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2 Love Found in Snow
By Xerexs
2.1 Chapter 2
"Muffin?!!!"
"Don't be such a baby Darien. Remember I get to call you anything I want and you can't complain. Now let's go, I'm late!" With that Serena grabbed Darien's hand attempting to drag him out of the arcade. It took Serena a minute before she realized that he wasn't budging. Serena then turned to face her new Muffin and found a baffled look on his face.
"I'm not complaining Meatball Head. I just don't get it. How did you come up with muffin? I never really thought of myself as a muffin. Maybe a bagel or a waffle, but not a muffin."
"Oh, you think you're so clever don't you? Come on, I've got to go!"
"Hmm. Maybe I could even see myself as a Danish, but definitely not a muffin."
"Grrrr! Can we just go already?"
"Fine, let's go. But you better explain this 'muffin' thing on the way."
"Whatever you want Muffin as long as it gets us moving." Serena couldn't help but giggle, Darien was so cute when he wasn't acting like a four year old.
"See ya later Andrew!" Darien called at his friend who was still helping some little kids with a Sailor V video game.
"Bye Andrew!" Serena waved at Andrew and grabbed Darien's hand and headed to the door that she had slammed earlier.
Darien didn't resist this time and followed Serena to the door. Before he walked out the door, Darien looked back at his friend and he could see the utter confusion written on Andrew's face. Darien gave him a big goofy grin and scratched the back of his head like a child who had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
When Andrew saw the sheepish expression on his best friend's face he knew that he had finally made a move on Serena. Although Andrew had no idea what kind of move could actually get Serena to leave with Darien. 'This could either be the best thing Dare's ever done or the worst but at least he's finally taken the plunge!"
"Bye you guys!" Andrew flashed a knowing smile at Darien and waved as his two friends headed out the door. 'This should be interesting.'
Having successfully dragged Darien out of the arcade Serena let go of his gloved hand and immediately regretted it. 'Even with gloves on his hands are warm and feel so safe.' Trying not to shiver Serena looked around the parking lot for Darien's car even though she really had no idea what kind of a car Darien had. As soon as Serena's eyes fell on the sleek little red sports car she knew it was Darien's. It was gorgeous, bold, and enticing. 'It's just like Darien!'
"Let me guess, that sleek little red sports car is yours."
"Yep, how did you know that?"
"Uhh, woman's intuition." Serena tried to downplay what she had said. She didn't want Darien to think that she would drool over him because of his car. Serena already drooled over him for other reasons. 'Damn it! I thought I wasn't going to make it painfully obvious that I like him! Jeez, how blonde can I be?'
It was a good thing for Serena that Darien wasn't very good at interpreting the ambiguous statements of 16-year-old blondes. He wasn't sure whether Serena thinking him the sleeklittleredsportscar-type was a good thing or a bad thing. 'Is that her way of saying I'm conceited or is she hinting that my car is a turn-on? Why can't women speak a language that I can understand?' Darien tried to shrug off the dense feeling he got and took his keys out of his pocket.
Darien and Serena walked the short distance to Darien's car in an eerie silence. Darien walked around to the driver's side door and unlocked his car. Serena and Darien both got into the car and buckled up while still in the unnatural silence. Darien tried to get rid of the lack of conversation as he started the car.
"So why did you pick Muffin?"
"Why did you pick Meatball Head?"
"Never answer a question with a question. Anyways, I think it's pretty self-explanatory, I mean you do wear your hair up like that everyday and they do look very similar to a pair of meatballs. Come on just tell me already."
"Alright, fine! I thought that it would only be fair that if you torture me with a food-product for a nickname than I should have the courtesy to do the same."
"Okay, I guess that makes sense. But why a muffin? There are tons of 'food-products' to choose from. Why did you pick that one?"
"Well to tell you the truth, you kinda picked your own nickname. Yesterday when I went to the arcade you were in your regular spot with your regular coffee. The only difference was that you also had a muffin, that's the first time I've seen you eat anything with your coffee. It was actually pretty amusing to watch you pick the muffin apart and get crumbs everywhere. Now I know why you stick to coffee, you destroyed more of that poor muffin than you actually ate."
"All this coming from a girl who doesn't eat food but inhales it. You should definitely not be one to judge someone on their eating habits." A slight blush crept onto his cheeks as he kept his eyes on the road. 'I can't believe she actually noticed. How embarrassing!"
