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Chapter 1
"OHMEGOD! OHMEGOD!!! Miss Haruna is gonna kill me if I'm late again this week. Oh my god!!! Ahhhhhh......."
Serena fell flat on her face. "Ouch....Oh god, I'm still late!!!"
A malicious voice right above her spoke. "I see you keep in touch with you best friend, the sidewalk."
"Shut-up, Darien!" replied a disgruntled Serena without even looking up.
In a fake shocked voice Darien said, "Hey Meatball Head! Howja know it was me?"
"Well, you see Darien, I keep a list of the voices of all the retards in town, and...well, so far, you're the only one on the list." Serena tried to resist a giggle.
Darien rolled his eyes and with a scornful voice he retorted, "Then I suppose the next time you hear your voice, you'll have to add your name to the list."
Serena's eyes were full of tears. "Just....just leave me alone!" she cried. With that, Serena whipped around and ran all the way to school, whimpering. Her hair in the usual meatball style was dragging on the ground.
`Maybe you hurt her feelings, Dare.' thought Darien in his mind. `Ya think!!!' Darien shrugged off his thoughts and headed to the Crown Arcade to get his usual morning cup of coffee.
`Man, this day so far has definitely been bad. Very bad. First, Luna didn't wake me up this morning. She said she wanted me to get some rest after killing that Negaverse scum last night. Yeah, right! Luna was probably out catching mice or something. So I was late. Then I bumped into that jerk, Darien. Besides, it was the first day of summer school and Ms. Haruna yelled at me for being late, summer school was horrible, and here I am at the Crown Arcade. Things CANNOT get worse than this.'
Serena's thoughts quickly came to a halt when a voice yelled, "Hey, Meatball Head!" `Spoke too soon!' Serena groaned. `What is he doing here??? Things were supposed to get better today, not worse.' Serena sighed and headed towards the counter where Andrew and Darien were talking. She heard parts of their conversation as she approached them.
"Of course I don't!" exclaimed Darien.
"Come on, you can tell your best friend. I bet she likes you, too." Andrew asserted.
"A-hem!!!" Serena cleared her throat.
"Oh hi, Serena!" said Andrew cheerfully.`
Darien blushed deep red. "Hi, Serena." he managed to say coolly.
"Hi," Serena mumbled. Directing herself at Andrew, she said, "Andrew, I was wondering if you and Rita could come to a party of ours."
"You mean Lita, Raye, Mina, Amy and you? Yeah, sure, as long as Darien can come, too!" Andrew insisted.
"Darien???" Serena asked, surprised. At the same time Darien asked surprised, "Me? At Serena's party???"
Serena was awfully offended by this. "That's fine, Darien, you don't HAVE to come. We'd be FINE without you!" shouted Serena. Then she mumbled, "....thinks he's all that....ha...yeah, right!"
"No, Meatball Head, I didn't mean it that way, I was just surprised that Andrew wants me to go with him, honest!" Darien said this so indignantly that he made Andrew and Serena both raise their eyebrows. "I mean, I was just surprised, that's all." Darien replied, but with a more "composed" voice.
Serena was giving him a "what's-with-you" look, but Andrew gave him a sly smile followed shortly by a large grin. Darien gave him a "shut-up" look and then a "don't-start-with-this-again" look. Andrew smirked and went back to cleaning the counter.
"Well," asked Darien, "can I come?"
Suddenly, a group of girls that Darien recognized as Serena's friends came barging into the conversation.
"Of course Darien can come!" said the girls in unison.
"WHA???? You're gonna let this jerk come and ruin our party!" exclaimed Serena.
`Ouch, that stung.' thought Darien. `Sheesh, you think she could be a tad nicer. Humph, well I don't HAVE to go to her stupid party." fumed Darien silently. `But, oh, I wish I could, that way I could see Serena again....SNAP OUT OF IT, DARIEN, YOU DON'T LIKE THIS GIRL, YOU DESPISE THIS GIRL, REMEMBER? Then how come I feel this way...'
"DARIEN, Darien!!! Hello!!!!" Everyone was trying to get his attention. Darien snapped back into reality. "Uh...sorry guys, I was just thinking." "Anyway," spoke Lita, "we talked and Darien, you are welcome to join us at our party." Darien looked at Serena. She gave a slow nod.
"The party's going to be at Serena's house starting at five o'clock on Friday night, k?" Mina asked.
`Good, today's Wednesday, plenty of time to prepare.' thought Darien. "Sure," murmured Darien, still deep in thought.
"Okay, see you then!" replied the girls. "Bye, Andrew, see ya Darien!" The group of friends left, dragging Serena along with them.
"I have to get leaving, too, Andrew. See you tomorrow!" Darien whisked out he door leaving a chuckling Andrew behind him.
