Hi again! Well here's the next chapter! Many, many things will be answered
in this chapter! This is probably the best chapter so far in my opinion!
Anyway I don't have much to say except 'on with the show'
DISCLAIMER: I don't own sailormoon
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Her heart started beating faster as she saw him walk in.alone? Rei noticed that Barbie Doll was no where in sight. Yes! Maybe he didn't invite her or maybe he rid himself of her! For the first time today Rei put on a genuine smile. Maybe I should go and keep him company she thought.
She stood up slowly from her chair and started to purposely fix her dress. She did that so that she would draw attention to her figure. The dress was crimson and had a plunging neckline. It went up to lower thigh and had two small slits on the sides. She started to walk slowly towards Darien swaying her hips from side to side as she went.
" Hey Dare," she greeted as she approached him.
" Oh hey Rei," He replied.
" So.where's what's-her-name?" asked Rei briskly touching on the subject. She was in fact curious.
" Serena. She should be arriving soon. Her, Mina, Lita, and Amy said that they were going to take a while to get here," Explained Darien as he looked toward the door.
" Oh," said Rei harshly. So she was coming. And now she was stealing away her friends! Rei noticed Darien staring intently at the restaurant's entrance. By god she would get his attention tonight!
Rei started to loosen up her earring. She had the perfect move to grab his attention.
" Well anyway.Oh I dropped my earring!" Rei dramatized. She bent down picked it up and did what is known as the ' bend and snap'. When she looked around she was happy to see that all the men had intently fixed their gaze on her. All men except Darien! He was still fixated on the entrance.
Rei was about to burst. Wasn't she being obvious enough? What did she need to do? Tape a sign on her head that says ' I want you Darien'? She decided the only way she was going to get his attention was to be blunt.
" Darien I." she was stopped as she noticed four girls walk in.
Darien's eyes grew wide at the sights before him. Everyone else also had their gaze on the girls.
" Wow I didn't think we would be this much of a success," whispered Serena to the girls as they started approaching the crowd. Serena was right to save the dresses.
Lita was wearing a light green dress. The off the shoulder bodice didn't show any cleavage but the dress went up to mid-thigh and was skin tight so it showed off all of her curves.
Mina was wearing a more revealing peach dress. It went to mid-thigh but had a plunging neckline that ended at the top of her stomach. The dress fit her snug but not as tightly as Lita's.
Amy's light blue dress fit her snugly as well and had thick straps and a square cut bodice. It went up to her knees and looked very modest except for the open back that stopped at her lower back.
Serena's dress consisted of the color white and was strapless. It fit her loosely but still brought much attention to her every curve. It went up to mid-thigh and would have looked very ordinary if it weren't for the very regal golden stitching at the top edge bodice.
" Oh my god those dresses are remarkable!" exclaimed an astonished woman as she walked up to the girls.
" Oh yes and the fabric.where did you manage to find such beautiful fabric?" asked another as she too walked up to the girls.
" Well.you see.my.my mother she.well she made them.the fabric.ummm.was given to her from a friend.from a foreign country.which I don't remember," she stuttered as she tried to fabricate a believable lie.
" Wow!" uttered the women in awe.
In all reality each dress was specially made with the official fabric of each of the 4 planets that the girls represented. But of course you could not tell someone that the dress you were wearing was made from a fabric found on the planets thousands of years ago.
" Ladies if you will excuse us we must leave you now," said Serena trying to sound as kind as possible.
" Hi.Mina. Well I was wondering if I could have the honor of getting you a drink?" asked a brown hared brown-eyed man as he approached Mina.
" Hello Kevin.I'd love to dance but." she stopped and looked back at the other girls.
" Go on have fun," Amy said speaking for all the girls.
Mina smiled as she made her way toward the dance floor with Kevin. The rest of the girls followed Serena as she approached Darien and Rei who were still in a bit of shock.
" Sorry we took so long problem was that me and the girls had to alter the dresses. They were in all reality ball gowns that I had stashed away in my closet and since we couldn't find any cheap dresses I decided to just make new dresses out of old ones," explained Serena as she went over to Darien and kissed him on the cheek.
" You did a great job but you took a while. I was hoping to walk in with you guys I mean you drew enough attention to your self," teased Darien as he gestured to the crowd.
" Yea but do we look good or what?" asked Lita excitedly as she turned in a 'model' type fashion.
" You girls look superb tonight!" answered Darien.
" Only tonight?" Serena countered in fake outrage.
" Yes unfortunately for you Barbie.only tonight," replied Rei as she emphasized on the word only. Darien looked at her in a cross manner as did Lita and Amy.
" You're just mad because Darien chose a blond over you! Then again I can't see why he wouldn't! You're a stupid black-hared bitch with an ugly personality! Just because Darien doesn't want to be with you doesn't mean that you should lash out on me! It's not my fault that you're so desperate as to not see that he is not attracted to you! See? I can be a bitch too cant I?" roared Serena as she exploded with the fact that Rei referred to her as a doll again. She hadn't meant to go that far and she soon regretted the words that had slipped out but her anger had gotten the best of her.
The whole room grew silent as they witnessed Serena's outburst. Tears started to well up in Rei's eyes. She felt anger and sadness and embarrassed. Her eyes looked up to Darien and Serena once before she turned and ran out of the restaurant.
Mina, Lita and Amy looked at each other before running after Rei. Darien looked down at Serena and saw regret and shame.
" Oh God I didn't mean to.I mean I was just.oh God I'm so sorry," whispered Serena as she too ran out of the restaurant.
After a few seconds the music started playing again and everyone was back to conversing. Darien was now left in an awkward position. How could he have not seen it? Now that he thought back Rei was being pretty obvious. First that psycho in his apartment and now this? This just wasn't his night.
He walked out of the restaurant and started to look around for any signs of Serena. He finally found her by the side of the restaurant looking up at the sky arms wrapped around her as tears made their way down her flustered cheeks.
" Serena." said Darien gently as he approached her.
