Sweet-Usako- allo! I'm back with another chapter and for sure another cliffy! (Audience: throws food) Awww.I'm sorry, but I just love writing cliffhangers! It adds more suspense to my story, and it makes it more exciting! Anyways, I want to thank all the people that reviewed! I really appreciate it! And I also want to thank Sweet-Thang for editing my chapter and making them better! Well, on with the story, I know you're all dying to read it!! ::wink:: j/kz!

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Memories of the Past Chapter Seven

"Let's go to." Serena started. She looked around at her female friends; they all nodded their heads in agreement. "Miami!" they all said together and burst out laughing! The guys just stared at the girls for a moment looking like they're in a trance or something and snapped themselves out of it. (A/N: guess what they're thinking in their 'perverted' head of theirs?)

You can almost see drool coming out from Chad's mouth! An image of 'his' Rei with a red bikini entered his perverted mind. 'wow, this is like a dream! If it is, I never want to wake up!' He thought. Rei had to give him a light punch to snap him out of it. From the look on his face, it wasn't anything anyone wants to know.

"All right! We're going to have one hell of a time there baby!" Chad said, putting his arm around Rei's waist. Make that almost had his arm around her. She stepped away before he could. "Do we get to share a room?" He asked eagerly.

"NOT EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS BUDDY!" Rei screamed at him, blushing like mad. She felt somewhat embarrassed. How could her 'boyfriend' say something like that in front of everybody, and in front of all her friends too! But she knew he was.joking around.

"We have no problem sharing a room, right honey?" Andrew said, hoping Mina wouldn't have anything against them sharing a room. Mina just gave him a smile and nodded her head. 'Of course I wouldn't mind!' Mina thought.

Serena grinned. "What kind of a question is that Andy? Of course she wouldn't mind! After all, you two would be married soon!" Serena teased. She knew Mina 'secretly' wished that Andrew would ask her. She felt so happy for her friends. They all have their own lovers, and her? She hasn't even gotten her first kiss yet! But she liked her life just the way it is. She got her family, and she has some awesome friends. She has Seiya, who is like a brother to her. What more can a girl ask for? Although she had everything, yet she couldn't help but to feel lonely sometimes. She'd feel, incomplete, and she'd wish that, someday, someone would fill that hole in her heart for her.

She was pulled out of her thoughts when Darien shook her lightly. "Earth to Sere! Hello! A penny for your thoughts?" he chuckled. 'wonder what she was thinking about.better have nothing to do with that Soya guy!' He thought, frowning at the thought of Serena and Seiya together. He didn't know why he was so protective when she's around Seiya.

'Maybe its because you don't want anyone but you being close to Serena?' the annoying voice came in.

'I don't know what you're talking about! I feel no such thing! And.this is really a bad time to talk to myself, I just snapped Sere out of hers, and now me? Oh god.I'm loosing my mind!'

'No you're not! And.a piece of advice to you, stop denying it to yourself! Just let your heart take over for once! Stop being so stubborn!'

'La la la.not listening! Now go away!' Darien scowled.

"Now it's your turn to be thinking! Wow, everyone seems to be thinking a lot today! Anyways, glad you're back Darien!" Serena beamed, wondered what Darien was thinking about.

"Well, Lita and I have no problem sharing a room!" Ken started, looking at Lita lovingly. They heard Chad saying: get a room you two! "We will be! We're going to be sharing a room won't we?" Everyone laughed.

"We don't have a problem either!" Greg jumped in. Why is it that the guys are the ones saying all this? Well, maybe it's because the girls are too shy to say anything. That leaves Serena, Rei, and Chad.

"Well, I guess I'll be rooming with you Rei since you said you didn't want to share a room with your boyfriend there." Serena said, suppressing a laugh. Rei just nodded while Chad wined about not sharing a room with Rei. Darien just laughed at the two of them.

"Maybe if you controlled your 'wondering' hands a bit, Rei might have shared a room with you. But.it's too late now!" Darien teased, loving every moment of it. Chad just sends Darien a death glare.

