One Night at Shields
By Strawberry
I Don't Own SM! Or the friends themes! Or Moulin rouge quotes.
Chapter 23!
In answer to a question yeah Darien knows he Tuxedo mask and the whole situation he just doesn't remember that one night where he found out.
Serena ran back to the arcade and panted heavily.
"That was close." She said to herself
"Hey Serena." Andrew said
"Hey Andrew." Serena said
"So how's Darien?" Andrew asked
"I haven't seen him since last night why?" Serena asked
"Oh it's just we were playing football and he got hurt is all." Andrew said
"I thought he had to work." Serena said as she looked at the menu even though she knew what she was going to order
"They called and said he didn't need to work an extra shift so the guys and I asked him to play." Andrew said
"Well how did he hurt himself? Did some big ox tackle him?" Serena asked as she put her menu down and imagined Darien's face being pushed into the mud by a big jock. She laughed but also felt concerned.
"I'll just have some curly fries and a milkshake for now." Serena said
"Ok." Andrew said as he wrote down the order
"Usually you don't need the writing pad for me." Serena said
"Usually you order you're usual." Andrew said
"But it's such an easy order! Anyways so how did Darien get hurt?" Serena asked
"Actually if was off the field…. The game was over and he tripped over the bench and hurt his leg." Andrew said as he laughed, recalling the moment, when Darien, who was very happy he won the game for the team said that he was just very coordinated.
When it came to football and all around life, as he walked backward he fell!
"Yeah you clumsiness must have rubbed off on me." Darien joked from behind Serena and Andrew; Serena turned her head and stuck out her tongue.
"Can I join you 2 when I'm done?" Andrew asked
"Who said I was joining the meatball head?" Darien asked
"Serena is my name! Do you remember?" Serena asked a bit annoyed
"Oh you know you like it!" Andrew teased
*Sweat drop*
Darien took a seat next to Serena.
"So how's you leg?" Serena asked with concern in her blue eyes, Darien looked into them
'God those eyes are so mesmerizing.' He thought
'I want to kiss him so bad.' Serena thought
"Yes I'm all right." Darien finally said
"G-Good because I-I worry about you, because I-I care a-about y-you." Serena said
"Really?' Darien asked (he didn't think she liked him that way.)
"Do you care about me?" Serena asked
"Of course." Darien said
'But not that way right?' Serena asked in her mind
"Here Serena." Andrew said as he brought Serena's order
"Thank you Andrew, join us." Serena said
"I was just about to do that." Andrew said as he sat down
"Hey Darien, Hey Andrew." A boy said as he came up to the table
"Oh Hey Josh." Darien said, Serena only heard the name Josh because she was busy looking at Darien, she turned her head around to see a boy with brown hair with blond highlights and blue eyes, he was maybe a little shorter then Andrew and wore plan blue jeans
And a short sleeved polo muscle tee that was olive green with yellowish green stripes.
"Well who is this?" Josh asked as he suavely kissed Serena's hand, Serena blushed and a smile formed on her face. When Darien saw this he totally flipped out.
"This Is Serena." Darien said as he gritted his teeth trying not to loose his temper, Andrew saw the looks on Darien's face and decided to get out before something happened, he then bumped into the 4 girls Serena was friends with, Raye, Mina, Lita and Amy.
"Hey Andrew." Mina said
"Oh he's going to get it." Andrew said not paying attention the girls
"Andrew?" Lita asked
"Oh hey guys, you're just in time, a friend of mine and Darien's just hit on Serena and Darien's about to blow his top!" Andrew said not taking his eye's off the 3 in the booth.
"Serena is such a beautiful name; tell me Serena do you have a boyfriend?" He asked as he smiled, Serena had stars in her eyes
"No." She said
"You mean not yet." Josh said slyly as he handed her his number
Darien was beginning to see red.
"Josh, Serena and I have to go." He said angrily
"Well let me just say Serena it's been a pleasure, I hope we can meet again my sweet." He said
"Bye it was nice meeting you." Serena said politely as she waved good-bye and left with Darien
"Did I sense a bit of jealousy Mr. Shields?" Serena playfully asked
"No. me jealous? HA!" Darien lied
Serena smiled and they continued to walk
"So did you uh like him?" Darien asked
"Who Josh?" Serena asked
'Who Josh Yes Of Course Josh!' Darien thought, he didn't know if she was doing it on purpose but these mind game Serena was playing was driving him crazy.
