I don't own em, and if you think I do, you're crazy.
Day Four
"Serena, I swear, if you *ever* pull a stunt like that again, I'll...I'll...cut off your meatballs! Yeah! That's what I'll do!" said Mina the next day. They were curled up on the lounge chairs by the pool, soaking up the sun.
"Mina! I already said I'd quit! Man, keep harping on it..." mumbled Serena. She looked up with a devilish grin on her face. "But you *did* do something in there, right? A few kisses snuck in the dark?"
"SERENA!" yelled Mina, blushing. "No! We sat there like statues the entire trip." she looked a little petulant.
"But you *wanted* something to happen." said Serena sweetly.
"Keep it up, and you won't have to worry about tanning ever again." warned Mina. "Nah, we're too different. He's an evil general, I'm the sailor scout of love. It'll never work." she said, grinning. Serena giggled. "What about you and Darien?"
Serena stopped laughing. "What about us?" she asked.
"How's it coming between you two?"
"It's not coming at all, Mina. Beryl would kill him if he ever deserted her. I've got to wait until I'm sure I can beat her." said Serena.
"I guess I can understand that." said Mina. She sighed. " Aren't we just pieces of work? I love a drop dead gougous guy with hair down to his shoulders and eyes to die for, and you love a beautiful hunk of male specimin with a killer rear end. What's a girl to do?"
"Yeah, they are easy on the eyes, aren't they?" giggled Serena.
"I feel so used! All you can say about me is I have a killer rear end? And after all that stuff you said about Michael!" drawled a very familiar voice. Mina went white.
"Come now, you should be flattered. The girl has good taste from the way she described me. And that one said we're eye candy, so I consider it a good day." said Malichite with a malicious little chuckle.
"I'm ready to die now, are you Serena?"
"Oh yeah. Where's a good lightning bolt when you need one?" said Serena, looking around.
"Now now ladies! Keep that up and we might decide to drop the plan to take the two most beautiful blonds in this hotel out to dinner tonight." said Darien.
"Dinner? What are you talking about?" asked Mina.
"Why, we were driving up the road from the book shop, and saw this lovely little bistro. Damien and I thought you young ladies might enjoy a night out." said Malichite, bowing.
Serena looked at Mina, who shrugged. "Why not? We'll have to ask our parents, but I think we can make it."
* * *
"Minaaaaaa! I can't find my other shoe!" wailed Serena. She was running around the room wrapped in a towel, trying to find various items for the night. "And where's my lip gloss?"
"You shoe is under the bed, your gloss is in your purse, and the partridge is in the pear tree." said Mina, not looking up from her magzine. She had been ready for ten minutes, and was waiting for Serena to get done. She wore a yellow sun dress with yellow sandals, and had her hair down for the evening.
"Thanks!" Serena said, darting into the bathroom, the door slamming behind her. She came out a few minutes later with a pretty powder blue dress on, and white sandals. "I've just got to fix my hair, then we can go." said Serena. She twisted her hair into it's usual buns, then put some tiny blue flowers in the middle of each bun. She looked lovely.
"Finally. I swaer, the guys are going to think we stood them up!" said Mina grabbing her purse and walking out the door.
* * *
"Malichite! Hurry up! The girls are going to think we stood them up!" yelled Darien.
Malichite poked his head out of the bathroom. "I'll be ready in a second! I just have to brush my hair!" he huffed.
Darien collapsed on a chair. "We'll be here all night." he said flatly.
* * *
"I never would have believed it, but it's true." said Mina. The two had been waiting in the hotel lobby for fifteen minutes.
"What's that? " asked Serena.
"That for once you were early for something." said Mina, smirking.
"Hey! We were't early! The guys are late! My record still stands!" retorted Serena. The guys came runing down the stairs then.
"Sorry we're late!" said Darien, bending over and putting his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. "Michael was combing his hair, and that took more time than anything I did put together." he stood up straight just in time to get a smack on the back of the head.
I don't take that long!" said Malichite, with a faint blush on his cheekbones. He smirked "How long were you standing in front of the mirror chanting 'Serena's going to be there, gotta look good.' again?" It was Darien's turn to blush. Mina burst out laughing.
Serena smirked. "Mina, how long did it take you to decide on that dress? I recall you saying the words, 'Which dress hasn't he seen me in? Which dress would go best with white hair?'" Darien doubled over.
Mina blushed and grabbed one of Serena's pigtails. "Ok! That's quite enough of that! Let's get to that resteraunt, I'm starving." She dashed out the door, pulling Serena behind her.
* * *
"This place is great! The decor is amazing!" squealed Serena. She looked around the waterfalls and lush plants that surrounded the small candle lit table for four. Darien and Malichite grinned at eachother. It had taken a little less than half an hour to build this place and staff it with nega monsters, and the results were well worth it.
