Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Two and a half weeks later… Tracy looked down at her engagement ring again. After two weeks she still hasn't gotten use to it being there. She sat on the couch waiting for the rest of the girls to come over. They were all going to start planning her wedding. "Tracy, you in here?" "Yeah, in here." Allison walked into the cabin and walked over to the couch where Tracy was sitting. She recovered from her accident within two days like the doctor said. When she got out of the hospital she called up John and dumped him over the phone. She has been staying with Lindsay and James and they let some other people stay in her cabin since she didn't want to be alone. "Do you know when the rest of the girls are going to be here?" Tracy shook her head. "All I know is that Serina is going to be late due to some 'unexpected plans'." The girls laughed, figuring it was with Darien. "So, How is Danny coming along?" "Good, we are going out on Friday night. Already I can tell he is much more sincere then John will ever be." Allison met Danny at dinner one night. He was their server and asked her number. It was right after she got out of the hospital and she told him that she didn't want to give it out just yet. The next day she saw him again and he insisted on her number so she gave it to him. They have already gone out on four dates. "It is great that you have found someone new, it will keep your mind off of that scum bag." Tracy smiled at her friend. There was a knock on the door and Renee walked inside. She had on casual clothes, and for her it casual was a pair of short shorts and a tank top. She pulled her hair into a bun and let two pieces out on each side. "Where is Sere? I thought she would be here by now." The other girls shook their head. "No, she is detained for the moment." Tracy replied. Serina sat on the edge of her bed with her hair pulled back loosely and wore a pair of overalls and a pink shirt. She stared at a picture of Darien that she just got back from the store. He was holding her by his side and smiling next to Allison when she got out of the hospital. She remembered that he gave Allison a large arrangement of flowers and stole one from it and gave it to her. "Serina, don't you have to go over to Tracy's to plan her wedding?" She looked up at Darien and nodded her head. "So why are you not there?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Serina what's wrong?" He sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. "I'm just thinking about stuff." "Like?" He pulled her closer to him and kissed her head. "Like why you won't make love to me." He pulled back from her a little and looked at her. "I mean, we have really been living in the same cabin for almost a month now and we have been close many times, but you always stop. Why? I would figure you would want to. I was told once you had it you want it more and more." He turned her body to face him. "That is probably true, but that's the thing, I wouldn't know. Serina, I have never slept with anyone before-" "What about Stephanie?" "No, I just got drunk and ended up in her bed, I didn't do anything, we just passed out. Nothing happened, Josh just jumped to conclusions, and I didn't really want to say I didn't so I didn't say anything." He looked into her eyes. "I love you Serina, and I want it to be special with you. I don't want to just have it be a night of fun, I want it to be romantic and full of love." She smiled at him and leaned in to kiss him. "Thank you Darien, You are so romantic." She closed the gap and kissed him. She pulled away and slapped his thigh. "Well, I have to head over to Tracy's before she gets mad." She stood and walked out of the door. The kitchen table was full of magazines, brochures, and other papers. Lindsay, Tracy, Allison and Renee all sat around it with a tablet of paper and a pen. Lindsay was working on the decorations; Renee and Allison were working on dresses, and Tracy was working on the guest list. None of them really talked about anything special. "Hey girls, how much have you done?" Serina asked as she walked into the door. They all looked up at Serina as she walked toward the table. "Not to much, care to join?" Renee asked as she handed her a tablet and a pen. "You can work on the hair styles or something." "Aw, just what I wanted to do." Serina said as she rolled her eyes. "So do we have a date yet?" "Yeah, next month, on the 12th." Tracy replied with a smile. "Now that we are all here, I have another announcement to make." The girls looked over at the grinning bride to be. "I'm pregnant!" She exclaimed. "Oh, that is wonderful news!" Serina yelled as she hugged her friend. The rest of the gang was right behind Serina. "Have you told Kyle yet?" Tracy shook her head. "I wanted to tell him tonight. I just found out yesterday. The doctor says that I am already five weeks in." Serina cocked her head and looked at her. "Five weeks ago was my birthday." Tracy smiled and nodded her head. "You had sex on my birthday?" All the girls laughed and nodded their head. "All of you had sex on my birthday and not me, something is wrong with this picture." "Sere, I thought for sure