I'll Always Love You
A Sailor Moon Lime
By Insane Lord Akuma
Author's Notes: I don't own Sailor Moon. Dun sue. Nuff said.
"The First Trial of Temptation is to go back to your rooms and read the note hidden somewhere in them." Queen Merna said.
With that, all the princesses and generals raced back to their rooms and started trashing their rooms to find the note. Considering it was one of Queen Merna's tricks, they all figured it would be in a place that would require a little room trashing to find, as they all knew Queen Merna wasn't all there when it came to her way of thinking. When they all found the note, it was in their undergarment drawer. The note read:
"To the Trials of Temptation competitors,
This is not the first trial, but actually a prerequisite to the actual trials themselves. This pre-trial, so to speak, is, for the girls, to put on your most tempting, slinky, and seductive under garments on. For the men, it's to put on the nicest, sexiest, see-through, er um, scratch that last detail, pair of boxers or briefs (whichever you prefer), and re-assemble back in the palace courtyard within ten minutes of the time you were dismissed.
Queen Merna of Venus,
Trials of Temptation Coordinator
PS - See-through, or invisable garments are NOT allowed."
So ten minutes after they were dismissed, all ten of the competitors sauntered into the courtyard in their most alluring under garments. Serena noticed that all the generals looks a bit better than before. Malachite had these big muscular arms that looked strong enough to easilly be able to support a person or two hanging from each of them, and his well defined muscular chest and broad shoulders were to drool for. For some reason, his ice blue eyes looked especially dreamy that night, and his long, shimmering silvery hair floated in the wind looking like silk. Serena had never seen him without pants on, but she noticed that he had very strong looking legs. Zoicite was on the lower end of being muscular. He wasn't something you'd drool over for having muscles, but you couldn't say he didn't have any. He had his long blonde hair tied back in the usual pony tail he always had, and his green eyes still looked like sparkling emeralds. Jedite, just by looking at him, you'd think he wasn't muscular. But, that wasn't the case. Jedite was alot stronger than he looked, even though he looked scrawny. Neplyte was of a medium build. He was super muscular like Malachite or Darien, but he wasn't barely muscular either, like Zoicite or Jedite. He had once again let his long brown wavy hair hang loose down his back.
"Good. All you people are here. Ladies and gentleman, well, those of you who can be called 'ladies,'" Queen Merna glared at her daughter, "Welcome to the Trials of Temptation. This year's trials will have two events. Let's start off with the first one. This year's first event in the Trials of Temptation will be PUDDING WRESTLING!!!" Queen Merna yelled out, then sighed. "Don't I wish. The first trial, and I'm serious this time, will be the traditional Maze, so kindly donated by her Royal Highness, Supreme Queen Serenity, from her celestial rose garden. The object will be to make it out of the maze. However, since that would be too easy, we've added a few new tricks and traps to the maze. The first ordeal is that you must exit the maze with one other person of the opposite gender. The second trap is that each time someone exits the maze, the exit they left through will be covered over by rose hedge, making it impossible for someone else to escape through. Thirdly, there's been some clothes eaters added to the maze this year. That about wraps up the new rules. As for old rules, no magic of any sort is allowed, and the maze has been sealed off against the use of magic. The object is obviously to get out of the maze. In the middle of the maze are ten paths. Each one of you will chose one, and take it to the exit. There is one exit for two paths. We won't say which two paths lead to the same exit, however, as there are teleporters, and hidden passageways all throughout the maze, so you might think your headed in one direction when you're really going in another. Just try to get out. Everyone who makes it out will be allowed into the second trial. Is everyone clear on the rules?" Merna speeled out. All of the contestants nodded. "Good." Merna said that one word before chanting something under her breath. When the contestants blinked, they found themselves in the maze.
"We just pick a path and go, right?" Mina asked.
