Forbidden Attraction, Secret Desires
Author: Temptress_Kitten17
Rated: R
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon but if I did, I'd be off in the bahamas checking out all the hot, shirtless guys.
Author's note: As always, thank you to those who review my work. Some of you pointed out that the relationship was progressing way too quickly. You must keep in mind that technically, they've known each other for YEARS. Try nine years to be exact. Also, they've secretly had these feelings for each other for just as long; as you will later discover in a few chapters. You need to also understand that Serena and Darien only have the weekend and then she leaves again. Okay, on with the story. Hope that's explained things for ya!
Chapter 7:
After Raye left to babysit for the neighbours or wherever, I pulled on my sexy red bikini and threw on my regular outfit over top. Then I decided to stop by Darien's room to see if he was ready to leave yet. His door was open and he was busy getting ready. He was dressed in only his jeans, something I very much approved of.
" And I thought I took a long time to get ready." I teased, sitting on the side of his bed and simply smiling at him.
" It's not like that, Sere. I haven't even bothered to get dressed fully yet. Got distracted just thinking of somebody."
" Who? The infamous Michelle Kaiou?" I asked, not even bothering to disguise the jealousy in my voice. Darien grinned.
" Somebody's jealous...I didn't even MENTION Michelle and you suddenly have this look of fury in your eyes."
I shrugged. I didn't even know what Michelle looked like and I was already competing with her. I, Serena Tsukino, the goddess of femininity and the temptress sex-kitten of my old high school, was jealous over another woman.
" So what if I am? That siren has a part of you that I can't have as long as our parents are together. And how can I be sure that you haven't fucked her yet?" I replied nonchalantly.
" Trust me, Sere. I haven't even tried. I don't want Michelle...I want YOU. I always have...and I was only thinking of you. It's always been you."
I smiled. Michelle was nine years too late, for I had stolen Darien's heart a long time ago.
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It was nearing 6 PM when I climbed into the front seat of Darien's black Mustang. Naturally, Sammy had put up a fight about coming with us too. Dad, however, made him ride with him since he always considered Sammy to be 'the favorite'. And so Darien and I drove off together, alone, to discuss matters that nobody else could ever know about.
" So...about last night, Dare...what's going on in your mind?" I asked, hoping he didn't regret what we had done.
" Well, there's the obvious fact that what we have is 'wrong' when you consider the fact that our parents are screwing each other. Then there's the fact that technically, we aren't related and if our parents hadn't decided to live together, and if we had've met back in Elementary School and gone to the same High School, we'd most definitely be dating. And last night, well don't freak out since this'll sound like something from one of those trashy novels my sister reads but, I was thinking ' Gods Sere, you taste so good, like candy.' And then, I thought that I wanted to be inside you, Sere...I still do." I smiled to myself. I had that much of an effect on him? Well, I always said I wanted my first time to be with someone who could last a while and be able to satisfy me until I was too exhausted to continue. Darien was likely the best possible choice.
" Oh? You think I'll let you in?"
" Will you...some day?"
" Maybe...but you gotta work to win the prize, Dare, and you gotta promise to let me have the control the first time. Cuz I'm still, as Raye so nicely put it, Cherry Sere!" Darien smirked at the nickname.
" That's my sister for ya. But I'm sure SHE has her own nickname among her peers, although they probably aren't reflecting so pure a reputation."
" What happened to her, Dare? She used to be so innocent."
" It's the middle child syndrome. She's become the rebel to get attention. It happened when you and Sammy came into the family. Mom and Ken spend all their time doting
on your brother and you and I get praised just because we grew up resisting the pressure to be a delinquent, where as Raye was overlooked. "
" Makes sense...Raye used to be an overachiever when she was younger but now she gave up on that and said ' Fuck it' so to speak." I thought out loud.
" So, what happened to Andrew?" Darien suddenly asked me.
" Now who's the jealous one? I broke up with him." I replied.
" Yes, I know that. But why did you break up with him? I wanna know so that I don't make the same mistake and screw things up with you."
" Oh. Don't worry about that, Dare. It'll be highly unlikely that you make the same mistakes he did."
" Please just tell me? I wanna know." He looked so cute pleading like that and I couldn't refuse him.