"What is your order? rasped out the tall 'woman' who came and pulled out a tiny notebook. She looked at her leaders first, but at their glares, quickly shifted her attention to the girls.
"Ummm, I'll have the stew." said Mina.
"Fish dinner for me please!" said Serena.
"A little of the house specialty for me." said Malichite, not looking at the menu.
"Same here." said Darien.
"What's the house specialty?" inquired Mina after the 'waitress' had left.
"It's a special soup with a drop or two of brandy. Cannot be ordered by minors." said Malichite smoothly. It was really a special dish made in the Negaverse, but he didn't see fit to inform her of that.After all, what did she know of the Negaverse?
"Oh. Well, don't eat more than half the bowl, then. You're driving!" said Serena, wrinkling her nose at the two generals, who laughed.
* * *
"Ooooh! I'm stuffed!" sighed Serena happily, pushing her plate away.
"Me too!" The cook here could put Lita to shame." said Mina.
Darien choked on his last bite of 'soup.' The cook was a ten foot tall hair covered monster with spikes at his knees and elbows and venom dripping from his jaws. "I'll be sure to tell him you said so."
"Be sure you do! His food is out of this world!" said Serena, beaming. It was Malichites turn to choke.
"You have no idea." he muttered.
"So what did you guys do all day?" asked Serena.
"We researched our book mainly." said Darien.
"Did you find anything?" inquired Mina.
"Not a damn thing." grumbled Malichite. "We spent over four hours combing the several old bookstores, folk museums, and curio shops, and we still didn't find anything really relivant."
"I'm sorry. Maybe you should try talking to some of the people who have been around for a long time. Like at the old folks home!" said Serena.
"Not a bad idea, but the people might be offended. We can't just walk up to them and say, 'Hey, you're old! can *you* tell us anything about the lake and the area?'" The other three laughed.
"That's awful! You shouldn't disrespect the elderly like that!" scolded Mina.
"I don't usually, but can't you just picture us doing it?" said Malichite, grinning wickedly.
Mina shook her head. "The really sad part about that is that I can."
* * *
Serena and Darien were walking down the path near the lake back at the resort. Mina and Malichite were watching television in the lounge. "I really had a lot of fun tonight." said Darien.
"You sound like you're surprised about it." said Serena.
"I am. My...job isn't usually fun."
"With me around, It's always fun!" said Serena, grinning.
Darien laughed. "You know, you're right. I haven't had this much fun since I can remember." he said. "Swimming our first day here, lunch and shopping the next day, a fair the next, and dinner today. All we need now is bungee jumping."
Serena giggled. "Yeah, right. I like living too much to try *that*!"
"To tell you the truth, I don't want to try it either." he said.
"Then why did you suggest it?"
"I wanted to see what you would say."
"Why you jerk!" Serena started to chase a laughing Darien down the winding path, swinging her fists. In true Sernea fashion, she tripped, and would have fallen into the lake, if Darien hadn't caught her.
"Serena, are you ok?" he asked, worried. He helped her to stand upright, but didn't remove his hand from her waist.
She looked down and nodded. "I'm sorry. I can be such a klutz sometimes." she said.
He tucked his funger under her chin nad made her look at him. "That's just 'cus you're growing." he said softly and confidently. "Someday, you'll look back on this clumsy time of your life and laugh."
"I...I...thanks Damien." she said softly. They walked quietly back to the hotel and up to their rooms.
* * *
"I can't believe you actually watch that show regularly." said Malichite. They had been siting on the couch in he lounge, watching televsion for the past hour. They had somehow gotten into a position where Malichite had his head in Mina's lap, legs stretched out over the length of the couch.
Mina looked offended. "What? Dawsons Creek is a great show! It's so romantic!" she said dreamily.
Malichite snorted. "That Joey is a piece of work. She likes that dawson character, when he's going after that blond girl!"
"Ohh! You haven't got a romantic bone in your body!" huffed Mina.
Malichite sat up, offended. "And what makes you say that?" he asked.
"Can't you see? It's the lure of unrequited love!" she said, starry eyed. Then her eyes cleared and she smirked at him. "Something I don't think you understand, Mr. Unromantic!"
"Unromantic? I'll show you unromantic!" He grabbed her shoulders and pulled her to him, sealing her lips with his. His arms gradually crept around her waist, and hers around his shoulders. They finally broke apart minutes later, gasping for breath. "There. Was that unromantic?" he panted, resting his head on her shoulder.
"Not at all." she breathed, head on his chest.
* * *
Meanwhile, in the Negaverse, crimson lightning bolts were crashing. "I grow weary of waiting! Malichite and Prince Darien had better report something favorable soon, or I shall take matters into my own hands!" screamed Queen Beryl.
