Title: He's A Keeper
Rating: PG
Chapter 2
The next morning Serena was walking to school, slowly, surprising herself that she got up early enough to not have to rush. She breathed in the morning air and sighed. This is going to be a great day. She thought to herself. She turned the corner next to the arcade and ran into a warm body.
"I'm so sorry sir." She said as she tried to pass him, but a hand gripped her shoulder lightly.
"Its ok Sere, I'm sure you didn't mean to run into me." Darien smiled, knowing that she didn't pay much attention to whom she ran into these days. "You're up early honey." He said as he kissed her softly.
"Yep, just so I could think about you." She teased, handing him her books to carry. "Oh, and thank you for walking me to school today Darien." She started to walk off, leaving Darien behind to stare after her. After finally realizing that she was walking off her ran to catch up with her.
"I'm walking you to school now am I?" She smiled and nodded, snuggling closer to him as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "I called you yesterday, but your father said that you were sleeping."
"Yeah, I guess I fell asleep on the couch." She continued to walk with him. "Speaking of daddy, he surprised me yesterday.he said that I did a good job picking you out and that you were a keeper." She leaned closer to him kissing his cheek. "I told you he would come around, didn't I?" Darien nodded. "Maybe now, you will start listening to me." She teased, causing Darien to groan and pull her closer.
"Yes I know, I will remember to listen to you next time." He kissed her head, breathing in the strawberry shampoo she had used. "You smell so good today." He said into her hair, causing her to giggle.
"Don't I always?" She teased, turning toward him, wrapping her arms around him, and causing him to adjust her books in one arm so he could hold her more securely. "You know.I haven't gotten my Darien fix in a few hours." She cooed, moving up on her toes to reach his lips better.
"I think I can do something about that." He replied huskily. He bent down slightly, capturing her lips on his, softly at first then more swiftly, causing Serena to sigh.
"Oh that helped so much." She smiled, kissing him again, and again. "Happy Anniversary honey."
"Happy Anniversary Angel, your present is waiting for you, but you can't have it until tonight." Serena just hugged his arm, walking the rest of the way to the school.
They arrived at the school about five minutes later. Serena took her books from Darien's arms and walked inside the large building after kissing Darien passionately goodbye. She walked through the large halls, passing many of her fellow classmates. She stopped at her locker; number 304, and disposed of her unneeded books and grabbing her history book. She walked into her first period history class with Mr. Smith.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Miss Stevens. My, you are early today aren't you?" Serena just nodded at the middle-aged man. He was roughly thirty years of age with dark brown hair and dark green eyes, almost brown.
"Yes sir, I wanted to walk to school with my boyfriend, since it is close to our four year anniversary today." She tried to make the teacher to leave her alone, but it didn't work. He walked over to his student, sitting next to her.
"Your boyfriend huh?" Serena nodded, trying to scoot away from him. "Well, for some reason I don't believe you have a boyfriend, you would have said something about him sooner." He grinned, moving closer to her running his hand along her face, causing Serena to jump back in shock.
"I do have a boyfriend Mr. Smith, whither you believe me or not, but you keep your hands off of me." She growled, getting up out of her seat walking out of the class with only her purse.
"Serena, come back in here!" She just walked off, not turning back. "Serena! If you don't come back, then you may as well never come back!" He yelled after her.
After she left the room earlier that morning, she went and talked to Mr. Chek, the principle, about trying to switch her classes. He had just told her that he would see what he could do but most of the classes were already full. He had given her a note to get back to class and sent her on her way.
Serena walked past the students that were now watching her. She held a yellow slip in her hands along with her stack of books. Here we go again.I don't see why I have to go back to that class! She sighed, opening the door to Mr. Smith's classroom for the second time that morning and after setting her books down, she gave the note to the teacher.
"Thank you Serena, you may take your seat.we are taking a test." He handed her a stack of stapled papers. Good thing I studied. She thought as she walked back to her seat and started taking her test. Within ten minutes she was done and turned it in. She was done before all of the other students, which was normal.
After everyone turned in their test, a group gathered around Serena. Tracy, the school tramp, sat next to her. She had shoulder length black hair and dark green eyes.
"So Serena, who was that hunk walking you to school today?" Tracy smiled, hoping that it was her brother, who was almost two years older then Serena.
"Darien." She stated, trying to listen to other conversations.
"Darien? Like your boyfriend Darien?" Serena nodded. "I thought you and him broke up years ago?" Serena shook her head.
