Title: Suppressed Feelings

Part 3

By: Ami D'Aqua

Email: ami_daqua@hotmail.com

Series: Sailor Moon

Rating: PG-12

Hey Minna! Well, well, well, what do you know??? Yea, it IS part three...neap, I won't waste no more time! On with zee story:

*I know that you hate reading this, but it's to save MY money...* Disclaimers:

Don't even sue me cuz I own absolutely nothing except my school books (and those I will readily give to anyone who asks. so anyone? want my school books? ANYONE? *damn*), but I shall prevail and Sailor Moon shall be mine!!! Muhahahahaha...

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Suppressed Feelings:

                      Lucky Day

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The shopping spree was a bomb! The girls enjoyed themselves to the max. They tried daring outfits, funny make up, and everything they could get their hands on. And for Serena the girls brought fashionable clothes, accessories, make up, and even a couple of pairs of shoes! After hours of serious shopping, the girls took a break to eat, and that was when they realized that they had spent all their money. The lack of money caused them to return to the Cherry Hill Temple for dinner and then they accompanied Serena back home.

Serena was so excited about her new image that she even woke up two hours early! She merrily walked from her bed to take a shower and then returned to dress. She had rearranged her wardrobe the night before so that all her old girlish clothes were on the left side of it, and all the cool new clothes were on the right side. It took some time before she could decide upon an outfit, and she finally settled on an armless pale pink shirt with a cute knot by the end of the shirt, and a jean-shirt that ended just above her knees. She added a touch of make up to her eyes, cheeks, and lips, and then grabbed a pair of pink, heeled sandals. She finally took a look at herself in the full-length mirror.

She looked great...at least two years older! Now, she didn't look like a little girl anymore, and was elegantly wearing the same type of clothes that the college girls wore tastelessly. The colours matched very well; the shoes weren't too flashy; the make up was invisible, it looked natural; and she managed to show off her week-long legs, and curves without looking like a slut... She looked like a charming young woman. After admiring herself, Serena serenely went downstairs to eat her breakfast.

"Good morning, Serena," her mother greeted, and then turned to her husband, "Our daughter is growing up, Ken!"

Serena giggled at her mother's observation; she kissed both her parents good morning and sat down to eat her break fast. "G'morning, Shingo!" she saluted her brother joyfully.

"Humph," he sighed back, and then teased, "Whom are you trying to impress? That counter guy at the arcade or his friend? That ain't never gonna happen; he has a girlfriend already… and she's way older than you. "

Serena rolled her eyes, why did she have to have such an embarrassing baby brother? "Is," she corrected him ignoring his joke. Shingo looked at her is questioning eyes. "'That is never going to happen,' not 'That ain't never gonna happen'."

Shingo opened his mouth to criticise her sister, but was interrupted by her mother. "The boy you're eyeing, what is he like?" Irene asked giggling, recalling the time when she was still a teenager.

"A boy? What makes you say that?" She asked in a shock, afraid that her Dad would scold her or something. "Shingo is just being an idiot here, he is still in the cootie stage, and doesn't know that boys and girls can be just friends."

"I swear that if some lad even tries to come near my daughter I will break his-" her father threatened, hidden behind his newspaper, but was cut off by his wife.

"Aw, Ken!" she said frowning, "Serena is in the age for dating, and she is well educated in this household so I'm sure she'll bring decent suitors!"

This made Serena laugh, so her mother was implying that loutish Darien was decent? Well, that was something he'd have to prove! He'd probably come into the house and call her mother for "Mrs. Housewife" and tease her for not having a career and ask her whether she had been as stupid at Serena was. He'd call her dad "Mr. Moustache Face" and make fun of her father's job as a university professor, oh, he'd also highlight that Serena wasn't the normal type of daughter a professor would have, since her best grade was a fifty-two percent... That wouldn't be too promising!

"So, Dear, who is the guy you're crushing on?" her mother persisted.

"Oh, no one," she said as her mother glared at her disbelieving. Serena could feel that Irene wasn't going to leave this conversation soon. So she pretended that she was going to be late. "Mom, look at the clock, it sooo late! I have to go...bye Dad, Mom!"