"That doesn't matter, it was still hilarious to watch. Mr. Perfect himself was being a slob. I never thought that I would see the day!"
"For your information the only reason I demolished that muffin was because it was disgusting. Andrew made me try out this new experimental muffin that he was thinking of selling. I don't even know what kind of a muffin it was; I think it might have been a mix between sludge and artichokes. I couldn't even swallow any of that disgusting thing but I had to make it look like I at least tried some of it. So I just sort of mashed it up and spread it around my plate. I was trying to spare Andrew's feelings by not letting him know how foul his creation was."
"How incredibly noble of you. But how's Andrew gonna feel when he sells one of those toxic muffins to some unsuspecting customer and they don't feel the need to spare his feelings. Poor Andrew will get ripped apart by nauseous customers."
"Don't worry your little meatballs off. Andrew already knows foul his muffins were. While you were spying on me you must have missed what Andrew was doing. After he saw that I ripped my muffin apart instead of eating it he tried some of it himself. I swear I think his face turned green. I don't think we have to worry about him making anymore batches of those muffins."
"Poor Andrew! I hope he didn't get sick." Serena then tried to hide her face by looking out her window. Serena was now blushing at the idea of Darien knowing she was watching him. 'Great now he thinks I'm a stalker!'
"Yeah, then there wouldn't be anyone to give you free hot chocolate as a reward for abusing me."
"Hey! Don't forget he gives me extra marshmallows too. Plus he also gives me milkshakes when it's warm out! Anyways, anyone who gives you toxic muffins has to be a wonderful person."
"Can we stop talking about those muffins already, I get nauseous whenever I think about them." Darien put one hand on his already queasy stomach; he really couldn't stand to think about those abominations that were supposed to be muffins.
"I hope you remember those toxic muffins whenever I use your new nickname, maybe then we'll be even for you calling me Meatball Head."
"What is this, Abuse-Darien Day? Lay off already, what happened to our truce?"
"Alright, alright. There's no need to get all huffy and puffy! How do you think I felt everyday when you tormented me? You know, sometimes what you said really got to me. Whoever said 'sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me' was never tortured by Darien Shields." Serena had tried to keep her words light-hearted but they had come out more solemn than she had wanted.
"Aw come on Serena, you know I never meant it. I really can't believe you ever took me seriously!" Darien still wished that Serena hadn't taken him seriously. He just liked to tease her; he never wanted to hurt her.
"I know, I know. I'm sorry I brought it up; we already had this conversation in the arcade. That's why we're doing this whole 'friendship on a trial basis' thing." Serena turned to look out the window again, she would much rather look at the glittering snow than at Darien right now. 'I sound like such a baby!'
The car suddenly slipped into a dead silence. The only things that could be heard were the swishing of the windshield wipers and the slight blowing sound coming from the heating vents. Darien thought that Serena might have dozed off when all of a sudden she broke, actually shattered, the silence.
"Oh my god! Do you even know where I live? How do you know where you're going? I never even gave you directions!" Serena screeched all this at Darien because she was more than a little confused. Darien seemed to be going the right way, but between the snow, the rush-hour traffic, and her poor sense of direction Serena really had know idea where they were headed.
"Take a deep breath Serena, it's okay! I already know where your house is. Don't you remember? I met Ray at your house for a date once. Raye had wanted me to meet all of her friends before we went out."
"Phewf! Now I remember, that was the funniest day ever! You should have seen your face when you saw that I was one of Raye's friends and that it was my house that you were in."
"Are you kidding? That was one of the most horrific experiences of my life! I don't know how I survived."
"Jeez, that seems like forever ago. How long did you and Raye last? Weren't you guys together for like a week?"
"Two weeks actually. Not that your love life is any better."
"How on earth would you know? I have a great love life, no I have a fantastic love life! I've got guys approaching me from every angle. Just 'cause you're pathetic it doesn't mean the rest of us are!"
"Ouch, that was harsh. Okay, fine. If your love life is so great than why don't you tell me about your plans for tomorrow night. Since you've got guys approaching you from every angle than you must have a date planned for a Saturday night."
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"I'm guessing from your silent response that you don't. Don't worry having a deplorable love life does have its advantages. You don't have any anniversaries to remember and you don't have to worry about getting dumped. It's really not that bad."
"It's a sad day when Darien Shields calls your love life pathetic. Okay, so I slightly exaggerated my current love situation. But it's not like there aren't any guys interested, it's just that I'd rather gag on a spoon than be with the ones that are. Sometimes it just sucks to be me."
