"Serena..." Serena turned, her blonde pigtails bouncing up merrily. "Serena..." The person repeated, this time much sadder. "Sweetie, I'm so sorry..." Serena was suddenly in the person's arms, her hair being caressed softly.
"W-What do you mean?" She asked, pulling away and looking into the woman's sad, green eyes.
"Honey... your parents... they were walking unattended late at night... and someone who doesn't like them... they were... honey, they're dead." The woman stuttered, trying to take Serena back into her arms. Serena only pulled away farther, holding her hand to her face, tears beginning to fall down it.
"Who- Who killed them?" She sobbed, backing farther away and tripping on a rock, falling on her bottom and breaking into even more sobs.
The woman suddenly lowered her head, smirked and turned into a man with a long, black braided ponytail and silver eyes.
"It's me, Serena. Blade. And everyone believes everything I say... so they'll believe me when I say the Shields did it!" He laughed and laughed, nearing her. Just as he reached her, Serena screamed.
Suddenly Serena's eyes snapped open and she sat up straight in bed, gasping.
"Blade..."
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"Open up, this is the police!" There was a loud banging on the door.
"Sarah, this is it." Mark whispered, holding her tighter. "Sarah, get Darien and go! You've got to get out of here!" He suddenly shouted, pushing her towards the small boy.
"Mommy? Daddy?" Darien asked, not understanding what was going on.
"I can't leave you!" Sarah screamed as the door began to break in. "Darien, go!" She commanded, a harshness in her voice Darien had never heard before. Terrified, Darien ran as fast as he could to his parent's bedroom where he began to climb out the window.
"NO! IT WASN'T US! WE DIDN'T KILL THE TSUKINO'S! IT WAS..."
In a different part of the bedroom, Darien sat up in unison with Serena. "It was Blade... Blade killed Serena's family... and blamed it on mine..."
Darien suddenly got a very strong urge to check up on Serena... and to tell her his dream... his memory. They were more connected than she realized.
Tossing the thin blanket covering him onto the floor, he threw his feet over the side of the couch and tiptoed towards the hallway that led to his bedroom.
Halfway there, he stopped. Looking straightforward into the darkness, he reached his hand out lightly... and felt skin.
"Serena?" He whispered. She suddenly stepped out of the shadows, looking into his eyes.
"Darien? Darien... it was..."
"Blade." He finished for her. That connection I felt towards him... Serena thought. It wasn't love. It was because of Blade. It wasn't love... She had been so upset at first when she thought she was in love, but now that she knew it wasn't the case... she was... disappointed.
Of course, it wasn't her fault that she got the connection and love mixed up. She had never fallen in love, and she had never had a connection with anyone. Ever. She didn't know what it felt like.
Darien reached his hand out slowly again. Her skin was so soft... he wanted to feel it again... but he shouldn't. Shouldn't? Man, this girl is doing things to me. I'm a criminal. I don't know the meaning of the word "shouldn't". And yet... I don't want her to be mad, so I don't want to do something to upset her...
Looking up, Serena saw Darien's hand halfway between him and herself, and his eyes looking hard into hers. If this was just a connection because of their families, then she couldn't wait to fall in love!
"Darien?" She whispered, asking him with one word what his hand was going to do. His eyes suddenly closed, and his hand reached out to touch her cheek, caressing it softly. Her heart skipped another beat. No! Her mind screamed. No! Stop him! This is wrong! You're as opposite as night and day! Don't fall for him! STOP! However, she was only answered by two words from her heart. Shut up!
"Serena..." He whispered back, savoring the name like delicious food. Eyes still closed, hand still on her cheek, he bent forward, very slowly. Passion rising within both of them, a longing showing on both of their faces... he ever so softly brushed his lips across hers.
It was the lightest touch either had ever received... but also the most wonderful. Visible shivers went through both as the sensation overwhelmed them. Now needing to be held, be touched, be kissed more than ever before, both Serena and Darien leaned in and pressed their lips together.
No words could describe what either were feeling. It was too wonderful... after growing up with so little, being able to share love and passion with someone else. The hand on Serena's cheek began to move slowly downwards, resting on her shoulder. Darien's other hand found one of Serena's, lacing their fingers together. Serena's other hand snaked it's way up to behind Darien's neck, pulling him forward, trying to make him even closer than he already was.
Darien's free hand began its downward course again, resting on her waist before moving to the small of her back where he held her tightly. Darien's mouth began to nudge Serena's open carefully... which was strange. Usually he wouldn't have used so much caution... but he didn't want to hurt this girl, he didn't want her to be upset, and he didn't want to go too fast.
He was very pleased, however, when Serena's mouth opened very willingly, allowing his tongue to slide into her mouth and caress her. She moaned into his mouth softly, only making his desire for her stronger.
Darien began to pull away softly, allowing them each to take a quick breath before he began pressing his lips repeatedly to the crook between her neck and shoulder. She sighed contentedly.