" Darien.I'm so sorry I didn't mean to burst like that.Rei didn't deserve that.I'm sorry for ruining your boss's party.and." Darien wrapped his arms around her and stopped her from saying anything further. Serena nuzzled her head to his chest and cried softly.
" Shh.Rei was a bit out of line and you didn't ruin anything.if anything you made the party that much more exciting for the bystanders.shh.its okay," comforted Darien as he ran his hand through her hair. Her crying soon became small hiccups and he decided now would be a good time to go find Rei.
" Come on let's go find Rei," he whispered as he lifted her chin.
They walked around and soon found all four girls in the middle of the parking lot. Serena decided to stay behind awhile so that Darien could talk to Rei in private.
" Girls do you think you can keep Serena company while I speak to Rei?" asked Darien signaling the girls to leave. The girls getting the message went to go stand by Serena and comfort her.
" Rei I.I don't know what to say. I didn't know you felt that way about me.actually I think I did but I guess I didn't want to admit it. I mean we've been friends forever and I really do have feelings for you.but they're not the same as the ones you have for me. I.I'm in love but its not with you.please don't torment Serena for our feelings towards one and other," pleaded Darien as he lifted Rei's chin so that she was looking straight at him.
" I'm sorry for that but I have feelings for you. I love you even if you don't love me. And I cant help but feel threatened by Serena," Rei said hiccuping a bit as she admit her feelings once and for all.
Darien grabbed Rei and embraced her in a hug. Rei held on to him tightly as tears squeezed themselves out from her closed eyes.
It hurts so badly when the one man you love rejects you. Rei's stomach felt hollow and she just wanted to stay in Darien's arms forever. Serena took this moment to approach the two. She cleared her throat softly.
" Rei.I'm so, so sorry for what I said in there.you didn't deserve it at all. I just hate it when I'm treated like trash and most of the times when it happens I can't do anything about it. So I took everything out on you. I know how it feels to have your heart broken by rejection and I'm sorry to make it even worse," Serena said as a few tears slipped down her face.
Rei looked up at Serena and saw sincerity. Rei realized that Serena too did not deserve being treated like garbage. With much difficulty Rei left Darien's side and went to embrace Serena.
" You were right.the whole time you were right. And I did deserve it.I deserved to hear the truth," said Rei as she too shed a few tears.
After a few minutes the girls let go of each other and looked at each other. The both started chuckling a bit as they whipped away their almost dried up tears. They sniffled a bit and then looked up at Darien.
" I think we're ready to return to the party Dare," said Serena as she hugged Rei's shoulders.
" Yes but first we must take a trip to the ladies room to freshen up," stated Rei as she and Serena started walking toward the entrance.
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" Where did I put that stupid container!" Rei thought to herself as she started dumping out all of the continents in her purse. She had to leave the party early because she had forgotten to give Amy the evidence that needed to be examined. Amy had insisted on coming with her to get it over and done with.
" Ha found it!" Rei said aloud as she placed it near Amy's microscope. She now started placing all of her things back in her purse. She was about to leave the office when Amy came in.
" Okay Ames its all set. I put the evidence near your microscope. I'll be in my office if you need me," she said.
" Your still upset about tonight," it was more a statement than a question.
" Yea.but I'll get over it.eventually," answered Rei quietly as she left for good.
After Amy was sure that Rei had gone to her office she got down to work. She looked over at her microscope and noticed that there were two items there. A red bush and a small glass container.
" I wasn't aware that there were two items that needed to be inspected," Whispered Amy to herself.
Even so she took the glass container, which contained some sample blood, and distributed into a machine to see if it matched up with the blood found at the crime scene.
They now had a main suspect. Her name was Molly Fisher. She had been found straddling her husband, as he lay almost breathless on the bed. They had caught her because there next door neighbor had seen someone break into the house through the back door.
When the police had interrogated her she had said that she broke in through the back door because she had left her house key at home. When she went up stairs to check on her husband she had found him breathless and very pale. She had thought that he was choking so she straddled him and tried to get him to breathe again and that's when the police came in. Yet when they asked her where she'd been that night she said that she was out with a friend but she did not enclose the name or any further information. That's what gave her away. So they had drawn her blood for inspection.
Amy now stood from the stool where she had been sitting at and went to her computer to see the results of the test. On the screen it had all the information and unfortunately at the top of the screen it said negative. They were two different types of blood.
" So if it's not Molly then who could it be?" Amy asked herself as she went over to take the next sample.
She inspected the hair from the brush and the hair found at the crime scene under the microscope and came up with a perfect match! She whooped inwardly.
" Rei get over here!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. After a few seconds Rei came bursting in through the door.
" What.what ha.happened?" asked Rei in between breaths of air.
" We have a match! Molly's blood was negative but the second suspects hair was a match!" explained Amy excitedly. At that moment Rei's face went from excitement to confusion.
" Second suspect? What are you talking about Amy.Molly is the only suspect," Rei now gave Amy a questioning look.
" What are you talking about? I just finished analyzing the hair on the brush," stated Amy also confused.
Amy walked over to the counter and held up the brush. Rei's breath caught in her throat. That was her brush. She must have accidentally placed it near the microscope when she was digging through her purse.
" Amy.that's my brush," Rei whispered in shock.
Amy was now completely confused. She didn't find any hair that resembled that of Rei's. The hair that she inspected was blonde.
" But I didn't find any black hair Rei.it was a match with the blonde hair found on the scrunchy. Are you sure it's your brush?" asked Amy again a bit doubtful.
" Oh dear God!" stammered Rei.
Rei.what?" asked Amy her patience and curiosity getting the best of her.
" You can't find any of my hair on it because I cleaned it out this morning and haven't used it since," explained Rei.
" But Rei I found." She was interrupted by Rei who clearly wasn't finished.
" The only person today that has used that brush.is Serena. She borrowed it when we went to the bathroom to freshen up," stated Rei in awe. Amy's mouth was agape from what she just heard.
" Oh my goodness.Rei are you positive?" asked Amy in terror. She received her answer when she saw the horror stricken gaze on Rei's face.
" I'll call Darien," Rei whispered as she went over to the phone and dialed a well-known number.
