An Angel's Choice in Knights
Part 1
By: Alys
PG
mazzei@isoc.net
"I can't believe that summer is already over. Yesterday
was our last day of freedom, and now it is back to getting
up early and going to school," complained Serena as she
walked down the street with her 4 best friends.
"Serena, don't you mean, it is now time for being late and
failing?" joked Raye.
"You know she is right Serena. Fourth year is going to be
much harder. You are going to really need to try."
"I know Amy, I know."
"Come on you two lay off. It is our first day, and you are
already lecturing her," said Lita.
"Yea, and besides she isn't late today," added Mina.
"It's a fluke, nothing more," sighed Raye.
Laughing, the girls made their way to school. It didn't
take them long, and soon they were outside the school
gate. It wasn't a huge school, but it was pretty big.
Outside the front of school other students were talking
about their summer, and comparing classes. Making their
way inside the girls made their way to their classroom.
Inside they found seats close to each other and sat down.
"I wonder if we are going to have any cute guys in our
class," sighed Mina.
"Oh I hope that one guy from last year is in our class,"
added Raye.
"What one guy?" asked Lita.
"Darien of course."
"Darien?" asked Serena. "Why would you want that jerk to
be in our class? I hope he is on the other side of the
building."
"Serena, you know you like him," said Lita.
"How could I possibly like him? He is always teasing me,
and he calls me the stupid name all the time…"
"What? Meatball Head? I think it suits you."
"Shut up Raye. It does not suit me."
"If it didn't suit you, I wouldn't have given it to you in
the first place," said a new voice from behind Serena.
Slowly, Serena turned to see none other then Darien
himself.
"O please tell me you are not in my class. Please?"
"Sorry to disappoint you, but this is my class too."
"No!"
"Yep. Now meatball head what are you going to do?"
"Don't call me that. It's not my name. I am not a meatball
head."
"Sure you are."
"How?"
"Wells lets see. First you are always late, you are always
running into people, you're a cry baby…"
Mean While (and a little bit before the fight)
"This is really not such a bad place. Even though compared
to our last school, this one is pretty small," said Seiya.
"I can't believe we decided to switched school. Would
someone please tell me why we did this again?" asked
Yaten.
"Because it is what we decided to do. Now com one and lets
go," sighed Taiki.
As the three guys headed to the front entrance Seiya
caught sight of a certain blond heading into the school
with her friends. Interested in what their friend was
looking at, Yaten and Taiki turned to look also.
"Seiya, what are you staring at?" asked Yaten, hoping it
wasn't the passing girls.
"Please tell me your not drooling over one of those five,"
said Taiki.
"I would hardly say drooling," said Seiya.
"What ever. Come on lets go," continued Yaten.
Walking into the school the three made their way to their
classroom. Walking through the halls they ignored the
stares of all, even the ones coming from some of the most
popular girls. When they got to their room, Seiya and the
others walked in, just in time to see the beginning of a
soon the be huge argument.
"Don't call me that. It's not my name. I am not a meatball
head."
"Sure you are."
"How?"
"Wells lets see. First you are always late, you are always
running into people, you're a cry baby…"
Back to Serena and Darien
"You're lazy, you never do your homework, and I have never
seen you get higher then a "C" on any test. I think that
makes you a meatball head." Glancing down, Darien saw that
he had truly gone to far. Serena was about to burst into
tears. "Idiot" he thought to himself as he looked down at
the most pitiful sight he had ever seen. Serena was trying
so hard not to cry yet tears were still running down her
face.
"Serena… I…"
From behind him Darien heard new voices.
"Seiya don't. Just stay out of it," whispered one.
"Yaten's right. Just ignored it," added another.
"Seiya!" said Yaten.
Turning to see whom the voices belonged to, Darien came
face to face with another guy about his own height. He had
long black hair, tied into a ponytail at the nape of his
neck. Behind him were two other guys, one slightly taller
with brown hair, and the other had white hair and was
shorter. Each had their hair tied in a ponytail too.
