email: Kawaiirochelle@hotmail.com
this just keeps getting better,,,,
*************
Teaser: After a battle Darien comes home to find.... HIMSELF?!
Can Darien's past self really
help Darien teach himself a lesson?
*************
Serena ran out the door of the arcade and down the sidewalk.
'Which way is the zoo?' She thought worriedly. Her feet pounded
fiercely on the pavement, never
creasing as she turned the infamous corner, and for the first
time in her life, Serena was sad that
she didn't run into Darien.
In fact, she wasn't even sure why she was trying to find Darien,
except out of her own curiosity. I
mean, what should you do if your arch enemy came into the arcade
with a son?
Despite the grossness of the situation, Serena once again
couldn't help smiling when she pictured
the two together. He looked like he would be a perfect father.
The perfect husband, the perfect
boyfriend.
'Finally, the zoo!' Serena thought as she came to a rushing halt
in front of some very colorful
gates. Her eyes scanned over the crowd rushing through the gates
and started to advance, but her
eye caught something. A sign that read, 'Admission $7.50'
Serena's hands went into her pockets, searching them for any
sign of money, even a quarter, a
penny, a dime. Anything! Her hands however, came out empty. 'Why
do I waste all of my money
at the arcade?' she asked herself. Now she was broke, and a good
hour's walk from home. 'Oh
well, I guess I'll have to stop by the arcade to find out what
happened....' Her head drooped and
the end of her pigtails scraped the dirty pavement.
"Hey Meatballhead! Short on cash?"
Serena's head jerked up as she heard the familiar voice.
"Rei!" she screamed as she caught sight of her friend standing
right in front of her. Serena rushed
forward and caught her raven haired friend in a giant hug.
"Settle down moonbrains! I think you want to go in there," she
said gesturing to the gates to the
zoo, "to find a certain arch enemy, and let me guess..... you
don't have any money?"
Serena stared at the priestess with speechless eyes.
"How.... did you know?"
"Fire thing," Rei excused as she waved the question away.
"So, can you lend me some money?"
Rei couldn't help but laugh at the pleading and pitiful
statement on her friends face.
"Geeze Serena, of course I will, my treat too. It's just that we
should probably wait for the other
girls...."
No sooner than Rei had finished the sentence, three frantic
girls rounded the corner.
"Serena!" -pant pant- "Wait!" -pant pant- "For us!" Ami called
out as she leaned on Lita, who
was actually looking like she just got ready for a beauty
pageant.
"How do you do it? How can you run so fast, and then look like
you didn't even take a step at
all?" Mina asked once she had regained her breath.
"Well, all of those years in the gang," she winced as everybody
else cringed.
"We were running a lot from the police and stuff, just gets you
in the habit I guess."
"Well, I think that we should head in."
Rei and the group moved towards the gates and paid their
admission to a friendly looking
worker.
Once they were inside, Rei started taking action.
"Guys, Serena is going to uh... look at something. I just
remembered, I have to show you guys
something at the temple."
"Then shouldn't all of us come, I do believe the great fire
works better if we are all present," Ami
quipped, missing the look that Rei threw her.
"No!" Serena exclaimed. Earning concerned glances from Mina,
Lita, and Ami. "Uhh... I mean,
uh... that I kinda hafta do this by myself..."
And before any of the girls could get another word in Rei had
successfully ushered them out of
the zoo, throwing a sly wink at Serena.
As soon as the girls were out of sight, the blonde made her way
towards the reptile house. Boys
loved that kind of creepy stuff....
***
A thin quavering note filled the already melodic air as Serena
stepped into the bird sanctuary.
The place was filled with numerous birds, ranging from toucans
to canaries. All of them living in
a giant net dome. Serena sighed and began searching the giant
bird palace. She had been to the
reptile house, *shudder*, the lion den, and the gorilla kingdom.
All of the places she had been
searching for Darien and Dare.
'It's useless.... he obviously doesn't want to see me.... and I
don't blame him. Why would he want
to talk to me? I'm just the stupid ditz that always gives him a
hard time. I had no business butting
in. It's not my business that he had a son...'
Serena felt herself choke up on her own tears as she thought
more and more about the dilemma.
She stopped and sat down on a stone bench, right by the
nightingale's living area. As she sat in
silent misery, one of the birds came out of it's house and flew
onto the bench, right next to
Serena.