" Well, for one thing, Andrew wasn't able to have an intelligent conversation with me. He didn't debate and if tried to get him to continue a debate about ANYTHING he'd simply shrug and agree with me to get me to shut up. He never once discussed his true feelings and he was not the one I could go to to vent my frustrations because he always thought them to be trivial. He even went as far as to say he didn't care. He didn't know how to cuddle, instead he'd try and make out with me. And he wasn't very good so I never let him get past second base. He kept trying to make out with me at my prom too even though I just wanted to have fun with my friends. So after that, I decided it was over." I explained.
" And you're trying to tell me that I am the complete opposite, doing everything right in our secret relationship." Darien finished for me. I nodded. It was then that I noticed where we were going.
" Dare, why are we going up to my old elementary school?" I asked, worried now that Amy or somebody who knew who I was would see me and Darien together.
" This is where Lita lives now. Her place is actually across the street from your old school." He replied. I winced inwardly. I hated that school! It brought nothing but bad memories. Darien must have sensed my inner turmoil, because he reached for my hand and gently squeezed it reassuringly. Just then, he pulled up to the side of the road, right by the grassy field of Pine Elementary, and quickly released my hand as a tall brunette ran out to greet us. She had her long dark hair tied up in a messy ponytail and she wore shorts like mine with a light green tee-shirt to match her eyes of deep emerald.
" Oh my god Darien! Is this her?" Lita asked, looking me over.
" Yes, this is Serena. Ken's daughter, back home for a bit after a very long time..." Darien answered. Lita blinked and she stepped back from us a bit.
" Oh. Oh...I'm sorry. I thought she was your GIRLFRIEND! But it's an honest mistake being that all you told me was that she was blond and pretty..." Lita trailed off.
I smiled, knowing full well that we had that certain air around us that would confuse people. Then I looked up at Darien for a second; jealousy once again rearing its ugly head. He had called Michelle pretty! But if Michelle had met me she'd probably wonder if Darien was using her as a replacement for me...and that made me VERY happy.
" That's okay. At least I know I'm pretty now!" I said in that cutely naive tone I always used around the stupid people. And they were ALL stupid if they didn't realize it was all an act!
" Well, let's get you to the party then Serena! I'm sure there are a lot of people who would LOVE to see you again!" Lita squealed excitedly as she led me and Darien into the back yard. Just then a shorter dark haired girl practically tackled me to the ground.
" Sere!" Hotaru, Raye and Darien's fourteen year old cousin exclaimed, hugging me fiercely. Hotaru had definitely changed a lot over the years. She was dressed in metalic-purple shorts that came to mid-thigh and a snug fitting white baby-tee. Her once raven-coloured hair was now dark purple with lighter purple highlights, AND she had her belly button pierced. I could not believe how much had changed in only two years. There weren't any babies anywhere, for the youngest was five years old. All the snippy little pre-teens that I had barely tolerated were now fourteen. All the younger kids that hadn't even talked back to me were now snippy little eleven and twelve year olds. The babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers were now all in school. I didn't know what to say, to do, how to act around all these kids.
" Hotaru...you grew up!" I exclaimed, glancing over her new look.
" So have you...You're bigger than I remember."
" Yeah, I had a long overdue growth spurt just last year."
Suddenly Hotaru blushed and looked around to make sure she wouldn't be overheard. " Um...do you know when Sammy's gonna get here?" She whispered. I smiled. So Hotaru had a thing for my brother...and I had a thing for her cousin. This was definitely interesting!
" Don't tell me you have a crush on my little brother!" I teased her. Hotaru looked around again to make SURE that nobody had heard.
" Yes, I do! But would you PLEASE not repeat it? I'm not even supposed to like him! He's my cousin for god's sake!"
" Not by blood...or by marriage. That's what's so annoying about this whole situation." I reminded her. The younger girl sighed.
" It really is annoying isn't it. I mean, I like Sammy and I KNOW you and Darien have liked each other just as long, perhaps longer than I have liked Sammy!" I blinked. How did she know that? We were so careful! So secretive!
" I'm good at reading into people's emotions." Hotaru explained, answering a question I hadn't even asked.
" What makes you think that Dare...Darien and I like each other like that?" I asked, feigning innocence.
