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Chapter 7

Running to her seat in the classroom, she sat down before catching her breath. She felt dizzy for what had transpired between her and Jackson as she tried to sort out what had happened. One minute he was threatening her and the next minute he was kissing her lips right off. She reasonably told herself that he was doing this on purpose so he could stomp the life out of her but for the life of her, she couldn't get rid of the soft feeling of his lips on hers. She sighed dreamily before focusing on class. She floated through classes until last period came, waving to her friends she settled into her seat.

Mr. Hart did his usual routine while Serena tried to concentrate on her homework for his class. She was deep in concentration that she wasn't aware of her actions. Tilting her head to one side to get another look at the problems, she twisted a piece of loose hair that had escaped from her hair around her fingers and then gently started to nibble on her bottom lip. The pink tip of her tongue peaked out of the corner of her mouth and then smiled widely at her paper when she had solved the answer to her problems. Writing furiously, she worked them all out until the sensation of being watched slowly made her stop and look over. She met a pair of golden brown eyes that revealed an emotion for a split second that surprised her until becoming hooded again. The emotion she thought she saw was almost like love but it had been to quick to get the real glimpse at it. Shaking her head at the nonsense that flew into her mind, she turned back to her homework and tried to forget about guys in general. Guys were just too weird and hard to figure out. Routinely, the last ten minutes of class, Mr. Hart let them talk to each other.

" Darien and Serena, tell me what's happening with the challenges? Or have you come to terms yet?" Mr. Hart asked them before letting the people talk to each other.

" It's still on Mr. H. I haven't backed out, I'm made of sterner stuff that that. On the other hand, you might want to ask Serena." Darien smirked at her.

" What's happening Serena?"

" I can't do them unless it's Saturday. I have detention all week. It's still on unless Darien can't attend or he's to scared to." Serena glared at him.

" Darien?"

" I'm there and I'm gonna kick some meatball head." Darien taunted her.

" Oh shut up egghead." Serena got up from her desk to join her friends when she noticed how rowdy they were. She smiled when Ami closed her book to smack Raye over the head.

" Look what you guys did to poor Ami. You corrupted her, she doesn't even study anymore when she's in class because she's to busy messing around with you guys. Naughty, naughty you guys should be ashamed of yourselves." Serena clucked her tongue at them as she took a seat next to them.

" We didn't corrupt her, you did." Lita accused her.

" Me! I was over there doing my work, I'm innocent." Serena protested.

" Yes it was. Raye asked her if she liked kissing Greg and then she said we were getting on her nerves. She threatened to beat us all up. She took after you." Mina nodded her head in agreement then laughed when Serena shook her fist at her.

" Don't tempt me Mina."

" Hey Serena." Lita called out.

" What?" As Serena turned her head to face Lita, something slimy hit her cheek.

" You are so dead Lita. Keep your spit in your mouth or swap it with Ken but I do not want it." Serena burst out laughing when Lita got a deadly glint in her eye. The rest of the girls died laughing when Lita tore a corner piece off her paper, put it in her mouth then slowly started to chew it. They were making such a commotion that people were starting stop talking to stare at them.

" Hey girls, what's so funny over there?" Ken called out to them. Serena looked at the girls before giving them a grin.

" We were just asking Ami if she liked kissing Greg and then I told Lita she should either keep her spit in her mouth or swap it with you. She took offense. I don't know why." Serena innocently shrugged.

" I can't believe you just told everyone that Serena. This is so embarrassing." Ami groaned out while she hid her face.

" Look what you did Serena, Greg is three shades of red. You embarrassed the poor guy. Naughty girl." Raye wagged her finger at her until she burst out laughing.

" I'll swap spit with you anytime Lita. I'll let you give me a nice big juicy one if Mr. H permits it. Pucker up baby." Ken closed his eyes while he puckered his lips.

" Okay Ken, no problem. I'll ask Mr. Hart. Mr. Hart, can I swap spit with Ken?" Before Mr. Hart could object, Lita launched the wad she had in her mouth and laughed when it stuck to his cheek.

" How's that for swapping spit Ken? I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did." Their classmates looked at Lita to Ken then back to Lita. This was getting interesting.