Before Darien could anything to fix the current
situation, Seiya had pushed him aside a knelt down next to
Serena.
"Are you all right?" Seiya asked Serena because he had
also saw that she about to cry.
"I… um… yes. I will be fine," stammered Serena. She then
realized that she had been staring and blushed. Glancing
at her friends, she saw that they were interested in what
was going to happen to be much help.
"Sure?"
"Yea. I mean I don't know why I should even care. He does
this all the time. By the way, my name is Serena."
"Mine's Seiya," then turning slightly and pointing to his
friends, "and they are Taiki and Yaten."
Before Serena could respond, she felt a sharp jab in her
back. Getting the point, she introduced her friends.
"And these are my friends, Mina, Amy, Lita, and Raye,"
said Serena gesturing towards her friends. Each mumbled a
hello or hi to Seiya, who returned greetings to them.
"It's not right though," continued Seiya.
"What?" ask Serena. She had completely dismissed the fight
from her head already, choosing not to dwell on the
unpleasant thought of seeing Darien in school every day.
"I said it's not right. You should be used to such
insults, because no one should be saying such things to
any girls as pretty as you," said Seiya casting an upset
glance towards Darien, and also hearing to disgusted sighs
from behind him. Yaten and Taiki had always considered the
three of them above most, and didn't really care to
befriend anyone else. But Seiya had never really liked
that whole way of being; and chose really not be like that
if he could avoid it. And when he saw that way that jerk
had been treating the angle that he had seen when he first
arrived like dirt he couldn't help but step in.
"You know Seiya," butted in Darien who did not want to
look like he was beating up on Serena, "You can just walk
right back out of this room and back where ever you came
from. You have no clue what you are butting into here, and
you shouldn't listen in on other's conversations anyways.
Serena knows I was only playing. Don't you Sere?"
Before Serena could answer the bell rang and their teacher
walked in. Seiya, Yaten and Taiki took seats in the back,
Darien towards the middle, and the girls towards the
front. Like always, Serena found school a total bore, and
soon she was off in her own little world. She knew it was
a bad to start the habit all over again, but she just
couldn't help it. Her teacher this year was Miss Hava, and
from what she had heard, this Miss H. was a strict
teacher. But already Serena was lost, and decided to
concentrate on something else. And after what had happened
this mourning, who could expect her to keep her mind on
school anyways. It was so weird, the day started out like
any other. But it all went confusing after that new guy
Seiya stepped into the picture. She had never really
minded Darien teasing her. He had been doing it ever since
they had met last year. It wasn't really her fault that
she had been late, and it was not her fault that he had
been standing in her way while she had been running full
speed to get to school. No, she had gotten used to the
teasing everyday. It was strange though. A part of her
wanted and liked the fact that he paid attention to her.
Taking the time to break from her thoughts, Serena looked
up to see what Darien was doing. Since he was behind her,
she turned her head and acted as though she was looking at
the clock. What she saw surprised her. Darien was sitting
the looking at her, a thoughtful expression on his face.
She only caught a quick look, because as soon as she had
turned around, Darien put his attention back on the
teacher. Before Serena turned around herself she took a
quick glance at the back of the room where Seiya and his
friends were sitting. Again she was slightly surprised at
what she saw. Seiya too was looking at her, a more of a
concerned looked on his face, like he was thinking over a
problem that was important. But instead of refocusing on
the teacher when he saw her, Seiya gave her a small smile
before looking back at the teacher.
"I wonder what they are thinking about?" thought Serena as
she turned back to facing forward. "Could it have been me?
No, Darien wouldn't be thinking about me. His ego would
never let him. Probably thinking about a way to get back
at Seiya for interrupting his fun. But then what is Seiya
thinking about? I don't think he care to think a way to
upset Darien. But then I wouldn't know. Darien is one of
the most popular guys, maybe Seiya in thinking on how to
rival Darien. No I don't think that is it either. He seems
too nice to care about stuff like that. I mean earlier he
stood up for me, even though he didn't even know me. He
seems so sweet to me. OH! This is so confusing!" thought
Serena as she sighed. She did not need this right now.
