Title: Just Another Summer
Author: Gorgeous Moon
Rating: PG 13
Email: usaandmamolvr@hotmail.com
Disclaimer :I don't own sailor moon
Just Another Summer- Chapter 1
" Serena! Serena Mina is here!" Serena was broken out of her trance has she heard her
mother's yelling.
"Coming!" Serena shouted back in a sing- song voice. All of a sudden
before Serene could even reach the bottom of the stairs a blond blur flew
right into Serena, hugging her fiercely. " It's ok Mina we saw each other
just the other day, and we will be with one another for the next two
months!" " I know it's just… I'm so happy to see all my friends again
and school is over for awhile." Serena chuckled at Mina, 'Same old
Mina' Serena thought happily." Is your stuff packed and ready to go?"
Mina asked impatiently, she was practically jumping up and down. " Yea
it's all in there." Serena replied pointing to her room. "Well let's go girl!"
Mina grinned.
Serena walked back into her room picking up her suitcase while
Mina ran downstairs to get her purse and suitcases out of he car and put
them in Serena's silver BMW. Closing the door to her room she took
one last glance and shut it quietly, it would be a very long summer. At the
bottom of the stairs Mina waited for Serena. " Do you have everything?"
Serena looked at Mina "Yea, let me grab my purse, phone and
sunglasses and we are on our way!" Serena casually walked over to the
hall table and stuffed her cell into her little black purse, slung it over her
shoulders and put on her sunglasses. She napped her fingers " Let's roll.
"Mina giggled at Serena, 'She was always witty.' Mina thought to
herself. "Bye mom I'll see you soon!" Serena called out to her mom and
ran over to her giving her a loving hug.
Mina picked up Serena's suitcase and walked outside " I can't
believe it is already summer again, just like every summer" Serena had a
feeling this would be a summer like none other "Yea, just like the old
days." Serena said grimly. Mina threw the bag in the trunk and jumped in
the convertible as Serena started the ignition and backed out of the
driveway. " So how have you been?" Mina asked concerned. "Fine, she
lot's of stress from school and work. Just the usual" Mina nodded. "Hey
take a look in my purse, I found a picture of last summer at the club"
Mina eagerly pulled out the photo and gasped, " Oh wow, look at us!"
"Yea stunning aren't we." Serena said and grinned. " You and Darien
always made such a cute couple, did you guys see any of each other over
the school year?" Serena shook he head " No, we didn't. We were to
busy with school to make the trip" Mina understood " Well that will
change this summer!" Serena looked over towards Mina and smiled
"Why would this summer be any different from the others?" Serena was
curious, 'probably matchmaker Mina coming out of the dark again',
Serena thought. 'Because I have a plan that will make you two eat out of
each others palms' Mina thought. "Oh nothing." Mina said with a
lopsided grin on her face.
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* Crown Arcade*
Inside the Crown Arcade there were seven people waiting for
three of their friends to arrive. Sitting in the booth was a quiet blue haired
girl reading a book. She wore a simple baby blue tube dress that went
down to her mid thigh and clung to her body. Sitting beside her was her
boyfriend Greg. He wore a pair of khaki shorts with a blue polo shirt that
brought out his dark blue eyes. Across from Greg was Chad; he was
Raye's boyfriend. Desperately he was trying to calm her down because
Serena, Mina, and Darien were fifteen minutes late and they needed to
check in at a certain time at the club to reserve "their" house. Chad was
clothed in a simple pair of jeans with a tan polo shirt. Raye who was
sitting next to him had on a long pair of loose capris with a tight red tank
top. " Where is she?!" Raye yelled, as she was getting angry at Serena's
lateness.
"Raye, chill she will be here in a couple of minutes." Lita
exclaimed after she had taken a sip of her milkshake. Lita had chosen to
wear a pair of jean hip huggers and a forest green halter-top. "Yea,
besides we are also missing Mina and Darien." Ken said calmly to the
group. Ken had decided to wear a pair of white pants and a green polo
shirt. "Yea, where is Darien? He is never late!" Andrew said surprised.
He was clad in a pair of khaki pants and a white polo shirt.
Out of nowhere came a rumble from an engine, "Speak of the
devil." Andrew remarked." Yo, Darien over here!" waving his arms as
Darien looked over, nodded and walked over to the group. Darien,
heartbreak king, walked over casually. As some of his dark black hair
fell into his eyes, he reached up and pushed it aside to show his deep
midnight blue eyes. Yep that was Darien. He wore long khaki pants with
a black polo shirt
And black sunglasses adoring his head.
" Hey dare, what's up?" Ken said as they slapped high fives and
gave hugs. "I'm great! Plus I'm ready to go." He smiled. "Yea and your
late." Andrew remarked back at Darien as he and Darien did the same
as Darien and Ken. Darien chuckled deeply, " Sorry about that, I ran
into an old high school friend, umm…Rose, Beryl Rose was her name."
Darien said as he pulled out a napkin that she obviously wrote her
number on. He threw it on the table carelessly, not wanting to get in
touch with Beryl. " Yuck! Beryl Rose!" Greg remarked, "That girl is
straight up nasty." They all laughed.
Suddenly the doors to the Arcade burst open and in came Mina
and Serena. " Sorry we are late, the traffic was horrible." Mina muttered.
Serena looked up to hear the chuckling of a deep voice " Things haven't
changed for you have they Serena?" Darien remarked, then laughing.
Serena only looked up at him with evil eyes. "Well at least I can be nice
once in awhile Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-don't-have-to-be-nice-to-people-
if-I-don't-want-to!" Darien was appalled at her last remark.' She never
used to be so mean when I teased her', Darien thought. He was snapped
out of his thoughts at Raye's voice, " Can we go yet?"
"Yea let's bounce." Ken answered. As everyone walked outside
Darien couldn't help but stare at Serena. 'She has become so beautiful',
Darien thought. He noticed her shiny blond hair had grown slightly longer
and her womanly curves had become more noticeable. 'Snap out of it
Darien, she is your childhood friend!' Darien thought. Shaking his head of
his thoughts he walked outside to his car." Ken, Andrew you riding with
me?" Darien asked them. "Yeah, we are coming." Andrew replied for
both Ken and him. Darien jumped into his Mercedes convertible and
started the ignition. Darien glanced to his right and Serena got into her car
and was starting the ignition while Lita got into the backseat and Mina in
the front. Movement was heard in his car and he noticed Andrew and
Ken had gotten in.
