Author's Notes: YAY!!! Chappie 11 of Oops...I love writing this story, hehe
blush I'm such a loser! Anywho, I had more people want the longer version
of this, so I'm going to extend it! Just thought I'd let you all know!
Hopefully I'll just write REALLY long chappies and then, it won't be too
much longer!!
Title: Oops, I Klutz Out Again!
Author: Unfortunately....me
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG....of course (Altho.....little kids may think this is ICKY!! EW!! Cooties!)
Chapter 11: I'll Miss You
Serena's eyes glistened with the tears that threatened to fall. She turned to stare at Darien, shocked. Had he just kissed her or was it her imagination? She HAD to be dreaming, she assumed. Yes, that was it. She had fallen asleep at the tree and she was now dreaming that Darien was going to tell her that he loved her. So, she decided to take advantage of her imagination and dove at Darien for another kiss.
It was Darien's turn to be completely surprised. Serena had her hands on either side of his face and was kissing him rather gently. And, wow! What a kiss it was! Darien blushed tremendously and continued to as Serena pulled away, her eyes still closed.
She didn't want to open them to find that he was gone, never to return again. But, she knew she had to, so she opened them slowly. The tears ran down her face as she saw him still sitting there, blushing profusely. She leaned over and wrapped her arms around his chest as she cried into his shirt.
Darien wrapped his arms around her quite confused. Why was she crying? He had no idea and was completely lost as to how to stop her from crying further. "As stupid as this question may sound, why are you crying?" Darien asked, not sure whether he should've asked that or not.
"I'm going to wake up and you'll be gone," she muttered, sniffing into his shirt. Darien let out a chuckle. She thought this was a dream.
"I know it's surreal, but you're not dreaming Serena," Darien replied, lifting her out of his arms and tilting her head up to see her eyes.
"How do I know I'm not?" Serena questioned, very skeptical.
"You wouldn't feel this if you were," Darien stated, kissing her lightly again. She blushed as she realized he was probably right. "We should've had this talk a long time ago. It just so happens that I had to tell you before I left for France."
"Darien, if you're going to tell me that you want to be with me, then I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hurt even more when you leave, so don't tell me what you feel," Serena said, standing up as she wiped her eyes with the backs of her hands.
"But, Serena-" Darien protested, standing up as well. He set his hands on her shoulders, only to have her face turn to stare at the lake as she crossed her arms.
"No! You haven't been listening to me the last few years have you? I tried to explain to you that you have to think about your actions and their effects on others! I told you many times before my accident and right before my accident in fact! If you tell me how you feel it's not going to stop you from leaving, so why bother?" Serena questioned, averting her eyes back to stare up at him.
Darien hated to admit it but the blonde did have a point. And she had told him this many times. She had *tried* to make it sink into his brain, but he hadn't understood until this very moment. And as much as he wanted to tell her, he couldn't because of her logic.
Silence dragged on through the moments. Serena stared up at Darien as she saw the logic going through his brain. 'Finally! He understands......,' Serena thought, a small smile pulling at the corners of her mouth.
"Serena?" Darien asked, smiling hopefully. Serena blinked out of her thoughts and smiled brighter at Darien.
"Yes?"
"Would you mind dropping me off at the airport tomorrow?" Darien questioned, knowing full well that it was illegal for her to drive him.
"It's illegal, silly," Serena stated simply, rolling her eyes. "You should find the brain you lost so many years ago. Or at least use the lost marbles of the village idiot that you found last week on the sidewalk. At least, then, you'd have SOME intelligence."
"Well, Meatball head, I was planning on giving the marbles to you seeing as they ARE yours," Darien teased back, a rare genuine smile creeping into his handsome features. "Anyway, I was planning on lending you my car while I was gone, but I guess you don't want to." Darien crossed his arms and began to pout teasingly as he saw the shocked expression on the blonde's face.
"REALLY?!" Serena yelped, excitedly. Darien just happen to have one of the nicest cars that she had ever seen. It was a black BMW convertible. Of course, it was a standard and Serena wasn't very good with standards, but that was from lack of practice, right?
Darien laughed and nodded. "But, there is one exception. You have to come with me to the airport and help me with tickets and luggage and such. I just don't want to sit there by myself for 2 hours. Then, you can have my car keys as soon as I get on the plane."
