"Oh." I looked at him surprised as I brushed down my dress.
"Ze thing is, even though we've been apart for so long. I just want you to know that you have always been in my heart. I want to get to know you better and see if we could make our relationship work zis time."
I let loose a small smile, "Okay I would love that."
I smirked as we began to eat the food we had ordered. We talked a lot and for a moment I was beginning to wonder what road my life was taking. I was hanging out with my best friend, trying to catch up earlier today and now I was hanging out with my ex-boyfriend. Who would've guessed my life would've turned out this way? But things just don't seem to be the same. Drake and I spoke some more and he told me that he had accomplish his dream of wanting to be an actor. He had been in two feature films and now he was still waiting to get a new job. We continued to dispense about our lives when I saw someone who looked familiar next to the guy who would direct people where to sit in the large restaurant.
I closed my eyes while groaning a little.
'It that Darien?'
Darien's Point of View
I walked silently from my car to the front of the restaurant hand in hand with my girlfriend, Alexis. She had decided that we should eat out tonight at a new restaurant. It was very elegant and secluded place that was located near a beach. It took us a good distance to get there but finally we made it. At that very moment we walked into the large restaurant, got our seat from the man positioned at the front and then sat somewhere close to a window. A candle was located in the middle of the table. Alexis had her hand on the table and I reached for it. She had a sad expression on her face for some reason and I was beginning to wonder what the reason for her sadness was.
"Darien." Alexis began as she gazed at me curious.
"Yes." I smirked at her.
"Are you in love with Serena?" she asked suddenly.
"I…No. I care for her deeply but she's my best friend that's all." I began wondering why she would think that, sure I knew now that my feelings hadn't completely disappeared but I had already made a choice. I did love her but as a friend. Right? "The thing is we haven't seen each other in six years so of course we would want to talk and talk about old times."
She held my hand tightly as she turned to her left. I couldn't tell what she was looking at all but it somehow seemed very interesting to her.
"I understand. Perhaps one day Serena and I can have a little talk." she beamed, "You know girl talk."
"Great, I'm sure Serena will love that."
She sighed as she gazed in the direction once again. I couldn't tell what was so interesting over there and I promised myself that I wouldn't pry but the suspense was killing me. I decided to ask her and just find out what it was she was gazing at so vividly.
"What's so interesting over there?"
"Oh." she smirked brushing back her hair, "I was gazing at the couple over there. It looks like the guy is about to propose to that girl. It's so romantic."
She mused as I immediately turned in that direction. Imagine my shock when I found out who the girl was. It was none other than my blond best friend, Serena Tsukino. And the guy she was with was none other than Drake Chaffee, her ex-boyfriend. I clenched my fists not consciously realizing what I was doing as I released Alexis's hand.
"Darien?" I heard Alexis's voice but my mind was elsewhere, "Why are you getting so worked up about this?"
I frowned as I looked at her a little annoyed.
"She's my best friend and she shouldn't be rushing into marriage with that guy. She barely even know him now since it's been so long." I spat not noticing who I was talking to.
Alexis frowned as she clasped her hands in front of her face, "Hmm, it seems like you're trying to run her life Darien. If I didn't know better I would say you're jealous. Are you?"
"No!" I chuckled a little, "I love you Alexis, always." I smirked as I leaned over and kissed her on the lips.
A large smile crept up on her face as she closed her eyes. I leaned back in my seat and turned back to my best friend.
'If I was jealous I wouldn't be sitting here.' I thought arrogantly.
/Yep now that's the spirit beat him up./
'Be quiet, you're giving me a headache.'
/Whatever./
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Okay please tell me what you think. I know Darien's last point of view wasn't all that great but I had to stop it here because I didn't want to drag it on and make it boring. Plus I didn't mean to make this chapter so long, just that Serena's first point of view was so detailed that it ended this way. And coming to the end of this chapter I was losing inspiration. I really hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter, especially the part with Jennifer because I worked very hard there. Tell me what you think as soon as you can.
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