Love Between Friends

by Raeburn

Darien is Josh's, Serina's brother, best friend. Serina and Darien find love that has always been burried inside themselves. On a trip to Hawaii with their friends, nobody would ever be the same.

4. Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 By the end of the day, each girl had at least four bags, but Serina and Renee had eight. They each had a fancy dress for dinner, shoes to match and some other clothes that the others thought to be too revealing. The ride back to the cabins was full of laughter and excitement. "I still can't believe that we are in HAWAII!" Tracy yelled out of the car window. "Stop yelling will ya, we don't need ALL the attention." Lindsay stated as she smacked Tracy up side the head. They pulled up to Renee's cabin and all got out of the car. Serina grabbed her bags from the trunk and pushed back her hair that fell in her face. She turned toward her cabin. "See you girls tonight at dinner." Serina called out as she walked inside. She was greeted by Darien at the front door. He swooped her off her feet without a word, causing her to drop her bags, and he carried over to the couch. "Oh Darien!" She playfully called out to him. He just smiled and kissed her. "What is this for?" "Just wanted to finish what we started this morning." He kissed her again and again. "Darien, I would love to continue this but… we really have to get ready for dinner tonight. We are going to a very nice restaurant, and I have to have at least an hour to get ready." She kissed him one last time and got up from the couch. "Ok then, go on and get ready, I will be back in a few minutes. I have to go and get something I left." He stood and kissed the groove in her neck softly and walked out of the door. Serina walked into her room after grabbing her bags of clothes and stuff. She grabbed her dress, slip, shoes, and makeup and walked into the bathroom, and jumped into the shower. Darien drove out to the jewelry store and started looking for the perfect gift for Serina. He passed up the watches, and the earrings, and stopped at the necklaces. His eyes stopped at a beautiful gold chain with a solitary diamond teardrop, encased in a ring of sapphires and rubies. It was large, but also fairly small. He knew she already had a pearl necklace that was next to the one he was looking at and also just a plain sapphire one as well. "May I help you sir?" Darien looked up and saw the sales lady standing before him. She was fairly old, but looked in her thirties. "Um…well I was just looking for a present for my girlfriend." "Well, do you know what she is into?" Darien thought for a moment. "She is into stars and moons, do you have anything like that?" The lady nodded and walked to the back of the store. When she came back she held a golden necklace with a crescent moon pendent hanging from it, which was made of small diamonds. "Do you like this?" She asked while setting it on the counter. He nodded his head. "Magnificent, just like her." He smiled. "We do have a matching bracelet too, would you like to see it?" He nodded and she retrieved it. It looked just like the necklace, but it had three moons instead of only one. "I'll take them." He said while pulling out his wallet. "Very well, I know that a young woman will miss them, but I am sure your girlfriend will be happy." He looked up at her. "Yes, a young lady, about twenty or so, she came in today and couldn't keep her eyes off them." "Did she have a few friends with her, more like five?" The sales lady nodded. "And wonderfully long blond hair?" She nodded once again. "Most beautiful blue eyes you have ever seen?" She smiled and laughed. "I take it that these will not be going too far then." He shook his head. "So how long have you known her?" "All my life." He said as he pulled out his credit card. "So you have been together with her for a long time." He shook his head. "Only a week already." He saw her face, which was a little shocked. She rang the things up and gave him the bag after putting them into a box. "Have a good day." She said as he walked out of the door. "You too." He called back at her, and walked to his car. He drove back to the cabin with a huge smile on his face. "Allison, will you please hurry up, I need to get ready too." John knocked at the bathroom door. "John, shut up, you don't need a mirror to see what you are doing. Go get ready somewhere else. You know perfectly well that I take a while to get ready." "Yes, I know that." "So then BUG OFF!" John jumped off his feet at the shout. "FINE!" He stomped off to his room and slammed the door. "YOU'RE SUCH A BITCH ALLISON!" "WELL I DON'T GO AROUND SLEEPING WITH OTHER GIRLS, UNLIKE YOU! YOU ARE TWO-TIMING SON OF A BITCH!" She shouted as he slammed the cabin door. "Did you hear that Josh?" He nodded and looked sadly at Renee. "We all knew that this would happen to one of us sometime, sorry it had to be them though." He took his girlfriend into his arms as she cried for her friend. Darien walked into the bathroom and over to Serina, who was sitting on a stool doing her hair. She had on a silky white slip and half of her hair was already in rollers. She turned to him when he walked in and smiled. "Hi honey." He bent down and gave her a small kiss. "Oh Darien, your tux was dropped off, I put it in your room." She said while continuing to roll her hair. "Thanks." He stood and