"Everyone set?" Greg asked all three driving. Darien nodded and
sped off but not to quickly because Serena had caught up with him with
Greg following. As Darien was speeding into the distance he noticed
Serena speed up and cut him off. He looked ahead of him and saw
Serena and the girls laughing, he couldn't help but smile.' This is going to
be a long trip.' Darien thought to himself.
*Meanwhile in Serena's car*
Serena and the girls couldn't help but laugh about how stunned
Darien was to see Serena cut him off. It was like a rule that a girl couldn't
beat a guy in a car race but Serena was determined to change that!" Did
you see their faces? Priceless is all I can say" Mina said in-between
giggles. Suddenly a ring from a phone could be heard, "hello?" Lita
asked as she pressed a key. "WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?
YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN US KILLED!" Ken screamed. Lita
just giggled, "Ken, simmer down and flow with the road." Those were
the last words Ken could hear as she pressed a key to end the call. "Oh
my gosh! I can't believe you said that to him Lita!" Mina exclaimed, but
Serena challenged, " I can believe it." Serena roared the engine as she
shifted the gear and sped off.
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A couple hours later at a peaceful café in New Jersey was a
group of friends. They had been driving for a couple of hours now and
they wanted to take a break. Serena sat in a booth in the corner of the
café quietly sipping her mocha. Thinking back to the events that has
occurred just and hour or two earlier painfully stayed in her mind. It had
all started back at a gas station they stopped at before entering New
Jersey…
------FLASHBACK------
Mina was outside at the pump while Serena had run in to get
some food and drinks for the rest of the way down. Serena walked
down the aisles casually glances and deciding what to get. Flipping her
long blond hair over her shoulder she looked back at the cashier, she had
caught him gawking at her.' Hmm, maybe I should give him a little show.'
Serena thought as she proceeded to bend over looking at the bottom
rack. Picking up the bag of chips she walked down the aisle looking for
something else but swaying her hips back and forth. All of a sudden she
heard a clatter of noise on the other side. She glanced over her shoulder
and giggled as the man had knocked over a rack of magazines.
Walking towards the cashier and placing the items on the counter
she then looked outside. A certain dark haired male was flirting with a tall
leggy blond. Instantly she felt a pang of jealousy.' Why should I be
jealous?' Serena thought, 'I can be just as attractive and irresistible.' She
saw the blond giggle and throw her hair over her shoulder as Darien had
looked like he had told a joke.' Haha, very funny.' Serena thought and
scrunched up her face at the sight in front of her, 'Why do I act like I'm
in love with this guy!', 'Because you are in love with him.' Serena
thought.
"Miss, miss? Here is your change." Said the clerk trying to look
as sexy as he could with a grin on his face. "What? Oh thanks." Serena
mustered out. She rolled her eyes at the cashier, picked up her bags, and
went out to the car just as the leggy blond walk off. Serena wasn't dumb
though, she saw the blond slide a piece of paper into his pocket and wink
at him. He just smiled and waved, Serena was steamed! She threw the
bags in the back seat ." Is everyone ready to go?" Raye called out to
everyone. Serena glanced at Darien while he talked to Andrew. Darien
laughed as he was showing Andrew the number, obviously he was
bragging to Andrew about it. "Yea, I'm ready to go but where is Mina?"
Serena asked. "Oh she is still in the bathroom, I'll go get her." Lita
answered before running off in the direction of the bathrooms.
As everyone piled into the cars Lita and Mina came running from
inside the building. They jumped in Serena's car and everyone was off.
------FLASHBACK------
Serena looked up and saw Lita. "Hey girl, where is everyone?"
Serena asked not really caring at the moment. 'Don't get me wrong I do
care for my friends it's just that I have other things on my mind.' Serena
thought. "Most are still in line waiting to get drinks or in the drug store
across the street." Lita said while sitting down in the booth across from
Serena. Lita was concerned, something was wrong with Serena. "Is
something wrong?" Lita proceeded to ask. Serena just sighed at her
question, " I don't know Lita , ever since I found that picture in my closet
I've been thinking about him constantly. It brought back some old
feelings" Lita nodded in response as she remembered earlier in the day
Serena pulled it out of her purse and showed me. "You guys had a little
fling last year, do you think it might become serious the summer?" Serena
shook her head, "I don't think I would want to. You know how he has
that ladies man rep?" Lita nodded, Serena proceeded, "I feel very
uneasy about that and I don't know if I could trust him."
Lita was about to ask Serena if she cared for him but Ken came
over. 'I'll ask her later if that's an issue.' Lita thought. " Hey Serena can I
borrow Lita for a second, I want to show her something." Serena looked
up at Ken and smiled, "Sure, I'm going to stop by that drug store across
the street before we go so if anyone asks where I am, I'm over there."
Ken nodded and sat down next to Lita in the booth and draped his arms
around her shoulders. "Ken, I'm worried about her." Lita started, " but I
can't quite place my finger on it. I have a feeling that she has feelings for
Darien." Ken nodded, "Yea, they did have that thing last year, but only
time will tell." Lita looked at him and smiled, " You always know the right
thing to say."
Meanwhile across the street Serena was planning on getting
some sodas but the alcohol looked so much better so she opened the
sliding glace door and picked up some Jack Daniels and some white
wine. Serena slowly walked to the counter dragging her feet, she wasn't
in the mood for Darien's flirting. She paid for the alcohol and went
outside to her car as she proceeded in the next ten minutes to drink all
the Jack Daniels and half of the white wine bottle. As everyone started to
gather outside waiting for everyone so they could leave, Serena warily
got out of the care with the white wine bottle in her hand. Never taking
one straight step she managed to walk over to her friends. As Soon as
she got there she felt a fainting spell and saw darkness but before she hit
the ground Darien managed to catch her in his arms. "Whoa where did
she come from?" Darien asked. Suddenly Lita and Ken came running out
and saw Serena had fainted, "Oh my gosh! What happened?" Lita asked
concerned for Serena. " Darien look at Serena and then at Lita " I don't
know, she was with you guys last, where did she go?"