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The people were all laughing as Darien told one of his witty jokes. Rei and Serena had freshened up but Rei and Amy had to leave early. Rei had been a little hesitant toward Serena but was opening up to her by the minute.
Serena was glad that she was gaining Rei's trust. She really hadn't meant to explode but now she was glad that she did. Serena took a sip of her Champaign when all of a sudden she froze.
" Serena are you okay?" asked Darien breaking the laughter that the small group had been producing.
" Huh? Oh.I'm sorry what?" asked Serena an edge of fear in her voice.
Darien started to look in the direction where Serena had been staring. He saw nothing out of the unusual but sensed that something was wrong.
" Nothing you just looked a little spooked.you okay?" asked Darien again.
" Ummm yea I'm okay.listen will you excuse me for a moment," she said as she walked away quickly.
Mina looked up at Darien as if to show him that she too felt that something was wrong. Lita looked up at Mina who in return nodded.
" Ladies and gentleman please excuse me as well this Champaign is having its affect on me," said Darien as he went to go find Serena.
He was about to round the corner when he over heard Serena's voice and another who sent a chill up his spine.
" Damion! What are you doing here?" whispered Serena urgently a hint of annoyance and fear mixed in.
" I should be asking you the same question. And my dear Serenity what on the gods green earth are you wearing!" asked Damion in outrage.
" Its.it's a dress.I.I made it out of the ball gowns I had.laying around," stuttered Serena as she squirmed under Damion's gaze. She started lowering her dress as if she were a small girl caught by her father. Damion now moved closer to Serena and grabbed her by the hair.
" Ahh." cried Serena in pain.
" You know how I feel about something as revealing as this," he said as he ran his hand down the front of her breast.
" I'm sorry.I won't do it again," she pleaded as she tried to release her hair from his grip.
" And I bet that next your going to tell me that you wont ever see Endymion as long as I'm around?" he bit sarcastically tightened his grip on her hair so that she looked straight at him.
Tears started to make themselves threw her eyes and Darien was just about to pounce on Damion but was beat to it by Serena. All of a sudden Serena pounced on Damion and drew her lips to his. She started kissing him with as much tongue as she could muster before she knew that she would throw up. She drew back breathless and looked up into his eyes.
" You know you're the only one for me. Endymion couldn't amount to half the man you are.he's just a bit of entertainment for me," she purred as seductively as she could.
Damion moaned in admiration as he nipped at her lips. Darien infuriated started to walk away disgusted by this newfound information. As he was approaching the group his cell phone started to ring. He was in no mood for more bad news.
" Hello," he said angrily to the person on the other line.
" Darien.I don't know how to say this." Rei stuttered. He could her the fear and anger in her voice. He was now expecting her to tell him that Molly was innocent.
" Let me guess Molly isn't the one?" he asked sardonically.
" No.but we.we know who is," Rei stated stuttering once again.
" Darien.It's Serena." Darien was silent for a moment not sure he heard right.
" What?" he asked his head spinning with anger and confusion. Much like the feeling he had when that psycho approached him. He took Rei's silence as the answer.
He hung up the phone and stared at it. All the events from today made there way into his head as he jammed his cell phone into his pocket. Anger and depression and complete disbelief were the emotions that took over.
He walked out side to the parking lot and screamed. He received stares from the few people that were walking by but he didn't care. How could she do this to him? Why? So many questions swam in his head, which didn't help to calm him. He decided that he needed to calm himself. She would get what was coming to her.
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Darien glared at Serena as she made her way back into the group. She looked at him and sensed that something was wrong but smiled anyway.
" I'm sorry I took so long.there was a long line at the bathroom," she lied as she fixed her hair a bit.
Darien spent the rest of the evening staring at Serena. His anger almost got the best of him and he was about to scream when she started joking about monogamy and how men were less to follow by that word. She was the one that led him on and then went on to say that he was just entertainment.
" Darien.can we please leave? I'm getting a bit tired," asked Serena.
Darien in return nodded his head and went to go fetch his coat. What had gotten into him? He had been acting very strange. Serena said good bye to everyone and headed for the parking lot.
Once there she found Darien already seated in the driver's seat of his car. She walked over to the passenger's side and sat down. They rode the rest of the way in silence. Darien had his gaze fixed on the rode a look of seriousness in his eyes.
Serena too had her gaze fixed out the window thinking of the events of the night. She then started reading the signs that she passed by when she realized that they were heading in the wrong direction. She then noticed that they were approaching Darien's apartment building.
" Darien.why are we heading to your apartment?" asked Serena a little shocked by the silence that she received. As soon as the car stopped she jumped out. Darien strode over to her grabbed her wrists and started dragging her up the stairs.
" Darien.is this some kind of joke because if it is." before Serena could finish she was pushed into the apartment.
Serena immediately became accustomed to the darkness. She noticed that Darien had locked the door and was staring at her, anger written all over his face.
He went over to her pinned her to the wall his face centimeters away from Serena's. She gasped fear written clearly in her eyes. Darien's breath came out ragged as he looked at her. Anger, and fear and lust took over as he slammed his lips to hers.
Serena's fear grew and she started to flail her arms wildly. She then started to hit him in the chest but to no avail. Tears started to slide down her cheeks. As she remembered. Remembered the night that had destroyed her happiness.
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His hands made their way up her shirt as he urgently squeezed her breasts. Her tears were coming out one after another and still he did not cease his actions. His lips covered hers invading her mouth harshly.
She pounded his shoulders and chest but he still wouldn't let her go. His lips now made themselves down her neck and collarbone until they reached her breast. He started to suckle them through the thin layer of her dress.
She felt the need to gag and to scream but she couldn't. Her voice was gone and all she could do was cry. He looked up at her. Eyes burning with lust as he flicked her nipple one more time before letting go.
" Doesn't this feel good? Ummm I never knew an inhabitant of the moon could taste so good," he murmured taking her other breast into his mouth.
He lifted up her flowing skirt and stared at her womanhood hungrily. She could feel the pressure of the gods building on her as he moved closer and closer to her virginity.
