Title: Almost Paradise
Author: Aquarius Angel
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Time Period: Frist Season
Authors Note: Okay I'm changing this because they say we have to. To get the full understanding of the story, go to my website and look under Song-Fics! The song is Almost Paradise, and can be found on the Footloose Soundtrack.

Disclaimer: If you already haven't guessed
I don't own these characters or the song!
If I did I would have money, but since I don't
I also don't have any money, so if you tried to
sue me you wouldn't be able to get anything from
me, since I have nothing!Thanks for reading this! The song 'Almost Paradise'
is the love theme-song from the movie 'Footloose',
if you were wondering!

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did
writinging it!

'The Moon is beautiful tonight. Bright and Full just
like in my dreams.' Darien sat awake on his balcony
once again. The early morning hours would always find
him awake thinking about his dream. 'I thought I
touched her this time. I had to have been so close
before I woke up.'
"Darien you will forever be a mystery." Andrew said.

Darien looked up at his friend and smiled one of his
crooked half smiled. "Not forever I hope somebody will
be able to figure me out."

"I think somebody has, well as much as she can without
you telling her anything about yourself."

Darien looked at him in wonderment. Andrew left him
to go over and take Serena and Mina's order. And Darien
watched him thinking. 'I have been alone for to long
maybe Andrew is right, I do need somebody.'

'This is weird it's almost three-thirty and Serena
hasn't knocked me onto he ground yet...'

"I'M LATE!"

'Maybe I thought to soon.'

"Whoa, slow down Meatball-head."

BANG!

Serena tripped and fell along with Darien down to the
cement.

"First don't call me Meatball-Head." Long Breath.

"Second..."

'She is looking at me as if she is looking into me.
Goodness I could drown in her sky blue eyes, they seem
to be forever deep.'

"Second?"

"Second...Goodness your eyes are gorgeous." Serena
said with a sigh. Mind you she was still on top of
him laying on the ground.

Darien smiled at her, a real smile. "Did I just say
that our loud?"

"Yep." That made her blush. "But you must have been
reading mind, cause I was thinking the same about your
beautiful eyes."

Serena quickly got off of him. "Darien, I..."

"Serena I'm sorry." Darien said cutting her off as
he got up.

"For what?"

"For being a jerk to you when ever I have seen you.
You are different than most of the people I have met,
so full of life, love and happiness. I didn't know
how to act towards you, and the first thing that came
to mind was your hair."

"You never did like it." Serena said with a pout.

"On contraire, I thought it was rather unique and
adorable." Darien said with another genuine smile.

"Darien will you be my friend now?" Serena asked him.

Darien took her hand and lead her towards the park.
It only took a few seconds to get there.

"Right now Serena we are friends." 'But how I wish to
be more than that.'

"You promise?"

"I promise."

"And no more teasing me constantly?"

"No more teasing you constantly, only every once in
awhile."

"Ok, good." Serena then looked at Darien's watch.
"Goodness I am really late now, got to go. Bye Darien."

"Bye Serena." But she was to far gone to here him.

Darien was sitting at the counter actually smiling
while talking to Andrew. That's when Serena ran in
and went straight to him.

"Darien save me from Mina!" Serena said half out a
breath and only half fearfully.

Darien took her in his arms. "Why Serena?"

"I did better than her on a history test, and she is
having problems dealing with it." Darien and Andrew
bother started laughing.

"You wouldn't be laughing if she was after you."

They stopped laughing but Darien couldn't help but
keep smiling.

'I'm holding Serena in my arms we must be getting
closer.'

Darien once again was sitting on his balcony, but this
time it was just before midnight. He had just returned
from a late night walk in the park with Serena.

'Her hair is the color of heaven's door and just
talking to her and learning more about her is paradise.
Oh, how I wish we are more. I can see forever into her
eyes if only I could look into them for forever.'
Darien smiled and sighed. 'No more dreams of mysterious
girls. I only want to have dreams of Serena and how
when I'm with here I'm almost in paradise, almost