" Oh Lita, I enjoyed it very much but this is what I meant." Before anyone could blink, a huge glob of wet slimy paper sailed through the air and smacked Lita right in the forehead. People erupted in giggles at the look Lita gave him. She smiled at him before she shot out another one at him but he knew it was coming and moved out of the way before it hit. More laughter filled the air when they saw whom it hit and where. Standing there in total shock with a spit wad stuck on the top part of his upper lip stood Andrew.

" Really Mina, you must teach Andrew to wipe when he has a booger in his nose. That is so gross." Serena cracked out while she held her side. She saw his look before going down to hit the floor. A wad flew across the room and people fell onto the floor with laughter. Andrew backed up a step with his hands up in innocence when he saw the fire blaze where the girl stood. Looking beautiful and raging with mock outrage, Ami stood with her hands on her hips with a wad on the tip of her nose. She smiled before quickly spitting out her mouth full and then clapped her hand over her mouth. Jaws dropped before people were almost fainting with laughter. She had missed Andrew but in her wake she had gotten Chad, Greg and Darien. Quickly as a jackrabbit, she hid behind Raye while the wads flew in the air. Peeking out to see the damage done, she died of laughter. Mina and Raye had been the victims of their attack and were not happy about it. With wads sticking to their face, they started to advance until a voice snapped out.

" You girls are so childish. All of you are so immature, grow up." Brittany glared at Mina, Raye, Lita and Ami.

" Eat it Brittany." Raye blew out forcefully until a voice screamed.

" That is so gross. Get the wad off of me Darien, I'm not touching it." Brittany turned to him but Darien was having none of it.

" It's spit Brittany, do it yourself."

" You guys are so attractive with wads hanging off of you. All of you stand right there, I can make you all a pair. It will be so cute, Darien stand perfectly still and I'll give you extra attention. How does a nice big fat juicy wad that will cover your whole face?" Serena cried out but then slowly started away when she saw their faces.

" Oh Serena. I think you're missing something." All of them muttered to her. Shaking her head at them, she continued to back away.

" Yeah get her. Little witch doesn't deserve to have nothing happen to her. Get her good." Brittany cheered them.

" Eat it Brittany." Ami smacked her with a wad and then smiled widely when she heard her scream. Just as pandemonium hit, Serena hit the floor the second time that day. Laughter rang out, wads were flying in the air and then smacked everything it hit. All of them knew Mr. Hart was cool about this as long as they cleaned up because if they didn't then they would have killer homework to do.

Serena slowly crawled on the floor trying to avoid the wads that were flying in the air and being so intent on not getting hit, she ran into a hard body. Opening her mouth to apologize she looked up and let the words die in her mouth. Flinching when a hand reached out, she held her breath.

" Don't be scared, you have a wad in your hair." Jackson whispered out before gently taking it out. Before Serena could move, Jackson whispered her name before covering her mouth with his for the second time that day. Just for a moment, Serena let herself be swept away when his lips touched but before it could get deeper, she tore herself away with force.

" Why are you doing this Jackson? Are you trying to get revenge on for doing what I did to you this morning? Is this a joke to try to make me look like a fool in front of everybody? It's not going to work you know, I'm not going to fall for you so you can push me to the floor. This is a sick game and I don't want to be apart of it. Just leave me alone." Serena whispered to him before standing up when the bell rang to quickly leave the room. Walking outside, she took a deep breath before letting it out. It wasn't fair how he was treating her; all he wanted to do was hurt her Serena told herself but couldn't stop thinking about him and how soft his lips felt against hers. Stop Serena, this is what he wants you to do, he wants you to think about him, then fall for him and then finally make you look like a fool. Closing her eyes while she leaned her forehead against a tree, she tried to get a hold of her feelings before she lost control. Not hearing the footsteps come closer, she jumped when arms enclosed around her. Whipping her head, she met a pair of brown eyes.

" Stop, just stop. Do you enjoy making me feel all torn up? I bet you're getting a kick out of this, watching me struggle. Why can't you leave me alone?" Serena cried out to him.

" I don't want to let you go Serena. I want to be with you Serena." Jackson hugged her tight.

