Sweet-Usako: Hey everyone! I'm finally updating this story eh!? Took me long enough. Sorry for the long delay. I've been sort of avoiding this story. Lolz…I guess you can say that I came down with the deadly disease for us authors…it's called…the 'Writer's Block'. (background music: dun dun dun!) hehez…ok…I'll be serious now. Not only that, I didn't know how to continue, so yes I was kind of in a tight spot there. But I've figured it out now. And guess what? I'm happy, and sad to announce that in a couple of chapters…possibly 2 or 3 will be the ending of this story! It's been around for…quite a while now…I've never planned to go on this long, so yes it'll be ending soon. Thanks for everyone who reviewed and supported me! Anyways, I'll stop making you guys wait now. On with the chapter and one step closer to the GRAND…ending. LOLZ..*muah*

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon…but I do own this story and this plot line! ^.

Recap from Last chapter:

'What kind of a brother/friend am I?' He thought and punched the bed out of frustration. Then it hit him.

She's in love…

Memories of the Past

Chapter Twelve: He did WHAT?

He was staring off into space again. He had locked himself in his apartment for exactly a week now! Exactly a week since that day…the day that had ruined his life…

*Flashback*

Darien started to get worried now. He had been running around campus for at least half an hour now, and still no sign of the blond- haired beauty! She was suppose be meet him an hour ago! They were planning on going to their special spot to watch the sun- set together! They've been doing that, ever since forever! Ok…maybe he was exaggerating a bit…but they've been doing that since they came back from their summer vacation. That was three months ago! So now, it's sort of became a tradition for them to watch the sun- set together.

Don't get me wrong though, just because they watch the sun- set together, and that they secretly head-over-heals for each other, doesn't mean they're going out. Oh no…they're far from that! But hey, they have no one else to blame except for themselves. Both too stubborn to say anything or make the first move. Even their friends gave up on setting them up. They tried, attempted numerous of times to get those too stubborn-heads together, but failed every time. So, now it's up to the two to take it to the next step.

Darien passed by a group of girls and they started giggling and flashing their pretty eyelashes at him. He gave them a small smile and continued looking for his 'friend'. Yup, things haven't changed much since high school. Girls still find him 'hot' and still threw themselves at him whenever he's near. But of course he wasn't interested in any of them. We all know he has his eyes set on a certain 'meatball- head'.

Speaking of the blond angel, he stopped dead in his tracks when he spotted her with a nerdy looking guy, obviously having a very good time with him. He growled. Everybody watch out…the jealous side of Darien is about to emerge! Darien walked towards them and tapped Serena on the shoulder. He told Serena to step back and she gave him confused looks but did as she was told.

Darien walked up to the guy, and punched him sending him sprawling on the floor. Serena stared at Darien like he was mad. She quickly made her way to the guy on the floor, helping him up.

"Oh my god…Melvin, are you ok? I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over him to do such a thing to you!" Serena exclaimed, feeling guilty. She hadn't seen Melvin for ages and then, when she finally sees her friend again, after a long time, he gets punched.

Melvin put his hands over his nose, trying to top the blood from coming out. He gave her a weak smile. "It's ok Serena…I…I better go now...bye!" he gave her a small hug and walked away…rather fast.

"Ok, SAY HI TO MOLLY FOR ME!" she yelled and heard an 'I will' from him. She sighed. What a nice way to get together with an old friend! She turned back to Darien sharply, and glared at him. He too, glared back at her.

"Why'd you do that for? We were just talking! Do you know how much I've missed my old friends? Now that I finally got to see one of them, you come and welcomed him with a frigging punch!" She was screaming now. She has never been angrier, and upset in her whole life!

Darien was speechless. So that guy was her 'old' friend…oops? But that still doesn't changed the fact that she had left him waiting for over half and hour, letting him for look for her for over half an hour, and that she didn't even say tell him that she wasn't planning on showing up! Letting him worried to death!

'Plus…they were too close together…it looks like he was going to kiss her or something!' Darien thought.

'You're stupid…' the voice commented. But Darien ignored the voice.

"You two were stand way too close! It looks like he was planning on making a move on you!" Darien said.

