Ok, I don't know what happened, but for some reason, the chapter cut off,
guess it was my fault, anyways here is the rest of day 4...
~~~~~Serena's POV~~~~~~~
"So, what should our little competition be?" I asked.
"Um, how about swimming?" Nephrite suggested.
"No, because Meatball Head here would get tired after a few minutes."
"Fine then, let's see who can hold their breath the longest then" Malachite suggested.
Darien and I looked at each other.
"It's fine with me" Darien stated.
"Same here" I replied.
"Anybody got a watch on?" asked Mina. "Oh wait, I do"
"Ok, Ames, you time." Raye said. "The rest of you watch for them when they come up."
Nodding their heads, Darien and I headed into the water. It was freezing!
"God its cold" I remarked.
"Well then Meatball Head, care to forfeit now?"
"In your dreams you moron"
"Ouch, I'm so hurt"
"Guys, stop arguing, save your breath for when you're under water!" shouted a very irritated Raye.
"Fine then, on my count" Zoisite stated. "One, two..three"
With that said, I dove underwater. I swam as low as I could go and sat there. Opening my eyes, I noticed that they didn't stink like they normally did when I opened them underwater. Concentrating, I saw two little fishes swimming by and we began to talk. (with her powers remember, she can talk to animals when she chooses)
Minutes passed and I still hadn't come up for air. I learned that the two fishes names I was talking to were Lamar (meaning sea or ocean) and Gautier (meaning form of water). They were brothers and were looking for 'mates'. They marveled in how I could talk to them.
'So, how come you can stay underwater for so long?' Lamar asked.
'Yea, I mean, most humans can only hold their breath for a few minutes at the most.'
That's when it hit me; I hadn't been up for air in minutes. Looking down, I noticed that my chest was moving up and down, the silver crystal around my neck gave a faint glow. 'I can breath underwater!' I exclaimed.
'Really, I've never met a human who could do that before' Lamar commented.
'Well, I just found out I could do it today to tell you the truth. I was told last night I could, but I completely forgot all about it.'
'Don't worry, I do that all the time' Gautier informed me.
This caused me to laugh.
~~~~~~~~Darien's POV~~~~~~~~~~
I ducked under water, swimming towards the bottom. I knew I could win this easily, I am after all the Prince of Earth, and water being an element of Earth, I was able to master it better than others. About five minutes later, or so I guessed, I couldn't take it any longer and came up for air. Looking around, I noticed Amy, Lita, Jedite, and Malachite waving to me. I swam back to shore, only to find that Serena was no where in sight.
"Hey guys, where's Serena?" I asked.
"Well, when you ducked under, we saw Serena swimming to the other side, so the other half of them are still over there." Amy explained.
"Dude, you must have so beaten Serena. You were under there for five minutes!" Jedite exclaimed.
"That means that you girls will be our personal servants for the rest of this trip." Malachite remarked.
"Yea, well, you don't know, Serena could still be down there" Lita shot back.
"Guys, let's not fight, let's just go find the others." I said.
Nodding their heads, we went to the other side of the beach. Upon reaching it, we noticed that Serena wasn't there.
"Hey guys" I said. "Where's Meatball Head? She's not crying because she lost it she?"
"For your information Darien, she's still down there" Raye said hotly.
"You're kidding!" I exclaimed.
"No Darien, she's right" Zoisite informed me.
"Wait, that means we lost" Jedite screamed.
"That means YOU guys are Serena's personal servants for the next couple days" Mina said happily.
"Great, just what I wanted" I answered.
Minutes passed and Serena still hadn't come up.
"Guys, I'm getting worried, it's been ten minutes and Serena still hasn't come back up" Amy said, worry shown in her voice.
"I know, you don't think she." Lita stopped, tears forming in her eyes.
"No, she's alive, I know she is" Raye responded, but you could tell she was worried.
"Maybe we should go look for her" Amy suggested.
"I don't think there will be any need, look!" pointed Nephrite.
There in the distance was Serena, swimming right towards us.
"Hey guys, did we win?" she asked, not noticing anyone else but the girls.
They all screamed and gave her a big hug.
"Girl, we were so worried" Lita said.
"Yea, how could you hold your breath that long anyways?" Amy asked.
"I don't know, must have gills" she replied.
"Serena we won, YOU WON!" shouted Mina.
~~~~~~~~~Serena's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~
'I won' my mind screamed.
Turning around, I faced Darien. "Well Darien, apparently we know who the stronger one is now, don't we"
"Just because it was some silly holding your breath contest doesn't me anything Meat."