" Stop.please stop.please," she begged softly tears and hiccuping making her pause in between.
" But don't you want to know what it feels like to be a real whore?" he asked her nastily as he ran his tongue down her navel. Her tears exceeded.
Why aren't you here to rescue me? I need you my knight? She asked hoping that somehow he could read her thoughts.
His lips now lifted off her skin and for a moment she thought that he would stop. She then heard the sound of a zipper and the crumple of pants being thrown across the room.
She felt an intrusion on her feminine lips and realized what he was doing. She gasped in terror and squeezed her eyes as tight as she possibly could. Her tears became wails of pain as he entered her. There was a hot and stinging sensation as he exited her and plunged into her once again.
She could hear the thunder and the pounding of the heavens as the gods made their anger known. She heard the rain and hail pounding furiously at the ceiling and still he did not even look as if he cared.
He moaned wildly and started to make appalling noises making his pleasure known to the gods. She couldn't take it much longer and she vomited. Spewing everything on the floor and making him draw out of her.
He now took her wrists and flung her to the wall. Her tears kept running down her face as the reality set in. She had entwined in sexual intercourse out of marriage. She was no longer the beholder of the moons power. Was no longer protected by it. She was no longer the pure innocent and happily in love person that she was just hours ago.
He came up to her again lifted her neck forcefully and looked in her eyes. She saw the evil grin of satisfaction on his face.
" I hope you like immortality because that's my gift to you," he muttered evilly as he grabbed her and started molesting her once again. She couldn't take it much longer.
" Just leave me alone! I hate you!" she screamed.
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" Why Damion why? Just let go of me! Stop! Stop!" she cried as she pushed Darien off of her. They had ended up on his bed.
" Did you touch them the way you just touched me Serena? Huh? Did you moan in pleasure just as you were doing with me?" asked Darien in resentment. Serena had now scurried to the corner of the room.
" Wh.What? What.are yo.you.talking.about," she said in between a tremendous amount of tears.
" Cut the bull shit Serena or should I say Serenity! Do you love sex that much that you have to sleep with half the men in New York? You disgust me!" he screamed as he started to put on his pants.
Serena's eyes became wide with horror. He called her Serenity! Oh god he knew! Her tears became more constant as she looked down and realized that she was completely naked. She then tried to cover herself as best as possible, which angered Darien beyond extent.
" Don't act like an innocence because I know that you're far beyond that! So tell me I'm curious how did you manage not to leave a single strand of evidence behind?" he bit sarcastically as he buttoned his pants.
" I.I." she had run out of words. Her voice was once again stuck in her throat.
" Oh no don't tell me let me guess. See I'm used to trying to figure out what goes on in the mind of a psycho. Lets see you always make sure that the men have no other plan scheduled the day you take them out. You know so that no one knows that they even have a date. So you take him out and he invites you in. Being the slut that you are you agrees and you take care of your business. You then make it your business to clean after yourself, make sure you leave no memoirs behind. Not that you have to do much because you were probably wearing gloves, socks and maybe even a wig. Then you simply pack up and leave the apartment unseen unheard," he theorized. His tone was full of sarcasm and anger and something else that Serena couldn't make out. By the way Serena looked down at the floor he knew he was right.
" But wait I'm not finished. This job takes a lot of effort so you couldn't have done it alone.Oh no there had to be an accomplice. Maybe it was your pimp friend Damion or even Endymion who ever the fuck he is because he sure as hell isn't me," he spat at her.
Her tears turned into ones of shame and misery rather than those of fear. He was right to say all those things about her. She was a slut and a whore and a psycho.
" And yet you sit there like some stupid bitch like everything is okay. You make me believe that you have feelings for me when I know that's all bull. Well what do you have to say now?" he asked none of the anger leaving his tone.
Serena felt like trash. She just wanted to die. She didn't deserve to live and yet she had been living for over a thousand years.
" I'm sorry," she said below a whisper.
" What was that? Did I just here trash speak?" he asked coarsely. He went over to her and roughly picked her up by her arms.
" I loved you! Why didn't you just finish me off like you did the rest of them Huh?" he asked still in a bit of a tantrum.
" Because I love you too! Because I can't stand being without you!" she yelled, tears fogging her vision.
" You're a lying, back stabbing, sleazy bitch! Why is it that you love to mess with peoples lives!" he yelled still staring into her tear- drenched eyes.
" I said I'm sorry. God I'm so sorry! Don't you think I regret what I do! I regret it every fucking moment of my everlasting life! Yes I know I'm a slut and a whore and yes even a psycho but that doesn't change the fact that I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you for more than millennia already! Damn you if I wouldn't have fallen in love with you non- of this would have happened but I couldn't help myself! God I hate it that you're the only person that makes me feel happy and sad at the same fucking time! I hate it that around you I feel like my old self again. And I hate it.I hate it that your too good for me!" she yelled more tears spilling from her eyes.
Darien's eyes softened some but they still contained hostility. Now he had even more questions. Some of the things she said just confused him to no end. Everlasting life? Over a millennia?
Serena noticed the confusion in his face and sighed. Her tears were now starting to dissipate leaving hiccups in their place.
" You've got many things to remember and I can't help you do that," she whispered as she made her way out of his arms. She slipped on her dress and grabbed her purse that was laying on the nightstand.
She looked back at Darien who was looking at her in bewilderment. She then turned and walked out of his room. Darien heard the door open and close making him aware of the fact that Serena had left.
His cell phone rang for the second time tonight. He picked it up automatically knowing who it was.
" Come by my apartment tomorrow morning I'll explain everything then," he said as he hung up not letting Rei answer. He didn't feel like explaining so many bizarre events at the moment.
Darien's head ached tremendously and he just wanted everything to change back to the way they once were. Normal and unquestionable.
He took off his pants and went to lie down on his bed. Questions were making their way into his head at lightning speed. He fell asleep thinking of them and of Serena.