that you would have given it up by now." Serina shook her head at her best friend. "No, Darien won't let me. I'm beginning to think if I want to get laid then I need to do it in his sleep." Renee just laughed. "I thought Darien would be happy to give it to you." Serina looked over at Tracy and shook her head. "No, he wants our and his first time to be-" "Whoa, you mean Darien is a VIRGIN?" Serina covered Renee's mouth. "Yes, but I don't want you to tell anyone, not even my brother. Is that clear?" Renee nodded her head and Serina let her go. "Good, now lets get off my non existent sex life and get back to work." The girls just snickered as they went back to work. Lindsay walked into her cabin and turned on the light. She set her keys and purse on the counter and walked into her room. When she opened the door she saw candles lit across the dresser and the floor. There were rose petals on the bed where James was sitting. James had on a black tuxedo without the coat and held a rose in his hands, spinning it in his fingers. When he saw her in the doorway he got out of the bed and walked over to her. Before she knew what he was doing he was down on one knee with a small box in his hands. "Don't say anything yet, wait until I am done." James took a deep breath and looked up into her eyes. "We have been dating since the ninth grade and everyone said we would never last, that it was just puppy love. I had no idea and neither did you that we would be together for this long. We have been through rough times and always pulled through it. I want to be with you till the day I die and for much longer then that. What I am trying to say is…" He opened the small box revealing a large diamond ring. "Lindsay, will you marry me?" She stood there looking down at the ring then at him, back and forth. "YES!" She finally blurted out and jumped into his arms. The fell to the floor kissing and at the same time James slipped the ring on her finger, perfect fit. "Oh James, I love you!" "I love you too." He held her in his arms and refused to release her. "Darien, I'm going to the store real quick. You need anything?" Serina asked from the living room. "Yeah, could you pick up some more grapes, and some blueberries." He called out from his room. "Blueberries? What do you need those for?" "I happen to like blueberries." He said as he walked out of his room. Serina stopped walking and looked over at Darien who was walking toward her. He had on only a pair of black boxers. "Something wrong honey?" He asked as he wrapped his arms around her. "Um…um…no, of course not…w…why would…why would you ask if…if…if something was wrong?" She finally got out. She noticed before, but not this much. Without a shirt on he looked so sexy. "Ok then." He said while giggling a little. "You go on to the store." He smacked her butt and let her go. She just raised an eyebrow at his action. "I would do something, like slap you upside the head, but you are too damn cute right now." She picked up her keys and purse. "Now quit teasing me, either you have clothes on or none on when I come home." She winked and walked out the door. Darien watched his love walk out of the cabin and he sighed. He sat down on the nearest chair and thought back to when they were little. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Darien, why do you always play with Josh, it's not fair." She whined when he walked in the house. "Serina, he is my best friend, besides, I hang out with you every night at dance practice." She still didn't smile. "Ok, maybe if we talk to Josh, he will let you come to the game with us." She smiled and jumped into his arms. "Thank you Darien." He smiled and returned the hug. "You are the greatest." She kissed his cheek for the first time and smiled. "I am huh?" She laughed and playfully punched his arm. "Hey Dare, I never knew you had the hotts for my sister. If I knew that I would have hooked you up long time ago." Josh came down the stairs smiling. Serina was still in his arms. "Shh, I wanted to keep it a secret." They all laughed, and only Darien knew it was true. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien smiled at the thought when he first realized his feelings for Sere. Later that day he told Josh, and he was cool about the whole thing. But he never told Serina, at least not until a month or so ago. "Oh Serina, why do I love you so much?" He asked himself as he started to walk back to his room. Before he reached his bedroom door there was a knock on the door. He quickly walked to the door and opened it. "Lindsay, what can I do for you?" "Where is Serina?" She said energetically. Darien moved out of the way, letting her enter the cabin. "She went to the store, is there something that you needed?" He asked while showing her to the living room. "Oh Darien, James proposed!" She was smiling from ear to ear. "Congratulations Lindsay, I wish you the best of the luck." She walked over to Darien and gave him a hug; he happily returned the hug with a smile. "Thank you." She let go and looked up at him. "When Sere gets home, could you tell her to come see me?" Darien nodded his head. "Thanks." She walked out of the cabin and skipped back to James. Serina