WOO!! Chapter 7! I'm gonna say the same thing I did for The Next Full Moon, which I hope you noticed is also being updated! I was sick! I had the flu for close to 2 weeks so I wasn't really in the mood to write! But I'm better! My special thanks to Meg and Erin. I really hope you like it! But I am giving a warning! This is where that R rating comes in. There is one sex scene in here so be warned! Other than that feel free to read! Also please please please review! It lets me know you like!

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It had been about a week since the last time Beryl had seen Darien. She sat in a quaint coffee shop, drinking a most delicious cappuccino. The taste, however, turned sour when her thoughts regressed again to her situation. She'd finally met a man. And when she said a man, she meant a man. Darien Shields was everything she had been looking for. He was sexy and had a perfect body, but most importantly he was rich. He was stinking rich and that's just how Beryl liked them.

But as if God itself (AN: I don't really feel comfortable classifying God with a gender so I hope I don't offend anyone by saying itself. If I do, my apologies.) had it against her, Serena Johnson had to come into the picture. A sneer marred Beryl's face as she thought of Johnson. Miss Perfect! The girl every guy wants. It's not enough that practically EVERY respectable guy drooled over her. Oh, but she didn't want any of them, she only wanted the ONE freaking guy who didn't want her, Seiya! But now, now she has to pull Darien into her web. Well if she thinks that she and Darien were going to be together she had another thing coming. 'He's going to be mine! At any cost he will be mine!' Determination clouded in her eyes; her mind began hatching ideas to discreetly remove Serena from the picture.

As if it were a sign from below, her bait just walked through the door. Beryl smiled deviously as she secured her scheme in her head. 'Now I just have to make it happen....' Quickly shaking her head, Beryl put on her most seductive smile and made her way to the cash register, where her target awaited. She smiled an innocent smile and leaned on her side against the counter table. Her breast pushed out subtlely to attract the wanted attention. Her smile widened when hungry (and sad.....?) eyes turned toward her. Beryl licked her lips, 'I win.'

"Need some company? Looks like you need some......" Beryl purred, her voice low and husky. She smiled when he slowly shook his head. She patiently waited for him to pay for whatever he had ordered. When he received his change, Beryl hooked her arm with his, sighing inwardly when she caught whiff of him. 'He's sloshed.' The two walked out of the café together, heading in the direction of his apartment.

Raye just stared in shock. She knew he was hurt by how Serena was acting, but to do this? To go off and probably have SEX with the one person Serena hates! Pulling out her cell phone she quickly began dialing Serena's number, when she stopped after four digits. Should she really tell Serena what she had just seen? Quickly erasing the current digits on her cell phone, she began dialing Mina's number. 'Mina will know what to do. Mina ALWAYS knows what to do.'

"Hello?" Mina sounded a bit groggy.

"Mina are you fully awake for this? Because THIS is BIG!" Rei's voice spoke loudly trying to make her point clear. Mina perked right up at hearing it was gossip.

"FULLY awake! Now spill!" Mina's voice now annoyingly anxious.

"I just saw Beryl walk out of the café, arm in arm with Seiya."

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Serena sat, unmoving in her bedroom. She was seated in the same position on her bed that she had been in forty-five minutes ago. Every few minutes she would pick up the phone and then hang up almost instantly. Muttering to herself the pros and cons of her whatever choice she would eventually have to make. Her index finger traced the numbers in the order that would call a certain person. Hanging up the phone yet again Serena took a deep breath and pushed herself up from her bed.

Shaking her head, she left her bedroom and headed straight for her freezer, right to the Ultimate Caramel Cup ice cream. She carefully took the carton of ice cream out of the freezer, afraid it might break or worse, disappear if she did not take special precautions. Gently placing it on her kitchen counter, Serena quickly went in search of a spoon. Finding one in seconds the carton lid was off in record time. Slowly dipping her spoon into the scrumptious concoction, she stuck the ice cream covered spoon in her mouth. She closed her eyes, savoring the ever so tasty mixture of caramel and chocolate.

When she finally allowed herself to swallow the ice cream, she sighed and threw her spoon into the sink. 'Ugh! Not even Ultimate caramel cup ice cream can distract me! Man I should call the people at Guinness! I'd be in their book for sure!' Sighing in defeat, Serena trudged her way back to her bedroom to once again sit on her bed in front of the phone. Letting out a groan of frustration Serena picked up the phone, dialed the required number and stared at her phone in horror. It was ringing.

"Hello?" A silky voice spoke, sending chills down her back. Serena closed her eyes, counted to five, and inhaled.