Today she had time to walk slowly all the way to school. She did just that, and was approaching that corner. Today there was no risk that she would crash into Darien! She was a half an hour earlier than normal so there was absolutely no risk that she would meet- thuck! Not a collision, just a bump.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean," Serena apologised convinced that it was just a normal pedestrian...but she changed her mind when she heard that sexy laugh. "Oh, it's YOU again?" she shouted turning from a bubbly, ecstatic young lady, into a furious creature.

"Hi Meatball Head," he said glancing at her from top to bottom, side to side, as if marvelling a work of art. He was surprised, and for the first time he smiled at her, not a mocking smirk, but a half-faint, pleased, candid *smile*. Serena melted inside! "Are you going to meet your aunt Petunia and give her a heart attack or something?" he joshed with that gleam still entertaining his lips. The grin seemed a tad... silly?

"What are you talking about? I don't have an Aunt Petunia!" she replied almost genially. How could she sound aggravated when Darien was offering *her* such a smile?

"I simply mean that if you're going to visit you grandma, you should wear something more…uh, old fashioned..." he uttered still smiling, elevating his right eyebrow.

"Who are you to tell me how I should dress?" she tittered feeling bouncy again. Then she thought of what he had said..."Was I supposed to take that as an insult or a compliment?"

Darien looked startled for some reason, and then he nodded and said nonchalantly, shrugging: "Take it as whatever you like."

"Gee, thanks for the praise, Darien!" Serena exclaimed, winking her eyes. "Bye, gotta go to school! Have a nice day!" With this said she started to walk again to school while she heard Darien amiably chuckle behind her and saying "Have a nice day" back!

Oh my, it had sort of worked! Not utterly, but the only mean statements Darien had yet said was "Meatball Head" and that Aunt Petunia thing. And he *smiled* at her. The girls are geniuses! This was going to be her lucky day, she thought. And in fact, it was- almost.

She arrived to school early. Ms. Haruna almost fainted! Serena was twenty minutes early to school! So there was actually no real school that day because Ms. Haruna decided to celebrate the Serena's Early Day with a class party (not to mention that she postponed a test for that cause!). And no detention for Serena today, either (however Lita unfortunately happened to purposely trip a stuck-up chick and had to stay in). After school Serena dashed to the arcade to tell Andrew all about her day.

"Andrew!" she shouted vivaciously when she had plopped into a stool by the counter, the other girls hadn't arrived yet.

"Serena!" Andrew rose from the under the counter a few seconds later with a chocolate milkshake.

"You won't believe what a lucky day I had! I have such great friends, and they did all this for me! Can you believe it?"

"Well, sounds like they did something really nice to you," Andrew guaranteed smiling at his 'little sister', "But what exactly happened?"

From nowhere they head a half-bantering, half-heartily laugh. A sleek, sweet, laugh...that belonged to our dear friend Darien. "Why, I guess Meatball Head had a klutz attack, and I wasn't there for her to fall on, so she fell hard on her head yesterday. Can you believe that she was actually early for school today? This is a once in a lifetime phenomenon!"

Serena glowered at him. So he didn't change, in spite of everything. What? Did she think that she could mesmerize a college guy by changing clothes? How stupid could she be? She was annoyed at her own stupidity.

"I did *not* fall!" she protested gravely at Darien. Then she turned to Andrew excited to tell. "What happened, Andrew, was that I kind of got a late birthday present from my friends! They decided to make me over yesterday and they bought me new, chic garments; sassy accessories, gorgeous make up, trendy footwear...everything!" She explained standing up, then giving a turn. "Don't I look pretty?"

"Yes, I noticed those new clothes!" Andrew said. "They look very good on you! You look at least seventeen years old...I'm sure you'll have lots of guys at your tail, don't you think, Darien?"

Darien choked his coffee, took a good look at her, and while a dim, dim blush rose to his face as he shrugged. Serena pouted sitting down again. Why did he always have to be so cold?

"I'm sure Darien thinks you look beautiful," Andrew smiled soothingly, winking, "He's just too shy to say it!"

Serena laughed! What else could she do? Crying was not an option in a public place. Darien, on the other hand, almost fell off his stool as reaction to Andrew's words. Serena cracked up! It wasn't everyday that you could see Darien doing a job that normally belonged to Serena!

