Author's note: Hey there! I'm pretty happy with the reviews I got from my last chapter! You guys didn't seem too angry about my slight disappearance... And so I promptly continued on with this chapter, which was surprisingly easy to write compared to others. I'd also like to point out that the point of the story isn't about sex scenes. I mean, sure, I'd like to slip a few of them throughout the fic, but I don't want it to be like some sort of Harlequin novel or something because they're not the main thing. I'll put them where I think they should be and their length will be appropriate for the continuity of the story. So those of you who are looking for a steamy read at every chapter: sorry to disappoint. Maybe my next fic'll be more to your liking?

So here are a few shout-outs, then on with the story!

Meeh: What can I say... To each his own, I guess. But what is it exactly that you found was missing? Just so I can improve myself.

sere: I'm glad you thought it was =)

Megumi-chan: Yes! They finally did! Weight off my shoulders! I'm glad you liked it =)

PREVIOUSLY (Chapter 13): Darien brought Serena back to his place. Serena was still nervous about the whole sex thing, but decided to be a grownup about it. Once she saw the dinner Darien had prepared for the both of them and drank some wine, her anxiety died down and her inner thoughts began acting out of their own accord, making Darien feel quite uncomfortable. By coming on too strongly, Serena caused a scene, making both her and Darien say those three little words. One thing led to another and the first of many steamy nights began...

Chapter 14

We've got them now

Darien awoke the next morning to the sound of his alarm clock. He groaned then turned over to shut it off. He remembered that he wasn't alone and looked to see if the loud beeping noise had awoken his sleeping beauty.

Darien had to try hard to keep his laughter to a minimum. There was Serena, face down in the pillows, her arms over her head. A muffled snore could be heard, quite the opposite of what he had pictured her sleeping habits would be.

As if she knew someone was staring at her, Serena lifted her head off the pillows and looked around with heavy eye lids. Her hair was all over the place. She found Darien looking at her with a huge grin plastered upon his face.

"What's so funny?" she asked groggily.

"Nothing..." Darien replied, quickly looking away. He'd keep that image to himself.

Serena yawned loudly. She had one of the most peaceful sleeps ever.

Then it hit her.

Serena suddenly remembered what had happened last night. The plane ride, the dinner and the... the... sex. The amazing sex. She blushed at the thought and noticed that her chest was completely exposed. She unsubtly pulled the covers up to her chin.

Darien chuckled. She was embarrassed about what had happened yesterday. The mere thought of it kind of got him back in the mood. "I see you remember last night," he said, still giving her that grin, as he inched closer to her. Serena was sure she was blushing a deep red right now. "It's nothing to be embarrassed about..." he continued as he reached over to caress her arm. Serena pulled the covers tighter around her chest, causing Darien to grin wider. "How 'bout I give you a little replay?" he asked before placing soft butterfly kisses on her neck.

Serena didn't get a chance to respond as she let her eyes close to take in the sensations his kisses were giving her. Her grip on the covers slowly released itself, providing Darien with the chance to remove the sheets from her body.

She felt Darien move lower and lower until he arrived at her breasts. She felt the swirl of his tongue over her mounds, causing a deep moan to escape her lips. She felt the need to grasp onto something. Her hand moved up his back and onto his head where she was able to grab a fistful of his jet black hair.

Darien was getting more and more aroused by the slight tugs he felt in his hair. The fact that he could provide her with so much pleasure by doing so little didn't help either. He made his way lower, over her belly, to rest on her folds.

"Darien...?" she said in an uncertain voice. She wasn't sure she was comfortable with the idea of him being in that specific area.

"Trust me, Serena..." he said softly and she felt his tongue dart out and flick over her clit.

Serena sucked in a breath as Darien continued moving his tongue expertly between her legs. She spread herself wider as she grabbed a hold of the pillows around her head. God it felt great.

Darien's tongue moved in circled motions and soon, she was dripping wet.

Serena had never felt this before. It was different than what she had experienced last night. She was sweating, just lying there. The fact that Darien was licking her, tasting her, there made her feel incredibly hot and sexy. It made her want to feel more of him. "Darien, I need you..." she purred.

It took a lot of effort for him to not just stop what he was doing and take her right then and there. He so badly wanted to answer her plea, but he wanted to pleasure her this way and he was going to do so until she came.

Her moans were becoming louder and her breaths were getting heavier. He knew she was close.

Serena felt herself nearing closer to her release. His mouth was doing amazing things to her and she wasn't sure she was going to be able to hold out for long.

"Oh God, Darien... Ahhhhhh!" she shouted, as her body was taken over by an overwhelming feeling of pleasure. Her body was trembling as Darien kept his tongue on her now sensitive area.

