Chapter 1
(Setting: It's been about a month and a half since Darien and Serena first met. They have talked online, but haven't really seen each other since their meeting. Right now, Serena's talking to her roommate, Molly.)
"Hey Molly! Can I just tell you how happy I am that I am finally out of that calc class!? I thought it would never end!"
"From your stories, Serena, I'm glad I'm not taking it yet! I hate to just leave ya, but I have to get to class. See ya!"
As Molly leaves the room, Serena walks over to her computer and sees that her friend, Seiya, had instant messaged her while she was at class. During high school, Ami had tutored Serena a lot in math and computers. So much so that Serena had even started to like computers! She especially loved the internet. It was just one more way for her to keep in constant contact with her friends!
MoonPrncess: Hey Seiya
Seiya630: Hey there
MoonPrncess: How are you?
Seiya630: Ok, yourself?
MoonPrncess: Ok, I guess...
Seiya630: You guess? What's wrong, Sere? And don't try to tell me it's nothing
MoonPrncess: Just feeling a little bit guilty about telling this guy I went on a blind date
with, Melvin, that I'm not interested.
Seiya630: Why would you feel guilty? It's not a crime to not be interested in someone
MoonPrncess: No, I guess it isn't...I just have too many things to deal with right
now...with school, family, music, you...
Seiya630: me?
MoonPrncess: It just feels like we've been growing apart since I've gotten to college.
We barely talk anymore, and when we do we always seem to end up
fighting...
MoonPrncess: Just forget I said anything...
Seiya630: Serena, I can't just forget you said something. I do think you may be
overreacting, though.
MoonPrncess: Am I imagining a lack of conversations?
Seiya630: No, but you're imagining the reasons for a lack of conversations.
MoonPrncess: I'm sorry, Seiya, it's just that no matter what I say or do, it seems like I
end up somehow making you mad at me...
Seiya630: First, I'm not mad at you. I haven't been mad at you. I'm not upset, nor have
I been upset. As for not talking Sere, we're not used to being able to talk to
each other every single day.
MoonPrncess: I know, but...
Seiya630: OK, yeah, in high school we'd always talk when we saw each other, but we'd
never see each other online all the time, so there was always stuff to talk
about.
Seiya630: You know what else though, Sere? You don't need me as much anymore.
You don't have the problems that you needed me to help you sort out. And at
any rate, It just feels, hell, I dunno. I honestly don't. I guess I'm just a dull guy
and I don't feel that constant conversation is a necessity.
Seiya630: I'm sorry...I'm not trying to distance myself. Sometimes things just happen.
MoonPrncess: I know, Seiya. I just wish that things could go back to the way they were
before, when we used to have just silly conversations. When we could
talk forever about anything and everything. I miss how our friendship
used to be. I miss you, and the last thing I want to do is fight with you.
Seiya630: I know, Serena, but we'll find our way back together,
MoonPrncess: Yeah...
Seiya630: Serena, sorry, but I have to get to class. Bye
MoonPrncess: OK...see ya...
"Wonderful, this is just great," sighed Serena.
"On top of this feeling bad about Melvin, now Seiya and I are fighting again. Such a great day this has been. Next, just watch, I'll have failed that calc quiz we took today!"
Molly walks in the room to get her books before her next class.
"Hey, Molly, can you tell me why all majors have to take this silly calc class?! It's ridiculous!"
laughing "Serena...you're worrying too much! I'm sure everything will be fine! Just give it some time to work itself out. I gotta head out again. I need someone to proofread this paper before I hand it in. See ya!"
'Hmm, maybe Molly's right. Maybe I just need to give it some time...I don't know how I always seem to start these fights with Seiya. I really don't' mean to at all. I just wish I knew what was going on...we used to be so close.'
"Hmm", Serena thought out loud, "maybe Darien's online. He knows that I've been upset lately, he just doesn't know why I've been so upset. Maybe it's time I opened up to him a lil bit..."
sound of a door opening on instant messenger
"And there he is now...perfect timing, as always!"