" Like I said before, I'm good at reading emotions. You two can deny it all you want, but the feeling is there and it won't ever go away Sere." Hotaru replied.
It was then that I noticed out of the corner of my eye, Lita mock flirting with MY Darien. My ears pricked up like a jealous cat's when I heard her obnoxious giggling.
" My Gods you've become a knockout Darien! I bet the ladies are all over you. It's just too bad that we're cousins." Lita teased as she sat RIGHT ON DARIEN'S LAP! I saw red. Well two could play that game and I would not lose. I swayed my hips in my usual seductive way as I walked over to his chair and sat down next to him.
" And it's a shame that Darien and I happen to be step-siblings...although we're not even related..." I purred as I looked mockingly at Lita. This was fun, I gotta admit. Everyone but me and Darien and apparently Hotaru thought I was only joking. But I'm sure Darien saw the fire in my eyes as I said it.
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After my oh so clever flirtation with Darien, I decided that I was bored again. This party was so dull without Raye to talk with. I walked up the stairs to the sun-deck and stepped inside the much quieter house. Soon after I stepped inside, Lita came in. She is a bit older than I. The last time I had seen her I was thirteen and I think she was only sixteen. So she's probably the same age as my best friend Trista Meiou back home.
From what I had observed, Lita was kinda like the cheerleaders of my old high school. She passed out one night; I think it was New Years 1999 because she'd had WAY too much to drink. That was the time when I consciously made the decision NEVER to touch alcohol. Now that I had seen her openly flirting with Darien I also could consider her a cheap slut as well.
" So Serena, are ya gonna try some shots tonight?" She asked me as she poured herself some sort of alcoholic beverage from mixing many of the contents of the twenty some odd liquor bottles. I simply looked at her like she had said something crazy...well, she had, actually.
" Um, I'm only seventeen. I'm a MINOR and that would be ILLEGAL!" I explained, putting emphasis on certain words to prove a point. What an airhead! Forget the dumb blonde jokes, brunnettes were just as stupid! At least this one was.
" Oh that's okay! We're with family so you can have a little bit if you want." Lita replied, not realizing how stupid she was sounding at that moment. Did she know anything about me at all? God it was so crazy to even suggest that I could have alcohol being that my dad was an alcoholic!
" But Darien and I don't drink Lita, because unlike the irresponsible teenagers of our generation, we actually resist peer pressure. If I start now, then all of the hard earned trust and respect I have now would be lost. I have the reputation of being a good girl and I won't mess up now."
Lita couldn't say anything to that so she left with her martini or marguerita or whatever it was and went back outside. That was when I saw something small, fluffy and white dash past my foot. It was the cutest little kitten I had ever seen and she looked just like my cat Artemis. I knealt down to scoop her up in my arms.
" Oh you are the most adorable little ball off fluff and cuteness I have ever seen!" I cooed to it as I cradled the kitten in my arms like a baby. " What's your name sweet thing?" I asked it, not exactly expecting an answer.
" I see you found Diana!" a voice from behind me stated in amusement. It was Darien, I knew it when my heart beat faster. I looked up at him and smiled my sweet smile.
" Oh Darien, she is just the sweetest little baby I have ever seen! Oh I wish I could take her home with me..." I cooed, still holding the little kitten. Darien had to laugh at my reaction to the kitten.
" Same old Sere...if I remember correctly, you've been obsessed with cats since the day I met you...over at my aunt's house, remember?"
I nodded. That was the day I first learned of my father's new girlfriend. He suggested we have a family dinner and picked me and Sammy up that evening. It was then that I had met Darien. Danielle was in the front seat and Sammy and I sat in the back of the minivan with a dark haired boy who had to be only a few months older than I. I'll admit it, he was REALLY cute back then as well, but I was a different person. For one, I thought nobody would ever notice me. I was shorter than most six year olds, underdeveloped when all the girls in my fourth grade class were at least starting to get breasts AND I didn't always see myself as pretty. But for some strange reason, Darien took interest in me.
So we all left for his Aunt Patricia's house. Darien asked me what I liked to do and stuff like that and I learned lots about him as well. But then we were split up when we got to Aunt Patty's place. I saw a crowd of little girls a few years younger than I cooing and hanging around a playpen. It was then that I was drawn toward them by the soft mews of the kittens. It seemed that I had arrived right on time, for Patty's cat Ginger had recently had a litter of six kittens! It was then that I had met Raye.
