Title: Blind for a Day
Author: Marie J.W.
Chapter: 3/4
Rated: PG
Email: mariejwchan@yahoo.com
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With dinner over Darien opened the car door for Serena and lead her in,
making sure her head didn't bump the frame of the door.
Darien walked around the other side of the door and slipped inside,
"Now for the hard part."
Serena let out a loud sigh, "This isn't going to work. I barely made
it around the restaurant."
Darien's hand resting on hers, startling her. She looked down but only
drew a blank.
"You did great and with my help, your friends won't even know the
difference."
Serena bit her lip. The feel of his warm hand on hers set warm waves
throughout her body. Did he know he was making her feel this way? His
hand moved away. She heard him starting the car.
She let out a breath of air and shook her head.
Fifteen minutes later Darien stopped the car and unbuckled his seatbelt.
He paused and openly stared at the girl sitting next to him. She had her
mouth drawn in a tight line as she stared out into darkness. Her eyes were
open but they looked dull. His heart constricted. No one like Serena should
ever have to go without sight.
Darien opened his door and walked around, opening her door as well. As soon
as she was standing beside him, he linked her arm into his and leaned
towards her, "Look strait ahead and smile."
"That would look funny." Her nose wrinkled up, "No one smiles non-
stop."
Darien chuckled, "I guess you're right but do something other than
stare blankly."
Serena tried to glare at him but it was hard to tell exactly which
direction his face was turned.
Darien led her around cars and up to the entryway where a man stood
collection tickets. Darien pulled a ticket out of his pocket and handed
it to the man.
"Thank you, sire, you may go in."
When they were inside Serena asked, "How did you do that? I didn't give
you the ticket?"
"I have one of my own."
"YOU bought a ticket?!" Serena shrieked.
"Shhh..." He patted her hand as he looked around for Serena's friends,
"I bought it the day before you did."
Serena's mouth fell open.
"Your friends are coming."
"And you were teasing me about it!" Serena hissed with annoyance.
"Shh..."
"Serena!" Lita called just before skipping up to her. Ray and Amy
followed their brown haired friend with more grace.
"Hi, Lita." Serena smiled, "Sorry we're late."
"You brought Darien?!" Ray asked, baffled.
Serena blushed lightly when Lita gently elbowed her in the side.
"Just because we fight all the time doesn't mean we can't be nice to
each other once in a while."
Ray lifted an eyebrow.
"Hi, Amy." Darien greeted the blue haired girl standing next to him.
She looked up at him for the first time and blushed, "Hi."
Serena wanted to know if they had dates as well but she didn't dare
ask considering that, their dates might be standing behind them without
her knowing.
"We better go sit down. Ken is saving our seats." Lita led the way.
Darien followed with Serena at his side.
"Did you think they noticed?" Serena leaned over and whispered.
"I don't think they have the slightest clue." He leaned over and whispered
back.
Ray looked back just in time to see the two leaning towards each other.
What was going on between those two? One day they're fight and the next...
they were romantically involved? Something didn't fit.
They entered the theater where thousands of people were talking excitedly.
Lita led them down the red carpet to their row and let them in before
sitting down next to Ken.
"One more over..." He whispered.
Serena sat down and smoothed out her dress. She looked out to where she
knew the stage was. She wasn't going to be able to see, she would only be
able to hear. Serena bit her lip, feeling alone and tired all of a sudden.
Darien took her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze. Why was he being
so nice to her? She knew he wanted to be friends but... she didn't
understand how he could come to care for her so much in such a short
amount of time.
"This is sooo exciting!" Lita whispered into Serena's ear, "I've never
been to a music contest."
"So you brought Ken after all?"
"Yep. But you know we're just-" She stopped.
"Lita?"
"Uh..." Lita stuttered.
"Lita?" She asked again.
Darien looked over and had to hold back a smile. Ken had his "best
friend's" hand in his own, stroking it gently while Lita didn't dare but
look ahead with a nervous look on her face. It was obvious that the girl
hadn't had this kind of attention from her "friend" before.