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Wow that was longer than I expected it to be. I still don't know how crystal_rose can write over 40 pages for a chapter. Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.and if you didn't.keep it to yourself! LOL just kidding. You guys all know how I love reviews and constructive criticism so fire away.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own sailormoon
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Her heart started beating faster as she saw him walk in.alone? Rei noticed that Barbie Doll was no where in sight. Yes! Maybe he didn't invite her or maybe he rid himself of her! For the first time today Rei put on a genuine smile. Maybe I should go and keep him company she thought.
She stood up slowly from her chair and started to purposely fix her dress. She did that so that she would draw attention to her figure. The dress was crimson and had a plunging neckline. It went up to lower thigh and had two small slits on the sides. She started to walk slowly towards Darien swaying her hips from side to side as she went.
" Hey Dare," she greeted as she approached him.
" Oh hey Rei," He replied.
" So.where's what's-her-name?" asked Rei briskly touching on the subject. She was in fact curious.
" Serena. She should be arriving soon. Her, Mina, Lita, and Amy said that they were going to take a while to get here," Explained Darien as he looked toward the door.
" Oh," said Rei harshly. So she was coming. And now she was stealing away her friends! Rei noticed Darien staring intently at the restaurant's entrance. By god she would get his attention tonight!
Rei started to loosen up her earring. She had the perfect move to grab his attention.
" Well anyway.Oh I dropped my earring!" Rei dramatized. She bent down picked it up and did what is known as the ' bend and snap'. When she looked around she was happy to see that all the men had intently fixed their gaze on her. All men except Darien! He was still fixated on the entrance.
Rei was about to burst. Wasn't she being obvious enough? What did she need to do? Tape a sign on her head that says ' I want you Darien'? She decided the only way she was going to get his attention was to be blunt.
" Darien I." she was stopped as she noticed four girls walk in.
Darien's eyes grew wide at the sights before him. Everyone else also had their gaze on the girls.
" Wow I didn't think we would be this much of a success," whispered Serena to the girls as they started approaching the crowd. Serena was right to save the dresses.
Lita was wearing a light green dress. The off the shoulder bodice didn't show any cleavage but the dress went up to mid-thigh and was skin tight so it showed off all of her curves.
Mina was wearing a more revealing peach dress. It went to mid-thigh but had a plunging neckline that ended at the top of her stomach. The dress fit her snug but not as tightly as Lita's.
Amy's light blue dress fit her snugly as well and had thick straps and a square cut bodice. It went up to her knees and looked very modest except for the open back that stopped at her lower back.
Serena's dress consisted of the color white and was strapless. It fit her loosely but still brought much attention to her every curve. It went up to mid-thigh and would have looked very ordinary if it weren't for the very regal golden stitching at the top edge bodice.
" Oh my god those dresses are remarkable!" exclaimed an astonished woman as she walked up to the girls.
" Oh yes and the fabric.where did you manage to find such beautiful fabric?" asked another as she too walked up to the girls.
" Well.you see.my.my mother she.well she made them.the fabric.ummm.was given to her from a friend.from a foreign country.which I don't remember," she stuttered as she tried to fabricate a believable lie.
" Wow!" uttered the women in awe.
In all reality each dress was specially made with the official fabric of each of the 4 planets that the girls represented. But of course you could not tell someone that the dress you were wearing was made from a fabric found on the planets thousands of years ago.
" Ladies if you will excuse us we must leave you now," said Serena trying to sound as kind as possible.
" Hi.Mina. Well I was wondering if I could have the honor of getting you a drink?" asked a brown hared brown-eyed man as he approached Mina.
" Hello Kevin.I'd love to dance but." she stopped and looked back at the other girls.
" Go on have fun," Amy said speaking for all the girls.
Mina smiled as she made her way toward the dance floor with Kevin. The rest of the girls followed Serena as she approached Darien and Rei who were still in a bit of shock.
" Sorry we took so long problem was that me and the girls had to alter the dresses. They were in all reality ball gowns that I had stashed away in my closet and since we couldn't find any cheap dresses I decided to just make new dresses out of old ones," explained Serena as she went over to Darien and kissed him on the cheek.
" You did a great job but you took a while. I was hoping to walk in with you guys I mean you drew enough attention to your self," teased Darien as he gestured to the crowd.
" Yea but do we look good or what?" asked Lita excitedly as she turned in a 'model' type fashion.
" You girls look superb tonight!" answered Darien.
" Only tonight?" Serena countered in fake outrage.
" Yes unfortunately for you Barbie.only tonight," replied Rei as she emphasized on the word only. Darien looked at her in a cross manner as did Lita and Amy.
" You're just mad because Darien chose a blond over you! Then again I can't see why he wouldn't! You're a stupid black-hared bitch with an ugly personality! Just because Darien doesn't want to be with you doesn't mean that you should lash out on me! It's not my fault that you're so desperate as to not see that he is not attracted to you! See? I can be a bitch too cant I?" roared Serena as she exploded with the fact that Rei referred to her as a doll again. She hadn't meant to go that far and she soon regretted the words that had slipped out but her anger had gotten the best of her.
The whole room grew silent as they witnessed Serena's outburst. Tears started to well up in Rei's eyes. She felt anger and sadness and embarrassed. Her eyes looked up to Darien and Serena once before she turned and ran out of the restaurant.
Mina, Lita and Amy looked at each other before running after Rei. Darien looked down at Serena and saw regret and shame.
" Oh God I didn't mean to.I mean I was just.oh God I'm so sorry," whispered Serena as she too ran out of the restaurant.
After a few seconds the music started playing again and everyone was back to conversing. Darien was now left in an awkward position. How could he have not seen it? Now that he thought back Rei was being pretty obvious. First that psycho in his apartment and now this? This just wasn't his night.
He walked out of the restaurant and started to look around for any signs of Serena. He finally found her by the side of the restaurant looking up at the sky arms wrapped around her as tears made their way down her flustered cheeks.
" Serena." said Darien gently as he approached her.
" Darien.I'm so sorry I didn't mean to burst like that.Rei didn't deserve that.I'm sorry for ruining your boss's party.and." Darien wrapped his arms around her and stopped her from saying anything further. Serena nuzzled her head to his chest and cried softly.