"Yes." he said simply
"He was cute I suppose." Serena said, Darien sighed in relief
"And now that I think of it seemed really nice and charming." She finished, Darien clenched his fist. Serena looked at Darien and smiled, sure Josh was hunky and nice but nothing compared to Darien, but then again nothing was ever going to happen between them so why not go for Josh? But what about the whole pregnancy and living with Darien thing, Josh would never believe their relationship was totally innocent. Unless she didn't tell him, I mean maybe one date if it didn't go well then oh well but if it did she'd wait until the baby was born then date him again. Darien looked over at Serena; she seemed to be deep in thought, probably thinking about Josh. Serena thought for a moment about the 2 guys, there was Josh, sweet charming cute and what seemed to be interested in her. Then there was Darien, charming, nice once you get to know him, hunky but he didn't seem to be interested in her. Serena kept walking while Darien stopped at the apartment.
"Serena! The apartment is this way!" Darien yelled
"Oh yeah!" Serena yelled as she ran back to the apartment
Darien went to get his mail while Serena went to the elevator and went to the apartment. She changed out of her uniform and put it in the dresser. She went to the answering machine to check the message's, there was one from Andrew laughing about the whole Josh incident, then one from Mina asking what went on at the Arcade. Serena went into the kitchen and opened the fridge.
"Where are the cookies?!?!" She yelled
"Oh today Andrew came over during lunch, me and Andrew had them." Darien said from behind her
"What?!?" Serena asked sharply as she slowly turned around.
"Andrew and Me ate them during our Lunch break." Darien cautiously said
"Darien?" Serena asked
"Yes?" Darien asked fearing what she would say
'Not this again!' he thought as he thought back to her mood swings a mouth or so ago.
"Who is the one who not only is eating for herself but another person? I really don't think it's you because YOU don't have a uterus! And then you eat the cookies! I may not eat them the same way but I'm a person too!" Serena yelled as she stared crying
"How do you eat them differently?" Darien asked
"I put syrup on them!" Serena wailed
Darien sighed but smile crept on his face, she was so cute when she was mad.
"Why are you smiling? You dingus!" Serena yelled
4 night's later
Darien turned over on his side so he could try not to hear Serena's cries no matter how silent she tried to make them; he could hear them.
'I still don't understand why she's crying, all I did was ask her she didn't brush her hair and put it in the meatball's before she went to bed! She always dose that! She doesn't do that one night and it seems weird.' Darien thought, Serena was way more sensitive even more then that time when her mood swings just began, Serena almost always got mad at Darien for the littlest thing maybe every other night, She'd go from being super mad to happy thinking she didn't deserve to be friends with him to crying because she got mad again or she was so happy and that was on a good day! On a bad day she got so mad then would cry, and not just those wails that could break glass, these were like 10 time's worse. Darien closed his eyes and tried to block out the cries, he was beginning to think Serena' did this just to annoy him and keep him up because she couldn't sleep, every time she settled down. About to drift into dream world she'd ether vomit her dinner or have to go to the bathroom. Darien settled down and closed his eye's
~*~*~*~*~*Darien's Dream*~*~*~*~*
Darien sat on a chair; he was in a purple Tuxedo that resembled Tuxedo Mask's. He was reading a paper.
"Darien." A women's voice said
He put down his paper and smiled.
"Hi." Darien said
"Hi." The women said as she kissed him on the lips, you couldn't make out who she was by her face because it was blurry, but she wore a long white dress with a bow in the back that made it look like wings, but they had a tint of pink, the top of the dress had small gold beads going around the dress, there where 2 set's of gold bead's going around, they were both higher then the women stomach.. (It's basically Neo-Queen Serenity's dress. Why didn't say that in the first place!) The women's golden hair went down to the floor, she seemed familiar but he couldn't place from where. Her hair looked like the princess from his dreams and Sailor Moon's accept longer. The women was thin and seemed to be some kind of royalty because there was a crown a top her head but she still seemed clumsy because when she walked to the Darien she tripped.
'She reminds me so much of Serena.' Darien thought
"Have you seen my little girl around?" he asked
"She seems very sad." The women said
"Why?" He asked
"Because she had nobody to play tea party with. I would but I have to write my speech for tomorrow."
"I thought you did yesterday?"
"No I just said I did." The women said
*sweatdrop*
"Why doesn't she play with Sarah from school?" Darien suggested
"Everyone is busy planning for the big party tomorrow."