"You got yourself a deal, buster!" Serena agreed, jumping and kissing him on the mouth again quickly. She then blushed, realizing what she just did. She looked up to apologize to see Darien blushing too. "S- sorry....forgot," Serena muttered, looking back down.
"It's quite alright," Darien replied, giving her one of his heart- pumping smiles. He then held out his hand. "Shall I walk you home M'Lady?"
"Of course, My Good Sir," Serena said, mockingly. She placed her hand in his and entwined their fingers. She blushed as she realized just how warm his hand was. They then started on their way to Serena's house.
~~~~~~Next Day~~~~~~
Darien had stopped by the house at about 7:30 in the morning to pick Serena up. He hopped out of his car and walked up to the front door, tapping on it lightly. An older woman had answered the door and Darien smiled at Ilene as she smiled back.
"Why hello again Darien," Ilene replied, opening the door wider for him to enter.
"Good to see you again too, Mrs. Moon," Darien stated, entering the house. "Where's Mr. Moon?"
"Oh, please, Darien, how long have we known one another?" Ilene asked, leading him into the more than familiar living room.
"I don't know," Darien said, thinking a bit. "I guess about 7 years. Yes, we met at that bake sale when Serena had nearly run me over with her brand new bike."
"I'm glad you remembered, so please call me Ilene. None of this 'Mrs. Moon'. It makes me sound older than I already feel," Ilene stated, smiling broadly as she sat down.
"I'm sorry Mrs.-I mean Ilene," Darien corrected, laughing slightly. "So where's my little borrower?"
"Hopefully upstairs getting ready as I asked her to do for the millionth time this morning," Ilene replied, rolling her eyes.
As if on cue, there was a loud thump heard above as Serena yelled the black cat's name. Evidently she had tripped over the cat and believed it to be the poor animal's fault when everyone knows it was just Serena's normal klutzy nature that caused her to trip over the unfortunate cat named Luna. Well, a few more thumps were heard, but none as loud as the first. Although, after the fourth loud thump, the cat came running down the stairs in a tremendous huff and jumped into Darien's arms, not really caring who it was just as long as she escaped the crazy blonde.
Darien scratched behind Luna's ears as she looked up to him in fright. She must've thought that he was Ilene, but after he had started petting her she didn't seem to mind too much. In fact, Luna began purring happily in his arms within a few seconds time.
Serena ended up nearly rolling down the stairs and only caught herself by slamming into the wall at the bottom of the stairs. She smiled in embarrassment at Ilene and Darien staring at her. She pushed off the wall and slipped her last shoe on the rest of the way. Apparently, she had been putting on her shoes as she walked down the stairs.
"Only you, Serena," Darien replied, rolling his eyes as Luna jumped from his arms and ran as far away from Serena as she could. Poor cat.
"Yeah, well, only a brainless egotistical moron like yourself would....would.....," Serena paused as she thought. Then, she crossed her arms and hmphed. "It's far too early to be wasting my time on thinking up insults for you."
"Ah, you're just bitter because you couldn't think of a comeback," Darien stated, grinning as he stood up. "Would you like to your marbles back? I'm sure the village idiot is done using them."
"Just because I'm not completely awake in the morning like normal people who DON'T get up at four in the morning to beautify themselves, doesn't mean I'm intellectually challenged," Serena stated, walking toward the front door.
"I don't have to get up at four in the morning. I'm naturally this beautiful," Darien replied, chuckling. He walked to the door, following Serena. Ilene had opened the door for the two arguing adults.
"If you weren't so busy staring at yourself in the mirror, you conceited idjit, maybe you could actually read those books you have laying around your apartment," Serena shrugged, as she walked out the front door.
"Why would I need a mirror? Natural beauty as pure as mine doesn't need a mirror to look this good. Admit it. You think I'm cute," Darien teased, following Serena out to the car.
Ilene rolled her eyes. At least they were back to their normal teasing. It was much better than how they had been that morning after Serena had gotten out of the hospital. Ilene closed the door and sighed. When would those two ever learn?
"Over my dead body," Serena muttered, rolling her eyes. But, Darien wasn't listening to her at all.
"You wanna date me.....hold me and kiss me. Oh, wait....you already did that didn't you?" Darien teased, grinning maliciously.
