Chapter 2
The next morning, Darien started his day the same as always. At school he did his normal routine until the lunch bell rang. Instead of sitting at his normal table where Nick and his buddies would fling gross things at him, he sat under a tree that was close to the little lake by the school. Darien smiled inward to himself for breaking his normal daily habit while he ate lunch. No one bothered him with any smart-ass remarks or to toss anything at him. Darien felt a peace knowing he at last wasn't the person that people picked on, well no one could really find him, they were all wrapped up in their own lives to notice him. Darien skimmed the tables until he landed on the object of his dreams, the perfect Leanne. Out of all the people that were eating lunch, Leanne was the only one that stood out of the crowd, looking beautiful, calm and just so much better than the rest of their group. She was way to good to be going with Nick the ape. Darien touched his cheek while he remembered the soft touch of her hand when she brushed away the food. He just wanted to be her and was just getting impatient on how long this all was going to take for them to be together.
With that thought in mind, Darien thought of the wacky girl that was going to make all of this happen. Darien had never knew anyone like Serena. She was loud, rude, very expressive, way to honest for anyone's good, and had to be the center of attention all the time. True she was cute than most girls but not beautiful like Leanne, no one could be like Leanne, Darien thought to himself. Darien felt sorry for the guy that Serena was going to be with or is going with this moment. There was something about that girl that he had a short temper with because one moment she could rallied him up but the next moment make him forget his problems the next. She was like a very difficult puzzle to figure out and right now, just thinking about trying to understand her was giving him a really big headache. All Darien wanted to think about was Leanne and the times they might spend together. The lunch bell rang and soon all the kids where filing back into the school to complete their day. Darien went through his classes with an opened mind, just thinking all the changes that could happen to him. Before Darien realized that he was in basketball practice, it was over just as quick. In the locker room, Darien wondered how he couldn't even know he was in practice but wrote it off as thinking of the future ahead of him. He left school to meet up with Serena under the cherry blossom tree and waited.
Half and hour had passed and still no Serena, and Darien wondered why Serena was always late it seemed. He was getting very impatient; as he got up to leave he heard Serena call his name as loudly as she possibly could. Darien felt his cheeks flush when people started to stop and stare at the blond girl that was screaming some guy's name. They soon started to realize she was heading toward him and gave him a hard stare. They couldn't seem to understand why an attractive girl like her would be calling for a guy like him. They shook their heads disbelieving and continued walking on their way.
Serena came up to Darien with a big hug but Darien gently pushed her away and asked,
" Why do you have to be so loud? It's embarrassing."
" It's fun to be loud. You should try it someday, you dud." Serena shot back at him.
" Okay whatever. Now what do you have planned for us today?" Darien questioned her.
" Now we're going to work on your language." Serena answered back.
" What do you mean my language? I speak perfect words and never get anything wrong." Darien said smugly.
Serena shook her head before laughing. This guy had no clue at all, men can be so clueless about things and they comment on me being brainless, Serena thought.
" That's another one of your problems, no one speaks perfectly and you shouldn't be the first to start. Even old people talk with a little slang in their vocabulary. If you want to be part of the crowd, you have to talk like the crowd." Serena told him.
" I guess whatever works but I don't understand why people have to speak slang to be accepted as part of the in crowd." Darien pointed out. Serena shrugged her shoulders before saying,
" To be honest, I don't get it either. To tell you the truth, I like how you talk, it makes you and your personality."
" Well if you like how I talk I definitely want to change my speech. Now on with the lesson." Darien told her bluntly.
Serena's heart twisted painfully at Darien's remark but she gave him a forced laugh and smile before beginning their lesson.
" Okay let's start off with, instead of " What are you doing?" it would be, " Hey man, what's up?" Serena started off. Darien nodded his head as if he understood.
" Okay, give me something to get. I think I understand what you are saying." Darien said.
" Okay how about this. How is everything at home?" Serena told him.
" Okay I think I've got this one. Hey man, everything at your house okay?" Darien replied.
Serena laughed and choked out,
" No that was so wrong. It should have been " What's up (the guy's last name), how's everything at the crib?"
Darien gave her a confused stare and asked,
" Crib? Isn't that something for babies? I don't get it."