"No, a year ago he went to America to visit some family he had there, but we never broke up more then two weeks." Tracy's jaw dropped and looked at the blond. "We have been together for four years now."
"Class, I have your tests graded, when I call your names, come and get them." Mr. Smith announced from his desk. "Greg." A medium height guy stood up from the back of the room and walked up to receive his paper. "Tracy." Tracy stood up from her spot next to Serena and got her paper. "Stacy, Tom, Michael, Sean, Cory, Serena." Serena walked up slowly and took her paper from his hand, brushing his hand accidentally; at least it was for her. She looked down at the paper and saw a large F on it. Her jaw dropped and looked over at Mr. Smith.
"Mr. Smith-" she was cut off by his hand waving in front of her.
"If you wish to discuss this, you could stay after class." He told her, but she just rolled her eyes and walked back to her desk. That good for nothing jerk! All he wants is to get his ass laid, but the only thing he will get is a pink slip!
The bell rang to end first period and students filed out of the room, but Mr. Smith called Serena's name before she left the room. Disgruntled, she turned around and waited for the teacher to say something of why he kept her after class.
"You wanted something Mr. Smith?" She forced herself not to scream. She saw him get up out of his seat and walk over to her, stopping a little too close for her comfort, so she backed away a little bit.
"I did, and you know what it is." He continued. "If you don't want those grades to keep dropping I suggest you find someway to please me." He looked her down, whistling.
"I'd rather fail than to let you touch me." Her voice was like daggers, cutting into him. She despised the man, and did not try to hide it. "I am leaving now!" She turned and walked swiftly out of the room, going on to her trig class.
Through out the day, Serena was called to Mr. Smith's room, and he offered her other ways to get him to stop. He told her all she had to do was strip for him and dance, which earned him a slap in the face, especially when he had said that she would happily do it for her beloved Darien. The man made her sick, talking the way he did, the way he suggested such things as for her to allow him to go down on her. The only reason she did not report him was that her parents would be very angry that she would accuse their dear friend of such a crime.
Thomas Smith had been a 'friend' of the family's since Serena was ten. When she started to form into her womanly figure, he had started to try to get her into his bed. At first she thought he was only kidding, so she just laughed and ran around. She was so naive back then, and she didn't realize what he was trying to do until she met her first boyfriend, James. He had tried the same thing, but she let him do some things to her, things that to this day she regretted. The only thing James ever helped her with was helping her realize that the family friend was nothing more then a low life scum.
Serena's parents were so excited when they heard that she was going to be in Mr. Smiths history class that they often made her take him cookies, causing him to think it was Serena's doings, and continued his attempts on her. Many times her parents had told her that if she ever had any problems in school that Thomas would be happy to help her. She knew he would be happy to help her, but not in school, but rather help her to loose the only thing she could never gain back.
The last bell rang and Serena left the school grounds, heading home. Serena didn't really feel like going home because her mother would ask her how everything was going, and if she said what really happened, she would be grounded or something, so she decided to take a right instead of left. She passed the arcade and walked toward Darien's apartment building, Moonlight Apartments. She had once told him that the name suited the apartments, for they all carried the characters of a clear night with shinning stars.
She walked into the building, stopping by the front security desk. A man in his late forties, early fifties, stood behind the desk. He was above average in weight, but he never seemed to mind too much. Once he saw Serena stand there he smiled, waving at her.
"Hello Mr. Walker, you don't mind if I go on up do you?" She asked, taking a piece of candy out of a jar on the counter. Slowly unwrapping it, placing it into her mouth.
"Of coarse not Miss Serena." He gave her a small key for the elevator. Since Darien lived on the top floor, which was the private section, you needed a key to get up. Serena use to have a key for the elevator but lost it when her purse was stolen a few months ago. Darien just hasn't gotten around to making her a new one.
"Thank you." She smiled and waved as she made her way over to the double doors leading to the elevators. Sometimes she thought of the place as a palace, and her being a princess going to her private chambers. When Darien heard her fantasy he had set things up like a castle.
It was almost two years ago.
"Darien? What is going on?" Serena had asked him. She sat in his car, blindfolded. Darien had picked her up from her house, running from her father, and helped her into the car after blindfolding her.
"It's a surprise." He smiled softly. He had pulled up to his apartment building, parking in his assigned spot. Walking over to the passenger side of the car, opening the door for his girlfriend, helping her out. "Careful, there's a step there." He warned her as he helped her over a small curb.