"Darien!!" Serena turned a crimson color as she crawled into the passenger side of the car. She crossed her arms after putting on the seat belt. She couldn't believe that she agreed to this abuse. And to think that she had to spend the next hour and half in the car with egotistical turkey. Hey, at least he was HER egotistical turkey now, wasn't he?
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Mina tapped her foot impatiently. She was waiting for Andrew to pick her up as he did every morning before school. They usually went to eat breakfast together at the arcade that he just so happened to own. It had been the tradition since freshman year when they started dating. Of course, they were the first couple.
Andrew, then, pulled up into the driveway and Mina bounded off towards the car. She opened the door and plopped down in the seat next to his. As she buckled her seat belt she bent over and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled at her as he backed out of the driveway.
"So, Drew, what's new?" Mina asked, laughing slightly. "I'm a poet and didn't even know it!"
"Only you Meens," Andrew replied, driving off down the road. "Actually I heard from Darien last night."
"Really?" Mina questioned, generally surprised. 'Wasn't he supposed to be leaving for Europe?' "So what did he have to say?"
"Said he was leaving this morning," Andrew stated, pulling into the empty parking lot of his arcade. It stayed closed until he came back from school in the afternoon, but now it was only closed until he dropped Mina off at school. He finally had some gossip that he *knew* Mina was *dying* to get her hands on, but he was going to torture her with it first.
"Oh," was all Mina could think to say. She could sense he was hiding something. He was going to spill , but first she wanted to get inside. So, she followed Andrew's suit and got out of the car only to walk through the front door that Andrew had just unlocked. She wandered up to the counter and took a seat. "So, what are you hiding from me, love?"
"Nothing," Andrew replied, feigning innocence. He smirked when he turned around and began to make French toast.
Nothing was said as Andrew made their breakfast. Mina was busy searching for a way to get her to admit whatever he was hiding as Andrew was, of course, occupied making breakfast. He eventually set a plate of perfectly made French toast infront of her.
"Thanks, dearest," Mina replied, affectionately taking a bite of the delicious food. "But, it's not going to get you off the hook. I *know* something's up."
"Fine," Andrew said, taking a seat next to her after hopping over the counter. He poured maple syrup on his breakfast food and took a rather large bite out of it.
"So?" Mina asked, slightly irritated. She had eaten half of her French toast and Andrew *still* hadn't told her what he was hiding. She also rolled her eyes as she heard Andrew chuckle quietly next to her.
"Okay, okay. Now that I've teased you long enough, I think I'll tell you," Andrew answered, taking the last bite of his food. He hopped over the counter and placed his dish in the sink. He would wash it when he came back. HE then turned around and leaned on the counter, watching Mina's eat quietly. "Well, Darien was bringing a friend to the airport. And he was lending her his car."
"Oh, so Darien has a new love interest besides Serena?" Mina asked, looking up from the little bit of food left on her plate. She pushed the plate towards Andrew, who cleaned it off and placed it in the sink on top of his plate.
"From what I heard, yes," Andrew replied, shrugging as if he didn't know who the girl was. "It *has* to be a new love interest if he's lending her his *car*. He barely even lets *me* touch that car."
"I see your reasoning," Mina muttered, looking down to her lap. "Poor Serena."
"You ready for school?" Andrew asked, breaking her depressing thought. Mina looked up and smiled at him with a nod. They both left out the door.
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Amy blushed as Greg kissed her cheek before walking around to the other side of the car and crawling in. He waved at her before driving off. She turned around only to see Lita and Ken walking towards her, holding hands. "Hey guys!" Amy replied, happily. "What is Ken doing here today? Couldn't stay away from the school could ya?"
"Actually Ken has an appointment with the guidance officer today to schedule an appointment with some business college," Lita answered, rolling her eyes. She smiled at Ken who just sighed.
"You can at least remember the name of the college Lita. It's-"
"Hey guys!" piped up from behind them. Amy, Lita, and Ken turned around to smile at Chad. Raye was standing slightly behind him, her nose in a book.
"Hey," Lita responded, arching a brow at Raye. "And you're here because.....?"
"Drama club," Raye muttered, turning the page of her book. She then closed it and looked up. She blushed as she realized the strange looks that she was receiving. "I forgot to study for my English Lit. test okay?!"