walked out of the bathroom and too his room. He put on his tux, which was all black except for the white undershirt, and fixed his hair. He grabbed his small shopping bag and slipped the boxes into his jacket pocket and smiled. He looked at himself in the mirror and straitened out his jacket. "Darien! What time is it?" He looked down at his watch. "Half past 6, why?" He made his way back to the bathroom where she was. "Dinner is at 7." She started to panic. "There is no way I will be ready by then." Darien calmly walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed her cheek and smiled. "Sure you will. You just do your makeup, and I got your hair." She nodded, when they were younger; Darien did her hair before dancing competitions. He finished rolling her hair and after a few moments he pulled them out. He slightly combed out the curls, and then sprayed them. He grabbed a small clip and pulled up the sides of her hair and clipped them, leaving a few strands out in the front. She smiled at his work on her hair. "Wonderful." She had her makeup done and all she had left was her dress to put on. "You're a life saver." She tilted her head back and kissed him. "Yes, I am. But you still need your dress." "Could you grab it for me, it is right there on the door." He grabbed the royal blue dress and handed it to her. "Thanks, now turn around so I can drop the slip." He did so and she put on the sleeveless dress. "Ok." He turned back around and zipped the back of the dress up for her. She put on her high heel shoes, which made her not too much shorter then Darien, and grabbed her new, blue purse. "Your missing something." She looked down at her attire. "What am I missing?" He reached into his pocket and pulled out the black velvet box and handed it to her. "This." She opened it and her mouth dropped open. She took out the necklace and bracelet. "Here, allow me." He put them on for her and turned her to face the mirror. "Darien, they are beautiful." She smiled and turned around. "Thank you." She hugged him lightly and grabbed his hand and interlocked it with hers. "We need to get going." She pulled him behind her as she walked him to her room. She grabbed her new full-length coat and Darien helped to put it on her. "You look marvelous." "So do you." She checked him out in his tux. "Remind me to thank you some more later." She winked at him and walked out of the room, leaving him there. "Darien, are you coming?" She called from the living room. "On my way!" He ran out to her. The limo was outside the cabins and the chauffeur was out in front waiting for everyone to arrive. Darien escorted Serina into the back seat and they scooted next to Allison and John, who still seemed to be feuding. "Allison, you look lovely tonight." Darien said as he saw her long red dress. She smiled. "Thank you Darien." She turned to John. "At least someone appreciates people getting dressed up." She said harshly. It made Darien cringe, he knew all to well that when a girl does that that they were in major trouble. John looked over to Darien for help. "Um…Look Allison, I want you to have fun tonight, and I would hate if you didn't because of me." He tried to give her a puppy dogface, but it didn't work. "It is not working John, try it on someone else." Darien just shrugged his shoulder, not knowing how to help out his friend. "Fine, well give me a moment, I will thank of something soon." He sat and looked out the window, then looked over at his girlfriend. "Allison?" She turned to him. "Wha-" She was stopped by his lips to hers. When they broke the kiss off, John just looked at her. "Didn't work John, your kisses will never work again." She looked over at Darien, who threw his hands up. "Sere, I love your necklace, where did you get it?" "Oh, Darien got it for me, isn't it lovely." She smiled and touched it. But her smiled faded when Allison hit John. "Why don't you ever get me anything?" John just looked at her in horror. "I do, who do you think gave you those earrings? The Easter bunny?" "Oh yeah, sorry." Serina and Darien just laughed. Darien reached into the bar and pulled out a small bottle of Jack Daniels. "I think you might need this buddy." He handed it over to John, who very much appreciated it. "Darien, is there a wine cooler in there?" He nodded and handed Serina a strawberry wine cooler after opening it for her. A little later Tracy and Kyle, then Lindsay and James joined them, and finally Renee and Josh showed up. They arrived at the restaurant, which was by the ocean, and they walked in. They stopped at the front entrance and waited for the hostess. "Welcome, you must be the Stevens' party." Serina nodded. The hostess was fairly young, and looked more like a guy than a girl. "If you would please follow me, I will show you to your seats." They followed with Serina and Darien leading the group. They sat down at a large rectangle table and received their menus. "Thank you." Serina said as she was given a glass of water. "What would you like to drink? Anything besides water?" Asked the waitress. "I'll have a rum and coke please." Darien asked when she got to him. Everyone else just had non-alcoholic drinks. When the waiter left Serina glared at Darien. "What?" "You know you are not suppose to have that." "No, I can, it is just not advised." He smiled at her and his smiles just made Serina go weak at the knees. "Fine, but no more." She