Title: Moms Playing Match Maker?!

Author: Forever Tranquility

Chap. 4: The Beach, And the Hookup of the Century

(Darien's P.O.V.)

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I woke up at eight to make sure I got everything I needed to go to the beach. I was making a silent check of everything. Then I stopped by Mc. Donald's and picked up something to eat.

I had called Serena last night, though I think I might have woken her up, anyway, we made plans on who's to bring what. I've got the music; she's got the food. It all worked out pretty good.

First I picked up all the guys, and as soon as they were all in the car I headed to Serena's house. Needless to say they noticed I was not going to the beach.

"Uh… dude. The beach is the other way," Chad said, in more of a question than a statement.

"Yeah, I know. But I invited Serena and her friends to come and spend the day with us," I said pulling into her driveway.

"Oh. And where did this ounce of courteousness come from?" Ken asked with a grin.

"Well, her mom and my mom are friends, so I figured I

could try to be nice to her," I answered.

"Sure, sure. We believe you," Greg said smiling.

I had noticed Andrew hadn't said anything the whole time, and he was looking out the window. I looked out to where he was, and saw he was looking at Mina. I decided to ask him about it later.



I hopped out of the car to go see if the girls were ready.

"Yes, we're all ready," Serena said grinning, as if reading my thoughts.

"Ok, then. One less question I have to ask. Uh… Serena, can I talk to you for a sec… in private," I added as an after thought.

"Sure," she said shrugging carelessly.

I heard Rei and Mina giggle, and then I heard Serena say, "I can hear that you know," which shut them up instantly.

'Wow, she has real power doesn't she?' I asked myself.

"What was it you wanted to talk about?" she asked looking up at me, her eyes wide.

"Uh… well, you see…" I was stuttering. I never stutter.

"Yes…?" she asked tilting her head forward a little bit.

"I wanted to talk to you about Mina and Andrew," I said quickly.

"Oh," a look of disappointment crossed her face, and then it was gone.

'Why would she be disappointed?'

"Well, what about them?"

"Um… oh yeah! I saw Andrew looking at Mina while we were in the car."

"Oh really?!" she asked excitedly, her eyes shining.

"Yeah, he looked kind of helpless," I said, looking at Andrew, who had gotten out of the car, with the rest of the guys, and had started talking to Mina.

Serena followed my eyes, and let out a squeal.

"Ooooh, they're going to get together before the end of the day!" she said happily, as she grabbed my hand, and started to jump up and down.



When she stopped jumping, I didn't pull my hand away from hers'. But then I asked her, "How do you know?"

"Know what?" she asked, directing her attention back at me.

"Know that they're going to get together by the end of the day?"

"Oh, I don't know… just a feeling," she said grinning, much like Ken had done in the car.

I then took notice of what she was wearing. A pink baby tee, with white cheerleading shorts. Rei was wearing a red shirt, and Mina was wearing a purple one, each with the white cheerleading shorts. And each had on white flip-flops.

We still hadn't let go from holding hands, as we walked back over to the group.

"So, are we ready to go?" Serena asked, as she took out her car keys.

"I thought we were driving you there?" I asked.

"Well, I don't think there is going to be enough room in your car, so I figured I would just follow you in my car," she said, as she watched Andrew and Chad, help Mina and Rei put the rest of the stuff in her black Hummer H2.

"Hey, I didn't know that was your car," I said stunned.

"Well yeah, who else's car would it be? My mom's?" she asked looking at me.

"Well you never know," I said defensively.

With her elbow she nudged me in the side, and nodded her head into the direction of Chad, Andrew, Rei, and Mina. And her smile grew wider.

I smiled back at her, and then said, "Well, shall we be going?"



"Yes we shall," she answered, and pulled her hand away from mine, then hopped into the driver's seat of her car.

Rei climbed into the front, and Mina hopped into the back.

The guys all piled into my jeep, and off we went to the beach.

Oddly enough, my hand felt somewhat cold, when she let go of it. And that made me think.

(Serena's P.O.V.)

I have no idea what possessed me to hold his hand like that… uh-oh. I'm going to be getting an earful from Rei and Mina.

"So, Serena, we noticed you were holding Darien's hand," Rei said smiling evilly.

'And here it goes…'

"Yeah, and your point is?" I asked casually.