He removed himself from her and quickly opened his drawer to pull out another little square package. He quickly slipped it on.

Serena was panting heavily and was taken by surprise when she felt Darien enter her. Pleasure after pleasure... She wasn't sure she could take anymore.

She opened her eyes and saw him hovering above her, his face contorted with bliss. Her hands moved up his sides. She had an idea.

Serena had to muster up all the strength she had to push him over onto his back. Darien's eyes widened. She knew he was surprised.

Serena smiled sexily. "It's my turn now..."

Darien watched as her body moved up and down his shaft. His hands made their way up to her waist, steadying her, guiding her. Serena's hands were on his thighs and she was biting her lower lip, leaving her front completely exposed. Her perfect breasts were bouncing up and down in unison with her movements and Darien could see his member going in and out of her. The sight was driving him wild.

Serena then bent down and placed her mouth close to his ear. Darien shut his eyes as he felt her warm breath on his neck. He groaned as he felt her teeth on his lobe. It was too much for him to take. The sounds she was making, the fact that her breasts were rubbing on his chest... She was moving tantalizingly slow for his tastes. He needed release. Now.

He quickly turned her over and started pumping in and out of her quick and hard, catching her off guard.

"Oh! Darien! Ohhhh!" she repeated over and over. He was moving fast inside her and she didn't ever want him to stop.

"Oh yeah, Serena..." he groaned. She was moaning in his ear and it was incredibly sexy.

Darien could barely contain himself anymore. He was going to come and he was going to come hard.

"Oh, Darien... Don't stop... I'm going to- Ohhhhhhhhhh!" she screamed as her nails dug into his back.

His release quickly followed hers.

Darien moved off of her and disposed of the plastic. He was sweating and breathing loudly.

"Is sex always this good?" Serena asked dreamily.

Darien smiled. "It is with you..."

Serena blushed. "I've been missing out then."

"Then, we should make up for lost time..." he said, turning to face her, with a devilish grin.

Serena giggled as Darien's mouth captured hers.

--

Four hours later, they were finally spooning.

Serena couldn't believe how much lovemaking they had done. They had done it in all the positions they could think of. She never thought they could go for this long.

Darien was smiling down at her, an arm propping him up. "You're not tired, are you? I still don't think we've made up for lost time..." he said playfully near her ear.

"You're kidding, right?" she said. Unlike him, she was dead tired.

Darien chuckled. "Fine... I'll give you break..." he said jokingly. "How 'bout I go make us something to eat? You can go shower in the meantime. All that sweat isn't making you smell too good..." Serena frowned and swatted him lightly in the face. "I'm kidding, Meatball Head! I'd love you even if you sweated rotten eggs," he said, kissing her cheek, before getting off the bed.

"Yeah, right. You have to say things like that 'cause you're my boyfriend..." she said, rolling her eyes.

"No, I have to say things like that because I love you," he said, pulling on a pair of pants while looking at her straight in the eye.

Serena felt a blush appear on her cheeks.

Darien smiled. "You do know I mean that, right?" he said, moving towards the edge of the bed to face her. Serena nodded twice. "Good," he said, before kissing her tenderly. "I'll go make us some breakfast. Or lunch..." he continued, making his way to his bedroom door. "Oh and do go shower, Meatball Head. I wasn't really kidding about the whole sweat thing..."

Serena frowned and threw a pillow at him but missed his retreating figure, causing him to explode with laughter.

--

Later in the afternoon, Serena was back in her apartment, much to her dismay. But she knew she couldn't stay at Darien's forever. He had lots of doctor stuff to do anyway and she didn't want to be in the way.

Most of her apartment was still empty and she still hadn't opened a few of the new things she had bought for it. She resolved to do that for the rest of the afternoon.

Her cell phone started ringing. She looked at the display. It was Diamond.

"Hi, Diamond. What's up?" she said into the receiver.

"Oh, not much really." 'She sounds happy...' he noted to himself. "I was just looking for one of my hats yesterday and I couldn't find it. I thought that maybe I might've left it at your apartment?" he said, lying. It was quite the habit these days.

"Your hat?" she asked. She couldn't remember if he was wearing a hat that time he came over.

"Yeah... I'm just checking to make sure... I could've lost it somewhere else. I'm going over my tracks. You know."

"Um, to tell you the truth... I didn't really have time to fix up the apartment these last couple of days. I've been kind of preoccupied..."

"Oh right! Your big date with Darien?" he asked, feigning interest.

"Yeah... I just came home actually," she said, blushing.

