2002 Valentine's Special: Waiting For You
Part 1 – Beautiful Stranger
By: Ghostwriter
'Oops – sorry,' Serena apologized as she ran headlong into someone. Landing on her rump in a much undignified manner, she saw two pairs of legs in front of her.
'Maybe you should look where you're going, meatball head,' a very annoying voice sounded above her. Serena at once recognized the voice and began to seethe with anger. 'Someday, you'll land some innocent pedestrian in the hospital if you are not careful.'
'Darien darling, you haven't introduced me to your friend here yet,' a female voice said seductively.
Serena at once looked up to see a stunningly attractive young woman standing beside Darien. Dressed in a very revealing outfit, it accentuated her every curve and not to mention her front is quite err – impressive. Her mane of long brown hair hung past her waist as she hung on to her Darien's arm, in a way that Darien will not normally permit a woman to do so.
My Darien? Where did that come from? Serena scolded herself. We only share mutual hatred and nothing else!
'You are?' Serena asked curiously as she picked herself up from the cement pavement.
Darien shuffled on his feet awkwardly. Before he could speak, the woman beside him had already done a self introduction.
'Hi, I'm Danielle Lexington, Darien's girl friend. Please to meet you …?' the young woman extended her hand.
'Umm – Serena Taylor,' Serena said as she shook the hand extended to her. 'Darien's archenemy,' she said half jokingly. Danielle's eyes roved between the blond and her boyfriend. Both were quite red in the face, as if caught in an extremely uncomfortable situation. Are they hiding something from her?
'Oh – Serena, Darien has told me about you,' Danielle said in an offhand manner. Almost instantly, the other two replied together. 'I have?' 'He has?' Then both of them exchanged amused and uncomfortable looks. Both are unaware that they have swallowed Danielle's bait.
'If there is anything I will have said about meatball head here would be that she needs to attend a finishing school. Maybe by then she won't have that many klutz attacks,' Darien said as he brushed off an imaginary spot of dirt from his green jacket.
'OH, is that so,' Serena said scathingly. 'I see that you have finally found someone that will have you. Or maybe your girlfriend she can teach you some manners as well as revamp your wardrobe. Anyone will think that you have no money to buy some decent clothes instead of wearing that ugly jacket everyday,' she said triumphantly, proud that she had came up with a good retort for once.
'Green is my color,' Darien replied easily.
'I tell you it's not,' Serena insisted stubbornly.
'It is!'
'It's not!'
'It is!'
'It's not!'
Danielle watched the little exchanged between her boyfriend and the blonde in front of her with interest. She had came to the conclusion that Darien is a matured and well educated young man when she met him a few months back. Yet this girl is able to bring out the child in him.
'Fine, It's not!' Darien threw up his hands in frustration. 'What are you going to do about it, mother?'
Serena thought about it for a moment, 'Take you shopping.'
Darien scrutinized her for a minute. 'No way am I trusting the fashion sense of a girl who wears two meatballs on top of her head,' he smirked. 'Who in their right mind would?'
'Well, your mind is never right anyway,' Serena snorted.
Both seem to have forgotten about Danielle's existence during their little tiff. 'Ahem,' they turned towards Danielle as she cleared her throat. 'Sweetie, we have to run,' she said meaningfully to Darien as she pointed to her watch. The diamonds sparkled in the sunlight, pronouncing her wealth. [Of course they might be fake] Serena thought enviously.
'Of course,' Darien said as Danielle once more clamped herself onto his arm. 'Good day, meatball head,' he said as they walked off.
'WHY YOU!'
'What took you so long?' Rei complained as Serena sat down at their booth in a huff. 'We thought you got lost on the way or something, but of course, you know the way here like the back of your hand.'
'Aww – Rei, don't be so hard on Serena,' Andrew said as he approached them to take their orders. 'Let me guess,' he smiled at Serena, 'A triple scooped vanilla sundae with my special chocolate sauce and whip cream with a cherry on top for you.' Serena practically drooled as she nodded her head.
'I'll have a banana split,' Rei ordered.
'A chocolate milkshake for me please,' Lita piped up.
'A slice of chocolate Brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and hot chocolate sauce please,' Mina said with her best puppy dog look. 'I'm dying for it.'
'Alright,' Andrew agreed laughingly, 'and what about you Amy?' Andrew asked the girl behind the huge physics book that Andrew thought only Darien will read. 'Water please,' Amy replied vaguely. Andrew left their table with their orders.
'So what really happened? You don't usually come late to the arcade,' Mina pressed.
'She ran into Darien,' Amy said absent mindedly behind the thick book.
'How do you know?' Serena demanded incredulously.
'Face it,' Amy, still hidden behind that book. 'Darien is the only thing that can delay you from reaching the arcade on time. Even Miss Johnson's detentions can't achieve that miracle.'
'That's true,' Lita voiced out her agreement. Other's in turn nodded their heads at Amy's deductions.
'Okay, but guess what? When I bang into him today, he was with his girlfriend!' Serena said excitedly.
'WHAT?' the other three girls shouted shrilly. Amy simply blinked. All the other customers in the shop turned to look at them. More than slightly embarrassed, all the girls lowered their heads and glared at Serena, who was trying to hide her laughter.
'Weren't you jealous?' Mina asked.
