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~*Surprises*~
~*Chapter 11*~
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"Well, were waiting Dare. We don't have all day you know" Greg said impatiently. 'Augh, I can take this anymore, I'm out of here' I picked up my mug again, but this time instead of slowly drinking and enjoying my coffee, I gulped it down feeling the hot liquid slightly burning my throat. I got off my stool and headed towards the exit. "Later" I muttered waving my hand slightly without looking back. "Hey wait! Where are you going?" I heard Andrew yell after me. I just ignored him and headed home.
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~Andrews Pov~
"Man, that guy is so secretive and so cold like… I wonder what got him like that in the first place." Chad asked out loud. Andrew glanced at him slightly with a sorrowful look. 'If only you guys knew why Darien is the way he is…' he thought sighing to himself.
"Anyway you guys, we should get on with the plan 'Terminate Girlie Girls'" Chad said grinning. "'Terminate Girlie Girls'? That's the stupid name you gave to this brilliant plan?! Man, no wonder why Raye is always hitting you on the head with her broom" Ken replied rolling his eyes at him. "Hey! I resent that!" We all shook our heads at his remark… 'He probably doesn't even know what that means'.
"Well if I know the girls, and I do, they will be back this afternoon for a snack. So let's go to the back and get the balloons and set everything up in place AGAIN" Glaring at Chad, I headed towards the back door. "Heh, heh…ah, yeah…" He ran off to the back room, probably feeling uncomfortable under my glare.
"Umm… You guys, where are the balloons?" He yelled. "They're right there! Do you have to yell like that? And they are outside the door you doofus!" Ken yelled back. "Oh…" He went and opened the door and stepped outside. He looked to his right, then to his left, up and down but there were no balloons in sight.
"Ok if you're so smart; then find it piss head!" Greg and I couldn't help but laugh at the ridiculous name he gave. "Shut up" Ken muttered glaring at us. Immediately we stopped laughing, but when he turned around we started laughing again. He went outside and searched everywhere. "Where the hell are those damn balloons!?"
"What?! They should be right there!" Panicking, I went outside and stood beside him searching everywhere just as he did. "See!" Chad said sticking his tongue out at us like a little kid. "I swear me and Greg put the damned thing right here! It couldn't just have walked away on its own!"
"Ok let's be logical about this. Me and Andrew put the box right there in front of the back door. Now there are only two possible explanations. One, either some one maybe like one of the workers moved it or placed it some where else. Or Two, some one took it!" He shook his head and looked at me questionably.
"You guys, maybe it did walk awa-" "No Chad! It couldn't have just walked away on its own! That's just simply impossible!" Greg fumed. "LOOK! This isn't a time to be fighting. We need to find that box quickly before our whole plan gets ruined. We can split up. Greg, you ask all the employees if any of them saw it or moved it. Chad you look outside and Ken and I will look around the Arcade. "Right" everyone agreed.
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~*Darien's Pov*~
'Why can't I get her out of my head? Why am I thinking of her so much? It's not like I like her or anything…or do I? No! This is Meatball Head I'm talking about! No way in hell do I like her, I mean come on. She's a ditzy, lazy, airhead, who only thinks about food and is always considerate about others, and has the most beautiful smile and the sweetest voice and, and… STOP! What the hell is wrong with me?!' I sighed inwardly and shook my head. "This has got to stop" I said out loud.
I had been so lost in thought that I hadn't even realized that I reached my apartment building. I got into the elevator and pushed the tenth floor button. I leaned back against the wall until the elevator stopped and opened its doors. I walked to my apartment, taking out my keys and unlocking the door I went in and shut the door behind me. "Ah… home sweet home" A slight smile appeared on my face.
I took my green blazer (the one Serena hated so much) off and threw it on the couch. I plopped down along side it and tilted my head back. I sat there staring at the ceiling for a couple of minutes. All of a sudden I felt my stomach rumble, quite loudly if I might add. "Ok this is ridiculous, I'm spending way to much time with Meatball Head. Her habits are already starting to rub off on me!" I stood up grinning.
