Chapter 3 …… A Meeting At A Club
"So who were those girls from this morning?" asks Darien as he finally catches up with Rei.
"Hmmm? Oh sorry Darien. They were Mina's friends. Here to look around." Says Rei as she snaps back to reality and smiles at Darien.
"Yeah. Thank god school is over. I wanted this day to end so badly. At least it's friday."
"Dare one of the girls had a tattoo of your family crest. It wasn't the whole crest though. Just the rose and the moon."
"Well Rei it's just a moon with a rose in front of it. There are probably a few people who have a tattoo like that. Don't worry about it. Let's go back to my place and we can get ready to go out. You still have clothes in my closet."
"I keep meaning to take those home. Sorry for taking up your closet space." Says Rei as she sits in the passengers seat of Darien's car.
"I don't care. Your like a sister to me. Leave them there." Says Darien as he climbs into the drivers seat and turns the car on.
Rei takes out a dance mix CD of hers and puts it in the CD player and turns it up full blast as Darien backs out of his space and speeds out of the parking lot and away from the school.
They get to Darien's and walk inside where they are greeted by Rosa. Darien's personal maid since he was born.
"Well what are you two up to tonight?" asks Rosa cheerfully as she takes their book bags with a big smile.
"We are going out to a club. Don't know when we will be back, if arrested we will call." Says Rei before giggling and smiling at Darien.
"Ha Ha. I know you two aren't that bad. Well if you need anything just yell." Says Rosa as she walks away.
Darien walks up the stairs with Rei beside him. "So what club are we going to tonight Rei?"
"How about the new club that just opened. I doubt anyone from school will be there. A chance to let loose and be yourself because I don't change who I am." Says Rei as they walk into Darien's room and she flops down on the bed.
"Yeah well we have sometime to kill. What do you want to do?" says Darien laying down beside Rei.
"I'm hungry want to get dressed and go to a fast food place for supper then head to the club?" says Rei as she gets up and walks over to the closet.
"Fine." Says Darien as he takes off his school jacket, tie and shirt and throws them on the bed.
"You know Dare if I wasn't like a sister to you I would be tripping over my own two feet to be with you. You are really hot." Says Rei as she pokes her head out of the closet and winks.
"Gee thanks." Says Darien as he takes some clothes out of the dresser.
"You know you should show me what you are going to wear tonight I mean we can't have you looking all preppy when going to a club. It's just wrong." Says Rei as she comes out of the closet carrying a few of her clothes to try out.
"How's this?" asks Darien playfully as he holds up a skin tight black t-shirt and a pair of somewhat baggy dark blue jeans.
"Perfect." Says Rei as she glances at Darien while sorting through her clothes.
"You want help?"
"No I'm fine I found the outfit. How this?" asks Rei as she holds up a blood red tube top and a tight black mini skirt.
"Nice but what will you wear on your feet?"
"I got a pair of boots around here somewhere." Says Rei as she walks back into the closet.
"I'm going to change it's 6:30." Says Darien as he walks into the bathroom.
"Found them." Yells Rei. "I'm going to change out here."
Rei is just pulling up her skirt when Darien walks in.
"Your lucky I was dressed buster." Says Rei glaring at him.
"Oh Rei I want you so badly it hurts." Jokes Darien as he sits on his bed smiling at Rei.
"Knock it off. I can't get the zipper on this skirt. Some help?" says Rei as she turns around her back to Darien.
"Fine." Says Darien as he zips up her skirt.
Rei puts on her boots and smiles, "How do I look?" she says as she stands up straight.
"Like a fox." Says Darien with a wink.
"Come on put your sneakers on. I'm hungry and I want to have some fun."
Darien smiles and grabs his sneakers and puts them on.
They walk down and out to his car and they get in and drive off.
"Come on Serena. You don't have to change you look like a fox in that outfit. Who cares if you wearing it all day." Says Lita as she drags Serena to the club.
"Fine but what about my hair? Up or down?"
"Up. We will be dancing and you wouldn't want to trip on your hair. Although you'll probably trip and fall anyways." Giggles Ami.
"Shut up Ami." Says Serena as she pulls her hair up into her usual hairstyle of two meatball shaped buns.
"You do that really quickly." Says Mina as she watches Serena do her hair.
"Lot's of practice. Come on I want to have some fun."
The four girls walk into the club and smile. The club had just opened tonight and they were the first one's there.
"God I love our connections. We don't even get carded." Says Lita as they walk onto the dance floor.
"Girls nice to see you. So do you like my club?" asks a tall woman with long dark green hair.
"Trista it's wonderful. Your best club yet. When does it really open?" asks Ami as she smiles at the woman.
"In about an hour so why don't you guys pick a privet room and I will keep it closed off for you." Says Trista happily.
