Title: He's A Keeper
Rating: PG
Chapter 3
The apartment door opened at exactly 5:10, the same time Darien always got home. He saw the small white tennis shoes by the door and smiled to himself. He could smell the sweet scent that was left behind by Serena. Taking his shoes off and placing them beside hers, he continued his way through the apartment. He was about to go and find her when he saw a white sheet of paper sticking out of one of her books, it had a bright red F on it. She never failed anything anymore. He though to himself as he sat down on the couch grabbing the paper, looking it over.
"This can't be right, these are all correct." He said aloud, continuing to check all of her answers. When he reached the last question he shook his head in disbelief. All the questions were right but one. Someone's not being fair to my baby. He thought sadly. He got up from his spot on the couch and made his way back to his bedroom. Opening the door he saw the angel, who happened to be his girlfriend, lying on his bed with her hair cascaded around her softly.
"Darien?" A soft voice asked when the bedroom door opened. Darien made his way over to the bed, and sat next to her. "I didn't think it was so late, I only wanted to take a short nap." She sat up, scooting closer to her boyfriend.
"That's ok, sweetie, you can rest all you want to." He kissed her head, pulling her closer. "Why didn't you tell me you were having problems with a teacher?" Serena's head shot up and she turned to look at him. He seemed hurt by her not telling him. "I could help you, you don't need to go through this alone."
"I know Darien, but I didn't want you to get upset. I was going to tell you today. It wasn't until today that it really bothered me." She said softly. "He never blackmailed me before." Tears started to stream down her face. "He gave me an F on my test! I know I had them right and when he gave me the paper he said we could talk about it after class, so I stayed. He said that if I could find some way to please him, he.he would make sure I never failed another test." Her sobs became more violent.
"Oh honey! I'm so sorry. We'll go talk to the principal Monday and get this jerk to stay away from you." Serena shook her head.
"We can't, he will never leave me alone. It's Mr. Smith, my dad's best friend. He will always find a way to get to me." She grabbed onto Darien, cuddling in his arms, trying to cease her sobs.
"I wont let him touch you Sere, I will make sure he knows who he is dealing with." He kissed her softly. "Besides, we have a whole weekend without him." He picked her up and carried her into the bathroom, setting her on the counter top, while getting a washcloth wet. He softly cleaned off her face, rinsing off the salty tears.
"Thank you Darien." She smiled through her sadness. Darien always made her feel better whenever anything bad happened.
"No worries tonight, its our anniversary." He smiled, moving closer to her slowly. She wrapped her arms around him, giggling, and pressed her lips to his. She felt his tongue run across her bottom lip and parted her lips for him. Feeling this, Darien eased his tongue into her mouth, coaxing her to follow, which she did. After a few minutes they broke the kiss, both breathing heavily. "We have to get you ready." He told Serena and helped her down onto the floor.
"Where are we going?" Serena asked, as she followed him back into the bedroom.
"We are going to dinner then to the annual charity ball." He smiled, he knew she would like that. She was always complaining that she never go to go to a ball, but he said that she would get overwhelmed, and her parents said she was too young.
"Really?" He nodded. "Oh thank you!" She jumped up into his arms, kissing his face all over. He just laughed and kissed her back.
"I dropped your dress off at your house, since I didn't expect you to be here." He told her. "I'll drop you off and let you get dressed, and I'll pick you up at exactly 7:30." She nodded and grabbed her stuff, putting her shoes back on and stood at the door waiting for Darien. He just smiled and walked her down to his car.
Serena walked into the house and was greeted by four of her best friends. Amy, Lita, Mina, and Raye. Amy had short brownish black hair. She was about 5'6" and always wore blue, to bring out her eyes. She was one of the smartest in the group, besides Serena. She and Darien had together helped bring Serena's grades from C's to all A's, passing up Amy's grade.
Lita had brown hair that reached a little below her shoulders. She kept her hair up and always wore green. She was the group cook, she always made cookies and cake for everyone, just to kill time, and Serena loved them. She was also the most athletic of the group, always running and at the gym.
Mina had long blond hair, but was only half the length of Serena's. She was born in England where she modeled for a few years. She was the one who helped Serena become a proper lady, and walk in a straight line without falling flat on her face, like Serena was known to do.