"Serena, this is me you're talking to. The guy who barely even talks to girls let alone goes out with them."
"You're right. As long as you're around I know that there will always be someone whose love life is even sadder than mine!" Serena couldn't help but giggle at the sour look on Darien's face.
"Gee thanks." Darien made a pouty face and tried to look as hurt as possible.
"Okay, I take it back. Just stop making that face!" Serena was now full out laughing; she had to use all of her will power to avoid snorting. It took Serena a couple of minutes to regain her composure.
"What's wrong with my face? Many girls have swooned for this face, you should feel honored to be in the presence of a guy with a face like mine!" As the extremely overacted words gushed from Darien's mouth Serena was swept into another fit of giggles.
"I'm sure. (giggle) That's why you don't have any plans for tomorrow, the girls are all passed out before you can ask them out!" Serena was once again engulfed in a set of giggles. 'I crack myself up.'
"That's a good way to look at it. What about you, what's your excuse for not having plans on a Saturday?" Darien couldn't help but chuckle at Serena after he said that. She had finally stopped giggling and tilted her head to the side and wrinkled her nose deep in thought.
"My excuse is that I'm so gorgeous and dead sexy guys are totally intimidated by me. I literally scare them away with my beauty." This time Serena waited until she saw Darien chuckle heartily before she started to giggle. She wanted to make sure he knew she was completely joking before she let herself give in to the temptation of giggling.
Neither one realized that what they were saying was true, basically. Girls didn't literally pass out because of Darien's good looks, but they were always too busy staring at him with goo-goo eyes to actually approach him and talk to him. With Serena guys couldn't approach her because they always thought she was way out of their league. Serena and Darien were definitely an interesting pair.
"So what are you really doing this Saturday. I know you couldn't possibly have no plans for tomorrow. Are you going to go out with your friends, you guys are always together."
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"You mean you don't really don't have any plans?"
"No I really don't have any plans, now if you say it again I may be forced to hurt you."
"Sorry, you know what I mean. I never thought a social butterfly like you could ever spend an entire Saturday alone."
"For your information, the girls and I went on a major shopping excursion last weekend. I'm too broke to even think about doing something with those girls. We decided to take a break this weekend and to let our bank accounts take a much needed vacation."
"If you know where to go you can actually spend an entire day having a great time without spending any money."
"I didn't think that was possible!"
"You'd be surprised."
"Oh, I suppose you know tons of ways."
"Of course I do, I wrote the book on having fun without any money."
"You should be so proud, but I don't think that's a great title for a book." As Serena finished her sentence Darien pulled into her driveway. It had taken them a while to get there because of the traffic but they were finally there.
"Thanks for the ride Darien, maybe someday you could tell me about your secret money-free amusements." Serena grabbed the few things that she had and opened the door.
"Why don't I show you? Since we both know you're free tomorrow you have no excuse to get you out of it. How about I come and pick you up tomorrow at noon and I'll show you how to have a great time even when your wallets empty?" Darien held his breath as he waited for Serena's response. Darien knew that he was risking all he had accomplished tonight, but he figured that since he had been lucky enough to get this far he might as well try.
"Why would I try to get out of it? That sounds great, anything is better than being stuck in the house all day. You can even count it as your second act of our new 'friendship'. Anyways, I love surprises! I definitely never thought that I would want to spend my Saturday with Darien Shields. Today has been full of surprises, now it's your job to make sure that tomorrow has even more!" Serena stepped out of the car and into the lightly flurrying snow. "And Darien, thanks for the ride home. And I want you to know that I'm really glad we're friends now."
"Me too Serena." Darien couldn't help but stare at the beautiful girl who stood with the glittering snow all around her. She almost seemed almost magical. "Goodbye Serena." Darien would rather have called her his Snow Angel.
"Goodbye Darien." With that Serena shut the car door and waved at Darien through the door window. After Darien waved back Serena ran up to her house. Once she was at her front door she waved again at Darien's car, which had been waiting for her in her driveway. As Serena opened her door and thought about all that had just happened she could only think one thing, 'I can't wait until tomorrow!'
Darien slowly backed out of Serena's driveway wishing he could be this happy forever. He had actually done it, Serena no longer hated him and not only that they were going to spent the entire next day together. Darien could barely contain himself, the entire ride home the he just kept thinking the same thing, 'I can't wait until tomorrow!"
***TO BE CONTINUED***
Disclaimer: If you think I own Sailor Moon than seek professional help.