School was already confusing enough without thinking about
guys.
"Why me?" she mumbled quietly as she laid her head on her
desk. The only thing she wanted to think about at the
moment was when lunch was…
**************** Meanwhile ******************
"That was close," thought Darien as he pretended to pay
attention to Miss H. as she rambled on about who knows
what. "I can't let her catch me staring at her. I am such
an idiot. I had the perfect chance to make a good
impression and what do I do? I blow it. I just can't help
it. I get so tongue tied around her that the only thing I
can say is insults. Why oh why does she have this affect
on me? There just seems to be something different about
her that wants me to act me best, but all I do is act my
worst."
Darien had always been the one to get what ever he wanted.
He was good at school, sports, and anything else thrown
his way. Most girls would have loved to be named his
official girlfriend, and his ebony hair, and deep dark
blue eyes didn't help turn any girl away. But Serena never
seemed to notice anything good about him.
"And why would should she?" he thought as he started to
study her again. All he ever did was insult her. "Darien
my friend, you are never going to win her over. You are a
jerk and you know it. Why would she ever like you? And now
you have this new guy Seiya in the picture. She is sure to
like him. Good grief the first thing he does is come in
and stand up for her. Who could resist that?" continued
Darien as he let out a mental sigh as he looked to the
back of the room. Sure enough Seiya was looking at Serena,
which didn't help his current mood at all. Suddenly out of
no where he heard a soft sigh and a mumbled "Why me?"
Turning his attention back to Serena he saw her lay her
head on her desk. She looked confused to him, like there
was something she just couldn't figure out.
"I wonder what she is thinking about. Probably Seiya. Yea
I bet that is it. I know she would never think about me. I
almost made her cry. I need to stop this now, or I am
going to lose any chance I still have. I got to find
someway to make up to her."
And with that Darien finally started to pay attention to
the teacher at the front, not knowing how hard it was
going to be to keep his new promise.
End Part 1
Part 1
By: Alys
PG
mazzei@isoc.net
"I can't believe that summer is already over. Yesterday
was our last day of freedom, and now it is back to getting
up early and going to school," complained Serena as she
walked down the street with her 4 best friends.
"Serena, don't you mean, it is now time for being late and
failing?" joked Raye.
"You know she is right Serena. Fourth year is going to be
much harder. You are going to really need to try."
"I know Amy, I know."
"Come on you two lay off. It is our first day, and you are
already lecturing her," said Lita.
"Yea, and besides she isn't late today," added Mina.
"It's a fluke, nothing more," sighed Raye.
Laughing, the girls made their way to school. It didn't
take them long, and soon they were outside the school
gate. It wasn't a huge school, but it was pretty big.
Outside the front of school other students were talking
about their summer, and comparing classes. Making their
way inside the girls made their way to their classroom.
Inside they found seats close to each other and sat down.
"I wonder if we are going to have any cute guys in our
class," sighed Mina.
"Oh I hope that one guy from last year is in our class,"
added Raye.
"What one guy?" asked Lita.
"Darien of course."
"Darien?" asked Serena. "Why would you want that jerk to
be in our class? I hope he is on the other side of the
building."
"Serena, you know you like him," said Lita.
"How could I possibly like him? He is always teasing me,
and he calls me the stupid name all the time…"
"What? Meatball Head? I think it suits you."
"Shut up Raye. It does not suit me."
"If it didn't suit you, I wouldn't have given it to you in
the first place," said a new voice from behind Serena.
Slowly, Serena turned to see none other then Darien
himself.
"O please tell me you are not in my class. Please?"
"Sorry to disappoint you, but this is my class too."
"No!"
"Yep. Now meatball head what are you going to do?"
"Don't call me that. It's not my name. I am not a meatball
head."
"Sure you are."
"How?"
"Wells lets see. First you are always late, you are always
running into people, you're a cry baby…"
Mean While (and a little bit before the fight)
"This is really not such a bad place. Even though compared
to our last school, this one is pretty small," said Seiya.