"Well I can't help it!" was what he said. "Please Rei!! I'll miss you so much! You can't torture me like this!" Chad begged, giving Rei the puppy- eyes. Rei tried to ignore those eyes of his. But failed miserably. She turned to Serena, looking apologetically and Serena understood instantly. She silently told Rei that it was ok, and she smiled back.

The whole time Chad watched the two of them exchange looks. Finally Rei turned to him. "Fine, but only if you keep your hands to yourself and keep your mind out of the gutter." She warned.

"DONE!" Chad screamed for joy, giving Darien his triumph look. Darien just smirked. 'Yeah, like that's ever going to happen.the day Chad stops groping Rei will be the day hell freezes over and pigs grew wings and fly.

^_______________^ (on the airplane)

It was pretty obvious that the couples would be sitting together, leaving Serena and Darien beside each other. But they don't mind, since they're close friends and all. They chatted about Mina and Andrew for a while and went on to something else.

"Sere, you seriously haven't been on a date yet?" Darien asked, shocked. How could someone like Serena, not date? That's just not.possible. She's definitely got good looks; anyone would die for a figure like her. 'How could anyone resist her? I mean.just look at her!' Darien thought, but soon after, he scowled at himself for even going there, thinking about Serena like that. 'Have to stop thinking like that! Sere and I are just friends!'

"Nope. Well, I mean guys asked me out before, but I turned them down." She explained. "And well, if I haven't even been on a date, I sure haven't got to kissing!" Serena joked. "But even though if I've been kissed, I wouldn't change a thing at Mina's party!"

Darien mocked hurt, putting both hands over his chest. "So you mean, you still would've slapped me? How cruel!" He said, wiping an invisible tear. Serena giggled at his actions.

"Yup! Too bad there wasn't any picture of me slapping you! It really would come in handy sometimes!" She said with an evil glint in her eyes.

"Yeah right! And have you blackmailing me? I don't think so Sere!" Darien said, reading her mind. "But, I hope you find your special someone soon!" She muttered a soft 'thank you' and fell asleep on his shoulder. 'I'm just lending her a shoulder to lean on! That's all.means nothing.' with that last thought, he fell asleep, using her head as his pillow. Neither one of them noticed the flash of light in front of them.(A/N: wonder what that 'flash' is?)

Darien woke up a few hours later. He felt something warm or rather.someone cuddled up beside him. He looked down to see who it was and found Serena there, still sleeping peacefully, looking like an angel. He suddenly blushed at the thought of them in a position like this. This was what couples usually do, not friends. That was how Darien felt about it anyway. He brushed a few strands of hair behind Serena's ears. 'She looks so beautiful when she sleeps. No, she's beautiful either way, asleep or awake.' Darien thought.

He didn't know why he was feeling this way about Serena. He didn't know what he felt for Serena. All he knows is that, she makes him feel like no other could. She makes him feel warm inside when she's with him. She makes him feel.

He couldn't complete the thought. By completing that thought would mean admitting the truth, and he didn't want to admit it. He shouldn't be thinking thoughts like this. It seems like every time, he takes one step to admitting the truth, he falls ten steps back.

'She makes you feel complete.' The annoying voice in his head said. 'Just admit it!'

'Never!'

Serena stirred a little beside him. She opened one eye to see where she was. Then she felt someone beside her. She looked up and saw Darien, deep in thought with a frown on his face. 'Darien!' She opened her eyes completely and regained her composure. She felt a blush coming but she wouldn't allow it.

"Hey Dare.sorry for using you like a pillow!" Serena apologized, sounding a little shy. She mentally kicked herself for sleeping on Darien. He just gave her a smile and mumbled, "It's ok." They stayed in silent for a wile after that.

"Oh! You two are finally awake!" Mina chirped, giving them an 'I- know- something- and- you- don't look'. Andrew smiled inwardly beside her. "You guys woke up just in time! We're going to land in about 5 minutes!" She informed them.

