This is my first fanfic thanks for all the reviews you do not know how much that means to me well anyways if I forgot to mention it before let me mention it now I do not own sailor moon I just love the show and like the names anyways he is my next chapter hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it.

Chapter 2 (unexpected reunion)

Darien woke up rather early in the morning like he does every morning in his one bed room apartment. Darien had a cozy apartment just for himself. His furniture consists of a couch that could seat up to two people, for the guest he never had, and a single person sofa next to it. In the kitchen he has a small table with a matching chair. Darien didn't have a television in his home. It's not that he couldn't afford on it was that fact that television could never entertain him. He found it very useless therefore didn't bother to obtain one.

Darien head out for school around the same time everyday at seven-thirty in the morning to be at school at eight. Darien walked past the library that he went too yesterday and noticed a girl standing in front of the building. The girls seemed to be holding something and looked very worried. Darien walked a little closer and realized that he recognized the girl. She was indeed Serena holding little Luna in one hand and the book she checked out yesterday in the other.

"What are you doing here?" Darien asked as he walked up to her. He noticed that she wasn't wear and sort of school uniform, and all the school in this district required uniforms. "Why aren't you in a school uniform?" He question giving her a puzzled looked. Serena just ran into his arms relieved by his presence.

"Darien, Thanks god you are here. I have no idea what to do with this book. I finished it last night, and when I came here this morning there was nobody here. There still isn't I have no idea what to do." Serena replied squeezing Darien closer to her.

"Well the library is usually closed this early in the morning, but you can still return the book."

"How?"

"Give me the book I will show you." Darien took the book away form her impatiently and walked a window in the side of the building. The window had a large opening init large enough for a book. On top of the window lay a sign that read "return" Serena just stared in amazement.

"Wow it didn't think of that," she said scratching that back of her head.

"Obviously, well anyways you didn't answer my question. Why don't you have a uniform? You don't look like your eighteen years old."

"That's because I am not." She said flatly walking along side of him as the head in the direction of his school.

"Then how old are you?"

"Sixteen..."

"If you are sixteen why aren't you going to school?"

"Because I don't go to school."

"Why don't you go to school?"

"I don't go to school because I have a job. I take home schooling on Monday's, Wednesday's, and Friday's. My brother-in-law teaches me all I need to know."

"Are you sure that's enough?"

"Why? You don't think it is?"

"Well to be truthful-"

"Are you trying to say I am stupid?" Serena interrupted scorn raging from her mouth.

"I was not going to say-"

"But you were thinking it," Serena interrupting yet again. "How could you possibly-"

"See right now you are thinking I am stupid. Admit it."

"Could you let me-"

"OH MY GOD!-"

"What? What happened?" Extremely surprised and confused by her sudden change of topic.

"If you just let me finish I would tell you." Darien sighed inwardly 'I can't believe this girl. He interrupts me every ten second. The first time I accidentally interrupt her and she goes berserk. "Anyways, I just remembered." Serena jerked Luna in front of his face catching him off guard. "I took Luna to the vet yesterday and the doctor gave her all her shots, and look at the leash. It says Luna on it and it has my address in the back." Darien gently took Luna from her and stroked her velvet coat.

"What about the fleas Serena?" He asked nonchalantly glancing at her reaction through the corner of his eye.

"Oh, that. The doctors recommended a shampoo. I bought it and gave her a bath she shouldn't have any fleas."

"Okay, well back to the topic of school-"

"We were talking about school?" Serena questioned him bewildered. 'I can't believe she forgot that fast.'

"Yes we were. You kept interrupting me before I could speak my mind about your schooling."

"What you got a problem with the way I am taught."

"That is not it. I just think three days of home schooling doesn't provide enough-

"Enough what," she interrupted.

"Let me finish!" Darien yelled loosing his patience with her always interrupting before he could finish.

"You didn't have to yell," Serena croaked out, her eyes shining as if it were glass about to break. This of course caused Darien to feel guilty about his harshness towards her. Darien turned to her to apologize.