She was beside me as I tried to cuddle one of the little angels in the playpen, but I was a bit too short to actually touch them. That was when a dark haired girl a few years younger than I reached in and got one for me. We got talking but I didn't even realize who she was until Darien came over to tell his ' annoying little sister' that it was time for dinner. At first I thought he was teasing me, since Dad had introduced Darien to me as my 'brother', but then I saw the look on my new friend Raye's face. She glared at Darien and said he was the annoying one and that she should have been the only child.
But those days were long gone now and I wasn't THAT obsessed with cats. I just love them is all. " Oh come on Dare, you can't tell me you don't love this little ball of fluff and cuteness here! How could anybody NOT love her?" I cooed, giving the kitten a little kiss on the top of her head. Darien must have been taken in by my tenderness toward the small cat because he only smiled in amusement and that other emotion I kept seeing in his ocean blue eyes.
" You're so beautiful right now Sere, just seeing you with that kitten...you glow with happiness. Don't ever change." He whispered as he knealt down to pet my new feline friend. I smiled at the compliment. Something told me that Darien felt the same way I did, and that made me glow even more.
" Darien?" I asked softly. " I was thinking maybe we could leave early since you have a car and can just leave whenever anyway. This whole party thing really isn't for me."
Darien chuckled. " It's not my style either. Mom and Ken threw a party for me the night I graduated but it was way too crazy for me so I spent the whole time in my room playing on the computer."
I giggled. " I would have done the same thing, Dare. I only had two of my best friends, Trista and Amy, over the night I graduated. I only wanted a quiet night watching movies and doing ' girl talk' with Amy. But unlike you, I was lucky enough to get what I wanted."
" And what is it that you want right now, Princess Serena?" Darien asked me in a mocking tone.
" I want a handsome prince to take me away from this place and carry me off in his black, horseless carriage." I hinted.
Darien nodded at that and after making up some sort of excuse as to why we both were leaving, we took off in his car.
Author: Temptress_Kitten17
Rated: R
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon but if I did, I'd be off in the bahamas checking out all the hot, shirtless guys.
Author's note: As always, thank you to those who review my work. Some of you pointed out that the relationship was progressing way too quickly. You must keep in mind that technically, they've known each other for YEARS. Try nine years to be exact. Also, they've secretly had these feelings for each other for just as long; as you will later discover in a few chapters. You need to also understand that Serena and Darien only have the weekend and then she leaves again. Okay, on with the story. Hope that's explained things for ya!
Chapter 7:
After Raye left to babysit for the neighbours or wherever, I pulled on my sexy red bikini and threw on my regular outfit over top. Then I decided to stop by Darien's room to see if he was ready to leave yet. His door was open and he was busy getting ready. He was dressed in only his jeans, something I very much approved of.
" And I thought I took a long time to get ready." I teased, sitting on the side of his bed and simply smiling at him.
" It's not like that, Sere. I haven't even bothered to get dressed fully yet. Got distracted just thinking of somebody."
" Who? The infamous Michelle Kaiou?" I asked, not even bothering to disguise the jealousy in my voice. Darien grinned.
" Somebody's jealous...I didn't even MENTION Michelle and you suddenly have this look of fury in your eyes."
I shrugged. I didn't even know what Michelle looked like and I was already competing with her. I, Serena Tsukino, the goddess of femininity and the temptress sex-kitten of my old high school, was jealous over another woman.
" So what if I am? That siren has a part of you that I can't have as long as our parents are together. And how can I be sure that you haven't fucked her yet?" I replied nonchalantly.
" Trust me, Sere. I haven't even tried. I don't want Michelle...I want YOU. I always have...and I was only thinking of you. It's always been you."
I smiled. Michelle was nine years too late, for I had stolen Darien's heart a long time ago.
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It was nearing 6 PM when I climbed into the front seat of Darien's black Mustang. Naturally, Sammy had put up a fight about coming with us too. Dad, however, made him ride with him since he always considered Sammy to be 'the favorite'. And so Darien and I drove off together, alone, to discuss matters that nobody else could ever know about.