Serena groaned. She hated when the plane is about to land or goes up in air. It does funny things to her ears. Darien chucked at her expression. He passed her a gum. "Here, chew this.I hate that feeling too!" Serena thanked him and put the gum in her mouth.

"You're not trying to poison me with this gum are you Darien?" Serena asked jokingly. Darien just rolled his eyes.

"Yes I put poison on it, I want you to die so badly!" He said, his voice dripping of sarcasm. Serena mocked her 'devastated' look.

"I never knew I was so.so.unwanted by you!" She pretended to sob, making a horrible, fake cry. "Oh whatever should I do?" She asked, looking at Darien who just rolled his eyes once again.

"Do nothing because I don't want you dead! And you're not unwanted! If I really was to kill you, I wouldn't use poison." Darien said. Serena arched her eyebrows. Darien just smiled sweetly at her. "I would torture you.slowly and painfully." Serena let out a yelp.

"I don't believe you Darien! Who are you and where have you taken my friend Darien?" She asked, while Darien mouthed 'I'm here'. "You're so evil!"

Darien just laughed. "I'm just joking Sere! I would never do such a thing to you! Well, maybe tickle you to death! Joking!" Darien said, still laughing. 'Can't believe she actually believed me. She's so gullible'

Serena just shook her head. She had something else to worry about when the plane landed. 'Ohhh.Darien is not going to like this one bit..' She thought. (A/N: *gasp* what's going to happen? Why wouldn't Darien like the trip?)

^_______________^

"MOP HEAD! YOU DO THAT ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL HAVE YOUR HANDS CHOPPED OFF!" Rei screamed. Chad just gave her an innocent look. Seeing the look on his face only adds more anger. She stormed off to get her luggage. Chad quickly went after her, knowing that he'd gone too far this time. Even though he acted so perverted, actually he was perverted, but inside he really cares deeply for her. You can see it in his eyes when he confessed to her that day. Never had all his friends saw such seriousness in him. Usually he just goofed around and didn't care about anything.

"Why can't he just act like a normal boyfriend for once?" Amy asked. She didn't know how Rei could put up with Chad for this long. If it were her, she'd have gone crazy. But, love does weird things to people. You just can't help whom you fall in love with. Doesn't matter how they look, how they dress, or how they act. If you fall in love, you fall in love.

"Nah.don't mind him. He's just like that. At least we know he truly loves her. And at least he doesn't go groping every girl he sees anymore!" Greg said, bringing Amy closer to him.

"Yeah! He's lucky! If he gropes other girls while going out with my friend, he's dead meat!" Lita said, punching her hands together. Ken brought his hands up to hers and captured it in his palm. Ken bent down to her ears and whispered, "you gota control your own hands love." Lita only blushed at his gesture.

After Rei and Chad sorted out their argument, the group got their luggage and made their way towards the exit. Darien noticed how tensed Serena was. "Sere, relax! Its vacation remember?"

Serena looked at him nervously. "Darien.I-I need to tell you something." Serena started. Darien just gave her a blank look, and than telling her to go on. "Well.um."

"What is it Sere? Just spill already! I hate it when you do that!" Darien asked impatiently. Oh, was he in for an, unpleasant surprise. Serena said nothing and just continued looking at him. "Wait.don't tell me you're going to propose to me!" Darien joked. Serena just rolled her eyes.

"God.don't even think about it! Who wants to marry you anyways?" She joked. Darien just gave her a sad puppy eyes look. "You're so juvenile Darien!"

"No way! You're the juvenile one here! With those meatballs of yours!" Darien said, with a smile. "So what were you going to tell me?"

"Never mind, you'll find out when you get there." Serena said, didn't have the guts to tell Darien. He just eyed her suspiciously. They walked through the airport automatic doors, and there.stood.

Sweet-Usako- muhahahahahahah!! Another cliffy!! I'm so sorry guys! But I love writing cliffys! Ok, so who was standing outside the doors? You can send me your guesses! Humm.who or what could it be?! Well, read the next chappie to find out! Toodles!