Blind Intentions

Chapter 5

By Moondreams

Notes: Sorry for the mess up but I swear it wasn't my fault and no it wasn't meant to torture my poor readers. Lol enjoy.

***** ~~ means flash back

"Profit for the month..." Prisma mumbled as she typed in the figures on

the computer. Ami had the flu, and so the accounting had been dumped on her.

Prisma frowned and

swore at the computer.

There was nothing more she hated then putting long lists of figures in its

memory bank. She had

already mistyped one figure making her spend an hour long looking over the

millions of figures trying

to find where her mistake was. The door to the office was flung open and a

blonde flopped into one

of the overstuffed chairs.

"Mina, there's a thing called knocking. Try it for once ok?" she said,

not looking away from the

computer screen. Mina made a face and crossed her arms.

"They've been ignoring each other for the past week," grumbled Mina.

"Now that's not true. Serena's ignoring Darien and he is sulking. Mina,

give up and get on with

your life. Serena is too hurt and too stubborn," commented Prisma. Mina

frowned and sighed.

"Hey Mina, are you sure these are all the figures that Ames left?" asked

Prisma with a frown as she

shuffled through the papers.

"I grabbed all I found," the blonde answered with a shrug.

"Umm... I think I'll talk to Ames later when she's feeling better. These

aren't adding up right," said

Prisma still frowning. She jumped as the door to the office was slammed open

yet again. Prisma

jumped and glared at Lita as she entered the room.

"Jeez haven't you people ever heard of knocking? Good grief, is peace

and quiet so hard to get

when working around here?" Prisma demanded with a frown.

"Chill, Catsy just told me the good news. So what does he look like?"

squealed Lita. Prisma

blushed a deep crimson.

"News sure travels fast around here," she commented softly.

"What are you talking about?" demanded Mina.

"Prisma has a boyfriend..." replied the brown haired girl in a sing

song voice.

"How come I didn't know this?" demanded the hurt Mina.

"Because, Blondie, you were too concerned with Meatball head and

Monsieur Ice. Duh,"

commented Rei, who just walked through the door.

"Good grief, now I know exactly how Sere feels. Out, all of you I have

work to do!" demanded

Prisma. Lita and Mina stared at their friend in shock, but went out grumbling.

Rei crossed her arms,

looking impressed. Suddenly the door was slammed open again.

"Leave me alone!" she yelled. When she saw who it was, she felt her

voice catch in her throat.

Darien was looking at her in shock.

"She's P.M.S.ing. Run. Hide." said Rei sarcastically as she walked out

the door.

"Am not!" yelled Prisma after her.

"Whatever," replied Rei in a sing song voice. Prisma felt her face heat

up.

"So what can I help you with, Mr. Chiba?" asked Prisma.

"Where's Serena?" demanded Darien.

"Oh, I think she's taking the day off, why?" asked Prisma with

curiosity.

"Why is she taking the day off? She had a business meeting today to

attend with me," said

Darien hotly.

"Umm... maybe she forgot. She's only human you know. If I remember

correctly she went out

looking into getting a guide dog. Tell her what she missed tomorrow,"

suggested Prisma.

"I can't. I'm going on a business trip," said Darien with a frown. Beryl

leaned against the

open door frame. Prisma groaned, receiving a dirty look from her.

"Have a nice trip. Why don't you leave the bat a note... no, wait...

she's blind... my bad," snickered

Beryl, trying to sound innocent.

"Beryl, why don't you depart? You have no business here," Prisma spat.

Darien glared daggers

at Beryl, who just smiled sweetly at him. If he wasn't a gentleman, he'd punch

Beryl in a heartbeat.

Beryl left grinning.

"Here take these, I think it'll help you," said Prisma as she handed him

a card, a metal object

hinged at one side about 2 inches high and about 8 or 9 tall, and a smooth

knob with a spike on

the end. "Careful of the sylus, it's wicked sharp," cautioned Prisma. Darien

raised an eyebrow in

question. (*Ugh I just started taping a song and found out too late that it

was over another of my

fav songs*)

"What exactly is this?" he asked unsure of all the stuff in his hands.

Prisma sighed dramatically;

a little too exaggerated for Darien's tastes.

"Ok, here's the deal. Here's a Braille card with the complete alphabet,

combinations, commas,

periods etc. etc. The metal object is a frame, which you slip the piece of

paper in. You punch the

dots with the sylus. Each Braille character is basically on 6 dots, the

different dots you punch in

the different letters. Good luck," said Prisma as she turned her back to

Darien and continued her

work, canceling the conversation.