"When can I take this off Darien?" She whined. She heard two doors open and her being led through them. She felt Darien stop her and reach behind her head, pulling off her blindfold. She stood in a small room, looking at a long pink gown sitting on a manikin. On the floor was a pair of matching high-heeled shoes and a small golden tiara on a pillow on a table beside the dress.
"Get dressed, I'll be right out side of the door." He told her, leaving her to get ready. After putting on the dress and shoes, doing her hair with the tiara, she opened the door. She expected Darien to be standing there, but instead she found a Darien look-alike dressed in all black and armor, with a cape flowing behind him.
"Oh Darien." She sighed and grabbed his extended arm. "You look so handsome."
"You look like an angel princess." He bowed slightly, kissing her on the cheek. "Now, come on, we have many things to do, and very little time, I don't want to be killed by your father tonight." He chuckled slightly, pulling his beauty closer to him. They walked through the lobby of the apartment building, which was decorated in pink curtains and roses.
"Good evening Princess Serena, what a pleasure it is to have you here." Mr. Walker bowed to her, kissing her hand softly, causing her to giggle.
"Why is everyone calling me Princess, Darien?" She asked, still looking around.
"Because, my dear, you said you felt like a princess when you came here, so I wanted you to have your dream come true, even if it was only for a night." She looked up at her handsome prince.
"You did all this for me?" He nodded. Before he could say anything, she grabbed him, kissing him deeply with all the passion she could muster. The two ended up going to dinner and danced to some classical music in his apartment.
Darien always did have his romantic side, even though nobody really believed her until their sixth month anniversary when he had broken into the office of the school and played I Will Always Love You on the intercom. Darien always said that you had to be romantic to an angel like her. Even thinking of things that he had said made her giggle and blush.
After walking into Darien's apartment, she discarded her shoes, and set her purse and books that she happened to grab before leaving the school on the coffee table. She took the few dishes that were around the place and washed them, then putting them away in their correct places. She knew how Darien liked things neat, but sometimes he was too tired to do anything.
I wonder where he is keeping my present. She thought to herself. Every year she searched and searched for her anniversary present, but never could find it. She sometimes thought that he hid it in some secret chamber that only he knew about, but he swears he doesn't. She decided that it would be too much work for her to search for it, especially since she knew she would never find it.
After watching T.V. for a little while, she walked into Darien's super clean bedroom and laid in his bed, falling asleep quickly.
To Be Continued.
Rating: PG
Chapter 2
The next morning Serena was walking to school, slowly, surprising herself that she got up early enough to not have to rush. She breathed in the morning air and sighed. This is going to be a great day. She thought to herself. She turned the corner next to the arcade and ran into a warm body.
"I'm so sorry sir." She said as she tried to pass him, but a hand gripped her shoulder lightly.
"Its ok Sere, I'm sure you didn't mean to run into me." Darien smiled, knowing that she didn't pay much attention to whom she ran into these days. "You're up early honey." He said as he kissed her softly.
"Yep, just so I could think about you." She teased, handing him her books to carry. "Oh, and thank you for walking me to school today Darien." She started to walk off, leaving Darien behind to stare after her. After finally realizing that she was walking off her ran to catch up with her.
"I'm walking you to school now am I?" She smiled and nodded, snuggling closer to him as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "I called you yesterday, but your father said that you were sleeping."
"Yeah, I guess I fell asleep on the couch." She continued to walk with him. "Speaking of daddy, he surprised me yesterday.he said that I did a good job picking you out and that you were a keeper." She leaned closer to him kissing his cheek. "I told you he would come around, didn't I?" Darien nodded. "Maybe now, you will start listening to me." She teased, causing Darien to groan and pull her closer.
"Yes I know, I will remember to listen to you next time." He kissed her head, breathing in the strawberry shampoo she had used. "You smell so good today." He said into her hair, causing her to giggle.
"Don't I always?" She teased, turning toward him, wrapping her arms around him, and causing him to adjust her books in one arm so he could hold her more securely. "You know.I haven't gotten my Darien fix in a few hours." She cooed, moving up on her toes to reach his lips better.
"I think I can do something about that." He replied huskily. He bent down slightly, capturing her lips on his, softly at first then more swiftly, causing Serena to sigh.
"Oh that helped so much." She smiled, kissing him again, and again. "Happy Anniversary honey."
"Happy Anniversary Angel, your present is waiting for you, but you can't have it until tonight." Serena just hugged his arm, walking the rest of the way to the school.