"Lit-"
"Shhh..." Darien whispered, "The show will start soon."
Serena looked in his direction a little confused. Why had Lita stopped
like that? However, Darien was right. The lights went out unknown to her
and the music started just before a man called out, "Heeeello! And welcome
to the Tokyo Music Awards!"
The crowd cheered.
Serena bit her lip and tried to relax. It was so weird not being able to
see. Loud music started to blast and soon the smooth sound of Shoo mi. It
was a soft song, a song she remembered listening to on the radio.
Bright light almost blinding,
Black night still there, shining,
I can't stop, keep on climbing,
Looking for what I knew.
Had a friend, she once told me,
"You got love, you ain't lonely,"
Now she's gone and left me only
Looking for what I knew.
Finally, falling into the music, Serena let herself forget that she was
blind and listened to the lyrics.
Mmm, I'm telling you now,
The greatest thing you ever can do now,
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now,
It's very easy just.
Met a man on the roadside crying,
Without a friend, there's no denying,
You're incomplete, they'll be no finding
Looking for what you knew.
So anytime somebody needs you,
Don't let them down, altho' it grieves you,
Some day you'll need someone like they do,
Looking for what you knew.
Mmm, I'm telling you now,
The greatest thing you ever can do now,
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now,
It's very easy just...ooh, yeah
For some reason the song kind of reminded her of how Darien was acting
towards her today. He was kind and she knew he had smiled a few times
because she could hear him laugh and he seemed very gentle and understanding,
it was weird for Darien to be that way.
The crowd around her cheered and whistled. Serena clapped along with them
but was surprised of the lack of enthusiasm her friend Lita had. Usually,
Lita would whistle sound and clear and clap extremely loud but she was
strangely silent next to her. Not wanting to look incredible stupid she
leaned towards Darien, "What's wrong with Lita? She's really quiet
tonight."
Darien glanced over Serena to find Lita and Ken staring at each other.
The world around them just didn't seem to exist for them. He smiled and
leaned towards Serena, whispering, "She's too busy watching her best
friend."
"Huh? What do you mean? Too busy? This is Shoo mi, we're talking about!"
Serena whispered back, curiously.
"Well, I guess Shoo mi didn't meet up to her expectations."
Serena leaned back in her chair to think about that. 'How odd, wait a
minute. Best friend? Ken? Hmmm... I was starting to think there was
something between them! How cool is that! Oooo... now I really wish I
could see.'
Three more songs past, each of them classics and equally good, the
crowd cheered and whistled and finally on the third song Serena heard
Lita clap her hands after the song.
"This is so cool! Thank you, Darien." Serena smiled and continued to clap
her hands.
"You're welco-"
Suddenly, Darien was cut off by a loud blast above their heads Glass
shattered everywhere and people began to scatter. Darien grabbed Serena
just before another blast accured, pulling her to the floor with him.
Serena panicked, without her sight she felt like a blind man without
his dog. She vaguely noted that she was on top of Darien and on the floor
but at the moment, that didn't bother her, it was the sounds of
glass shattering, people screaming and her scouts yelling at her.
She wasn't sure what she was saying but she knew she couldn't move,
not without Darien.
"What is it? What's happening?" Serena whispered frantically into Darien's
ear.
"There's yamma's. We have to get to safety."
Serena bit her lip. She couldn't leave her scouts. How was she going
to transform with Darien here and how was she going to fight with him
NOT there. Closing her eyes tightly, she wished the world away. She had
to make a choice and she didn't know which one would be the best. If she
did transform, Darien would know who she was and he 'would' have to help
her fight the yamma somehow, she couldn't do it without her sight and if
she didn't transform, innocent people could get hurt and her scouts might
\not be able to destroy the yamma without her.
"Serena, Serena, we need to move. We can't stay here." Darien shook her
gently, "Can you here me, Serena."
"Can I trust you?" Serena lifted her head and stared into blackness,
"I need to do something but I'm going to need you're help."
