Title: From Arizona to California
Chapter: 5
Author: StarvilleS
Genre: romance/ comedy
Email: wakka@hehe.com
website: www.starvilles.cjb.net
AN: Yes I know this took years to get out! *sighs* but I had lots and lots and LOTS of school work to attend to.
now that school is over, I've got plenty time for this! Finally! hehe, lol.
I want to thank everybody who reviewed and emailed me [THANK YOU!]
and now on with the story......Oh and I knoooowww the chapter isn't long...but I PROMISE the next one will be *smile*
disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon, that belongs to the beautiful and talented Naoko Takeuchi ^^
---- From Arizona To California ---
"Serena what are you doing here?" Darien asked again, a little confused.
He had seen her from the coffee shop, some minutes ago. And was a little confused as to why she
wasn't at her job.
"Darien!?" she exclaimed, steadying herself against the counter of the bar. She turned back to look
at him, and she saw concern, but as soon as it came it vanished, "My job," she scoffed after she said that.
"The position was never open. The whole thing was a prank, they never called me, and I never had a job."
Darien sensed
the tears threatening to fall from her eyes, the way her words were held back, the way her words at the end would choke up. And he felt her pain.
He wrapped his arms around her and just held her, as she sobbed quietly into his shirt.
He placed his head on top of hers and just gently stroked his hand through her hair. Feeling that was the best thing and only thing he could do.
Serena was drowned in confusion as to why he was being so nice to her, and why he even cared, but at this moment
the thought
disappeared, she easily detached herself from him and looked down, rubbing at her eyes as she willed the tears to stop.
She kept her eyes down ashamed to let him see her like this, "Thank you" she whispered. He nodded in reply, but when he noticed her eyes were glued to the
floor, he gently took her chin and tilted it upward, he looked in her eyes, and gently whispered your welcome, and to his surprise she only blushed and looked back down.
Darien smiled
slightly, deciding to lighten up the mood he spoke "Hey how about we head to the ice cream shop next door? My treat." he added, "Is that a smile?" he asked, once he saw the tugging at the corner of her lips. "Why, yes it is a smile." Serena said answering, and grinning.
They both sat in the back of the diner, eating their ice cream, some minutes later, and as far as Serena could tell the job and its problems along with it were far from her mind.
"So, what's with the meatballs?" Darien asked pointing to her hair,
and leaning back in his chair to relax. "First," Serena started, putting down her spoon "They aren't meatballs, and second.... well.....a lonngg time ago ...before my mother died ,she'd read me
this fairytale every night
before I go to sleep, about this princess..princess Serenity, and she use to wear her hair like this too. I remember how I wished my prince would come and sweep me off my feet, just like hers did for her. And we'd live happily ever after." she smiled slightly remembering.
"Oh" Darien replied. "Yeah, so anyways how is Jake doing?" she asked chasing the awkward tension away. She casually slipped down in her part
of the booth and layed across it vertically, her head to the aisle as she just lay there.
Jake? Darien asked himself silently, "Jake's doing just fine. Mums a little disappointed at him, but other than that he's fine."
"Whys she disappointed?"
"Decided to skip Kari's graduation and send a post it, wishing her 'congrats' "
Serena laughed slightly, "Sounds like Jake"
"Yeah." Darien said
wearily. Serena looked up at him "Everything's all right with you two ,right?" she asked a little concerned, the laughter gone from her face. "Yeah, of course. Why?"
Serena relaxed back in her spot, and let her head relax comfortably on the seat, she smiled, again at lax "No reason, just wondering."
She closed her eyes, trying to sense why she was soooo calm, and she started rewinding back to the previous events of the day, she stopped herself, promising
not to reminisce right now. Now wasn't the time.
They stayed like that for awhile, gathering there thoughts, relaxing to the comforting air.
Serena lay there, staring back at the ceiling, listening to the soft clatter of the dishes being made, the busy chatting, the soft music
wafting through the air.
And as she listened to the song it all was so true
Been sent down here to be guided
only to be tricked into this evil mans plot
his game, his track, and now I only wish
I could turn back the time
turn back the time.....the time....
She listened as the song finished. "Serena?" she could now hear Darien calling for her. As though he had been, but only she had drowned him out. but by no means on purpose. "yeah?" she asked, now looking back into his cerulean gaze.
"So what do you plan to do?"
She knew what he was talking about, and she knew he didn't want to bring it up. It was a topic they both had been trying to
avoid. But at last
all things had to be encountered, and now was the time to cross that bridge.
"Well...I'm not sure, I cant afford to spend another night in the hotel,
I guess....I guess I'll just have to take that return ticket and head on back to Arizona..." She sighed deeply.
Darien looked on, he knew she didn't want to go back empty handed, her Aunt and Uncle, would be a little disappointed, and she wasn't ready
to approach that. So he did the only thing he could think of....
"Serena, I know how you feel, and I was wondering, perhaps if maybe you needed a place to stay? Cause you could stay be my, ...that is until, you
know, you find a place." he rushed out, placing a hand behind his neck in an embarrassed sort of way.
"Do you mean that?" Serena asked, her hopes raising. As she looked at him excitingly. "Yeah I do." he said
with more confidence this time, smiling back.
Serena was at lost for words, "I...I....." she leaped up from her seat and crossed over to him and hugged him tightly "Thank You! So much." She smiled up at him, brightly.
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I know!!! it was Extremly short! but the next one will be longer , pinky swear.
n e wayz, let me know what you thought about this SHORTchapter. kay? R&R please!!
