Fate Can Be Cruel
AN: Here is the next chapter at last.
Last time:
"All I have to say is you don't mess with Darien Shields."
~~~~~~~~Darien~~~~~~~~
I looked both ways to make sure no one saw what I had just done. Seeing that the coast was clear I continued on to my car. I slipped behind the wheel of my black porche and let out a sigh of both relief and satisfaction. In case your wondering what I had just done, I'll tell you.
I followed Serena home and parked my car in a shady area. I then waited for her to go inside and after about ten minutes, when I was sure that she wasn't coming back out anytime soon I crept up her driveway and opened the hood of her blood red mustang. I looked at the wires for a moment before finding the one I wanted. I pulled the wire out of its socket and crossed a few other wires to make sure that Serena wouldn't be able to use her car.
Why am I so resolute on her not being able to use her car, you ask? Well, you see Serena at the moment is inside getting ready for her "date" with Chad and without her car she won't be able to meet him. I tap my fingers on the steering wheel as I think of what I have just done. Now that I think of it what I just have done is horrible but then again how she tried to seduce me was even worse. She deserves it. Without a second thought I drive off.
~~~Serena~~~
"No!!!" I cry banging my head against the steering wheel. "This...can't...be...happening!" I exclaim between each bang. I stop in mid bang. "Big pink marks on your head, not attractive Serena." I tell myself, now rubbing my sore forehead. "But if I'm not at that cafe in twenty minutes it won't matter how I look because Chad won't see me and he'll think I stood him up!" I wail.
I open the door and step outside. I open up the hood of my mustang and stare blankly at the engine and wires beneath it. I lean down to pick up a wire and then set it back down. 'Who am I kidding? I can't fix this. ' I groan.
I shut the hood with a snap and sit on the hood. 'I just don't understand. My car was working perfectly before and now it won't even start.' I flop back on the hood with groan.
"Hey if I buy that car do I get you with it?" A deep male voice asks hopefully.
"Ken!" I exclaim happily bolting upright on the car. 'Maybe he'll give me a ride.' I think.
"The one and only." he remarks as I jump off the car and walk over to him.
"Ken can you give me a ride?" I ask smiling.
"I'd love to Serena but I've got to be somewhere soon. I probably shouldn't even have stopped but I couldn't resist."
I feel my smile slipping. I lean through the window and run my fingers along his strong jaw line. "Pretty please?" I ask. "It's not that far from here and my car won't start." I lean in even farther so that is faces are only centimeters away.
"O-Ok." he stutters.
I squeal with delight as I race around to the other side, open the door and slip in. "Antwan's Cafe at 210 Rose Street." I say as Ken guns the engine. Not another word was spoken until Ken pulled up to the cafe. I climb out of the vehicle. "Thanks for the ride." I say as I shut the door.
"No problem...and Serena?"
"Yes?"
"You...you look great." Ken says nervously. I flash him a sweet smile.
"Thanks." I say before heading into the cafe.
~~Later in the cafe~~
"No way! I can't believe that happened!" I exclaim smiling.
Chad gave a me a sheepish grin. "Neither could I."
I just shake my head before taking a sip of my coffee. A comfortable silence fell over us. 'It's so easy to talk to him.' I think. Suddenly a question pops into my mind. 'Why haven't I thought of this before?!' I wonder.
"Chad, the studio has security camera's everywhere, right?"
"Yeah..."
"And would it be possible to have access to the tapes?"
"Yes...they're in the storage room, arranged by date. What are you getting at Serena?"
"I just want to check on any activity around my chair today."
"You still think someone rigged it?"
"At first I felt myself beginning to believe it was a faulty chair but now after what's happened..." I trailed off.
"What happened?"
"I went home and came out and my car wouldn't start, when just hour before it worked perfectly. I had to get a ride from Ken to get here."
"There could be a number of reasons why your car wouldn't start."
"I know but...." I trailed off, deep in thought as Chad threw a couple of bills on the table. 'Maybe all of this is bad luck and I'm throwing it all out of proportion.' I think.