" So...about last night, Dare...what's going on in your mind?" I asked, hoping he didn't regret what we had done.
" Well, there's the obvious fact that what we have is 'wrong' when you consider the fact that our parents are screwing each other. Then there's the fact that technically, we aren't related and if our parents hadn't decided to live together, and if we had've met back in Elementary School and gone to the same High School, we'd most definitely be dating. And last night, well don't freak out since this'll sound like something from one of those trashy novels my sister reads but, I was thinking ' Gods Sere, you taste so good, like candy.' And then, I thought that I wanted to be inside you, Sere...I still do." I smiled to myself. I had that much of an effect on him? Well, I always said I wanted my first time to be with someone who could last a while and be able to satisfy me until I was too exhausted to continue. Darien was likely the best possible choice.
" Oh? You think I'll let you in?"
" Will you...some day?"
" Maybe...but you gotta work to win the prize, Dare, and you gotta promise to let me have the control the first time. Cuz I'm still, as Raye so nicely put it, Cherry Sere!" Darien smirked at the nickname.
" That's my sister for ya. But I'm sure SHE has her own nickname among her peers, although they probably aren't reflecting so pure a reputation."
" What happened to her, Dare? She used to be so innocent."
" It's the middle child syndrome. She's become the rebel to get attention. It happened when you and Sammy came into the family. Mom and Ken spend all their time doting
on your brother and you and I get praised just because we grew up resisting the pressure to be a delinquent, where as Raye was overlooked. "
" Makes sense...Raye used to be an overachiever when she was younger but now she gave up on that and said ' Fuck it' so to speak." I thought out loud.
" So, what happened to Andrew?" Darien suddenly asked me.
" Now who's the jealous one? I broke up with him." I replied.
" Yes, I know that. But why did you break up with him? I wanna know so that I don't make the same mistake and screw things up with you."
" Oh. Don't worry about that, Dare. It'll be highly unlikely that you make the same mistakes he did."
" Please just tell me? I wanna know." He looked so cute pleading like that and I couldn't refuse him.
" Well, for one thing, Andrew wasn't able to have an intelligent conversation with me. He didn't debate and if tried to get him to continue a debate about ANYTHING he'd simply shrug and agree with me to get me to shut up. He never once discussed his true feelings and he was not the one I could go to to vent my frustrations because he always thought them to be trivial. He even went as far as to say he didn't care. He didn't know how to cuddle, instead he'd try and make out with me. And he wasn't very good so I never let him get past second base. He kept trying to make out with me at my prom too even though I just wanted to have fun with my friends. So after that, I decided it was over." I explained.
" And you're trying to tell me that I am the complete opposite, doing everything right in our secret relationship." Darien finished for me. I nodded. It was then that I noticed where we were going.
" Dare, why are we going up to my old elementary school?" I asked, worried now that Amy or somebody who knew who I was would see me and Darien together.
" This is where Lita lives now. Her place is actually across the street from your old school." He replied. I winced inwardly. I hated that school! It brought nothing but bad memories. Darien must have sensed my inner turmoil, because he reached for my hand and gently squeezed it reassuringly. Just then, he pulled up to the side of the road, right by the grassy field of Pine Elementary, and quickly released my hand as a tall brunette ran out to greet us. She had her long dark hair tied up in a messy ponytail and she wore shorts like mine with a light green tee-shirt to match her eyes of deep emerald.
" Oh my god Darien! Is this her?" Lita asked, looking me over.
" Yes, this is Serena. Ken's daughter, back home for a bit after a very long time..." Darien answered. Lita blinked and she stepped back from us a bit.
" Oh. Oh...I'm sorry. I thought she was your GIRLFRIEND! But it's an honest mistake being that all you told me was that she was blond and pretty..." Lita trailed off.
I smiled, knowing full well that we had that certain air around us that would confuse people. Then I looked up at Darien for a second; jealousy once again rearing its ugly head. He had called Michelle pretty! But if Michelle had met me she'd probably wonder if Darien was using her as a replacement for me...and that made me VERY happy.
" That's okay. At least I know I'm pretty now!" I said in that cutely naive tone I always used around the stupid people. And they were ALL stupid if they didn't realize it was all an act!