"Yeah.. pick a good one, Mina. I want to see you at the end." Malachite said before running through a passageway, Mina drooling at the site of him. Regaining her princess-like dignity, she chose a path and dashed through it. The others followed in suit, each dashing down their own path. Serena sauntered through the maze with ease, admiring her mother's giant roses. After several minutes of walking, illusionary walls, teleporters, and an encounter with a clothes eater that ate her bra, she had finally came to the exit.
'Yes! Finally... now if only some cute guy... like Darien... would show up, I'd be happy.' Serena thought, as she waited.
Meanwhile, in another part of the maze, Darien had reached the exit, and had a small bout with a clothes eater leaving him a little... exposed to the world. When he heard someone coming, he looked up hoping to see Serena. Instead he saw Princess Raye of Mars.
"Aww... It's not Serena..." Darien muttered to himself.
Raye looked up when she heard a man's voice, and nearly fell over.
"WHOA! Hunk-a-doodle-do!" Raye swooned.
"I take it you like what you see?" Darien asked the swooning Raye.
"Hell yes!" Raye said, making no effort to cover her big bouncy boobs that had been exposed thanks to the clothes eater, while looking over the handsome hunk in front of her. "So... you attatched to anyone?"
"Me? Kinda..." Darien answered.
"Darn... I was hoping I could... get to know you better..." Raye muttered.
"Um... I don't think Serena would like that very much..." Darien nervously said.
'Serena!?!?! Serena snagged this handsome hunk? Well... We'll see about that. Jedite's cute, but he's no stud like this guy is... Sorry Supreme sissy, this one's mine!' Raye evilly thought to herself. "So what's your name?"
"Darien. Prince Darien of Earth." Darien stated with pride.
'He's a prince too. Figures Serena would get his attention first.' "So Darien, nice to meet you. I'm Princess Raye of Mars. Come on, let's go." Raye said, dragging Darien out of the maze. While draggin the prince out, Raye noticed Kunzite was carrying what looked like a sleeping Mina in his arms, and Lita was carrying what looked like an exhausted Nephlyte. Amy and Zoicite were walking hand in hand out of the maze. But there was no sign of Serena or Jedite.
Back by Serena, she still hadn't seen any sign of a guy, when finally Jedite showed up.
'Ugh... it's Jedite. I wanted my Darien... Oh well... If anyone of my backstabbing friends is coming on to Darien... Someone'll lose there head.' Serena thought, knowing how a few of her friends got around cute guys.
"Hey Serena.." Jedite called.
"Hey Jed.. Raye ditch you?" Serena called back.
"Not really... didn't even see her since I entered the maze. Well, let's go. I want to see Raye..." Jedite said, exiting the maze with Serena.
They walked back to the traditional hearing for the Trials were held, and Serena's jaw couldn't have dropped any lower at what she saw. Darien was sitting there, looking like he was rather enjoying himself with Raye shoving her boobs in his face...
"Serena! If you don't hurry, you'll be late for school!" Serena's mom shouted from downstairs.
"OKAY MOM!!! I'll be right down!" Serena hollered back. "Luna, is everything in this journal true?"
"Yes, most everything." The black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead answered back.
"I can't beleive I LIKED that... that... that jerk back then."
"Told you you'd a little surprised. And how funny that Raye's going out with the present Darien." Luna chuckled.
"Don't remind me. I still wonder what I did. Oh well, it's not like Miss Haruna ever expects me to pay attention in class. I'll just take Princess Serena's journal and read more in class." Serena though outloud.
"You'll do no such thing, Serena." Luna said firmly. "That Diary is not be leave my sight."
"Aww, but Luna.."
"No buts, Serena. The diary is staying here. End of discussion."
"Fine. I'll leave it here..." Serena muttered as she walked out the door.
Serena walked to school, muttering about having to leave the diary behind, when she bumped into a man that smelled like he had too much cologne on.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Sir...." Serena started.
"You'd better be sorry, Meatball Head." The man responded. Serena was taken off guard by the man.
"Da-da-Darien!?!?!? Of all the people I could bump into, I had to bump into you..." Serena muttered, rather annoyed that she bumped into her least favorite jerk.