"Ah-ah-ah!" I scolded. "Remember our little bet? The one that you promised you would never call me Meatball Head again AND the one that said you and your male friends over there would be our personal slave and never pull any more tricks on us, hmmm?"
Horror passed across Darien's face. Murder looks accompanied the faces of his friends. "So, what should I do first?" I asked the girls.
"Make them make you lunch" Lita suggested.
"Make them watch another chick flick" Mina urged.
"Tie them down and dress them as girls!" shouted Raye.
Amy remained quiet, I knew what she was thinking.
Looking at their faces, I saw horror written all over them. I knew that it was unfair the way I had won, and I didn't want to embarrass the guys, or worse yet, hurt their pride.
"Look, you guys, why don't you head back to the cabin. I'll let you know tonight what's going to happen" I said calmly.
The guys looked at me, mostly in shock, but nodded their heads and headed back to the cabin.
"So, what are you going to do?" Raye asked.
"I don't know, but I know one thing, it isn't fair that they have to be slaves, especially when it was Darien and my contest. The best thing I can do is let them off the hook from being our personal servants." I concluded.
"WHAT?!?!?!" was the cry of three outraged girls.
"I think you made a wise decision" Amy stated, the only one not to scream.
"Thank you Amy, but I do believe they owe us something though in it's place instead."
"Well Meatball Head, since you're backing out, what are you going to do?"
"Do you guys remember the game of Truth or Dare?" I asked.
********Later that night********** ~~~~~~Serena's POV~~~~~~(still)
"Ok, I know you guys have been avoiding me all day, but I've come to a conclusion" I stated.
Worry was on all of their faces, but I continued.
"I find that it was really unfair of saying you guys have to be my 'personal slaves', that's not right. So I decided that you don't have to be my slaves or anything like that for that matter.
Relief was clearly shown on all of their faces. "But since there was an agreement, something must be substituted in its place."
Worry was back on their faces, but it didn't matter. "There's no need to worry" I assured them, "it's only a game that you have to play instead."
Relief was back, but thought was on Zoisite's face. "What game would that be?" he asked.
"Have you ever heard of the game Truth or Dare?" Raye asked, sitting down next to me.
The nodded their heads yes.
"Well, that's what we're going to play" Mina finished.
"Fine by us" Jedite stated happily.
"Ok, who's going to go first.um I will!" Lita stated.
"Ok, Nephrite, truth or dare?"
"Dare"
"Ok, um, I dare you to..go stick your head down the toilet."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" he screamed.
"You choose dare and that's the dare" Jedite said in a sing-song voice.
"Fine, walking in to the bathroom, he came out seconds later with water dripping down from his hair and face.
"Ewwwww" was all that was said by the girls.
"Yea, fine, my turn" Nephrite said. "Zoisite, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth"
"Oh, you're no fun" Malachite commented.
"Fine, who do you have a crush on Zoi?"
Zoisite turned beat red at this question. He mumbled something not audible.
"What was that? I didn't hear you?" Nephrite said sweetly.
Turning even more red, he muttered "Amy"
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" came screaming from the girls. Amy was beat red too now.
"Fine, it's my turn." Zoisite said.
"Darien, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare, I feel like doing something."
"Well, umm, I umm, dare you ummm, that for the rest of the game, you ummm, you can only ask questions a girl would ask, like who's your boyfriend, what kind of lipstick do you use, etc."
"Your kidding!" he shouted.
"Sorry, Dare, that's the dare."
"Fine, Serena, truth or dare?"
Feeling a little insecure at the moment, not wanting to stick my head down the toilet, I said "Truth"
"Zoi, do I only get to ask girly questions?" he asked desperately.
"Yup, sorry Dare."
"Augh, fine, um, Serena, describe your first kiss"
I blushed at this. I hadn't been expecting something like that. I mean had been kissed before by Endymion, but still, that was in my past life, but still, it WAS my first kiss.
"Sorry Dare, Serena here hasn't been kissed yet." Lita said.
"Yea, she's miss innocent, you know the saying 'Sweet sixteen and never been kissed'" Mina filled in.
Finding my courage, I spoke. "Actually, I have been kissed before."
"WHAT?!?!?!" was the reply from all the girls.
"Yea, I've been kissed before"
"How come you never told us?!?!?!" screamed Raye.
"Come on, we want details!" Lita exclaimed.
"Well spill girl, we don't have all night!" screamed Mina.