"He's got it bad, REAL bad!" muttered Andrew. After a few minutes Andrew also left the arcade, laughing to himself.
SERENA
(AN: If the character has different thoughts or emotions, they will be separated into different paragraphs.
~ BLAH ~ = Writer's point of view during the character's thoughts.)
I can't believe I let them convince me to invite Darien to my/our party. Mostly MINE though!!! `Just give him a chance' they said, ha! If only they knew the Darien I know. That snobby, jerky, annoying thing of a man! OOOH, he gets on my nerves!
But Serena, he's soooooooo dreamy and what a hunk!
Shut-up, shut-up, shut-up!!! He is annoying and aggravating, NOT dreamy or hunky! UGH! I hate these mixed emotions!
He's cute, isn't he??? Come on, admit it, he's gorgeous. Black hair and DEEP blue eyes, DEFINITELY a hunk! Do you think he works out?
All right, all right, if it makes you happy, I think he is handsome...
Ha!
BUT...he is a jerk never-the-less!
Still, I got you to admit that he's cute!
Yeah, that's GREAT. Hmmm, I wonder what Darien's thinking right now.
DARIEN
Jeez, what should I wear? Damn! All my `casual' clothes are dirty. Guess I have to wash them. I'll do that now to save time tomorrow. Gosh, I can't wait till I see that beautiful face again.
Whaddya mean, beautiful? She's a pig!
NO she isn't. Woah! Why am I defending Meatball Head?
See? She's nothing but Meatball Head to you.
That's no true! She's special! Oh my god, did I just think that!
Well, I bet she thinks differently about you.
Well, we'll see at the party.
ANDREW
I went straight home and called Rita to invite her to Serena's party.
"Hi hon, Serena and her friends are having a party on Friday and they've invited us. Do you want to go? Okay, yeah it starts at five. Okay, bye!"
~Andrew sat on the couch, deep in thought.~
I wonder what the girls are up to. They just suddenly butted in and answered for Serena. I have a feeling they're up to something. Why would they actually WANT Darien there? Maybe I should call one of the girls.. Hey, I have Mina's number.
"Hi, Mina. I was wondering, you and your friends aren't up to anything, are you? *pause* You know what I mean. The way you guys came butting into our conversation, how you insisted that Darien come? *pause* Okay, at the park in 15 minutes? Sure, I'll be there. Okay, bye."
~Andrew grabbed his coat and headed out the door wondering what secret he was about to be let in on when he arrived at the park.~
MINA
I called the girls right away. The first thing they all asked was, `Do you think he suspects something?' I replied with the same answer each and every time. `I don't know, but we'll soon find out. I told him to meet us at Juuban Park at about six.'
*At the park* (Author's POV)
At six o' clock five very apprehensive girls and one very excited guy were at Juuban park. Amy started the conversation.
"Soooo, Andrew, why did you want to talk to us?"
"Well, um, I dunno how to put this, but-what are you guys up to?" asked a very suspicious Andrew.
Nervous chuckling could be heard. "Er, uh, why do you say that, Andrew?" spoke a very tense Raye.
"Well, first of all, you guys totally butted into our conversation, and you made it seem vital that Darien be there." said Andrew. "Is he the guest of honor or something?"
Mina answered. "No," she chose her words carefully, "we just wanted him to come, because-because, um, because he obviously doesn't get out much, does he?"
"No, he doesn't." replied Andrew truthfully.
"Yeah," cut in Lita, "I mean, we thought we could cheer him up or something."
"Oh come on!" sputtered a disbelieving Andrew. "I know you're lying! It's so obvious!"
Mina gestured for the group to get into a huddle. After a few minutes discussion, the comrades turned around and faced Andrew. Raye spoke up.
"Andrew, you're right. You see, we are up to something. Lita?"
"We-ll," said Lita as she was pushed to the front to talk to Andrew. "well, so far summer was really boring, so we decided to do something to end summer with a bang. Amy?"
Amy was shoved forward to face a skeptical Andrew. "So," she continued, "we came up with this great idea---"
"Actually, it was my idea," interrupted Mina. "As my friends here have already told you, we came up with a plan to keep us busy for the rest of the summer."
"But that's only another 10 days, don't you g---"
"A-hem, please don't interrupt." stated an offended Mina.
"But you---"
Again Andrew was cut off. "Like I was saying before some one interrupted. We invented a glorious plan to amuse ourselves, which was my plan, of course." The rest of the group rolled their eyes. Mina continued. "Well, it's called Operation Get Together, and it--"
"Was your idea, we know, we know," cried an irritated group of people in front of Mina.
"Cut to the chase already!" yelled Andrew.
"Sheesh!" muttered Mina. "Talk about waking up on the wrong side of bed today! Well, this is what's gonna happen..........."