Day Four
"Serena, I swear, if you *ever* pull a stunt like that again, I'll...I'll...cut off your meatballs! Yeah! That's what I'll do!" said Mina the next day. They were curled up on the lounge chairs by the pool, soaking up the sun.
"Mina! I already said I'd quit! Man, keep harping on it..." mumbled Serena. She looked up with a devilish grin on her face. "But you *did* do something in there, right? A few kisses snuck in the dark?"
"SERENA!" yelled Mina, blushing. "No! We sat there like statues the entire trip." she looked a little petulant.
"But you *wanted* something to happen." said Serena sweetly.
"Keep it up, and you won't have to worry about tanning ever again." warned Mina. "Nah, we're too different. He's an evil general, I'm the sailor scout of love. It'll never work." she said, grinning. Serena giggled. "What about you and Darien?"
Serena stopped laughing. "What about us?" she asked.
"How's it coming between you two?"
"It's not coming at all, Mina. Beryl would kill him if he ever deserted her. I've got to wait until I'm sure I can beat her." said Serena.
"I guess I can understand that." said Mina. She sighed. " Aren't we just pieces of work? I love a drop dead gougous guy with hair down to his shoulders and eyes to die for, and you love a beautiful hunk of male specimin with a killer rear end. What's a girl to do?"
"Yeah, they are easy on the eyes, aren't they?" giggled Serena.
"I feel so used! All you can say about me is I have a killer rear end? And after all that stuff you said about Michael!" drawled a very familiar voice. Mina went white.
"Come now, you should be flattered. The girl has good taste from the way she described me. And that one said we're eye candy, so I consider it a good day." said Malichite with a malicious little chuckle.
"I'm ready to die now, are you Serena?"
"Oh yeah. Where's a good lightning bolt when you need one?" said Serena, looking around.
"Now now ladies! Keep that up and we might decide to drop the plan to take the two most beautiful blonds in this hotel out to dinner tonight." said Darien.
"Dinner? What are you talking about?" asked Mina.
"Why, we were driving up the road from the book shop, and saw this lovely little bistro. Damien and I thought you young ladies might enjoy a night out." said Malichite, bowing.
Serena looked at Mina, who shrugged. "Why not? We'll have to ask our parents, but I think we can make it."
* * *
"Minaaaaaa! I can't find my other shoe!" wailed Serena. She was running around the room wrapped in a towel, trying to find various items for the night. "And where's my lip gloss?"
"You shoe is under the bed, your gloss is in your purse, and the partridge is in the pear tree." said Mina, not looking up from her magzine. She had been ready for ten minutes, and was waiting for Serena to get done. She wore a yellow sun dress with yellow sandals, and had her hair down for the evening.
"Thanks!" Serena said, darting into the bathroom, the door slamming behind her. She came out a few minutes later with a pretty powder blue dress on, and white sandals. "I've just got to fix my hair, then we can go." said Serena. She twisted her hair into it's usual buns, then put some tiny blue flowers in the middle of each bun. She looked lovely.
"Finally. I swaer, the guys are going to think we stood them up!" said Mina grabbing her purse and walking out the door.
* * *
"Malichite! Hurry up! The girls are going to think we stood them up!" yelled Darien.
Malichite poked his head out of the bathroom. "I'll be ready in a second! I just have to brush my hair!" he huffed.
Darien collapsed on a chair. "We'll be here all night." he said flatly.
* * *
"I never would have believed it, but it's true." said Mina. The two had been waiting in the hotel lobby for fifteen minutes.
"What's that? " asked Serena.
"That for once you were early for something." said Mina, smirking.
"Hey! We were't early! The guys are late! My record still stands!" retorted Serena. The guys came runing down the stairs then.
"Sorry we're late!" said Darien, bending over and putting his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. "Michael was combing his hair, and that took more time than anything I did put together." he stood up straight just in time to get a smack on the back of the head.
I don't take that long!" said Malichite, with a faint blush on his cheekbones. He smirked "How long were you standing in front of the mirror chanting 'Serena's going to be there, gotta look good.' again?" It was Darien's turn to blush. Mina burst out laughing.
Serena smirked. "Mina, how long did it take you to decide on that dress? I recall you saying the words, 'Which dress hasn't he seen me in? Which dress would go best with white hair?'" Darien doubled over.
Mina blushed and grabbed one of Serena's pigtails. "Ok! That's quite enough of that! Let's get to that resteraunt, I'm starving." She dashed out the door, pulling Serena behind her.
* * *
"This place is great! The decor is amazing!" squealed Serena. She looked around the waterfalls and lush plants that surrounded the small candle lit table for four. Darien and Malichite grinned at eachother. It had taken a little less than half an hour to build this place and staff it with nega monsters, and the results were well worth it.
