"Trapped"
By Pyrobunnie
Chapter 5
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't
own Sailor Moon
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"Trapped"
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"What do you wanna do?"
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
"Dunno…"
They had already had this conversation 300
times in the 3 little hours they'd been holed up in the arcade, waiting for the
storm to subside and the ice to melt. They were sitting on the floor, backs to
the counter, 4 feet of linoleum between them.
"BANG!!"
A huge bolt of
lightning struck near the arcade, and the emergency generator giving off the
little light went out, leaving Darien and Serena in total darkness.
"Aiiiiiiiiiii-eeee!" Serena screamed and
jumped 10 feet in the air like a scalded cat. Unfortunately for Darien she
landed right smack dab on top of his head.
"Urf!" Darien groaned as he went sprawling
across the arcade floor with the meatball bedecked one wrapped around him in a
frightened death grip. 'Not again…although, this really isn't a bad thing…' he
thought returning her hug.
"It's alright Rena, we're inside, the lightning
can't hurt you. It's just a little
power short." He whispered comfortingly in her ear.
"Nuh-uh! On this one show, there was this
guy, and lightning struck a tree outside his house, and it fell through his
roof, and it KILLED HIM!" Her death grip shifted to his neck, as though she
thought perhaps strangling him would help make her point about the indoor
dangers of lightning.
'Ooookay…right. I think it would be best if
my meatball head had something to distract her until the storm stops'. "OK Meatball,
loosen up on the neck. You know what I just thought of? With the power out, all
that ice cream in the back will just melt! Andrew wouldn't like that would he?
Common, betcha I can eat more than you."
"You're on!"
Darien laughed as Serena (no longer afraid)
jumped up and raced into the back room at her usual break-neck speed. He stood
up and walked to the back. Much to his amazement, Serena already had ½ a gallon
of ice cream gone, her cherubic face smeared with strawberry goo. 'Why are you surprised?
It's Serena!' He was still laughing when he grabbed a spoon and sat down to
help her eat the rather large supply of ice cream in the walk-in freezer in the
back.
"Are you……laughing? At me? You
are! You're laughing at me!" Serena glared at him absurdly, chin dripping with
melting ice cream. Between the ridiculous expression, and her amazement at his
laughter, he only laughed harder and harder.
Serena sat. Staring at him, still oblivious
to her dripping chin. Her glare grew deeper until there was almost fire coming
from her eyes. Then she looked from him, to the ice cream, Darien…ice
cream…Darien…ice cream. The glare turned to an evil smile.
*SPLAT!*
Darien abruptly stopped laughing. He looked
out the corner of his eye at the line of chocolate slowly dripping down the
side of his face.
The site of Darien sitting perfectly still
with a melting scoop of ice-cream on top of his head was too much for Serena,
she was soon laughing so hard tear streaked down her face. Darien, however, quickly recovered from his
shock and retaliated.
*SPLUT!*
Soon all the ice cream was gone, covering
the arcade, Darien, and Serena from top to bottom. Darien and Serena lay on the floor in a heap, laughing so hard
they couldn't breath and their sides hurt. They slowly stopped laughing and
just stared at each other in all their ice-cream bedecked glory.
'Gods she's beautiful' Darien thought
unconsciously leaning towards her lips…
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