To Be Continued...
Author: Marie J.W.
Chapter: 3/4
Rated: PG
Email: mariejwchan@yahoo.com
---
With dinner over Darien opened the car door for Serena and lead her in,
making sure her head didn't bump the frame of the door.
Darien walked around the other side of the door and slipped inside,
"Now for the hard part."
Serena let out a loud sigh, "This isn't going to work. I barely made
it around the restaurant."
Darien's hand resting on hers, startling her. She looked down but only
drew a blank.
"You did great and with my help, your friends won't even know the
difference."
Serena bit her lip. The feel of his warm hand on hers set warm waves
throughout her body. Did he know he was making her feel this way? His
hand moved away. She heard him starting the car.
She let out a breath of air and shook her head.
Fifteen minutes later Darien stopped the car and unbuckled his seatbelt.
He paused and openly stared at the girl sitting next to him. She had her
mouth drawn in a tight line as she stared out into darkness. Her eyes were
open but they looked dull. His heart constricted. No one like Serena should
ever have to go without sight.
Darien opened his door and walked around, opening her door as well. As soon
as she was standing beside him, he linked her arm into his and leaned
towards her, "Look strait ahead and smile."
"That would look funny." Her nose wrinkled up, "No one smiles non-
stop."
Darien chuckled, "I guess you're right but do something other than
stare blankly."
Serena tried to glare at him but it was hard to tell exactly which
direction his face was turned.
Darien led her around cars and up to the entryway where a man stood
collection tickets. Darien pulled a ticket out of his pocket and handed
it to the man.
"Thank you, sire, you may go in."
When they were inside Serena asked, "How did you do that? I didn't give
you the ticket?"
"I have one of my own."
"YOU bought a ticket?!" Serena shrieked.
"Shhh..." He patted her hand as he looked around for Serena's friends,
"I bought it the day before you did."
Serena's mouth fell open.
"Your friends are coming."
"And you were teasing me about it!" Serena hissed with annoyance.
"Shh..."
"Serena!" Lita called just before skipping up to her. Ray and Amy
followed their brown haired friend with more grace.
"Hi, Lita." Serena smiled, "Sorry we're late."
"You brought Darien?!" Ray asked, baffled.
Serena blushed lightly when Lita gently elbowed her in the side.
"Just because we fight all the time doesn't mean we can't be nice to
each other once in a while."
Ray lifted an eyebrow.
"Hi, Amy." Darien greeted the blue haired girl standing next to him.
She looked up at him for the first time and blushed, "Hi."
Serena wanted to know if they had dates as well but she didn't dare
ask considering that, their dates might be standing behind them without
her knowing.
"We better go sit down. Ken is saving our seats." Lita led the way.
Darien followed with Serena at his side.
"Did you think they noticed?" Serena leaned over and whispered.
"I don't think they have the slightest clue." He leaned over and whispered
back.
Ray looked back just in time to see the two leaning towards each other.
What was going on between those two? One day they're fight and the next...
they were romantically involved? Something didn't fit.
They entered the theater where thousands of people were talking excitedly.
Lita led them down the red carpet to their row and let them in before
sitting down next to Ken.
"One more over..." He whispered.
Serena sat down and smoothed out her dress. She looked out to where she
knew the stage was. She wasn't going to be able to see, she would only be
able to hear. Serena bit her lip, feeling alone and tired all of a sudden.
Darien took her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze. Why was he being
so nice to her? She knew he wanted to be friends but... she didn't
understand how he could come to care for her so much in such a short
amount of time.
"This is sooo exciting!" Lita whispered into Serena's ear, "I've never
been to a music contest."
"So you brought Ken after all?"
"Yep. But you know we're just-" She stopped.
"Lita?"
"Uh..." Lita stuttered.
"Lita?" She asked again.
Darien looked over and had to hold back a smile. Ken had his "best
friend's" hand in his own, stroking it gently while Lita didn't dare but
look ahead with a nervous look on her face. It was obvious that the girl
hadn't had this kind of attention from her "friend" before.