"I bet you get a real kick out all of this," he mumbled with a frown as

he left the office. He

frowned as about 7 pairs of eyes watched him leave.

"Somebody missed you yesterday," said Birdie in a sing song voice the

moment Serena walked

through the door.

"Aww Rei, I didn't know you cared," teased Serena well aware that she

was in the room.

"Meatball Head, sometimes you amaze me," said Rei with her arms crossed.

"Now if you changed perfumes, then you'd fool me but before then....

you get the idea,"

Serena replied with a smile.

"Ames is still sick at the moment. So any stuff Ami was in charge of

Prisma now is," explained

Lita. Serena wrinkled up her nose as she grabbed a cup.

"Poor Prisma. Hey Catsy did those new designs for the winter show come

in today?" asked

Serena as she poured herself a cup of coffee.

"Don't take all the coffee, Bat," Beryl commanded nastily.

"Why? I doubt it would improve your disposition any," Serena smirked,

really not in the mood

for Beryl's nastiness. Beryl made a face, glaring at the young blonde woman.

She brushed past Serena,

bumping her and making Serena lose her grip on the coffeepot. Coffee went

everywhere and the glass

coffeepot hit the floor shattering in millions of pieces. Beryl walked off

with a smirk. Rei would have

stormed after her, had Matthew not held her back. Birdie and Mina rushed to

Serena's side helping

the disorientated blonde walk clumsily out of the mess.

"Want me to punch her, Sere?" demanded Lita, punching her fist into her

open hand, making

Nick swallow hard at the fierceness on his girlfriend's face.

"No, maybe we should get a janitor down here or something," Serena said,

trying to prevent

her voice from quaking. Big disasters always made her nervous and frustrated

when she heard

something bad going on and nothing she could do to help. It always made her

self conscious of

her blindness and taking her forever to get orientated to her surroundings

again.

"Come on Sere. Let's get you cleaned up..." said Mina as she and Birdie

led her away from

the accident.

"No, I am quite able to take care of myself thank you," Serena said

stubbornly holding her

head up in the air and breaking from the two. Rei let out a sigh of

frustration.

"Come on Meatball Head," Rei said as she grabbed her friend's arms

before anyone could

protest. "Let me go Rei!" Serena demanded as she struggled to get out of her

friend's grasp. Rei

grabbed her other hand and led her friend into a bathroom.

"Look it's just you and me. You can drop the brave act," demanded Rei

fiercely. She softened

as her friend cried into her shoulder.

"When things like that happen, I feel so helpless!" Serena wept.

"You mean BERYL makes you feel so helpless. Come on Sere, you don't have

to always do things

on your own. That's what friends are for, to beat up nasty monsters like

Beryl," said Rei as she

hugged her friend. Serena smiled weakly on her friend's shoulder.

"Thanks," Serena replied, as she wiped away her tears.

"Look, I have a change of clothes in the trunk of my car, I'll deliver

them to your office when I

get them, ok?" asked Rei with a smile as she broke out of Serena's hug.

"Let me guess, red, right?" asked Serena.

"As always, don't wrinkle up your nose like that, Meatball Head," Rei

teased with a smile.

Serena heard the bathroom door click shut. She leaned against the hard cold

wall, taking in deep

breaths before emerging and heading to her office. With a sigh, she flopped

down in the chair. This

was going to be an incredibly long day. She knew it. She switched on the

computer quickly.

"Wake up Dev," she commanded as she put on her headphones. There was

snoring sounds

coming from the computer and it switched itself off.

"Ami gave you way too much personality. I thought computers weren't

supposed to be lazy," she said too the turned-off Dev.

"Well, back to the old-fashioned way," she mumbled with a yawn, and

grabbed her business

portfolio. Something slid off of it and hit her lap. She laid the portfolio

back on her desk to identify

the object. It was smooth and delicate. She smiled, and brought the object to

her nose to prove her

theory. The rose's scent was heavenly. She loved roses and took great care

growing her miniature

ones. Nobody had given her roses in such a long time, not since high school...

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Serena's heart beat with excitement. She waited for the perfect moment

to round the corner and

stand at the top of the stairs in all her glory. TJ was down at the bottom

talking with her father just to

look up and see her. His mouth dropped open as she expected it would. Her

father smiled at her

approvingly. Her white prom dress made her look like a princess. She skipped

down the stairs

gracefully into TJ's arms. He was so handsome. Many girls at the dance would

be jealous tonight.

She and TJ were THE couple at the Academy. She didn't really care about all

that. She was

madly in love with him. In love with his wavy brown hair that she loved to run

her fingers through.