Not noticing the bird, a lone sparkling tear made it's way down
her cheek. And as the bird caught
sight of the sadness that this girl was experiencing, the
nightingale decided to sing.
Serena was a bit surprised when the bird started to sing, but
kept her eyes and her head down.
She couldn't bear it that she wouldn't be part of Darien's life.
Not the important part anyway.
Why hadn't she noticed that Darien had always left the arcade
almost as soon as she got there.
'Probably to pick up Dare....'
And what about the silent looks that almost made her wish she
had stayed home? The mean
hateful words that would always come out of his mouth. There had
to be a reason that he felt he
had to do this, to hurt her. She was sure that someone as
mature, caring, kind, cute........
'Wait?! CARING?! KIND!!! CUTE???!!!??!'
But Serena had to admit to herself that this was true, that
Darien all in all was the perfect man,
the perfect boyfriend, the perfect father. The only flaw that
Serena could find in him was that he
hated her.
The tears rolled unchecked down her cheeks as she sobbed her
heart out. The nightingale's song
was of some comfort, but not much. Serena couldn't handle the
idea, the simple idea, that Darien
would never look at her like she longed to look at him. The
simple, yet harshly cruel, reality, that
he hated her.
***
Serena had been on the hard cold stone bench for nearly an hour.
The nightingale had left, not
five minutes ago, and the little comfort that was in it's song
disappeared. The tears had long since
creased to fall and Serena stared at the ground in silent
misery. Still wallowing in pity and
rejection, convinced that all of her thoughts were true.
"Hey, Darien! Lookie at the bird!"
Serena's eyes popped open.
"Yeah, that one is a beauty Dare."
Serena sat up straighter.
Suddenly a loud squawking was heard from behind the bush that
separated Serena's bench from
the main path.
"Owie!!! Darien, make it stop."
The noise died down and Serena had to bite her lip from laughing
next.
"Yeah, it sounds just like Meatball Head."
"Do you mean that pretty blond girl, wasn't her name Serena?"
"Yeah, Serena..... and Dare, she isn't pretty, she is
beautiful."
The voices faded away and Serena allowed herself a small smile,
'At least he doesn't think I'm
ugly....'
And she hurried from her seat and followed them out the door of
the sanctuary.
***
"Oh Geeze!" Serena moaned as she watched Darien and Dare walk
into the Zoo's restaurant. The
restaurant was expensive, and Serena didn't have two cents to
rub together. But that wasn't going
to stop her from following the pair. The trailing had lasted for
about three hours, and now since it
was midday, Serena's stomach was rumbling fiercely.
Deciding to brave it, and not order anything, she stepped
inside.
"Hello, my name is Michelle and I will be your waitress this
evening. Is there anything I can get
you?" A red haired girl asked as she poured Serena a glass of
water. Serena shook her head
numbly, trying to keep a steady eye on the boys, straining to
hear their conversation.
"Excuse me, miss? hello?"
Serena dimly heard the waitress call out something, and was only
brought back to reality when
the red head ventured to wave her hand in Serena's face.
"Oh, I'm sorry, what was it that you were asking?" Serena
apologized, giving the waitress her full
attention.
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to sit closer to those
two." Michelle said, pointing a finger
in the direction of Darien and Dare.
Serena flashed the girl a thankful smile and nodded. The two
made their way over to the table
directly behind Darien, and Serena was re-seated.
"Lemme know when you want to order," whispered Michelle as she
made her way back to the
kitchens.
Serena sat staring at a blank point range, trying to drown out
all of the clinks and talking noises
she heard, she was trying to focus her thoughts on one voice...
Darien's.
"Hey, Dare. Can I ask you a few things?"
"Sure!"
Serena smiled at the innocence and eagerness to please.
"Well, they're about Mom and Dad."
Serena's heart stopped. Mom and dad, mom and dad.... was she
going to find out who Dare's
mother is?
"Yes?"
Serena tensed even more.
"Well, what are their names?"
What an odd question! Didn't Dare know that Darien was his
father.... yes, in the arcade, he had
said that Darien was his father.
"Don't you know?"
'I was wondering the same thing....' Serena thought
"I kinda, sorta....well, forgot."
How could he forget his own name?! Was the girl he, uh.... had
Dare with so unimportant to
Darien that he just dumped her?
"Their names are Matt and Rose."