Chad stood up. "Come on. I'll give you a ride home." I followed Chad to his car and slid in. He started the engine and we were off.
"So how do you like your new partner?" Chad asked.
"He's...alright. We got off to a rocky start at first but now everything is ok." I replied.
Chad nodded. "So if you don't mind me asking, what do you mean by a rocky start?"
Serena groaned at the memory. "I was having a really bad day. You see Jordan had had the nerve to break up with me over the phone, and I was running late to work. I got stuck behind this blood red Porsche that wouldn't move, so I honked my horn and yelled at the driver..."
"Let me guess," Chad said interrupting me, "that driver was Darien." I nodded. Chad pulled his car up my drive way.
I looked up the drive way at my car. "Would you mind checking out my car to find out what's wrong with it? I don't think I could get a mechanic to check out my car this late and with out it I can't get to work."
Chad got out of the car and opened the hood to my mustang. "Let's see..." He mumbled as he leaned closer to the inside of the vehicle. He cocked his head and gave me an odd look.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Maybe your right." he said.
"Right about what?"
"That someone keeps pulling these pranks on you. There are a few crossed wires in here but what makes me believe it, is that the wires connected to your engine are all completely undone. That kind of thing can't happen on its own, someone had to do it."
"I knew it!" I exclaimed. "And I'm going to find out who the culprit is and give them a dose of their own medicine!"
~THE NEXT DAY~
I pulled out a tape marked with yesterdays date and shoved it into the VCR. "Boring...boring...even more boring." I mumble as I fast forward the tape. I slow the tape down as it shows a view of my chair. A dark figure looks around cautiously before proceeding to my chair. I watch as the dark figure takes apart my chair and removes the main support board for my chair.
I glare angrily at the televisions screen. "Come on now turn so I can see your face." I growl. At that moment the person turned around and I sucked in my breath as the face came into clear view. "Darien..."
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Hoped you enjoyed it. Please review. JA!
AN: Here is the next chapter at last.
Last time:
"All I have to say is you don't mess with Darien Shields."
~~~~~~~~Darien~~~~~~~~
I looked both ways to make sure no one saw what I had just done. Seeing that the coast was clear I continued on to my car. I slipped behind the wheel of my black porche and let out a sigh of both relief and satisfaction. In case your wondering what I had just done, I'll tell you.
I followed Serena home and parked my car in a shady area. I then waited for her to go inside and after about ten minutes, when I was sure that she wasn't coming back out anytime soon I crept up her driveway and opened the hood of her blood red mustang. I looked at the wires for a moment before finding the one I wanted. I pulled the wire out of its socket and crossed a few other wires to make sure that Serena wouldn't be able to use her car.
Why am I so resolute on her not being able to use her car, you ask? Well, you see Serena at the moment is inside getting ready for her "date" with Chad and without her car she won't be able to meet him. I tap my fingers on the steering wheel as I think of what I have just done. Now that I think of it what I just have done is horrible but then again how she tried to seduce me was even worse. She deserves it. Without a second thought I drive off.
~~~Serena~~~
"No!!!" I cry banging my head against the steering wheel. "This...can't...be...happening!" I exclaim between each bang. I stop in mid bang. "Big pink marks on your head, not attractive Serena." I tell myself, now rubbing my sore forehead. "But if I'm not at that cafe in twenty minutes it won't matter how I look because Chad won't see me and he'll think I stood him up!" I wail.
I open the door and step outside. I open up the hood of my mustang and stare blankly at the engine and wires beneath it. I lean down to pick up a wire and then set it back down. 'Who am I kidding? I can't fix this. ' I groan.
I shut the hood with a snap and sit on the hood. 'I just don't understand. My car was working perfectly before and now it won't even start.' I flop back on the hood with groan.
"Hey if I buy that car do I get you with it?" A deep male voice asks hopefully.
"Ken!" I exclaim happily bolting upright on the car. 'Maybe he'll give me a ride.' I think.