Blushing I started. "Well, it was when I was fourteen. I was curious at the time about seeing new places, so I, ah, went exploring. Soon I found myself in a rose garden of some sort with pillars around me. I knew that this must be someone's private garden, so naturally when I heard footsteps coming, I hid behind one of the pillars. I was wearing a white dress that day, and while I was shifting about a little in my hiding spot, I stepped on a branch, causing it to snap, alerting the person in the garden that there was someone there. He came towards my direction, but didn't see me. I thought I was off the hook, but the wind had other plans. It blew at me, causing my dress to flair out and my hair too from behind the pillar. Of course, the guy saw this and came towards me, but I wasn't paying attention because the wind had blown my hair into the nearby rose bush and it was stuck there, so here I was, trying to get my hair undone from a rose bush and a stranger sneaking up behind me. Scaring me half to death he asked what I was doing there. I had by this time gotten my hair unstuck from the bush, I was about to explain to him my predicament when I turned around and came across the bluest eyes I had ever seen. They were deep blue, deeper than the darkest depths of the ocean. He was softer upon seeing me. He asked me again what I was doing here again. He explained that these were his private rose gardens and wanted to know how I got in. I really blushed furiously at this, causing him to laugh. The rest of the time, we spent getting to know one another. He was really sweet." Tears began to cloud my eyes, but I continued. "We found out that we came from two different worlds to put things simply. Before I left, after finding out where I was, he asked to see me again. I told him yes, and he bent down and kissed me gently on the lips." Tears were now spilling from my eyes. "We continued to see each other; our parents knew nothing of the entire thing. Soon, a terrible accident occurred" I was crying very hard now. "He, lost his memory, and didn't remember me any more or anything for that matter" Looking up, I brushed away my tears. "That was my first kiss."
I looked at the girls faces. "Serena, we had no idea."
"It's alright" I cut them off.
"Is that why you've been so sad and different lately?" asked Mina.
"Yea, that's been part of it, you've been remembering him?"
Looking at the guys, I noticed there expressions had changed.
"Serena, I'm sorry, if I would have known."
This caused even more tears in my eyes, causing me to cry harder.
"Darien, please don't say anything.please" I begged.
"Serena." he said, but I had gotten up and left. Entering my room, I slammed the door shut behind me and cried into my pillow on my bed.
~~~~~~~Darien's POV~~~~~~~~~
'What have I done?' my mind cried.
'How could I have brought her so much pain?'
All eyes were on me, wondering what to do next.
"You guys keep playing" I said, "I'm going to go talk to Serena"
With that I got up and went to Serena's room
Noticing the door was closed, I knocked. "Serena, please let me come in, I want to talk to you."
"Go away Darien" Serena replied.
Opening the door, I saw Serena crying into her pillow.
Looking up, she stared at me. "I thought I told you to go away." She cried.
"Yea you did, but I'm not leaving, I'm not your slave, remember?"
This brought I smile to her face, only to be replaced by tears again.
My heart wrenched. Why did it hurt so much to see her cry?
"Serena, please, don't' cry, tears, they don't suit you" I said, walking over and putting an arm on her back.
"Why Darien, why do you care now?" she sobbed.
"Serena, I've always cared"
"Really, you have a funny way of showing it then" she said sarcastically.
'I deserved that' my mind thought.
"Serena, I'm sorry for all that I've said to you, truth be told, I never meant it, I thought that it was the only way for me to talk to you without scaring you away, like I did with anyone else that I had gotten to close to, excluding of course Andrew, Mal, Neph, Jed, and Zoi."
She stopped crying and looked at me. "Do you really mean that Darien?" she asked.
I nodded my head. "Yes Serena, I really mean that."
Tears shown in her eyes again, but this time they were for happieness.
"Darien, I've never meant anything that I said either"
"Friends?" I asked.
"Friends." She agreed.
"Do you want to talk Serena?" I asked
This only brought more tears to her eyes, but this time for sorrow.
"Darien, I'm.just having some problems right now, please, can you just leave me alone for a while?" she asked, pleading in her puffy red eyes from crying.
"Sure Sere" I said, giving her a hug. She quickly returned it and buried her head into my chest. I took this as a liberty to rest my chin on her head and I began to stroke her hair. (After swimming, she just kept her hair down, like she had it)
"Darien?" she asked softly.
"Yes?" I asked, equally as soft. "Thanks"
Sooooooooooo, what do ya think? I know it's not much of a cliff hanger, but it took me four tries before I actually got this the way I liked it, 4 tries!!!!!!!!! PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LIKE IT, HATE IT, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!