" Do you honestly think I'm going to believe you when this morning you made fun of me? If you think I will you're out of your mind. You're crazy." Tearing herself away she turned to head home until she remembered she had detention. Running into the school she waved to her friends before slipping into the classroom. Taking out her pen and paper she started her normal routine before slipping into a daydream about arms holding her close and never letting go. She dreamed about melting brown eyes that looked at her until the face lowered his head to give her an earth-shattering kiss. Pulling back she looked up and then gave a gasp when she met a pair of startling midnight deep blue eyes. Gasping out loud, Serena gripped her head in her hands. There was no way Darien would ever kiss her much less give her a kiss that moved the earth. She was going crazy, they were tormenting her so much she was getting mixed up inside. There was no way she liked Darien because if she did then she would never win the challenges and she needed to win the challenges for her sake. Having settled on that thought, she got back to work. She walked out of the school building having finished her detention; she moved down the steps and looked at the snow covering almost all the buildings. She was so intent on looking at the scenery she didn't see the figure walking briskly in her way until a bump later she found herself in the freezing snow on her butt. Looking up she gave a glare before snapping.

" Do you enjoy doing bodily harm to me, you imbecile."

" Now Serena, it's not my fault you weren't looking where you were going. I must admit Serena; you look very adorable looking up at me. I think that's how I want you from now on, looking up at me with adoration." Smiling to brightly down at her, Darien offered her a hand to help her up but instead of finding a hand, he got a face full of snow.

" Serena! I was trying to help but now you better pray to god I don't get a hold of you because I won't be responsible for my actions unless of course I hear a sincere apology." He raised an eyebrow before taking a step closer to her.

" Wait Darien." Putting up her hands, Serena lifted herself off the ground with a cute smile at him.

" Yes Serena? I'm waiting."

Instead of answering him, she flung more of the cold wet snow at his face before hightailing the opposite direction.

" Serena! Wait until I get a hold of you, there will be no mercy!" Darien warned her with a yell as he ran after her. Catching up to her, he caught her from behind, hearing a laugh; he swept her up in his arms and met a pair of beautiful smiling sky blue eyes.

" What do you have to say for yourself before I throw you in the snow and bury you. Or is this my sweet victory if you stay mute and surrender." He smiled at her.

" All I have to say is never apologize when I'm right and you're wrong, which of course is all the time." Sticking her tongue at her, she dared him to toss her.

" Oh that's it woman, you're dead. Don't complain I didn't warn you." Lifting the bundle in his arms, he let go until he got a surprise when she somehow managed to hook her arms around his neck and bring him down with her, with her on top and him on bottom. He laughed at her tactic as he gazed up at her laughing face.

Laughing down at him, she inhaled the scent of roses around him and wished for they could have been friends. She lifted herself off of him and instantly missed the warmth his body gave before looking down at him

" I must admit Darien, I think this is how I want you, looking up at me with adoring eyes. That's how you were meant to be, underneath me." " Serena are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting? I'm flattered but you forgot I already have a girlfriend." Giving her a sly grin, he winked at her rapidly.

" Oh shut up you pervert. Only you can think of something like that when it was meant for something innocent. I think you need this to cool you off." Catching him off guard, she pushed him back into the snow with a kick of the wet stuff in his face before running off with a laugh. Hearing him yell, she knew she was in for it if he caught her and running as if her life depended on it, she willed her legs to fun faster. The snow crunched loudly behind her made her kick up her step but it didn't seem to help when she heard him getting closer and closer until she saw a familiar figure up ahead. Taking a chance the figure could be friend or foe, she took a deep breath before she jumped the last feet, hooked the neck with her arms and both went tumbling to the ground with a thud.

" Uh oh, I'm in deep shit. Are you alive?" She asked the person with a poke in the chest. Not responding, the person lay unmoving as she poked at the chest again and again.

" I told you you're body was going to harm one of my players someday demolition derby. Did you kill him? Jackson, are you alive man?" Darien called out loudly.

" I didn't do it, if you weren't chasing me, I wouldn't have been running and therefore I wouldn't have killed him. Give him CPR Darien, he's your friend." Poking the chest again, she nodded to Darien.

