Author Notes: OMG!!! I'm sooooo sorry for not updating sooner, but
everything has been so crazy! I don't even think I remember what a bed
looks like anymore, I've been so busy. (Evil testing!! I HATE being a
sophomore!!) Well, now that I'm sitting here at my computer with my
Dunkachino I think I can write ya'll up a long chapter! ( much longer than
my normal ones anyway) Oh, last minute thought, there is something in this
part of the story that my friend Beth has been dying for me to put in here.
You'll see what it is! Ja! ( for now!)
Title: Something to Talk About
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: SailorBunBun@hotmail.com
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailormoon or any of its characters! I'm just borrowing them; I promise to give them back!! plays with little SM dolls
Chapter 5: Uh-oh!
Serena sighed as she scrounged yet again through the million papers infront of her. She didn't even hear the knock on her door, but her blonde cousin never did wait for an answer. "Serena!" Mina called in that singsong voice of hers, which caused the workaholic blonde to jump about 5 feet into the air.
"Mina!" Serena sighed, exasperated. She looked at her from over her silver framed glasses. "You scared me. What do you want?"
"Well, we're all going on a triple date tonight!" Mina chirped.
"Triple? Wait, wait. Who is this 'we'?"
"Andrew and I, your mom and dad, and then you and Darien are going," Mina explained. "We made reservations a few months ago."
"Months ago? You've had this planned for months?!" Serena shook her head in disbelief. "Fine. I suppose I have to dress nice for the occasion?"
"Yeah," Mina mumbled, nervously. She smiled crookedly before turning and leaving the room in record time. Serena's fake angry face grew into a smile. It had been 5 days and everyone believed Darien and her were head over heals for each other. Serena's plan was working beautifully. And 2 days after her and Darien left the mansion, they planned the 'break off'. But, as Serena wasn't having any problems with the set up, Darien was. When he crawled into bed at night, he couldn't help but think about Serena. He found her beautiful and sometimes thought that he was really falling in love with her. But, he shot that idea down because he realized that he was just a lonely person and that Serena was just the closest available female. So, no, he didn't love her.
He sighed again as he realized his mind was wandering instead of paying attention to the medical report infront of him. He then looked at the door when he heard a light knock. "Come in," he called, scratching some more on his report. He looked up in time to see Serena's head appear.
"Hello," she chirped, walking in and closing the door. "Guessy whatie?"
"Whatie?" Darien answered as he smiled and pulled off his reading glasses.
"Mina and my mother made plans for tonight. We're going to that really expensive French restaurant downtown, so dress nice!" Serena chided. She was positively beaming. 'My plan couldn't be going any better! This is great!' Serena mused, absolutely bursting with enthusiasm.
"Um, Serena?" Darien questioned, nervously. Serena's head popped up as she fell out of her thoughts. "We have a problem."
"What's that?" Serena asked, tilting her head in curiosity.
"I don't know how to dance," Darien blushed, looking to the floor in embarrassment.
"So, where do my hands go again?" Darien asked, looking quite confused.
"Darien!" Serena sighed. They had been at this for a couple of hours. They started after lunch, so it was about 3 o'clock. They were leaving at 6, which left Serena's time to get ready cut short. Darien had never learned how to dance, but by the way he was now dancing, he fooled Serena into believing otherwise. Now if only he could remember what to do! "I can't believe this! You have a Ph.D. for crying out loud!"
"Sorry," Darien mumbled, blushing. 'I would be doing fine if she didn't smell so good!" he thought, shaking his head. "I'm sorry Serena. I'm trying to concentrate, but I guess it's this vacation thing. I can't wait for it to be over."
"It's okay," she sighed again. "It's okay.... Come here." Darien got up from the misplaced chair and stood infront of Serena. She took his right hand and placed it on her hip as she put her left hand on his shoulder. She then took his left hand and placed her right on in it. "Left hand in my right and right hand on my hip. Got it so far?" (AN: blink, blink I have no idea what I'M DOING!! See, I really don't know how to dance! Yes, you may all laugh at me now! bows)
"Yeah," Darien nodded in conformation.
"Good," Serena muttered, leaning over and turning on the stereo. A soft waltz came out of the speakers and Serena turned back to Darien. "You know what the tempo is so you have to find it and move to it in threes. One, two, three.....One, two, three.....One, two, three.....that's good."
They were swaying in sync together with the music. Darien's eyes were glued to the floor, at his feet.