"Well gee... Glad you hate me so much, meatball brains." Darien shrugged off Serena's mean comments.
"Glad you smell like too much cologne... it'll give me a good reason to wash my hair tonight." Serena said, giving Darien the finger as she walked off.
"Same to you too!" Darien hollered after her.
'He's such a jerk. But... Princess Serena had one thing right about him... He is cute...' Serena sighed to herself. 'Why do all the cute guys have to be such jerks...'
Serena went to school and tried to pay attention, but it wasn't working. Finally, around the time of math, her attentions toward school had dropped to a record low, and she stomped out the doors of the building, and walked to the park. She sat down in a bench and got lost in thought.
'Why does everything have to be so complicated... I'm me. I'm Serena. I'm Sailor Moon. I'm the reincarnation of Princess Serena. Why the hell can't I just be normal. I didn't ask for all these things. Hell, I don't even have a boyfriend. Only cute guys around here are taken, like Andrew, or they're cute, dreamy jerks, like Darien.' Serena sighed. Her mood was not made any better by seeing Darien walking through the park. 'Please don't let that cute jerk see me!' Serena said to herself.
Darien continued to walk, when he spotted what looked like a very down Serena. He walked up to her.
"Something wrong, meatball head?" Darien asked with concern in his voice.
"Why would you care? You're always such a jerk... It's not like you've ever cared if something was wrong with me before. Why the hell would you care now?" Serena yelled at Darien.
"Geeze... I try to be nice for once and I get yelled at. That's gratitude for you." Darien muttered.
Serena just sat there on the bench. It was a few hours since she had last ran into Darien, and the smell of his cologne had gone down a bit. Now that it wasn't as strong, it almost smelt, nice. Serena wondered how nice he'd smell with his shirt off... on the beach.
'No.. Even though he smells nice... I mustn't let myself think like that.' Serena thought to herself.
"Something wrong, Serena?" Darien asked.
"You... you know my name?" a shocked Serena asked.
"Well, yeah. You only screamed it a million times to me when I first started calling you meatball head..." stated Darien.
"You haven't forgotten it by now? I'm impressed." Serena said.
"Ahh.. I never forget a pretty girl's name, even if she is a meatball head." Darien said.
"Yeah... I bet you say that to all the girls you meet." Serena said in as cynical of a tone as she could muster.
"You really know how to give people the cold shoulder, you know that?" remarked Darien.
"I know. Specially to cute jerks that know how to annoy me better than anyone else." Serena mumbled.
"Well thanks. I feel honored." Darien said, rolling his back into his head. "Since I feel like being nice, want me to buy you a sundae or something?"
"You? Be nice? That's possible?" Serena asked, shocked that it was possible for Darien to be nice.
"Yeah... and my offer is steadilly declining. Take it or leave it." teased Darien.
"Oh I'll take it. It's free ice cream. No way I'm passing that up." Serena grinned.
"Well then, let's go." Darien said, holding his arm out to for Serena to grab.
"Holding your arm out? When did you become such a gentleman?" puzzled Serena.
"I've always been one. You've just been too busy telling or flicking me off." chuckled Darien.
"Oh... Yeah..." blushed Serena, as she grabbed Darien's arm. Standing up she let go of Darien's arm. They walked through the park full of tall oak trees and emerald green grass, till they came to the ice cream parlor. They took a seat in one of the parlor's many red booths. The waitress came up to them, and in an overly perky voice, asked them for their order.
"HI!!!! Welcome!!! May I please take your order!!!???" The overly perky waitress asked.
"Yes, I'll have the death by chocolate." Serena ordered, handing the waitress the menu before Darien could see the price of her order.
"Sounds good, I'll have the same." stated. The waitress left with their order. "So Serena, how come your not in school?"
"You had to ask... I had a shit day, so I left. I wasn't up for the horrors of math." Serena glumly responded. "You didn't help my day at all earlier, you know."