warned him. "Um Darien, I know how much you are enjoying playing footsie with me, but I don't think Serina will like it." Renee told him quietly, even though Serina still heard. She just smiled and laughed as Darien's face got redder and redder. "Where is my drink when I need it." Serina just brushed the hair that fell into his eyes and smiled. "You are just so adorable when you blush." She giggled a little at him. The waiter arrived with the drinks and Darien wasted no time in taking a sip of his. When he set it down Serina grabbed it and took a sip as well. They ordered their food and passed up their menus. Most of them ordered the duck, except for Darien and Serina who ordered the seasoned chicken. Time flew by while they all ate and chatted to each other. After dinner the couples split up and walked the beach. Darien and Serina walked around the beach and when they heard yelling they watched Allison and John fight. Darien tightened his grip on her hand and gave her a weak smile. "I'm sorry Serina, I know how much you care for them." She looked up at him with small tears in her eyes. "It's ok, I just never figured that they would fall apart, I mean, they were so happy for all these years, I don't know why the sudden change." Tears began to stream down her face but were stopped by the back of Darien's hand. "Shh." He put his finger on her lips. Her eyes met his as he tipped her head back. "Just remember, it won't happen to us." And with that he kissed her. Once they did, Allison, Renee, Lindsay, and Tracy turned to watch the couple and they all sighed. They knew in their hearts that they would be together forever. "Oh Darien, why are you so good to me?" She looked up into his eyes. "Because I love you Sere." He lifted her into his arms and kissed her once more, then returned to the limo to go home. On the ride home Serina fell asleep in Darien's arms. "Darien, you better take care of my sister, or I will come after you. That is a promise." "No problem buddy, I will." Darien looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms and couldn't help but smile. "Not a problem at all." They pulled up in front of the cabins and everyone got out before Serina and Darien. Darien carefully set Serina down on the seat and eased out of the car. He then slowly lifted her out and carried her to her room. He then slipped off her dress and put a pair of pajamas on her then slipped her into the bed. He kissed her goodnight and left her to sleep. "Kyle, how long do you think it will take Darien to propose to Sere?" Tracy looked over at her fiancée. "I give him about a month, but it will probably be less. Why?" "I don't know, it just seems so natural for them to be together, kind of like us." She smiled and walked over to Kyle and sat in his lap. She looked down at her left ring finger and watched her ring shine in the light. "So when do you think we should tell them about our little engagement?" "Tell them whenever you want to love." He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her softly. "Come on, lets go to bed." With that he took her hand and led her to their room. The next morning Serina woke up with a slight headache. She slowly got out of bed and walked to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of aspirin from the cabinet. Darien walked in the room after she did and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close to him. "Darien, don't please, I don't feel too good." She said and walked out of his arms. She grabbed a cup of water and took her pills. "What's wrong?" He asked as he felt her head. "You are a little warm, perhaps you should go lie down for a little longer." "No, I will be fine after the medicine kicks in." She finished off her water and kissed Darien's cheek. "I'm just going to go take my shower now." "Ok." He watched as she slowly walked to the bathroom with a light blue towel and her robe. Once she got into the bathroom she got in the shower and turned on the water. It wasn't even five minutes before there was a knock on the bathroom door. She poked her head out of the curtain and listened again. "Yes?" She called out, unsure what the person wanted. "Sere, is it ok if I come in for a minute?" Darien asked while leaning against the door. "Um…Sure, I don't care." She closed the curtain as he opened the door. He walked in and sat on the counter. "So, what did you need Darien?" "Oh, nothing much, just wanted to see if you would let me in, that is all." She looked out at him. "I'm just kidding, I was worried about you. Are you sure you are ok?" "Yes, I am fine. Now if you just sit tight, and let me finish rinsing my hair then I can come out." He did, and less then two minutes later a small, soft hand reached out and grabbed her towel. Then the robe was grabbed and the Serina came out. Her hair was wrapped up in the towel and she wore her robe. She looked over at Darien, whose mouth was wide open. "Darien? Are you okay?" She asked while laughing a bit. "If I say no, will you make me all better?" She smiled and walked over to him. "Of coarse I will, I am not that cold hearted, am I?" He shook his head and pulled her closer to him. "Now I cant let you down now, I know you want something from me, and I am perfectly willing to give you it too." She looked down between his legs and saw a little 'tent.' Darien just smiled in embarrassment. "Don't be shy, I'm not." With that