"What did I say about head?" Serena asked, a smiled playing at the corners of her lips.
"Head up," he said, pulling his eyes up from the floor.
"Don't worry, Dare," Serena said, smiling at him. She reached over and turned off the music. "You'll be fine. And besides, we might not even have to dance." She smiled one last time at him before walking out the door. Darien sighed and plopped back down in the chair.
"I hope so, Serena. I hope so," he muttered to the empty room.
Serena smiled at her reflection in the mirror. He blonde curls were pulled back in a clip and blonde twisties were pouring over the top in a waterfall of blonde. She had on black mascara, brining out her crystal blue eyes. A little blush and lip gloss were only there for effect. The black dress she was wearing reached to the floor without her heels, which made her a whole two inches taller. The dress had a square collar, which wasn't too low-cut, and 1 1/2 inch straps for it was sleeveless. It clung to her slim figure until it reached her hips. It rolled off loosely and there was a slit on the right side leading up to just above the knee.
She though she looked wonderful. She also smelled of vanilla, one of her many favorite smells. She walked out of her bathroom and to her closet. She pulled out her long black dress jacket and put it on. She then wandered around the room and shut off all the lights before walking out the door into the hallway.
She tapped on the door across the hall and received a disgruntled, "Come in!" Serena smiled and shook her head as she stepped into the dimly lit room.
"Are you ready?" she called and received a frustrated grunt. "I'll take that as a no," she giggled. Serena wandered through the guest room and into the bathroom to see Darien struggling with his tie. She shook her head and stifled a laugh in-hopes that Darien's anger wouldn't be directed at her.
"Are you laughing at me?" he asked. "I see nothing amusing about this!"
"But you just reminded me of Sammy!" she laughed. "When he was really little, we had to go to a wedding and he was forced to wear a tie. He couldn't get it on, so I had to tie it for him. When we were getting out of the car, Sammy accidentally closed his tie into the door. He ended up ripping it and we couldn't get the rest of it off. We ended up having to cut him out. From then on he refused to wear ties." Serena was laughing so hard, that she looked as though she was going to cry. She sobered up and cleared her throat when she saw she was angering Darien further. "Guess you had to be there," she said, sheepishly. "Okay, okay. Come here, I'll help you."
Darien walked over to her and sighed as she tied his tie for him. "Thank you," he said when she finished. He walked back to the mirror in the bathroom. "I'll meet you downstairs," he called through the bathroom door that she had closed behind herself.
"Okay!" she called back. Serena sighed and walked out the door, closing it behind herself. She wandered through the halls and went down all three flights of stairs with a click-click noise in every step. As soon as she walked through the door into the front foyer, Serena was wrapped into a warm hug. "Wha-?"
"I'm so happy you finally someone, Serena," Ilene sighed into Serena's shoulder, squeezing her daughter. "You have no idea what this means to me."
"Yeah," Serena muttered. "Actually, I do have an idea of what this means to you." 'Can I really smatter her hopes? Wait, what am I saying? If I don't end it, then...do I love him?' Serena pondered, not hearing her mother's response.
"Are we ready to go?" Darien asked, stepping out into the front foyer. Serena nodded as her mother released her from her hug. Serena reached out and gripped Darien's warm hand in her cold one. They followed the two married couples out of the door, closing it behind themselves.
The car ride was silent and nobody really said anything to one another until after they ordered their meals. Andrew and Mina left off to dance and Ken and Ilene not too far afterwards. Darien scooted his chair closer to Serena's so they could talk. "You look nice," Darien complimented after a few moments of silence.
"All part of the plan," Serena replied, looking out at the dancing couples as she hid a small blush. Sure, she put a lot of work into looking for tonight, but just the thought that Darien noticed that she worked hard to look good made her feel almost like a lovesick 15 year old. She sighed as she realized she was reverting back to the teenager she once was.
"You want to dance?" Darien asked, pulling Serena out of her thoughts and back down to Earth.
"Yes, of course," she said, standing up. Darien stood also and took her hand as he lead her out onto the dance floor. "Now, don't worry," she replied, turning to face him. "Just remember earlier."
"I remember," he muttered, taking her hands in his. He began to move to the tempo of the waltz. Serena smiled at him every once and awhile as they danced. She would also mumbled a few "Good, good"s, but overall she seemed pretty distracted. And she was.