"The one and only." he remarks as I jump off the car and walk over to him.
"Ken can you give me a ride?" I ask smiling.
"I'd love to Serena but I've got to be somewhere soon. I probably shouldn't even have stopped but I couldn't resist."
I feel my smile slipping. I lean through the window and run my fingers along his strong jaw line. "Pretty please?" I ask. "It's not that far from here and my car won't start." I lean in even farther so that is faces are only centimeters away.
"O-Ok." he stutters.
I squeal with delight as I race around to the other side, open the door and slip in. "Antwan's Cafe at 210 Rose Street." I say as Ken guns the engine. Not another word was spoken until Ken pulled up to the cafe. I climb out of the vehicle. "Thanks for the ride." I say as I shut the door.
"No problem...and Serena?"
"Yes?"
"You...you look great." Ken says nervously. I flash him a sweet smile.
"Thanks." I say before heading into the cafe.
~~Later in the cafe~~
"No way! I can't believe that happened!" I exclaim smiling.
Chad gave a me a sheepish grin. "Neither could I."
I just shake my head before taking a sip of my coffee. A comfortable silence fell over us. 'It's so easy to talk to him.' I think. Suddenly a question pops into my mind. 'Why haven't I thought of this before?!' I wonder.
"Chad, the studio has security camera's everywhere, right?"
"Yeah..."
"And would it be possible to have access to the tapes?"
"Yes...they're in the storage room, arranged by date. What are you getting at Serena?"
"I just want to check on any activity around my chair today."
"You still think someone rigged it?"
"At first I felt myself beginning to believe it was a faulty chair but now after what's happened..." I trailed off.
"What happened?"
"I went home and came out and my car wouldn't start, when just hour before it worked perfectly. I had to get a ride from Ken to get here."
"There could be a number of reasons why your car wouldn't start."
"I know but...." I trailed off, deep in thought as Chad threw a couple of bills on the table. 'Maybe all of this is bad luck and I'm throwing it all out of proportion.' I think.
Chad stood up. "Come on. I'll give you a ride home." I followed Chad to his car and slid in. He started the engine and we were off.
"So how do you like your new partner?" Chad asked.
"He's...alright. We got off to a rocky start at first but now everything is ok." I replied.
Chad nodded. "So if you don't mind me asking, what do you mean by a rocky start?"
Serena groaned at the memory. "I was having a really bad day. You see Jordan had had the nerve to break up with me over the phone, and I was running late to work. I got stuck behind this blood red Porsche that wouldn't move, so I honked my horn and yelled at the driver..."
"Let me guess," Chad said interrupting me, "that driver was Darien." I nodded. Chad pulled his car up my drive way.
I looked up the drive way at my car. "Would you mind checking out my car to find out what's wrong with it? I don't think I could get a mechanic to check out my car this late and with out it I can't get to work."
Chad got out of the car and opened the hood to my mustang. "Let's see..." He mumbled as he leaned closer to the inside of the vehicle. He cocked his head and gave me an odd look.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Maybe your right." he said.
"Right about what?"
"That someone keeps pulling these pranks on you. There are a few crossed wires in here but what makes me believe it, is that the wires connected to your engine are all completely undone. That kind of thing can't happen on its own, someone had to do it."
"I knew it!" I exclaimed. "And I'm going to find out who the culprit is and give them a dose of their own medicine!"
~THE NEXT DAY~
I pulled out a tape marked with yesterdays date and shoved it into the VCR. "Boring...boring...even more boring." I mumble as I fast forward the tape. I slow the tape down as it shows a view of my chair. A dark figure looks around cautiously before proceeding to my chair. I watch as the dark figure takes apart my chair and removes the main support board for my chair.
I glare angrily at the televisions screen. "Come on now turn so I can see your face." I growl. At that moment the person turned around and I sucked in my breath as the face came into clear view. "Darien..."
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Hoped you enjoyed it. Please review. JA!