"I can't believe we decided to switched school. Would
someone please tell me why we did this again?" asked
Yaten.
"Because it is what we decided to do. Now com one and lets
go," sighed Taiki.
As the three guys headed to the front entrance Seiya
caught sight of a certain blond heading into the school
with her friends. Interested in what their friend was
looking at, Yaten and Taiki turned to look also.
"Seiya, what are you staring at?" asked Yaten, hoping it
wasn't the passing girls.
"Please tell me your not drooling over one of those five,"
said Taiki.
"I would hardly say drooling," said Seiya.
"What ever. Come on lets go," continued Yaten.
Walking into the school the three made their way to their
classroom. Walking through the halls they ignored the
stares of all, even the ones coming from some of the most
popular girls. When they got to their room, Seiya and the
others walked in, just in time to see the beginning of a
soon the be huge argument.
"Don't call me that. It's not my name. I am not a meatball
head."
"Sure you are."
"How?"
"Wells lets see. First you are always late, you are always
running into people, you're a cry baby…"
Back to Serena and Darien
"You're lazy, you never do your homework, and I have never
seen you get higher then a "C" on any test. I think that
makes you a meatball head." Glancing down, Darien saw that
he had truly gone to far. Serena was about to burst into
tears. "Idiot" he thought to himself as he looked down at
the most pitiful sight he had ever seen. Serena was trying
so hard not to cry yet tears were still running down her
face.
"Serena… I…"
From behind him Darien heard new voices.
"Seiya don't. Just stay out of it," whispered one.
"Yaten's right. Just ignored it," added another.
"Seiya!" said Yaten.
Turning to see whom the voices belonged to, Darien came
face to face with another guy about his own height. He had
long black hair, tied into a ponytail at the nape of his
neck. Behind him were two other guys, one slightly taller
with brown hair, and the other had white hair and was
shorter. Each had their hair tied in a ponytail too.
Before Darien could anything to fix the current
situation, Seiya had pushed him aside a knelt down next to
Serena.
"Are you all right?" Seiya asked Serena because he had
also saw that she about to cry.
"I… um… yes. I will be fine," stammered Serena. She then
realized that she had been staring and blushed. Glancing
at her friends, she saw that they were interested in what
was going to happen to be much help.
"Sure?"
"Yea. I mean I don't know why I should even care. He does
this all the time. By the way, my name is Serena."
"Mine's Seiya," then turning slightly and pointing to his
friends, "and they are Taiki and Yaten."
Before Serena could respond, she felt a sharp jab in her
back. Getting the point, she introduced her friends.
"And these are my friends, Mina, Amy, Lita, and Raye,"
said Serena gesturing towards her friends. Each mumbled a
hello or hi to Seiya, who returned greetings to them.
"It's not right though," continued Seiya.
"What?" ask Serena. She had completely dismissed the fight
from her head already, choosing not to dwell on the
unpleasant thought of seeing Darien in school every day.
"I said it's not right. You should be used to such
insults, because no one should be saying such things to
any girls as pretty as you," said Seiya casting an upset
glance towards Darien, and also hearing to disgusted sighs
from behind him. Yaten and Taiki had always considered the
three of them above most, and didn't really care to
befriend anyone else. But Seiya had never really liked
that whole way of being; and chose really not be like that
if he could avoid it. And when he saw that way that jerk
had been treating the angle that he had seen when he first
arrived like dirt he couldn't help but step in.
"You know Seiya," butted in Darien who did not want to
look like he was beating up on Serena, "You can just walk
right back out of this room and back where ever you came
from. You have no clue what you are butting into here, and
you shouldn't listen in on other's conversations anyways.
Serena knows I was only playing. Don't you Sere?"
