Disclaimer – I do not own any rights to SAILOR MOON, (we all know who does), anything I have used here is strictly borrowed from information that has been supplied on the SMUK website, the Sailor Moon dubbed version, and also from my own imagination, I have been working on this story for a very long time and this is the finished article, please do not copy my work.
Thank you, Shindi Moon Goddess.
Chapter 3.
As Serena tripped down the stairs Darien laughed, but he managed to catch her so that she didn't hurt herself. When Serena got her balance back she stood straight and Darien bent down to give her a kiss, and as she looked up to his face with her blushing face she could see that he felt a little uncomfortable in her fathers presence. Her father had never accepted Darien because he was older than she was, and he had always felt that she was his little angel no matter what age she was. He had finally accepted that Darien made Serena happy and that they loved each other.
"Where are you two going to go before the party?" Serena's mother asked.
"I'm just going to give Serena my present before we get to the party." Darien replied.
"Ok, just take care and be there at 7.30pm at the latest, I know how my daughter likes to arrive everywhere late." Serena's mother said with a laugh.
"We will be there before then I promise, if not, I promise that we will call if there is a problem," Darien said.
Serena gave her mother a kiss on the cheek and a look that said thanks for the comment, but she never voiced it, instead she said, "See you later mom and dad".
As they rode off on the bike Serena wondered where he was taking her, she didn't have long to wait to find out where they were going. They were heading in the direction of Darien's apartment; he also had a house that was a few more miles away, but a lot more private. Then she started wondering what her present was, she already knew one present that he had given her but he didn't know about. She did know that she would have to tell him tonight or tomorrow because of the impending danger that Pluto spoke of.
Serena and Darien made it to his apartment and walked upstairs to his apartment holding hands, for some reason he wanted to take the stairs instead of the lift. She didn't know that as she was walking up the stairs, that Mina, Amy and Lita were riding the lift down, giving each other looks that said they were up to something.
When Serena walked into Darien's apartment in front of him she realised what was going on, someone must have waited for them to come back and then light, what seemed to be hundreds of candles around Darien's apartment. The living room was huge and everywhere tables and stools had candles on.
Serena gasped and asked in a soft voice, "Who done all of this, it looks beautiful?"
"Amy, Lita and of course Mina done it all, I got the pink candles because it's your favourite colour." Darien answered with a big grin.
"Oh Darien I love it, it's soooooo romantic," She said dreamily.
"That's how I wanted it, that's why I asked THE Scout of Love to do this for me. I would never have got it to look so good without her help, and Lita made your favourite cakes and Amy helped both of them."
"Whatever you do for me is special, Muffin." She said.
She thought that now would not be a good time to tell him her secret, so she went and sat down on the sofa, next to the cakes, they were in different shapes, rabbits, hearts and crescent moons. While Serena started to munch on the cakes Darien went into his bedroom, which was as spacious as the living room, when he came back he was carrying a few bags.
"I wanted to give you your presents in private, here open this one first." Darien said as he handed it to her, almost in a childlike way, like when a child is trying to get a parent to look at his work.
As Serena put her hand into the bag she felt a case that felt like it was covered in soft velvet, she took it out of the bag and opened it.
"Oh" was all that she managed to say; lying on a bed of pink Satin was a beautiful necklace in the shape of a crescent Moon, imbedded in it was small clear stones that Darien said was Diamonds. Next bag had a smaller case exactly the same blue colour as the one the necklace was in. The case carried a pair of earrings, the same design as the necklace but it was engraved with a pattern instead of having Diamonds on them.
As Serena took out her earrings and replaced them with the earrings that Darien had just given her she cried to Darien, "I have never seen anything as beautiful as these earrings."
"They were especially designed for you by me and Raye" He choked out. Serena had never looked more beautiful he thought as he helped put on the necklace.
"Raye helped!" Serena exclaimed in shock.
"Yes, she has a good designing talent that we all never knew about."
"Yeah, you can say that again."
Serena went on to open two other packages, one was from Rini and inside was a fluffy rabbit and a card saying ' To my future mommy, love you from Rini' that made Serena choke on her tears. Next came a framed picture of Rini, Neo Queen Serenity (her future self) and Neo King Endyimon (Darien's future self) that made Serena's dam burst and she sat and sobbed onto Darien's shoulder for a few minutes. Until he gave her a shake and said that she had one left to open.
The last present was a small velvet covered case, when she opened it, it too had pink satin inside like the last two from Darien, on the Satin stood a ring, the centre was a moonstone surrounded by small pink stones. Darien got down in front of Serena and said,
"Serena, Meatball head, Sailor Moon, Princess, I love you now as much as I did back in the Silver Millennium. I asked you then and I ask you now. Serena would you allow me the honour of having you as my wife?" He said it with a great deal of emotion in his face and voice, as he waited for an answer from Serena, she saw his eyes fill with tears.
"Yes Darling, I will marry you, I love you too, more than ever." She practically screamed the answer at him in her excitement.
They embraced and kissed as though they hadn't kissed in Millennia, Darien only just able to think straight suddenly pulled away and said, "Well, don't ya think that we should go and tell all of our friends?"
"Yes, I nearly forgot about my party."
"Lets get going then my sweet Princess" Darien called her his Princess very rarely but when he did it made her feel special and warm inside.