"How about that one over there." Says Serena pointing to the second level and to a room in the middle that overlooks the dance floor.
"Nice I love that one. Go ahead. It's yours just remember to lock it when ever you leave." Says Trista as she tosses the key to Serena.
"Great thanks." Says Mina as she runs to the stairs.
Ami, Lita and Serena follow Mina upstairs and into their room. They look around and finally sit down on the many beanbag chairs that scatter the room.
About an hour later the music starts along with the lights. The four girls get up and walk to the floor to celing windows. Mina slides one open and they watch the people pour into the club.
"Hey there's that Rei girl form this morning." Says Ami pointing to the bar.
"Who is that guy she is with?" asks Mina.
"Hey Serena isn't that the guy you were staring at this morning?" asks Lita.
Serena looks at the bar and sees that same black haired guy from that morning. "Your right it is. I wonder what they are doing here?"
"Only one way to find out." Says Mina with a wicked smile on her face before she runs out of the room and downstairs.
Ami, Lita and Serena look at each other and smile. They walk out of the room, Serena locks the door and puts the key into her boot. They walk downstairs and onto the dance floor. They see Mina over there talking to Rei and that guy.
"Come on let's dance." Says Ami as she starts to move her body to the music.
Lita and Serena smile and follow Ami.
"Are you here with your friends Mina?" asks Rei as she sips her drink.
"Yeah they are probably out on the dance floor by now. They wouldn't stay up in our room for this long."
"You guys have your own room?" asks Darien as he scans the dance floor letting his eyes fall on that blonde haired beauty dancing with a blue haired and a brown haired girl.
"Yeah it's right over there on the second floor. Oh god I love this song." Yells Mina.
"Come and dance Dare." Says Rei as she gets off her stool and grabs his hand.
"Ok I love this song too."
Mina, Rei and Darien walk onto the dance floor. Mina walks up to her friends and yells, "This is Rei from this morning and this is her friend Darien." As Mina grabs Darien's hand and pulls him into the group along with Rei.
Serena looks up and sees just how tall this Darien guy is, her eyes are level with his shoulders and that's with her heels on. She stops dancing when she looks at his face and smiles.
Darien takes Serena's hand and pulls her close to him and he leans down to her ear, "Wanna dance?" he asks in a normal voice.
Serena melts at the sound of his voice and nods yes.
Darien pulls her away from the group of girls and he pulls her body close to his as they dance to 'Simple and Clean'.
After a little while Rei, Mina, Ami and Lita go upstairs to the privet room getting a spare key from Trista because Serena has the other key in her boot. Serena and Darien stay on the dance floor with each other.
"She really likes him." Says Mina from the window of their room.
"How can you tell?" asks Rei as she looks from Mina to Serena and Darien on the dance floor.
"She isn't all over him. I mean she hasn't had sex yet but she is usually all over guys and flirting with them like crazy. She's not doing that with Darien." Says Lita as she looks down on the dance floor.
Mina closes the window and walks over to the beanbag chairs.
"So what's your story?" asks Rei as she sits down looking at the three girls before her.
"Oh we are just girls who do what we want when we want. You know." Says Ami as she takes a drink from her glass of vodka.
"I don't know. The girls at my school are way different from you. The stuck up rich brats."
"Well I can tell your not rich." Says Mina getting a laugh from Lita.
"Your right I'm not. My father pays for the school but I have no idea where in this world he is. I don't think he wanted me to end up like a total basket case."
"What's Darien's story?" asks Lita as she takes a drink from her bottle of beer.
"Oh he's rich, very rich. I think he's the richest kid in our school. His parents are never home and he takes care of his own money. But he hates it. He wants to go to public school very badly but he won't leave me there."
"Why don't you leave that school with him?" asks Darien from the doorway behind Rei.
"Oh Darien you ass. You know I can't no matter how badly I want to I can't." replies Rei without even turning around.
Lita, Ami and Mina look up and see Darien walk in with Serena right beside him.
"Guys my tattoo is bothering me again." Whines Serena.
"Let me see it." Says Darien.
Serena blushes and turns around and pulls up the back of her t-shirt.
Darien's eyes grow wide as he sees the tattoo, 'Rei was right it is just like my family crest.' He thinks as he stares at it.
Serena looks over her shoulder at Darien and sees his face. "What's wrong? Is it bad?"
"No tell me does this make it feel better." Says Darien as he puts his finger on the rose.
"Oh god yes." Moans Serena.
Lita, Ami, Mina and Rei giggle as they see Serena's face.
"Good. Your tattoo is like mine." Says Darien as he pulls down Serena's shirt and then he sits down on a beanbag.
"Where is yours?" says Serena as she stands beside Darien.
Darien pulls her down into his lap and he takes her hand and slides it up under his shirt and along his skin up to his chest right over his heart.