MoonPrncess: Hiya!
TuxBoy353: Hey there!
MoonPrncess: How are you?
TuxBoy353: Hmm...okay
TuxBoy353: I need a massage
MoonPrncess: LOL! I wish I could help ya there, but I'm no good at massages.
MoonPrncess: Hmm...you're right, you're probably not, Meatball Head.
MoonPrncess: Watch it, Darien. I've had a bad enough day already. I don't need you
adding to it.
TuxBoy353: Sorry, Serena. I just couldn't help it. You make it so easy to tease you!
MoonPrncess: Darien, I'm serious...not today. Please?
TuxBoy353: OK Serena...I promise I won't tease you. So in lieu of the teasing, what are
you up to?
MoonPrncess: Oh, not very much. Just worrying about calc, as well as my friend
Seiya, and talking to you.
TuxBoy353: Seiya?
MoonPrncess: Yeah. I met him online a few years ago, when Ami was first helping me
learn about computers and math. We've been best friends ever
since, although you wouldn't know it now.
TuxBoy353: What's wrong, Sere?
MoonPrncess: Nothing, Darien, really. I can handle it.
TuxBoy353: Serena, don't give me that. I can tell something's wrong. And you know it
will make you feel better if you talk about it with someone.
MoonPrncess: Don't worry about me, Darien, really, it's nothing. Seiya and I just seem
to be fighting more now that we ever have. It's really weird!
TuxBoy353: Why are you guys fighting so much?
MoonPrncess: That's the weird part. I don't really know! We'll be talking, I guess fairly
normally, but about every two weeks we start a fight somehow. I'm sure
I'm not helping anything...seems like I always start the fighting
without meaning to...
MoonPrncess: I just hope that everything goes back to normal soon. I do love him...he's
my best friend! I can't imagine not having him there to talk to anymore!
TuxBoy353: Sere, I'm sure everything will work out. It sounds like this guy is really
special to you...
MoonPrncess: Yes, he is, very much so. He's always been there for me when I needed
him the most. I've tried to do the same for him, but I don't think I do
quite as well with it as he does.
TuxBoy353: I don't know about that, Serena. I think you may be better at helping
people than you think.
MoonPrncess: Maybe..I dunno. It just doesn't feel like I'm helping people when I try...
TuxBoy353: Sere, you can't necessarily fix everything for everyone! Do you have any
idea how much just having someone that will listen can help?
MoonPrncess: I know I can't solve everything. Come on, I can't even figure out why
Seiya and I keep snapping at each other!
TuxBoy353: Sere...are you okay? This fight seems to have done a lot to you.
MoonPrncess: What do you mean?
TuxBoy353: I don't know. It just seems like you'd date him or something. This isn't the
first night you've been upset and you seem so depressed over it.
MoonPrncess: Date Seiya? Well, Darien, I can't say that no one has ever put that
thought into my head before. And, yes, the thought has flitted across my
mind before, when we first started talking. But now? We're just friends.
TuxBoy353: Are you sure about that?
TuxBoy353: Serena?
MoonPrncess: Yeah, I'm here Darien. You seem to have made me think about this a
little bit more.
TuxBoy353: Sere...you have to figure out what you're feeling.
MoonPrncess: Darien, we're just friends. Really! And ya know what? Even maybe if by
some slim chance I did actually like him, I would never put our
friendship in further danger by saying something to him.
TuxBoy353: Ok, Sere, I believe you. Now you just have to believe that everything will
be okay. And it will, Serena.
MoonPrncess: Thanks, Darien. I know it will all be allright. Somehow Seiya and I will
get back to our normal friendship.
MoonPrncess: EEEKS! I gotta run! I'm going to be late for choir!
TuxBoy353: See ya later, Serena
MoonPrncess: Bye, Darien!
'Dr. Drafall is going to kill me if I'm late! Oh this is so not a good way to make a first impression! And on top of being late, all these thoughts from Darien! I'm going to be distracted all through choir! Arrgh! Why do guys get to me like this!?!'