They arrived at the school about five minutes later. Serena took her books from Darien's arms and walked inside the large building after kissing Darien passionately goodbye. She walked through the large halls, passing many of her fellow classmates. She stopped at her locker; number 304, and disposed of her unneeded books and grabbing her history book. She walked into her first period history class with Mr. Smith.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Miss Stevens. My, you are early today aren't you?" Serena just nodded at the middle-aged man. He was roughly thirty years of age with dark brown hair and dark green eyes, almost brown.
"Yes sir, I wanted to walk to school with my boyfriend, since it is close to our four year anniversary today." She tried to make the teacher to leave her alone, but it didn't work. He walked over to his student, sitting next to her.
"Your boyfriend huh?" Serena nodded, trying to scoot away from him. "Well, for some reason I don't believe you have a boyfriend, you would have said something about him sooner." He grinned, moving closer to her running his hand along her face, causing Serena to jump back in shock.
"I do have a boyfriend Mr. Smith, whither you believe me or not, but you keep your hands off of me." She growled, getting up out of her seat walking out of the class with only her purse.
"Serena, come back in here!" She just walked off, not turning back. "Serena! If you don't come back, then you may as well never come back!" He yelled after her.
After she left the room earlier that morning, she went and talked to Mr. Chek, the principle, about trying to switch her classes. He had just told her that he would see what he could do but most of the classes were already full. He had given her a note to get back to class and sent her on her way.
Serena walked past the students that were now watching her. She held a yellow slip in her hands along with her stack of books. Here we go again.I don't see why I have to go back to that class! She sighed, opening the door to Mr. Smith's classroom for the second time that morning and after setting her books down, she gave the note to the teacher.
"Thank you Serena, you may take your seat.we are taking a test." He handed her a stack of stapled papers. Good thing I studied. She thought as she walked back to her seat and started taking her test. Within ten minutes she was done and turned it in. She was done before all of the other students, which was normal.
After everyone turned in their test, a group gathered around Serena. Tracy, the school tramp, sat next to her. She had shoulder length black hair and dark green eyes.
"So Serena, who was that hunk walking you to school today?" Tracy smiled, hoping that it was her brother, who was almost two years older then Serena.
"Darien." She stated, trying to listen to other conversations.
"Darien? Like your boyfriend Darien?" Serena nodded. "I thought you and him broke up years ago?" Serena shook her head.
"No, a year ago he went to America to visit some family he had there, but we never broke up more then two weeks." Tracy's jaw dropped and looked at the blond. "We have been together for four years now."
"Class, I have your tests graded, when I call your names, come and get them." Mr. Smith announced from his desk. "Greg." A medium height guy stood up from the back of the room and walked up to receive his paper. "Tracy." Tracy stood up from her spot next to Serena and got her paper. "Stacy, Tom, Michael, Sean, Cory, Serena." Serena walked up slowly and took her paper from his hand, brushing his hand accidentally; at least it was for her. She looked down at the paper and saw a large F on it. Her jaw dropped and looked over at Mr. Smith.
"Mr. Smith-" she was cut off by his hand waving in front of her.
"If you wish to discuss this, you could stay after class." He told her, but she just rolled her eyes and walked back to her desk. That good for nothing jerk! All he wants is to get his ass laid, but the only thing he will get is a pink slip!
The bell rang to end first period and students filed out of the room, but Mr. Smith called Serena's name before she left the room. Disgruntled, she turned around and waited for the teacher to say something of why he kept her after class.
"You wanted something Mr. Smith?" She forced herself not to scream. She saw him get up out of his seat and walk over to her, stopping a little too close for her comfort, so she backed away a little bit.
"I did, and you know what it is." He continued. "If you don't want those grades to keep dropping I suggest you find someway to please me." He looked her down, whistling.
"I'd rather fail than to let you touch me." Her voice was like daggers, cutting into him. She despised the man, and did not try to hide it. "I am leaving now!" She turned and walked swiftly out of the room, going on to her trig class.
Through out the day, Serena was called to Mr. Smith's room, and he offered her other ways to get him to stop. He told her all she had to do was strip for him and dance, which earned him a slap in the face, especially when he had said that she would happily do it for her beloved Darien. The man made her sick, talking the way he did, the way he suggested such things as for her to allow him to go down on her. The only reason she did not report him was that her parents would be very angry that she would accuse their dear friend of such a crime.
Thomas Smith had been a 'friend' of the family's since Serena was ten. When she started to form into her womanly figure, he had started to try to get her into his bed. At first she thought he was only kidding, so she just laughed and ran around. She was so naive back then, and she didn't realize what he was trying to do until she met her first boyfriend, James. He had tried the same thing, but she let him do some things to her, things that to this day she regretted. The only thing James ever helped her with was helping her realize that the family friend was nothing more then a low life scum.