Before Serena could answer the bell rang and their teacher
walked in. Seiya, Yaten and Taiki took seats in the back,
Darien towards the middle, and the girls towards the
front. Like always, Serena found school a total bore, and
soon she was off in her own little world. She knew it was
a bad to start the habit all over again, but she just
couldn't help it. Her teacher this year was Miss Hava, and
from what she had heard, this Miss H. was a strict
teacher. But already Serena was lost, and decided to
concentrate on something else. And after what had happened
this mourning, who could expect her to keep her mind on
school anyways. It was so weird, the day started out like
any other. But it all went confusing after that new guy
Seiya stepped into the picture. She had never really
minded Darien teasing her. He had been doing it ever since
they had met last year. It wasn't really her fault that
she had been late, and it was not her fault that he had
been standing in her way while she had been running full
speed to get to school. No, she had gotten used to the
teasing everyday. It was strange though. A part of her
wanted and liked the fact that he paid attention to her.
Taking the time to break from her thoughts, Serena looked
up to see what Darien was doing. Since he was behind her,
she turned her head and acted as though she was looking at
the clock. What she saw surprised her. Darien was sitting
the looking at her, a thoughtful expression on his face.
She only caught a quick look, because as soon as she had
turned around, Darien put his attention back on the
teacher. Before Serena turned around herself she took a
quick glance at the back of the room where Seiya and his
friends were sitting. Again she was slightly surprised at
what she saw. Seiya too was looking at her, a more of a
concerned looked on his face, like he was thinking over a
problem that was important. But instead of refocusing on
the teacher when he saw her, Seiya gave her a small smile
before looking back at the teacher.
"I wonder what they are thinking about?" thought Serena as
she turned back to facing forward. "Could it have been me?
No, Darien wouldn't be thinking about me. His ego would
never let him. Probably thinking about a way to get back
at Seiya for interrupting his fun. But then what is Seiya
thinking about? I don't think he care to think a way to
upset Darien. But then I wouldn't know. Darien is one of
the most popular guys, maybe Seiya in thinking on how to
rival Darien. No I don't think that is it either. He seems
too nice to care about stuff like that. I mean earlier he
stood up for me, even though he didn't even know me. He
seems so sweet to me. OH! This is so confusing!" thought
Serena as she sighed. She did not need this right now.
School was already confusing enough without thinking about
guys.
"Why me?" she mumbled quietly as she laid her head on her
desk. The only thing she wanted to think about at the
moment was when lunch was…
**************** Meanwhile ******************
"That was close," thought Darien as he pretended to pay
attention to Miss H. as she rambled on about who knows
what. "I can't let her catch me staring at her. I am such
an idiot. I had the perfect chance to make a good
impression and what do I do? I blow it. I just can't help
it. I get so tongue tied around her that the only thing I
can say is insults. Why oh why does she have this affect
on me? There just seems to be something different about
her that wants me to act me best, but all I do is act my
worst."
Darien had always been the one to get what ever he wanted.
He was good at school, sports, and anything else thrown
his way. Most girls would have loved to be named his
official girlfriend, and his ebony hair, and deep dark
blue eyes didn't help turn any girl away. But Serena never
seemed to notice anything good about him.
"And why would should she?" he thought as he started to
study her again. All he ever did was insult her. "Darien
my friend, you are never going to win her over. You are a
jerk and you know it. Why would she ever like you? And now
you have this new guy Seiya in the picture. She is sure to
like him. Good grief the first thing he does is come in
and stand up for her. Who could resist that?" continued
Darien as he let out a mental sigh as he looked to the
back of the room. Sure enough Seiya was looking at Serena,
which didn't help his current mood at all. Suddenly out of
no where he heard a soft sigh and a mumbled "Why me?"
Turning his attention back to Serena he saw her lay her
head on her desk. She looked confused to him, like there
was something she just couldn't figure out.
"I wonder what she is thinking about. Probably Seiya. Yea
I bet that is it. I know she would never think about me. I
almost made her cry. I need to stop this now, or I am
going to lose any chance I still have. I got to find
someway to make up to her."
And with that Darien finally started to pay attention to
the teacher at the front, not knowing how hard it was
going to be to keep his new promise.
End Part 1