she kissed him, hard and deep. Darien hopped off the counter and took her closer into his arms. With her lips still with his, he carried her out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. Serina was gently put down on the bed, and she sneakily scooted back to the top of the bed as Darien followed her hungrily. She unwrapped her hair letting it fall onto the bed. He slowly reached her and untied her robe, letting it fall on the bed. "You are beautiful Sere." He said under his breath. She smiled and simply said… "I know." She then pulled him on top of her and began to kiss him wildly. Suddenly she stopped and pulled her robe up to hide herself. "Darien, I know you are my best friend, but you have only three seconds to get off my sister before nobody will be able to recognize you!" Josh stated as he walked over to the bed with a frown on his face. Darien quickly jumped off of Serina and nervously laughed. "Josh, quit being a jerk and leave me and Darien alone! I don't come and bug you when you are fucking my best friend now do I! No I don't, so why don't you get the hell out, I have some unfinished business to take care of." She slipped on her robe and angrily pushed Josh out of the door. "Serina, take it easy." Darien said as he walked closer to Serina, who was fuming at the door. "Darien, I don't know what has gotten into me, I don't know why I am so…so…mad." She cried out as she sunk down to the floor with tears in her eyes. Darien sat next to her and placed his arm around her in a protective, loving way. "Sere, just don't think about it and you wont be. And you know what, I am really ok with Josh walking in here like he did. He had every right to." She quickly turned to him. "How do you figure?" "Well, you are his sister Sere, he loves and cares for you just like a brother should." He kissed her head. "I know that if I was your brother and walked in on what he did, I wouldn't have even given a warning, I would have pounded the guy without a single word." Serina smiled up at him and wiped away her tears. "I almost like this jealous side of you Darien, just don't let it get too out of control." Darien stood up and helped her to her feet. "Me? Jealous? Never!" He took her into his arms and smiled. "I have to go have a little chat with Josh, you get dressed like a good little girl." Before he left he turned back to her. "Oh, and good little girls wear very short skirts, and halter tops." He winked at her and left the room. Serina just rolled her eyes and searched through her bags for what he wanted. Darien walked out to the living room and sat next to his best friend, whom had his hands tied up in his hair with frustration. He looked up at Darien when he sat down. Josh looked like he hadn't slept in days. He was so upset with himself. "Look bud, I am sorry I busted in on you and all that." Darien shook his head. "No man, it is me who should be apologizing, I never should have even thought of…you know." Josh smiled. "Sleeping with my sister?" "I prefer the term 'making love' better, but sleeping is ok." Josh just rolled his eyes. "You are so corny Darien, I don't know how Serina puts up with all the dumb things you say." "Me either." They both laughed. "So we are cool then?" Josh nodded his head. "Great." He smiled at his best friend and patted him on the shoulder. "Hey Dare, where is Sere anyway?" "I don't know, let me go check to see if she is ok, she wasn't feeling too good this morning." He stood up and walked over to the bedroom and quietly knocked on the door then entered. He looked around and saw nobody. He walked in and closed the door, and when he did he was quickly grabbed and thrown on the bed. "Whoa!" He called out before Serina's lips met his. She had on her black mini skirt and a very low cut button down shirt that only had one button buttoned. She quickly forced him more onto the bed and slowly crept on top of him, straddling him between her legs. "Serina, what has gotten into you?" Darien asked in between kisses. "I don't know, but do you like it?" He nodded vigorously. "Very much so." She smiled and kissed him some more. "Good, cause I am not going to give up." She rolled him over on top of her and Darien proceeded to kiss her. He stopped when he heard the front door open. "Josh must be leaving." "It is about time." She smiled up at him and they waited to hear the door shut then proceeded with their previous engagement. The phone ringing interrupted them. "Hello?" Darien picked up the phone. "Oh my god…is she ok…Ok, we will be down in a few minutes." Darien hung up the phone and looked over at Serina. "What is it Darien?" "Allison was found in her car on the side of the road, she drank herself unconscious. Right now she is in the emergency room…they don't know if she is going to make it." He said as he pulled her close to him. Tears began to fall down her face and she started to shake. "How…how could this ha…happen?" Darien kissed her head. "I don't know, but we need to get down to the hospital." He got out of bed and pulled his pants on over his boxers he had on. Serina just put on a pair of pants, and a plain white shirt. Darien grabbed his shoes and put them on. He handed Serina hers and walked out of the room with Serina right behind him. Darien grabbed Serina's purse and his keys and they walked out of the house. With Serina still crying, he helped her in the car. John sat in the