Raye had long black hair, almost the same length of Mina's. She always wore red, which fit her fiery personality. She was the loud one of the group, always yelling at them for something or another, but nobody ever took her seriously.
"What are you guys doing here?" Serena asked as she dropped her books and purse on the table beside the door.
"We're here to fix you up." Mina said holding up a small makeup kit and curling iron. She smiled as Lita and Raye pushed Serena upstairs to her bedroom. Serena sat down in a chair and held out her hands for Raye to do her nails. Lita started on her toenails, and Amy worked on Serena's makeup and Mina started on her hair.
"How did you all get here?" Serena said, trying not to move too much to mess the girls up on their duties.
"Darien called us last week and told us that he needed our help. So of coarse we said yes!" Mina gladly jumped at any chance to do someone's hair or makeup. She was the makeover queen. "He picked us up a little while ago and told us to wait here. He wants everything to be perfect for your girl!"
"Yeah! Darien is soooo in love with you, it is so cute that he wants you to have so much fun tonight." Lita smiled and closed the nail polish. She had painted Serena's toes a light pink, a lighter shade then her fingers, which were the color of a pink rose.
"Do the four of you know something that is going to happen tonight?" The giggled but stayed silent. "I wanna know!" Raye shook her head.
"Shut up Meatball Head, if we tell you then it wont be a surprise." Raye barked out.
"I'm not a Meatball Head anymore Raye!" Serena cried back at her best friend.
"Girls! Stop arguing! We have to get Serena ready, and we only have 20 more minutes!" Amy announced, finishing up Serena's makeup.
"Ok, now that you are ready, time to get dressed." Lita announced, bringing out a full-length pink gown. The straps wrapped around the neck and the back started at the mid-back, showing off the skin.
"Oh My!" Serena stood up and walked over to the dress that Lita held in her arms. "Its beautiful!" She took it from Lita and walked behind a changing curtain that she had in her room.
Serena came out wearing the gown, twirling to show the girls. It fit her form perfectly, showing off every curve up until her waist. Her hair was pulled up in a bun, with her hair flowing out from the center in curls. She had two small barrettes on the sides of her head. They were small pink butterflies with wings sticking out. She put on a pair of high-heeled, open toed pink shoes, which caused her to grow two inches.
"You look wonderful Sere."
Darien walked up to the front door and knocked lightly. He wore a crisp black tuxedo with a rosebud in his front pocket. His black shoes were nice and shined, and his hair was neatly combed back. He heard light footsteps coming down the stairs and three other pairs behind the leader. The front door opened, revealing Amy, Lita, Mina, and Raye standing in a line.
"Hello Darien, may we present your beautiful girlfriend.Serena." The four split, showing Serena behind them. She stood straight, with her hands held in front of her, looking out at him. Darien's jaw dropped as he stared at her.
"You look.beautiful Sere." Darien stepped inside the house and covered the distance between them in two long steps. He pulled her into his arms and lifted her chin up to him, kissing her. He phased out the giggling and clapping behind them. When the kiss broke, Serena hugged him, trying to hide her face from her friends. He could tell that she was embarrassed, he was a little embarrassed himself, but didn't show it.
"Are you ready to go honey?" Serena asked him as she pulled out of his arms a little bit. He nodded, walking her out of the house, waving to the girls. He opened the car door for her and helped her in without bumping her head on the door. "So where are we going to eat?" She asked as they pulled out of the driveway.
"You'll see."
They pulled up to the Moon Café, which was the most famous, and expensive restaurant in Tokyo. Darien stopped at the front door and got out of the car and walked over to the passenger side, opening Serena's door for her. He threw the keys to a valet and held his hand for Serena to take.
"Oh Darien!" She hugged his arm in excitement. This was the place they went on their first year anniversary. It was also here that he had first time he had ever told her that he loved her. She remembered that day fondly.
"Ready to go inside?" She nodded, walking with him inside. They stopped in front of the check in. "Reservations for Chiba." The guy standing nodded and looked down in the small reservation book in front of him. Chiba, 7:45, Table for 2.
"Yes Mr. Chiba, right this way." The two followed the man to a small table next to the windows. Serena immediately recognized the table as the one they sat at when they were there three years ago to the day. They were given two menus and the man walked away.