Serena's parents were so excited when they heard that she was going to be in Mr. Smiths history class that they often made her take him cookies, causing him to think it was Serena's doings, and continued his attempts on her. Many times her parents had told her that if she ever had any problems in school that Thomas would be happy to help her. She knew he would be happy to help her, but not in school, but rather help her to loose the only thing she could never gain back.
The last bell rang and Serena left the school grounds, heading home. Serena didn't really feel like going home because her mother would ask her how everything was going, and if she said what really happened, she would be grounded or something, so she decided to take a right instead of left. She passed the arcade and walked toward Darien's apartment building, Moonlight Apartments. She had once told him that the name suited the apartments, for they all carried the characters of a clear night with shinning stars.
She walked into the building, stopping by the front security desk. A man in his late forties, early fifties, stood behind the desk. He was above average in weight, but he never seemed to mind too much. Once he saw Serena stand there he smiled, waving at her.
"Hello Mr. Walker, you don't mind if I go on up do you?" She asked, taking a piece of candy out of a jar on the counter. Slowly unwrapping it, placing it into her mouth.
"Of coarse not Miss Serena." He gave her a small key for the elevator. Since Darien lived on the top floor, which was the private section, you needed a key to get up. Serena use to have a key for the elevator but lost it when her purse was stolen a few months ago. Darien just hasn't gotten around to making her a new one.
"Thank you." She smiled and waved as she made her way over to the double doors leading to the elevators. Sometimes she thought of the place as a palace, and her being a princess going to her private chambers. When Darien heard her fantasy he had set things up like a castle.
It was almost two years ago.
"Darien? What is going on?" Serena had asked him. She sat in his car, blindfolded. Darien had picked her up from her house, running from her father, and helped her into the car after blindfolding her.
"It's a surprise." He smiled softly. He had pulled up to his apartment building, parking in his assigned spot. Walking over to the passenger side of the car, opening the door for his girlfriend, helping her out. "Careful, there's a step there." He warned her as he helped her over a small curb.
"When can I take this off Darien?" She whined. She heard two doors open and her being led through them. She felt Darien stop her and reach behind her head, pulling off her blindfold. She stood in a small room, looking at a long pink gown sitting on a manikin. On the floor was a pair of matching high-heeled shoes and a small golden tiara on a pillow on a table beside the dress.
"Get dressed, I'll be right out side of the door." He told her, leaving her to get ready. After putting on the dress and shoes, doing her hair with the tiara, she opened the door. She expected Darien to be standing there, but instead she found a Darien look-alike dressed in all black and armor, with a cape flowing behind him.
"Oh Darien." She sighed and grabbed his extended arm. "You look so handsome."
"You look like an angel princess." He bowed slightly, kissing her on the cheek. "Now, come on, we have many things to do, and very little time, I don't want to be killed by your father tonight." He chuckled slightly, pulling his beauty closer to him. They walked through the lobby of the apartment building, which was decorated in pink curtains and roses.
"Good evening Princess Serena, what a pleasure it is to have you here." Mr. Walker bowed to her, kissing her hand softly, causing her to giggle.
"Why is everyone calling me Princess, Darien?" She asked, still looking around.
"Because, my dear, you said you felt like a princess when you came here, so I wanted you to have your dream come true, even if it was only for a night." She looked up at her handsome prince.
"You did all this for me?" He nodded. Before he could say anything, she grabbed him, kissing him deeply with all the passion she could muster. The two ended up going to dinner and danced to some classical music in his apartment.
Darien always did have his romantic side, even though nobody really believed her until their sixth month anniversary when he had broken into the office of the school and played I Will Always Love You on the intercom. Darien always said that you had to be romantic to an angel like her. Even thinking of things that he had said made her giggle and blush.
After walking into Darien's apartment, she discarded her shoes, and set her purse and books that she happened to grab before leaving the school on the coffee table. She took the few dishes that were around the place and washed them, then putting them away in their correct places. She knew how Darien liked things neat, but sometimes he was too tired to do anything.
I wonder where he is keeping my present. She thought to herself. Every year she searched and searched for her anniversary present, but never could find it. She sometimes thought that he hid it in some secret chamber that only he knew about, but he swears he doesn't. She decided that it would be too much work for her to search for it, especially since she knew she would never find it.
After watching T.V. for a little while, she walked into Darien's super clean bedroom and laid in his bed, falling asleep quickly.
To Be Continued.