"Well I'll play tea party with her." He said as he got up and went down the halls of what seemed to be a magnificent Crystal Palace. He went into a room and saw a little girl who was maybe 5 or 6 sitting on a couch watching TV. He took a seat next to her.
"Hi." He said
"Hi." The little girl said a bit sad
"What's the matter Princess?" the man asked
"Everyone's busy." She said as she looked into her father's eyes, he looked back at her; she had ruby red eyes and cotton candy hair. Her hair was like the same as the women from before accept it was cone shaped and shorter.
'She look's familiar.' Darien thought, in a way eh knew she was his daughter at least in his dream, in a way he knew what was going on but that was only half of him, Darien wanted to ask her name and thing's like that but for some reason he couldn't, different things pooped out of his mouth, thing's he wasn't even thinking.
"Well you know what?" He asked
"What?" The little girl asked wide eyed
"Well I heard someone was having a tea party and didn't invite me!" Darien said pretending to be hurt
"I thought you where busy Daddy. Will you have a tea party with me?" Te girl asked as she stood up on the couch and hugged her dad who was sitting.
"Well, I don't know, I'm hurt." He said
"I'm sorry Daddy, please?" The little girl asked
"Ok." He said, the little girl squealed in delight and took her father's hand and lead him to what seemed to be her room. Darien sat in a small chair by a small round table.
"Daddy! Not there you sit here by me!" The girl said, Darien laughed and took a seat in the chair way too small for him
The little girl ran around her room, gathering up all her stuffed Animal's she could find then putting them in chairs, when that was done she took out a wooden box from under her bed. She opened the box and took out a plastic tea set with bunnies on it.
"Where's you porcelain set?" he asked
"I don't want to break it and I like this one better." She said as she set the table with the tea set
~*~*~*Ten Minute's Later*~*~*~*~
"More tea?" The girl asked
"No but can I have another one of your famous finger sandwiches?" he asked as he smiled at his daughter.
"Another?!?! That's got to be you're…." The girl paused because she wasn't counting
"Your billionth!" She said
"Can I join the two?" The women from before asked in the doorway, for some reason she made Darien smile.
"Yes, Mommy you can." The girl said
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Darien and the mysterious women slept as the thunder boomed and lightning started.
"Darien thunder!" The women yelled, she seemed so much like there daughter.
"It's ok." Darien said, another boom of thunder could be heard, the women screamed (you no like how Serena scream like AhAhhh or whatever) as she dove under the covers and snuggled next to her husband. Darien smiled at his good life and looked at the door as he saw a little figure in the doorway.
"Mommy! Daddy! It's thundering!" The little girl yelled
The women stuck her head from the cover
"Oh it's ok little one." Darien said
"Can I sleep with you guys?" The girl asked
"Of coarse sweetie." The women said. you could the girl's eye's light up because thunder and lightning struck again, lighting up the room and making the big noise. The girl yelped and ran to the bed then jumped on it and crawled under the cover's in between her parent's
"Do we have anything to eat?" The girl asked, like he mother her hairstyle was still intact.
"Sorry, but your mother wants me to eat healthy food like rice cakes" Darien said as she stuck out her tongue
"Mommy why don't you bring the cookies you were eating when you tucked me in." the girl said
*Sweatdrop*
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"Mommy! Can I open my present's now?" The little girl asked, she looked a little younger, you could tell because of her height and her cones were smaller and the hair that came out of them was much shorter.
"Not yet sweetie." The women said as she glanced at the clock and smiled at Darien, at 10:00 the little girl, the women and what seemed to be the SAILOR SCOUT'S, and not just the 5, there was a Pluto, Neptune, Saturn And Uranus, so all the Sailor Scout's Minus Sailor Moon.
They all walked into a big room with a huge Christmas tree, the little girl ran to the Christmas tree but it was there was nothing under it.
"There's nothing here." The girl said sadly
"Oh Ri- (the name was cut off so you couldn't hear the rest, just the name) maybe Santa Clause didn't get hear yet." Sailor Mercury said
"But then What if Santa's not coming!" The little girl cried as she ran to her mother and hugged her as she cried.
"Ho Ho Ho." A voice said, the little girl looked up from her mother's dress to find out where the sound came from, just then Santa Clause entered the room with a big red velvet bag over his shoulder, The girl looked him over, he had big black boots and a red velvet suit trimmed with white fur, his stomach was big like Santa's was supposed to be and he had a red nose and white beard and a hat to match to suit.