"Oi, Darien-Jerk, watch that klutz attack! Someone call the media; we're encountering a one-shot phenomenon here! Darien Shields, the coolest of cool, just klutzed out! This just corroborates that everything has its first time!"  Serena virtually screamed this, and everyone in the arcade was laughing! - At Darien

"Shut up, Meatball Head, you don't even understand half of the things you're gibbering!" he said infuriated. Darien had lost his composure! This was wicked cool! How did she do that?

Serena stood up all fulfilled and walked over to the Sailor V games. This was when Raye, Mina, and Amy entered the arcade and started to chat with Andrew, regretting that they had missed the Serena and Darien Battle of the day. Andrew made sure to tell the girls who the victor was that day, and the girls started to tease Darien about it. This was when Darien decided to leave the arcade, probably too angry with Serena and humiliated. And today he didn't say "Bye Meatball Head, see you on the pavement"…he didn't even say good-bye! This time Serena finished the game! Finally, after a year of trying! This called for commemoration.

Commemoration meant another chocolate shake when Lita arrived from detention! The conversation was only about how Serena wan the battle that day, and how Darien reacted. Then they moved on into praise themselves for such a bright idea, and such great sense of style they had (especially Mina and Raye)! Serena thanked (someone had to do it! Since they were praising themselves they couldn't possibly thank themselves!), blushed, laughed, and rolled her eyes more than ever. And before they day was over, she had several guys asking for number, which she politely refused to give, of course!

Her rejection made Lita and Raye scold her, because it would be perfect to make Darien jealous; because those guys were handsome *and* OLDER! Serena told them, with Mina and Amy backing her up, that she didn't like the concept of using innocent boys and fooling Darien into jealousy.

But guess what? As you already know Serena is... Well, Darien was right about this one- lazy! And already on the second day of her make over she went back to her normal schedule! (AN: sigh! *shakes head*) She woke up late, and had to hurry in the shower, and hurry to dress, and hurry to do her hair, and hurry to grab her breakfast!

She still had dress and accessory arrangements à la mode, even when she was in a rush (AN: amazing!)! She never had time to put on make up, though, but she honestly didn't need cosmetics to look more beautiful than Helen (AN: For those who don't know; this refers to the Trojan War. Paris, asks Aphrodite for the most beautiful mortal woman in the world. And this is where Helen comes in... read the Trojan War it's cool! Ok, back to the story). So generally no one could have noticed that Serena went back to her old schedule, if it wasn't for the fact that she dashed to school, crashed into Darien, came to school late, and got detention.

Time passed and Serena was her normal self again (except for the new chic style that she had, and guys that frequently asked her out and that she frequently refused). Darien, too, went back to his old self, mocking with her harshly and winning all the verbal battles.

For some reason Serena didn't take his teasing like she used to. Before, his verbal abuses only spoiled her mood for about ten minutes after he disappeared off her sight. His words hurt her, but never left an impact in her. But after that "lucky" day she realized that she cared for Darien- had feelings for him that she couldn't yet name, but it was more than a stupid crush. She wanted to know what those feelings were, but Darien would never give her a chance and her patience was gradually running out and frustration took its place in her heart. His malicious words gained an impact, which upset her feelings and pride causing her disposition to slowly develop into gloom.

Her friends witnessed that Serena had changed. They were all worried and of course, wanted to know why, but Serena refused to talk about it. The only time she expressed her truest feelings was when she cried herself to sleep with Luna at her feet trying to console her, and at the same time not scratch. Andrew had seen it too (her sadness), and guessed (rightly, of course) that it was Darien that made her feel this way. But Serena refused to divulge, she knew that he would talk to his friend, and Darien might not want to talk to her anymore. She would rather be teased by him, than to stop hearing his voice. They were bittersweet, the sentiments she harboured for him... until she got fed up-

One day Serena walked (yes, walked; not bounced) into the arcade more or less happy:

"Hey, Meatball Head," Darien sneered noticing her happy mood.

"Oh, you jerk! Stop calling me that!" Serena shouted.

"Oh, look," Darien called noticing a paper in one of Serena's hands. "What have you got there? Another thirty percent?"

