Darien paid the bill. "Well come on then." He took her hand and they
went outside. He jumped up to the roof. Serena remembered what it was like
to fly with him and wished she hadn't let him take her. He pulled her up
beside himself. "I think it would work better if we were are old selves
again."
"Probably, but I don't want to go through that again. I don't want turn into my old self, she's a person I'll never be again."
Darien nodded. "I understand, but you still want to go, don't you?"
She sighed, "Yes I guess."
"Good. I haven't done this for ages."
"Let me take off my shoes." She slid off her red high heels and let him take her hand.
He didn't say a word, but started jumping with her. They'd go from roof to roof with the wind blowing past them and they remained silently. Serena stopped him abruptly.
"Look at the sky. Isn't it beautiful?"
"You're beautiful."
Serena didn't blush like she used to when he said things like that, but she acknowledged it. "You say that, but do you mean it?"
It was a retorcle question and Darien didn't attempt to break the moment when the sun was an orange-pink and fell on Serena's hair making it seem on fire. She turned and smiled at him. "I'm going to go home now."
"Okay."
"It was... magical, but that doesn't mean a thing anymore. I've found at that anytime with you is magical."
She jumped off the roof towards home, but couldn't get him off her mind. When she opened the door the scouts pounced.
"How did it go?"
"It was like any date with Darien. He leaves you thinking about him even after he's gone."
Raye looked at her feet. "It must have been good if you went flying."
"Very funny," Serena said and headed to her room. She called over her shoulder, "Don't even think about coming in here."
All the scouts stopped midstep and sighed. "We should have moved faster."
Serena laid down in bed that night with the essence of Darien in her mind. It was so easy for him to haunt her like he did. She closed her eyes, but couldn't get to sleep so she took out her locket. "I hate it when you haunt me Darien," she said to the still room. She set the locket down and opened it. The music filled the night and she could finally get to sleep.
Around midnight Serena woke up. She looked on her nightstand and the locket was gone. At first she panicked, but then she remembered what she and Darien used to do. The window was open and she called out, "Help me up, Dare."
"Sure." A hand appeared in front of her and she took hold of it. He pulled her up easily and sat down on the roof.
"Couldn't sleep?" she asked him.
He shook his head. He held the locket in front of her face. "I see you couldn't either."
"Not without you." She sat beside him. "What's wrong, Dare?"
"You. You're getting inside my head again. I don't know how you manage to do it, but you always seem to make me fall more in love with you."
"I don't know how you do it. No matter how much I think I hate you I don't. No matter how much I think of all the bad things, the good things always fill my mind longer."
"So what are we going to do Serena?"
"I really don't know. You really hurt me four years ago. It stung for a long time. Now your back and I don't know what to do. I don't know what I feel. I don't really know if I can trust you anymore. You ripped my heart out once. Why not do it again?"
"Serena I wouldn't do that! I didn't want to do it then! I tried to come back to you, but you had different plans. Amara and Michelle had already hardened your heart by convincing you that I wasn't worth it. I tried over and over, but then Seiya came."
(AN: Seiya sucks. He should know Darien is the only one for Serena)
"I know Darien. You know he never held me like you did. It was never that warm or comfortable."
"No one made me laugh like you did and it never was as much fun."
"I guess we miss each other pretty bad," Serena laughed.
"Yeah. Hey Serena, if you just want to forget it all I'll try, but I know I can't."
"I never want to forget it, but I can't decide tonight."
"Okay."
Serena stood up. "Good night, Dare."
"Night Serena."
She swung into her window and landed catlike. "Oh. Hey D-"
The locket dangled in front of her face. "Thanks."
She watched a black figure disappear into the night.
Author's Note: Okay I know you guys might not like their midnight conversation, but they've gotta start somewhere. So review if ya feel like it, and if you don't you'll just have to wait longer for the next chapter won't ya?
"Probably, but I don't want to go through that again. I don't want turn into my old self, she's a person I'll never be again."
Darien nodded. "I understand, but you still want to go, don't you?"
She sighed, "Yes I guess."
"Good. I haven't done this for ages."
"Let me take off my shoes." She slid off her red high heels and let him take her hand.
He didn't say a word, but started jumping with her. They'd go from roof to roof with the wind blowing past them and they remained silently. Serena stopped him abruptly.
"Look at the sky. Isn't it beautiful?"
"You're beautiful."
Serena didn't blush like she used to when he said things like that, but she acknowledged it. "You say that, but do you mean it?"
It was a retorcle question and Darien didn't attempt to break the moment when the sun was an orange-pink and fell on Serena's hair making it seem on fire. She turned and smiled at him. "I'm going to go home now."
"Okay."
"It was... magical, but that doesn't mean a thing anymore. I've found at that anytime with you is magical."
She jumped off the roof towards home, but couldn't get him off her mind. When she opened the door the scouts pounced.
"How did it go?"
"It was like any date with Darien. He leaves you thinking about him even after he's gone."
Raye looked at her feet. "It must have been good if you went flying."
"Very funny," Serena said and headed to her room. She called over her shoulder, "Don't even think about coming in here."
All the scouts stopped midstep and sighed. "We should have moved faster."
Serena laid down in bed that night with the essence of Darien in her mind. It was so easy for him to haunt her like he did. She closed her eyes, but couldn't get to sleep so she took out her locket. "I hate it when you haunt me Darien," she said to the still room. She set the locket down and opened it. The music filled the night and she could finally get to sleep.
Around midnight Serena woke up. She looked on her nightstand and the locket was gone. At first she panicked, but then she remembered what she and Darien used to do. The window was open and she called out, "Help me up, Dare."
"Sure." A hand appeared in front of her and she took hold of it. He pulled her up easily and sat down on the roof.
"Couldn't sleep?" she asked him.
He shook his head. He held the locket in front of her face. "I see you couldn't either."
"Not without you." She sat beside him. "What's wrong, Dare?"
"You. You're getting inside my head again. I don't know how you manage to do it, but you always seem to make me fall more in love with you."
"I don't know how you do it. No matter how much I think I hate you I don't. No matter how much I think of all the bad things, the good things always fill my mind longer."
"So what are we going to do Serena?"
"I really don't know. You really hurt me four years ago. It stung for a long time. Now your back and I don't know what to do. I don't know what I feel. I don't really know if I can trust you anymore. You ripped my heart out once. Why not do it again?"
"Serena I wouldn't do that! I didn't want to do it then! I tried to come back to you, but you had different plans. Amara and Michelle had already hardened your heart by convincing you that I wasn't worth it. I tried over and over, but then Seiya came."
(AN: Seiya sucks. He should know Darien is the only one for Serena)
"I know Darien. You know he never held me like you did. It was never that warm or comfortable."
"No one made me laugh like you did and it never was as much fun."
"I guess we miss each other pretty bad," Serena laughed.
"Yeah. Hey Serena, if you just want to forget it all I'll try, but I know I can't."
"I never want to forget it, but I can't decide tonight."
"Okay."
Serena stood up. "Good night, Dare."
"Night Serena."
She swung into her window and landed catlike. "Oh. Hey D-"
The locket dangled in front of her face. "Thanks."
She watched a black figure disappear into the night.
Author's Note: Okay I know you guys might not like their midnight conversation, but they've gotta start somewhere. So review if ya feel like it, and if you don't you'll just have to wait longer for the next chapter won't ya?