"Hey. It's Serena. I was wondering if you wanted to get something to eat? I mean if you're not busy or if you've already eaten I completely understand and now I'm babbling so I'll just quiet down." Serena slapped her forehead when she heard a deep chuckle on the other end of the phone.

"I'm starving." Was all that was said on his part.

"Me too." Serena smiled and hung up. She hurriedly jumped off her bed and raced toward her bathroom to take a shower.

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Just fifteen minutes after the call had been made Serena heard the repeated buzz of her doorbell. Cursing quite loudly, Serena rushed to her front door clothed in only a towel. Preparing to yell at whoever was being so rude, her words died in her mouth when she saw it was Darien. She had to giggle at his expression. 'I guess he wasn't expecting to see me in a towel.'

"Uh Dar? Pick your tongue up and come in already! I'll just be ten minutes!" Serena rushed back into her bedroom, shutting the door quietly. Darien shook his head of all the naughty pictures that had invaded his mind at the sight of her and walked into her apartment, slowly looking around taking in his surroundings. Darien shut the door quickly and walked into her kitchen. He noticed a carton of ice cream melting on the kitchen counter and smiled. 'What a pig!'

True to her word Serena came out ten minutes later, glowing as usual. Darien quickly took in her appearance. She was wearing a light blue spaghetti strapped t-shirt and white Capri pants. She looked gorgeous, 'she could be dressed in drag and she'd still look gorgeous.' Darien had a goofy grin on his face that made Serena laugh yet again. 'What a goof!' Serena laughed. She too took in his appearance. He was wearing a white t- shirt with black slacks. His hair as usual was a mess, yet looked wonderful at the same time. 'I wish my hair could look that good without a brush!'

"So where do you want to eat?" Darien inquired as she locked her front door. Turning to face him Serena smiled. He was so perfect. How did he ever end up in her life?

"There's a buffet......" Serena trailed off as she watched a queasy look cross over Darien's face, "or we could go to a little Italian restaurant, it's called Luna's. They make the yummiest canoli!" Darien nodded his approval and he casually caught her hand, twining their fingers together. Serena's gaze immediately fell to the combined hands and smiled, a feeling of warmth and security spreading throughout her entire being.

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After Beryl and Seiya had left the café together they had reached his home in less than five minutes. Beryl had hardly stepped foot through the door when Seiya grabbed her by her arms and pushed her against the wall, shoving his tongue into her mouth. Beryl was more than willing to comply. She'd have to be blind not to realize how gorgeous the man was.

The two had been practically ripping one another's clothing off as they made their way toward what Beryl could only assume to be his bedroom. When they finally made it, Seiya pushed her back onto his bed. She looked up at him through her lashes. She had been stripped to just her panties and she lay heaving on his bed. Beryl watched as his eyes remained on her breasts, his eyes rising and falling with her chest.

He crawled to her, kissing his way up her body. Finally atop her he began kissing her passionately. Their tongues melding together, Beryl's breast pressing into Seiya's chest. She moaned his name, loving how his hot skin felt against her own. She began to whimper when he stopped abruptly.

"You protected?" His voice was hoarse from having to force himself to stop. Beryl just nodded, her eyes closed waiting for him to enter her. She cried out when he did. Beryl bit into her lip as her senses were overloaded with pleasure. She began to moan when he started to thrust in and out of her. She was reaching her peak, when she finally climaxed she screamed out his name.

"Seiya! Oh God yes!" Beryl's whole body shuddered. Seiya kept pumping in and out of her. When her muscles clamped down on him he too climaxed.

"Serena...." He whispered harshly. Luckily, Beryl hadn't heard his slip of the tongue, and if she had she was too content to care.

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"I don't believe it! Either show me proof or hit the road jack!" Serena laughed.

"I'm telling the truth! It was the summer of my sophomore year in high school! I thought I was gonna get lucky! But instead that bitch stole my clothes and left me shivering, NAKED, in the cold on her front lawn! And to make it worse she turned on the sprinklers!" Darien spoke trying to convince Serena of one of his most embarrassing moments.

Water came out of Serena's nose as she heard the word sprinklers. She was holding her aching sides. For the past hour she and Darien were regaling one another with their past......shames. So far Darien was in the lead. How was she supposed to beat being naked and having the sprinklers turned on! Then she remembered.