Serena shivers as she feel Darien's soft skin run under her fingers.
Rei smiles, 'He likes her. He never even let's me touch that tattoo. Except when he first got it done.' She thinks.
Mina, Lita and Ami watch Serena blush as Darien slides her hand up to his chest.
"Right here. That's odd it doesn't hurt when you touch it." Says Darien as he looks at Serena's face.
"It hurts when people touch it?" asks Mina.
"Well the only other person who has touched it has been Rei and it felt like fire when she touched it so I won't let her touch it anymore."
"Oh god Darien. I'm sorry I didn't know it hurt you." Says Rei softly.
"May I touch it?" asks Ami, "I mean I wonder if it hurts you when I touch it."
Darien pulls off his shirt, "Go ahead."
Serena doesn't move from her spot in Darien's lap as Ami gets up and walks over beside Darien.
Ami kneels down beside Darien and lightly touches her fingers to his tattoo on his chest.
"Oh that is liquid ice." Gasps Darien as he grabs Ami's wrist and pulls her hand away. He grabs Serena's hand next and puts it back on the tattoo and sighs. "That's better."
Serena giggles as she sees Darien's face relax.
"That is really odd." Says Ami, "I felt something too. But not liquid ice, it was more like the petals of a rose but it was hundreds of petals and they were all over my body."
"That is weird." Says Rei as she watches Serena lay her head on Darien's chest and sigh.
"Jelouse?" asks Darien as he sees Rei glaring at Serena.
"What hell no. Dare what a question." Snaps Rei.
Serena looks at Rei and smiles softly.
"Um guys it's 2 am. I didn't know we were on that dance floor for that long. It only feels like 12." Says Mina as she looks at her watch.
"We can stay here all night you know Trista won't mind. She loves us." Says Ami.
"My grandfather is going to kill me." Yells Rei jumping up and running past Darien.
Darien grabs Rei's wrist and pulls her back, "Tell him you spent the night at my place. You know he won't say anything if you tell him that."
"Your right. Sorry for freakin' out." Says Rei as she sits back down.
"Man this is really bugging me." Complains Serena as she pulls a knife out of her boot and drops it on the floor beside her.
"Nice knife." Says Rei as she sees the blade.
"Where the hell did you get this?" asks Darien as he picks up the knife and looks at the designs on the blade.
"What do you mean I have had that for as long as I can remember." Says Serena as she looks up at Darien's face.
"Darien I have seen that knife before haven't I?" asks Rei as she gets up and walks over to the beanbag chair next to Darien and looks at the knife a bit closer.
"You have. This is a knife of my family. When I was young Rosa told me about my family history as bedtime stories. She once told me about a prince giving the knife to his love a princess of the moon just before a huge battle and they were all killed. The people of the moon were saved by the queen. She used all her powers to send them all to the future. Rosa used to tell me I was that prince and I was waiting for my princess to come back. I never really believed her but in a way I guess I did."
"I know that story. My mother used to tell it to me too when I was young. Of course she told me more about the love that the prince and princess had for each other. But same story none the less." Says Serena.
"Odd. Anyway, here's your knife back." Says Darien as he hands the knife back to Serena.
"Hey does everyone here have a tattoo?" asks Rei.
"We all do and we know Darien does but do you?" says Lita.
"I do." Replies Rei.
"You got a tattoo? When? And Why didn't you tell me?" asks Darien.
"I got it some time ago. I can't remember exactly when though."
"What is your tattoo of?" asks Mina.
"For some reason I got the symbol of Mars in front of a silver crescent moon."
"Oh my god. The legends can't be true." Says Mina as she stares at Rei.
"What legends?" asks Serena.
"Wait a minute show me your tattoo Rei." Says Mina.
Rei lifts up the left side of her skirt to show her thigh, sure enough there was the tattoo.
"Oh my god that's like ours but with a different symbol." Says Lita as she looks at Rei's tattoo.
"Let me see yours." Says Rei looking at Mina, Ami and Lita.
The three girls lift up the left side of their skirts like Rei and reveal their thighs with their tattoos. Mina with the symbol of Venus, Lita with the symbol of Jupiter and Ami with Mercury. On all three girls the symbols were in front of a silver crescent moon.
"The legends are true. Oh my god." Says Mina again.
"What legends are you talking about?" asks Serena as she sits up straight in Darien's lap.
"How much do you know about the legends of the moon kingdom?" asks Mina looking at everyone.
"Only bits and pieces for me." Says Serena.
Everyone else nods their heads.
"Come on we have to go see someone. Who can tell us why this is happening. I knew about me but not about the others." Says Mina as she gets up and heads to the door.
"Where are we going? And what about you?" asks Ami as she gets up and follows Mina with everyone else following behind.
"I'll tell you when we get back to my place." Yells Mina as they walk onto the dance floor and through the crowd.