"Santa!" The girl yelled as she ran from her mother's embrace to "Santa", She didn't see her mother and the scout's smile at her and Santa
"Hello Small Lady or should I call you Ri-? (the names blocked out again)." Santa said
"Santa everyone calls's me Ri- (the names blocked out again) but you can call me small lady if you want." The girl said
"Well, I'm sorry I'm late but Rudolf's nose wouldn't light up so I could find my way because it's snowing hard in the North Pole." Santa said
"It's snowing hard too here Santa, I got a cold and my mommy and daddy wouldn't let me play outside anymore." The girl said
"Would you like to help me put the present under the tree, if you don't I'll be even later, but aren't you supposed to be sleeping?" Santa said
"My mommy and daddy let me stay up because it's Christmas, I was watching Rudolf with the Sailor scouts, my friends." The girl said
"Well will you help me?" Santa asked
"Yes Santa! I'd love too! But where's my daddy?" The girl asked as she looked around the room
"He's gone to buy you some presents" Santa said
The girl smiled and she and Santa put the gifts under the tree
"Well I have to be going Ri-, Merry Christmas!" Santa said as he started to leave but the little girl hung onto his left leg.
"But I want Daddy to meet you." The girl said
"I already met your Daddy today and he and I were talking." Santa said
"Wait Santa, can I take a picture?" The women asked
"Yes you can." Santa said as he and the little girl posed for the picture,
"Bye Santa!" Everyone said as Santa started to leave
"Good-Bye and Merry Christmas! Ho Ho Ho." Santa said jollily (that a wrd?) as Santa exited the little girl's mom (the women) went after him but the little girl didn't know, the women walked into the other room to a Waiting "Santa"
"She was so happy Darien!" She said
"I'm glad, whenever I was little I've always wanted to do that for my kids." Darien said as he passionately kissed her
"Mmm I like the beard; maybe you should grow a real one." The women joked
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Darien opened his eye's it wasn't like a usual dream where he'd wake up in a sweat or would shoot out of bed, this dream was peaceful and he liked it. He longer for it to happen and hoped it would maybe when his child was born.
"But it seemed so familiar." He said. He got up and looked at the clock, e was late for class and Serena was gone.
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Darien put on a fresh shirt, he was wearing sneakers and khaki pants, and he wore a long sleeved red polo shirt. He brushed his teeth and put on some cologne then walked over to Andrew's
*Knock Knock Knock*
Andrew opened the door
"Hey man! Where's Serena?" He asked as Darien came in and collapsed on the couch (not literally)
"When I told her I was going and to hurry up told me not to tell her what to do." Darien said
"Oh, that doesn't sound like her." Andrew said
"Andrew I'm going to crack very soon!" Darien said
"Why?" a female voice asked from the kitchen, it was Mina.
"Mina what are you doing here?" Darien asked
"This is Nicole." Andrew said
"Oh so you changed Mina's name?" Darien asked
"Temporarily just so if it didn't work out nobody would know." Andrew said
"But it did work out." Mina said smiling as she took a seat
"I don't know if Serena will even come. She's pretty steamed at me, I forgot to pick up her homework from school since she stayed home the other day and she got mad because she had to do it." Darien said
"That really doesn't sound like Serena." Andrew said
"Yeah, why don't I talk to her?" Mina said
"Oh could you Mina? Thanks." Darien said, Mina nodded then left the apartment
"So what's been wrong with Serena?" Asked Andrew
"Everything! Do you remember when she stayed with you and she got all those mood swings?" Darien asked
"Oh tuff break man, they're back?" Andrew asked
"Much worse than before! Andrew I really can't stand it anymore, I haven't been getting much sleep accept for last night." Darien said
"Well how dose she keep you up?" Andrew asked
"SHE CRIES AND CRIES!" Darien said
"Man you have been losing sleep; I can see the bag's under your eyes, like what dose she do?" Andrew asked
"What doesn't she do? I volunteer to make her a sandwich and she yells at me saying that just because she's pregnant and a woman doesn't mean she can't make a sandwich and she thinks I'm a sexist pig! And then And then! If I don't open a door for her she thinks I'm inconsiderate!" Darien said
Andrew laughed
"Man it's not funny." Darien said
"What's not funny?" Serena and Mina asked from behind them
To Be Continued
Uh-Oh for Darien!