"Well, if I remember correctly, which I do. You said, and I quote 'I would never touch anything on or relating to that slime ball,'" Mina said matter-of-factly.

"I was only trying to show him something, and I was really excited about it," I said in my defense.

"And what was so exciting, that you just had to grab his hand?" Mina asked.

"Cause Andrew was flirting with you," I said pulling into a parking spot at the beach.

"Ha! Yeah right, and I'm the Queen of England," Mina said sarcastically.

"Really you are?" I asked just as sarcastically.

"I have to say, I noticed it too," Rei stated.

I blew Mina a raspberry, then said, "I win!"

"We'll see about that," she said under her breath.

"I'm not as deaf as you think I am," I said smartly.

"Of course you're not deaf," said Darien, appearing out of nowhere, and propping his head up on my side of the car, in the window.

"And just where did you come from?" I asked him.

"From the car next to yours," he said smirking.

"Right…" I said, rolling my eyes. "Do you mind?"

"Not at all," he smiled lazily at me, not moving.

"Move," I stated, looking at him deadly.

"Yes ma'me," he said moving instantly.

"Thank you," I said sweetly, getting out of the car.

"You're welcome, I guess," he sighed.

"Mmm… that's cute," I said pinching his cheek.

"I know," he said smiling.

"Well that's the last time I give you a compliment."

"Ok, you guys, break it up. I want to swim before it gets dark," Rei said, pulling things out of the trunk.

"Right," I said going to help her.

When we arrived at the beach, not many people were there. And that surprised me. It was such a nice day.

"I wonder where all the people are…" I said to the group.

"Who knows. But that makes it better right? Less people, more room…" Greg said dropping his stuff of the ground.

"I guess," I said shrugging, and then I dropped my stuff also, and laid my towel out.

"Well I wanna go swimming first," Darien said, as he put his stuff next to mine, then took off his shirt, and ran into the water, with the other guys following him.

"He is so hot," Rei said, looking at Chad.

"I think Andrew is better," Mina said dreamily.

"You guys need lives," I said, still looking at Darien. Boy did that guy have a body. Talk about six-pack central.

I was finally able to tear my eyes away from him. I kicked off my shoes, and then took off my shirt and shorts. I was wearing a tie-dyed pink and black bikini.

Mina had on a yellow and orange bikini also, and hers tied on the hips.

And Rei had on a tankini, that was red with white stars on it.

I laid out to get a tan. I figured I would lie in the sun for a good couple of hours, with plenty of sunscreen of course, then go swimming, and maybe later play some volleyball.

(Darien's P.O.V.)

I was dunking Greg underwater, and then I looked up to where the girls were, and saw Serena in a bikini. I think my eyes might have popped out of my head. I must have been staring for a while when I heard someone calling my name.

"Huh?" I asked clueless.

"I said are you going to stare at Serena all day?" Greg asked, grinning.

"I wasn't staring at her!" I defended for myself.

"Dude, it's not that big of a deal, I think she looks hot myself," Ken said.

"Don't touch her, you have your own girlfriend," I said seething.

"Whoa, chill man. He was only joking," Andrew said calmingly.

"Yeah I suppose," I said still a little ticked.

"I think I might go in for the kill," Andrew said, looking at Mina.

"You're lucky she even likes you," I said under my breath.

"She likes me?" Andrew asked.

"Oops, you weren't suppose to hear that," I said sheepishly.

"Well I promise I won't tell her you said anything," he said swimming up to the shore, to go talk to Mina.

"I wish I could work as fast as he does," Chad said sighing.

"Who would you want to work the charm on?" I asked teasing.

"Uh… Rghdgei…" he said quietly.

"Who?" I asked smiling.

"Rei!" he yelled, just enough so that we could hear it.

"Oh Chad, you sly dog you," Ken said, laughing.

"Ah, shut up," Chad said also swimming up to the shore. Then he sat down next to Rei, and started to talk to her.

"Well I guess that only leaves one girl…" Greg said, looking at me.

"Yeah, and…?" I asked.

"Aren't you going to go talk to her?" Ken said smiling.

"I think I am," I said as I got out of the water, the other guys following me.

I sat down next to Serena, who was reading a magazine article that said '101 ways to look hot this summer'.

"Why would you want to read that?" I asked glancing through the article.