2 Love Found in Snow
By Xerexs
2.1 Chapter 2
"Muffin?!!!"
"Don't be such a baby Darien. Remember I get to call you anything I want and you can't complain. Now let's go, I'm late!" With that Serena grabbed Darien's hand attempting to drag him out of the arcade. It took Serena a minute before she realized that he wasn't budging. Serena then turned to face her new Muffin and found a baffled look on his face.
"I'm not complaining Meatball Head. I just don't get it. How did you come up with muffin? I never really thought of myself as a muffin. Maybe a bagel or a waffle, but not a muffin."
"Oh, you think you're so clever don't you? Come on, I've got to go!"
"Hmm. Maybe I could even see myself as a Danish, but definitely not a muffin."
"Grrrr! Can we just go already?"
"Fine, let's go. But you better explain this 'muffin' thing on the way."
"Whatever you want Muffin as long as it gets us moving." Serena couldn't help but giggle, Darien was so cute when he wasn't acting like a four year old.
"See ya later Andrew!" Darien called at his friend who was still helping some little kids with a Sailor V video game.
"Bye Andrew!" Serena waved at Andrew and grabbed Darien's hand and headed to the door that she had slammed earlier.
Darien didn't resist this time and followed Serena to the door. Before he walked out the door, Darien looked back at his friend and he could see the utter confusion written on Andrew's face. Darien gave him a big goofy grin and scratched the back of his head like a child who had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
When Andrew saw the sheepish expression on his best friend's face he knew that he had finally made a move on Serena. Although Andrew had no idea what kind of move could actually get Serena to leave with Darien. 'This could either be the best thing Dare's ever done or the worst but at least he's finally taken the plunge!"
"Bye you guys!" Andrew flashed a knowing smile at Darien and waved as his two friends headed out the door. 'This should be interesting.'
Having successfully dragged Darien out of the arcade Serena let go of his gloved hand and immediately regretted it. 'Even with gloves on his hands are warm and feel so safe.' Trying not to shiver Serena looked around the parking lot for Darien's car even though she really had no idea what kind of a car Darien had. As soon as Serena's eyes fell on the sleek little red sports car she knew it was Darien's. It was gorgeous, bold, and enticing. 'It's just like Darien!'
"Let me guess, that sleek little red sports car is yours."
"Yep, how did you know that?"
"Uhh, woman's intuition." Serena tried to downplay what she had said. She didn't want Darien to think that she would drool over him because of his car. Serena already drooled over him for other reasons. 'Damn it! I thought I wasn't going to make it painfully obvious that I like him! Jeez, how blonde can I be?'
It was a good thing for Serena that Darien wasn't very good at interpreting the ambiguous statements of 16-year-old blondes. He wasn't sure whether Serena thinking him the sleeklittleredsportscar-type was a good thing or a bad thing. 'Is that her way of saying I'm conceited or is she hinting that my car is a turn-on? Why can't women speak a language that I can understand?' Darien tried to shrug off the dense feeling he got and took his keys out of his pocket.
Darien and Serena walked the short distance to Darien's car in an eerie silence. Darien walked around to the driver's side door and unlocked his car. Serena and Darien both got into the car and buckled up while still in the unnatural silence. Darien tried to get rid of the lack of conversation as he started the car.
"So why did you pick Muffin?"
"Why did you pick Meatball Head?"
"Never answer a question with a question. Anyways, I think it's pretty self-explanatory, I mean you do wear your hair up like that everyday and they do look very similar to a pair of meatballs. Come on just tell me already."
"Alright, fine! I thought that it would only be fair that if you torture me with a food-product for a nickname than I should have the courtesy to do the same."
"Okay, I guess that makes sense. But why a muffin? There are tons of 'food-products' to choose from. Why did you pick that one?"
"Well to tell you the truth, you kinda picked your own nickname. Yesterday when I went to the arcade you were in your regular spot with your regular coffee. The only difference was that you also had a muffin, that's the first time I've seen you eat anything with your coffee. It was actually pretty amusing to watch you pick the muffin apart and get crumbs everywhere. Now I know why you stick to coffee, you destroyed more of that poor muffin than you actually ate."
"All this coming from a girl who doesn't eat food but inhales it. You should definitely not be one to judge someone on their eating habits." A slight blush crept onto his cheeks as he kept his eyes on the road. 'I can't believe she actually noticed. How embarrassing!"