"Serena I..." He managed to mumble out before her shrieks of mirth interrupted him. He then noticed she wasn't on the brink of tears anymore she was happily playing with Luna. 'I can't believe this girl's attention span is less then five year olds would be.' Darien thought to himself as he watched observed her distracting behaviour. After a while of walking together they arrived in front of his school just before eight O'clock. "Serena I have to go to school now. Where are you going?"

"To work," She replied casually taking Luna from his grasp.

"You got to work at your age. Doing what?"

"Work stuff."

"Great details," Darien replied all but too sarcastically for her to notice.

"Really you think so!"

"Yeah," he chuckled as her walked towards his school. "You should be a descriptive writer." He turned around and noticed that she was actually considering the idea which made caused him to laugh even harder.

"Maybe later in my life, I like the job that I have now." She stated before she turned around and walked away. Darien watched her was she walked with Luna slowly away from him, frustrated that the same feeling that he had experienced yesterday was reoccurring. He watched and memorized each step that she took further away from him. His heart was begging her to turn around and give him one last glance before disappearing for who knows how long. He need one last look from her to keep him from chasing after her just to see her face afraid that he might forget what she look like.

He felt his heart skip several beat as she turned around and waved back to him with a wide grin before leaving. Darien smiled back as she turned and finally disappeared as if she had never been then in the first place. Darien went back to school literally kicking himself for developing feelings for her especial at this intensity that he can't get her out of his mind even when he's with her.

Darien entered his homeroom class solemnly as usual. He didn't interact much with the rest of his class. Hell not just the class the entire student body. Some people would approach him but he would just politely bush them off. As if there is a polite way to brush off some one let's just say he could be meaner but help back his urges which made it polite; in his mind of course.

"Hey Darien, I just wanted to remind you that we don't have basketball practice today." A boy that sat next to Darien stated quite nervously. Darien being rather then nod his head in acknowledgement being distracted by his earlier encounter with Serena actually spoke to him.

"Yeah I remembered, Andrew." The boy literally fell out of his seat. Darien just started at the boy confused.

"You spoke to me. You didn't just speak to him you said my name. You know my name." Andrew was now standing next to him. Too close for Darien's comfort he didn't know how to respond to this. Utterly blaming Serena for this situation he had just caused.

"Well of course I know your name. We have been in the same school for two years, and you are co captain with me in the basket ball team."

"Are you saying we are friends?" Andrew said passionately holding his hand to his beating chest to make sure he was alive.

"Don't get too far ahead of yourself. I never said that."

"But you implied it."

"I did not. I just said that I know who you are. I can know somebody and not be their friends."

"I can't believe me and Darien McKinley are friends now." Andrew said to himself ignoring Darien's previous statement.

"Aren't you listening I said we are not friends."

"We can take long walks in the park, have slumber parties, and have little study sessions." Andrew already planning their relationship made Darien wondered whether he was gay. "And we can talk about girls!" Darien sighed in relief to that statement.

"That sounds great but you should find someone else to do that with you." Darien Ran his fingers though his hair, and then noticed that Andrew was already scheduling his plans with Darien in his planner.

"How about we do the slumber party this Friday? we could invite some of the guys from the basketball team to join us it'll be so much fun."

"I never agreed to this."

"Yeah, you are right it is better just the two of us."

"You have a problem with your listening skills."

"You want to help me with my listening skill! You are such a great friend." Andrew hugged Darien with tears in his eyes. It would have been a sweet moment if it weren't Darien he was hugging.

"Could you stop twisting my words," yelled trying to push Andrew off of him to avail.

"Is that lesson one of the listening skills?" Andrew asked finally letting go of Darien. Darien was about to lose his patience when a senior came into the classroom asking for him. Darien reluctantly obliged and followed the senior out the door.

"What is it you want me for?" Darien asked not bothering to hide his obvious annoyance.

"I don't want you for anything."

"Then why did you take me out of class. I don't care if you are older don't waste my time." Darien was about to leave angrily when he heard someone call his name. Darien turned around to see Serena standing at the end of the hall way.

"I brought him for you sweetheart. Where is my reward?" The senior student said walking up to Serena wrapping his arm around her waist. Darien lashed out in anger and separated them sending the senior to the ground. The senior got up and walked away knowing better than to question Darien about his action. Everyone in the school knew that Darien had a very harmful temper.