Lita looked at Ken with wide eyes, "She said she was going to
the drug store across the street but she would be back. I didn't think she
would go over there to get alcohol." Darien just shook his head and lifted
Serena up so he had her cradled in his arms, 'She smells so nice and
looks so damned cute when she is sleeping' Darien thought. "She can
ride in the back of my car, Andrew take her keys from her purse and you
can drive Mina, Lita, and Ken in Serena's car." Darien said calmly.
Darien turned on his heel and walked to his car with Raye following.
"What happened?" Raye exclaimed. Darien turned when he reached his
car and replied smoothly " She just fainted, don't worry she will be fine.
Now can you help me open the door?" Raye nodded and opened the
door as he asked. Gently he placed her on the back seat with a pillow
under her head.
Closing the door quietly Darien turned to Raye, "Let's get
moving so we can beat traffic." Raye only nodded. Walking back to
Greg's car she got in. Darien turned back to his car and got in glancing at
the form in the back seat, 'This is going to be a long ride.' Darien thought
while started up the car and following Greg and Andrew.
Meanwhile in Greg's Lexus, conversation was going on. "I don't
think we should have left Serena with Darien, they will probably kill each
other!" Raye retorted. Chad who was sitting next to Raye was trying to
sleep so he tried anything possible to shut her up." Raye, look they are
more mature then when they were in high school. Give them a break
babe and stop worrying." Chad looked at her with pleading eyes. Raye
gave up trying to fight with him and just snuggled up to him as he
wrapped his arm around her shoulder and tried to get some rest.
Amy smiled as she looked towards the back seat. Chad and
Raye were fast asleep and she could finally read her book in peace. Greg
looked at Amy and patted his hand on her leg. Amy looked up at him, " I
hope Serena is ok, I'm worried that she might have a high blood alcohol
level which might affect her critically because she is a small person and
can't hold that much." Greg nodded understanding where she was
coming from and said " If she isn't ok by the next stop then we can
check her out, but in the meantime if your really worried then call Darien
up and you can ask him if she has woken up yet." Amy nodded and went
back to her reading but she couldn't really fully concentrate.
A couple cars away were Serena's Mercedes. Lita was in the
back as they snuggled together and were sleeping peacefully. Mina was
talking to Andrew continuously about nothing really important. Andrew
looked over at Mina and chuckled, 'She is so cute when she rambles on
about nothing much really.' Andrew smiled and paid attention to the road
again. " So do you want take another one of our moonlight walks on the
beach again when we get there?" Mina asked hoping he would say yes.
Andrew of course smiled, " Anything for you my princess." Mina blushed
and looked back outside. This trip is going to be great for us!' Now if
only I could find some way to hook Darien and Serena up.' Mina thought
eagerly.
Meanwhile back in Darien's car Serena was still sleeping
peacefully in the back seat. Darien moved his eyes to the rear view
mirror and watched her occasionally. 'What happened to us Serena?
How did we grow apart from each other?' Darien thought to himself as
he stared at her contently. He remembered last summer like it was just
yesterday. The summer had started off with some casual flirting here and
there and nothing else. Later on they had just grew together as they spent
more evenings together with just the two of them along with days of
sailing and cuddling. At first he thought nothing more than of friends with
Serena Thompson, he was more interested in which girl would throw
herself at him. But there was Serena, devoted, loving, caring, funny, and
beautiful Serena. He remembered vaguely her first time with him. They
had just come back a day of sailing and swimming. They walked back to
their house they rented and got dressed in dressy clothes. Serena had
worn the most stunning dress he had ever seen on her. It had
complimented her eyes so well as the dress was a light, pale blue tube
dress that went down a couple inches where her knew was. Darien was
dressed in a nice pair of black slacks and a white button up shirt with the
top two buttons un-buttoned to show the slightest bit of his chiseled
chest.
They then went out and had dinner together to celebrate
Serena's birthday, as they came back to the house they had plopped
down on the couch and sighed. They started talking about nothing much
and as Darien was about to say something but Serena had suddenly shut
him up by a kiss. Darien responded by wrapping his arms around her and
pulling her onto his lap. She obliged and straddled him as her dress rode
up her legs a little bit further. He then parted her lips with his tongue as he
searched for a deeper kiss. Both of them had secret crushes on each
other but didn't want to admit their feelings for one another. Too much of
Darien's disappointment, Serena pulled away panting and resting her
forehead on his. Serena then told him that they shouldn't be doing this,
Darien ignored that comment because he knew inside that she wanted it
as bad as he did. Darien sprung another deep kiss on her as he lifted her
up and carried her to his bedroom and proceeded to show her how
much he loved her. For the rest of the night Serena and Darien made
passionate love.
Darien glanced one more time before focusing on the road. She
had started to stir a little bit. Darien knew she was awake when she
stifled out a yawn and stretched her arms. Darien chuckled while
watching her as she reminded him as a cat." Welcome back to the living
world Serena." Darien said to her. She looked up surprised and finally
realized where she was." How did I get here?" Serena asked not
remembering at all what happened to her just a few hours earlier. Darien
looked at her surprised thinking that she would remember he asked,
"You mean you don't remember," Serena shook her head in response, "
You had gotten some alcohol from that drug store and you drank to
much, when you came back to us you had fainted and I told the guys I
would watch over you."
Serena just stared in disbelief, shaking her head trying to rid
herself from the hangover she had. Serena then sat up and climbed into
the front seat with Darien. " Why did you of all people ask to watch over
me?" Serena was curious. ' So I could spend more time with you even if
you were asleep' Darien thought, " Because I'm studying medicine and I
just offered to watch over you in case something else happened." Serena
nodded and looked out the window to her right, it was about 8:30 pm
and all she really wanted to do right now is sleep in a nice warm bed.
Darien looked over at Serena and noticed her tank top was
falling a little bit and he could see the top of her breasts. He groaned and
reverted back to driving before Serena could notice what happened.
Darien tried to make conversation, " So how was school?" Serena
looked over at him, " Good, I'm almost done with getting my degree in
acting, just one more year." Darien looked at Serena and smiled, " Yea I
only have one more year before getting my degree but I still have to go
through about five more years of school." Serena was truly impressed.