" Shh.Rei was a bit out of line and you didn't ruin anything.if anything you made the party that much more exciting for the bystanders.shh.its okay," comforted Darien as he ran his hand through her hair. Her crying soon became small hiccups and he decided now would be a good time to go find Rei.
" Come on let's go find Rei," he whispered as he lifted her chin.
They walked around and soon found all four girls in the middle of the parking lot. Serena decided to stay behind awhile so that Darien could talk to Rei in private.
" Girls do you think you can keep Serena company while I speak to Rei?" asked Darien signaling the girls to leave. The girls getting the message went to go stand by Serena and comfort her.
" Rei I.I don't know what to say. I didn't know you felt that way about me.actually I think I did but I guess I didn't want to admit it. I mean we've been friends forever and I really do have feelings for you.but they're not the same as the ones you have for me. I.I'm in love but its not with you.please don't torment Serena for our feelings towards one and other," pleaded Darien as he lifted Rei's chin so that she was looking straight at him.
" I'm sorry for that but I have feelings for you. I love you even if you don't love me. And I cant help but feel threatened by Serena," Rei said hiccuping a bit as she admit her feelings once and for all.
Darien grabbed Rei and embraced her in a hug. Rei held on to him tightly as tears squeezed themselves out from her closed eyes.
It hurts so badly when the one man you love rejects you. Rei's stomach felt hollow and she just wanted to stay in Darien's arms forever. Serena took this moment to approach the two. She cleared her throat softly.
" Rei.I'm so, so sorry for what I said in there.you didn't deserve it at all. I just hate it when I'm treated like trash and most of the times when it happens I can't do anything about it. So I took everything out on you. I know how it feels to have your heart broken by rejection and I'm sorry to make it even worse," Serena said as a few tears slipped down her face.
Rei looked up at Serena and saw sincerity. Rei realized that Serena too did not deserve being treated like garbage. With much difficulty Rei left Darien's side and went to embrace Serena.
" You were right.the whole time you were right. And I did deserve it.I deserved to hear the truth," said Rei as she too shed a few tears.
After a few minutes the girls let go of each other and looked at each other. The both started chuckling a bit as they whipped away their almost dried up tears. They sniffled a bit and then looked up at Darien.
" I think we're ready to return to the party Dare," said Serena as she hugged Rei's shoulders.
" Yes but first we must take a trip to the ladies room to freshen up," stated Rei as she and Serena started walking toward the entrance.
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" Where did I put that stupid container!" Rei thought to herself as she started dumping out all of the continents in her purse. She had to leave the party early because she had forgotten to give Amy the evidence that needed to be examined. Amy had insisted on coming with her to get it over and done with.
" Ha found it!" Rei said aloud as she placed it near Amy's microscope. She now started placing all of her things back in her purse. She was about to leave the office when Amy came in.
" Okay Ames its all set. I put the evidence near your microscope. I'll be in my office if you need me," she said.
" Your still upset about tonight," it was more a statement than a question.
" Yea.but I'll get over it.eventually," answered Rei quietly as she left for good.
After Amy was sure that Rei had gone to her office she got down to work. She looked over at her microscope and noticed that there were two items there. A red bush and a small glass container.
" I wasn't aware that there were two items that needed to be inspected," Whispered Amy to herself.
Even so she took the glass container, which contained some sample blood, and distributed into a machine to see if it matched up with the blood found at the crime scene.
They now had a main suspect. Her name was Molly Fisher. She had been found straddling her husband, as he lay almost breathless on the bed. They had caught her because there next door neighbor had seen someone break into the house through the back door.
When the police had interrogated her she had said that she broke in through the back door because she had left her house key at home. When she went up stairs to check on her husband she had found him breathless and very pale. She had thought that he was choking so she straddled him and tried to get him to breathe again and that's when the police came in. Yet when they asked her where she'd been that night she said that she was out with a friend but she did not enclose the name or any further information. That's what gave her away. So they had drawn her blood for inspection.
Amy now stood from the stool where she had been sitting at and went to her computer to see the results of the test. On the screen it had all the information and unfortunately at the top of the screen it said negative. They were two different types of blood.
" So if it's not Molly then who could it be?" Amy asked herself as she went over to take the next sample.
She inspected the hair from the brush and the hair found at the crime scene under the microscope and came up with a perfect match! She whooped inwardly.
" Rei get over here!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. After a few seconds Rei came bursting in through the door.
" What.what ha.happened?" asked Rei in between breaths of air.
" We have a match! Molly's blood was negative but the second suspects hair was a match!" explained Amy excitedly. At that moment Rei's face went from excitement to confusion.
" Second suspect? What are you talking about Amy.Molly is the only suspect," Rei now gave Amy a questioning look.
" What are you talking about? I just finished analyzing the hair on the brush," stated Amy also confused.
Amy walked over to the counter and held up the brush. Rei's breath caught in her throat. That was her brush. She must have accidentally placed it near the microscope when she was digging through her purse.
" Amy.that's my brush," Rei whispered in shock.
Amy was now completely confused. She didn't find any hair that resembled that of Rei's. The hair that she inspected was blonde.
" But I didn't find any black hair Rei.it was a match with the blonde hair found on the scrunchy. Are you sure it's your brush?" asked Amy again a bit doubtful.
" Oh dear God!" stammered Rei.
Rei.what?" asked Amy her patience and curiosity getting the best of her.
" You can't find any of my hair on it because I cleaned it out this morning and haven't used it since," explained Rei.
" But Rei I found." She was interrupted by Rei who clearly wasn't finished.
" The only person today that has used that brush.is Serena. She borrowed it when we went to the bathroom to freshen up," stated Rei in awe. Amy's mouth was agape from what she just heard.
" Oh my goodness.Rei are you positive?" asked Amy in terror. She received her answer when she saw the horror stricken gaze on Rei's face.
" I'll call Darien," Rei whispered as she went over to the phone and dialed a well-known number.
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The people were all laughing as Darien told one of his witty jokes. Rei and Serena had freshened up but Rei and Amy had to leave early. Rei had been a little hesitant toward Serena but was opening up to her by the minute.