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(Setting: It's been about a month and a half since Darien and Serena first met. They have talked online, but haven't really seen each other since their meeting. Right now, Serena's talking to her roommate, Molly.)
"Hey Molly! Can I just tell you how happy I am that I am finally out of that calc class!? I thought it would never end!"
"From your stories, Serena, I'm glad I'm not taking it yet! I hate to just leave ya, but I have to get to class. See ya!"
As Molly leaves the room, Serena walks over to her computer and sees that her friend, Seiya, had instant messaged her while she was at class. During high school, Ami had tutored Serena a lot in math and computers. So much so that Serena had even started to like computers! She especially loved the internet. It was just one more way for her to keep in constant contact with her friends!
MoonPrncess: Hey Seiya
Seiya630: Hey there
MoonPrncess: How are you?
Seiya630: Ok, yourself?
MoonPrncess: Ok, I guess...
Seiya630: You guess? What's wrong, Sere? And don't try to tell me it's nothing
MoonPrncess: Just feeling a little bit guilty about telling this guy I went on a blind date
with, Melvin, that I'm not interested.
Seiya630: Why would you feel guilty? It's not a crime to not be interested in someone
MoonPrncess: No, I guess it isn't...I just have too many things to deal with right
now...with school, family, music, you...
Seiya630: me?
MoonPrncess: It just feels like we've been growing apart since I've gotten to college.
We barely talk anymore, and when we do we always seem to end up
fighting...
MoonPrncess: Just forget I said anything...
Seiya630: Serena, I can't just forget you said something. I do think you may be
overreacting, though.
MoonPrncess: Am I imagining a lack of conversations?
Seiya630: No, but you're imagining the reasons for a lack of conversations.
MoonPrncess: I'm sorry, Seiya, it's just that no matter what I say or do, it seems like I
end up somehow making you mad at me...
Seiya630: First, I'm not mad at you. I haven't been mad at you. I'm not upset, nor have
I been upset. As for not talking Sere, we're not used to being able to talk to
each other every single day.
MoonPrncess: I know, but...
Seiya630: OK, yeah, in high school we'd always talk when we saw each other, but we'd
never see each other online all the time, so there was always stuff to talk
about.
Seiya630: You know what else though, Sere? You don't need me as much anymore.
You don't have the problems that you needed me to help you sort out. And at
any rate, It just feels, hell, I dunno. I honestly don't. I guess I'm just a dull guy
and I don't feel that constant conversation is a necessity.
Seiya630: I'm sorry...I'm not trying to distance myself. Sometimes things just happen.
MoonPrncess: I know, Seiya. I just wish that things could go back to the way they were
before, when we used to have just silly conversations. When we could
talk forever about anything and everything. I miss how our friendship
used to be. I miss you, and the last thing I want to do is fight with you.
Seiya630: I know, Serena, but we'll find our way back together,
MoonPrncess: Yeah...
Seiya630: Serena, sorry, but I have to get to class. Bye
MoonPrncess: OK...see ya...
"Wonderful, this is just great," sighed Serena.
"On top of this feeling bad about Melvin, now Seiya and I are fighting again. Such a great day this has been. Next, just watch, I'll have failed that calc quiz we took today!"
Molly walks in the room to get her books before her next class.
"Hey, Molly, can you tell me why all majors have to take this silly calc class?! It's ridiculous!"
laughing "Serena...you're worrying too much! I'm sure everything will be fine! Just give it some time to work itself out. I gotta head out again. I need someone to proofread this paper before I hand it in. See ya!"
'Hmm, maybe Molly's right. Maybe I just need to give it some time...I don't know how I always seem to start these fights with Seiya. I really don't' mean to at all. I just wish I knew what was going on...we used to be so close.'
"Hmm", Serena thought out loud, "maybe Darien's online. He knows that I've been upset lately, he just doesn't know why I've been so upset. Maybe it's time I opened up to him a lil bit..."
sound of a door opening on instant messenger
"And there he is now...perfect timing, as always!"