"That doesn't matter, it was still hilarious to watch. Mr. Perfect himself was being a slob. I never thought that I would see the day!"
"For your information the only reason I demolished that muffin was because it was disgusting. Andrew made me try out this new experimental muffin that he was thinking of selling. I don't even know what kind of a muffin it was; I think it might have been a mix between sludge and artichokes. I couldn't even swallow any of that disgusting thing but I had to make it look like I at least tried some of it. So I just sort of mashed it up and spread it around my plate. I was trying to spare Andrew's feelings by not letting him know how foul his creation was."
"How incredibly noble of you. But how's Andrew gonna feel when he sells one of those toxic muffins to some unsuspecting customer and they don't feel the need to spare his feelings. Poor Andrew will get ripped apart by nauseous customers."
"Don't worry your little meatballs off. Andrew already knows foul his muffins were. While you were spying on me you must have missed what Andrew was doing. After he saw that I ripped my muffin apart instead of eating it he tried some of it himself. I swear I think his face turned green. I don't think we have to worry about him making anymore batches of those muffins."
"Poor Andrew! I hope he didn't get sick." Serena then tried to hide her face by looking out her window. Serena was now blushing at the idea of Darien knowing she was watching him. 'Great now he thinks I'm a stalker!'
"Yeah, then there wouldn't be anyone to give you free hot chocolate as a reward for abusing me."
"Hey! Don't forget he gives me extra marshmallows too. Plus he also gives me milkshakes when it's warm out! Anyways, anyone who gives you toxic muffins has to be a wonderful person."
"Can we stop talking about those muffins already, I get nauseous whenever I think about them." Darien put one hand on his already queasy stomach; he really couldn't stand to think about those abominations that were supposed to be muffins.
"I hope you remember those toxic muffins whenever I use your new nickname, maybe then we'll be even for you calling me Meatball Head."
"What is this, Abuse-Darien Day? Lay off already, what happened to our truce?"
"Alright, alright. There's no need to get all huffy and puffy! How do you think I felt everyday when you tormented me? You know, sometimes what you said really got to me. Whoever said 'sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me' was never tortured by Darien Shields." Serena had tried to keep her words light-hearted but they had come out more solemn than she had wanted.
"Aw come on Serena, you know I never meant it. I really can't believe you ever took me seriously!" Darien still wished that Serena hadn't taken him seriously. He just liked to tease her; he never wanted to hurt her.
"I know, I know. I'm sorry I brought it up; we already had this conversation in the arcade. That's why we're doing this whole 'friendship on a trial basis' thing." Serena turned to look out the window again, she would much rather look at the glittering snow than at Darien right now. 'I sound like such a baby!'
The car suddenly slipped into a dead silence. The only things that could be heard were the swishing of the windshield wipers and the slight blowing sound coming from the heating vents. Darien thought that Serena might have dozed off when all of a sudden she broke, actually shattered, the silence.
"Oh my god! Do you even know where I live? How do you know where you're going? I never even gave you directions!" Serena screeched all this at Darien because she was more than a little confused. Darien seemed to be going the right way, but between the snow, the rush-hour traffic, and her poor sense of direction Serena really had know idea where they were headed.
"Take a deep breath Serena, it's okay! I already know where your house is. Don't you remember? I met Ray at your house for a date once. Raye had wanted me to meet all of her friends before we went out."
"Phewf! Now I remember, that was the funniest day ever! You should have seen your face when you saw that I was one of Raye's friends and that it was my house that you were in."
"Are you kidding? That was one of the most horrific experiences of my life! I don't know how I survived."
"Jeez, that seems like forever ago. How long did you and Raye last? Weren't you guys together for like a week?"
"Two weeks actually. Not that your love life is any better."
"How on earth would you know? I have a great love life, no I have a fantastic love life! I've got guys approaching me from every angle. Just 'cause you're pathetic it doesn't mean the rest of us are!"
"Ouch, that was harsh. Okay, fine. If your love life is so great than why don't you tell me about your plans for tomorrow night. Since you've got guys approaching you from every angle than you must have a date planned for a Saturday night."
"."
"I'm guessing from your silent response that you don't. Don't worry having a deplorable love life does have its advantages. You don't have any anniversaries to remember and you don't have to worry about getting dumped. It's really not that bad."
"It's a sad day when Darien Shields calls your love life pathetic. Okay, so I slightly exaggerated my current love situation. But it's not like there aren't any guys interested, it's just that I'd rather gag on a spoon than be with the ones that are. Sometimes it just sucks to be me."