"Oh, sorry..." Darien started, when the waitress brought back two large sundaes piled with chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup, hot fudge, and topped with french silk. "Ooooh... Chocolate."
"You like chocolate too, Darien?" Serena giggled at the hungry expression that danced on Darien's face.
"Hell yeah. Chocolate is very good, and highly nutritious, at least it is in my book." Darien grinned.
"Oh, it's the most nutritious food around in my book." Serena said, eating her sundae. By the time Serena had finished half of her sundae, she noticed Darien had barely touched his. "Something wrong?"
"Not really. Just, it's more fun to watch you eat. You look so cute."
"I look cute when I eat? That's a new pick-up line by me..." Serena giggled a little.
"It's not a pick-up line. I'm serious." Darien said, starting to eat his sundae. After a few minutes, both Sundaes were gone.
"Dang Darien... I've never seen someone eat so quickly." Serena said, in shock that someone could eat so quickly.
"Yeah well... I always try to impress a girl. Most usually like it when I take them to the beach." Darien grinned a little.
"Oh really now? And why's that? And more importantly, do I want to know?" Serena inquired.
"I'll show you outside." The two got up, Darien paid the bill and they walked outside. "This is why." Darien said, flexing his arm and pulling up his shirt a little, revealing a very muscular arm.
"WHOA!!!" Serena swooned. "Let's see just how strong that thing is..."
"What are you going to do???" Darien asked.
"This!" Serena said, grabbing onto Darien's arm, trying to hang from it.
"Holy shiitake mushrooms, girl!" Darien cried, but didn't let his arm flinch. "You're a LOT heavier than you look!" Serena let go.
"Don't I know it, thought? Does the other arm look just as good?"
"Yeah..." Darien said, showing Serena his other arm. Serena drooled over Darien's great arms."So what do you want to do now? It's not that late..."
"I don't know... if I go home, my mom will yell at me for cutting school..." Serena whined.
"How about a movie?" Darien asked.
"Sounds good to me." Serena piped up.
The two went to the movie theater, and paid money for some film that turned out to be very boring for Serena, but Darien found interesting. After the movie, it was late.
"Now what? Should I take you home?" Darien asked.
"Home? Heck no." Serena said without thinking twice.
"How about the beach?" Questioned Darien.
"That sounds like fun." Serena answered. So the two went to the beach. They arrived there, and layed down in the sand.
"My favorite place, and at my favorite time. This is where all the girls usually fall for me..." Darien said. Serena sat up alarmed.
"You bastard!" Serena slapped Darien. "You really think I'm going to fall right into your little... little trap? Well think again, Pal!" Serena said, getting up and storming off, "accidently" stepping inbetween Darien's legs, causing him to scream out in pain. Serena ran all the way home, slamming the door on her way in.
"SERENA!! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN????" Serena's dad demanded.
"Fuck you, Dad. I've had a shit day. I do NOT need you demanding shit out of me. MOM!!! Do you have any midol??? I think I need a box or two of it!" As soon as she mentioned "midol," her dad backed off.
"No Serena, I'm all out!" Serena's mom hollered back.
"Damnit." Serena muttered as she walked upstairs, slamming the door to her as she walked into it. A few minutes later Serena's mom walked into her room.
"Nice recovery to your dad's yelling. Could've done better myself." Serena's mom applauded Serena's performance. "So what's really wrong, and why'd you cut school?"
"I cut school cause I had a bad day, and I didn't want to face the horrors of math. Then I met this guy I know... Usually he's a jerk but today he was really nice, and he took out for ice cream and to a movie... and then he took me to the beach... and it turns out he takes all the girls he dates to the beach cause they all fall for him there and... and... I feel so stupid..." Serena cried.
"Aww... poor dear. You get a good night's rest. I'll handle your father... Just blame it on PMS. Whenever a guy gives you a hard time, just blame it on PMS. It's how I've managed to survive your father all these years." Serena's mom giggled and walked out of the room. With that Serena layed down, wanting to read more of the journal, but before Luna could get it to her, she had fallen alseep.