Chapter: 5
Author: StarvilleS
Genre: romance/ comedy
Email: wakka@hehe.com
website: www.starvilles.cjb.net
AN: Yes I know this took years to get out! *sighs* but I had lots and lots and LOTS of school work to attend to.
now that school is over, I've got plenty time for this! Finally! hehe, lol.
I want to thank everybody who reviewed and emailed me [THANK YOU!]
and now on with the story......Oh and I knoooowww the chapter isn't long...but I PROMISE the next one will be *smile*
disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon, that belongs to the beautiful and talented Naoko Takeuchi ^^
---- From Arizona To California ---
"Serena what are you doing here?" Darien asked again, a little confused.
He had seen her from the coffee shop, some minutes ago. And was a little confused as to why she
wasn't at her job.
"Darien!?" she exclaimed, steadying herself against the counter of the bar. She turned back to look
at him, and she saw concern, but as soon as it came it vanished, "My job," she scoffed after she said that.
"The position was never open. The whole thing was a prank, they never called me, and I never had a job."
Darien sensed
the tears threatening to fall from her eyes, the way her words were held back, the way her words at the end would choke up. And he felt her pain.
He wrapped his arms around her and just held her, as she sobbed quietly into his shirt.
He placed his head on top of hers and just gently stroked his hand through her hair. Feeling that was the best thing and only thing he could do.
Serena was drowned in confusion as to why he was being so nice to her, and why he even cared, but at this moment
the thought
disappeared, she easily detached herself from him and looked down, rubbing at her eyes as she willed the tears to stop.
She kept her eyes down ashamed to let him see her like this, "Thank you" she whispered. He nodded in reply, but when he noticed her eyes were glued to the
floor, he gently took her chin and tilted it upward, he looked in her eyes, and gently whispered your welcome, and to his surprise she only blushed and looked back down.
Darien smiled
slightly, deciding to lighten up the mood he spoke "Hey how about we head to the ice cream shop next door? My treat." he added, "Is that a smile?" he asked, once he saw the tugging at the corner of her lips. "Why, yes it is a smile." Serena said answering, and grinning.
They both sat in the back of the diner, eating their ice cream, some minutes later, and as far as Serena could tell the job and its problems along with it were far from her mind.
"So, what's with the meatballs?" Darien asked pointing to her hair,
and leaning back in his chair to relax. "First," Serena started, putting down her spoon "They aren't meatballs, and second.... well.....a lonngg time ago ...before my mother died ,she'd read me
this fairytale every night
before I go to sleep, about this princess..princess Serenity, and she use to wear her hair like this too. I remember how I wished my prince would come and sweep me off my feet, just like hers did for her. And we'd live happily ever after." she smiled slightly remembering.
"Oh" Darien replied. "Yeah, so anyways how is Jake doing?" she asked chasing the awkward tension away. She casually slipped down in her part
of the booth and layed across it vertically, her head to the aisle as she just lay there.
Jake? Darien asked himself silently, "Jake's doing just fine. Mums a little disappointed at him, but other than that he's fine."
"Whys she disappointed?"
"Decided to skip Kari's graduation and send a post it, wishing her 'congrats' "
Serena laughed slightly, "Sounds like Jake"
"Yeah." Darien said
wearily. Serena looked up at him "Everything's all right with you two ,right?" she asked a little concerned, the laughter gone from her face. "Yeah, of course. Why?"
Serena relaxed back in her spot, and let her head relax comfortably on the seat, she smiled, again at lax "No reason, just wondering."
She closed her eyes, trying to sense why she was soooo calm, and she started rewinding back to the previous events of the day, she stopped herself, promising
not to reminisce right now. Now wasn't the time.
They stayed like that for awhile, gathering there thoughts, relaxing to the comforting air.
Serena lay there, staring back at the ceiling, listening to the soft clatter of the dishes being made, the busy chatting, the soft music
wafting through the air.
And as she listened to the song it all was so true
Been sent down here to be guided
only to be tricked into this evil mans plot
his game, his track, and now I only wish
I could turn back the time
turn back the time.....the time....
She listened as the song finished. "Serena?" she could now hear Darien calling for her. As though he had been, but only she had drowned him out. but by no means on purpose. "yeah?" she asked, now looking back into his cerulean gaze.
"So what do you plan to do?"
She knew what he was talking about, and she knew he didn't want to bring it up. It was a topic they both had been trying to
avoid. But at last
all things had to be encountered, and now was the time to cross that bridge.
"Well...I'm not sure, I cant afford to spend another night in the hotel,
I guess....I guess I'll just have to take that return ticket and head on back to Arizona..." She sighed deeply.
Darien looked on, he knew she didn't want to go back empty handed, her Aunt and Uncle, would be a little disappointed, and she wasn't ready
to approach that. So he did the only thing he could think of....
"Serena, I know how you feel, and I was wondering, perhaps if maybe you needed a place to stay? Cause you could stay be my, ...that is until, you
know, you find a place." he rushed out, placing a hand behind his neck in an embarrassed sort of way.
"Do you mean that?" Serena asked, her hopes raising. As she looked at him excitingly. "Yeah I do." he said
with more confidence this time, smiling back.
Serena was at lost for words, "I...I....." she leaped up from her seat and crossed over to him and hugged him tightly "Thank You! So much." She smiled up at him, brightly.
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I know!!! it was Extremly short! but the next one will be longer , pinky swear.
n e wayz, let me know what you thought about this SHORTchapter. kay? R&R please!!