waiting area of the emergency room. It a large, white room with benches and a few chairs by the walls. He stared at the glowing sign above the two large doors, EMERGENCY. He ran his fingers threw his hair and sighed. If only I could have kept to myself. Renee, Josh, Lindsay, James, Tracy and Kyle all walked into the ER. They were all silent, and sat across the room. When Renee saw Serina and Darien turn the corner she ran. She hugged her best friend for dear life. It just made Serina cry more. "Will she be ok?" Serina asked into Renee's hair. "I don't know Sere." They pulled away from each other and looked over at John who sat by himself. He could feel their eyes on him and looked up. "It is his fault!" Serina yelled as she ran toward him. Darien ran after her and didn't catch her until after she tackled John. "What did you do to her?" She yelled as she tried to kick him from in Darien's arms. "Serina, calm down. I am sure he knows what happened, but you have to give him a time to explain." Darien soothed her down. They all looked at John. The rest of the guys joined Serina and Darien. "I…I…I don't know how to explain it." He blurted out. "Well you better try!" John looked at the angry mob that surrounded him. They all stared at him and Darien still held Serina back from beating him. He looked down at the floor. "She said she was going to go away for a while. I got pissed off and I went into town, and brought home someone else." He looked up at the group. "You slept with another girl!" Serina yelled. "You slept with another girl, and let her catch you!" "I didn't think she was going to come home. Before I knew it she was gone and when I found her she was passed out in the car on the side of the road." He said with shaky voice. "It isn't my fault she couldn't take it." Before he knew it, Serina broke out of Darien's arms and slugged him in the eye. "AH, You bitch!" John snapped up and glared at Serina. "Don't you call Serina a bitch!" Darien yelled. He tried to go forward but Josh held him back. When he got out of that Kyle, James and Josh held him back. "What, you wanna piece of me too Darien! You can't handle that the little slut of yours can hit better then you?" That pissed of Josh and he let go of Darien and punched John in the stomach. "Hey! Break it up!" Called the hospital police. They ran over to the fight and pulled out John, Josh, and Darien. "You are all under arrest." They cuffed the three guys and started to walk away with them. "Darien!" He looked back at Serina and faintly smiled. "Don't worry, I will get you out of there." "No, stay here with the girls, I will be fine." He said before being pulled out of the doors. Once the guys were gone the doctor came out and talked to the girls and the last two guys that were there. "How is she?" Serina asked. "She is going to make it. We had to pump her stomach three times, because we couldn't get it all. She should be able to leave within the next two days." "Thank you doctor." He nodded and walked back into the ER. The prison doors opened as the guard walked into Darien and Josh's cell. It was small with two small benches. It was just the holding center of new comers, or people who would not be staying very long. John was in the cell next to them. "Ok boys, you may go." The Santa clause wanna be said as he moved out of their way. Behind him came Serina and Renee, each smiled as they saw the boys. Darien and Josh walked out to the girls and embraced them. The girls laughed and kissed their boyfriends softly. "Hold on a sec Dare." She moved past the group to the guard. "Ok let him out." The guard opened John's cell and allowed Serina to enter. She pulled out an envelope from her purse and handed it to John. "I want you to go back home. Don't worry about Allison, she will be better off with us." She turned around and left with the rest of her 'real' friends. Serina walked along side Darien with her arm locked with his. They all walked out to Serina's rental car and Serina unlocked it. Darien tried to grab the keys away from her but she simply kissed his cheek and shook her head. She laughed a little when Renee got in the passenger side and made the boys sit in the back. "How is Allison?" Darien asked Serina. "She is fine, the doctor made us go home, so we decided to get you two out of jail. You are lucky that all the guard wanted was a blow job, or you would be stuck in there." Darien's jaw dropped as his face turned red with anger. "Chill out Dear, I am only kidding. He was going to let you go anyways." Josh laughed at his friend; he never took Sere seriously when it came to that sort of thing. "I was going to say, you would give St. Nick a blow job and not me? Don't sound to good." Serina just laughed. "If you wanted one, all you had to do was ask." She turned around and winked at Darien when they stopped at the red light. Renee and Josh just laughed at the two. They got back to the cabins at around midnight and they all got out of the car. Renee and Josh began walking to their cabin before Serina stopped them. "Hey, I would like to sleep tonight so be a little quieter in bed." Serina winked at them as they just brushed her off. Serina couldn't help but laugh. She turned around and slammed into Darien. "Sorry Darien." She started to walk into the cabin before she was stopped by Darien picking her up. "Darien!" She shrieked as he carried her into the cabin.