Serena shook her head and mentally said to herself that's not the only thing you get. She looked at him before saying slowly,
" Yes it is but that is a slang word for house. You have to keep an open mind and not think too much into everything. Here I'll give you some examples for you to think about, what's up, kewl, phat with a ph not an f, man, hella or helluva, kickin', slammin', sista, brotha and it can go on and on. Do you kind of get the point?" Serena asked.
Darien nodded a little uncertain.
" I think so. Would it be something instead of this, " That's a nice outfit, it would be that's a slammin' outfit or this is a phat CD." Darien questioned.
Serena clapped her hands and happily said,
" That's right. I think you've got it my man."
Darien smiled then replied,
" Not to sound mean or anything bit don't call me your man. Someone like Leanne might come by, hear you say that and get the wrong impression about us. Just to keep it safe."
Serena nodded and said a small " sorry" before turning away. Just as she was leaving, she called over her shoulder,
" Practice your walk and speech more and I'll quiz you tomorrow. Same time and same place, see you tomorrow." With that Serena headed the opposite of Darien.
Serena stared gloomily out the window from her house. She spoke quietly to another person by her side.
" It's getting so hard Mina. He doesn't want to give me a chance, it's always Leanne, he truly despises me but I guess that's for the best. Why does it have to end like this? I don't want to go through with this anymore." Serena painfully said.
Mina put her arms around Serena and gently said,
" I know Serena but it has to be done. You heard what they said and if we don't listen, bad things are going to start to happen. It's for the best." That night, Serena cried, wishing things could be different.
Days passed and Darien was doing great. He couldn't believe all the things he was learning from Serena, as planned when the basketball season ended, Darien was still warming the bench. The basketball team had yet to win a state championship. Now this is where the fun starts to happen, Darien thought to himself.
Disclaimer, I do not own Sailor Moon and I am not affiliated with anyone who does so Naoko, DiC, Kodansa, and everyone else who does own Sailor Moon.
Other than all of that I hope that you enjoy my story and hope you like it.
I know this is a short chapter but the next chapter should be longer. Thanks for the people that reviewed the story!
Moonstar998
The next morning, Darien started his day the same as always. At school he did his normal routine until the lunch bell rang. Instead of sitting at his normal table where Nick and his buddies would fling gross things at him, he sat under a tree that was close to the little lake by the school. Darien smiled inward to himself for breaking his normal daily habit while he ate lunch. No one bothered him with any smart-ass remarks or to toss anything at him. Darien felt a peace knowing he at last wasn't the person that people picked on, well no one could really find him, they were all wrapped up in their own lives to notice him. Darien skimmed the tables until he landed on the object of his dreams, the perfect Leanne. Out of all the people that were eating lunch, Leanne was the only one that stood out of the crowd, looking beautiful, calm and just so much better than the rest of their group. She was way to good to be going with Nick the ape. Darien touched his cheek while he remembered the soft touch of her hand when she brushed away the food. He just wanted to be her and was just getting impatient on how long this all was going to take for them to be together.
With that thought in mind, Darien thought of the wacky girl that was going to make all of this happen. Darien had never knew anyone like Serena. She was loud, rude, very expressive, way to honest for anyone's good, and had to be the center of attention all the time. True she was cute than most girls but not beautiful like Leanne, no one could be like Leanne, Darien thought to himself. Darien felt sorry for the guy that Serena was going to be with or is going with this moment. There was something about that girl that he had a short temper with because one moment she could rallied him up but the next moment make him forget his problems the next. She was like a very difficult puzzle to figure out and right now, just thinking about trying to understand her was giving him a really big headache. All Darien wanted to think about was Leanne and the times they might spend together. The lunch bell rang and soon all the kids where filing back into the school to complete their day. Darien went through his classes with an opened mind, just thinking all the changes that could happen to him. Before Darien realized that he was in basketball practice, it was over just as quick. In the locker room, Darien wondered how he couldn't even know he was in practice but wrote it off as thinking of the future ahead of him. He left school to meet up with Serena under the cherry blossom tree and waited.