"That feels so nice..." She whispered. Darien moaned softly in response, beginning to travel up again, towards her lips. He loomed over them momentarily, looking at them lustfully. He then turned his gaze to Serena's half-closed eyes.
"If you didn't want me to kiss you... I mean if you aren't enjoying this... then I can..." He stuttered as her eyes opened wider, staring back at him in...amusement?
"Darien?" She asked, a playful smile forming on her lips.
"Huh?"
"Just shut up and kiss me." Now knowing the way the other felt, and having more encouragement than was really needed, they were wrapped in each other's warm embrace, their lips being pressed together in long, passionate kisses.
The hand on the small of her back suddenly began moving slowly up her spine, one finger trailing over it lightly, making her shiver. Serena's own hand moved slowly down over his shoulder and onto his chest where she grabbed onto his shirt pocket, pulling him closer, if that was even possible. The result was Darien accidentally trapping Serena between himself and the wall, though she didn't seem to mind much.
Darien let go of Serena's hand and moved his own carefully onto her hip. Her eyes suddenly opened in surprise, but they quickly closed again as Darien's kiss became more passionate, covering up the quick awkward moment.
He pulled his lips away again, taking in a deep breath. Serena, on the other hand, let a breath out in a long sigh.
"Darien..." She sighed, then grinned. "Who would have thought?"
"Thought what, darling?" Darien asked, surprising both by adding the "darling" on the end. Aw, what the hell... Darien thought. Who says a criminal can't be sweet around his girlfriend?
"Thought that... that the most wanted criminal in New York and a police officer would be turned into the most wanted criminals in America and kissing in the middle of the night in the hallway?" She replied, looking up at him with laughter twinkling in her eyes.
"Yeah, I... Wait a minute!" He yelled, stepping back. Serena took a step back also. Had she said something wrong? "Most wanted criminals in America?"
"Yeah... that's what the new said..." Serena commented, remembering the news reporter.
"Damn it! Now we're not safe anywhere!" Darien cursed, pounding his fist on the wall. Serena looked hurt.
"I'm sorry, Darien. I didn't mean to upset you..." She said, turning around and beginning to head for his bedroom. A sigh sounded from behind her, and suddenly a warm pair of arms were wrapped around her waist, pulling her back into a strong, yet soft body as a pair of lips kissed her ear.
"It's not your fault. In fact, it's probably better that I know about it." Darien whispered, trailing kisses from her temple, down her cheek, across her jawbone and then nibbling on her neck. Serena only let a small purr escape her lips while he kissed her neck, though she felt like her insides were about to explode.
After turning her around in his arms, he kissed her passionately one last time.
"We're going to need some sleep, Serena." Darien said suddenly. "I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a tough day." Serena just nodded and turned around, heading for his bedroom. "Oh and Serena?"
"Huh?"
"I... I love you." Serena smiled, hiding her face partly so that he couldn't see the solitary tear fall down her cheek.
"I love you too."
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Though sweet dreams came to Darien that night, Serena sat up in his bedroom, hugging her knees to her chest and crying quietly.
"He loves me." She whispered repeatedly, bewildered. She had never been so happy and yet so sad.
As far as Serena was concerned, relationships ended in heartbreak, not the happily ever after she read about in fairy tales. After all, no matter how many times she had locked herself in the fairly tale world full of magic and princes saving princesses on white steeds, she had always been brought back to reality, and eventually had to face the fact that it wasn't real, and over time stopped her visits there.
And yet... she didn't want this to end, even if it did end in her spending sleepless nights crying. There was an unmistakable feeling in the pit of her stomach, and even though she had never felt it before, she knew exactly what it was.
And it was killing her.
It was a battle over what should be and what she wanted. If she stopped this right away, she would gradually go back to her original life, and Darien would be locked away in jail, and she would have to forget about him, and that twinge she felt in her heart every other second. But, if she just let them be, then they would be able to be together until... until whenever she got things cleared up with the media and the police station.
After they killed Blade.
And who knew how long that would take?
But she wasn't sure that she wanted to go back to her normal life any more. She had only been considered a villain for about a day, and she had to admit there was something exciting about it... just as there was about being a police officer.
And then there was her other big problem. Did she really want to go back to her old life? If she didn't, she and Darien could live together, kind of happily ever after, excluding the fact that they'd have to run every time they saw a police officer… But that brought her back to her first worry, whether she was even going to let their newly found relationship continue.
Finally laying on her side on his bed, her heard nestled in his pillow, she tried her best to clear Darien's wonderful scent of roses from her head, but she found it very hard, seeing as how it was surrounding her.
Covering herself in his sheets, blanket and comforter, she couldn't help but remember the famous quote, "It's better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all." She didn't know where it was from, but she laughed, thinking that whoever thought that quote up must have been in the same position she was in at the moment.
And, well... if that quote was famous, then it must be good advice. She made up her mind, right then.
It was better to love and lose, than to never love at all.
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