A few minutes after they had started dancing, Serena had spotted her high school sweetheart, Benjamin Michael Sawyer. He was the 6 ft., brown haired, green eyed captain of the football team in high school. But, despite what Serena believed in high school, Ben was not the ideal person she was looking for. (AN: Hai sensei-Beth, bows. Here comes the line you requested) She knew she was looking for the perfect gentleman. You know, the helping-you-with-your-coat-open-doors-pull-out-chairs-and-stand-up-when- you-leave-the-table kinda guy(AN: that was hard to type!! You try it!!). But, they were so rare that she gave up looking a long time ago. And because she seemed to give up, Ilene Davidson decided to step in. Yes, that's what started this whole dating mess.
'Please don't see me. Please don't see me,' Serena thought, staring at her ex-boyfriend. Almost like faith, Ben saw her and he excused himself from the people he was talking to. 'Oh, no! He's coming this way. Pretend he's not there. Maybe he'll disappear,' Serena hoped, squeezing her eyes shut.
"Serena? Serena Davidson?" the curious brunette asked. Serena opened one eye as Darien turned to look at Ben.
"O-M-G!! Mikey?!" Serena said, faking surprise and excitement.
"It *is* you!" Ben replied, pulling the petit blonde into a hug. Serena returned it awkwardly. "You look great! What have you been up to all these years?"
"I guess growing up. Where have you been?" Serena looked at Darien from the hug Ben had her in. She mouthed, 'Sorry, high school boyfriend,' which caused Darien to roll his eyes.
"You look like I just saw you yesterday, except more beautiful," Ben said, releasing her some, but with his arms still encircling her waist. Ben finally noticed Darien. "Who's this young man? Married are we?"
"This is Darien," Serena answered, blushing furiously as she shook her head. Darien and Ben shook hands. "He's a friend, Mikey. Me, married? Hah!"
"Then, he won't mind when I steal you from him for awhile, angel," Ben responded, releasing Serena completely only to hold her hand protectively.
"I guess it would be okay," Serena stated, glancing at Darien. Ben began to gently lead her away from him. As she began to walk away, she turned slightly back to look at him. She mouthed, 'Bye,' and waved before turning back around.
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That's it for chapter 5!! Stay tuned for Chapter 6: A World of Roses.....Darien has a revelation as Serena drifts farther away from him and they return back home. The office notices a very different perspective about Darien, but does it have to do with the revelation? Well, see ya'll later!! Ja mata ne! ~KaBunny
Title: Something to Talk About
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: SailorBunBun@hotmail.com
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailormoon or any of its characters! I'm just borrowing them; I promise to give them back!! plays with little SM dolls
Chapter 5: Uh-oh!
Serena sighed as she scrounged yet again through the million papers infront of her. She didn't even hear the knock on her door, but her blonde cousin never did wait for an answer. "Serena!" Mina called in that singsong voice of hers, which caused the workaholic blonde to jump about 5 feet into the air.
"Mina!" Serena sighed, exasperated. She looked at her from over her silver framed glasses. "You scared me. What do you want?"
"Well, we're all going on a triple date tonight!" Mina chirped.
"Triple? Wait, wait. Who is this 'we'?"
"Andrew and I, your mom and dad, and then you and Darien are going," Mina explained. "We made reservations a few months ago."
"Months ago? You've had this planned for months?!" Serena shook her head in disbelief. "Fine. I suppose I have to dress nice for the occasion?"
"Yeah," Mina mumbled, nervously. She smiled crookedly before turning and leaving the room in record time. Serena's fake angry face grew into a smile. It had been 5 days and everyone believed Darien and her were head over heals for each other. Serena's plan was working beautifully. And 2 days after her and Darien left the mansion, they planned the 'break off'. But, as Serena wasn't having any problems with the set up, Darien was. When he crawled into bed at night, he couldn't help but think about Serena. He found her beautiful and sometimes thought that he was really falling in love with her. But, he shot that idea down because he realized that he was just a lonely person and that Serena was just the closest available female. So, no, he didn't love her.
He sighed again as he realized his mind was wandering instead of paying attention to the medical report infront of him. He then looked at the door when he heard a light knock. "Come in," he called, scratching some more on his report. He looked up in time to see Serena's head appear.
"Hello," she chirped, walking in and closing the door. "Guessy whatie?"
"Whatie?" Darien answered as he smiled and pulled off his reading glasses.