MoonPrncess: Hiya!
TuxBoy353: Hey there!
MoonPrncess: How are you?
TuxBoy353: Hmm...okay
TuxBoy353: I need a massage
MoonPrncess: LOL! I wish I could help ya there, but I'm no good at massages.
MoonPrncess: Hmm...you're right, you're probably not, Meatball Head.
MoonPrncess: Watch it, Darien. I've had a bad enough day already. I don't need you
adding to it.
TuxBoy353: Sorry, Serena. I just couldn't help it. You make it so easy to tease you!
MoonPrncess: Darien, I'm serious...not today. Please?
TuxBoy353: OK Serena...I promise I won't tease you. So in lieu of the teasing, what are
you up to?
MoonPrncess: Oh, not very much. Just worrying about calc, as well as my friend
Seiya, and talking to you.
TuxBoy353: Seiya?
MoonPrncess: Yeah. I met him online a few years ago, when Ami was first helping me
learn about computers and math. We've been best friends ever
since, although you wouldn't know it now.
TuxBoy353: What's wrong, Sere?
MoonPrncess: Nothing, Darien, really. I can handle it.
TuxBoy353: Serena, don't give me that. I can tell something's wrong. And you know it
will make you feel better if you talk about it with someone.
MoonPrncess: Don't worry about me, Darien, really, it's nothing. Seiya and I just seem
to be fighting more now that we ever have. It's really weird!
TuxBoy353: Why are you guys fighting so much?
MoonPrncess: That's the weird part. I don't really know! We'll be talking, I guess fairly
normally, but about every two weeks we start a fight somehow. I'm sure
I'm not helping anything...seems like I always start the fighting
without meaning to...
MoonPrncess: I just hope that everything goes back to normal soon. I do love him...he's
my best friend! I can't imagine not having him there to talk to anymore!
TuxBoy353: Sere, I'm sure everything will work out. It sounds like this guy is really
special to you...
MoonPrncess: Yes, he is, very much so. He's always been there for me when I needed
him the most. I've tried to do the same for him, but I don't think I do
quite as well with it as he does.
TuxBoy353: I don't know about that, Serena. I think you may be better at helping
people than you think.
MoonPrncess: Maybe..I dunno. It just doesn't feel like I'm helping people when I try...
TuxBoy353: Sere, you can't necessarily fix everything for everyone! Do you have any
idea how much just having someone that will listen can help?
MoonPrncess: I know I can't solve everything. Come on, I can't even figure out why
Seiya and I keep snapping at each other!
TuxBoy353: Sere...are you okay? This fight seems to have done a lot to you.
MoonPrncess: What do you mean?
TuxBoy353: I don't know. It just seems like you'd date him or something. This isn't the
first night you've been upset and you seem so depressed over it.
MoonPrncess: Date Seiya? Well, Darien, I can't say that no one has ever put that
thought into my head before. And, yes, the thought has flitted across my
mind before, when we first started talking. But now? We're just friends.
TuxBoy353: Are you sure about that?
TuxBoy353: Serena?
MoonPrncess: Yeah, I'm here Darien. You seem to have made me think about this a
little bit more.
TuxBoy353: Sere...you have to figure out what you're feeling.
MoonPrncess: Darien, we're just friends. Really! And ya know what? Even maybe if by
some slim chance I did actually like him, I would never put our
friendship in further danger by saying something to him.
TuxBoy353: Ok, Sere, I believe you. Now you just have to believe that everything will
be okay. And it will, Serena.
MoonPrncess: Thanks, Darien. I know it will all be allright. Somehow Seiya and I will
get back to our normal friendship.
MoonPrncess: EEEKS! I gotta run! I'm going to be late for choir!
TuxBoy353: See ya later, Serena
MoonPrncess: Bye, Darien!
'Dr. Drafall is going to kill me if I'm late! Oh this is so not a good way to make a first impression! And on top of being late, all these thoughts from Darien! I'm going to be distracted all through choir! Arrgh! Why do guys get to me like this!?!'
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