Red Envelopes 6
Darien grabbed Serena. She laughed and shrieked. " Of course you're a keeper," he whispered gently into her ear as he set her down lightly.
Leaning her head against his chest, she smiled and took in the aroma of spice and roses. " Yeah?" she whispered.
" Yeah," Darien answered, lifting her face up with his finger under her chin. Slowly, he leaned down and gave her a sweet kiss.
" Like chocolate," Serena thought as she caught her lips with his once more time.
Darien drew her close. " I'll never let go," he thought as he felt her snuggle deeper into him.
* APPLAUSE * * CATCALLS * * HOOTS *
Darien let go so suddenly that Serena almost fell.
" Ahh…" she held her head, dizzy from the sudden spin and kisses.
Students, teachers, and all were staring at them through every window from all three levels of the school.
" Hi Serena!" a girl shouted.
" Hi!" Serena laughed.
" Ahem! Time for class." The principal yelled over all the shouts.
Red faced, Darien and Serena walked back in hand in hand. Looking back one more time, Darien could have sworn he saw Mr. Palmer giving him a wink and a thumb up through his window.
~ Valentine's Day Comes and All is Hectic ~
" Know all about your reputation, and now its bound to be a heartbreak situation," Serena sang in the shower. Stopping in mid scrub she frowned. " Stupid reputation," she muttered and switched to another station.
~
" But I can't help it if I'm helpless every time I'm where you are," the radio sang.
Darien grinned sheepishly, " True." Walking out of his shower, Darien wrapped a towel around his bottom and couldn't resist looking, inside the red envelope one more time, before he gets dressed. Beaming, Darien scanned the note Serena wrote him. The note that got fished out of the trash can after school and tapped painfully back together. Another note fluttered to the ground when he was slipping his note back onto his bookshelf.
" Hm?" Darien murmured. He opened it, and scrutinized it for a name. 'Raye'
" Oh right," he thought. " I forgot to say something back to her." Still frowning he got dressed.
" I hope nothing goes wrong," he whispered under his breath, as he left his house and locked the door.
~
" Please, please, please," Serena prayed under her breath, as she sat on a stool in her kitchen. " Mom do I looked okay?" she asked nervously for the fiftieth time.
" Sere, you look wonderful," her mother sighed drying the dishes.
Serena picked up a spoon and looked at herself. " Ahh!" she screamed. " I look bloated!" she wailed.
Serena's mother sighed once again. She turned the spoon around briskly.
" Oh whew," Serena laughed lightly. " That's better."
Sammy rolled his eyes as he walked into the kitchen to get a drink. " By the way, Sere, there's a rip in your dress," he smirked.
" Where! Where?" Serena cried, twirling around trying to find it. She inspected her pale pink outfit. " Hmm," she looked over the stretchy tub top and flared out long skirt. " Sammy! I don't see a rip!" Serena seethed.
" Oh," Sammy munched on a cookie. "Darien probably won't notice it then," he shrugged evilly.
" MOM!" Serena wailed.
" YOU LOOK FINE!" Serena's mother replied exasperated.
" Ta-da!" Serena's father waltzed into the kitchen. " I'm ready Serena," he sang.
" Uh…what?" Serena replied a bit nervous. " Mother, what is he talking about?" she whispered urgently.
Her mother frowned slightly. " What are you talking about dear?" she asked her dressed up husband patiently.
" You honestly didn't expect me to let our daughter go out with some strange boy do you? I'm taking her!" he answered, as if it was the most ridiculous question ever asked.
" Darling, I'm sure Serena wanted to go with her friends; people who are her age. You are staying home," Serena's mother told her husband patiently and slowly as if he were a child.
" My dear you are mistaken," he replied through clenched teeth.
* DING DONG *
" Bye!" Serena bolted.
" Now wait just a darn second young lady," her father shouted.
" Here's a dollar Sammy. Do your thing," Serena rushed, and slammed the door.
Sammy smiled, folded the dollar into his pocket, and stuffed a cookie into his mouth. His father rushed past him and ran into him. And thusly, Sammy began his acting. * cough * cough * * gag * * wretched wail *
" Sammy?" his father asked concerned. " Are you alright?" he questioned, as his son collapsed onto the floor and faced turned red. " Ilene! Get in here! There's something wrong with Sammy!" he cried. " Son? SON?" he shouted.
Ilene smiled in the kitchen. She peeked out the window and saw her daughter and date dashing away.
" ILENE!" her husband cried.
She whistled a happy tune and proceeded to stop her son's acting.
TO BE CONT'd…….
A/N: Okay, this wasn't probably as good as it should have been. *sigh * I don't know where my muse is these days. Anyways, in your REVIEW can you please tell me?:
1) If you would like my to add some more twists so that this develops into more chapters, or to just have a dance and a happy ending and end at 7 chapters.
2) If you liked how I spaced out the scene in the kitchen or how it is in the kissing scene above and my previous chapters.
3) If you like me writing humor/romance fics or romance/drama/suspense fics.
4) And your ideas, comments, etc!
*** Please read MAKANNA's fic 'Governor Squares'
