Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon (this is going to be the last time I type this b/c I'm getting kinda tired doing this). I don't own the phrase, "Me. You. A hot tub." I heard that on TV or something like that, so don't get all mad at me for using it.

Chapter 3

Finally, it was time for lunch. Serena was smart, but today Calculus totally fried her brain. Remember that she had to meet Lita near the tree, she scanned the big yard and locked eyes with…Darien. Darien waved to her from the huge crowd and started to walk towards her. Not wanting to put up with his ego right now, Serena started to walk away from him.

"Hey wait!"

Serena rolled her eyes and sharply turned around. "What do you want?"

"Me. You. A hot tub."

"Yeah, well, too bad that's never going to happen. My brain is on overdrive and I don't need this right now so just fuck off, Darien."

"Well, well, well, Miss Innocent actually swore! Who would've thought…" Darien feigned a surprised look. For some reason, her telling him to fuck off actually hurt him a little. He shook off the feeling. "You know, you still seem kinda lost. Are you sure you don't want me to help you?"

God, this guy just won't give up, she thought. "Actually, you could help me with something," she started, "can you get out of my face?"

"Ouch, you wound me, Sere. Well, I can't exactly do that. Because I'm taking you out tonight." He seemed absolutely confident. He gave her a smile that would've melted other girls, but seemed to be ineffective on Serena.

"Excuse me? No, I'm not going out with you! How can you just assume that? Besides, I'd much rather be doing homework than be out with you."

"Are you sure you'd rather stare at your homework than me? I mean, I know I'm more pleasing to the eye, don't you think so?" Darien had the nerve to smirk when there was a sign of a tiny blush, not that it lasted very long.

"And," she continued, "I'm pretty sure you'd rather be playing tonsil hockey with some girl."

"Yeah, I do. With you," he smirked again.

A very frustrated Serena sighed and said, "Look, I don't even know you and you don't even know me. Why don't you just take out one of your groupies?"

"I don't want any of my 'groupies', I want you to go out with me. Besides, we can get to know each other better," he wiggled his eyebrows at her.

Oh my god! This guy has some nerves! Grr…well, since it came down to this…

"You know what, Darien? You're right, we could get to know each other better," Serena said seductively.

It took a moment for Darien to register what was happening and then he smirked and said, "I knew you'd come around."

"…in another lifetime. Bye, Darien," she said, looking triumphant, and walked away, swaying her hips.

Did I just do that? What got into me?! Gosh, that has got to be the stupidest thing that I've ever done! *Moan* Why me?

Darien just stood there, not comprehending what happened to him. Andrew, having watched the whole scenario, walked over to Darien, having tears in his eyes…that is, tears of laughter.

"Hey, Drew?"

"*Laugh* yeah, Dare? *Laugh*"

"What the hell just happened?"

"I'll tell you what happened, *laugh*, you *laugh* just got *laugh* dissed and dismissed!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!"

"Nah, man, she's just trying to play hard to get. Didn't you see that she was totally flirting with me? Well, if that's what she wants…" If that was how she was going to be, then he was going to play, too. Only, he was much more experienced in this game. He knew he was going to win and soon she was going to be his.

Andrew, still laughing his ass off, patted Darien on the back and said, "Sure, dude, whatever you say."

"Jeez, Drew, try not to piss in your pants," Darien commented dryly.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

"Hey, Serena! Over here!" Lita yelled at her from her lunch spot.

Serena walked over there to meet her when she saw Mina there, too. She asked, puzzled, "You two know each other?"

"Oh, you know Lita?"

"You know Mina?" The two asked at the same time.

Mina said excitedly, "This is great! OK, Serena, I want you to meet another friend of mine. This is Amy." She pointed to a girl with black hair that shined dark blue and blue eyes.

"Hi, nice to meet you, Serena. I'm Amy," she said, seeming a little shy.

"Hey," said Serena.

"Now that we all know each other," Mina started, "would you mind telling us exactly why DARIEN SHOCKCOR was talking to you?!"

Serena rolled her eyes, "Oh. Him. He only asked me to go out with him. No, scratch that. He TOLD me to go out with him. Can you guys believe that?"

By the time she was finished. They all had their eyes wide open and their jaws were hitting the floor.

"What? What's wrong?" Serena asked, confused.

If it was even possible, Mina's mouth dropped lower, "Girl, he ONLY ASKED YOU OUT? ONLY?! Please don't tell me you said no!"

"OK…then I won't."

"OH MY GOD, you said no!!!!!!!!" Lita yelled. People looked over at her, giving her a weird look.

Amy said, "I cannot believe you said, no. You know, every girl would kill to be his girlfriend."

Serena sighed, exasperated because of how they were making a big deal out of this, "Well, he's a player. And I don't really think he's the type of guy I'm looking for."

"Hun, he's every girl's type!" Mina said, as they all laughed when she said this, minus Serena of course.

"He might be every girl's type except for mine. Like I said before, he's a player. We're total opposites. And I know that I'm not his type. I figured that he only goes for brainless ditzes."

"Yes, now that I think about it, he does only date girls that are quite…challenged when it comes to education," said Amy thoughtfully.

"Yeah well, you never know…" Mina said.

They talked like this until the period was over. Then they went their separate ways, Serena going to English.

Serena walked into the school and arrived at her locker. 10-21-34…and open…wait…OK, and open…jeez I swear this thing hates me!

"Having troubles, Sere?" A voice that seemed remarkably similar to that of Darien's whispered into her right ear.

Serena froze. He was too close. She felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up and goosebumps on her arms. "No, I'm fine," she stubbornly said. This was getting kind of annoying. He just kept on popping up whenever she was having difficulties.

Satisfied with seeing the reaction that he wanted to see, he held up his right fist and banged the locker twice. Upon seeing it open, he smirked and said, "Aren't you going to reward your knight-in-shining-armor with a kiss? Or better yet, why not take up my offer on that hot tub?"

"In your dreams, Darien," she scoffed.

He pouted, "Why not? I did save you from being late for class and not getting detention."

"Well, technically, you didn't save me from being late, because if you keep on bugging me, then I'm really going to be late," Serena retorted, "so good bye, Darien." With that she walked away.

Darien yelled back, "I'll be dreaming about you in that hot tub!"

Darien stared at her back, or actually more like her ass, as she was walking away. He smiled, knowing by her previous reaction, that he had a chance.

Note: OK, what should I name the high school? Any suggestions? I can't think of any and I don't know any actual high schools in Hawaii. Thanks!