"Lit-"
"Shhh..." Darien whispered, "The show will start soon."
Serena looked in his direction a little confused. Why had Lita stopped
like that? However, Darien was right. The lights went out unknown to her
and the music started just before a man called out, "Heeeello! And welcome
to the Tokyo Music Awards!"
The crowd cheered.
Serena bit her lip and tried to relax. It was so weird not being able to
see. Loud music started to blast and soon the smooth sound of Shoo mi. It
was a soft song, a song she remembered listening to on the radio.
Bright light almost blinding,
Black night still there, shining,
I can't stop, keep on climbing,
Looking for what I knew.
Had a friend, she once told me,
"You got love, you ain't lonely,"
Now she's gone and left me only
Looking for what I knew.
Finally, falling into the music, Serena let herself forget that she was
blind and listened to the lyrics.
Mmm, I'm telling you now,
The greatest thing you ever can do now,
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now,
It's very easy just.
Met a man on the roadside crying,
Without a friend, there's no denying,
You're incomplete, they'll be no finding
Looking for what you knew.
So anytime somebody needs you,
Don't let them down, altho' it grieves you,
Some day you'll need someone like they do,
Looking for what you knew.
Mmm, I'm telling you now,
The greatest thing you ever can do now,
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now,
It's very easy just...ooh, yeah
For some reason the song kind of reminded her of how Darien was acting
towards her today. He was kind and she knew he had smiled a few times
because she could hear him laugh and he seemed very gentle and understanding,
it was weird for Darien to be that way.
The crowd around her cheered and whistled. Serena clapped along with them
but was surprised of the lack of enthusiasm her friend Lita had. Usually,
Lita would whistle sound and clear and clap extremely loud but she was
strangely silent next to her. Not wanting to look incredible stupid she
leaned towards Darien, "What's wrong with Lita? She's really quiet
tonight."
Darien glanced over Serena to find Lita and Ken staring at each other.
The world around them just didn't seem to exist for them. He smiled and
leaned towards Serena, whispering, "She's too busy watching her best
friend."
"Huh? What do you mean? Too busy? This is Shoo mi, we're talking about!"
Serena whispered back, curiously.
"Well, I guess Shoo mi didn't meet up to her expectations."
Serena leaned back in her chair to think about that. 'How odd, wait a
minute. Best friend? Ken? Hmmm... I was starting to think there was
something between them! How cool is that! Oooo... now I really wish I
could see.'
Three more songs past, each of them classics and equally good, the
crowd cheered and whistled and finally on the third song Serena heard
Lita clap her hands after the song.
"This is so cool! Thank you, Darien." Serena smiled and continued to clap
her hands.
"You're welco-"
Suddenly, Darien was cut off by a loud blast above their heads Glass
shattered everywhere and people began to scatter. Darien grabbed Serena
just before another blast accured, pulling her to the floor with him.
Serena panicked, without her sight she felt like a blind man without
his dog. She vaguely noted that she was on top of Darien and on the floor
but at the moment, that didn't bother her, it was the sounds of
glass shattering, people screaming and her scouts yelling at her.
She wasn't sure what she was saying but she knew she couldn't move,
not without Darien.
"What is it? What's happening?" Serena whispered frantically into Darien's
ear.
"There's yamma's. We have to get to safety."
Serena bit her lip. She couldn't leave her scouts. How was she going
to transform with Darien here and how was she going to fight with him
NOT there. Closing her eyes tightly, she wished the world away. She had
to make a choice and she didn't know which one would be the best. If she
did transform, Darien would know who she was and he 'would' have to help
her fight the yamma somehow, she couldn't do it without her sight and if
she didn't transform, innocent people could get hurt and her scouts might
\not be able to destroy the yamma without her.
"Serena, Serena, we need to move. We can't stay here." Darien shook her
gently, "Can you here me, Serena."
"Can I trust you?" Serena lifted her head and stared into blackness,
"I need to do something but I'm going to need you're help."
To Be Continued...