Disclaimer and note: No suing, personalities in this are mine. I don't own Sailor Moon.
~*~Mel~*~
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Skating on the ice I felt like someone was watching me. Turning and stopping in the middle of my
practice routine I saw him. Darien Sheilds, the man who did nothing but mock me. Skating over
to him I waited for an explanation at why he was staring at me as I skated.

"Darien, what are you doing here? Come to mock me?" I asked him.

"No, I came here to practice, then I just saw you skating so I decided to watch you...Even
though you are so not going to be the one I choose for my partner. You're good when alone but
I bet if you had someone to skate with you would become your normal clutzy self, meatball head."
he said.

"Shut up. And my name is not Meatball head! Its Serena, you know, Ser-en-a!" I spoke my name
slowly so he would be able to catch it. "And for your information I can skate just as well with
a partner as I can while alone, not that I want you for a partner in the I wanna be a star
skating comeptition!" I shouted.

"Oh yea you can skate well with a partner, what if I tested you on that statement? You and me,
skating together? If you don't fall or kill me as we skate I'll get off your back, if you do,
you admit defeat and drop out of the competition, cause you know, the judges just said that
every solo skater also has to do a partner skate as well...Or did you not get the call?" he asked
the smile on his face evil.

"No I didn't get the call, but thanks for telling me, after I prove to you that I can skate well
with a partner I will find my partner." I said skating backwards a bit so he could come out onto
the ice, my pale pink practice suit fanning around me.

Darien came out onto the ice, his black suit clinging to his body. His dark blue eyes locking
with my own bright blue ones. The black of his hair making the yellow hairs on the back of my
neck stick on end more then the cold did.

Stopping and putting my back to Darien as he came up behind me wrapping his arm around my waist
and taking my hands in his. Nodding to Rei, as she was the one who started the music for me,
I pressed my back to Darien's chest. Feeling his heart beat at the same time as mine made me
want to melt, he was after all my lover of another life.

Remembering how Darien and I had broken up and we were still friends, sort of, we didn't get
along that much anymore when we weren't fighting the negaverse. The break up had been an
angry one. We both had screamed I hate you, and I felt as though I really had, I still did.

As the music started I noticed Rei had chose a slow song, to make it agonizing for me. Feeling
Darien spin me closer to him I knew what move was to come soon. Skating away from him slowly
we stared into eachothers eyes. Being drawn to him by his eyes I skated close to him and
felt as his hand found mine. His other hand reached under me and grabbed my other one.

Darien picked me up over him and skated around for about a nano second. When he spun me upside
down so I could spin and touch the ground. Doing so I felt Darien's hand not want to leave mine.
My heart skipped a beat as I felt his hands grab my waist lifting me in the air.

Throwing me up high into the air spinning, Darien caught me about the waist sliding me down his
body against my own. Slipping his hands up to my own Darien outlined the curves of my body and
kept me against him as we skated. Skating to the side I felt Darien wrap his arm about my waist
grabbing my hand opposite his.

Knowing what was to come I moved my legs quicker as he threw me into the air spinning. Landing
a foot away from Darien I had one leg back and was facing him gliding backwards, one arm stretched
out to him. He grabbed my hand spinning me into him, doing so I felt my heart flutter as he
ran his hand over me.

Skating effortlessly as we were together we finished as the song ended. Darien held my body
close to his as he layed me over his knee as he kneeled down his face an inch from my own.
Looking into his eyes I felt my breathing the same as his, short and cut off.

Darien stood pulling me up with him. "You'll do for my partner," he said while skating off.

"I'LL WHAT?!!?!" I shouted going after him.

"Your going to be my partner for the competition, your the only one I've auditioned with that
hasn't caused us to fall..." he said.

"That is because we used to skate in our past life together ALL THE TIME! Darien! You better
run boy!" I shouted chasing after him.

Hearing my communicator I stopped chasing Darien. Quickly going to it I clicked it on.

"Whats up?" I asked as Ami's face came on the screen.

"Get Rei and Darien, he was already here earlier asking for you, and get to the park, NOW! We
have a negaverse mon-!" Ami shouted just before the communicator went on the blink.

"Darien! Rei! Lets go!" I shouted transforming into Sailor Moon.

Running out of the ice rink towards the park I was still arguing with Darien. He kept insisting
that we be partners for the partner division. I kept saying no but then gave in, he was right
where was I going to find someone that could skate with me and not kill me?

Getting to the park I saw that the others had been drained and this ticked me off so much that
I moon dusted the negaverse creep instantly. Feeling weak from using so much energy when skating
and then fighting I fell backwards. Crying outloud as I hit the ground I felt Darien's hand on
the side of my forehead, wiping away some blood from when I fell.

"Darien..." I moaned as we went back to our skating clothes and he continued to wipe the blood
off of my head.

"Serena?" he asked me, his eyes filled with worry.

"Are the others ok?"

"Yes, they'll be fine. Are you ok?"

"Yea, it only hurts alot."

Darien smiled and picked me up carrying me back to the rink he slid me into his car and drove me
to his apartment after getting our bags. Carrying me to the elevator while I held the bags
Darien took me into his apartment setting me on the couch he went to the bathroom getting a damp
cloth. Coming out of the bathroom, he put the cloth on my cut and started cleaning it while
I whined in pain.

"Ow, that hurts Darien!" I said pushing his hand away, "What do you have on there? Peroxide?"

"Well...yea...Its so it will be clean...Now hold still Serena." he said putting the cloth back
on the cut.

"OW! Ok that really hurts, and I bet you are enjoying this."

"Actually no I'm not...There...all clean...You can go put your street clothes on now."

Standing up I grabbed my bag and went into the bathroom putting on my jeans and pink tanktop.
As I came out of the bathroom I saw that Darien had put on a pair of jeans and a dark green
top on. Staring at the man I had lost due to a fight made me hurt, but then I remembered how
he said he hated me.

"I'm going home now Darien...I'll see you tomorrow to practice..." I said pushing my way past
him to the door.

Feeling his hand on my arm I spun around to look at him. I jerked my arm away from him and
started to turn again. Again being grabbed around the arm I spun to look at him.

"Darien, I'm going home. Its not like you care." I said jerking away from him. "I'm not your
princess anymore Darien, remember?"

As I left the aparment I heard Darien say something, but I wasn't able to decipher. Walking
home I felt like I was being followed. Turning around I saw some guys who had followed me
home before.

Screaming as they grabbed me and slammed me against a fence.