" No way, you do it. You killed him. Nice job Serena, what am I going to tell his parents? A girl the size of a weed jumped him and banged him to death."

" You are so gross, get your mind out of the gutter you pervert." She scowled up at him.

" I didn't mean it like that woman, you took it that way."

" Sure whatever. Hey Darien, maybe if you give him a kiss like sleeping beauty, he'll wake up to his froggy prince looking down at him and you guys can go riding off in the sun set together. That will be so romantic." Sighing dramatically, she smiled up at him innocently.

" You are one sick girl you know that. I'm not kissing him, why don't you kiss him. Wait don't kiss him, instead of waking up, you'll kill the poor guy twice if that's possible." He smirked at her.

" Don't be jealous of my talent of making guys faint with my kisses since I know you can't even make a girl dizzy with yours smooth operator. I heard through the grapevine, it's a good thing your great in sports because you need help in the other fields Casanova." Winking slyly at him, she poked Jackson's chest again.

" Hitting below the belt midget. As I can recall, Brittany didn't have a complaint of my kissing this morning, she couldn't get enough of it so I think you're grapevine is wrong. Just thinking of the kiss this morning is giving me good fantasies now." Smiling in remembrance, he nudged her with his shoe.

" Oh shut up egghead. You are nasty and I don't want to even know what you meant so don't tell me. Wake up!" She leaned down to peer into Jackson's face to see for any living sign when his hands cupped her face to press her lips onto of his. After a minute, she jerked out of his embrace and jumped to her feet when Jackson moved.

" I think he's about to faint again since he found it was you that kissed him. You are one scary lady." Darien smirked at her.

" Then you should have kissed him you moron. He was waking up before the kiss happened." Serena defended herself.

" You were trying to take advantage of a poor defenseless guy Serena? That hard up for a guy?"

" No but I am hard up for a nice guy since the guys I know are complete jerk-offs and you're the biggest one I know."

" Guys, the poking in my chest woke me up but I must admit, Serena's kiss did help." Jackson groaned out while he rubbed his head.

" You guys are freaky, I'm getting out of here before I start a brawl with moron boy over here. See I told you I didn't kill him." Serena smirked at Darien as she turned away to head to her house. Both of them were just to weird to figure out, she shook her head at their behavior as she let herself into the house and then noticed her family had gone somewhere again.

" I would like to go to someday, if you guys would just wait for me until I get done with detention." Serena muttered loudly to the empty house. Walking into the kitchen, she got the ingredients out for her sandwich and just as she was about to take a bite, the doorbell rang.

" This better be important, I'm hungry." She stomped to the door to open it and then scowled at the occupants on her doorway.

" Now what do you guys want!"

" Come on Serena, where's our greeting?" Darien smiled at her.

" Do you need anything?" Clutching her teeth, she glared at him.

" We wanted to visit my neighbor, is that so bad?"

" Yes, especially when it's you. This is the last time I'm going to ask, what do you want?"

" I thought we could stop by and say no hard feelings about tomorrow." Darien smiled sweetly at her.

" Oh stop with the smile, I don't know why I'm going to let you in since this morning you mangled me to death but my mother always told me to be nice to people less fortunate than me, so come in and behave or I'll toss you back outside." Letting them in, she went back into the kitchen to eat her sandwich and just as she was about to take a bite, Darien took it away from her to take a bite.

" Thanks for the sandwich Serena, that's very generous of you." He mumbled out through a mouth full of her sandwich.

" You are such a pain in my ass, you know that Darien?" Glaring at him, she got up to make another sandwich when she looked at both of them.

" Since I have to be nice, do you guys want anything more to eat?"

" Yeah, would you make me a couple more sandwiches, chips if you got any and a can of soda." Darien asked her.

" No I don't want to but I guess I have to. What about you Jackson?"

" I don't want you to go through any trouble."

" Tell me now or you can starve to death. I have the things out here to make so if you want any say it now." Serena told him impatiently. She wanted to eat but couldn't eat when her company hasn't eaten yet.