The group of five began wandering from the parking lot towards the school. All of them chattered away about simple things of daily life such as the newest fashions, school, nagging parents, (AN: In Raye's case....grandfathers...hehe), etc. It was nothing beyond the ordinary morning. Nobody seemed to notice the absence of the meatball headed blonde until much later in the day.
Mina showed up around the normal time in the morning, five minutes before the bell rang. She joined her friends in the cafeteria and in their chatter. Chad and Ken left their own little way when the bell rang signaling homeroom. The four girls wandered to their homerooms still not noticing the missing blonde.
It was lunch time when someone finally said something. It just happened to be Amy. "Hey guys? Have you seen Serena at all?"
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen her all day," Lita stated, finally noticing. "What about you Raye?" Raye shook her head form behind her book. She was still studying for that English exam which was next period. "Mina?"
"No, but if she heard, then I understand why she isn't here," Mina replied, glancing to the uninteresting tabletop.
"Heard what?" Raye asked, suddenly interested. She put her book down to look up at Mina.
"Heard about Darien and his mystery girl," Mina responded, not looking up. She felt so bad for Serena. She *knew* that girl had liked Darien since forever and maybe she even loved him, but it wasn't really Mina's place to ask. Mina could sense something between the two though and it wasn't hate.
"Darien has a *what*?!" Lita asked, her eyes wide with shock.
"Andrew told me about it this morning," Mina answered, finally looking up at the girls. "He said that Darien called him last night and told him that he was leaving for France this morning. Andrew told me that Dare was bringing a friend to the airport with him and that he was going to lend her his car for the time that he was gone."
"Well, couldn't it be a *guy* friend?" Amy asked, thinking logically and trying not to blow things out of proportion.
"No. Andrew specifically told me that it was a *she*," Mina replied, sighing. The bell then rang, signaling the end of lunch. The girls got up and all of them dispersed with one last look at each other. The thought never crossed their minds that the female 'friend' could've been Serena herself.
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YAY!!! I realized that I forgot to include the other girls for awhile. It was kinda irritating me, so I included them. Anywho, this is long chappie just as I promised. I'm not sure if the next chappie will be just as long, but shrug I have everything planned out, so I can't change it NOW!!
Stay tuned for next chappie....Will Darien follow through with his actions and go to France? Will the girls figure out that it was Serena who actually went to the airport with Darien? Stay tuned for Chapter 12: Off to France!
~KaBunny
Title: Oops, I Klutz Out Again!
Author: Unfortunately....me
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG....of course (Altho.....little kids may think this is ICKY!! EW!! Cooties!)
Chapter 11: I'll Miss You
Serena's eyes glistened with the tears that threatened to fall. She turned to stare at Darien, shocked. Had he just kissed her or was it her imagination? She HAD to be dreaming, she assumed. Yes, that was it. She had fallen asleep at the tree and she was now dreaming that Darien was going to tell her that he loved her. So, she decided to take advantage of her imagination and dove at Darien for another kiss.
It was Darien's turn to be completely surprised. Serena had her hands on either side of his face and was kissing him rather gently. And, wow! What a kiss it was! Darien blushed tremendously and continued to as Serena pulled away, her eyes still closed.
She didn't want to open them to find that he was gone, never to return again. But, she knew she had to, so she opened them slowly. The tears ran down her face as she saw him still sitting there, blushing profusely. She leaned over and wrapped her arms around his chest as she cried into his shirt.
Darien wrapped his arms around her quite confused. Why was she crying? He had no idea and was completely lost as to how to stop her from crying further. "As stupid as this question may sound, why are you crying?" Darien asked, not sure whether he should've asked that or not.
"I'm going to wake up and you'll be gone," she muttered, sniffing into his shirt. Darien let out a chuckle. She thought this was a dream.
"I know it's surreal, but you're not dreaming Serena," Darien replied, lifting her out of his arms and tilting her head up to see her eyes.
"How do I know I'm not?" Serena questioned, very skeptical.
"You wouldn't feel this if you were," Darien stated, kissing her lightly again. She blushed as she realized he was probably right. "We should've had this talk a long time ago. It just so happens that I had to tell you before I left for France."
"Darien, if you're going to tell me that you want to be with me, then I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hurt even more when you leave, so don't tell me what you feel," Serena said, standing up as she wiped her eyes with the backs of her hands.
"But, Serena-" Darien protested, standing up as well. He set his hands on her shoulders, only to have her face turn to stare at the lake as she crossed her arms.