Serena let out a frustrated sigh. "HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND FOR GODS SAKE! HE WASN'T GOING TO 'MAKE A MOVE' AS YOU CALL IT ON ME WHEN HE'S BEEN IN LOVE WITH HER EVER SINCE HE KNEW WHAT THE OPPOSITE SEX MEANT! GOD!" Serena let her anger out. It felt a lot nicer after she got that out.

Darien opened his mouth to say something but Serena cut him off. "I'm not done yet Darien! Why do you keep doing this? It's getting way out of hand! First it was at Miami with that guy I was dancing with, he was lucky you didn't hit him, and then you scared that guy off the other day for just saying 'HI' to me, getting all protective when someone looks my way and now…this! Punching Melvin for no reason! What is wrong with you? Why do you always do this? Why are you doing this…treating me like I'm a baby! WHY!?" Serena asked, her eyes looking straight into his mysterious blue eyes.

Darien grabbed her shoulder shaking her slightly. "because…because I LOVE YOU!" he had told her. He confessed…he finally got that heavy weight off his shoulder. He looked into those shocked eyes. He let go of her a bit, but not completely. "I've fallen in love with you Serena…" He said, bringing her to him. He didn't want to let go, he didn't want to loose her. He was starting to realize that, this would change everything between them for better or worst. He waited for her answer…inside he eagerly hopped that she would feel the same for him.

She didn't know what to do or say. She stayed frozen in his arms. She felt her heart sped up. He loves her…he had just told her that he's in love with her. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was this all just a dream? If it was, she never wanted to wake up. But it wasn't a dream, it was real. It took her a while to let all this sink in. She suddenly came back to her senses.

'No, he's lying! He doesn't love me…' Serena said in her mind, tears started to fall. He didn't love her. He was just saying that. Serena brought her hand up to his chest and pushed him away. He looked surprise, shocked and most of all hurt. She looked away. She couldn't stand looking into that pair of eyes, afraid that she might just believe him.

Serena turned around, her back facing him so she wouldn't have to see the confusion and pain in his eyes. "YOU'RE LYING DARIEN! YOU DON'T LOVE ME!" she screamed at him, tears falling down her face.

Darien stared at her back, eyes wider than this whole frigging world. He couldn't believe what she had just said to him. He had just confessed to her putting everything, his ego, their friendship everything on the line! And yet, she had told him that he was lying! What's wrong with her? What part of 'I love you' didn't she understand?

"What are you talking about Serena? I wasn't lying when I told you that I love you! Which part of that didn't you understand? I was being totally and seriously truthful with you! I would never say something like that if I didn't mean it!" Darien said, sounding hurt. Maybe he had made a huge mistake in telling her…maybe…he might even end up losing her!

Serena shook her head, trying to ignore what Darien is saying. He couldn't possibly love her when he had already said he loved 'Serenity'!

"You don't love me Darien…you love Serenity. You said so yourself!" Serena whispered, loud enough for him to hear. She felt tired and a big hollow space in her heart. She walked away, with tears falling down her cheeks. She resists the urge to run back into his arms and stay there forever. "…I love you Darien…" She whispered, but he couldn't hear her because he was too shocked by what she said.

Rain started falling from the dark sky. Even the gods are crying for them. Darien fell to the ground, he felt weaker than ever. He had once again…lost someone he loved. This time, might be even worst than the incident with Serenity.

"I've lost her…I've lost her…I've lost her…come back Serena…I love you…I need you…" He whispered, his head to the ground, and his fist hitting the rough ground hard. Tears started falling from his eyes… "Come back Serena…"

End of Flashback

Darien sighed. He rubbed his race with his hands tiredly. He couldn't take this anymore; he couldn't stand being stuffed up in this apartment and think about her day and night. He got up from the couch he was sitting on and walked out. He wanted to get some fresh air and hoping some fresh air would keep him from thinking about Serena for a while. But, he soon realized how wrong he was.

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Serena and Seiya sat there, at Darien and her special spot. She was spilling everything out to Seiya, from the very beginning. She told him about the first time they met, to that horrible, heartbreaking incident that happened a week ago and the talk she had with Andrew after that.

Flashback

"Serena, he wasn't lying when he told you that he loves you! He told me about his feelings for you a few days after we got back from Miami! It's been tearing him apart for months, knowing how close you are to him and yet so far away! Being not able to tell you how he felt and seeing you with other men even if you were just talking to them broke his heart into pieces! You don't know how much it hurts him!" Andrew explained. He totally wasn't expecting the results he got from those two. It was so obvious to everyone that they were head-over-heels for each other except for themselves!