" I'll have the same as Darien"

Making the food silently, she prepared their plates before handing each of them their food and finally making her own food. After finishing her food, she walked over a cabinet with a stool and stepped up to reach for the hot chocolate on the top shelf, not realizing her sweater had ridden up slightly to reveal her smooth stomach to her audience. She read the instruction even though she made hot chocolate hundreds of times but she always liked reading instructions until looking over she caught the two guys looking at her queerly.

" Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked defensively.

" Nothing's wrong woman, just wondering what your making."

" Hot chocolate, it's my tradition to have hot chocolate after dinner during the winter. I love winter and cold, do you want some Darien?" She asked him.

" Sounds good. I'll have a cup." Darien nodded his head.

" Then go make it yourself." She died laughing at the look on his face.

" That's not very nice Serena. You're a rude hostess." Darien mockingly snarled at her.

" My mom would kick get my butt if she heard how I treated Darien as a guest. She's always telling me, in order to be the perfect hostess, I have to be nice to our guests but then of course she doesn't have to deal with Darien over here. He's someone totally different." Serena pointed at him with a laugh.

" That's it woman, I'm telling your mother. Naughty, naughty little girl." He wagged a finger at her.

" Hush Harriet, I'm making your hot chocolate. Do you want some Jackson?"

" If it won't be any trouble, I'll take some."

" I can make hot chocolate with no trouble but I'm telling you it's Darien that brings me trouble all the time, since the first time I met him. Tell me again why you guys are here, since you guys mangled my pride in front of the whole school? Explain to me why I even let you guys in my door way." She looked at them with an arched eyebrow.

" To say there are no hard feelings about today or tomorrow and the best of luck on the challenge tomorrow." Darien told her.

" Okkkkayy, best of luck to you too then." She slowly told them then shook her head with puzzlement. They sipped the hot chocolate in silence, all of them automatically moved into the living room with Serena taking the sofa and the two guys having the other couch. Laying down she turned the television on and then settled deep into the couch to get comfortable when she closed her eyes as a wave of drowsiness hit her. An hour had passed when she awoke slowly only to find herself looking into a pair of melting brown eyes while he softly stroked her face and the rest was history when he covered her mouth with his.

"What are you doing to me?" Serena whispered when the kiss ended.

"It's not what I'm doing to you Serena, it's what you're doing to me. I like you a lot Serena but I can't turn my back on Darien because I know he needs me in his corner tomorrow for the game. I don't want to leave you either Serena." Jackson whispered back.

"I'm not coming in between best friends, Jackson. If you even have to choose, I don't want to be apart of it. You were Darien's friend first and that's how I want it. We don't have a chance Jackson, just leave it at that." Serena sadly walked away from him and moved up to her room. She knew she did the right thing but she had to admit it, it hurt. She fell onto her bed for an uneasy night, caught between a dream of Darien and one of Jackson.

The next morning, Serena awoke with butterflies and a sense of dredge in the pit of her stomach. One of her worst nightmares had come true; she was finally facing off with her fire-breathing dragon.

"Why am I doing this?" Serena groaned loudly to her empty room as she dressed. After getting her clothes on, she moved out of her room and out the door. She tried to reason with her self the pros and cons about battling with one of the best athletes in the school. She was determined to win but also knew it was going to a hard long way to become the victor. Her stomach pulled tightly as she caught sight of the crowd at the school all the while noticing Darien and his gang by the trees.

She wished she could look calm and collected like Darien or beautiful as Brittany but Serena knew she looked liked a nervous wreck. Her insides were starting to quiver uncontrollable and her feet were starting to feel like jello. This is not good, Serena muttered to herself. If she didn't watch herself, she was going to pee her pants before the game even started. Spotting her friends near the school, she made her way over to stand next to them and wait for Mr. Hart to yell out his instructions.

"Okay everyone, we know why we're here. Let's begin with the rules. Clean fight and no cheap shots, got that Darien and Serena?" He waited for the agreement from both of them and then asked for Serena to step forward to name her choice.

"I choose Andrew." Serena pointed to the surprised sandy blond guy. Her eyes caught hold of a pair of deep blue ones and without a single word being said; Serena knew what Darien was thinking. He didn't want to go through with this challenge just like she didn't but the game was already being played. Neither of them could back of it.