"So, what should our little competition be?" I asked.
"Um, how about swimming?" Nephrite suggested.
"No, because Meatball Head here would get tired after a few minutes."
"Fine then, let's see who can hold their breath the longest then" Malachite suggested.
Darien and I looked at each other.
"It's fine with me" Darien stated.
"Same here" I replied.
"Anybody got a watch on?" asked Mina. "Oh wait, I do"
"Ok, Ames, you time." Raye said. "The rest of you watch for them when they come up."
Nodding their heads, Darien and I headed into the water. It was freezing!
"God its cold" I remarked.
"Well then Meatball Head, care to forfeit now?"
"In your dreams you moron"
"Ouch, I'm so hurt"
"Guys, stop arguing, save your breath for when you're under water!" shouted a very irritated Raye.
"Fine then, on my count" Zoisite stated. "One, two..three"
With that said, I dove underwater. I swam as low as I could go and sat there. Opening my eyes, I noticed that they didn't stink like they normally did when I opened them underwater. Concentrating, I saw two little fishes swimming by and we began to talk. (with her powers remember, she can talk to animals when she chooses)
Minutes passed and I still hadn't come up for air. I learned that the two fishes names I was talking to were Lamar (meaning sea or ocean) and Gautier (meaning form of water). They were brothers and were looking for 'mates'. They marveled in how I could talk to them.
'So, how come you can stay underwater for so long?' Lamar asked.
'Yea, I mean, most humans can only hold their breath for a few minutes at the most.'
That's when it hit me; I hadn't been up for air in minutes. Looking down, I noticed that my chest was moving up and down, the silver crystal around my neck gave a faint glow. 'I can breath underwater!' I exclaimed.
'Really, I've never met a human who could do that before' Lamar commented.
'Well, I just found out I could do it today to tell you the truth. I was told last night I could, but I completely forgot all about it.'
'Don't worry, I do that all the time' Gautier informed me.
This caused me to laugh.
~~~~~~~~Darien's POV~~~~~~~~~~
I ducked under water, swimming towards the bottom. I knew I could win this easily, I am after all the Prince of Earth, and water being an element of Earth, I was able to master it better than others. About five minutes later, or so I guessed, I couldn't take it any longer and came up for air. Looking around, I noticed Amy, Lita, Jedite, and Malachite waving to me. I swam back to shore, only to find that Serena was no where in sight.
"Hey guys, where's Serena?" I asked.
"Well, when you ducked under, we saw Serena swimming to the other side, so the other half of them are still over there." Amy explained.
"Dude, you must have so beaten Serena. You were under there for five minutes!" Jedite exclaimed.
"That means that you girls will be our personal servants for the rest of this trip." Malachite remarked.
"Yea, well, you don't know, Serena could still be down there" Lita shot back.
"Guys, let's not fight, let's just go find the others." I said.
Nodding their heads, we went to the other side of the beach. Upon reaching it, we noticed that Serena wasn't there.
"Hey guys" I said. "Where's Meatball Head? She's not crying because she lost it she?"
"For your information Darien, she's still down there" Raye said hotly.
"You're kidding!" I exclaimed.
"No Darien, she's right" Zoisite informed me.
"Wait, that means we lost" Jedite screamed.
"That means YOU guys are Serena's personal servants for the next couple days" Mina said happily.
"Great, just what I wanted" I answered.
Minutes passed and Serena still hadn't come up.
"Guys, I'm getting worried, it's been ten minutes and Serena still hasn't come back up" Amy said, worry shown in her voice.
"I know, you don't think she." Lita stopped, tears forming in her eyes.
"No, she's alive, I know she is" Raye responded, but you could tell she was worried.
"Maybe we should go look for her" Amy suggested.
"I don't think there will be any need, look!" pointed Nephrite.
There in the distance was Serena, swimming right towards us.
"Hey guys, did we win?" she asked, not noticing anyone else but the girls.
They all screamed and gave her a big hug.
"Girl, we were so worried" Lita said.
"Yea, how could you hold your breath that long anyways?" Amy asked.
"I don't know, must have gills" she replied.
"Serena we won, YOU WON!" shouted Mina.
~~~~~~~~~Serena's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~
'I won' my mind screamed.
Turning around, I faced Darien. "Well Darien, apparently we know who the stronger one is now, don't we"
"Just because it was some silly holding your breath contest doesn't me anything Meat."