"So I can look hot this summer," she said, acting like a valley girl, while looking up at me.

"Trust me you don't need to try," I said under my breath.

"What?" she asked looking up at me shocked and her eyes wide.

"You know, I should really stop saying things under my breath. It seems everyone can hear me," I said exasperated.

"You think I'm hot?" she asked looking at me, with a glint in her eyes.

"Maybe…" I trailed off.

"Maybe??" she asked smiling.

"Yeah I'd defiantly say maybe," I said smirking.

(Serena's P.O.V.)

'Wow, he thinks I'm hot?' "You know, I don't like when you smirk like that," I said somewhat scared.

"Oh why not? You think I'm going to do something like… this?" he said picking me up and running to the water.

"Darien! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PUT ME DOWN!" I yelled at him.

"Here?" he asked standing in waist high water.

"No, not-"

"Ok if you say so," he said dropping me in.

I sputtered coming back up. "That was really mean," I said, acting sad, and producing tears in my eyes.

"Hey, Serena I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry," he said wrapping an arm around me.

"Just kidding," I laughed, all traces of tears gone.

"But you were just crying a minute ago," he said confused.

"I'm a good actor aren't I?" I said smiling.

"Oh, the best," he said sarcastically, and then dunked my head under water.

We dunked each other till it was time for lunch.

While our food was digesting, we played volleyball, Frisbee, took some quizzes in my magazine, and just talked for a while.



Later Darien and I got back into the water. We had been dunking each other for a while, when I got a good dunk on him, but he didn't come up.

"Darien…? Darien?! This isn't funny anymore, where are you?!"

Then I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around, and to my relief, it was Darien. And standing, only a couple of inches away from me.

"I'm glad you came back up. I wasn't looking forward to telling your mom that I drowned you," I said breathlessly.

"Hey, you know I wouldn't drown on you," he said giving me a smile.

"Promise?" I asked as he leaned in closer to me.

"Promise," he said closing the gap between us.

His lips were soft and warm, and felt so right against mine. At first it was a soft kiss, then it got more passionate. I put my arms around his neck, and combed my fingers through his hair. He wrapped his arms tight around my waist.

(Darien's P.O.V.)

She was sweet, and she smelled like strawberries. Finally due to lack of air, we had to pull apart.

"Wow," she said, laying her head on my chest.

"You can say that again," I said putting my head, on top of hers.

"You do realize, how much crap we're going to get about this from the guys aren't you?" she asked pulling her head up and looking at me, her eyes shining.

"Do, you really care?" I asked looking back at her.

"Not one bit," she said giving me one more quick kiss, before pulling away.

"And just where do you think your going?" I asked pulling her back to me.

"Well, it's almost, dark, and the others are packing up," she said grinning.

"Oh, well then I guess we better join them huh?" I asked letting go of her, but taking her hand in mine.

"That would be wise," she said smiling.

We got our stuff put up, and walked with the others to the car.

"I guess we can just part here, the girls are staying at my house for a sleep over, and I think I can find the way back," Serena said quietly, while I pulled her into a hug.

"Alright, but you call me on my cell if anything goes wrong ok?" I asked, looking down at her.

"I would but I don't have your number," she said smiling at me.

"I guess that would help, it's 812-5720, but you swear you'll call me?"

"Swear," she said crossing her heart, with mock seriousness.

I leaned down to give her a quick kiss, but that turned into a much longer one. I leaned toward her, so that her back was pressed again her car. I put one of my hands on her waist, hoping not to get smacked, and put the other on her neck, lifting her head up a bit to get better access to her mouth. And oh what a mouth it was. The kiss would have gone on longer, but the catcalls and whistles stopped us from going any further.

"Ok, I get the picture," Serena said, giving me one more quick kiss before pulling out of my embrace, and getting into her car. "Bye Darien," she said as the girls got into her car.

"Bye," I said dreamily, as she pulled out of her space, and drove away.

"You got it bad dude," Andrew said.

"Yah, I do, don't I?," I asked while starting up the car, and pulling out also.

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End! Well for this chapter anyway. No, it's not the end of the WHOLE story, can you believe it? Well, you probably can. Anyway after 16 pages of gruelish typing, I finished the 4th chapter. I hope you guys enjoy it. And I will be getting the 5th one out soon. Until then, bye-bye!

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