'He isn't Dare's father.....' was the last thought before Serena
fainted.
email: Kawaiirochelle@hotmail.com
this just keeps getting better,,,,
*************
Teaser: After a battle Darien comes home to find.... HIMSELF?!
Can Darien's past self really
help Darien teach himself a lesson?
*************
Serena ran out the door of the arcade and down the sidewalk.
'Which way is the zoo?' She thought worriedly. Her feet pounded
fiercely on the pavement, never
creasing as she turned the infamous corner, and for the first
time in her life, Serena was sad that
she didn't run into Darien.
In fact, she wasn't even sure why she was trying to find Darien,
except out of her own curiosity. I
mean, what should you do if your arch enemy came into the arcade
with a son?
Despite the grossness of the situation, Serena once again
couldn't help smiling when she pictured
the two together. He looked like he would be a perfect father.
The perfect husband, the perfect
boyfriend.
'Finally, the zoo!' Serena thought as she came to a rushing halt
in front of some very colorful
gates. Her eyes scanned over the crowd rushing through the gates
and started to advance, but her
eye caught something. A sign that read, 'Admission $7.50'
Serena's hands went into her pockets, searching them for any
sign of money, even a quarter, a
penny, a dime. Anything! Her hands however, came out empty. 'Why
do I waste all of my money
at the arcade?' she asked herself. Now she was broke, and a good
hour's walk from home. 'Oh
well, I guess I'll have to stop by the arcade to find out what
happened....' Her head drooped and
the end of her pigtails scraped the dirty pavement.
"Hey Meatballhead! Short on cash?"
Serena's head jerked up as she heard the familiar voice.
"Rei!" she screamed as she caught sight of her friend standing
right in front of her. Serena rushed
forward and caught her raven haired friend in a giant hug.
"Settle down moonbrains! I think you want to go in there," she
said gesturing to the gates to the
zoo, "to find a certain arch enemy, and let me guess..... you
don't have any money?"
Serena stared at the priestess with speechless eyes.
"How.... did you know?"
"Fire thing," Rei excused as she waved the question away.
"So, can you lend me some money?"
Rei couldn't help but laugh at the pleading and pitiful
statement on her friends face.
"Geeze Serena, of course I will, my treat too. It's just that we
should probably wait for the other
girls...."
No sooner than Rei had finished the sentence, three frantic
girls rounded the corner.
"Serena!" -pant pant- "Wait!" -pant pant- "For us!" Ami called
out as she leaned on Lita, who
was actually looking like she just got ready for a beauty
pageant.
"How do you do it? How can you run so fast, and then look like
you didn't even take a step at
all?" Mina asked once she had regained her breath.
"Well, all of those years in the gang," she winced as everybody
else cringed.
"We were running a lot from the police and stuff, just gets you
in the habit I guess."
"Well, I think that we should head in."
Rei and the group moved towards the gates and paid their
admission to a friendly looking
worker.
Once they were inside, Rei started taking action.
"Guys, Serena is going to uh... look at something. I just
remembered, I have to show you guys
something at the temple."
"Then shouldn't all of us come, I do believe the great fire
works better if we are all present," Ami
quipped, missing the look that Rei threw her.
"No!" Serena exclaimed. Earning concerned glances from Mina,
Lita, and Ami. "Uhh... I mean,
uh... that I kinda hafta do this by myself..."
And before any of the girls could get another word in Rei had
successfully ushered them out of
the zoo, throwing a sly wink at Serena.
As soon as the girls were out of sight, the blonde made her way
towards the reptile house. Boys
loved that kind of creepy stuff....
***
A thin quavering note filled the already melodic air as Serena
stepped into the bird sanctuary.
The place was filled with numerous birds, ranging from toucans
to canaries. All of them living in
a giant net dome. Serena sighed and began searching the giant
bird palace. She had been to the
reptile house, *shudder*, the lion den, and the gorilla kingdom.
All of the places she had been
searching for Darien and Dare.
'It's useless.... he obviously doesn't want to see me.... and I
don't blame him. Why would he want
to talk to me? I'm just the stupid ditz that always gives him a
hard time. I had no business butting
in. It's not my business that he had a son...'
Serena felt herself choke up on her own tears as she thought
more and more about the dilemma.
She stopped and sat down on a stone bench, right by the
nightingale's living area. As she sat in
silent misery, one of the birds came out of it's house and flew
onto the bench, right next to
Serena.