walked into the darkened cabin and turned on the kitchen light as she started to unload the groceries. She grabbed the grapes out of the plastic bag and rinsed them off and put them in a small bowl after taking them off the stem. She put the blueberries, which Darien wanted, in the drawer of the refrigerator. She put away the ice cream, bread, milk, eggs, and bacon then threw away the bags. She took out a bottle of water and the bowl of grapes and went out into the living room. As she ate the grapes she turned on some soft music, or as Darien would say, elevator music and laid her head on the pillow on the couch. She started to close her eyes when the front door opened. She sat up and looked over at Darien, who had a large arrangement of flowers and his tuxedo that was at the cleaners. "Hi honey, sorry I wasn't home when you got here." He said while walking up to her and placing a small kiss on her head. "I had to go pick up some stuff from the cleaners." He handed her the arrangement of flowers. "I found these on the front steps, I don't know who they are from since there is no card." He paused. "Hang on a sec, I'll be right back." "Ok." She watched him go into his room with the tux and she looked around the flowers to find the card. With a smile she reached on the bottom and pulled out a small piece of paper. Serina, just wanted to say I love you. Love always, Darien. Serina smiled and set the flowers on the table and walked over to Darien's room. Serina silently opened his bedroom door and walked in as he was about to put on a new shirt. She walked over to him and took the clean shirt out of his hands and dropped it on the floor. "Wha-" She stopped him with a small kiss; she ran her hands softly down his bare chest and smiled. She walked closer to him and pressed her body to his as she pulled him down for a kiss. Their lips met slowly and Serina coxed him to open his mouth for her, although it didn't take much. He wrapped his arms around her waist as she slid her arms behind his head. "Darien, I love you." She said as they broke their kiss. He wrapped her up in his arms again and kissed her softly. "I love you too." She smiled at him and slowly backed him up until they reached the bed. Darien was pushed lovingly onto the bed and Serina straddled his legs still kissing him. "Are you sure you want to do this Sere?" She nodded. "I want it more then anything." She sat up and lifted her arms as Darien eased her shirt above her head, and kissed a trail up her neck. She let out a small gasp as he sucked on the softest spot on her neck. "UH!" She gasped as he slid his hand up her thigh. She interlocked her hands with his as she kissed him again. "Serina?" Renee called from the front door. There was no answer. She quietly walked toward the bedrooms but stopped when she heard hard breathing in Darien's room. She smiled and slinked her way out of the house without making a sound. Josh was standing outside on the front porch looking out at the ocean. Renee and him were going to go swimming and he sent Renee to get the two. He smiled as he saw his girlfriend come back out with a huge grin. "They won't be coming, they are too busy at the moment." She winked at him as his eyes grew wide. "Don't overreact Josh, let them be." She warned as he started to barge into the cabin. "Don't tell me to not overreact, she is my sister!" He walked into the doorway but was stopped by a hard grip on his arm. "They are in LOVE!" Josh stopped moving and turned to face her, tears in his eyes and in hers. "Josh, they love each other, don't make it hard for them. They want to show their love to each other the best way they can." She pulled him closer to her as she hugged him. "It is both of their first times, they don't need it to be ruined by you." When she said that she immediately covered her mouth. Serina told me not to tell anyone at all, and I blew it already. She looked up at Josh, who was now smiling. "Huh?" He started to laugh at her then. "What?" "It's just…Darien hasn't slept with anyone?" Renee shook her head. "Oh, that is great, now I have something on him." He started to laugh again. "Josh you are such a jerk!" With that Renee stormed off the porch and ran to her cabin. "Man, now I am in the dog house." He said as he ran after her. Serina opened her tired eyes and stared down at the bare body next to her. A bright smile lit up her face as she thought back to what happened between them. She kissed his head and got out of bed and picked up her clothes that flew around the room just two hours ago. A small gasp caused her to turn around and see Darien sitting up in the bed, watching her every move. "Hey sexy!" Serina giggled and walked over to him seductively. She climbed onto the bed and slowly scooted over to him on her hands and knees. "Hey baby." She said when her lips were less then an inch away. Darien groaned as she just kept her place so close to him. "Are you going to kiss me or wh-" He closed the gap between them and slid his hand around her waist, pulling her down beside him. "You were saying?" He looked at her with a cocky grin. She just smiled and leaned over him. She then sat up and ran her fingers along his face and chest. "I