Title: Untitled… (currently 'a change for the better')
Summary: Darien gets tired of the way here and Serena interact and decides to change things…
Rating: PG-13
AN: This story does not yet have a title… that will eventually change, suggestions are welcome!!!
AN2: I don't intend for this to be a long fic… I'm working on a few long ones at the moment, hopefully this'll be short and sweet :)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the SM related characters, places, events, etc… they belong to their various owners… you all know who they are :-)
Please, please review…
Untitled
(currently – 'a change for the better')
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{{ Chapter One }}
News of the Year!
{Narrator's Point of View}
"Did you hear?" Asked the raven-haired girl as she slipped through the doors and into the arcade.
"Hear what?" Asked her companion.
"Obviously not." She said with a smile. "It's the biggest news for weeks." Laughing, she dragged her friend to the booth where the rest of their friends were waiting.
"Come on Raye. I'm going to die if you don't tell me. You've got me interested now."
Laughing, she plonked into the booth and pulled her friend in beside her. Turning to the other girls she said, "I was just about to tell Lita the biggest news of the week. No, make that the year."
"Oh, and what was that?" Asked one of the booths earlier occupants. Lifting her eyes from the book she was reading, she looked directly at Raye, a smile playing about her lips. "You certainly have Lita excited."
"That's right Amy." Agreed Raye. "Anyway," she began again in a stage whisper as she lent forward, urging the others to do so as well. "I heard that Darien likes Serena."
"What?!?!" Exclaimed three totally stunned girls, each completely forgetting that they were supposed to be quiet.
"A little more stealth guys…" murmured Raye. Eyes lighting with mischief, she conceded, "that was my reaction too when I first heard."
"Where did you hear that from?"
"Well Mina, remember when I was talking to Andy yesterday before you left. Well… he told me then."
"What?" Asked Mina again, keeping her voice a little lower this time. "Are you saying I could have had this goss had I waited around for a few more minutes?"
"That's right." Answered Raye with a smile.
Shaking her head, Amy tried to clarify the information. "So, Andrew said that Darien likes Serena."
"Yes."
Lita then jumped in with, "wouldn't they make a cute couple."
"Awwwwwww." Came the collective sigh from the table of girls.
"You know," began Mina, "Sere likes Darien. She told me so, once. Kind of accidentally."
"And you didn't tell us???" Exclaimed Amy.
Shrugging her shoulders she smiled. "Couldn't… sorry. She would have killed me."
"So." Said Lita, rubbing her hands together, she asked. "How are we going to get them together."
Laughing, Raye answered, "that's the best bit. We don't have to." At the stunned, confused looks on her friend's faces she continued hurriedly. "That's what Andy was telling me. Dare's decided that although he enjoys arguing with Sere he's had enough. For the moment at least. He's going to make a move… or something today."
"Today?" Asked Mina with a delighted gasp.
Looking at her watch, Amy smiled. "He should be here any moment. Then we just have to wait for Sere."
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{Darien's Point of View}
Walking through the arcade doors, I was a little surprised to see the heads of all four of the girls look up and stare at me intently, all of them smiling. Nodding to them a little nervously, I carefully threaded my way over to the counter. 'I don't know what's got them in the mood they're in,' I thought to myself. And suddenly it hit me. "Andrew…" I muttered.
"Yes?" Asked my best friend, appearing in front of me. Motioning me onto the stool, he passed me a drink. "What's up Dare?"
"You told them didn't you?"
"Huh, you're not making sense man. Told who, what?"
"The girls." I said, leaning forward. "You told them what I told you the other day. The thing I said you couldn't tell anyone."
"Errr…" Muttered Andrew as he nervously adjusted the collar of his shirt. "Perhaps."
"Perhaps?"
"Perhaps just Raye, and only last night, so it was too late anyway. She won't see Sere until this afternoon. So providing you make your move today, it'll be all cool. And you said you were going to, today I mean."
"You're an idiot Andrew." I stated half heartily. Though of course he was right. In a way perhaps I'm even thankful. Now I can't back out. Looking at my watch I sighed. Half hour and she'll be out of detention.
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"Hello Serena."
"Hi Darien, how are you-…" pausing for a moment, the girl's eyes opened wide and her jaw dropped open.
Darien smiled a little at the picture she made as she tried to gather her wits. 'I really confused her. And yet she naturally said hello back to me with a smile.' He thought to himself.
"Did you… did you… you just…"
"Yes Serena? I just what?"
"Serena."
Trying his best to contain his grin, Darien continued. "Ah, ha. That's you…"
Slowly gaining some sense of control over her lost wits, Serena formed her first sentence since she entered the arcade. "You just called me Serena."
Allowing a smile to grace his handsome features, Darien agreed with her statement. "Yes, that's right, I did."
"And then you… you just agreed with me. That's a first time for both of those." She muttered. Regaining a little more of her wits, Serena looked carefully up at the man who continued to infuriate her on a daily basis. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Yes, fine thanks." He answered, bestowing a beautiful smile on her to help convince her of the truth of his answer.
"Right… okay then." As she stood before him, not fighting, she began to fidget nervously. "Err… well… um…" she stuttered, her eyes darting around and looking at anything but the confusing man in front of her. "I'm gonna go see the girls," she muttered a moment later, making a hasty departure.
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Turning around in his seat to face the counter again, Darien smiled slightly, taking a nice long sip of his coffee.
"That's your big move?" Asked Andrew in disbelief a few moments later, after watching Darien sit still, smiling to himself.
"It's all part of the plan…" Came Darien's sly response. "Besides," he added, glaring half-heartily up at his best friend, "I never claimed to have a 'big move', you added that bit on yourself…"
"I did?"
"Yes. Besides, look at her. She can't help but continuously glance over here at me. I'm just letting her settle down a little bit for a few minutes."
Nodding his head slightly, Andrew asked, "not afraid the girls will tell her?"
"Nope," said Darien with a grin, "it's more fun for them to watch."
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Coming Soon to FF.net…
{{ Chapter Two }}
Letting Her Stew…
"What on earth was that all about?"
"Yes Serena, what were you and Darien discussing?"
"Do my eyes deceive me, or are you blushing?"