I headed towards the kitchen when I noticed something unfamiliar taped onto the door. It was an envelope. I raised my eyebrows. "What the…" I pulled it off the door and it read "To Darien" Many questions started flooding into my head like, how did this letter get here? Has someone been in my apartment? Pushing all questions aside to the back of my head, I took the letter and went to sit back down on the couch. Quickly I opened it hoping it was from a certain blond girl…
Dear Darien,
There seems to be a lot of confusion right now… and I really don't understand what's going on between us.
But ever since the day you fell out of the tree,
I have been thinking of you a lot more and I really don't know why.
Also, I have been finding that I seem to be having dreams about you which confuses me the most.
But when I see your face and that grin of yours; that could make any girl fall in love with you instantly,
All my problems just seem to go away.
I think I'm starting to have feelings for you.
But I doubt you have any for me, I mean come on.
You're a smart, handsome, sexy guy and I know you would never go for a dumb, ugly, klutzy, blonde ditz like me.
This morning when we met, and I looked into those beautiful blue eyes of yours,
I couldn't help but notice you had the slightest bit of love in your eyes.
And if that love was for me, I would be that happiest girl on earth!
But just seeing your eyes this morning has given me the slightest bit of hope, and that's why I'm writing you this letter.
Please Darien, if you feel ANYTHING for me, anything at all;
Please meet me at in the park next to the lake and the big oak tree around 4:00. I'll wait for you there… until then….
Love,
*you're* Meatball Head,
I raised my eyes from the letter that was now in my hands. "No way…" I said particularly to one. Minutes past by as I continued to absorb the wordings of the letter.
RING!!! RING!!!
My head snapped to the other side of the room as I glared at the annoying thing that shook me out of my train of thought. "Arrr…" Groaning, I stood up and walked to the phone and picked it up. "WHAT?!" I yelled annoyed.
"Geeze… what crawled its way up your ass man?" Sighing, I ran my fingers through my hair. "What do you want Greg?" This time, I tried to control my anger. "Well… umm… you see… heh, heh… We kind of have a problem. Um, I think I'll let Andrew do the honors!" I could hear voices in the background saying 'You do it! No you do it!' this really wasn't helping my anger at all…
Finally, Andrew began to speak into the phone. "Uh hey Darien, I hope you're not busy but umm well…You see-" I cut in, "Get to the point ANDREW!" My teeth started to grit and my hand was clutching onto the phone quite tightly. I kept glancing at the clock. 'One hour left…'
"Ok, ok man, just calm down! Well you see… right after you left the Arcade we went into the back room to go get the water balloons and set up the trap again. But when we got there… well…the box wasn't anywhere in sight. We looked everywhere and we asked everyone if they had seen it, but no luck man" My eyes were popping out of its sockets now. "You're kidding me right?" I said in a dangerous low voice. "Umm... heh, heh, no…" He trailed off.
"YOU BLUNDERING IDIOTS! HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING AS STUPID AS LOSING A GOD DAMN BOX!?!" I shouted. I could just picture him moving the phone away from his ear because of the loudness. "Look… I don't have time for this nonsense! I have more IMPORTANT things to do. And as soon as I'm done, I'm going to come over there, kick a couple of couple of asses and then were going to look for the friging box!" I exclaimed quite quickly.
"What sort of things do you have to do?" 'Damn… should have known he would ask'
"Nothing important, don't worry" 'And here it comes…'
"Well that's fine; you don't have to tell your BESTFRIEND anything! If that's the way you want it to be then fine, go right ahead buddy! Ill just sit here and get back to work I guess…"
Rolling my eyes I replied "Ok, ok, change of plans. I'll come to the Arcade first, kick a couple of asses, and then I'll tell all of you guys what I have to do. Ok see you soon, bye" I swear I could practically see the evil grin plastered on that mans face. I groaned once again as I left my apartment and headed towards the Arcade for the second time today.
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Well that's all for now… Thanks to everyone who reviewed before! Please R&R! I love getting them… it makes me feel like I'm not wasting my time ^_^
Next chapter: Something is about to happen between Serena and Darien when they get interrupted by something…