could always leave you lying there with your mouth open." He shook his head over and over, but was stopped by a kiss. "OR I could stay by your side all day and night and NEVER let you go." He kissed her deeply. "I like that one better." She smiled and lied next to him and wrapped her arm around his stomach and kissed his chest. "I knew you would." She said as she climbed on top of him and kissed him fully. "Oh Lindsay, it is so great! Now you and Tracy are getting married." Serina exclaimed happily. Darien finally told her that Lindsay came by and wanted her to visit. And after Serina got dressed she ran straight over to Lindsay's cabin. "I know, Tracy already suggested a double wedding on the beach." She glanced down at her hands. "I thought it would be really great if we all had a wedding together, but I don't think it would happen." "Why not?" Lindsay lifted her head and looked at Serina. "Well, for one, you and Renee are not engaged, and Allison just broke up with her boyfriend." She had to smile, Serina was a blond and had her moments sometimes. "Oh yeah." Serina said sheepishly. Lindsay smiled brightly as she looked down at her finger again. "If you don't stop that I might get jealous." "Oh, but you already are my dear." The girls laughed. "We are all going out to dinner tonight, I don't know if you and Darien were told." Serina nodded her head. "Ok, well be ready by eight o'clock." Lindsay grabbed her cup and put it in the sink next to the other dishes. "Ok I will, but anyway I have to go find something to wear and I doubt that Darien will let me have much time, or mess it up after I am ready-" She was interrupted by a broken glass. "What happened?" Serina rushed to Lindsay's side when she saw her arm bleeding. "I…I…I don't know." She stammered out. Serina quickly grabbed a towel and got it wet. She placed it on the cut and pressed hard. "You will be fine. Just stay here and hold the towel on." Serina left and came back with some bandages. She sat Lindsay down on a chair in the kitchen and lifted up the towel; the cut was pretty deep, but not too deep for stitches. "Serina, I'm scared." Lindsay was in an accident once and was cut on her wrist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The car swerved in order to avoid the black dog that ran out into the road. The brakes screeched as the tires skidded along the unpaved road and the car ran straight into the side of the mountain. Lindsay was in the passenger side of the car and when it flipped she was thrown under the steering wheel. Darien was in a near by car saw the accident and he called the hospital then went out to help. The driver was dead, and Lindsay had glass all over her. Darien saw the large cut on her wrist and quickly pulled her out from under the dashboard and tried to pull out the driver, but the car blew up before he could. Lindsay was helpless; she was shaking and loosing blood fast. Darien quickly ran to his car and pulled out a piece of rope and a towel. He wrapped the towel around her wrist and tied it tight with the rope. "You are going to be all right Lindsay, I promise." Then she blacked out. Since then she has been afraid of any kind of blood, or cut. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serina put butterfly tape on the wound and carefully bandaged it. When she was done she gave her friend a warm smile and helped her to bed. She quietly walked out of the cabin and out to the pier. She stood on the pier watching the moon and the ocean. A cool breeze brushed her long blond hair. She wore a short yellow skirt and a black tank top. Her arms were crossed around her chest. She had now been there for an hour; just watching the waves come and go. There was a noise behind her and she felt a jacket being put on her. She felt strong hands rub her arms causing the cold to vanish. She knew who it was already, so she didn't have to even turn around. "How did you find me Darien?" She smiled and turned round to face him. She looked into his baby blue eyes intently. "What do you mean? You are always out here." He kissed her head and wrapped his arms around her. "So, what happened at Lindsay's? I heard she cut herself." Serina nodded her head. "Yeah, she got really scared. I still have a hard time believing that she could have died that day." She looked up solemnly into Darien's shinning blue eyes. "I know, believe me, I know." He pulled her tighter into his arms. "Hey, why don't we forget about the whole group thing and just me and you go out?" Serina nodded. "I'll go and call Renee and tell her the deal." She let go of him and walked back to the cabin.

Renee saw Serina walk into the cabin and followed her. She walked up behind her best friend and touched her shoulder softly, causing Serina to spin, her hair hitting Renee in the face. "Whoa, watch it Sere!" She yelped as she stepped back a bit. "I'm sorry Renee, you just scared me a bit." Serina and Renee walked out to the living room and sat down. "I was just about to call you." "I figured you would." Serina looked at her friend. "What do you mean?" "You know, Josh isn't very happy about you sleeping with Darien." Serina's mouth dropped and eyes widened. "WHAT!"

*Cliffhanger*