'Why should I be?' Serena asked puzzled.
'Because it's pretty obvious you have a major crush on him,' Lita said in a hushed voice.
'WHAT?' It was Serena's turn to explode. Everyone turned around to look at the group of girls in the booth. Lita, Mina, Rei and Amy were already hiding their faces but Serena merely yelled again, 'What are you all looking at? Mind your own business.' Everyone hastily turn their heads away.
'Do you know what you are saying?' Serena hissed at them. 'This is Darien we are talking about! Hello? Have you lost your mind?'
'No, we have not lost our mind,' Mina said. 'You have all the symptoms. You criticize him a lot.'
'And you guys are like fated or something at the rate you bump into each other,' Lita said teasingly.
'Not to mention you have major klutz attacks around him,' added Rei wickedly.
'Amy, help me out here,' Serena pleaded.
'Well, statistics do show that teenagers our age tend to show our feelings towards members of the opposite sex by criticism and computer calculations shows that you two have an amazingly high compatibility rate,' Amy began.
'Ames, get to the point,' Rei said as she tapped her foot impatiently.
Ami sighed, 'Yes, I think you have a crush on him.'
'See, even Ami says so,' Mina said triumphantly.
'I know myself better than all of you,' Serena began heatedly, 'And I definitely know my feelings better than a computer program!'
'Denial is not only a river in Egypt,' Lita quote. 'Anyway, how is his girlfriend like?'
'Err – Pretty,' Serena tried to recall how Danielle looked like from her memory. 'Shucks, can't remember how she looks like.'
'Probably too busy wrangling with Darien,' Rei mumbled.
'Girl, you should check out your competition,' Lita advised.
'Oh yeah!' Serena exclaimed. 'Her name is Danielle Lexington.'
'Danielle Lexingtonn?' Mina cried out excitedly. 'As in this Danielle Lexington?' She shoved a magazine under Serena's nose. A photo of Darien's girlfriend stared at her.
'Yeah, it's her.' Serena confirmed. 'What is she doing in a magazine?'
'Hello, she is the Danielle Lexington!' Mina said excitedly. The others continue to stare at her blankly. 'Oh God, how can you guys be so clueless?' she asked them disbelievingly.
'Mina, just because we don't know some celebrity, doesn't mean we are clueless,' Rei countered.
'"Eighteen year old Danielle Lexington, daughter of world famous surgeon, Henry Lexington is one of the most sought after models in the fashion world. This young woman has reportedly been offered a six-digit pay to model one gown at the upcoming Milan Fashion Extravaganza this May",' Mina read from the article.
'Wow, that girl sure is rich,' Lita whistled at the figure.
'So she is a hot shot model,' Rei said. 'What's new?'
Mina continued, '"When questioned about her love life, this young star had admitted to be seeing someone. "He is kind and caring and loves me a lot," is her verdict her man. However, she refuses to disclose the identity of the man of her life."'
'Kind and caring does to describe Darien,' Serena snorted. 'She is probably seeing someone else.'
'Is our blonde friend here jealous?' Lita teased. Even Amy had to smile.
'No, I'm not,' Serena insisted stubbornly. But she could feel her insides churning with emotions at the new discovery.
So his new girlfriend is a beautiful model who makes six digits every dress she wears and has a famous father, Serena thought miserably as she chewed her bottom lip. How can I match up to that?
'Hello? Earth to Serena!' Rei hollered at her as she waved her hand in front of Serena's face.
'Yeah, I'm listening,' she said quickly. 'Ahh…where is Andrew with our orders?'
As soon as the words left her lips, Andrew appeared with their orders. 'Enjoy, ladies,' he said with a smile as he laid their food and drinks in front of them. Lita began to slurp her milkshake as the rest dig their spoons into their ice creams. They all turn their attentions to Amy who stared at her glass of sky juice blankly.
'Ames, is something wrong?' Andrew asked worriedly.
'Who ordered this?' Amy said mildly as she continued to stare at the glass of water.
'Err…You did,' Lita informed her.
'I don't want it.'
'Then what do you want?' Andrew asked her gently.
'A want this, this, that and that,' Ami said as she pointed at the other girls orders.
'Ames, are you sure you're alright?' Rei asked worriedly.
'Maybe you're running a temperature, here let me check,' Mina said as she placed her hand on Amy's forehead and then her own. 'No, you're temperature seems pretty normal.
Amy shrugged. 'No, I'm fine. It must be nearing the time of the month.'
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Sailor Moon, though I'll be a happier ghost if I did.
So how is everyone enjoying this story so far? Come on people, I need reviews! I realize the last part is really lame, but this story means a lot to me. Why, let me recount this really weird experience to you.
I had this really weird dream. On the 13th of Feb, around 11pm, I decided go to bed, but I had so much trouble falling asleep. Only around midnight which means nearly on Valentines Day, I finally fell asleep and this dream came to me. That was inspired this story.
The funny thing was that the dream was so real. And I remembered every detail of it when I woke up, so I decided to write it down. After ticking off all the couples I normally write about, I decided Serena/Darien is the best. For once, I decided to use the dub names instead of the Jap ones.
So hope you guys continue to read. I will write the whole story out sooner or later, so don't get too discouraged if I disappear for weeks to an end.
Haunts of Love,
GHOSTWRITER…