" Well, let's get you to the party then Serena! I'm sure there are a lot of people who would LOVE to see you again!" Lita squealed excitedly as she led me and Darien into the back yard. Just then a shorter dark haired girl practically tackled me to the ground.
" Sere!" Hotaru, Raye and Darien's fourteen year old cousin exclaimed, hugging me fiercely. Hotaru had definitely changed a lot over the years. She was dressed in metalic-purple shorts that came to mid-thigh and a snug fitting white baby-tee. Her once raven-coloured hair was now dark purple with lighter purple highlights, AND she had her belly button pierced. I could not believe how much had changed in only two years. There weren't any babies anywhere, for the youngest was five years old. All the snippy little pre-teens that I had barely tolerated were now fourteen. All the younger kids that hadn't even talked back to me were now snippy little eleven and twelve year olds. The babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers were now all in school. I didn't know what to say, to do, how to act around all these kids.
" Hotaru...you grew up!" I exclaimed, glancing over her new look.
" So have you...You're bigger than I remember."
" Yeah, I had a long overdue growth spurt just last year."
Suddenly Hotaru blushed and looked around to make sure she wouldn't be overheard. " Um...do you know when Sammy's gonna get here?" She whispered. I smiled. So Hotaru had a thing for my brother...and I had a thing for her cousin. This was definitely interesting!
" Don't tell me you have a crush on my little brother!" I teased her. Hotaru looked around again to make SURE that nobody had heard.
" Yes, I do! But would you PLEASE not repeat it? I'm not even supposed to like him! He's my cousin for god's sake!"
" Not by blood...or by marriage. That's what's so annoying about this whole situation." I reminded her. The younger girl sighed.
" It really is annoying isn't it. I mean, I like Sammy and I KNOW you and Darien have liked each other just as long, perhaps longer than I have liked Sammy!" I blinked. How did she know that? We were so careful! So secretive!
" I'm good at reading into people's emotions." Hotaru explained, answering a question I hadn't even asked.
" What makes you think that Dare...Darien and I like each other like that?" I asked, feigning innocence.
" Like I said before, I'm good at reading emotions. You two can deny it all you want, but the feeling is there and it won't ever go away Sere." Hotaru replied.
It was then that I noticed out of the corner of my eye, Lita mock flirting with MY Darien. My ears pricked up like a jealous cat's when I heard her obnoxious giggling.
" My Gods you've become a knockout Darien! I bet the ladies are all over you. It's just too bad that we're cousins." Lita teased as she sat RIGHT ON DARIEN'S LAP! I saw red. Well two could play that game and I would not lose. I swayed my hips in my usual seductive way as I walked over to his chair and sat down next to him.
" And it's a shame that Darien and I happen to be step-siblings...although we're not even related..." I purred as I looked mockingly at Lita. This was fun, I gotta admit. Everyone but me and Darien and apparently Hotaru thought I was only joking. But I'm sure Darien saw the fire in my eyes as I said it.
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After my oh so clever flirtation with Darien, I decided that I was bored again. This party was so dull without Raye to talk with. I walked up the stairs to the sun-deck and stepped inside the much quieter house. Soon after I stepped inside, Lita came in. She is a bit older than I. The last time I had seen her I was thirteen and I think she was only sixteen. So she's probably the same age as my best friend Trista Meiou back home.
From what I had observed, Lita was kinda like the cheerleaders of my old high school. She passed out one night; I think it was New Years 1999 because she'd had WAY too much to drink. That was the time when I consciously made the decision NEVER to touch alcohol. Now that I had seen her openly flirting with Darien I also could consider her a cheap slut as well.
" So Serena, are ya gonna try some shots tonight?" She asked me as she poured herself some sort of alcoholic beverage from mixing many of the contents of the twenty some odd liquor bottles. I simply looked at her like she had said something crazy...well, she had, actually.
" Um, I'm only seventeen. I'm a MINOR and that would be ILLEGAL!" I explained, putting emphasis on certain words to prove a point. What an airhead! Forget the dumb blonde jokes, brunnettes were just as stupid! At least this one was.