"Darien, did you arrange all this?" Serena asked him, grinning from ear to ear. He simply nodded, and kissed her hand softly. "You didn't have to go through all this trouble."
"Nonsense, I would do anything to please you Sere, I love you." Serena's eyes brightened up and she leaned over the table, kissing his lips softly.
"I love you too."
"Hello, I am Mark, I will be your waiter tonight." A tall muscular man announced as he walked up to their table. He was in his early twenties and very fit. "Would you like anything to drink?" Serena looked over at Darien, almost begging him to let her have something.
"Ok." He sighed. "We'll take a bottle of red wine." Mark nodded and walked to the back. "Now, you can't have too much, I don't need you tipsy at the ball." He teased.
"Yeah yeah, but if we are reliving our first anniversary, we need the wine." She pointed out.
"Yes, but if I remember correctly, you drank to much and could barely walk, and didn't I get into trouble with your parents for bringing you home drunk?" He smiled mockingly.
"Yeah, but I ended up making it up to you after I was off grounded." She noted. Darien slightly blushed at her comment. "Awwww! How cute, my Darien, blushing." She teased, reaching across the table touching his cheek softly.
"Your wine." Mark said as he came back to the table. He popped the cork, pouring it into two wine glasses that he had brought with him.
"Thank you Mark." Serena smiled at him, causing Darien to get a little jealous. "Now, I would like to order now." Mark nodded, taking out a small notepad and pencil. "I would like the sesame chicken, and Darien would like the rib eye steak." Mark looked at Darien who just nodded.
"Your food will be out in a few minutes."
They received their food about ten minutes later and they ate while talked about what was going to happen later on. Towards the end of the meal they ordered some ice cream and strawberries, which they fed each other. After a while Serena noticed that Darien had filled his glass already three times with wine.
"Darien, if you don't quit drinking that I will have to drive to the ball." She knew how much Darien hated having her drive his car, even though he was the one who taught her to drive in it.
"Yes, I know." He set the glass down and stood up.
"Where are you going?" Serena asked, knowing that the check had not come yet. He stopped right in front of her, bending down and kneeling on one knee. At that movement she gasped.
To Be Continued.
Rating: PG
Chapter 3
The apartment door opened at exactly 5:10, the same time Darien always got home. He saw the small white tennis shoes by the door and smiled to himself. He could smell the sweet scent that was left behind by Serena. Taking his shoes off and placing them beside hers, he continued his way through the apartment. He was about to go and find her when he saw a white sheet of paper sticking out of one of her books, it had a bright red F on it. She never failed anything anymore. He though to himself as he sat down on the couch grabbing the paper, looking it over.
"This can't be right, these are all correct." He said aloud, continuing to check all of her answers. When he reached the last question he shook his head in disbelief. All the questions were right but one. Someone's not being fair to my baby. He thought sadly. He got up from his spot on the couch and made his way back to his bedroom. Opening the door he saw the angel, who happened to be his girlfriend, lying on his bed with her hair cascaded around her softly.
"Darien?" A soft voice asked when the bedroom door opened. Darien made his way over to the bed, and sat next to her. "I didn't think it was so late, I only wanted to take a short nap." She sat up, scooting closer to her boyfriend.
"That's ok, sweetie, you can rest all you want to." He kissed her head, pulling her closer. "Why didn't you tell me you were having problems with a teacher?" Serena's head shot up and she turned to look at him. He seemed hurt by her not telling him. "I could help you, you don't need to go through this alone."
"I know Darien, but I didn't want you to get upset. I was going to tell you today. It wasn't until today that it really bothered me." She said softly. "He never blackmailed me before." Tears started to stream down her face. "He gave me an F on my test! I know I had them right and when he gave me the paper he said we could talk about it after class, so I stayed. He said that if I could find some way to please him, he.he would make sure I never failed another test." Her sobs became more violent.
"Oh honey! I'm so sorry. We'll go talk to the principal Monday and get this jerk to stay away from you." Serena shook her head.
"We can't, he will never leave me alone. It's Mr. Smith, my dad's best friend. He will always find a way to get to me." She grabbed onto Darien, cuddling in his arms, trying to cease her sobs.
