"Darien?"
"What?" Darien asked coming back to reality where he had departed from earlier to retreat into his own thoughts. (A/N if your wonder what I just said I said that he just came out of his thoughts which he had been in for awhile.)
"Your quiet tonight. Ever since Mr. and Mrs. Moore left earlier so what's the matter with you?"
"Nothing Serena okay?"
"Apparently it is not okay with me since you're still acting nice to me."
"I called a truce remember."
"Do you believe that I expect it to be easy for you to be nice to me? Because I don't, what's wrong?"
Darien couldn't argue with her, she was right. He knew that she knew that he knew it but it wasn't the only reason he couldn't argue with her. 'Oh Serena do you know how much it hurts me to tease you all the time? Do you realize that your beauty could make the most beautiful of all goddess and princesses jealous?' (A/N now here something that you might not be ready for. * smiles *)
Darien's other thoughts that he has been arguing to (A/N it going to be represented using underline words. This way you can tell the difference): 'You know I really have got to stop thinking about this.'
'Yeah I know but she is the most beautiful girl the world is ever going to see. And I…' 'You what? Going to finally tell her how you feel''I…' But before Darien could argue more with himself he realized that Serena was waiting for an answer.
"Really Serena nothing wrong. It's just that I feel sad that I might have to interrupt Mr. and Mrs. Moore's Christmas."
"Maybe it would make you feel better if I say that you wouldn't be the only one to interrupt it."
"Yeah I have thought of that but you should be sad that you are not home with your family."
"Yeah I am but it's only Christmas. And what about yours?" Serena asked realizing that she knew almost nothing about Darien personally.
Darien looked into Serena's eyes for a moment but quickly looked away into the fire. "I don't have any family. My parents died when I was six and I have no known living relatives. Of course I wouldn't recognize them if I seen them because I don't remember anything tell after the car accident. I don't even remember the car accident, they told me about it when I was old enough to understand."
Serena looked at Darien in shock, she didn't really expect an answer to her question let along a huge one. She wanted to look Darien into his eyes and tell him how sorry she was. But she knew that he didn't want her pity. Instead she got off the chair she was sitting in and sat next to him. Laying her hand on Darien's arm she said, "I didn't know, I shouldn't have asked. It must hurt a lot and I didn't mean to re-open any closed wounds."
"Serena you didn't it's just that I don't remember them that hurts me. I mean almost all people can remember their parents even if they where put up for adoption. But I don't have any memories before waking one day in the hospital."
"It must be really hard for you. Is that why you act so mean to people? Is it because you can't remember really feeling loved?"
Darien stared at Serena in shock. 'How does she know?' "Why do you figure that?"
"Well most people are nice because they feel love from others while others are mean because they have never really felt love."
"I guess your right. But I do know that my mom loved me, and so did my dad. I am most likely mean to people because I afraid of something."
"Afraid that one day you will love someone but they won't love you in return." Serena whispered quietly.
"What did you say?"
"Oh nothing," right then Serena yawned.
Getting up, Darien said, "Well this is the couch you sleep on last night I see no point in making you sleep on the other couch that you are not use to.
"Thanks Darien."
After settling down on the couch with a blanket over her and a pillow under her head Serena asked, "Darien can you get me another blanket so that I don't freeze tonight?"
"Here have mine, I just go get another one for myself." Darien then got up and laid the blanket he had been using over Serena's small body.
"Thanks," Serena mumbled.
Nodding Darien walked out to the closet which they where told were extra blankets and grabbed one. He had just lain back down on his couch when he heard Serena say good night. "Good night Serena."
Serena could smell Darien sent all over the blanket, 'It smells so good.' Serena got lost in her thoughts before drifting off into a deep sleep. As she did drift into sleep she wonder if it had anything to do the good smell coming off the blanket.
Darien stared at the fire, listened to the flames and to Serena's breathing his thoughts from earlier back to argue with himself again. When he heard Serena's breathing leveled and he knew she was asleep only then did he let himself to fall into his own dreams of a princess calling out for him to help her.
A/N Who would have guessed that I had time to write 2 chapters today! Please review. I do hope you like this chapter. And thanks for all the reviews I have already gotten. The mean everything to me!