"What is your order? rasped out the tall 'woman' who came and pulled out a tiny notebook. She looked at her leaders first, but at their glares, quickly shifted her attention to the girls.
"Ummm, I'll have the stew." said Mina.
"Fish dinner for me please!" said Serena.
"A little of the house specialty for me." said Malichite, not looking at the menu.
"Same here." said Darien.
"What's the house specialty?" inquired Mina after the 'waitress' had left.
"It's a special soup with a drop or two of brandy. Cannot be ordered by minors." said Malichite smoothly. It was really a special dish made in the Negaverse, but he didn't see fit to inform her of that.After all, what did she know of the Negaverse?
"Oh. Well, don't eat more than half the bowl, then. You're driving!" said Serena, wrinkling her nose at the two generals, who laughed.
* * *
"Ooooh! I'm stuffed!" sighed Serena happily, pushing her plate away.
"Me too!" The cook here could put Lita to shame." said Mina.
Darien choked on his last bite of 'soup.' The cook was a ten foot tall hair covered monster with spikes at his knees and elbows and venom dripping from his jaws. "I'll be sure to tell him you said so."
"Be sure you do! His food is out of this world!" said Serena, beaming. It was Malichites turn to choke.
"You have no idea." he muttered.
"So what did you guys do all day?" asked Serena.
"We researched our book mainly." said Darien.
"Did you find anything?" inquired Mina.
"Not a damn thing." grumbled Malichite. "We spent over four hours combing the several old bookstores, folk museums, and curio shops, and we still didn't find anything really relivant."
"I'm sorry. Maybe you should try talking to some of the people who have been around for a long time. Like at the old folks home!" said Serena.
"Not a bad idea, but the people might be offended. We can't just walk up to them and say, 'Hey, you're old! can *you* tell us anything about the lake and the area?'" The other three laughed.
"That's awful! You shouldn't disrespect the elderly like that!" scolded Mina.
"I don't usually, but can't you just picture us doing it?" said Malichite, grinning wickedly.
Mina shook her head. "The really sad part about that is that I can."
* * *
Serena and Darien were walking down the path near the lake back at the resort. Mina and Malichite were watching television in the lounge. "I really had a lot of fun tonight." said Darien.
"You sound like you're surprised about it." said Serena.
"I am. My...job isn't usually fun."
"With me around, It's always fun!" said Serena, grinning.
Darien laughed. "You know, you're right. I haven't had this much fun since I can remember." he said. "Swimming our first day here, lunch and shopping the next day, a fair the next, and dinner today. All we need now is bungee jumping."
Serena giggled. "Yeah, right. I like living too much to try *that*!"
"To tell you the truth, I don't want to try it either." he said.
"Then why did you suggest it?"
"I wanted to see what you would say."
"Why you jerk!" Serena started to chase a laughing Darien down the winding path, swinging her fists. In true Sernea fashion, she tripped, and would have fallen into the lake, if Darien hadn't caught her.
"Serena, are you ok?" he asked, worried. He helped her to stand upright, but didn't remove his hand from her waist.
She looked down and nodded. "I'm sorry. I can be such a klutz sometimes." she said.
He tucked his funger under her chin nad made her look at him. "That's just 'cus you're growing." he said softly and confidently. "Someday, you'll look back on this clumsy time of your life and laugh."
"I...I...thanks Damien." she said softly. They walked quietly back to the hotel and up to their rooms.
* * *
"I can't believe you actually watch that show regularly." said Malichite. They had been siting on the couch in he lounge, watching televsion for the past hour. They had somehow gotten into a position where Malichite had his head in Mina's lap, legs stretched out over the length of the couch.
Mina looked offended. "What? Dawsons Creek is a great show! It's so romantic!" she said dreamily.
Malichite snorted. "That Joey is a piece of work. She likes that dawson character, when he's going after that blond girl!"
"Ohh! You haven't got a romantic bone in your body!" huffed Mina.
Malichite sat up, offended. "And what makes you say that?" he asked.
"Can't you see? It's the lure of unrequited love!" she said, starry eyed. Then her eyes cleared and she smirked at him. "Something I don't think you understand, Mr. Unromantic!"
"Unromantic? I'll show you unromantic!" He grabbed her shoulders and pulled her to him, sealing her lips with his. His arms gradually crept around her waist, and hers around his shoulders. They finally broke apart minutes later, gasping for breath. "There. Was that unromantic?" he panted, resting his head on her shoulder.
"Not at all." she breathed, head on his chest.
* * *
Meanwhile, in the Negaverse, crimson lightning bolts were crashing. "I grow weary of waiting! Malichite and Prince Darien had better report something favorable soon, or I shall take matters into my own hands!" screamed Queen Beryl.