A Sailor Moon Lime
By Insane Lord Akuma
Author's Notes: I don't own Sailor Moon. Dun sue. Nuff said.
"The First Trial of Temptation is to go back to your rooms and read the note hidden somewhere in them." Queen Merna said.
With that, all the princesses and generals raced back to their rooms and started trashing their rooms to find the note. Considering it was one of Queen Merna's tricks, they all figured it would be in a place that would require a little room trashing to find, as they all knew Queen Merna wasn't all there when it came to her way of thinking. When they all found the note, it was in their undergarment drawer. The note read:
"To the Trials of Temptation competitors,
This is not the first trial, but actually a prerequisite to the actual trials themselves. This pre-trial, so to speak, is, for the girls, to put on your most tempting, slinky, and seductive under garments on. For the men, it's to put on the nicest, sexiest, see-through, er um, scratch that last detail, pair of boxers or briefs (whichever you prefer), and re-assemble back in the palace courtyard within ten minutes of the time you were dismissed.
Queen Merna of Venus,
Trials of Temptation Coordinator
PS - See-through, or invisable garments are NOT allowed."
So ten minutes after they were dismissed, all ten of the competitors sauntered into the courtyard in their most alluring under garments. Serena noticed that all the generals looks a bit better than before. Malachite had these big muscular arms that looked strong enough to easilly be able to support a person or two hanging from each of them, and his well defined muscular chest and broad shoulders were to drool for. For some reason, his ice blue eyes looked especially dreamy that night, and his long, shimmering silvery hair floated in the wind looking like silk. Serena had never seen him without pants on, but she noticed that he had very strong looking legs. Zoicite was on the lower end of being muscular. He wasn't something you'd drool over for having muscles, but you couldn't say he didn't have any. He had his long blonde hair tied back in the usual pony tail he always had, and his green eyes still looked like sparkling emeralds. Jedite, just by looking at him, you'd think he wasn't muscular. But, that wasn't the case. Jedite was alot stronger than he looked, even though he looked scrawny. Neplyte was of a medium build. He was super muscular like Malachite or Darien, but he wasn't barely muscular either, like Zoicite or Jedite. He had once again let his long brown wavy hair hang loose down his back.
"Good. All you people are here. Ladies and gentleman, well, those of you who can be called 'ladies,'" Queen Merna glared at her daughter, "Welcome to the Trials of Temptation. This year's trials will have two events. Let's start off with the first one. This year's first event in the Trials of Temptation will be PUDDING WRESTLING!!!" Queen Merna yelled out, then sighed. "Don't I wish. The first trial, and I'm serious this time, will be the traditional Maze, so kindly donated by her Royal Highness, Supreme Queen Serenity, from her celestial rose garden. The object will be to make it out of the maze. However, since that would be too easy, we've added a few new tricks and traps to the maze. The first ordeal is that you must exit the maze with one other person of the opposite gender. The second trap is that each time someone exits the maze, the exit they left through will be covered over by rose hedge, making it impossible for someone else to escape through. Thirdly, there's been some clothes eaters added to the maze this year. That about wraps up the new rules. As for old rules, no magic of any sort is allowed, and the maze has been sealed off against the use of magic. The object is obviously to get out of the maze. In the middle of the maze are ten paths. Each one of you will chose one, and take it to the exit. There is one exit for two paths. We won't say which two paths lead to the same exit, however, as there are teleporters, and hidden passageways all throughout the maze, so you might think your headed in one direction when you're really going in another. Just try to get out. Everyone who makes it out will be allowed into the second trial. Is everyone clear on the rules?" Merna speeled out. All of the contestants nodded. "Good." Merna said that one word before chanting something under her breath. When the contestants blinked, they found themselves in the maze.
"We just pick a path and go, right?" Mina asked.
