Destined to be Together
Chapter Five
by Kristin (Usagi261@yahoo.com)
*Author's notes at the end*
"What Serenity?"
"I.. I can't." Serenity said looking to the floor.
"Why not? Serenity, look at me. Why can't you marry me?"
Darien demanded and grabbed Serenity's arms.
"You wouldn't understand Darien, but I can't. Just leave
Darien. I'm glad that Laura has been punished and I'm sorry that I
can't marry you." Serenity said on the verge of crying. 'Please
Darien, spare us both the pain and just go. Don't ask anymore
questions, please.' Serenity prayed to herself.
"Why won't you tell me why? That's all I want to know
Serenity. Just tell me why and I'll go. I'll promise to try and
understand." Darien said shaking Serenity slightly.
"I can't marry you because I'm just a servant. I don't belong
with royalty unless I'm some royal family's servant. No one in the
kingdom would listen to anything I say. Plus, I still have to help
take care of the girls and I couldn't leave them and-"
"Shhh Serenity. It's ok. You are royalty, you were born into
it, but was torn away from it because of something you nor anyone else
could control. So what if you are a servant. Here's a chance for you
to become royalty again, a chance for you to truly be the princess
that you were. Everyone in the kingdom will listen to you because
they'll all love you. Serenity, don't you understand, you just have
that type of personality that pulls everyone towards you and they can
only love you or be jealous of you. And how many have you known to be
jealous of you? Only three, three out of thousands. Edward and Alicia
would love for you to be married, and would be able to find someone
else to take care of the girls. That someone else may not be as great
as you are, but the girls will understand. They'll all be able to come
and visit whenever they want to. Please Serenity, for once forget
about everyone else and put yourself first. Do something that you know
will make you happy. I'm going to ask you again, and if you say no,
I'll stop at nothing until I have you as my wife." Darien said as he
got down on one knee and held Serenity's hand. Serenity looked at him
with wide eyes and tears streaming down her face. "Serenity, will you
do me the honor of becoming my wife?" Darien said and held his breath.
Neither of the two noticed five pairs of eyes watching them from the
stairs.
"Oh Darien, after all that you have told me, I can only say
one thing in return." Serenity started as a smile began to creep
across her face. "Yes, I'll marry you. I love you so much and would
love nothing more than to become your wife."
Darien smiled as he wiped Serenity's tears, "I love you
Serenity."
Just as the two were about to kiss, voices screamed out a
childhood rhyme, "Serenity and Darien, sitting in a tree-"
Serenity turned to see all five of the Allen girls singing
from the steps.
"What are you girls doing over there?" Serenity questioned
suspiciously.
"We heard someone yelling, so we came to see who it was-"
Connie started.
"-And we saw that it was you and Darien and that he was saying
something about you two getting married-" Courtney added before
getting cut off by Stacie.
"-So we wanted to watch and see if he was proposing-"
"-And it turned out he was so we wanted to hear your answer!"
Helen finished.
"We are so glad you are getting married Serenity." Jenny said.
"I am too, but you girls really shouldn't listen to other
people's conversations. I thought you knew better." Serenity scolded
gently.
"We know, we're sorry. We just were excited by what was being
said and wanted to hear your answer. We won't do it again." Helen
apologized on behalf of her sisters.
"Don't worry about it girls, we know you are probably as
excited as we are." Darien said.
"Don't say anything to your parents yet, I want to tell them
ok?" Serenity said.
The girls nodded their heads and ran outside.
"Serenity, I have to get home to tell my parents the good
news, ok? I'll send a carriage around tomorrow at noon to bring you to
the palace so we can start planning things ok?"
Serenity nodded her head and kissed Darien on the cheek, "Sure
I'll be ready, see you then."
Serenity told Edward and Alicia the great news later that
night. They were very proud, happy, and excited for her. They assured
her that she would make a great queen when the time came. Serenity
explained to them that she wouldn't know much more about the wedding
or the days leading up to then until tomorrow when she went to
Winnorrow to plan things with Darien.
Serenity was so happy that she could barely get to sleep. When
she finally did however, she slept one of the best night's sleep she
had ever had. She dreamed several different dreams, all good dreams
that were about her life after she married Darien.