" Oh that's okay! We're with family so you can have a little bit if you want." Lita replied, not realizing how stupid she was sounding at that moment. Did she know anything about me at all? God it was so crazy to even suggest that I could have alcohol being that my dad was an alcoholic!
" But Darien and I don't drink Lita, because unlike the irresponsible teenagers of our generation, we actually resist peer pressure. If I start now, then all of the hard earned trust and respect I have now would be lost. I have the reputation of being a good girl and I won't mess up now."
Lita couldn't say anything to that so she left with her martini or marguerita or whatever it was and went back outside. That was when I saw something small, fluffy and white dash past my foot. It was the cutest little kitten I had ever seen and she looked just like my cat Artemis. I knealt down to scoop her up in my arms.
" Oh you are the most adorable little ball off fluff and cuteness I have ever seen!" I cooed to it as I cradled the kitten in my arms like a baby. " What's your name sweet thing?" I asked it, not exactly expecting an answer.
" I see you found Diana!" a voice from behind me stated in amusement. It was Darien, I knew it when my heart beat faster. I looked up at him and smiled my sweet smile.
" Oh Darien, she is just the sweetest little baby I have ever seen! Oh I wish I could take her home with me..." I cooed, still holding the little kitten. Darien had to laugh at my reaction to the kitten.
" Same old Sere...if I remember correctly, you've been obsessed with cats since the day I met you...over at my aunt's house, remember?"
I nodded. That was the day I first learned of my father's new girlfriend. He suggested we have a family dinner and picked me and Sammy up that evening. It was then that I had met Darien. Danielle was in the front seat and Sammy and I sat in the back of the minivan with a dark haired boy who had to be only a few months older than I. I'll admit it, he was REALLY cute back then as well, but I was a different person. For one, I thought nobody would ever notice me. I was shorter than most six year olds, underdeveloped when all the girls in my fourth grade class were at least starting to get breasts AND I didn't always see myself as pretty. But for some strange reason, Darien took interest in me.
So we all left for his Aunt Patricia's house. Darien asked me what I liked to do and stuff like that and I learned lots about him as well. But then we were split up when we got to Aunt Patty's place. I saw a crowd of little girls a few years younger than I cooing and hanging around a playpen. It was then that I was drawn toward them by the soft mews of the kittens. It seemed that I had arrived right on time, for Patty's cat Ginger had recently had a litter of six kittens! It was then that I had met Raye.
She was beside me as I tried to cuddle one of the little angels in the playpen, but I was a bit too short to actually touch them. That was when a dark haired girl a few years younger than I reached in and got one for me. We got talking but I didn't even realize who she was until Darien came over to tell his ' annoying little sister' that it was time for dinner. At first I thought he was teasing me, since Dad had introduced Darien to me as my 'brother', but then I saw the look on my new friend Raye's face. She glared at Darien and said he was the annoying one and that she should have been the only child.
But those days were long gone now and I wasn't THAT obsessed with cats. I just love them is all. " Oh come on Dare, you can't tell me you don't love this little ball of fluff and cuteness here! How could anybody NOT love her?" I cooed, giving the kitten a little kiss on the top of her head. Darien must have been taken in by my tenderness toward the small cat because he only smiled in amusement and that other emotion I kept seeing in his ocean blue eyes.
" You're so beautiful right now Sere, just seeing you with that kitten...you glow with happiness. Don't ever change." He whispered as he knealt down to pet my new feline friend. I smiled at the compliment. Something told me that Darien felt the same way I did, and that made me glow even more.
" Darien?" I asked softly. " I was thinking maybe we could leave early since you have a car and can just leave whenever anyway. This whole party thing really isn't for me."
Darien chuckled. " It's not my style either. Mom and Ken threw a party for me the night I graduated but it was way too crazy for me so I spent the whole time in my room playing on the computer."
I giggled. " I would have done the same thing, Dare. I only had two of my best friends, Trista and Amy, over the night I graduated. I only wanted a quiet night watching movies and doing ' girl talk' with Amy. But unlike you, I was lucky enough to get what I wanted."
" And what is it that you want right now, Princess Serena?" Darien asked me in a mocking tone.
" I want a handsome prince to take me away from this place and carry me off in his black, horseless carriage." I hinted.
Darien nodded at that and after making up some sort of excuse as to why we both were leaving, we took off in his car.