{{{ Chapter Six }}}
One day passed. One day turned into one week, and all was back to normal in the office.
"By Kami-sama… I love working on this floor of the tower. I mean look at the view."
"Mina…" sighed Serena. "You're looking down at the pavement."
"I know," grinned Mina, "but look at that view."
With an exagerated sigh, Raye asked, "So, what colour is his hair?"
"Ha ha ha, that's my Raye," smiled Mina. "Its brown."
Joining in on the normal routine Serena asked, "Light or dark?"
"Light."
"Can you see his eyes Mina?" Asked Sara, their co-worker.
Serena who had, along with Raye, joined Mina at the window answered for her with a laugh. "Their brown." In answer to the astonished looks she received from everyone in the office exept Raye who was also grinning, she lightly hit Mina in the arm. "Its Sam, Mina, sheesh…"
"Sam?" Quietly asked one of the women, a young lady named Emily.
"That's Serena's boyfriend." Answered the woman next to her.
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DING
"Morning Sam," greeted Raye. "How are you this morning," she asked with a slight smile.
"Good thanks Raye, you?"
"I'm alright. Anyway, I better get back to work, I'll leave you to Serena," she finished with a grin.
Laughing lightly, Serena smiled at Raye's exit. Turning back towards Sam, she greeted him. "Hi." Leaning over, she gave him a hug and a light kiss on the lips. "So, what you up to?"
"Just visiting." He answered with a smile. "I was at our office down the road, and I thought I'd drop by."
"Excellent." She said with a happy smile. "So how long can you stay? Are you free for lunch?"
His smile falling, he answered. "Actually no. I'm in a hurry. I just wanted to ask you out to dinner tonight."
"Ohhhhh, isn't that sweet." Came quielty from the background, sounding suspicously Mina like. Followed by an "Ah ha." And a small giggle.
Sighing good humourly, Serena turned around. Glaring lightly at her friends, they got the point. Sticking her tongue out, Mina grinned and turned around, going back to work. Turning back to Sam, Serena smiled. "I'd love to go out tonight. I should be off by about 6.00."
"Excellent. I'll pick you up at 7.00."
"Yup, cool."
"Okay then. I better go." With a smile, he leaned down and kissed her lightly. "Until tonight." He said, grinning.
"Bye." She said with a smile, waving as he went back toward the elevators.
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"We had the most wonderful dinner last night, Sam and I." Said Serena with a grin.
"That good huh?" Asked Mina with a grin.
With a sly smile, Raye asked, "the dinner, or the desert?"
"Raye!" Exlaimed Serena, hitting her friend lightly on the arm. "Get your mind out of the gutter."
"Sorry." She siad, looking not the least bit contrite.
Grinning playfully, Serena answered her earlier question. "The dinner. And we're going out to the movies tonight. He had to go back to work straight after dinner, some kind of emergency."
"So that's why the dinner…"
"No Mina. Sheesh."
Laughing lightly, the girls all then went back to work.
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Glaring, the dark figure stood quietly, leaning against the wall. Watching as the couple walked arm in arm out of the movie theater. He hadn't expected to see them. 'Fancing bumping into her in the street.' Thought Darien to himself. 'And who is he? Her boyfriend I guess.' Grumbling to himself, he continued to glare at the other man's back until the couple were out of sight. 'I have to go talk to Lita.'
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DING DONG
"Coming!" She called through the door. Opening the door, Lita stood stunned for a moment. "Hi Darien."
"Hi. Do you… could I come in for a moment please?" He asked, a little nervously.
Smiling slightly, she opended the door wider, motioning for him to come in. "So what's up Dare?"
"Well… I thought, you're friends with Serena and all. And I was wondering, you know… if…"
"Look Darien. I'm not going to rat Serena out to you."
"Oh, I know. I have just one thing to ask, please?" He said, earnestly.
"Yeah sure." She said with a small smile.
"Is she really going out with… him?"
"Sam… Yes Dare she is. How did you know?"
"I saw them, a few minutes ago."
"And you came straight over here?"
"Yeah, I just wanted to know for sure." He said. Pausing for a moment to gather courage, he then asked, "is she sleeping with him?"
"Not that its any of your business…" She began.
"I just… I just cant stand the thought of some guys hands on her…" He mumbled, getting jealous. Though resigning himself to the fact that it was noone's fault but his own.
"No guy except you right?" She asked quietly.
Sighing he replied. "Yeah."
Shaking her head in sympathy, she said, "you're just torturing yourself…"
"I know." Was his simple answer.
"But, to answer your question… yes she is. They've been going out for one and a half years. We were half expecting a proposal any month now."
"Proposal? They're going to get married?" He asked in disbelief, his world suddenly crashing down on him.
"No… not now that you're back. She couldn't say yes…" Seeing his eyes light up with hope, she continued, "but had you not come back… then yes, she may have said yes."
"Do you think she should? I mean, would they be good together? Would she be happy?"
"Again, had you not come back… maybe. She needed to get over you. Not completely, she could never completley get over you. But she was doing okay, and he loves her… he would have done good by her."
With a questioning glance, he said, "you speak in past tense. Now?"
"Now… if she said yes, she wouldn't be happy. She'd always be thinking of you. Unless you fuck up again."
"I wont. Never again… and I wont let her go." He said fervently. "If she comes back to me," he added, sighing.
"Like I was saying, unlesss you fuck up and she gets unhappy with you. Coz there wont be another chance."
"I have a chance now?"
"Yes definitely. And now, she wont ever be able to stop thinking about you. I think whoever she's with, you'll be on her mind." She added softly.
"I love her… so much it hurts…" He replied softly.
"Tell her that…"
"Yeah… I think I will…" Sighing again, he got up slowly. "Thanks, you don't know what it means to me."
"Just treat her well, love her, make her happy. And I'll be more than repaid."
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