The next day came in no time and before Serenity knew it, it
was noon and a carriage was outside waiting for her.
"See you later everyone!" Serenity screamed as she skipped out
of the palace.
The ride to Winnorrow wasn't long, nor was it short. Serenity
kept herself busy by jotting down notes about what she wanted in the
wedding. She was so into her notes that she hadn't even realized they
had made it to Winnorrow.
Soon as Serenity stepped out of the carriage, she was greeted
by Darien, who immediately kissed her softly.
"I've missed you so much eve though it was only yesterday when
I last saw you." he whispered.
"Don't worry, soon enough, we will always be together."
Serenity said with a smile.
The two went into one of the offices to discuss the wedding.
They decided on an outdoor one during the spring of next year. They
would go to Fato, a resort-like place two kingdoms over, for two
weeks. Serenity would stay with in Cartel with the Allen's until the
wedding, only visiting Winnorrow for no more than three days at a
time. Just like the prince's ball, everyone in Winnorrow and Cartel
was invited. Once everything was set, Serenity and Darien took a walk
in the gardens.
"Can you believe that we had met just about a year ago?"
Serenity asked.
"I know, it all seems to good to be true. I'll always remember
the way you looked when I complimented you on your eyes."
Serenity blushed at the memory. "Well, I wasn't accustomed to
receiving compliments from such handsome guys as yourself." Serenity
replied smiling.
"Why thank you. You know, I love you so much Serenity. I mean
really I do" Darien said as though Serenity didn't believe him.
"I know you do Darien, and I love you too."
The year went by quickly and before anyone knew it, it was the
beautiful spring day of Serenity and Darien's marriage. Over the year,
Serenity wrote to Ruth telling her all about the things she and Darien
had gone through before they finally were able to make wedding plans.
Ruth told Serenity how the Walker family held up after they had taken
Laura away. Jessica was so much better without Laura. She was happier
and a lot nicer. Serenity secretly thought that it was always Laura
causing Jessica to be the way she was. Gisselle was the same as she
had always been. A week after Serenity returned from Winnorrow making
the wedding plans, Edward had relieved Serenity of her duties as a
servant. She was still permitted to live with them until her marriage,
but didn't have to help clean the house or work with the girls
although she still did. Alicia thought the girls could care for each
other and no longer needed constant supervision. Serenity suggested
that Ruth should come in as one of the palace servants. Edward agreed
and made arrangements for her to come two days after Serenity's
wedding. Almost everyone invited to the wedding showed up. Gisselle
was too upset and mad that Darien was marrying Serenity and not her
Laura, and refused to step foot on palace grounds. Jessica came to the
wedding along with some of the servants at the Walker Estate. Everyone
had to agree that it was a beautiful wedding and felt sorry for anyone
that missed it.
"Do you, Serenity Tsukino, take Darien Chiba to be your
lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do." Serenity said looking into Darien's eyes.
"And do you, Darien Chiba, take Serenity Tsukino to be your
lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do." Darien said holding Serenity's hand tightly.
"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss
the bride." the minister announced happily.
Serenity and Darien kissed the most passionate kiss either of
them had ever had. All of the guests awed and some even cried, for
they knew what the two had gone through.
As the two were leaving to go to Fato, Jessica came up to
Serenity.
"Excuse me, Serenity?" she said slowly.
"Hello Jessica, I'm glad you could make it." Serenity said
happily.
"I am too, congratulations on you marriage, I wish you two the
best."
"Thank you." Serenity said beginning to get into the carriage.
"Wait a minute, I want to tell you something." Serenity turned
around to listen to Jessica.
"I, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for the way I treated
you when you were a servant at the estate. I'm sorry for the way my
mother and sister treated you also. I'm not going to try and blame
them for the way I treated you, but it was a great influence. I hope
you can forgive me though. Something always told me it was wrong to
treat you the way I did, but I didn't listen because Laura always
threatened me. She was so mean, but she got what she had coming to
her. Anyway, have fun while you are away." Jessica said smiling
weakly.
"Oh wow, I didn't expect that. Thank you Jessica. Of course I
forgive you, I know how Laura can be." Serenity said hugging Jessica
before she walked away. Serenity stood in front of the carriage in
amazement.