But she really wanted to ask him something and so she did, " Darien, do
you ever think about last summer?" Darien went wide-eyed, 'I can't
believe she just asked that! Keep your cool Darien, remember you are
trying to play hard to get.' Darien thought. " What about it?" Darien
asked not trying to seem obvious.
Serena only looked at him, 'How can he not remember that!'
Serena thought. " You remember, last summer around my birthday."
Serena emphasized the word birthday. Darien kept looking back and
forth at Serena and the road, "Yea… and? It was good." Darien said but
then completely regretted it.' Stupid, stupid, stupid, Darien. Don't expect
to make up with Serena now!' Darien thought. Serena was shocked! He
had laid there after they woke up the next morning and cuddling as he
whispered sweet loving words to Serena. Serena was about to cry, "
Oh" was all Serena come out with.
"Look we are here." Darien said as he noticed the familiar club
sign before the turn. Serena saw the big white building she recognized as
the main building where they would pick up the keys. Darien parked next
to Andrew and got out of the car. Serena did ever so slowly just wanting
to curl up in her familiar room with her stuffed bear. Lita and Mina
walked over to Serena as she leaned up against Darien's car and
watched as the rest walked off into the building. Lita and Mina
approached, "Look who is finally awake!" Lita exclaimed as she hugged
her dear friend who she was so worried about earlier. Mina did the
same, " How was the ride with Darien?" Serena looked at Mina and
sighed, "You really don't want to know."
Everyone returned with the keys and they all got back into their
cars. Darien jumped in the car as Serena warily sunk in the leather seat.
They took off with Andrew and Greg following. Passing over a couple of
bridges, and driving through some woods they reached the house she
remembered and loved so much. Closer and closer they arrived and
pulled up into the driveway.
As we all got out of our cars we opened up the trunks and pulled
out all of our suitcases. Serena pulled her suitcase along as she followed
everyone into the house, 'Just the way I remembered it' Serena thought
to herself. She heard voices upstairs, " Same rooms as last year?" That
was Raye for you, but then again she and Chad will probably room
together.
The house was a big Victorian type house with a wrap around
porch (Think big!). Walking inside there is a big staircase that leads to
the second floor. To the right is the dinning room, which leads to the
kitchen towards the back of the house. On your left was a big open room
with a couch and two side chairs facing a big flat screen television with a
grand surround sound system. Through the TV room was an open room
with a pool table in it. Walking through the pool table room she stopped
in front of the hot tub in the back of the house. Looking straight out she
could see the beach and the waves crashing onto the shore. Bending over
she took off her shoes and slowly dipped her foot into the hot tub
carefully as if it was going to burn her foot. She remembered after the
night her and Darien slept together they "played" around in the hot tub.
Walking over to the next room she slowly walked up the back
stairs to the upper level. From there you could either go right left or back
down the front stairs. To the right she walked looking at the different
doors. Two were on the right and two were on the left. Going to the
door at the end of the hall on the right was Serena's old room. She
grasped the doorknob and turned it while she pushed it open. Light
shone through the windows and the room was lit up. On her left was her
walk in closet and her bed against the far wall while the windows were
parallel to her walk in closet. Her dresser was on the right wall and the
bathroom door was in the right corner. The bathroom connected with the
room next door, which was Mina's room.
Across the hall from Serena was Amy, as much as Amy would
love to stay with Greg at night she keeps to her morals even though the
room next to Amy's was Greg's. Too much of Serena's disappointment
Darien was at the other end of the hall. On the left side was Rayed and
Chad who would share a room and Lit and Ken who would share a
room to. Across the hall from Raye and Chad was Andrew. Next to
Andrew's room was Darien.
Serena walked back downstairs and got her bag. She carried it
back to her room and started to unpack. Ten minutes later she had just
finished unpacking and threw her stuffed bear onto the bed. Serena then
walked through her bathroom into Mina's room and plopped onto her
bed." What's up Serena?" Mina asked as she folded her shirt and put it
into her closet. "Nothing much except what Darien said to me in the car
while we were driving up here." Serena said as she took one of Mina's
pillows and rested her head on it." What did he say to you?" Mina asked
as she sat down on the bed and listened. Serena started, "Well I asked
Darien if he ever thought about last summer because we had…you
know" Mina nodded " so anyway he asked me what about it and I was
shocked , he was just so sweet to me after we slept together and now he
says so what!" Serena went on, " So he has the nerve to say to me, yea
and, it was good!"
Mina gasped," Darien said that to you?" It was more of a
statement than a question. Serena nodded and tears started to form in her
eyes, "It hurts so much Mina… so much." Serena's tears couldn't be
held any longer as they started to pour out of her eyes. Mina climbed
over to Serena and hugged her rocking her back and forth, "Shh…
everything with be alright" Mina cooed.
Meanwhile outside of Mina's door Andrew was about to knock
when he heard Mina and Serena's voices talking. ' Must be talking about
girl things." Andrew thought as he turned on his heel but not before he
heard crying and walked back to his room. Andrew walked back into his
room and through his bathroom towards Darien's room. Darien was just
finishing unpacking. Andrew knocked on his bathroom door " Hay Dare
what's up?" Darien looked up and ran a hand through his dark messy
hair. He then sat down on his bed and rubbed his eyes and just sat there
with his head in his hands. " I just said the most absurd thing to Serena
and now I'm going to pay for it."
Andrew now interested went and sat on top of his desk and
asked, "So that's why Serena is crying." Darien's head shot up in
response, "What! Oh great now of feel horrible." Andrew asked, "What
did you say to her to make her so upset?" Darien shook his head and
responded, " She asked me about last summer if I remembered when we
had slept together and I asked her what about it and just said it was
good." Andrew couldn't help but laugh, "You are in big time for that,
Dare! No matter how good it is you don't say it to there face, especially
like that!" Darien cracked a smile, picked up a pillow and threw it at
Andrew. Andrew looked stunned, "Hey!" They proceeded to have a
pillow fight for the next five minutes.
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What will Darien do to make up to Serena? Will Serena be
willing to give him another chance? Stayed tuned for the next chapter!