"I wont let him touch you Sere, I will make sure he knows who he is dealing with." He kissed her softly. "Besides, we have a whole weekend without him." He picked her up and carried her into the bathroom, setting her on the counter top, while getting a washcloth wet. He softly cleaned off her face, rinsing off the salty tears.
"Thank you Darien." She smiled through her sadness. Darien always made her feel better whenever anything bad happened.
"No worries tonight, its our anniversary." He smiled, moving closer to her slowly. She wrapped her arms around him, giggling, and pressed her lips to his. She felt his tongue run across her bottom lip and parted her lips for him. Feeling this, Darien eased his tongue into her mouth, coaxing her to follow, which she did. After a few minutes they broke the kiss, both breathing heavily. "We have to get you ready." He told Serena and helped her down onto the floor.
"Where are we going?" Serena asked, as she followed him back into the bedroom.
"We are going to dinner then to the annual charity ball." He smiled, he knew she would like that. She was always complaining that she never go to go to a ball, but he said that she would get overwhelmed, and her parents said she was too young.
"Really?" He nodded. "Oh thank you!" She jumped up into his arms, kissing his face all over. He just laughed and kissed her back.
"I dropped your dress off at your house, since I didn't expect you to be here." He told her. "I'll drop you off and let you get dressed, and I'll pick you up at exactly 7:30." She nodded and grabbed her stuff, putting her shoes back on and stood at the door waiting for Darien. He just smiled and walked her down to his car.
Serena walked into the house and was greeted by four of her best friends. Amy, Lita, Mina, and Raye. Amy had short brownish black hair. She was about 5'6" and always wore blue, to bring out her eyes. She was one of the smartest in the group, besides Serena. She and Darien had together helped bring Serena's grades from C's to all A's, passing up Amy's grade.
Lita had brown hair that reached a little below her shoulders. She kept her hair up and always wore green. She was the group cook, she always made cookies and cake for everyone, just to kill time, and Serena loved them. She was also the most athletic of the group, always running and at the gym.
Mina had long blond hair, but was only half the length of Serena's. She was born in England where she modeled for a few years. She was the one who helped Serena become a proper lady, and walk in a straight line without falling flat on her face, like Serena was known to do.
Raye had long black hair, almost the same length of Mina's. She always wore red, which fit her fiery personality. She was the loud one of the group, always yelling at them for something or another, but nobody ever took her seriously.
"What are you guys doing here?" Serena asked as she dropped her books and purse on the table beside the door.
"We're here to fix you up." Mina said holding up a small makeup kit and curling iron. She smiled as Lita and Raye pushed Serena upstairs to her bedroom. Serena sat down in a chair and held out her hands for Raye to do her nails. Lita started on her toenails, and Amy worked on Serena's makeup and Mina started on her hair.
"How did you all get here?" Serena said, trying not to move too much to mess the girls up on their duties.
"Darien called us last week and told us that he needed our help. So of coarse we said yes!" Mina gladly jumped at any chance to do someone's hair or makeup. She was the makeover queen. "He picked us up a little while ago and told us to wait here. He wants everything to be perfect for your girl!"
"Yeah! Darien is soooo in love with you, it is so cute that he wants you to have so much fun tonight." Lita smiled and closed the nail polish. She had painted Serena's toes a light pink, a lighter shade then her fingers, which were the color of a pink rose.
"Do the four of you know something that is going to happen tonight?" The giggled but stayed silent. "I wanna know!" Raye shook her head.
"Shut up Meatball Head, if we tell you then it wont be a surprise." Raye barked out.
"I'm not a Meatball Head anymore Raye!" Serena cried back at her best friend.
"Girls! Stop arguing! We have to get Serena ready, and we only have 20 more minutes!" Amy announced, finishing up Serena's makeup.
"Ok, now that you are ready, time to get dressed." Lita announced, bringing out a full-length pink gown. The straps wrapped around the neck and the back started at the mid-back, showing off the skin.
"Oh My!" Serena stood up and walked over to the dress that Lita held in her arms. "Its beautiful!" She took it from Lita and walked behind a changing curtain that she had in her room.
Serena came out wearing the gown, twirling to show the girls. It fit her form perfectly, showing off every curve up until her waist. Her hair was pulled up in a bun, with her hair flowing out from the center in curls. She had two small barrettes on the sides of her head. They were small pink butterflies with wings sticking out. She put on a pair of high-heeled, open toed pink shoes, which caused her to grow two inches.