"Ah-ah-ah!" I scolded. "Remember our little bet? The one that you promised you would never call me Meatball Head again AND the one that said you and your male friends over there would be our personal slave and never pull any more tricks on us, hmmm?"
Horror passed across Darien's face. Murder looks accompanied the faces of his friends. "So, what should I do first?" I asked the girls.
"Make them make you lunch" Lita suggested.
"Make them watch another chick flick" Mina urged.
"Tie them down and dress them as girls!" shouted Raye.
Amy remained quiet, I knew what she was thinking.
Looking at their faces, I saw horror written all over them. I knew that it was unfair the way I had won, and I didn't want to embarrass the guys, or worse yet, hurt their pride.
"Look, you guys, why don't you head back to the cabin. I'll let you know tonight what's going to happen" I said calmly.
The guys looked at me, mostly in shock, but nodded their heads and headed back to the cabin.
"So, what are you going to do?" Raye asked.
"I don't know, but I know one thing, it isn't fair that they have to be slaves, especially when it was Darien and my contest. The best thing I can do is let them off the hook from being our personal servants." I concluded.
"WHAT?!?!?!" was the cry of three outraged girls.
"I think you made a wise decision" Amy stated, the only one not to scream.
"Thank you Amy, but I do believe they owe us something though in it's place instead."
"Well Meatball Head, since you're backing out, what are you going to do?"
"Do you guys remember the game of Truth or Dare?" I asked.
********Later that night********** ~~~~~~Serena's POV~~~~~~(still)
"Ok, I know you guys have been avoiding me all day, but I've come to a conclusion" I stated.
Worry was on all of their faces, but I continued.
"I find that it was really unfair of saying you guys have to be my 'personal slaves', that's not right. So I decided that you don't have to be my slaves or anything like that for that matter.
Relief was clearly shown on all of their faces. "But since there was an agreement, something must be substituted in its place."
Worry was back on their faces, but it didn't matter. "There's no need to worry" I assured them, "it's only a game that you have to play instead."
Relief was back, but thought was on Zoisite's face. "What game would that be?" he asked.
"Have you ever heard of the game Truth or Dare?" Raye asked, sitting down next to me.
The nodded their heads yes.
"Well, that's what we're going to play" Mina finished.
"Fine by us" Jedite stated happily.
"Ok, who's going to go first.um I will!" Lita stated.
"Ok, Nephrite, truth or dare?"
"Dare"
"Ok, um, I dare you to..go stick your head down the toilet."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" he screamed.
"You choose dare and that's the dare" Jedite said in a sing-song voice.
"Fine, walking in to the bathroom, he came out seconds later with water dripping down from his hair and face.
"Ewwwww" was all that was said by the girls.
"Yea, fine, my turn" Nephrite said. "Zoisite, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth"
"Oh, you're no fun" Malachite commented.
"Fine, who do you have a crush on Zoi?"
Zoisite turned beat red at this question. He mumbled something not audible.
"What was that? I didn't hear you?" Nephrite said sweetly.
Turning even more red, he muttered "Amy"
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" came screaming from the girls. Amy was beat red too now.
"Fine, it's my turn." Zoisite said.
"Darien, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare, I feel like doing something."
"Well, umm, I umm, dare you ummm, that for the rest of the game, you ummm, you can only ask questions a girl would ask, like who's your boyfriend, what kind of lipstick do you use, etc."
"Your kidding!" he shouted.
"Sorry, Dare, that's the dare."
"Fine, Serena, truth or dare?"
Feeling a little insecure at the moment, not wanting to stick my head down the toilet, I said "Truth"
"Zoi, do I only get to ask girly questions?" he asked desperately.
"Yup, sorry Dare."
"Augh, fine, um, Serena, describe your first kiss"
I blushed at this. I hadn't been expecting something like that. I mean had been kissed before by Endymion, but still, that was in my past life, but still, it WAS my first kiss.
"Sorry Dare, Serena here hasn't been kissed yet." Lita said.
"Yea, she's miss innocent, you know the saying 'Sweet sixteen and never been kissed'" Mina filled in.
Finding my courage, I spoke. "Actually, I have been kissed before."
"WHAT?!?!?!" was the reply from all the girls.
"Yea, I've been kissed before"
"How come you never told us?!?!?!" screamed Raye.
"Come on, we want details!" Lita exclaimed.
"Well spill girl, we don't have all night!" screamed Mina.