Please email questions, comments, flames or whatever.
Author: Gorgeous Moon
Rating: PG 13
Email: usaandmamolvr@hotmail.com
Disclaimer :I don't own sailor moon
Just Another Summer- Chapter 1
" Serena! Serena Mina is here!" Serena was broken out of her trance has she heard her
mother's yelling.
"Coming!" Serena shouted back in a sing- song voice. All of a sudden
before Serene could even reach the bottom of the stairs a blond blur flew
right into Serena, hugging her fiercely. " It's ok Mina we saw each other
just the other day, and we will be with one another for the next two
months!" " I know it's just… I'm so happy to see all my friends again
and school is over for awhile." Serena chuckled at Mina, 'Same old
Mina' Serena thought happily." Is your stuff packed and ready to go?"
Mina asked impatiently, she was practically jumping up and down. " Yea
it's all in there." Serena replied pointing to her room. "Well let's go girl!"
Mina grinned.
Serena walked back into her room picking up her suitcase while
Mina ran downstairs to get her purse and suitcases out of he car and put
them in Serena's silver BMW. Closing the door to her room she took
one last glance and shut it quietly, it would be a very long summer. At the
bottom of the stairs Mina waited for Serena. " Do you have everything?"
Serena looked at Mina "Yea, let me grab my purse, phone and
sunglasses and we are on our way!" Serena casually walked over to the
hall table and stuffed her cell into her little black purse, slung it over her
shoulders and put on her sunglasses. She napped her fingers " Let's roll.
"Mina giggled at Serena, 'She was always witty.' Mina thought to
herself. "Bye mom I'll see you soon!" Serena called out to her mom and
ran over to her giving her a loving hug.
Mina picked up Serena's suitcase and walked outside " I can't
believe it is already summer again, just like every summer" Serena had a
feeling this would be a summer like none other "Yea, just like the old
days." Serena said grimly. Mina threw the bag in the trunk and jumped in
the convertible as Serena started the ignition and backed out of the
driveway. " So how have you been?" Mina asked concerned. "Fine, she
lot's of stress from school and work. Just the usual" Mina nodded. "Hey
take a look in my purse, I found a picture of last summer at the club"
Mina eagerly pulled out the photo and gasped, " Oh wow, look at us!"
"Yea stunning aren't we." Serena said and grinned. " You and Darien
always made such a cute couple, did you guys see any of each other over
the school year?" Serena shook he head " No, we didn't. We were to
busy with school to make the trip" Mina understood " Well that will
change this summer!" Serena looked over towards Mina and smiled
"Why would this summer be any different from the others?" Serena was
curious, 'probably matchmaker Mina coming out of the dark again',
Serena thought. 'Because I have a plan that will make you two eat out of
each others palms' Mina thought. "Oh nothing." Mina said with a
lopsided grin on her face.
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* Crown Arcade*
Inside the Crown Arcade there were seven people waiting for
three of their friends to arrive. Sitting in the booth was a quiet blue haired
girl reading a book. She wore a simple baby blue tube dress that went
down to her mid thigh and clung to her body. Sitting beside her was her
boyfriend Greg. He wore a pair of khaki shorts with a blue polo shirt that
brought out his dark blue eyes. Across from Greg was Chad; he was
Raye's boyfriend. Desperately he was trying to calm her down because
Serena, Mina, and Darien were fifteen minutes late and they needed to
check in at a certain time at the club to reserve "their" house. Chad was
clothed in a simple pair of jeans with a tan polo shirt. Raye who was
sitting next to him had on a long pair of loose capris with a tight red tank
top. " Where is she?!" Raye yelled, as she was getting angry at Serena's
lateness.
"Raye, chill she will be here in a couple of minutes." Lita
exclaimed after she had taken a sip of her milkshake. Lita had chosen to
wear a pair of jean hip huggers and a forest green halter-top. "Yea,
besides we are also missing Mina and Darien." Ken said calmly to the
group. Ken had decided to wear a pair of white pants and a green polo
shirt. "Yea, where is Darien? He is never late!" Andrew said surprised.
He was clad in a pair of khaki pants and a white polo shirt.
Out of nowhere came a rumble from an engine, "Speak of the
devil." Andrew remarked." Yo, Darien over here!" waving his arms as
Darien looked over, nodded and walked over to the group. Darien,
heartbreak king, walked over casually. As some of his dark black hair
fell into his eyes, he reached up and pushed it aside to show his deep
midnight blue eyes. Yep that was Darien. He wore long khaki pants with
a black polo shirt
And black sunglasses adoring his head.
" Hey dare, what's up?" Ken said as they slapped high fives and
gave hugs. "I'm great! Plus I'm ready to go." He smiled. "Yea and your
late." Andrew remarked back at Darien as he and Darien did the same
as Darien and Ken. Darien chuckled deeply, " Sorry about that, I ran
into an old high school friend, umm…Rose, Beryl Rose was her name."
Darien said as he pulled out a napkin that she obviously wrote her
number on. He threw it on the table carelessly, not wanting to get in
touch with Beryl. " Yuck! Beryl Rose!" Greg remarked, "That girl is
straight up nasty." They all laughed.
Suddenly the doors to the Arcade burst open and in came Mina
and Serena. " Sorry we are late, the traffic was horrible." Mina muttered.
Serena looked up to hear the chuckling of a deep voice " Things haven't
changed for you have they Serena?" Darien remarked, then laughing.
Serena only looked up at him with evil eyes. "Well at least I can be nice
once in awhile Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-don't-have-to-be-nice-to-people-
if-I-don't-want-to!" Darien was appalled at her last remark.' She never
used to be so mean when I teased her', Darien thought. He was snapped
out of his thoughts at Raye's voice, " Can we go yet?"
"Yea let's bounce." Ken answered. As everyone walked outside
Darien couldn't help but stare at Serena. 'She has become so beautiful',
Darien thought. He noticed her shiny blond hair had grown slightly longer
and her womanly curves had become more noticeable. 'Snap out of it
Darien, she is your childhood friend!' Darien thought. Shaking his head of
his thoughts he walked outside to his car." Ken, Andrew you riding with
me?" Darien asked them. "Yeah, we are coming." Andrew replied for
both Ken and him. Darien jumped into his Mercedes convertible and
started the ignition. Darien glanced to his right and Serena got into her car
and was starting the ignition while Lita got into the backseat and Mina in
the front. Movement was heard in his car and he noticed Andrew and
Ken had gotten in.