Serena was glad that she was gaining Rei's trust. She really hadn't meant to explode but now she was glad that she did. Serena took a sip of her Champaign when all of a sudden she froze.
" Serena are you okay?" asked Darien breaking the laughter that the small group had been producing.
" Huh? Oh.I'm sorry what?" asked Serena an edge of fear in her voice.
Darien started to look in the direction where Serena had been staring. He saw nothing out of the unusual but sensed that something was wrong.
" Nothing you just looked a little spooked.you okay?" asked Darien again.
" Ummm yea I'm okay.listen will you excuse me for a moment," she said as she walked away quickly.
Mina looked up at Darien as if to show him that she too felt that something was wrong. Lita looked up at Mina who in return nodded.
" Ladies and gentleman please excuse me as well this Champaign is having its affect on me," said Darien as he went to go find Serena.
He was about to round the corner when he over heard Serena's voice and another who sent a chill up his spine.
" Damion! What are you doing here?" whispered Serena urgently a hint of annoyance and fear mixed in.
" I should be asking you the same question. And my dear Serenity what on the gods green earth are you wearing!" asked Damion in outrage.
" Its.it's a dress.I.I made it out of the ball gowns I had.laying around," stuttered Serena as she squirmed under Damion's gaze. She started lowering her dress as if she were a small girl caught by her father. Damion now moved closer to Serena and grabbed her by the hair.
" Ahh." cried Serena in pain.
" You know how I feel about something as revealing as this," he said as he ran his hand down the front of her breast.
" I'm sorry.I won't do it again," she pleaded as she tried to release her hair from his grip.
" And I bet that next your going to tell me that you wont ever see Endymion as long as I'm around?" he bit sarcastically tightened his grip on her hair so that she looked straight at him.
Tears started to make themselves threw her eyes and Darien was just about to pounce on Damion but was beat to it by Serena. All of a sudden Serena pounced on Damion and drew her lips to his. She started kissing him with as much tongue as she could muster before she knew that she would throw up. She drew back breathless and looked up into his eyes.
" You know you're the only one for me. Endymion couldn't amount to half the man you are.he's just a bit of entertainment for me," she purred as seductively as she could.
Damion moaned in admiration as he nipped at her lips. Darien infuriated started to walk away disgusted by this newfound information. As he was approaching the group his cell phone started to ring. He was in no mood for more bad news.
" Hello," he said angrily to the person on the other line.
" Darien.I don't know how to say this." Rei stuttered. He could her the fear and anger in her voice. He was now expecting her to tell him that Molly was innocent.
" Let me guess Molly isn't the one?" he asked sardonically.
" No.but we.we know who is," Rei stated stuttering once again.
" Darien.It's Serena." Darien was silent for a moment not sure he heard right.
" What?" he asked his head spinning with anger and confusion. Much like the feeling he had when that psycho approached him. He took Rei's silence as the answer.
He hung up the phone and stared at it. All the events from today made there way into his head as he jammed his cell phone into his pocket. Anger and depression and complete disbelief were the emotions that took over.
He walked out side to the parking lot and screamed. He received stares from the few people that were walking by but he didn't care. How could she do this to him? Why? So many questions swam in his head, which didn't help to calm him. He decided that he needed to calm himself. She would get what was coming to her.
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Darien glared at Serena as she made her way back into the group. She looked at him and sensed that something was wrong but smiled anyway.
" I'm sorry I took so long.there was a long line at the bathroom," she lied as she fixed her hair a bit.
Darien spent the rest of the evening staring at Serena. His anger almost got the best of him and he was about to scream when she started joking about monogamy and how men were less to follow by that word. She was the one that led him on and then went on to say that he was just entertainment.
" Darien.can we please leave? I'm getting a bit tired," asked Serena.
Darien in return nodded his head and went to go fetch his coat. What had gotten into him? He had been acting very strange. Serena said good bye to everyone and headed for the parking lot.
Once there she found Darien already seated in the driver's seat of his car. She walked over to the passenger's side and sat down. They rode the rest of the way in silence. Darien had his gaze fixed on the rode a look of seriousness in his eyes.
Serena too had her gaze fixed out the window thinking of the events of the night. She then started reading the signs that she passed by when she realized that they were heading in the wrong direction. She then noticed that they were approaching Darien's apartment building.
" Darien.why are we heading to your apartment?" asked Serena a little shocked by the silence that she received. As soon as the car stopped she jumped out. Darien strode over to her grabbed her wrists and started dragging her up the stairs.
" Darien.is this some kind of joke because if it is." before Serena could finish she was pushed into the apartment.
Serena immediately became accustomed to the darkness. She noticed that Darien had locked the door and was staring at her, anger written all over his face.
He went over to her pinned her to the wall his face centimeters away from Serena's. She gasped fear written clearly in her eyes. Darien's breath came out ragged as he looked at her. Anger, and fear and lust took over as he slammed his lips to hers.
Serena's fear grew and she started to flail her arms wildly. She then started to hit him in the chest but to no avail. Tears started to slide down her cheeks. As she remembered. Remembered the night that had destroyed her happiness.
~*FLASHBACK*~
His hands made their way up her shirt as he urgently squeezed her breasts. Her tears were coming out one after another and still he did not cease his actions. His lips covered hers invading her mouth harshly.
She pounded his shoulders and chest but he still wouldn't let her go. His lips now made themselves down her neck and collarbone until they reached her breast. He started to suckle them through the thin layer of her dress.
She felt the need to gag and to scream but she couldn't. Her voice was gone and all she could do was cry. He looked up at her. Eyes burning with lust as he flicked her nipple one more time before letting go.
" Doesn't this feel good? Ummm I never knew an inhabitant of the moon could taste so good," he murmured taking her other breast into his mouth.
He lifted up her flowing skirt and stared at her womanhood hungrily. She could feel the pressure of the gods building on her as he moved closer and closer to her virginity.
" Stop.please stop.please," she begged softly tears and hiccuping making her pause in between.