"Yeah.. pick a good one, Mina. I want to see you at the end." Malachite said before running through a passageway, Mina drooling at the site of him. Regaining her princess-like dignity, she chose a path and dashed through it. The others followed in suit, each dashing down their own path. Serena sauntered through the maze with ease, admiring her mother's giant roses. After several minutes of walking, illusionary walls, teleporters, and an encounter with a clothes eater that ate her bra, she had finally came to the exit.
'Yes! Finally... now if only some cute guy... like Darien... would show up, I'd be happy.' Serena thought, as she waited.
Meanwhile, in another part of the maze, Darien had reached the exit, and had a small bout with a clothes eater leaving him a little... exposed to the world. When he heard someone coming, he looked up hoping to see Serena. Instead he saw Princess Raye of Mars.
"Aww... It's not Serena..." Darien muttered to himself.
Raye looked up when she heard a man's voice, and nearly fell over.
"WHOA! Hunk-a-doodle-do!" Raye swooned.
"I take it you like what you see?" Darien asked the swooning Raye.
"Hell yes!" Raye said, making no effort to cover her big bouncy boobs that had been exposed thanks to the clothes eater, while looking over the handsome hunk in front of her. "So... you attatched to anyone?"
"Me? Kinda..." Darien answered.
"Darn... I was hoping I could... get to know you better..." Raye muttered.
"Um... I don't think Serena would like that very much..." Darien nervously said.
'Serena!?!?! Serena snagged this handsome hunk? Well... We'll see about that. Jedite's cute, but he's no stud like this guy is... Sorry Supreme sissy, this one's mine!' Raye evilly thought to herself. "So what's your name?"
"Darien. Prince Darien of Earth." Darien stated with pride.
'He's a prince too. Figures Serena would get his attention first.' "So Darien, nice to meet you. I'm Princess Raye of Mars. Come on, let's go." Raye said, dragging Darien out of the maze. While draggin the prince out, Raye noticed Kunzite was carrying what looked like a sleeping Mina in his arms, and Lita was carrying what looked like an exhausted Nephlyte. Amy and Zoicite were walking hand in hand out of the maze. But there was no sign of Serena or Jedite.
Back by Serena, she still hadn't seen any sign of a guy, when finally Jedite showed up.
'Ugh... it's Jedite. I wanted my Darien... Oh well... If anyone of my backstabbing friends is coming on to Darien... Someone'll lose there head.' Serena thought, knowing how a few of her friends got around cute guys.
"Hey Serena.." Jedite called.
"Hey Jed.. Raye ditch you?" Serena called back.
"Not really... didn't even see her since I entered the maze. Well, let's go. I want to see Raye..." Jedite said, exiting the maze with Serena.
They walked back to the traditional hearing for the Trials were held, and Serena's jaw couldn't have dropped any lower at what she saw. Darien was sitting there, looking like he was rather enjoying himself with Raye shoving her boobs in his face...
"Serena! If you don't hurry, you'll be late for school!" Serena's mom shouted from downstairs.
"OKAY MOM!!! I'll be right down!" Serena hollered back. "Luna, is everything in this journal true?"
"Yes, most everything." The black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead answered back.
"I can't beleive I LIKED that... that... that jerk back then."
"Told you you'd a little surprised. And how funny that Raye's going out with the present Darien." Luna chuckled.
"Don't remind me. I still wonder what I did. Oh well, it's not like Miss Haruna ever expects me to pay attention in class. I'll just take Princess Serena's journal and read more in class." Serena though outloud.
"You'll do no such thing, Serena." Luna said firmly. "That Diary is not be leave my sight."
"Aww, but Luna.."
"No buts, Serena. The diary is staying here. End of discussion."
"Fine. I'll leave it here..." Serena muttered as she walked out the door.
Serena walked to school, muttering about having to leave the diary behind, when she bumped into a man that smelled like he had too much cologne on.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Sir...." Serena started.
"You'd better be sorry, Meatball Head." The man responded. Serena was taken off guard by the man.
"Da-da-Darien!?!?!? Of all the people I could bump into, I had to bump into you..." Serena muttered, rather annoyed that she bumped into her least favorite jerk.
