Rent-A-Fiancé
Prologue
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon wouldn't want me so I didn't try to buy it
Summary: Darien Shields is a business man. Some deals you make, you have to do a little extra to complete. But oh boy Darien has gotten himself in trouble. In order to complete a merge with this company, Darien lied about him getting married. The company owner likes a family man, and this was the easiest way out Darien could think of. Every time they had a business dinner, Darien played it safe and said she was out of town. But oh he's in trouble now, he's dug a hole and fell into it. If he doesn't produce a fiancé in a week, he'll loose this deal. So what does he do? He calls a dating service and sets up a special meeting with the owner. After explaining his situation to a man named Ken Tsukino, Darien feels like this is going to be so easy. Mr. Tsukino has just the girl for him! His daughter!!! But what if they know each other? But what if there is tension between the two already? It's just too bad because they signed a contract….how will they follow through?
Darien Shields sat in Monday morning traffic while talking on his video phone with his business partner, Andrew Gardner.
"Man you are always getting into some shit like this." Said Andrew
"I'll do anything for a deal." Said Darien
"If Bob Barker would give you ownership of his show if you assassinated Jay Leno, would you do it?" Asked Andrew
"Hell no…now if it were the other way around….Bob Barker could have a heart attack at any moment he's so ancient." Said Darien
"Then what are you going to do about this deal?" Asked Andrew "Put a ad in the want ads?"
"That's actually not a bad idea…..hey what's the number for that popular dating service?" Asked Darien
"Hearts and Soulmates?" Asked Andrew
"That would be the one." Said Darien
"I'll get you the number." Said Andrew
"Oh and while you are at it…set me up a special conference with the owner please." Said Darien
"Look man….I'll bet you a thousand bucks you can't pull this off." Said Andrew
"Sure, thousand bucks never hurt anyone…you should go ahead and put it in my bank account in case you forget later." Said Darien
"You must eat through your butt because all you talk is shit." Said Andrew
"I might talk shit but your going to eat it." Said Darien
"Whatever man…I'll get back to you when I get your meeting set up." Said Andrew
"Later" Said Darien.
Darien closed the video session as he chuckled to himself. Andrew was going to regret making him that bet. For about a month he'd been pretending that he was engaged to this beautiful blonde named Renee. Hopefully the agency would have someone like that. There was of course the way to pay someone to be a blonde Renee but who would do that. Actually once he got to thinking about it…who would want to do unless they were getting paid a million dollars. Maybe Andrew was right. No he would never admit that, not even to his own thoughts.
Ken Tsukino was sitting in his office when his secretary announced he had a phone call.
"Hello, Ken Tsukino speaking." Said Ken
"Hello Mr. Tsukino. My name is Andrew Gardner. I'm Vice-President of Shield Industries. I need a special kind of deal with you….
After Andrew explained the situation, he had Mr. Tsukino in rolls of laughter.
"Does Mr. Shields have any preferences on looks?" Asked Ken
"All he has told them was that she is blonde, and her name is Renee." Said Andrew
"Hmm I have something that is close enough." Said Ken
"Are you certain she will do it?" Asked Andrew
"Yes, my daughter will do anything for me." Said Ken
"Set up a meeting for me and Mr. Shields to have lunch tomorrow. Now I have things to do. Goodbye Mr. Gardner." Said Ken and he hung up without waiting for a reply.
Ken admitted it was probably getting old for Serena to get thrown into these things. When he first started this business, it started as a television dating show…and if he ever had a spot empty that he couldn't book, Serena was always there to bail him out. She'd been on hundreds of dates because of him….which more than half ended badly. If Ken was going to put his daughter in a situation like this…he had to set some ground rules for Mr. Shields. Ken called his secretary to see if Serena was free for lunch today.
Serena was waiting for her father at The Olive Garden, and he was twenty minutes late. Just when she was about to get up and leave, he walked through the doorway.