"Everyone set?" Greg asked all three driving. Darien nodded and
sped off but not to quickly because Serena had caught up with him with
Greg following. As Darien was speeding into the distance he noticed
Serena speed up and cut him off. He looked ahead of him and saw
Serena and the girls laughing, he couldn't help but smile.' This is going to
be a long trip.' Darien thought to himself.
*Meanwhile in Serena's car*
Serena and the girls couldn't help but laugh about how stunned
Darien was to see Serena cut him off. It was like a rule that a girl couldn't
beat a guy in a car race but Serena was determined to change that!" Did
you see their faces? Priceless is all I can say" Mina said in-between
giggles. Suddenly a ring from a phone could be heard, "hello?" Lita
asked as she pressed a key. "WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?
YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN US KILLED!" Ken screamed. Lita
just giggled, "Ken, simmer down and flow with the road." Those were
the last words Ken could hear as she pressed a key to end the call. "Oh
my gosh! I can't believe you said that to him Lita!" Mina exclaimed, but
Serena challenged, " I can believe it." Serena roared the engine as she
shifted the gear and sped off.
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A couple hours later at a peaceful café in New Jersey was a
group of friends. They had been driving for a couple of hours now and
they wanted to take a break. Serena sat in a booth in the corner of the
café quietly sipping her mocha. Thinking back to the events that has
occurred just and hour or two earlier painfully stayed in her mind. It had
all started back at a gas station they stopped at before entering New
Jersey…
------FLASHBACK------
Mina was outside at the pump while Serena had run in to get
some food and drinks for the rest of the way down. Serena walked
down the aisles casually glances and deciding what to get. Flipping her
long blond hair over her shoulder she looked back at the cashier, she had
caught him gawking at her.' Hmm, maybe I should give him a little show.'
Serena thought as she proceeded to bend over looking at the bottom
rack. Picking up the bag of chips she walked down the aisle looking for
something else but swaying her hips back and forth. All of a sudden she
heard a clatter of noise on the other side. She glanced over her shoulder
and giggled as the man had knocked over a rack of magazines.
Walking towards the cashier and placing the items on the counter
she then looked outside. A certain dark haired male was flirting with a tall
leggy blond. Instantly she felt a pang of jealousy.' Why should I be
jealous?' Serena thought, 'I can be just as attractive and irresistible.' She
saw the blond giggle and throw her hair over her shoulder as Darien had
looked like he had told a joke.' Haha, very funny.' Serena thought and
scrunched up her face at the sight in front of her, 'Why do I act like I'm
in love with this guy!', 'Because you are in love with him.' Serena
thought.
"Miss, miss? Here is your change." Said the clerk trying to look
as sexy as he could with a grin on his face. "What? Oh thanks." Serena
mustered out. She rolled her eyes at the cashier, picked up her bags, and
went out to the car just as the leggy blond walk off. Serena wasn't dumb
though, she saw the blond slide a piece of paper into his pocket and wink
at him. He just smiled and waved, Serena was steamed! She threw the
bags in the back seat ." Is everyone ready to go?" Raye called out to
everyone. Serena glanced at Darien while he talked to Andrew. Darien
laughed as he was showing Andrew the number, obviously he was
bragging to Andrew about it. "Yea, I'm ready to go but where is Mina?"
Serena asked. "Oh she is still in the bathroom, I'll go get her." Lita
answered before running off in the direction of the bathrooms.
As everyone piled into the cars Lita and Mina came running from
inside the building. They jumped in Serena's car and everyone was off.
------FLASHBACK------
Serena looked up and saw Lita. "Hey girl, where is everyone?"
Serena asked not really caring at the moment. 'Don't get me wrong I do
care for my friends it's just that I have other things on my mind.' Serena
thought. "Most are still in line waiting to get drinks or in the drug store
across the street." Lita said while sitting down in the booth across from
Serena. Lita was concerned, something was wrong with Serena. "Is
something wrong?" Lita proceeded to ask. Serena just sighed at her
question, " I don't know Lita , ever since I found that picture in my closet
I've been thinking about him constantly. It brought back some old
feelings" Lita nodded in response as she remembered earlier in the day
Serena pulled it out of her purse and showed me. "You guys had a little
fling last year, do you think it might become serious the summer?" Serena
shook her head, "I don't think I would want to. You know how he has
that ladies man rep?" Lita nodded, Serena proceeded, "I feel very
uneasy about that and I don't know if I could trust him."
Lita was about to ask Serena if she cared for him but Ken came
over. 'I'll ask her later if that's an issue.' Lita thought. " Hey Serena can I
borrow Lita for a second, I want to show her something." Serena looked
up at Ken and smiled, "Sure, I'm going to stop by that drug store across
the street before we go so if anyone asks where I am, I'm over there."
Ken nodded and sat down next to Lita in the booth and draped his arms
around her shoulders. "Ken, I'm worried about her." Lita started, " but I
can't quite place my finger on it. I have a feeling that she has feelings for
Darien." Ken nodded, "Yea, they did have that thing last year, but only
time will tell." Lita looked at him and smiled, " You always know the right
thing to say."
Meanwhile across the street Serena was planning on getting
some sodas but the alcohol looked so much better so she opened the
sliding glace door and picked up some Jack Daniels and some white
wine. Serena slowly walked to the counter dragging her feet, she wasn't
in the mood for Darien's flirting. She paid for the alcohol and went
outside to her car as she proceeded in the next ten minutes to drink all
the Jack Daniels and half of the white wine bottle. As everyone started to
gather outside waiting for everyone so they could leave, Serena warily
got out of the care with the white wine bottle in her hand. Never taking
one straight step she managed to walk over to her friends. As Soon as
she got there she felt a fainting spell and saw darkness but before she hit
the ground Darien managed to catch her in his arms. "Whoa where did
she come from?" Darien asked. Suddenly Lita and Ken came running out
and saw Serena had fainted, "Oh my gosh! What happened?" Lita asked
concerned for Serena. " Darien look at Serena and then at Lita " I don't
know, she was with you guys last, where did she go?"