She was in love with his twinkling green eyes that looked her over at the

moment. She adored his

mouth, which gave her kisses that sent shivers of pleasure up and down her

spine. She loved him

for every thing he was. He was hers and she was his. She wore a promise ring

on her finger to

prove it. They said good night to her father before he escorted her outside.

He pulled out a rose

behind his back slipping it into her hair before caressing his hand against

her cheek. Before long

they were kissing. Although she hated to she pulled away.

"What's wrong, Bunny?" he asked as he nibbled on her ear lobe.

"We're going to be late for the prom. Everyone expects us to be there,"

she said trying not to

giggle as he nuzzled her neck.

"Who cares? We have the whole evening to go that dance. We could go

somewhere quiet,"

he said.

"Well I dunno. I mean you're probably going to made king and I am going

to have to see all

the girls in their prom dresses and who they're going with. I really hope

Candy found someone to

take her other than that awful Austin..."

"Bunny, stop rattling, you're getting on my nerves!" TJ yelled at her.

She stared at him in shock.

"I'm sorry," she whispered and started to turn away.

"Bunny, I'm sorry. Come on let's make our appearance. The belle, after

all must go to the ball,

so all the guys will be green with envy at the angelic beauty in my arms," he

said softly caressing her

hair. Bunny snuggled up in his arms.

"Just watch princess, tonight is going to be magic," he promised her and

she believed him...

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Serena shook her head. How naive she had been. She remembered every

thing so clearly,

every word, every heartbeat, and every color, just as sharp as the day she had

seen it. It'd probably

surprise many people to know she dreamed in color. A small smile played on her

lips. She brought

the rose up to her nose again. She wondered briefly who sent it and felt

around the top of her desk

to see if she could find a paper. She squealed in delight as she did indeed

find a folded piece of

paper, heavier then regular. At once she could feel the dots as she picked it

up. She opened it

and started reading its contents with her fingers.

Dearest Serena,

Love... So often, it ends in failure. In this age, there are many

people who have become

unable to act with simple kindness. That's sad... I am broken-hearted, with

deep wounds. But if

there was a girl whose heart was broken in the same way, I would comfort her

softly. And then,

thinking of her feelings, I would cry. Such pure girls are the kind I love.

That's why I love you, Serena, for your gentle spirit and kind nature.

With this letter I know

I can't even begin to tell you why I love you. Serena, you captured my heart

from the moment I

saw you. Even in this dark world, you are a welcome sunshine that touches and

warms so many

lives, including my own. You have made me see the good in people that I had

long since stopped

looking for. You made me see what good I thought I had lost within myself.

Never stop shining,

Serena, no matter what happens. Believe me when I say I love you with my whole

heart. Serena

please say you feel the same way.

Forever yours,

Darien M. Chiba

Serena almost dropped the letter in surprise. Her heart had stopped

beating momentarily as

she read the lines again. It was beautiful, every word. Never before had

something touched her to

the very depth of her soul like his letter had. She brushed away a tear on

her cheek just to have

another follow. She heard the door open.

"Serena, what a gorgeous white rose. Where ever did you get it?" asked

Rei with amazement.

Serena turned her head.

"I think I'll have to take your word on that. I wondered what color it

was," she said quietly.

"Good heavens, Serena why are you crying? Has Beryl been here...I'm

gonna beat the crap

out of her if she's said anything to you," fumed Rei.

"No Rei, it's not Beryl," Serena said. "Then what is it?" her raven-

haired friend asked.

"I am just so happy," answered Serena. "Huh? Did I miss something?"

asked Rei looking at

her friend with confusion.

"Rei, I just realized I love him. I think I always have but always

afraid to admit it to myself..."

Serena's voice trailed of.

"About time!" said Rei as she tossed the clothes in Serena's lap. She

left to find a group of

girls standing outside Serena's door.

"How is she?" asked Birdie worriedly. Rei gave the group a small smile.

"She, my friends, is in love," answered Rei, as she left a bewildered

bunch of girls and went

to get some coffee.

To be continued...

The first paragraph of the letter is not quite mine. I got it from the manga

and I thought it was

incredibly romantic. It's actually changed a little bit to fit the letter but

don't sue me, ok? Email

me and tell me how you like it. I don't mind you sending me flames telling me

to get off my lazy

butt and write! (I've gotten a lot of those from you who wanted to read more

of this fic) Hopefully

you give some praises too....please? Oh and since Hummie will be busy for

awhile azurite moon aka Sailor Andromida is being so nice to edit for me.

Smile More and Dream always,

Moondreams

Kawaii_butterfly_girl@yahoo.com

Or

Moondreams16@yahoo.com