It wasn't supposed to turn out like this! It was heart-wrecking for everyone seeing two of their best friends like this. Darien had not been seen since the last three days! When they went to his house, no one replied. They had reckoned he locked himself inside that apartment, blocking everyone out. Things weren't any better with Serena either. Her eyes had been swollen for the past three days, and not one day was she not crying over Darien. Why do they put themselves in situations like this? The two of them being like this won't help the situation either!

Serena was stunned. She just sort of sat there, looking at Andrew as if he was some kind of space alien. "But he told you and me that he loved Serenity! He doesn't love me; he just said that because I looked like her! He sees her when he's with me! He thinks about her when he's with me! He doesn't love me…I'm just a replacement for her…" Serena's voice broke at the end of her long speech, her eyes started watering again. "He lied…"

"No, you got it all wrong Serena! The person he loves is you! Yes, he said he loved Serenity, and maybe he did at one point. But somehow his love for her has changed. He was afraid of admitting the feelings he has for you, that's why he kept denying the fact that the person he truly loves is you! He was making himself think that he doesn't love you and that he still loves Serenity, that if he admits loving you, he would be betraying her! But he realized…that the person he loves is you. It was always you from the beginning, ever since you arrived, you opened his heart again!" Andrew said, trying desperately to convince Serena that Darien's love for her is true.

End of Flashback

"…and now, I can't do anything about it! I've broken his heart…oh god…I still can't get over the pained look in his eyes when I…" Serena stopped. Taking a breath and continued. "I've made a huge mistake! What am I going to do Seiya! I love him…and I just pushed the only man I will ever love out of my life forever!" Serena said, tears falling again.

Seiya looked at her. God, he couldn't stand looking at her like this! It just wasn't Serena! She's not happy and cheerful and always had a smile on her face anymore. She's always starring off into space, or cry.

"It's going to be alright Sere, everything's going to turn out. You haven't lost him. I know he still loves you. If he truly meant what he said, if he truly loves you, he wouldn't fall out of love just like that. Why do you think no one's seen him since that day? I bet he's just as hurt as you. All you got to do is go talk to him; tell him how you truly feel about him. Don't worry, you and him will get through this. If you two can get through from enemies to friends, you can get through anything!" He said, bringing her into his arms to give her warmth and comfort. She felt so cold, not like the usual warmth she had with her before.

"Thank you Seiya…" she whispered into his chest.

"Anything for you Sere…I love you…" was his reply.

The two never realized a pair of deep ocean blue eyes storming away from them angrily, not knowing that the mysterious person's heart was now shattered into thousands of tiny pieces and betrayal. He had heard the confession.

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'Love…he loves her. Does she love him too?' Darien thought, not paying any attention to what ever hell the blond in front of him was babbling about. 'She said there was nothing going on between them…so why did he told her he loved her? She lied…' Darien thought broken hearted.

"Darien…H E L L O? Are you even listening to me?" The blond waved her and in front of his eyes, starting to get annoyed from calling his name so many times, each time not receiving an answer.

"Huh? What did you say?" Darien asked, snapping out of his thoughts. 'Damn, shut the hell up woman!' he thought, but didn't say it out loud.

Bridget sighed. "I said what color we should get for our matching t-shirt!" She said, waiting for his answer. "So what do you think? I think we should get pink, since it's like, my favorite color and like, totally the best color ever!" She said happily. She looked over at Darien and once again, saw that dazed look on his face, like he wasn't even caring at what she was saying. Her eyes narrowed.

'Pink…Serena…' Darien thought back to the time when she had forced him to wear it. She was sitting on him, forcing him to wear it.

Serena was sitting on top of Darien, pinning him down on the bed. "Wear it Darien!" She wined. Seiya was laughing his head off at the side. Darien's blood boiled, both from anger and from embarrassment.

"Seiya, Dar's right you're next!" Serena said, smiling evilly. "Darien…come on…just put it on!" Serena pleaded.

"NO!" Darien replied. He pushed Serena off and walked away from the bed. Serena's eyes began to water. She sat there, her body forming a ball hiding her eyes.