"Well gee... Glad you hate me so much, meatball brains." Darien shrugged off Serena's mean comments.
"Glad you smell like too much cologne... it'll give me a good reason to wash my hair tonight." Serena said, giving Darien the finger as she walked off.
"Same to you too!" Darien hollered after her.
'He's such a jerk. But... Princess Serena had one thing right about him... He is cute...' Serena sighed to herself. 'Why do all the cute guys have to be such jerks...'
Serena went to school and tried to pay attention, but it wasn't working. Finally, around the time of math, her attentions toward school had dropped to a record low, and she stomped out the doors of the building, and walked to the park. She sat down in a bench and got lost in thought.
'Why does everything have to be so complicated... I'm me. I'm Serena. I'm Sailor Moon. I'm the reincarnation of Princess Serena. Why the hell can't I just be normal. I didn't ask for all these things. Hell, I don't even have a boyfriend. Only cute guys around here are taken, like Andrew, or they're cute, dreamy jerks, like Darien.' Serena sighed. Her mood was not made any better by seeing Darien walking through the park. 'Please don't let that cute jerk see me!' Serena said to herself.
Darien continued to walk, when he spotted what looked like a very down Serena. He walked up to her.
"Something wrong, meatball head?" Darien asked with concern in his voice.
"Why would you care? You're always such a jerk... It's not like you've ever cared if something was wrong with me before. Why the hell would you care now?" Serena yelled at Darien.
"Geeze... I try to be nice for once and I get yelled at. That's gratitude for you." Darien muttered.
Serena just sat there on the bench. It was a few hours since she had last ran into Darien, and the smell of his cologne had gone down a bit. Now that it wasn't as strong, it almost smelt, nice. Serena wondered how nice he'd smell with his shirt off... on the beach.
'No.. Even though he smells nice... I mustn't let myself think like that.' Serena thought to herself.
"Something wrong, Serena?" Darien asked.
"You... you know my name?" a shocked Serena asked.
"Well, yeah. You only screamed it a million times to me when I first started calling you meatball head..." stated Darien.
"You haven't forgotten it by now? I'm impressed." Serena said.
"Ahh.. I never forget a pretty girl's name, even if she is a meatball head." Darien said.
"Yeah... I bet you say that to all the girls you meet." Serena said in as cynical of a tone as she could muster.
"You really know how to give people the cold shoulder, you know that?" remarked Darien.
"I know. Specially to cute jerks that know how to annoy me better than anyone else." Serena mumbled.
"Well thanks. I feel honored." Darien said, rolling his back into his head. "Since I feel like being nice, want me to buy you a sundae or something?"
"You? Be nice? That's possible?" Serena asked, shocked that it was possible for Darien to be nice.
"Yeah... and my offer is steadilly declining. Take it or leave it." teased Darien.
"Oh I'll take it. It's free ice cream. No way I'm passing that up." Serena grinned.
"Well then, let's go." Darien said, holding his arm out to for Serena to grab.
"Holding your arm out? When did you become such a gentleman?" puzzled Serena.
"I've always been one. You've just been too busy telling or flicking me off." chuckled Darien.
"Oh... Yeah..." blushed Serena, as she grabbed Darien's arm. Standing up she let go of Darien's arm. They walked through the park full of tall oak trees and emerald green grass, till they came to the ice cream parlor. They took a seat in one of the parlor's many red booths. The waitress came up to them, and in an overly perky voice, asked them for their order.
"HI!!!! Welcome!!! May I please take your order!!!???" The overly perky waitress asked.
"Yes, I'll have the death by chocolate." Serena ordered, handing the waitress the menu before Darien could see the price of her order.
"Sounds good, I'll have the same." stated. The waitress left with their order. "So Serena, how come your not in school?"
"You had to ask... I had a shit day, so I left. I wasn't up for the horrors of math." Serena glumly responded. "You didn't help my day at all earlier, you know."