TO BE CONTINUED
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Chapter 1
"OHMEGOD! OHMEGOD!!! Miss Haruna is gonna kill me if I'm late again this week. Oh my god!!! Ahhhhhh......."
Serena fell flat on her face. "Ouch....Oh god, I'm still late!!!"
A malicious voice right above her spoke. "I see you keep in touch with you best friend, the sidewalk."
"Shut-up, Darien!" replied a disgruntled Serena without even looking up.
In a fake shocked voice Darien said, "Hey Meatball Head! Howja know it was me?"
"Well, you see Darien, I keep a list of the voices of all the retards in town, and...well, so far, you're the only one on the list." Serena tried to resist a giggle.
Darien rolled his eyes and with a scornful voice he retorted, "Then I suppose the next time you hear your voice, you'll have to add your name to the list."
Serena's eyes were full of tears. "Just....just leave me alone!" she cried. With that, Serena whipped around and ran all the way to school, whimpering. Her hair in the usual meatball style was dragging on the ground.
`Maybe you hurt her feelings, Dare.' thought Darien in his mind. `Ya think!!!' Darien shrugged off his thoughts and headed to the Crown Arcade to get his usual morning cup of coffee.
`Man, this day so far has definitely been bad. Very bad. First, Luna didn't wake me up this morning. She said she wanted me to get some rest after killing that Negaverse scum last night. Yeah, right! Luna was probably out catching mice or something. So I was late. Then I bumped into that jerk, Darien. Besides, it was the first day of summer school and Ms. Haruna yelled at me for being late, summer school was horrible, and here I am at the Crown Arcade. Things CANNOT get worse than this.'
Serena's thoughts quickly came to a halt when a voice yelled, "Hey, Meatball Head!" `Spoke too soon!' Serena groaned. `What is he doing here??? Things were supposed to get better today, not worse.' Serena sighed and headed towards the counter where Andrew and Darien were talking. She heard parts of their conversation as she approached them.
"Of course I don't!" exclaimed Darien.
"Come on, you can tell your best friend. I bet she likes you, too." Andrew asserted.
"A-hem!!!" Serena cleared her throat.
"Oh hi, Serena!" said Andrew cheerfully.`
Darien blushed deep red. "Hi, Serena." he managed to say coolly.
"Hi," Serena mumbled. Directing herself at Andrew, she said, "Andrew, I was wondering if you and Rita could come to a party of ours."
"You mean Lita, Raye, Mina, Amy and you? Yeah, sure, as long as Darien can come, too!" Andrew insisted.
"Darien???" Serena asked, surprised. At the same time Darien asked surprised, "Me? At Serena's party???"
Serena was awfully offended by this. "That's fine, Darien, you don't HAVE to come. We'd be FINE without you!" shouted Serena. Then she mumbled, "....thinks he's all that....ha...yeah, right!"
"No, Meatball Head, I didn't mean it that way, I was just surprised that Andrew wants me to go with him, honest!" Darien said this so indignantly that he made Andrew and Serena both raise their eyebrows. "I mean, I was just surprised, that's all." Darien replied, but with a more "composed" voice.
Serena was giving him a "what's-with-you" look, but Andrew gave him a sly smile followed shortly by a large grin. Darien gave him a "shut-up" look and then a "don't-start-with-this-again" look. Andrew smirked and went back to cleaning the counter.
"Well," asked Darien, "can I come?"
Suddenly, a group of girls that Darien recognized as Serena's friends came barging into the conversation.
"Of course Darien can come!" said the girls in unison.
"WHA???? You're gonna let this jerk come and ruin our party!" exclaimed Serena.
`Ouch, that stung.' thought Darien. `Sheesh, you think she could be a tad nicer. Humph, well I don't HAVE to go to her stupid party." fumed Darien silently. `But, oh, I wish I could, that way I could see Serena again....SNAP OUT OF IT, DARIEN, YOU DON'T LIKE THIS GIRL, YOU DESPISE THIS GIRL, REMEMBER? Then how come I feel this way...'
"DARIEN, Darien!!! Hello!!!!" Everyone was trying to get his attention. Darien snapped back into reality. "Uh...sorry guys, I was just thinking." "Anyway," spoke Lita, "we talked and Darien, you are welcome to join us at our party." Darien looked at Serena. She gave a slow nod.
"The party's going to be at Serena's house starting at five o'clock on Friday night, k?" Mina asked.
`Good, today's Wednesday, plenty of time to prepare.' thought Darien. "Sure," murmured Darien, still deep in thought.
"Okay, see you then!" replied the girls. "Bye, Andrew, see ya Darien!" The group of friends left, dragging Serena along with them.
"I have to get leaving, too, Andrew. See you tomorrow!" Darien whisked out he door leaving a chuckling Andrew behind him.