"Serenity, what is it?" Darien asked when he came over to her.
"Jessica Walker, Laura's sister, just came over to me and
apologized for the way she treated me when I was at the estate."
Serenity explained.
"Oh wow, I always thought she was nicer than she sometimes
seemed."
"Wow, speaking of the Walker's, what ever happened to Laura,
you never told me her punishment."
"Oh, I told you about how she fessed up the whole thing when
she was brought to the prison right?" Serenity nodded her head. "Well,
I decided that she should have a taste of what it was like to have to
work." Serenity scrunched her face up in confusion. "I made her a
servant at the palace. She works down in the basement, cleaning the
linen and things like that." Darien explained.
"Oh wow. I'm sure she never thought she would end up doing
anything like that." Serenity said smiling.
Darien helped Serenity into the carriage. The two were well on
their way to Fato when Darien said,
"You know something Serenity?"
Serenity looked up at Darien, "What?"
"Can you believe we are actually married and on our way to our
honeymoon. We've actually gotten past all the things that tried to
stop us."
"I know and your mother was right. Your grandmother really
must have had some kind of powers."
"Yeah, she really saw that we were truly destined to be
together." Darien said before kissing Serenity with even more passion
than the kiss they had shared at the wedding.
The end!
Hey everyone! I hope you've enjoyed this story. Please send me any
feedback, I'll be sure to answer. Look forward to reading more from me
in the somewhat near future. I stayed up all night trying to finish
this, and it finally happened.
I want to thank all mah people that helped me with the editing of
this, everyone on the sm-world ml that read this and helped meeh out,
I luv you guys!!! ^_^ I want to also thank everyone that sent me mail,
whether you know it or not, your comments were encouraging and it was
you guys that kept me writing. I honestly did not know how I was going
to end this story. Well, I'm very sleeping now so I'll be going to
bed, it's like 1:45 am and I'm sick so I shouldn't be up this late, I
need to be getting my sleep. I have a test tomorrow... crap!!! hehe ja
ne!
Chapter Five
by Kristin (Usagi261@yahoo.com)
*Author's notes at the end*
"What Serenity?"
"I.. I can't." Serenity said looking to the floor.
"Why not? Serenity, look at me. Why can't you marry me?"
Darien demanded and grabbed Serenity's arms.
"You wouldn't understand Darien, but I can't. Just leave
Darien. I'm glad that Laura has been punished and I'm sorry that I
can't marry you." Serenity said on the verge of crying. 'Please
Darien, spare us both the pain and just go. Don't ask anymore
questions, please.' Serenity prayed to herself.
"Why won't you tell me why? That's all I want to know
Serenity. Just tell me why and I'll go. I'll promise to try and
understand." Darien said shaking Serenity slightly.
"I can't marry you because I'm just a servant. I don't belong
with royalty unless I'm some royal family's servant. No one in the
kingdom would listen to anything I say. Plus, I still have to help
take care of the girls and I couldn't leave them and-"
"Shhh Serenity. It's ok. You are royalty, you were born into
it, but was torn away from it because of something you nor anyone else
could control. So what if you are a servant. Here's a chance for you
to become royalty again, a chance for you to truly be the princess
that you were. Everyone in the kingdom will listen to you because
they'll all love you. Serenity, don't you understand, you just have
that type of personality that pulls everyone towards you and they can
only love you or be jealous of you. And how many have you known to be
jealous of you? Only three, three out of thousands. Edward and Alicia
would love for you to be married, and would be able to find someone
else to take care of the girls. That someone else may not be as great
as you are, but the girls will understand. They'll all be able to come
and visit whenever they want to. Please Serenity, for once forget
about everyone else and put yourself first. Do something that you know
will make you happy. I'm going to ask you again, and if you say no,
I'll stop at nothing until I have you as my wife." Darien said as he
got down on one knee and held Serenity's hand. Serenity looked at him
with wide eyes and tears streaming down her face. "Serenity, will you
do me the honor of becoming my wife?" Darien said and held his breath.
Neither of the two noticed five pairs of eyes watching them from the
stairs.