"You look wonderful Sere."
Darien walked up to the front door and knocked lightly. He wore a crisp black tuxedo with a rosebud in his front pocket. His black shoes were nice and shined, and his hair was neatly combed back. He heard light footsteps coming down the stairs and three other pairs behind the leader. The front door opened, revealing Amy, Lita, Mina, and Raye standing in a line.
"Hello Darien, may we present your beautiful girlfriend.Serena." The four split, showing Serena behind them. She stood straight, with her hands held in front of her, looking out at him. Darien's jaw dropped as he stared at her.
"You look.beautiful Sere." Darien stepped inside the house and covered the distance between them in two long steps. He pulled her into his arms and lifted her chin up to him, kissing her. He phased out the giggling and clapping behind them. When the kiss broke, Serena hugged him, trying to hide her face from her friends. He could tell that she was embarrassed, he was a little embarrassed himself, but didn't show it.
"Are you ready to go honey?" Serena asked him as she pulled out of his arms a little bit. He nodded, walking her out of the house, waving to the girls. He opened the car door for her and helped her in without bumping her head on the door. "So where are we going to eat?" She asked as they pulled out of the driveway.
"You'll see."
They pulled up to the Moon Café, which was the most famous, and expensive restaurant in Tokyo. Darien stopped at the front door and got out of the car and walked over to the passenger side, opening Serena's door for her. He threw the keys to a valet and held his hand for Serena to take.
"Oh Darien!" She hugged his arm in excitement. This was the place they went on their first year anniversary. It was also here that he had first time he had ever told her that he loved her. She remembered that day fondly.
"Ready to go inside?" She nodded, walking with him inside. They stopped in front of the check in. "Reservations for Chiba." The guy standing nodded and looked down in the small reservation book in front of him. Chiba, 7:45, Table for 2.
"Yes Mr. Chiba, right this way." The two followed the man to a small table next to the windows. Serena immediately recognized the table as the one they sat at when they were there three years ago to the day. They were given two menus and the man walked away.
"Darien, did you arrange all this?" Serena asked him, grinning from ear to ear. He simply nodded, and kissed her hand softly. "You didn't have to go through all this trouble."
"Nonsense, I would do anything to please you Sere, I love you." Serena's eyes brightened up and she leaned over the table, kissing his lips softly.
"I love you too."
"Hello, I am Mark, I will be your waiter tonight." A tall muscular man announced as he walked up to their table. He was in his early twenties and very fit. "Would you like anything to drink?" Serena looked over at Darien, almost begging him to let her have something.
"Ok." He sighed. "We'll take a bottle of red wine." Mark nodded and walked to the back. "Now, you can't have too much, I don't need you tipsy at the ball." He teased.
"Yeah yeah, but if we are reliving our first anniversary, we need the wine." She pointed out.
"Yes, but if I remember correctly, you drank to much and could barely walk, and didn't I get into trouble with your parents for bringing you home drunk?" He smiled mockingly.
"Yeah, but I ended up making it up to you after I was off grounded." She noted. Darien slightly blushed at her comment. "Awwww! How cute, my Darien, blushing." She teased, reaching across the table touching his cheek softly.
"Your wine." Mark said as he came back to the table. He popped the cork, pouring it into two wine glasses that he had brought with him.
"Thank you Mark." Serena smiled at him, causing Darien to get a little jealous. "Now, I would like to order now." Mark nodded, taking out a small notepad and pencil. "I would like the sesame chicken, and Darien would like the rib eye steak." Mark looked at Darien who just nodded.
"Your food will be out in a few minutes."
They received their food about ten minutes later and they ate while talked about what was going to happen later on. Towards the end of the meal they ordered some ice cream and strawberries, which they fed each other. After a while Serena noticed that Darien had filled his glass already three times with wine.
"Darien, if you don't quit drinking that I will have to drive to the ball." She knew how much Darien hated having her drive his car, even though he was the one who taught her to drive in it.
"Yes, I know." He set the glass down and stood up.
"Where are you going?" Serena asked, knowing that the check had not come yet. He stopped right in front of her, bending down and kneeling on one knee. At that movement she gasped.
To Be Continued.