"Mina and my mother made plans for tonight. We're going to that really expensive French restaurant downtown, so dress nice!" Serena chided. She was positively beaming. 'My plan couldn't be going any better! This is great!' Serena mused, absolutely bursting with enthusiasm.
"Um, Serena?" Darien questioned, nervously. Serena's head popped up as she fell out of her thoughts. "We have a problem."
"What's that?" Serena asked, tilting her head in curiosity.
"I don't know how to dance," Darien blushed, looking to the floor in embarrassment.
"So, where do my hands go again?" Darien asked, looking quite confused.
"Darien!" Serena sighed. They had been at this for a couple of hours. They started after lunch, so it was about 3 o'clock. They were leaving at 6, which left Serena's time to get ready cut short. Darien had never learned how to dance, but by the way he was now dancing, he fooled Serena into believing otherwise. Now if only he could remember what to do! "I can't believe this! You have a Ph.D. for crying out loud!"
"Sorry," Darien mumbled, blushing. 'I would be doing fine if she didn't smell so good!" he thought, shaking his head. "I'm sorry Serena. I'm trying to concentrate, but I guess it's this vacation thing. I can't wait for it to be over."
"It's okay," she sighed again. "It's okay.... Come here." Darien got up from the misplaced chair and stood infront of Serena. She took his right hand and placed it on her hip as she put her left hand on his shoulder. She then took his left hand and placed her right on in it. "Left hand in my right and right hand on my hip. Got it so far?" (AN: blink, blink I have no idea what I'M DOING!! See, I really don't know how to dance! Yes, you may all laugh at me now! bows)
"Yeah," Darien nodded in conformation.
"Good," Serena muttered, leaning over and turning on the stereo. A soft waltz came out of the speakers and Serena turned back to Darien. "You know what the tempo is so you have to find it and move to it in threes. One, two, three.....One, two, three.....One, two, three.....that's good."
They were swaying in sync together with the music. Darien's eyes were glued to the floor, at his feet.
"What did I say about head?" Serena asked, a smiled playing at the corners of her lips.
"Head up," he said, pulling his eyes up from the floor.
"Don't worry, Dare," Serena said, smiling at him. She reached over and turned off the music. "You'll be fine. And besides, we might not even have to dance." She smiled one last time at him before walking out the door. Darien sighed and plopped back down in the chair.
"I hope so, Serena. I hope so," he muttered to the empty room.
Serena smiled at her reflection in the mirror. He blonde curls were pulled back in a clip and blonde twisties were pouring over the top in a waterfall of blonde. She had on black mascara, brining out her crystal blue eyes. A little blush and lip gloss were only there for effect. The black dress she was wearing reached to the floor without her heels, which made her a whole two inches taller. The dress had a square collar, which wasn't too low-cut, and 1 1/2 inch straps for it was sleeveless. It clung to her slim figure until it reached her hips. It rolled off loosely and there was a slit on the right side leading up to just above the knee.
She though she looked wonderful. She also smelled of vanilla, one of her many favorite smells. She walked out of her bathroom and to her closet. She pulled out her long black dress jacket and put it on. She then wandered around the room and shut off all the lights before walking out the door into the hallway.
She tapped on the door across the hall and received a disgruntled, "Come in!" Serena smiled and shook her head as she stepped into the dimly lit room.
"Are you ready?" she called and received a frustrated grunt. "I'll take that as a no," she giggled. Serena wandered through the guest room and into the bathroom to see Darien struggling with his tie. She shook her head and stifled a laugh in-hopes that Darien's anger wouldn't be directed at her.
"Are you laughing at me?" he asked. "I see nothing amusing about this!"
"But you just reminded me of Sammy!" she laughed. "When he was really little, we had to go to a wedding and he was forced to wear a tie. He couldn't get it on, so I had to tie it for him. When we were getting out of the car, Sammy accidentally closed his tie into the door. He ended up ripping it and we couldn't get the rest of it off. We ended up having to cut him out. From then on he refused to wear ties." Serena was laughing so hard, that she looked as though she was going to cry. She sobered up and cleared her throat when she saw she was angering Darien further. "Guess you had to be there," she said, sheepishly. "Okay, okay. Come here, I'll help you."
Darien walked over to her and sighed as she tied his tie for him. "Thank you," he said when she finished. He walked back to the mirror in the bathroom. "I'll meet you downstairs," he called through the bathroom door that she had closed behind herself.