"No! You haven't been listening to me the last few years have you? I tried to explain to you that you have to think about your actions and their effects on others! I told you many times before my accident and right before my accident in fact! If you tell me how you feel it's not going to stop you from leaving, so why bother?" Serena questioned, averting her eyes back to stare up at him.
Darien hated to admit it but the blonde did have a point. And she had told him this many times. She had *tried* to make it sink into his brain, but he hadn't understood until this very moment. And as much as he wanted to tell her, he couldn't because of her logic.
Silence dragged on through the moments. Serena stared up at Darien as she saw the logic going through his brain. 'Finally! He understands......,' Serena thought, a small smile pulling at the corners of her mouth.
"Serena?" Darien asked, smiling hopefully. Serena blinked out of her thoughts and smiled brighter at Darien.
"Yes?"
"Would you mind dropping me off at the airport tomorrow?" Darien questioned, knowing full well that it was illegal for her to drive him.
"It's illegal, silly," Serena stated simply, rolling her eyes. "You should find the brain you lost so many years ago. Or at least use the lost marbles of the village idiot that you found last week on the sidewalk. At least, then, you'd have SOME intelligence."
"Well, Meatball head, I was planning on giving the marbles to you seeing as they ARE yours," Darien teased back, a rare genuine smile creeping into his handsome features. "Anyway, I was planning on lending you my car while I was gone, but I guess you don't want to." Darien crossed his arms and began to pout teasingly as he saw the shocked expression on the blonde's face.
"REALLY?!" Serena yelped, excitedly. Darien just happen to have one of the nicest cars that she had ever seen. It was a black BMW convertible. Of course, it was a standard and Serena wasn't very good with standards, but that was from lack of practice, right?
Darien laughed and nodded. "But, there is one exception. You have to come with me to the airport and help me with tickets and luggage and such. I just don't want to sit there by myself for 2 hours. Then, you can have my car keys as soon as I get on the plane."
"You got yourself a deal, buster!" Serena agreed, jumping and kissing him on the mouth again quickly. She then blushed, realizing what she just did. She looked up to apologize to see Darien blushing too. "S- sorry....forgot," Serena muttered, looking back down.
"It's quite alright," Darien replied, giving her one of his heart- pumping smiles. He then held out his hand. "Shall I walk you home M'Lady?"
"Of course, My Good Sir," Serena said, mockingly. She placed her hand in his and entwined their fingers. She blushed as she realized just how warm his hand was. They then started on their way to Serena's house.
~~~~~~Next Day~~~~~~
Darien had stopped by the house at about 7:30 in the morning to pick Serena up. He hopped out of his car and walked up to the front door, tapping on it lightly. An older woman had answered the door and Darien smiled at Ilene as she smiled back.
"Why hello again Darien," Ilene replied, opening the door wider for him to enter.
"Good to see you again too, Mrs. Moon," Darien stated, entering the house. "Where's Mr. Moon?"
"Oh, please, Darien, how long have we known one another?" Ilene asked, leading him into the more than familiar living room.
"I don't know," Darien said, thinking a bit. "I guess about 7 years. Yes, we met at that bake sale when Serena had nearly run me over with her brand new bike."
"I'm glad you remembered, so please call me Ilene. None of this 'Mrs. Moon'. It makes me sound older than I already feel," Ilene stated, smiling broadly as she sat down.
"I'm sorry Mrs.-I mean Ilene," Darien corrected, laughing slightly. "So where's my little borrower?"
"Hopefully upstairs getting ready as I asked her to do for the millionth time this morning," Ilene replied, rolling her eyes.
As if on cue, there was a loud thump heard above as Serena yelled the black cat's name. Evidently she had tripped over the cat and believed it to be the poor animal's fault when everyone knows it was just Serena's normal klutzy nature that caused her to trip over the unfortunate cat named Luna. Well, a few more thumps were heard, but none as loud as the first. Although, after the fourth loud thump, the cat came running down the stairs in a tremendous huff and jumped into Darien's arms, not really caring who it was just as long as she escaped the crazy blonde.
Darien scratched behind Luna's ears as she looked up to him in fright. She must've thought that he was Ilene, but after he had started petting her she didn't seem to mind too much. In fact, Luna began purring happily in his arms within a few seconds time.