"Serena, this is me you're talking to. The guy who barely even talks to girls let alone goes out with them."
"You're right. As long as you're around I know that there will always be someone whose love life is even sadder than mine!" Serena couldn't help but giggle at the sour look on Darien's face.
"Gee thanks." Darien made a pouty face and tried to look as hurt as possible.
"Okay, I take it back. Just stop making that face!" Serena was now full out laughing; she had to use all of her will power to avoid snorting. It took Serena a couple of minutes to regain her composure.
"What's wrong with my face? Many girls have swooned for this face, you should feel honored to be in the presence of a guy with a face like mine!" As the extremely overacted words gushed from Darien's mouth Serena was swept into another fit of giggles.
"I'm sure. (giggle) That's why you don't have any plans for tomorrow, the girls are all passed out before you can ask them out!" Serena was once again engulfed in a set of giggles. 'I crack myself up.'
"That's a good way to look at it. What about you, what's your excuse for not having plans on a Saturday?" Darien couldn't help but chuckle at Serena after he said that. She had finally stopped giggling and tilted her head to the side and wrinkled her nose deep in thought.
"My excuse is that I'm so gorgeous and dead sexy guys are totally intimidated by me. I literally scare them away with my beauty." This time Serena waited until she saw Darien chuckle heartily before she started to giggle. She wanted to make sure he knew she was completely joking before she let herself give in to the temptation of giggling.
Neither one realized that what they were saying was true, basically. Girls didn't literally pass out because of Darien's good looks, but they were always too busy staring at him with goo-goo eyes to actually approach him and talk to him. With Serena guys couldn't approach her because they always thought she was way out of their league. Serena and Darien were definitely an interesting pair.
"So what are you really doing this Saturday. I know you couldn't possibly have no plans for tomorrow. Are you going to go out with your friends, you guys are always together."
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"You mean you don't really don't have any plans?"
"No I really don't have any plans, now if you say it again I may be forced to hurt you."
"Sorry, you know what I mean. I never thought a social butterfly like you could ever spend an entire Saturday alone."
"For your information, the girls and I went on a major shopping excursion last weekend. I'm too broke to even think about doing something with those girls. We decided to take a break this weekend and to let our bank accounts take a much needed vacation."
"If you know where to go you can actually spend an entire day having a great time without spending any money."
"I didn't think that was possible!"
"You'd be surprised."
"Oh, I suppose you know tons of ways."
"Of course I do, I wrote the book on having fun without any money."
"You should be so proud, but I don't think that's a great title for a book." As Serena finished her sentence Darien pulled into her driveway. It had taken them a while to get there because of the traffic but they were finally there.
"Thanks for the ride Darien, maybe someday you could tell me about your secret money-free amusements." Serena grabbed the few things that she had and opened the door.
"Why don't I show you? Since we both know you're free tomorrow you have no excuse to get you out of it. How about I come and pick you up tomorrow at noon and I'll show you how to have a great time even when your wallets empty?" Darien held his breath as he waited for Serena's response. Darien knew that he was risking all he had accomplished tonight, but he figured that since he had been lucky enough to get this far he might as well try.
"Why would I try to get out of it? That sounds great, anything is better than being stuck in the house all day. You can even count it as your second act of our new 'friendship'. Anyways, I love surprises! I definitely never thought that I would want to spend my Saturday with Darien Shields. Today has been full of surprises, now it's your job to make sure that tomorrow has even more!" Serena stepped out of the car and into the lightly flurrying snow. "And Darien, thanks for the ride home. And I want you to know that I'm really glad we're friends now."
"Me too Serena." Darien couldn't help but stare at the beautiful girl who stood with the glittering snow all around her. She almost seemed almost magical. "Goodbye Serena." Darien would rather have called her his Snow Angel.
"Goodbye Darien." With that Serena shut the car door and waved at Darien through the door window. After Darien waved back Serena ran up to her house. Once she was at her front door she waved again at Darien's car, which had been waiting for her in her driveway. As Serena opened her door and thought about all that had just happened she could only think one thing, 'I can't wait until tomorrow!'
Darien slowly backed out of Serena's driveway wishing he could be this happy forever. He had actually done it, Serena no longer hated him and not only that they were going to spent the entire next day together. Darien could barely contain himself, the entire ride home the he just kept thinking the same thing, 'I can't wait until tomorrow!"
***TO BE CONTINUED***