'She always got what she wanted whenever she did that thing with her eyes.' Darien thought forming a sad smile at the memory. She would do anything to get what she wanted and she was going to starve and lock herself in that room if he hadn't agreed on wearing that 'pink' trunk.

"Fine then, I'll just stay here for the rest of the vacation and starve myself to death! What's the use in living if my FRIENDS don't even care about me." Serena's muffled voice came through.

Darien sighed; wishing things would be the way it was.

"Darien! HELLO WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY DO YOU KEEP IGNORING ME LIKE THIS! I'M LEAVING! I'M NOT STAYING HERE WITH SOMEONE WHO SEEMS LIKE HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW I EXIST!" Bridget screamed, and the whole restaurant looked their way. Darien just looked at her, confused.

"What?" was his answer.

Bridget shook her head, feeling more embarrassed then ever! She stormed out of the restaurant angrily. Darien realized a second after she was gone and ran after her.

He ran to catch up with her and caught he shoulder. He sighed; well there was no other way of doing this. He had to apologize; after all it was partly his fault. But who would listen to her crap anyway? Someone would fall asleep listening to her babbling on and on about useless stuff.

He didn't want to go out with her, since he still wasn't over Serena yet. But, he didn't want to stay at home and sulk all day, giving everyone the impression that he was weak or something! Hey, a guy had to keep his ego and pride too! Plus, with what he saw with Serena and Seiya, he really didn't know what to do. So, by going out with the first woman that made a move on him (which happens to be 'blond') proves that, he really didn't care about Serena. Well, to the outside world anyway. But inside…he would never love anyone else but her. No one else in the world could replace the space she had taken up in his heart. But she didn't have to know that! She had crushed his heart when she walked away, and yet he still cared for her. The torture that girl put him through.

He looked at Bridget, and snapped out of his thoughts, realizing she was there, waiting for his explanation. "Oh…I'm really sorry honey. I'm not myself today, it's just the stress is getting to me that's all. Why don't we go to the mall, didn't you say something about t-shirts?" He said, sounding bored.

"Ok!" Her entire face suddenly lit up and she dragged him to the mall.

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Serena paced around her room. She didn't know what to do! Seiya had just phoned her telling her to meet him at the mall, said he had important stuff to tell her. Serena sighed. She had felt really uncomfortable around Seiya ever since what he said three days ago.

'He told me that he loved me…' Serena thought. 'OH MY GOD! What am I going to do? I don't love him! I love Darien! But…if I told him that he doesn't even have a chance, he'll be crushed!' Serena thought.

'Should I go…or not to go…'

"To go or not to go…" She suddenly felt very poetry. "That is the question."

'Oh god…can you get any gayer than this?' The voice came through her head.

'Oh back of! I'm having a major crisis here and all you can do is sit around, insulting me?' she snapped back.

'Err…there's no chair in here…so you're lucky enough to move around and do whatever you like, but me…I have to stay in your pathetic head forever, doing nothing! If I were you, I would've kissed that major hunk a long time ago!' the voice complained.

'…you are me.'

'Yes, which is why you should listen to your conscience for once in your god damned life! If you listened to me, you wouldn't have this problem with Darien right now!' the voice lectured.

'Oh my god…you sound worst than my mom! Shut up! It wasn't my fault I felt insecure! But, our problem now is with Seiya! If you're so smart, why don't you tell me what to do?' Serena asked with sarcasm.

'He should already know that you don't love him…'

'But…what if-' the voice was gone; Serena didn't even get a proper answer from it!

"Yeah…when I'm actually going to listen to you once in my life, you won't give me the answer! Geez…" She muttered to herself. Serena sighed, no choice but to go explain to Seiya, even if it meant crushing his infatuation.

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"Serena! You made it! I'm glad!" Seiya beamed at her, he looked like it was the happiest day of his life.

Serena groaned inwardly. She feels guilty already. "Wait Seiya…before you say anything…I just want to say that I don't lo-" she was cut of when a beautiful female arrived beside Seiya, giving him a small kiss on the cheek.

Seiya pouted. "Aww…only the cheek?" he asked, smiling mischievously. He closed in on her and kissed her on the mouth. Serena's mouth dropped to the ground, confused as ever. 'What is going on…I thought…' her thoughts were interrupted by Seiya's voice.