" But don't you want to know what it feels like to be a real whore?" he asked her nastily as he ran his tongue down her navel. Her tears exceeded.
Why aren't you here to rescue me? I need you my knight? She asked hoping that somehow he could read her thoughts.
His lips now lifted off her skin and for a moment she thought that he would stop. She then heard the sound of a zipper and the crumple of pants being thrown across the room.
She felt an intrusion on her feminine lips and realized what he was doing. She gasped in terror and squeezed her eyes as tight as she possibly could. Her tears became wails of pain as he entered her. There was a hot and stinging sensation as he exited her and plunged into her once again.
She could hear the thunder and the pounding of the heavens as the gods made their anger known. She heard the rain and hail pounding furiously at the ceiling and still he did not even look as if he cared.
He moaned wildly and started to make appalling noises making his pleasure known to the gods. She couldn't take it much longer and she vomited. Spewing everything on the floor and making him draw out of her.
He now took her wrists and flung her to the wall. Her tears kept running down her face as the reality set in. She had entwined in sexual intercourse out of marriage. She was no longer the beholder of the moons power. Was no longer protected by it. She was no longer the pure innocent and happily in love person that she was just hours ago.
He came up to her again lifted her neck forcefully and looked in her eyes. She saw the evil grin of satisfaction on his face.
" I hope you like immortality because that's my gift to you," he muttered evilly as he grabbed her and started molesting her once again. She couldn't take it much longer.
" Just leave me alone! I hate you!" she screamed.
~* END OF FLASHBACK*~
" Why Damion why? Just let go of me! Stop! Stop!" she cried as she pushed Darien off of her. They had ended up on his bed.
" Did you touch them the way you just touched me Serena? Huh? Did you moan in pleasure just as you were doing with me?" asked Darien in resentment. Serena had now scurried to the corner of the room.
" Wh.What? What.are yo.you.talking.about," she said in between a tremendous amount of tears.
" Cut the bull shit Serena or should I say Serenity! Do you love sex that much that you have to sleep with half the men in New York? You disgust me!" he screamed as he started to put on his pants.
Serena's eyes became wide with horror. He called her Serenity! Oh god he knew! Her tears became more constant as she looked down and realized that she was completely naked. She then tried to cover herself as best as possible, which angered Darien beyond extent.
" Don't act like an innocence because I know that you're far beyond that! So tell me I'm curious how did you manage not to leave a single strand of evidence behind?" he bit sarcastically as he buttoned his pants.
" I.I." she had run out of words. Her voice was once again stuck in her throat.
" Oh no don't tell me let me guess. See I'm used to trying to figure out what goes on in the mind of a psycho. Lets see you always make sure that the men have no other plan scheduled the day you take them out. You know so that no one knows that they even have a date. So you take him out and he invites you in. Being the slut that you are you agrees and you take care of your business. You then make it your business to clean after yourself, make sure you leave no memoirs behind. Not that you have to do much because you were probably wearing gloves, socks and maybe even a wig. Then you simply pack up and leave the apartment unseen unheard," he theorized. His tone was full of sarcasm and anger and something else that Serena couldn't make out. By the way Serena looked down at the floor he knew he was right.
" But wait I'm not finished. This job takes a lot of effort so you couldn't have done it alone.Oh no there had to be an accomplice. Maybe it was your pimp friend Damion or even Endymion who ever the fuck he is because he sure as hell isn't me," he spat at her.
Her tears turned into ones of shame and misery rather than those of fear. He was right to say all those things about her. She was a slut and a whore and a psycho.
" And yet you sit there like some stupid bitch like everything is okay. You make me believe that you have feelings for me when I know that's all bull. Well what do you have to say now?" he asked none of the anger leaving his tone.
Serena felt like trash. She just wanted to die. She didn't deserve to live and yet she had been living for over a thousand years.
" I'm sorry," she said below a whisper.
" What was that? Did I just here trash speak?" he asked coarsely. He went over to her and roughly picked her up by her arms.
" I loved you! Why didn't you just finish me off like you did the rest of them Huh?" he asked still in a bit of a tantrum.
" Because I love you too! Because I can't stand being without you!" she yelled, tears fogging her vision.
" You're a lying, back stabbing, sleazy bitch! Why is it that you love to mess with peoples lives!" he yelled still staring into her tear- drenched eyes.
" I said I'm sorry. God I'm so sorry! Don't you think I regret what I do! I regret it every fucking moment of my everlasting life! Yes I know I'm a slut and a whore and yes even a psycho but that doesn't change the fact that I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you for more than millennia already! Damn you if I wouldn't have fallen in love with you non- of this would have happened but I couldn't help myself! God I hate it that you're the only person that makes me feel happy and sad at the same fucking time! I hate it that around you I feel like my old self again. And I hate it.I hate it that your too good for me!" she yelled more tears spilling from her eyes.
Darien's eyes softened some but they still contained hostility. Now he had even more questions. Some of the things she said just confused him to no end. Everlasting life? Over a millennia?
Serena noticed the confusion in his face and sighed. Her tears were now starting to dissipate leaving hiccups in their place.
" You've got many things to remember and I can't help you do that," she whispered as she made her way out of his arms. She slipped on her dress and grabbed her purse that was laying on the nightstand.
She looked back at Darien who was looking at her in bewilderment. She then turned and walked out of his room. Darien heard the door open and close making him aware of the fact that Serena had left.
His cell phone rang for the second time tonight. He picked it up automatically knowing who it was.
" Come by my apartment tomorrow morning I'll explain everything then," he said as he hung up not letting Rei answer. He didn't feel like explaining so many bizarre events at the moment.
Darien's head ached tremendously and he just wanted everything to change back to the way they once were. Normal and unquestionable.
He took off his pants and went to lie down on his bed. Questions were making their way into his head at lightning speed. He fell asleep thinking of them and of Serena.
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Wow that was longer than I expected it to be. I still don't know how crystal_rose can write over 40 pages for a chapter. Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.and if you didn't.keep it to yourself! LOL just kidding. You guys all know how I love reviews and constructive criticism so fire away.