Not noticing the bird, a lone sparkling tear made it's way down
her cheek. And as the bird caught
sight of the sadness that this girl was experiencing, the
nightingale decided to sing.
Serena was a bit surprised when the bird started to sing, but
kept her eyes and her head down.
She couldn't bear it that she wouldn't be part of Darien's life.
Not the important part anyway.
Why hadn't she noticed that Darien had always left the arcade
almost as soon as she got there.
'Probably to pick up Dare....'
And what about the silent looks that almost made her wish she
had stayed home? The mean
hateful words that would always come out of his mouth. There had
to be a reason that he felt he
had to do this, to hurt her. She was sure that someone as
mature, caring, kind, cute........
'Wait?! CARING?! KIND!!! CUTE???!!!??!'
But Serena had to admit to herself that this was true, that
Darien all in all was the perfect man,
the perfect boyfriend, the perfect father. The only flaw that
Serena could find in him was that he
hated her.
The tears rolled unchecked down her cheeks as she sobbed her
heart out. The nightingale's song
was of some comfort, but not much. Serena couldn't handle the
idea, the simple idea, that Darien
would never look at her like she longed to look at him. The
simple, yet harshly cruel, reality, that
he hated her.
***
Serena had been on the hard cold stone bench for nearly an hour.
The nightingale had left, not
five minutes ago, and the little comfort that was in it's song
disappeared. The tears had long since
creased to fall and Serena stared at the ground in silent
misery. Still wallowing in pity and
rejection, convinced that all of her thoughts were true.
"Hey, Darien! Lookie at the bird!"
Serena's eyes popped open.
"Yeah, that one is a beauty Dare."
Serena sat up straighter.
Suddenly a loud squawking was heard from behind the bush that
separated Serena's bench from
the main path.
"Owie!!! Darien, make it stop."
The noise died down and Serena had to bite her lip from laughing
next.
"Yeah, it sounds just like Meatball Head."
"Do you mean that pretty blond girl, wasn't her name Serena?"
"Yeah, Serena..... and Dare, she isn't pretty, she is
beautiful."
The voices faded away and Serena allowed herself a small smile,
'At least he doesn't think I'm
ugly....'
And she hurried from her seat and followed them out the door of
the sanctuary.
***
"Oh Geeze!" Serena moaned as she watched Darien and Dare walk
into the Zoo's restaurant. The
restaurant was expensive, and Serena didn't have two cents to
rub together. But that wasn't going
to stop her from following the pair. The trailing had lasted for
about three hours, and now since it
was midday, Serena's stomach was rumbling fiercely.
Deciding to brave it, and not order anything, she stepped
inside.
"Hello, my name is Michelle and I will be your waitress this
evening. Is there anything I can get
you?" A red haired girl asked as she poured Serena a glass of
water. Serena shook her head
numbly, trying to keep a steady eye on the boys, straining to
hear their conversation.
"Excuse me, miss? hello?"
Serena dimly heard the waitress call out something, and was only
brought back to reality when
the red head ventured to wave her hand in Serena's face.
"Oh, I'm sorry, what was it that you were asking?" Serena
apologized, giving the waitress her full
attention.
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to sit closer to those
two." Michelle said, pointing a finger
in the direction of Darien and Dare.
Serena flashed the girl a thankful smile and nodded. The two
made their way over to the table
directly behind Darien, and Serena was re-seated.
"Lemme know when you want to order," whispered Michelle as she
made her way back to the
kitchens.
Serena sat staring at a blank point range, trying to drown out
all of the clinks and talking noises
she heard, she was trying to focus her thoughts on one voice...
Darien's.
"Hey, Dare. Can I ask you a few things?"
"Sure!"
Serena smiled at the innocence and eagerness to please.
"Well, they're about Mom and Dad."
Serena's heart stopped. Mom and dad, mom and dad.... was she
going to find out who Dare's
mother is?
"Yes?"
Serena tensed even more.
"Well, what are their names?"
What an odd question! Didn't Dare know that Darien was his
father.... yes, in the arcade, he had
said that Darien was his father.
"Don't you know?"
'I was wondering the same thing....' Serena thought
"I kinda, sorta....well, forgot."
How could he forget his own name?! Was the girl he, uh.... had
Dare with so unimportant to
Darien that he just dumped her?
"Their names are Matt and Rose."
'He isn't Dare's father.....' was the last thought before Serena
fainted.
email: Kawaiirochelle@hotmail.com