"No!" Serena smirked sticking her tongue at him. "In fact, I got a sixty-one percent!" she went on proudly.

"And you're happy because of that, Meatball Head?" he said, and then still sneering he clapped his hands without much enthusiasm, "I forgot; I'm supposed to be proud of you..."

"Do I care if you're proud of me or not? NO!" Serena spat wrathfully. "And stop calling me that name; I don't see what's so funny!"

"I'll tell you," Darien replied after a short pause. "Meatball Head: your hideous hairstyle, which supposedly, coincidentally (but I doubt it) goes along with your Meatball Brain. This meaning it's utterly stupid both mentally and physically, causing you to fail all your tests, and klutz out all the time, and cry like a three-year old baby. I think that all this is caused by the fact that you eat so much that your brain consists of *fat* rather than brain-cells. And that's what's so funny about your name, Meatball Head!"

Serena saw that smirk still plastered on his face, ditching her, degrading her, angering her beyond all limits. Yes, that's right; angering her past limits into and explosion. It was an outburst where she said things that she didn't mean at all. Where she shouted out lies, and did her best to hurt Darien's feelings as much as he had hurt hers.

"I HATE you, Darien!" she shouted with tears in her eyes, but that wasn't the end of it. "You are a total jerk! And that name fits you perfectly because surprisingly *unlike* most people your heart is an ice cube. As a matter of fact, I doubt that you have a heart! I feel so sorry for your parents and friends; it is such a curse that they have to bear up with you! I bet you are the king of burdens to them! I hope you will always be alone, 'cause you deserve it. And I'm never *ever* talking to you again, Mr. Jerk!"

With this discourse voiced, Serena ran out the arcade crying. Sure, she'd said things that were very awful, she realized that, but she still hoped that he would ache as much as she was aching. She didn't even turn back to see her friends shocked expressions, Andrew's angry-sad glare, and Darien's pale, pained face.

No, Serena just ran on, not conscious of the world around her. How could she care for someone that only wanted to wound her? He, obviously, despised her! He thought that she was ugly, and obtuse, klutzy, fat, and a cry-baby! And to think that she could have those feelings for a guy like him. Why? Why did she care for him? Why did she still want him, even after he'd hurt her that much? Oh, Gods, what kind of curse did you lay upon her? She didn't care anymore; she didn't want to feel anymore, she didn't want to live-

Everything went so fast! She heard the horn of a car; she looked up and saw something speed up; she couldn't move; the sound of rubber against asphalt rang; something ached; she was falling; something pulled her out and embraced her; she was on her knees crying.

"It's alright Meat- Serena," she heard him say, hugging her tightly, "It's alright, you're almost fine. You're okay..."

Serena kept on crying her heart out, and didn't notice that a crowd had gathered around her, she just shed tears. Cried, and cried; cried all her sorrows away, cried until there was no more tears. Then she cleaned her eyes on Darien's green blazer (well, what do you know? ^_^) and refused to look up. She simply hid her face on Darien's chest.

"Meatball Head," he whispered in her ear, with a helplessly mellow and almost despairing voice, "Look at me, baby..."

Oh, how could Serena resist *that* command? Even if her brain still wanted to remain on his chest, her heart compelled her to automatically look up...

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Yes it's done! A little bit longer that the other ones but, yeah, well, I hope it's more interesting! Sorry about the Japanese name for Shingo...I can't remember his English name. Part 4 will be out soon...

Hot Cutie: you've been nagging: nagging is good! Here's another chapter just for you!

coey-sama: I tried, I really tried… *hits self on the head*

starzstruck-1: I thank you! *blush*

Lady of Enchantment: I will continue, don't worry, it just takes some time for my Neanderthal brain to do things…

sally: *smiles evilly* did you expect this? *you probably did, so it's was really a stupid question*

squeekers: *blush* a work of art? I am very flattered in indeed! Thank you so much!

aurora: thankie dankie doo! Hope you're not too angry at me for not "updating soon"!

Sun+Moon,Earth+Sky: I promise I'll hurry with the chapter following this one! Nice name, by the way.

Forever His: Thank you, so much! *blush*

LovingMeForever: I'm still not sure if I want to have a happy ending or a sad one… ;)