Serena ended up nearly rolling down the stairs and only caught herself by slamming into the wall at the bottom of the stairs. She smiled in embarrassment at Ilene and Darien staring at her. She pushed off the wall and slipped her last shoe on the rest of the way. Apparently, she had been putting on her shoes as she walked down the stairs.
"Only you, Serena," Darien replied, rolling his eyes as Luna jumped from his arms and ran as far away from Serena as she could. Poor cat.
"Yeah, well, only a brainless egotistical moron like yourself would....would.....," Serena paused as she thought. Then, she crossed her arms and hmphed. "It's far too early to be wasting my time on thinking up insults for you."
"Ah, you're just bitter because you couldn't think of a comeback," Darien stated, grinning as he stood up. "Would you like to your marbles back? I'm sure the village idiot is done using them."
"Just because I'm not completely awake in the morning like normal people who DON'T get up at four in the morning to beautify themselves, doesn't mean I'm intellectually challenged," Serena stated, walking toward the front door.
"I don't have to get up at four in the morning. I'm naturally this beautiful," Darien replied, chuckling. He walked to the door, following Serena. Ilene had opened the door for the two arguing adults.
"If you weren't so busy staring at yourself in the mirror, you conceited idjit, maybe you could actually read those books you have laying around your apartment," Serena shrugged, as she walked out the front door.
"Why would I need a mirror? Natural beauty as pure as mine doesn't need a mirror to look this good. Admit it. You think I'm cute," Darien teased, following Serena out to the car.
Ilene rolled her eyes. At least they were back to their normal teasing. It was much better than how they had been that morning after Serena had gotten out of the hospital. Ilene closed the door and sighed. When would those two ever learn?
"Over my dead body," Serena muttered, rolling her eyes. But, Darien wasn't listening to her at all.
"You wanna date me.....hold me and kiss me. Oh, wait....you already did that didn't you?" Darien teased, grinning maliciously.
"Darien!!" Serena turned a crimson color as she crawled into the passenger side of the car. She crossed her arms after putting on the seat belt. She couldn't believe that she agreed to this abuse. And to think that she had to spend the next hour and half in the car with egotistical turkey. Hey, at least he was HER egotistical turkey now, wasn't he?
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Mina tapped her foot impatiently. She was waiting for Andrew to pick her up as he did every morning before school. They usually went to eat breakfast together at the arcade that he just so happened to own. It had been the tradition since freshman year when they started dating. Of course, they were the first couple.
Andrew, then, pulled up into the driveway and Mina bounded off towards the car. She opened the door and plopped down in the seat next to his. As she buckled her seat belt she bent over and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled at her as he backed out of the driveway.
"So, Drew, what's new?" Mina asked, laughing slightly. "I'm a poet and didn't even know it!"
"Only you Meens," Andrew replied, driving off down the road. "Actually I heard from Darien last night."
"Really?" Mina questioned, generally surprised. 'Wasn't he supposed to be leaving for Europe?' "So what did he have to say?"
"Said he was leaving this morning," Andrew stated, pulling into the empty parking lot of his arcade. It stayed closed until he came back from school in the afternoon, but now it was only closed until he dropped Mina off at school. He finally had some gossip that he *knew* Mina was *dying* to get her hands on, but he was going to torture her with it first.
"Oh," was all Mina could think to say. She could sense he was hiding something. He was going to spill , but first she wanted to get inside. So, she followed Andrew's suit and got out of the car only to walk through the front door that Andrew had just unlocked. She wandered up to the counter and took a seat. "So, what are you hiding from me, love?"
"Nothing," Andrew replied, feigning innocence. He smirked when he turned around and began to make French toast.
Nothing was said as Andrew made their breakfast. Mina was busy searching for a way to get her to admit whatever he was hiding as Andrew was, of course, occupied making breakfast. He eventually set a plate of perfectly made French toast infront of her.
"Thanks, dearest," Mina replied, affectionately taking a bite of the delicious food. "But, it's not going to get you off the hook. I *know* something's up."
"Fine," Andrew said, taking a seat next to her after hopping over the counter. He poured maple syrup on his breakfast food and took a rather large bite out of it.
"So?" Mina asked, slightly irritated. She had eaten half of her French toast and Andrew *still* hadn't told her what he was hiding. She also rolled her eyes as she heard Andrew chuckle quietly next to her.