"Oh Darien, after all that you have told me, I can only say
one thing in return." Serenity started as a smile began to creep
across her face. "Yes, I'll marry you. I love you so much and would
love nothing more than to become your wife."
Darien smiled as he wiped Serenity's tears, "I love you
Serenity."
Just as the two were about to kiss, voices screamed out a
childhood rhyme, "Serenity and Darien, sitting in a tree-"
Serenity turned to see all five of the Allen girls singing
from the steps.
"What are you girls doing over there?" Serenity questioned
suspiciously.
"We heard someone yelling, so we came to see who it was-"
Connie started.
"-And we saw that it was you and Darien and that he was saying
something about you two getting married-" Courtney added before
getting cut off by Stacie.
"-So we wanted to watch and see if he was proposing-"
"-And it turned out he was so we wanted to hear your answer!"
Helen finished.
"We are so glad you are getting married Serenity." Jenny said.
"I am too, but you girls really shouldn't listen to other
people's conversations. I thought you knew better." Serenity scolded
gently.
"We know, we're sorry. We just were excited by what was being
said and wanted to hear your answer. We won't do it again." Helen
apologized on behalf of her sisters.
"Don't worry about it girls, we know you are probably as
excited as we are." Darien said.
"Don't say anything to your parents yet, I want to tell them
ok?" Serenity said.
The girls nodded their heads and ran outside.
"Serenity, I have to get home to tell my parents the good
news, ok? I'll send a carriage around tomorrow at noon to bring you to
the palace so we can start planning things ok?"
Serenity nodded her head and kissed Darien on the cheek, "Sure
I'll be ready, see you then."
Serenity told Edward and Alicia the great news later that
night. They were very proud, happy, and excited for her. They assured
her that she would make a great queen when the time came. Serenity
explained to them that she wouldn't know much more about the wedding
or the days leading up to then until tomorrow when she went to
Winnorrow to plan things with Darien.
Serenity was so happy that she could barely get to sleep. When
she finally did however, she slept one of the best night's sleep she
had ever had. She dreamed several different dreams, all good dreams
that were about her life after she married Darien.
The next day came in no time and before Serenity knew it, it
was noon and a carriage was outside waiting for her.
"See you later everyone!" Serenity screamed as she skipped out
of the palace.
The ride to Winnorrow wasn't long, nor was it short. Serenity
kept herself busy by jotting down notes about what she wanted in the
wedding. She was so into her notes that she hadn't even realized they
had made it to Winnorrow.
Soon as Serenity stepped out of the carriage, she was greeted
by Darien, who immediately kissed her softly.
"I've missed you so much eve though it was only yesterday when
I last saw you." he whispered.
"Don't worry, soon enough, we will always be together."
Serenity said with a smile.
The two went into one of the offices to discuss the wedding.
They decided on an outdoor one during the spring of next year. They
would go to Fato, a resort-like place two kingdoms over, for two
weeks. Serenity would stay with in Cartel with the Allen's until the
wedding, only visiting Winnorrow for no more than three days at a
time. Just like the prince's ball, everyone in Winnorrow and Cartel
was invited. Once everything was set, Serenity and Darien took a walk
in the gardens.
"Can you believe that we had met just about a year ago?"
Serenity asked.
"I know, it all seems to good to be true. I'll always remember
the way you looked when I complimented you on your eyes."
Serenity blushed at the memory. "Well, I wasn't accustomed to
receiving compliments from such handsome guys as yourself." Serenity
replied smiling.
"Why thank you. You know, I love you so much Serenity. I mean
really I do" Darien said as though Serenity didn't believe him.
"I know you do Darien, and I love you too."
The year went by quickly and before anyone knew it, it was the
beautiful spring day of Serenity and Darien's marriage. Over the year,
Serenity wrote to Ruth telling her all about the things she and Darien
had gone through before they finally were able to make wedding plans.