"Good afternoon Honey." Said Ken
"Hi Daddy." Said Serena
"So what are you going to order today Serena?" Asked Ken
"What do you want daddy?" Asked Serena
"Oh the ranch and bacon pasta looks interesting." Said Ken
"No, I mean what is this all about." Said Serena
"What? Can't a father ask his daughter out to lunch without getting the third degree?" Asked Ken
"I'm sorry….its just that you always want something." Said Serena as she picked her menu back up
"Serena I need a big favor." Said Ken
Serena dropped her menu and stood up from the table, about to leave.
"No honey please hear me out." Said Ken
"All right." Said Serena sitting back down
"Its this business deal with this man. The man needs someone to play his fiancé. He plans it out that you'll play his fiancé for a week or so and then you will get in a big fight and end it all." Said Ken
"You want me to play some guys fiancé. Dad what about my restaurant? I'm about to loose it….I don't have time to play wife to some cheap bastard." Said Serena
"Look if you do this, I will personally make sure you stay in business." Said Ken
"Daddy why am I such a sucker to your deals?" Asked Serena
"Oh thank you baby!" Said Ken
"Is he cute?" Asked Serena
"Serena, I don't want you to get 'involved' with him. He's probably a jerk on the inside and will just hurt you. Promise me you won't get involved with him anymore than you have to!" Said Ken
"I promise" sighed Serena. He wanted her to play fiancé but thought he might be a jerk….all he cared about was money.
Darien sat in Ken Tsukino's office, waiting for his arrival. Andrew had said that Ken had just the girl for him. He hoped she looked good. Darien sat up as he heard the door open.
"Oh good afternoon. You must be Darien Shields." Said Ken
"Yes. And you are Ken Tsukino." Said Darien
"Yes. Let's cut the chit-chat shall we." Said Ken "We are both business men and want to protect our business. I have a few rules to this 'set up we have'"
"Rules?" Said Darien
"Yes. I assume Mr. Gardner informed you that you will be engaged to my daughter. Now my Serena has been through some heartache so I don't want you to get 'involved' with her. There will be no touching…fantasizing….you can only kiss her in public….and you definitely will not try to seduce her. I know guys like you." Said Ken
"I am fully capable of taking care of myself daddy." Said Serena from the doorway, surprising them.
"I know honey, but sometimes temptation is very strong." Said Ken
Serena snorted and walked over to them. She stood beside him and put her hand out. "Serena Tsukino, how do you do?" asked Serena but Serena stopped dead in her tracks when she saw who he was. "Darien Shields!!! You son of a bitch!!! What is this, another trick to get my restaurant!!!!
"Serena Tsukino!!! I should have put two and two together….Ken Tsukino…" Said Darien
"You two know each other?" Asked Ken
"Know is an understatement Daddy….he's only the scum of the earth!" Said Serena "He's like a leech"
"How do you know each other?" Asked Ken
"I tried to do some business here with your daughter here but she profoundly refused." Said Darien
"What kind of business?" Asked Ken
"He's the reason I'm about to loose my restaurant." Said Serena
"If you would only sell it to me then you would make a lot more money than you do now." Said Darien
"All right ALL RIGHT!!!" Shouted Ken "You need a fiancé and you need a restaurant. Maybe you can help each other…Serena will play your fiancé is you leave her restaurant alone. Can you get along with each other?" Asked Ken
"She'd have to live with me." Said Darien
"WHAT!!! That wasn't part of the deal!" Said Serena
"Serena it would only be for a week or so, and I am sure you would be fully accommodated." Said Ken
"Of course. You'd get your own bedroom and anything you wanted would be yours. But we'd have to look real. And that means everyone would have to believe us." Said Darien
"Daddy I don't know…this is bigger than anything else I have ever done for you." Said Serena
"If you do this, I promise this is the last favor." Said Ken
"That's what you said last time." Said Serena
"Deal?" Asked Darien
Serena slowly reached out her hand…"Deal."
Author's Note: Ok your thinking, how many incomplete stories you have? LOL I know including this one, there are four that I do intend on finishing eventually. The other incompletes…well just call them abandoned. Well what did you think of this one? The idea came to me one day this past week and I decided to go with it!!! Tell me what you think!!!