He chuckled at her stunned and confused expression. "Sere, I want you to meet Rika, my fiancée. Rika, this is the Serena I told you about." He introduced.

Rika smiled at Serena warmly. "It's nice to finally meet you Serena! Seiya has told me so much about you! You seem like such a nice person." Rika said enthusiastically. 'She looks so sad though, poor her, she must be going through a lot. I wish I could do something to help them…' she thought

Serena just starred at the couple for a moment, information's not sinking in. She realized she was starring after a minute and snapped out of her trance. "I'm so sorry for starring! It's just, I'm so surprised! Seiya…but…what about what you said the other day?"

"Oh! You meant that! I love you to death Sere like you were my own sister! You don't mind do you…wait…did you took it the wrong way when I said it? I'm really sorry…but I meant it as in a sibling way…" Seiya explained.

"NO! No…of course not! I was just…never mind! I love you too as a brother too! Thanks for listening to me that day though…I really needed to get it out." Serena said her face turned a thousand shades of red, feeling stupid for thinking thoughts like that. But she was glad.

"No problem…anything for my little sis!" He said winking at her. The three of them laughed.

"Congratulations you two! You guys are perfect for each other! I really hope I can get to know you better Rika and, Seiya…" Serena turned to Seiya. "You better treat her right or else…I just might show her the pictures we took with everyone at the beach. She practically yelled at the word 'beach'. Seiya paled.

"Don't worry Sere…I'll take good care of my future wife!" He said, wrapping an arm around Rika. That's when Serena spotted Darien…with ANOTHER GIRL? Smoke was coming out from Serena's ears now. She quickly turned to the couple and excused herself.

'So this is how Darien felt when he saw me with others…'

"It was nice meeting you Rika!" she called back and trailed after Darien.

Seiya and Rika looked at each other and smiled. "I like her already, she's a cute girl." Rika said, snuggling closer to Seiya. "So…what was she talking about the pictures? How come you never showed me pictures of you going to the beach?" She asked, teasing him.

Seiya just fake coughed. "Let's go honey…" and they walked off.

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"You're doing it again!" Bridget yelled, stopping at the sidewalk. It was nighttime and they had just finished dinner. Bridget had stormed out of the restaurant again, with Darien following her.

'Déjà vu?' Darien thought. "I'm sorry Bridget!"

"No! I've had enough! You've said that enough times to last me a lifetime! If you're really sorry, then prove it to me!" she said, and closed her eyes, leaning closer to Darien.

He just stood there, not knowing what to do. 'Fine…you're asking for it…' He thought. He leaned in and kissed her full on the lips, imagined it was Serena he was kissing. Bridget put her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss.

Serena, hiding behind the tree saw and heard the whole scene. Tears emerged from her eyes. She was about to leave when she heard Darien.

"Yes, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I even went out with you! I'm sorry I had to listen to your pathetic talks and I'm sorry you're not my Serena!" He said firmly, pushing the woman in his arms away. She just stared at him disbelievingly and ran away.

Darien sighed. "Thank god that's over…" He said. He never noticed the person behind the tree smiled. He crossed the road, without thinking. "Serena…I need you…" He said, not noticing a car racing towards him.

Serena jumped out from behind the tree and ran full speed towards him. "DARIEN! WATCH OUT!" She screamed and pushed him out of the way.

Darien was watching everything happening in slow motion. First, he had heard Serena's voice and turned to see her and the car…than….she had pushed him and the car screeched, trying to stop…but…it didn't stop in time…the car had hit Serena.

He suddenly realized what happened and ran towards the fallen girl. "OH MY GOD! SERENA! SERENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Sweet-Usako: Well, that's all for this chapter! Finally got the high-light point of the story done with! How was it? PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME FOR IT! I beg you! *hides under the bed…shaking with fear, praying that the readers won't flame me for this* If you continue reading the next chapter, I promise you won't be disappointed! Anyways! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter! Thank you guys for waiting so patiently for this chapter to come out! I know, I know…it sucked, but hey…life's not perfect. If everything's like a fairy tale, than there won't be anything to write about! Well, that's all for now, please review…but no flames…please? *puppy dog eyez* hehez..just like Serena! Well…*muah*