Ruth told Serenity how the Walker family held up after they had taken
Laura away. Jessica was so much better without Laura. She was happier
and a lot nicer. Serenity secretly thought that it was always Laura
causing Jessica to be the way she was. Gisselle was the same as she
had always been. A week after Serenity returned from Winnorrow making
the wedding plans, Edward had relieved Serenity of her duties as a
servant. She was still permitted to live with them until her marriage,
but didn't have to help clean the house or work with the girls
although she still did. Alicia thought the girls could care for each
other and no longer needed constant supervision. Serenity suggested
that Ruth should come in as one of the palace servants. Edward agreed
and made arrangements for her to come two days after Serenity's
wedding. Almost everyone invited to the wedding showed up. Gisselle
was too upset and mad that Darien was marrying Serenity and not her
Laura, and refused to step foot on palace grounds. Jessica came to the
wedding along with some of the servants at the Walker Estate. Everyone
had to agree that it was a beautiful wedding and felt sorry for anyone
that missed it.
"Do you, Serenity Tsukino, take Darien Chiba to be your
lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do." Serenity said looking into Darien's eyes.
"And do you, Darien Chiba, take Serenity Tsukino to be your
lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do." Darien said holding Serenity's hand tightly.
"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss
the bride." the minister announced happily.
Serenity and Darien kissed the most passionate kiss either of
them had ever had. All of the guests awed and some even cried, for
they knew what the two had gone through.
As the two were leaving to go to Fato, Jessica came up to
Serenity.
"Excuse me, Serenity?" she said slowly.
"Hello Jessica, I'm glad you could make it." Serenity said
happily.
"I am too, congratulations on you marriage, I wish you two the
best."
"Thank you." Serenity said beginning to get into the carriage.
"Wait a minute, I want to tell you something." Serenity turned
around to listen to Jessica.
"I, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for the way I treated
you when you were a servant at the estate. I'm sorry for the way my
mother and sister treated you also. I'm not going to try and blame
them for the way I treated you, but it was a great influence. I hope
you can forgive me though. Something always told me it was wrong to
treat you the way I did, but I didn't listen because Laura always
threatened me. She was so mean, but she got what she had coming to
her. Anyway, have fun while you are away." Jessica said smiling
weakly.
"Oh wow, I didn't expect that. Thank you Jessica. Of course I
forgive you, I know how Laura can be." Serenity said hugging Jessica
before she walked away. Serenity stood in front of the carriage in
amazement.
"Serenity, what is it?" Darien asked when he came over to her.
"Jessica Walker, Laura's sister, just came over to me and
apologized for the way she treated me when I was at the estate."
Serenity explained.
"Oh wow, I always thought she was nicer than she sometimes
seemed."
"Wow, speaking of the Walker's, what ever happened to Laura,
you never told me her punishment."
"Oh, I told you about how she fessed up the whole thing when
she was brought to the prison right?" Serenity nodded her head. "Well,
I decided that she should have a taste of what it was like to have to
work." Serenity scrunched her face up in confusion. "I made her a
servant at the palace. She works down in the basement, cleaning the
linen and things like that." Darien explained.
"Oh wow. I'm sure she never thought she would end up doing
anything like that." Serenity said smiling.
Darien helped Serenity into the carriage. The two were well on
their way to Fato when Darien said,
"You know something Serenity?"
Serenity looked up at Darien, "What?"
"Can you believe we are actually married and on our way to our
honeymoon. We've actually gotten past all the things that tried to
stop us."
"I know and your mother was right. Your grandmother really
must have had some kind of powers."
"Yeah, she really saw that we were truly destined to be
together." Darien said before kissing Serenity with even more passion
than the kiss they had shared at the wedding.
The end!
Hey everyone! I hope you've enjoyed this story. Please send me any
feedback, I'll be sure to answer. Look forward to reading more from me
in the somewhat near future. I stayed up all night trying to finish
this, and it finally happened.
I want to thank all mah people that helped me with the editing of
this, everyone on the sm-world ml that read this and helped meeh out,
I luv you guys!!! ^_^ I want to also thank everyone that sent me mail,
whether you know it or not, your comments were encouraging and it was
you guys that kept me writing. I honestly did not know how I was going
to end this story. Well, I'm very sleeping now so I'll be going to
bed, it's like 1:45 am and I'm sick so I shouldn't be up this late, I
need to be getting my sleep. I have a test tomorrow... crap!!! hehe ja
ne!