"Really? You were out all night?" he asked through clenched teeth.

Serena blushed even more. "Yeah..."

Bingo. "So how was it? Did you enjoy yourself?" Diamond asked. He didn't really want to hear the answer, but he was supposed to be her friend and friends were supposed to say these kinds of things.

"Oh, yes..." she replied distantly, thoughts about last night resurfacing. "He took me on a plane ride and we had dinner at his place-"

Diamond frowned angrily. "Uh, yeah. That sounds nice." He didn't want to hear all the details. He just wanted to know if they had gone all the way, which they clearly did. He balled his free hand into a fist at his side. "You guys aren't hanging out today?" he asked, trying to sound pleasant.

"No... Darien has a lot of research to do at the library and I've got to organize my apartment. Did you want to do something?"

Diamond didn't think he could see Serena without showing how he truly felt about the situation. He didn't want to scare her off, not when they were so close... "Uh, no. I have to do something with... Andrea. I just wanted to know if you had my hat..."

"I'll let you know if I find it."

"Yeah, sounds good. Thanks. Talk to you soon."

"Sure thing, Diamond. Bye!"

He hung up and dialled his cousin. "We've got what we need."

"Perfect," she said. Diamond could almost picture the evil grin that he was sure was plastered on her face. "Meet me in an hour," she said before hanging up.

Diamond sighed as he shut his phone. He was raging inside. He could picture Darien touching her, kissing her, pleasuring her... He should be the one who was with her!

He pounded his fist hard on a nearby table.

Soon. Soon he would be the one Serena would find comfort in. Soon he would be the one she'd wake up beside in the morning.

--

Andrea was waiting patiently for Diamond in the parking lot of Darien's building. His bike was missing. He wasn't home.

Andrea heard footsteps nearing her. "You're late, D."

"So?" he replied haughtily.

Andrea rolled her eyes and made her way to the elevator. She entered and pressed the button for Darien's floor. Their ride up was made in silence.

The elevator dinged and they made their way out, toward the end of the hall. Andrea pulled out a copy of the keys to Darien's apartment.

"I still can't believe Darien never knew you made copies of those..." Diamond said. "Darien should've never broken up with you. You're one psychotic girl."

Andrea raised an eyebrow and smiled sideways. "I think I'll take that as a compliment," she said as she turned the knob.

They listened for any movement in the apartment. Nope, no one was home.

They made their way to the bedroom. The bed was made.

"You sure she said they did it?" Andrea asked, sceptically.

"I told you. She didn't specifically say it, but when I called she had just arrived home. Besides, your proof's right there if you really want an answer," he said annoyed.

Andrea smiled with anticipation as she headed towards the dresser and pulled out the camcorder from behind all of Darien's family photos. She pressed the power button, but to no avail. "Did you bring the charger?" she asked.

"Of course I did. That thing's not built to last forever," he answered, handing her the wire.

Andrea rolled her eyes at her cousin. She didn't want to leave the apartment uncertain of what had happened in that room. She plugged the charger into the wall and into the camcorder. She turned it on and pressed play.

It was all dark in the beginning. She fast forwarded. She watched as someone came in. She pressed play. It was Darien. He turned on the lamp. Andrea smiled. This was where the fun began.

She fast forwarded a little more until she reached a part where there were two bodies. She watched as Darien threw Serena on the bed. Not too long after, clothing was being taken off.

Diamond sighed angrily. "Okay, we've got what we wanted. You can stop watching now." He already knew what had happened. He didn't exactly want a visual of it; his imagination was bad enough.

"Why? You're not hurt, are you? You can't stand seeing her in his arms, can you, D?" she said with mock.

"Andie. Darien could come home any minute..."

"Yeah... I'm sure that's why you're irritated," she retorted.

Diamond swiftly turned around, livid. Andrea always knew which buttons to push. "Don't sit there and pretend that you don't feel an ounce of what I'm feeling, Andie! No matter how hard you try, this let's-make-fun-of-D bullshit isn't going to make the pain or anger go away." He paused. "You're going to make me feel like shit when I know that you care that Darien is kissing and touching Serena that way? Isn't that why you're doing all this? Because you can't stand it?! Because you want Darien back?!" he shouted, angrily.

"It's more than that..." she said softly, shutting the camcorder off.

"Oh really?! I could've guessed..." he said sarcastically.

Andrea stood up. "Let me remind you that I'm the only reason you even have half a chance of getting her back. I can do whatever the hell I want, say whatever the hell I want. I could've done this a different way without helping you. I can still change things around without you in the picture. So don't patronize me, D. You might regret it," she replied calmly, but the fire in her words could be felt through and through. "So if you're done complaining about your feelings, we should go," she said, moving towards the exit.