"Ok I have one. There will be no way in hell you can top this. High school, ninth grade. I hadn't......grown into the woman I am now." She paused allowing Darien time to figure out what she was trying to say. When he still looked confused Serena pointed to her breasts. Darien's mouth went into an 'O' shape and he nodded, a smile on his face.

"So you see I decided to stuff. Now this was a time BEFORE the padded bra, (AN: Not sure if that's true but just go along with it eh?) so I used Kleenex of course. Well see I was going 'steady' with Brad Jacob, a quarterback. We were at make-out point and were having a pretty intense make-out session. Well that was the night we went to second base. He had lifted my shirt over my head and his hands went for the latch on my bra. So caught up I let him. Well as soon as my bra came off, Kleenex fell as if it were snowing. Needless to say the very next day EVERYONE at school knew and Brad and I were over." Serena watched as Darien's mouth twitched.

"Go on, get it over with." She said dryly and Darien burst out in laughter. Tears started forming in his eyes. His hand hitting the table over and over as peels of laughter went through him. Serena just stuck her tongue out at him as his laughter finally began to subside.

"Okay, okay you win." Darien smiled at her, trying desperately to keep his laughter at bay. Dinner had been wonderful. The food was good, but the company made it taste like heaven. They began with casual chit- chat about little things and then as soon as they started eating the awkwardness left them and they began speaking of child hood horror stories, a.k.a. most embarrassing moments ever.

"Serena do you know Beryl Roberts?" Darien asked

"Yes I do." Serena replied, her face going stern and losing its humor at the mention of the woman's name.

"I have to be honest. When I first got here I asked Beryl out." Darien paused, but quickly continued when he saw anger coming to her face.

"BUT I cancelled on her because I met you. I told her I didn't want to see her again because.....because--" His words faltering as he looked into her eyes, understanding entering their depths. She just smiled and brought her fingers up to his mouth to silence him.

"Thank you for being honest with me." And she leaned over the table and kissed him.

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Serena was looking under the hood of Darien's car. She had promised him it would be ready in a week and she intended to keep that promise. A small ache formed when she thought about him leaving her, but Darien promised her that he would not. She smiled. They were perfect for one another and she asked for the umpteenth time how ever did he come into her life?

Serena had tried calling Seiya, wanting to talk to him. She had forgiven him, after talking to Darien about her past feelings for Seiya. Serena noticed how he got insecure when she spoke of her love for Seiya, but she quickly reassured him that her feelings were in the past and that's where she intended them to stay. In response he gave her one of his goofy grins and just kissed her, something she decided she could definitely get used to.

"Crap!" Serena yelled to no one when she dropped a can of oil, spilling the can's entire contents. Serena huffed and decided to clean it up later, knowing no one was due at the shop today, so she again returned to working on Darien's car. All the while she was thinking of how advanced their relationship was after only a week in a half of knowing one another. She was one of the lucky ones and she was going to be sure to tell Darien exactly how she felt. Serena didn't hear the footsteps of another person; she didn't realize another's existence until that person spoke.

"Hello Serena." Serena froze at hearing Beryl's voice.

"Beryl." Serena acknowledged the woman's presence, but refused to turn and face her. It was bad enough the tramp was in her shop. 'I'm gonna have to disinfect this place.' Serena mused to herself.

"What? I don't even get the honor of having you face me?" Beryl mocked hurt, but continued. "You know I finally understand what you saw in Seiya. He is one good fuck." Beryl spoke nonchalantly and took great pleasure in seeing Serena's back go rigid at hearing her statement.

"Seiya and I are just friends. I don't really take interest in his personal life. He can fuck whatever thing he wants to." Serena spoke the words calmly, but on the inside she was screaming.

"Heh. Small words from an even smaller woman. So how does it feel knowing the love of you life fucked me and not you?" Beryl had a cruel smile on her face.

"Beryl I'm perfectly fine with it. Like I said, Seiya and I are just friends. Besides I'm with Darien, I'm exceptionally happy." Serena smiled. She knew without even looking at her, Beryl was seething; a look of outrage most definitely on the woman's face.

Beryl just stood calmly, bringing a cigarette to her lips. Bringing out her matches, she held the cigarette in her hand so she could speak easily to Serena, wanting her words to be clear.

"You may be with him now, but he'll figure you out. They always do." Beryl began laughing when she watched once again as Serena's back went rigid, but she didn't know that it wasn't because of her statement. Serena turned around quickly at hearing the striking of a match, her eyes going wide with horror. Beryl just stared at her, confused, as she dropped her still lit match.

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Hope you don't mind cliffhangers! :) I'll update a.s.a.p. ~Snowflake~