Half and hour had passed and still no Serena, and Darien wondered why Serena was always late it seemed. He was getting very impatient; as he got up to leave he heard Serena call his name as loudly as she possibly could. Darien felt his cheeks flush when people started to stop and stare at the blond girl that was screaming some guy's name. They soon started to realize she was heading toward him and gave him a hard stare. They couldn't seem to understand why an attractive girl like her would be calling for a guy like him. They shook their heads disbelieving and continued walking on their way.
Serena came up to Darien with a big hug but Darien gently pushed her away and asked,
" Why do you have to be so loud? It's embarrassing."
" It's fun to be loud. You should try it someday, you dud." Serena shot back at him.
" Okay whatever. Now what do you have planned for us today?" Darien questioned her.
" Now we're going to work on your language." Serena answered back.
" What do you mean my language? I speak perfect words and never get anything wrong." Darien said smugly.
Serena shook her head before laughing. This guy had no clue at all, men can be so clueless about things and they comment on me being brainless, Serena thought.
" That's another one of your problems, no one speaks perfectly and you shouldn't be the first to start. Even old people talk with a little slang in their vocabulary. If you want to be part of the crowd, you have to talk like the crowd." Serena told him.
" I guess whatever works but I don't understand why people have to speak slang to be accepted as part of the in crowd." Darien pointed out. Serena shrugged her shoulders before saying,
" To be honest, I don't get it either. To tell you the truth, I like how you talk, it makes you and your personality."
" Well if you like how I talk I definitely want to change my speech. Now on with the lesson." Darien told her bluntly.
Serena's heart twisted painfully at Darien's remark but she gave him a forced laugh and smile before beginning their lesson.
" Okay let's start off with, instead of " What are you doing?" it would be, " Hey man, what's up?" Serena started off. Darien nodded his head as if he understood.
" Okay, give me something to get. I think I understand what you are saying." Darien said.
" Okay how about this. How is everything at home?" Serena told him.
" Okay I think I've got this one. Hey man, everything at your house okay?" Darien replied.
Serena laughed and choked out,
" No that was so wrong. It should have been " What's up (the guy's last name), how's everything at the crib?"
Darien gave her a confused stare and asked,
" Crib? Isn't that something for babies? I don't get it."
Serena shook her head and mentally said to herself that's not the only thing you get. She looked at him before saying slowly,
" Yes it is but that is a slang word for house. You have to keep an open mind and not think too much into everything. Here I'll give you some examples for you to think about, what's up, kewl, phat with a ph not an f, man, hella or helluva, kickin', slammin', sista, brotha and it can go on and on. Do you kind of get the point?" Serena asked.
Darien nodded a little uncertain.
" I think so. Would it be something instead of this, " That's a nice outfit, it would be that's a slammin' outfit or this is a phat CD." Darien questioned.
Serena clapped her hands and happily said,
" That's right. I think you've got it my man."
Darien smiled then replied,
" Not to sound mean or anything bit don't call me your man. Someone like Leanne might come by, hear you say that and get the wrong impression about us. Just to keep it safe."
Serena nodded and said a small " sorry" before turning away. Just as she was leaving, she called over her shoulder,
" Practice your walk and speech more and I'll quiz you tomorrow. Same time and same place, see you tomorrow." With that Serena headed the opposite of Darien.
Serena stared gloomily out the window from her house. She spoke quietly to another person by her side.
" It's getting so hard Mina. He doesn't want to give me a chance, it's always Leanne, he truly despises me but I guess that's for the best. Why does it have to end like this? I don't want to go through with this anymore." Serena painfully said.
Mina put her arms around Serena and gently said,
" I know Serena but it has to be done. You heard what they said and if we don't listen, bad things are going to start to happen. It's for the best." That night, Serena cried, wishing things could be different.
Days passed and Darien was doing great. He couldn't believe all the things he was learning from Serena, as planned when the basketball season ended, Darien was still warming the bench. The basketball team had yet to win a state championship. Now this is where the fun starts to happen, Darien thought to himself.
Disclaimer, I do not own Sailor Moon and I am not affiliated with anyone who does so Naoko, DiC, Kodansa, and everyone else who does own Sailor Moon.
Other than all of that I hope that you enjoy my story and hope you like it.
I know this is a short chapter but the next chapter should be longer. Thanks for the people that reviewed the story!
Moonstar998