Lita looked at Ken with wide eyes, "She said she was going to
the drug store across the street but she would be back. I didn't think she
would go over there to get alcohol." Darien just shook his head and lifted
Serena up so he had her cradled in his arms, 'She smells so nice and
looks so damned cute when she is sleeping' Darien thought. "She can
ride in the back of my car, Andrew take her keys from her purse and you
can drive Mina, Lita, and Ken in Serena's car." Darien said calmly.
Darien turned on his heel and walked to his car with Raye following.
"What happened?" Raye exclaimed. Darien turned when he reached his
car and replied smoothly " She just fainted, don't worry she will be fine.
Now can you help me open the door?" Raye nodded and opened the
door as he asked. Gently he placed her on the back seat with a pillow
under her head.
Closing the door quietly Darien turned to Raye, "Let's get
moving so we can beat traffic." Raye only nodded. Walking back to
Greg's car she got in. Darien turned back to his car and got in glancing at
the form in the back seat, 'This is going to be a long ride.' Darien thought
while started up the car and following Greg and Andrew.
Meanwhile in Greg's Lexus, conversation was going on. "I don't
think we should have left Serena with Darien, they will probably kill each
other!" Raye retorted. Chad who was sitting next to Raye was trying to
sleep so he tried anything possible to shut her up." Raye, look they are
more mature then when they were in high school. Give them a break
babe and stop worrying." Chad looked at her with pleading eyes. Raye
gave up trying to fight with him and just snuggled up to him as he
wrapped his arm around her shoulder and tried to get some rest.
Amy smiled as she looked towards the back seat. Chad and
Raye were fast asleep and she could finally read her book in peace. Greg
looked at Amy and patted his hand on her leg. Amy looked up at him, " I
hope Serena is ok, I'm worried that she might have a high blood alcohol
level which might affect her critically because she is a small person and
can't hold that much." Greg nodded understanding where she was
coming from and said " If she isn't ok by the next stop then we can
check her out, but in the meantime if your really worried then call Darien
up and you can ask him if she has woken up yet." Amy nodded and went
back to her reading but she couldn't really fully concentrate.
A couple cars away were Serena's Mercedes. Lita was in the
back as they snuggled together and were sleeping peacefully. Mina was
talking to Andrew continuously about nothing really important. Andrew
looked over at Mina and chuckled, 'She is so cute when she rambles on
about nothing much really.' Andrew smiled and paid attention to the road
again. " So do you want take another one of our moonlight walks on the
beach again when we get there?" Mina asked hoping he would say yes.
Andrew of course smiled, " Anything for you my princess." Mina blushed
and looked back outside. This trip is going to be great for us!' Now if
only I could find some way to hook Darien and Serena up.' Mina thought
eagerly.
Meanwhile back in Darien's car Serena was still sleeping
peacefully in the back seat. Darien moved his eyes to the rear view
mirror and watched her occasionally. 'What happened to us Serena?
How did we grow apart from each other?' Darien thought to himself as
he stared at her contently. He remembered last summer like it was just
yesterday. The summer had started off with some casual flirting here and
there and nothing else. Later on they had just grew together as they spent
more evenings together with just the two of them along with days of
sailing and cuddling. At first he thought nothing more than of friends with
Serena Thompson, he was more interested in which girl would throw
herself at him. But there was Serena, devoted, loving, caring, funny, and
beautiful Serena. He remembered vaguely her first time with him. They
had just come back a day of sailing and swimming. They walked back to
their house they rented and got dressed in dressy clothes. Serena had
worn the most stunning dress he had ever seen on her. It had
complimented her eyes so well as the dress was a light, pale blue tube
dress that went down a couple inches where her knew was. Darien was
dressed in a nice pair of black slacks and a white button up shirt with the
top two buttons un-buttoned to show the slightest bit of his chiseled
chest.
They then went out and had dinner together to celebrate
Serena's birthday, as they came back to the house they had plopped
down on the couch and sighed. They started talking about nothing much
and as Darien was about to say something but Serena had suddenly shut
him up by a kiss. Darien responded by wrapping his arms around her and
pulling her onto his lap. She obliged and straddled him as her dress rode
up her legs a little bit further. He then parted her lips with his tongue as he
searched for a deeper kiss. Both of them had secret crushes on each
other but didn't want to admit their feelings for one another. Too much of
Darien's disappointment, Serena pulled away panting and resting her
forehead on his. Serena then told him that they shouldn't be doing this,
Darien ignored that comment because he knew inside that she wanted it
as bad as he did. Darien sprung another deep kiss on her as he lifted her
up and carried her to his bedroom and proceeded to show her how
much he loved her. For the rest of the night Serena and Darien made
passionate love.
Darien glanced one more time before focusing on the road. She
had started to stir a little bit. Darien knew she was awake when she
stifled out a yawn and stretched her arms. Darien chuckled while
watching her as she reminded him as a cat." Welcome back to the living
world Serena." Darien said to her. She looked up surprised and finally
realized where she was." How did I get here?" Serena asked not
remembering at all what happened to her just a few hours earlier. Darien
looked at her surprised thinking that she would remember he asked,
"You mean you don't remember," Serena shook her head in response, "
You had gotten some alcohol from that drug store and you drank to
much, when you came back to us you had fainted and I told the guys I
would watch over you."
Serena just stared in disbelief, shaking her head trying to rid
herself from the hangover she had. Serena then sat up and climbed into
the front seat with Darien. " Why did you of all people ask to watch over
me?" Serena was curious. ' So I could spend more time with you even if
you were asleep' Darien thought, " Because I'm studying medicine and I
just offered to watch over you in case something else happened." Serena
nodded and looked out the window to her right, it was about 8:30 pm
and all she really wanted to do right now is sleep in a nice warm bed.
Darien looked over at Serena and noticed her tank top was
falling a little bit and he could see the top of her breasts. He groaned and
reverted back to driving before Serena could notice what happened.
Darien tried to make conversation, " So how was school?" Serena
looked over at him, " Good, I'm almost done with getting my degree in
acting, just one more year." Darien looked at Serena and smiled, " Yea I
only have one more year before getting my degree but I still have to go
through about five more years of school." Serena was truly impressed.