"He's got it bad, REAL bad!" muttered Andrew. After a few minutes Andrew also left the arcade, laughing to himself.
SERENA
(AN: If the character has different thoughts or emotions, they will be separated into different paragraphs.
~ BLAH ~ = Writer's point of view during the character's thoughts.)
I can't believe I let them convince me to invite Darien to my/our party. Mostly MINE though!!! `Just give him a chance' they said, ha! If only they knew the Darien I know. That snobby, jerky, annoying thing of a man! OOOH, he gets on my nerves!
But Serena, he's soooooooo dreamy and what a hunk!
Shut-up, shut-up, shut-up!!! He is annoying and aggravating, NOT dreamy or hunky! UGH! I hate these mixed emotions!
He's cute, isn't he??? Come on, admit it, he's gorgeous. Black hair and DEEP blue eyes, DEFINITELY a hunk! Do you think he works out?
All right, all right, if it makes you happy, I think he is handsome...
Ha!
BUT...he is a jerk never-the-less!
Still, I got you to admit that he's cute!
Yeah, that's GREAT. Hmmm, I wonder what Darien's thinking right now.
DARIEN
Jeez, what should I wear? Damn! All my `casual' clothes are dirty. Guess I have to wash them. I'll do that now to save time tomorrow. Gosh, I can't wait till I see that beautiful face again.
Whaddya mean, beautiful? She's a pig!
NO she isn't. Woah! Why am I defending Meatball Head?
See? She's nothing but Meatball Head to you.
That's no true! She's special! Oh my god, did I just think that!
Well, I bet she thinks differently about you.
Well, we'll see at the party.
ANDREW
I went straight home and called Rita to invite her to Serena's party.
"Hi hon, Serena and her friends are having a party on Friday and they've invited us. Do you want to go? Okay, yeah it starts at five. Okay, bye!"
~Andrew sat on the couch, deep in thought.~
I wonder what the girls are up to. They just suddenly butted in and answered for Serena. I have a feeling they're up to something. Why would they actually WANT Darien there? Maybe I should call one of the girls.. Hey, I have Mina's number.
"Hi, Mina. I was wondering, you and your friends aren't up to anything, are you? *pause* You know what I mean. The way you guys came butting into our conversation, how you insisted that Darien come? *pause* Okay, at the park in 15 minutes? Sure, I'll be there. Okay, bye."
~Andrew grabbed his coat and headed out the door wondering what secret he was about to be let in on when he arrived at the park.~
MINA
I called the girls right away. The first thing they all asked was, `Do you think he suspects something?' I replied with the same answer each and every time. `I don't know, but we'll soon find out. I told him to meet us at Juuban Park at about six.'
*At the park* (Author's POV)
At six o' clock five very apprehensive girls and one very excited guy were at Juuban park. Amy started the conversation.
"Soooo, Andrew, why did you want to talk to us?"
"Well, um, I dunno how to put this, but-what are you guys up to?" asked a very suspicious Andrew.
Nervous chuckling could be heard. "Er, uh, why do you say that, Andrew?" spoke a very tense Raye.
"Well, first of all, you guys totally butted into our conversation, and you made it seem vital that Darien be there." said Andrew. "Is he the guest of honor or something?"
Mina answered. "No," she chose her words carefully, "we just wanted him to come, because-because, um, because he obviously doesn't get out much, does he?"
"No, he doesn't." replied Andrew truthfully.
"Yeah," cut in Lita, "I mean, we thought we could cheer him up or something."
"Oh come on!" sputtered a disbelieving Andrew. "I know you're lying! It's so obvious!"
Mina gestured for the group to get into a huddle. After a few minutes discussion, the comrades turned around and faced Andrew. Raye spoke up.
"Andrew, you're right. You see, we are up to something. Lita?"
"We-ll," said Lita as she was pushed to the front to talk to Andrew. "well, so far summer was really boring, so we decided to do something to end summer with a bang. Amy?"
Amy was shoved forward to face a skeptical Andrew. "So," she continued, "we came up with this great idea---"
"Actually, it was my idea," interrupted Mina. "As my friends here have already told you, we came up with a plan to keep us busy for the rest of the summer."
"But that's only another 10 days, don't you g---"
"A-hem, please don't interrupt." stated an offended Mina.
"But you---"
Again Andrew was cut off. "Like I was saying before some one interrupted. We invented a glorious plan to amuse ourselves, which was my plan, of course." The rest of the group rolled their eyes. Mina continued. "Well, it's called Operation Get Together, and it--"
"Was your idea, we know, we know," cried an irritated group of people in front of Mina.
"Cut to the chase already!" yelled Andrew.
"Sheesh!" muttered Mina. "Talk about waking up on the wrong side of bed today! Well, this is what's gonna happen..........."
TO BE CONTINUED
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