"Okay, okay. Now that I've teased you long enough, I think I'll tell you," Andrew answered, taking the last bite of his food. He hopped over the counter and placed his dish in the sink. He would wash it when he came back. HE then turned around and leaned on the counter, watching Mina's eat quietly. "Well, Darien was bringing a friend to the airport. And he was lending her his car."
"Oh, so Darien has a new love interest besides Serena?" Mina asked, looking up from the little bit of food left on her plate. She pushed the plate towards Andrew, who cleaned it off and placed it in the sink on top of his plate.
"From what I heard, yes," Andrew replied, shrugging as if he didn't know who the girl was. "It *has* to be a new love interest if he's lending her his *car*. He barely even lets *me* touch that car."
"I see your reasoning," Mina muttered, looking down to her lap. "Poor Serena."
"You ready for school?" Andrew asked, breaking her depressing thought. Mina looked up and smiled at him with a nod. They both left out the door.
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Amy blushed as Greg kissed her cheek before walking around to the other side of the car and crawling in. He waved at her before driving off. She turned around only to see Lita and Ken walking towards her, holding hands. "Hey guys!" Amy replied, happily. "What is Ken doing here today? Couldn't stay away from the school could ya?"
"Actually Ken has an appointment with the guidance officer today to schedule an appointment with some business college," Lita answered, rolling her eyes. She smiled at Ken who just sighed.
"You can at least remember the name of the college Lita. It's-"
"Hey guys!" piped up from behind them. Amy, Lita, and Ken turned around to smile at Chad. Raye was standing slightly behind him, her nose in a book.
"Hey," Lita responded, arching a brow at Raye. "And you're here because.....?"
"Drama club," Raye muttered, turning the page of her book. She then closed it and looked up. She blushed as she realized the strange looks that she was receiving. "I forgot to study for my English Lit. test okay?!"
The group of five began wandering from the parking lot towards the school. All of them chattered away about simple things of daily life such as the newest fashions, school, nagging parents, (AN: In Raye's case....grandfathers...hehe), etc. It was nothing beyond the ordinary morning. Nobody seemed to notice the absence of the meatball headed blonde until much later in the day.
Mina showed up around the normal time in the morning, five minutes before the bell rang. She joined her friends in the cafeteria and in their chatter. Chad and Ken left their own little way when the bell rang signaling homeroom. The four girls wandered to their homerooms still not noticing the missing blonde.
It was lunch time when someone finally said something. It just happened to be Amy. "Hey guys? Have you seen Serena at all?"
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen her all day," Lita stated, finally noticing. "What about you Raye?" Raye shook her head form behind her book. She was still studying for that English exam which was next period. "Mina?"
"No, but if she heard, then I understand why she isn't here," Mina replied, glancing to the uninteresting tabletop.
"Heard what?" Raye asked, suddenly interested. She put her book down to look up at Mina.
"Heard about Darien and his mystery girl," Mina responded, not looking up. She felt so bad for Serena. She *knew* that girl had liked Darien since forever and maybe she even loved him, but it wasn't really Mina's place to ask. Mina could sense something between the two though and it wasn't hate.
"Darien has a *what*?!" Lita asked, her eyes wide with shock.
"Andrew told me about it this morning," Mina answered, finally looking up at the girls. "He said that Darien called him last night and told him that he was leaving for France this morning. Andrew told me that Dare was bringing a friend to the airport with him and that he was going to lend her his car for the time that he was gone."
"Well, couldn't it be a *guy* friend?" Amy asked, thinking logically and trying not to blow things out of proportion.
"No. Andrew specifically told me that it was a *she*," Mina replied, sighing. The bell then rang, signaling the end of lunch. The girls got up and all of them dispersed with one last look at each other. The thought never crossed their minds that the female 'friend' could've been Serena herself.
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YAY!!! I realized that I forgot to include the other girls for awhile. It was kinda irritating me, so I included them. Anywho, this is long chappie just as I promised. I'm not sure if the next chappie will be just as long, but shrug I have everything planned out, so I can't change it NOW!!
Stay tuned for next chappie....Will Darien follow through with his actions and go to France? Will the girls figure out that it was Serena who actually went to the airport with Darien? Stay tuned for Chapter 12: Off to France!
~KaBunny