"Since Serena picked me, I get to pick the very first game and it's going to be good. The name of the game is sumo wrestling. We have the suits in the gym and we have the platform they can play on. The first person to hit the other person off the platform three times wins. Pure and simple." Andrew burst out laughing when he noticed the expression on both of their faces. Darien had a grin that stretched from one ear to the other and Serena looked like she wanted to kill him.

"Okay you heard him people, get into the locker rooms and change into the suits and meet us out here in ten minutes." Mr. Hart yelled out.

"These guys are stupid, sumo wrestling? Whoever heard such a thing? Oh man, how in the world am I going to win with this thing on?" Serena groaned and wobbled out of the door. She had to walk sideways out the door in order to avoid being stuck. She walked onto the platform and felt her face getting red with embarrassment when the crowd burst into laughter at the sight of her. I'm not going to make it, Serena moaned to herself until she too burst into laughter when she caught sight of Darien in his get up.

In the full fat body suit that jiggled when he walked, the red thong that covered below his waist and the huge hair piece that put the finally touch to his suit, Darien looked absolutely, no doubt about it, worse than she did.

"Nice hair piece Darien." Serena merrily laughed out.

"Thank you Serena, I just love the thong you seem to be wearing. Hey look at this, I have an exact match." Darien grinned and wiggled the lower half of his bottom that got the crowd dying with laughter.

"Okay you guys know the rules, now let's get ready to wrestle." Mr. Hart died with laughter when Serena and Darien bowed to each other before lifted one leg in the air to stomp it down with a grunt and then the other. He had to admit, they were two of a kind.

"Come on Serena, let's start shall we?" Darien's sudden movement caught Serena off guard and had her flying off the platform.

"That's all you got Darien? Bring it on sucka, and I am going to make toast out of you." Serena died of laughter when it took two people to hull her back onto the platform. She retook her position, grunted her call and moved cautiously to Darien. She thought she had found her target and moved in for the point when something hideously went wrong. She had moved her butt back, flung it toward Darien and knew she was in for it when she had missed and her body was furiously jiggling without her control. That gave Darien the time to push her with his forefinger and watch her disappear over the edge.

"Man this sucks. I'm going to lose because Darien is fatter than I am." Serena crawled back up with helpless giggles. Even though she was getting her butt kicked, she was having one hell of a good time.

"One more Serena and I win. You actually going to give me an opponent or are you going to lose in shame?" Darien mischievously taunted her.

"Yuck it fuzz ball. You'll get yours." Serena winked and swung one of her legs to swipe his. She watched him fall with a grunt and then put one of her legs on top of his chest and yelled out a Tarzan call.

"Hear me roar and watch stomp this lardo into the ground. Who wants to see?" Serena yelled out but fell to the floor when her stomach started to cramp with so much laughter.

"Mr. H will I win if I just roll hippo over the edge?" Darien asked his question. "I do believe so Darien."

The second Darien moved toward her, Serena took him by surprise when she grabbed both of his arms, lifted him off the floor with her two legs and let him go airborne over the edge.

"YES! I got a point! Never doubt me you wiener, I told you I could get a point!" Serena joyfully laughed out and did a little dance; all the while her body was moving the other direction. She heard the crowd die with laughter and she knew even if she lost, she would always remember the fun she had today.

"You just called me a wiener, I can't believe you called me a wiener. Where in the world did you get that word?" Darien shockingly looked at her. He burst into laughter as he watched her dance and told himself; he was never going to forget the laughter today.

"There's nothing wrong with that word. It's a perfectly good word." Serena defended. She ran away from Darien dangerously advances and the moment her back was facing his, Darien stuck out his butt and hit her in the ass. The force of his attack; sent Serena to eat dirt. She had lost but at the moment, she didn't care. She had just created a memorable day for her keepsake in the future.

"The first challenge goes to Darien. Until the next round, everyone get out of here and have fun." Mr. Hart yelled out to the crowd.

She proudly faced her opponent and smiled at Darien when she caught his eyes. At that moment, she didn't realize what so many others were starting to see.

A bond had started to form between the two sparring players.