But she really wanted to ask him something and so she did, " Darien, do
you ever think about last summer?" Darien went wide-eyed, 'I can't
believe she just asked that! Keep your cool Darien, remember you are
trying to play hard to get.' Darien thought. " What about it?" Darien
asked not trying to seem obvious.
Serena only looked at him, 'How can he not remember that!'
Serena thought. " You remember, last summer around my birthday."
Serena emphasized the word birthday. Darien kept looking back and
forth at Serena and the road, "Yea… and? It was good." Darien said but
then completely regretted it.' Stupid, stupid, stupid, Darien. Don't expect
to make up with Serena now!' Darien thought. Serena was shocked! He
had laid there after they woke up the next morning and cuddling as he
whispered sweet loving words to Serena. Serena was about to cry, "
Oh" was all Serena come out with.
"Look we are here." Darien said as he noticed the familiar club
sign before the turn. Serena saw the big white building she recognized as
the main building where they would pick up the keys. Darien parked next
to Andrew and got out of the car. Serena did ever so slowly just wanting
to curl up in her familiar room with her stuffed bear. Lita and Mina
walked over to Serena as she leaned up against Darien's car and
watched as the rest walked off into the building. Lita and Mina
approached, "Look who is finally awake!" Lita exclaimed as she hugged
her dear friend who she was so worried about earlier. Mina did the
same, " How was the ride with Darien?" Serena looked at Mina and
sighed, "You really don't want to know."
Everyone returned with the keys and they all got back into their
cars. Darien jumped in the car as Serena warily sunk in the leather seat.
They took off with Andrew and Greg following. Passing over a couple of
bridges, and driving through some woods they reached the house she
remembered and loved so much. Closer and closer they arrived and
pulled up into the driveway.
As we all got out of our cars we opened up the trunks and pulled
out all of our suitcases. Serena pulled her suitcase along as she followed
everyone into the house, 'Just the way I remembered it' Serena thought
to herself. She heard voices upstairs, " Same rooms as last year?" That
was Raye for you, but then again she and Chad will probably room
together.
The house was a big Victorian type house with a wrap around
porch (Think big!). Walking inside there is a big staircase that leads to
the second floor. To the right is the dinning room, which leads to the
kitchen towards the back of the house. On your left was a big open room
with a couch and two side chairs facing a big flat screen television with a
grand surround sound system. Through the TV room was an open room
with a pool table in it. Walking through the pool table room she stopped
in front of the hot tub in the back of the house. Looking straight out she
could see the beach and the waves crashing onto the shore. Bending over
she took off her shoes and slowly dipped her foot into the hot tub
carefully as if it was going to burn her foot. She remembered after the
night her and Darien slept together they "played" around in the hot tub.
Walking over to the next room she slowly walked up the back
stairs to the upper level. From there you could either go right left or back
down the front stairs. To the right she walked looking at the different
doors. Two were on the right and two were on the left. Going to the
door at the end of the hall on the right was Serena's old room. She
grasped the doorknob and turned it while she pushed it open. Light
shone through the windows and the room was lit up. On her left was her
walk in closet and her bed against the far wall while the windows were
parallel to her walk in closet. Her dresser was on the right wall and the
bathroom door was in the right corner. The bathroom connected with the
room next door, which was Mina's room.
Across the hall from Serena was Amy, as much as Amy would
love to stay with Greg at night she keeps to her morals even though the
room next to Amy's was Greg's. Too much of Serena's disappointment
Darien was at the other end of the hall. On the left side was Rayed and
Chad who would share a room and Lit and Ken who would share a
room to. Across the hall from Raye and Chad was Andrew. Next to
Andrew's room was Darien.
Serena walked back downstairs and got her bag. She carried it
back to her room and started to unpack. Ten minutes later she had just
finished unpacking and threw her stuffed bear onto the bed. Serena then
walked through her bathroom into Mina's room and plopped onto her
bed." What's up Serena?" Mina asked as she folded her shirt and put it
into her closet. "Nothing much except what Darien said to me in the car
while we were driving up here." Serena said as she took one of Mina's
pillows and rested her head on it." What did he say to you?" Mina asked
as she sat down on the bed and listened. Serena started, "Well I asked
Darien if he ever thought about last summer because we had…you
know" Mina nodded " so anyway he asked me what about it and I was
shocked , he was just so sweet to me after we slept together and now he
says so what!" Serena went on, " So he has the nerve to say to me, yea
and, it was good!"
Mina gasped," Darien said that to you?" It was more of a
statement than a question. Serena nodded and tears started to form in her
eyes, "It hurts so much Mina… so much." Serena's tears couldn't be
held any longer as they started to pour out of her eyes. Mina climbed
over to Serena and hugged her rocking her back and forth, "Shh…
everything with be alright" Mina cooed.
Meanwhile outside of Mina's door Andrew was about to knock
when he heard Mina and Serena's voices talking. ' Must be talking about
girl things." Andrew thought as he turned on his heel but not before he
heard crying and walked back to his room. Andrew walked back into his
room and through his bathroom towards Darien's room. Darien was just
finishing unpacking. Andrew knocked on his bathroom door " Hay Dare
what's up?" Darien looked up and ran a hand through his dark messy
hair. He then sat down on his bed and rubbed his eyes and just sat there
with his head in his hands. " I just said the most absurd thing to Serena
and now I'm going to pay for it."
Andrew now interested went and sat on top of his desk and
asked, "So that's why Serena is crying." Darien's head shot up in
response, "What! Oh great now of feel horrible." Andrew asked, "What
did you say to her to make her so upset?" Darien shook his head and
responded, " She asked me about last summer if I remembered when we
had slept together and I asked her what about it and just said it was
good." Andrew couldn't help but laugh, "You are in big time for that,
Dare! No matter how good it is you don't say it to there face, especially
like that!" Darien cracked a smile, picked up a pillow and threw it at
Andrew. Andrew looked stunned, "Hey!" They proceeded to have a
pillow fight for the next five minutes.
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What will Darien do to make up to Serena? Will Serena be
willing to give him another chance? Stayed tuned for the next chapter!
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