"Oh, sorry..." Darien started, when the waitress brought back two large sundaes piled with chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup, hot fudge, and topped with french silk. "Ooooh... Chocolate."
"You like chocolate too, Darien?" Serena giggled at the hungry expression that danced on Darien's face.
"Hell yeah. Chocolate is very good, and highly nutritious, at least it is in my book." Darien grinned.
"Oh, it's the most nutritious food around in my book." Serena said, eating her sundae. By the time Serena had finished half of her sundae, she noticed Darien had barely touched his. "Something wrong?"
"Not really. Just, it's more fun to watch you eat. You look so cute."
"I look cute when I eat? That's a new pick-up line by me..." Serena giggled a little.
"It's not a pick-up line. I'm serious." Darien said, starting to eat his sundae. After a few minutes, both Sundaes were gone.
"Dang Darien... I've never seen someone eat so quickly." Serena said, in shock that someone could eat so quickly.
"Yeah well... I always try to impress a girl. Most usually like it when I take them to the beach." Darien grinned a little.
"Oh really now? And why's that? And more importantly, do I want to know?" Serena inquired.
"I'll show you outside." The two got up, Darien paid the bill and they walked outside. "This is why." Darien said, flexing his arm and pulling up his shirt a little, revealing a very muscular arm.
"WHOA!!!" Serena swooned. "Let's see just how strong that thing is..."
"What are you going to do???" Darien asked.
"This!" Serena said, grabbing onto Darien's arm, trying to hang from it.
"Holy shiitake mushrooms, girl!" Darien cried, but didn't let his arm flinch. "You're a LOT heavier than you look!" Serena let go.
"Don't I know it, thought? Does the other arm look just as good?"
"Yeah..." Darien said, showing Serena his other arm. Serena drooled over Darien's great arms."So what do you want to do now? It's not that late..."
"I don't know... if I go home, my mom will yell at me for cutting school..." Serena whined.
"How about a movie?" Darien asked.
"Sounds good to me." Serena piped up.
The two went to the movie theater, and paid money for some film that turned out to be very boring for Serena, but Darien found interesting. After the movie, it was late.
"Now what? Should I take you home?" Darien asked.
"Home? Heck no." Serena said without thinking twice.
"How about the beach?" Questioned Darien.
"That sounds like fun." Serena answered. So the two went to the beach. They arrived there, and layed down in the sand.
"My favorite place, and at my favorite time. This is where all the girls usually fall for me..." Darien said. Serena sat up alarmed.
"You bastard!" Serena slapped Darien. "You really think I'm going to fall right into your little... little trap? Well think again, Pal!" Serena said, getting up and storming off, "accidently" stepping inbetween Darien's legs, causing him to scream out in pain. Serena ran all the way home, slamming the door on her way in.
"SERENA!! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN????" Serena's dad demanded.
"Fuck you, Dad. I've had a shit day. I do NOT need you demanding shit out of me. MOM!!! Do you have any midol??? I think I need a box or two of it!" As soon as she mentioned "midol," her dad backed off.
"No Serena, I'm all out!" Serena's mom hollered back.
"Damnit." Serena muttered as she walked upstairs, slamming the door to her as she walked into it. A few minutes later Serena's mom walked into her room.
"Nice recovery to your dad's yelling. Could've done better myself." Serena's mom applauded Serena's performance. "So what's really wrong, and why'd you cut school?"
"I cut school cause I had a bad day, and I didn't want to face the horrors of math. Then I met this guy I know... Usually he's a jerk but today he was really nice, and he took out for ice cream and to a movie... and then he took me to the beach... and it turns out he takes all the girls he dates to the beach cause they all fall for him there and... and... I feel so stupid..." Serena cried.
"Aww... poor dear. You get a good night's rest. I'll handle your father... Just blame it on PMS. Whenever a guy gives you a hard time, just blame it on PMS. It's how I've managed to survive your father all these years." Serena's mom giggled and walked out of the room. With that Serena layed down, wanting to read more of the journal, but before Luna could get it to her, she had fallen alseep.