"Why are you here?" Darien blurted out irritated that she just let that senior touch her.

"You don't have to let out your anger on me or that poor student. He was helping me out and you just pushed him for no reason."

"No reason! He was all over you please. I was trying to protect you from that creep." Darien said angrily not true realizing what he said.

"You want to protect me that..."

"Huh... Well I didn't mean that way."

"What way do you mean then?" Serena asked very curios to find out which way of protection he meant. 'She forget easily when there is a change of subject maybe I can use that to my advantage.' Darien thought mischievously.

"Luna looks like she is hungry." Darien said hoping that she would take in his bait. Serena looked at Luna peculiarly.

"That's funny I just feed her. Do you really think so?"

"Maybe she's just constipated."

"Cats can get constipation?"

"Yeah sure, it's probably nothing. So what brings you to my school what happened to work?"

"They won't allow animals in the building!" Serena said in a panic.

"They usually don't."

"Well anyways, if I don't go to work I am going to be in serious trouble. I can't leave Luna at home. She's just a baby." This is when Darien notices the baby bag hanging off her shoulder.

"Oh no, I know what you are thinking and the answer is no." Darien tried to turn away but she quickly ceased that idea when she started to whimper. "Serena...You know I can't I am in school."

"Luna wants to be with her daddy."

"Serena that is beside the point."

"Are you trying to say you don't want to be with Luna?" Serena let out a tear.

"Serena you know that's not what I am saying"

"Sure I know but Luna doesn't she's just a baby, your baby." Full blown tears now flowed down her rosy cheeks. He couldn't handle it any further her tears got to him like no other before. Darien would do anything for her just to get those eyes to lose to frailness.

"Alright Serena, I'll take care of her. But this is going to be the first and last time. Understand." Seeing her immediate smile after he agree made he body feel numb it lasted about two seconds because of course she had to speak.

"Ok daddy, here are the bottles. You she's normally a messy eater so I bought her a kitty bib. I haven't potty trained her so I got her these diapers. When she gets fussy that usually means she's sleepy and she likes it when you sing to her. He helps her create a vivid dream sequence." Serena handed Darien her purple and pink baby bag and Luna along with it.

"You treat as if she were human." Darien commented examining the contents of the bag.

"She's because she's not human doesn't mean we can slack off as parents." She said sternly. Serena bent down and gave Luna a light peck on the head. "Darien I love her eyes. They are both different colors one is dark green and the other one is a dark blue. I almost didn't notice it yesterday." The pet Luna one last time and then turned her attention back to Darien. "Thank you Darien. I don't know how I can pay you back for this." "I think I can find a way."

"Really, what would that be?"

"A kiss," Darien stated as if it were nothing taking Serena by surprise.

"Are you serious?" Before she knew it Darien was leaning towards her. He cornered her to the wall. With his free hand He stroked her cheek gently, tenderly slid his finger along her jaw line until it reached her chin. With that finger her tilted her head upward towards him they both closed their eyes in unison. His teased her with the distance slowing inching towards her and then pulling back. She would follow him slightly but never reached. She finally tired of the grave needing to feel his lips crushing her own. In one fluid motion she pulled him down to her grabbing him with both hands. She parted her lips inviting him.

Darien not in the mood to tease her any longer took the invitation. The tasted every part of her small mouth. She soon did the same to him. They became lost in the kiss. Darien concentrated solely on the taste of her and the sensation that rode through his lips with every kiss. Suddenly Darien felt a sharp pain on his arm. Cursing mentally he tried to ignore it but felt it again but this time sharper. He pulled away from Serena and yelped in pain. He had forgotten her had Luna in his arms and was squeezing the life out of her as he was pressing again Serena. Luna being a tactical kitten knew exactly how to wake him up

Serena noticed the scratches on Darien's arm. She laughed to her self lightly. "I better be going. Bye Darien I'll be back after school to come pick her up." And with that she left. Darien cursed the kitten for ruining his intoxicating kiss. He went to his locker and placed the bag in it. I slipped the kitten under his jacket deciding the he shouldn't leave it alone in there and took it to class with him. As he walked to his classroom noticing Andrew waving franticly at him from his desk something told him that this was going to be one hell of a day.