"Okay!" she called back. Serena sighed and walked out the door, closing it behind herself. She wandered through the halls and went down all three flights of stairs with a click-click noise in every step. As soon as she walked through the door into the front foyer, Serena was wrapped into a warm hug. "Wha-?"
"I'm so happy you finally someone, Serena," Ilene sighed into Serena's shoulder, squeezing her daughter. "You have no idea what this means to me."
"Yeah," Serena muttered. "Actually, I do have an idea of what this means to you." 'Can I really smatter her hopes? Wait, what am I saying? If I don't end it, then...do I love him?' Serena pondered, not hearing her mother's response.
"Are we ready to go?" Darien asked, stepping out into the front foyer. Serena nodded as her mother released her from her hug. Serena reached out and gripped Darien's warm hand in her cold one. They followed the two married couples out of the door, closing it behind themselves.
The car ride was silent and nobody really said anything to one another until after they ordered their meals. Andrew and Mina left off to dance and Ken and Ilene not too far afterwards. Darien scooted his chair closer to Serena's so they could talk. "You look nice," Darien complimented after a few moments of silence.
"All part of the plan," Serena replied, looking out at the dancing couples as she hid a small blush. Sure, she put a lot of work into looking for tonight, but just the thought that Darien noticed that she worked hard to look good made her feel almost like a lovesick 15 year old. She sighed as she realized she was reverting back to the teenager she once was.
"You want to dance?" Darien asked, pulling Serena out of her thoughts and back down to Earth.
"Yes, of course," she said, standing up. Darien stood also and took her hand as he lead her out onto the dance floor. "Now, don't worry," she replied, turning to face him. "Just remember earlier."
"I remember," he muttered, taking her hands in his. He began to move to the tempo of the waltz. Serena smiled at him every once and awhile as they danced. She would also mumbled a few "Good, good"s, but overall she seemed pretty distracted. And she was.
A few minutes after they had started dancing, Serena had spotted her high school sweetheart, Benjamin Michael Sawyer. He was the 6 ft., brown haired, green eyed captain of the football team in high school. But, despite what Serena believed in high school, Ben was not the ideal person she was looking for. (AN: Hai sensei-Beth, bows. Here comes the line you requested) She knew she was looking for the perfect gentleman. You know, the helping-you-with-your-coat-open-doors-pull-out-chairs-and-stand-up-when- you-leave-the-table kinda guy(AN: that was hard to type!! You try it!!). But, they were so rare that she gave up looking a long time ago. And because she seemed to give up, Ilene Davidson decided to step in. Yes, that's what started this whole dating mess.
'Please don't see me. Please don't see me,' Serena thought, staring at her ex-boyfriend. Almost like faith, Ben saw her and he excused himself from the people he was talking to. 'Oh, no! He's coming this way. Pretend he's not there. Maybe he'll disappear,' Serena hoped, squeezing her eyes shut.
"Serena? Serena Davidson?" the curious brunette asked. Serena opened one eye as Darien turned to look at Ben.
"O-M-G!! Mikey?!" Serena said, faking surprise and excitement.
"It *is* you!" Ben replied, pulling the petit blonde into a hug. Serena returned it awkwardly. "You look great! What have you been up to all these years?"
"I guess growing up. Where have you been?" Serena looked at Darien from the hug Ben had her in. She mouthed, 'Sorry, high school boyfriend,' which caused Darien to roll his eyes.
"You look like I just saw you yesterday, except more beautiful," Ben said, releasing her some, but with his arms still encircling her waist. Ben finally noticed Darien. "Who's this young man? Married are we?"
"This is Darien," Serena answered, blushing furiously as she shook her head. Darien and Ben shook hands. "He's a friend, Mikey. Me, married? Hah!"
"Then, he won't mind when I steal you from him for awhile, angel," Ben responded, releasing Serena completely only to hold her hand protectively.
"I guess it would be okay," Serena stated, glancing at Darien. Ben began to gently lead her away from him. As she began to walk away, she turned slightly back to look at him. She mouthed, 'Bye,' and waved before turning back around.
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That's it for chapter 5!! Stay tuned for Chapter 6: A World of Roses.....Darien has a revelation as Serena drifts farther away from him and they return back home. The office notices a very different perspective about Darien, but does it have to do with the revelation? Well, see ya'll later!! Ja mata ne! ~KaBunny