Diamond felt a chill run down his back. He felt sort of... afraid of her.

Was that really his cousin? Where the hell did the old Andie vanish off to?

--

Friday night quickly rolled around the corner. Serena hadn't seen much of Darien during the week. They talked over the phone, but she had never dreamed of how much work she would get. Mrs. I-hate-squeaky-shoes wasn't piling on the workload lightly. It didn't help that Darien was a med student either. However, Darien did promise that he was going to show up tonight for Mina's big debut, as he put it.

Apparently, the university held a student film showcase every now and then and Mina's movie made the cut. Mina's friend was a director and she had finally decided to edit the short movie they did during the summer and present it tonight. Serena couldn't say no at the chance to see Mina act.

It had been five days since she last saw Darien and Serena did miss him. She wanted to feel his arms around her, his lips on hers, his breath on her ear... She was excited for Mina, but what she was really looking forward to was seeing Darien again.

Not seeing Darien during the week did make Serena productive though. She had new furniture and it was starting to look a lot like what she had imagined her first apartment should look like.

Serena stood at the designated meeting place. The show was being held in Washington Square Park and there were quite a lot of people. She wondered if there were usually this many students, especially since it was a Friday night and she was pretty sure that students generally found better ways to spend their evening other than watching short films.

"Hey, Serena," a familiar voice said from behind her.

"Diamond!" she said happily, hugging him. Diamond held her awkwardly. He hadn't been expecting that big of a greeting. "It's so nice to see you! What are you doing here?"

"Um, I wouldn't miss this showcase for the world. This year's supposed to be really good," he said.

Serena frowned. He was acting a little gloomy for something he was supposed to be excited for. He looked nervous or something. She decided to ignore it. "Really? Is that why there are so many people?"

"Yeah, sort of. Andrea had a say in it. She helped the Student Film Association purchase a bigger screen, better speakers... She even helped gather more people. It's just that this year there's a lot of good stuff and she didn't want the talent to go to waste," he said, smiling at her.

Even his smile wasn't natural. What was wrong with Diamond? "Wow, I guess Andrea's slowly moving on..." Serena said, scanning the crowd for Mina or Darien.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that..."

"Serenaaaa!" a happy voice squealed.

Serena turned around and saw Mina and Darien coming towards her. Diamond had turned around as well. "I guess this is my cue to leave..." he said.

"You don't have to go because Darien's here..." Serena said.

"It's fine. I have to find Andrea anyway... Enjoy the show," Diamond said, before briskly walking away.

Serena looked at his retreating back. 'That was weird,' she thought.

Mina came running and hugged Serena as if she hadn't seen her for years when in reality it had only been less than five hours ago.

Darien approached Serena. She lifted herself on her tiptoes and gave him a peck on the cheek. He simply slipped an arm around her waist.

Serena frowned. She was at least expecting a peck on the cheek or even a hug. "Are you okay?" she asked, looking up at him.

"Yeah..." he shrugged. "Just a little tired is all."

Serena looked up at him. He did look tired. He must be studying really hard these days. Or maybe he was done with her? Serena shrugged the thoughts away. She didn't want to think about that. Med students didn't have an easy life and she knew that this week was hard for Darien because of everything he planned for their date. All that catching up must've taken a toll on him. 'That's right, he's only acting weird because of school...' she said, trying to convince herself. "We should find seats. The place is packed already."

--

They found some good seats right in the middle of the crowd. Serena was getting all excited to see Mina on the big screen.

"Hello, everybody!" a voice beamed through the speakers. "I'd like to thank all of you for coming tonight." The crowd screamed with delight. "I'd especially like to thank Andrea Livingston, for her incredible donation and help this week." The crowd screamed once again. "We have quite a show for you tonight and so, without further ado, here's our first little treat for you!" The crowd screamed into applauded.

The screen went black and for a few seconds there weren't any sounds. Serena thought that for a second there was a malfunction. Then she heard giggling.

"It's starting!" she whispered excitedly. A bed could be seen.

"You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?" a familiar voice echoed through the speakers. "You're going to wish you hadn't..."

And then boom.

There she was. Sprawled on a bed. Darien's bed.

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Author's note: Uh oh! Cliffhanger! I haven't pulled one of those in a while, huh? You're all going to hate me now. Is she going to update soon? Or will she leave us hanging forever? I can assure you all that I've already written part of the next chapter. I was originally going to post everything in this one, but that would've been way too long and so I had to cut it. Sorry! Anyways, review and please please please tell me what you think!! Say anything at all!!!