Blushing I started. "Well, it was when I was fourteen. I was curious at the time about seeing new places, so I, ah, went exploring. Soon I found myself in a rose garden of some sort with pillars around me. I knew that this must be someone's private garden, so naturally when I heard footsteps coming, I hid behind one of the pillars. I was wearing a white dress that day, and while I was shifting about a little in my hiding spot, I stepped on a branch, causing it to snap, alerting the person in the garden that there was someone there. He came towards my direction, but didn't see me. I thought I was off the hook, but the wind had other plans. It blew at me, causing my dress to flair out and my hair too from behind the pillar. Of course, the guy saw this and came towards me, but I wasn't paying attention because the wind had blown my hair into the nearby rose bush and it was stuck there, so here I was, trying to get my hair undone from a rose bush and a stranger sneaking up behind me. Scaring me half to death he asked what I was doing there. I had by this time gotten my hair unstuck from the bush, I was about to explain to him my predicament when I turned around and came across the bluest eyes I had ever seen. They were deep blue, deeper than the darkest depths of the ocean. He was softer upon seeing me. He asked me again what I was doing here again. He explained that these were his private rose gardens and wanted to know how I got in. I really blushed furiously at this, causing him to laugh. The rest of the time, we spent getting to know one another. He was really sweet." Tears began to cloud my eyes, but I continued. "We found out that we came from two different worlds to put things simply. Before I left, after finding out where I was, he asked to see me again. I told him yes, and he bent down and kissed me gently on the lips." Tears were now spilling from my eyes. "We continued to see each other; our parents knew nothing of the entire thing. Soon, a terrible accident occurred" I was crying very hard now. "He, lost his memory, and didn't remember me any more or anything for that matter" Looking up, I brushed away my tears. "That was my first kiss."
I looked at the girls faces. "Serena, we had no idea."
"It's alright" I cut them off.
"Is that why you've been so sad and different lately?" asked Mina.
"Yea, that's been part of it, you've been remembering him?"
Looking at the guys, I noticed there expressions had changed.
"Serena, I'm sorry, if I would have known."
This caused even more tears in my eyes, causing me to cry harder.
"Darien, please don't say anything.please" I begged.
"Serena." he said, but I had gotten up and left. Entering my room, I slammed the door shut behind me and cried into my pillow on my bed.
~~~~~~~Darien's POV~~~~~~~~~
'What have I done?' my mind cried.
'How could I have brought her so much pain?'
All eyes were on me, wondering what to do next.
"You guys keep playing" I said, "I'm going to go talk to Serena"
With that I got up and went to Serena's room
Noticing the door was closed, I knocked. "Serena, please let me come in, I want to talk to you."
"Go away Darien" Serena replied.
Opening the door, I saw Serena crying into her pillow.
Looking up, she stared at me. "I thought I told you to go away." She cried.
"Yea you did, but I'm not leaving, I'm not your slave, remember?"
This brought I smile to her face, only to be replaced by tears again.
My heart wrenched. Why did it hurt so much to see her cry?
"Serena, please, don't' cry, tears, they don't suit you" I said, walking over and putting an arm on her back.
"Why Darien, why do you care now?" she sobbed.
"Serena, I've always cared"
"Really, you have a funny way of showing it then" she said sarcastically.
'I deserved that' my mind thought.
"Serena, I'm sorry for all that I've said to you, truth be told, I never meant it, I thought that it was the only way for me to talk to you without scaring you away, like I did with anyone else that I had gotten to close to, excluding of course Andrew, Mal, Neph, Jed, and Zoi."
She stopped crying and looked at me. "Do you really mean that Darien?" she asked.
I nodded my head. "Yes Serena, I really mean that."
Tears shown in her eyes again, but this time they were for happieness.
"Darien, I've never meant anything that I said either"
"Friends?" I asked.
"Friends." She agreed.
"Do you want to talk Serena?" I asked
This only brought more tears to her eyes, but this time for sorrow.
"Darien, I'm.just having some problems right now, please, can you just leave me alone for a while?" she asked, pleading in her puffy red eyes from crying.
"Sure Sere" I said, giving her a hug. She quickly returned it and buried her head into my chest. I took this as a liberty to rest my chin on her head and I began to stroke her hair. (After swimming, she just kept her hair down, like she had it)
"Darien?" she asked softly.
"Yes?" I asked, equally as soft. "Thanks"
Sooooooooooo, what do ya think? I know it's not much of a cliff hanger, but it took me four tries before I actually got this the way I liked it, 4 tries!!!!!!!!! PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LIKE IT, HATE IT, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!