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Brother Darien
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Darien sat up in his bed and glance over at his clock 10:30 am.
'I hope this works.' Was all Darien could think as he got ready for his day. He decided to stop at the arcade for some coffee first, 'besides I'm sure Drew wouldn't mind some company.' After several knocks on the door Andrew finally came to see who it was.
"Darien, you know were not open yet." He said as he opened the door to his friend.
"Yeah I know I just wanted some coffee then I'll leave."
Andrew glared at Darien before filling his order.
"So where you going?"
"Hu, oh umm just out for a while." Darien left before Andrew could question him any farther on his destination.
Darien pulled into a parking lot and walked into the building. Not sure on where to go next, he went to one place he was quite familiar with, the office.
"May I help you?" The lady at the front desk asked.
"Yes, I was just wondering if you could tell me which room Serena Tsukino is in.
"Yes, she is in" The lady continue typing in the name as she spoke. "Oh here it is, room 309."
"Thank you." He said as he walked out and down the hall towards the room that Serena was in.
Once he arrived there he walked over to the teacher desk and pulled her aside so that the students couldn't hear their conversation.
"Hello, I'm Darien Tsukino, Serena's older brother. We have a bit of an emergency and I was wondering if it would be all right if Serena could be excused for the day. He said giving a slight smile, but for the most part he kept a serious expression.
"If it's an emergency then, yes, by all means. Just be sure she signs out at the attendance office.
"She will. Thank you."
"Serena it appears that you may leave now." The teacher stated.
"Umm what about the homework?"
"Oh, don't worry about that until you get back ok, now off you go." The teacher said with a sympathetic smile.
'School or Darien, tough decision, but hey no homework so Darien it is.' Serena stood from her desk, grabbed her books, and quietly zigzagged through the maze of desks, to meet Darien at the door. Once they exited, half the class just stared in shock and disbelief while the other turned to each other to gossip.
"What are you doing here Baka? And how did you get my teacher to let me leave"
"I thought we had gotten onto a first name bases." Darien said while giving her his best pout.
Serena turned to sign out as she continued pressing Darien
on how he was able to convince her teacher.
"Well, I thought I would take my little sis out to lunch."
"You didn't."
"I did. Just so you know there was family emergency." He told her while attempting not to laugh.
"Ok, now why." She questioned with a demanding look on her face.
"Because we need to talk." They both walked out to Darien's car and drove the rest of the way to the restaurant in silence. Darien kept thinking of what to say next and Serena was debating if she should or even could tell him how she was feeling. They had yet to discuss what had happened and neither one of them really knew what the other was thinking. When they walked in they Sat down at a table and waited for the waiter to appear.
"Why?" That was the only word Serena could seem to form.
"Why what? There are a lot of whys so you're going to have to be a bit more specific than that."
"Why did you kiss me?" Her voice was demanding, yet low enough so that no one other than Darien could here her.
"May I take you order." They both quickly responded, wanting to get the answers to their questions. Once the waiter was gone, they continued with their conversation.
"It just felt right at the moment."
"What do you mean it felt right at them moment? Was it just because we were stuck in a room together? She knew her question was rather blunt but she didn't think she could handle not knowing any longer. It has been tearing her up for the last two days and she wasn't going to wait any longer.
"What? Is that what you think? God, of course not Serena!" He couldn't believe what he was hearing. How could she think that?
"Then why?"
"Can't you figure it out Serena? I kissed you because I care for you, I have for a while now."
Serena didn't know what to say. Tears were threatening to spill, she had hoped for that reply but didn't think it was possible. She didn't think it was possible for someone who once seemed so cold hearted to care for anyone anymore, let alone her. As she was thinking the waiter returned with their food and set their plates down in front of them before returning to his other customers.
They ate in an awkward silence not knowing what to say. Darien felt rejected after Serena didn't respond and Serena didn't know what to say or how to say it.
"So I take it your not going to say anything." He asked, anger practically dripping from his voice. He took his last bit of food and place it in his mouth before standing up to leave and throwing some money on the table to cover the bill, then quickly beginning to walk out.
'I can't let him leave' Serena thought. She jumped up from her seat and ran as fast as she could, when she caught up with him, she grabbed him by the wrist and turned him so he was facing her. Her mind was still racing she couldn't figure out what to say, so she did the only thing she could think of. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, quickly noticing something…could it be…yes it was. It was his last piece of fruit from his salad, a cherry.
"Hey! I wanted that!" Darien pouted, realizing while in the kiss she had taken his cherry. "Is that why you kissed me?" He asked with an amused expression, "Merely to steal my cherry?"
Serena just smile him. "Well it seemed like the best possible solution. I not only get the cherry, but also a kiss!" They finally took noticed to the fact that every eye in the restaurant was currently on them.
"Um I think we had better get going" Darien said to Serena, as they walked out of the door.
Then ended up at the arcade, which apparently had been a mistake. They had entered holding hands, which made a certain group of girls very curious. As soon as they sat down in their usual seats they were joined by Ami, Lita, Mina, Raye, and Andrew, all with curious grins. Raye was the first to ask what had happened. They spent the next thirty minutes explaining the events of the last couple of days, before deciding to ask some questions of their own.
"Exactly how many of you where in on this?" Serena question, yet didn't receive any answers. Instead all her friends suddenly found the table to be very interesting.
"All of you!"
"Oh, that's not even the best part." Darien smirked "Guess who the brains behind the operation was."
"Do I want to know?" Serena question with a bit a fear sneaking its way into her voice.
"None other than our sweet, innocent Ami."
Serena turned to Ami who had a bit of a blush creeping onto her face, yet she was still grinning.
"And it sounds like my plan worked."
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Author's note: Well chapter 7 is complete and so is the story! And just to let you know this was my first Fanfic so I apologize if it sucked. Feel free to review and just to let you know I generally read the stories of my reviewers. Oh and thanks to brunettemoment25 and Tom Boy Senshi, for your reviews. And Tom boy Senshi, hate to brake it to you but Darien is mine and I'm not gonna relinquish my hold on him! Till next time……
