A/N: Hey all. This is my second fic. I hope some of you read my preview and if not, well you can just read the story or go back and read it. There isn't really anything that I think I should tell you, but if you want to know something, ask in your review. Oh, there is something. It's set in the 30's, 40's era.
Chapter 1
Darien Shields sat at his desk, with a frown on his face. He just couldn't think of anything to start his novel. His first book was a big success, but he spent the money to help pay off his parents debt. When they died 2 summers ago, he could only get a loan to pay the mortgage. So now he paid it back and, again, only to have $10 in his pocket. He pushed his chair back and got up. He needed a drink. He put on his shoes, his jacket, and took the keys from his shabby home and went towards the local café, Sakura.
Serena Tsukino was listening to the same boring lecture she was getting from her mother and Aunt again. It never changed. 'You can't keep pushing these men away. You only have so many men that will choose you... blah blah blah.'
"Serena, honey, we're down to our last few men who are willing to marry you." Her Aunt, Amanda, was being a bit kinder than her mother was.
"Amanda, she put instant glue onto, what was his name, Cade, Cain, Caleb-" Serena's mother, Sabine, was caught off by her daughter.
"Calvin, Mom, his name was Calvin." Serena was very close to leaving. Very close.
"Oh yes," Her mother said with a smile. "Well he had to go to a hospital so that his... well you know, wouldn't be scarred. Other men complained of food poisoning. One told me to get you checked for any mental illness." Amanda stopped her from going on.
"What she's saying is... you don't even give these men a chance. You look at them and then start your torture on them." Serena looked at her Aunt.
"They're not in this for me. They want to marry me because of the money and maybe my body. I'm going to go now and meet with my friends. Goodbye." Serena stood up and walked out the door, into the nice, cool, crisp, spring air. She was walking to her and her friends' favorite hangout, Café Sakura.
As she reached the café, she wondered if she should have told her friends to meet her there, but thought otherwise, since she was able to tell them about her 'talk' later. She walked in and looked at the men having their usual talk about their women. It disgusted her and she hoped beyond all hope that she wouldn't marry a man who would be like that. She went towards the bar and ordered a martini. She waited and looked to her side and saw a handsome man, a little unshaven, but very handsome. 'What the hell' she thought.
"Hi. I'm Serena."
"Darien Shields." He replied and looked away from his scotch.
He had very deep blue eyes. She got lost I them, but then snapped out of it. "You mean the writer? You wrote "The Auction"? I've read that, like, 5 times. It's amazing."
"Thank you. What do you do?" He asked.
"Oh I... Thank you," She took her drink from the bartender, Andrew, whom she was friends with since she was a young girl. "I actually just live with my parents. I wanted to be a nurse, but they said that why should a girl with my money waste her time with sick people." She drank her martini and looked at him smiling.
"Well, if you really want to do it then you should do it, regardless of what your parents say." He looked at her and this time took a long look and saw how beautiful she really was. She had long wavy blonde hair and light blue eyes that had a look of innocence in them. He concluded that she was probably one of the most beautiful people he had ever seen.
"Thank you." She looked at him and told him she had to go and that she hoped she would see him soon.
"Likewise," He saw her pull her money out to pay for her barely drunk martini and stopped her. "Let me pay for that." He took out the remainder of his money and gave it to Andrew. He gave her his hand to shake and she was about to shake it when he flipped the martini glass and it spilled over her.
He stood and started wiping her dress. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry." But she stopped him from saying more.
"No it was my fault," She waited a minute and said, "Thank you, again." Serena was going to walk away, but he stopped her.
"I was just wandering... would you like to get some coffee with me?" Looking at her and hoping she would accept.
"I don't drink coffee" She turned back around and walked towards her home. 'Boy, are we going to have fun talking tonight.' Thinking about her usual nightly talk with the girls.
"Wait, then would you like to come to the fair with me tomorrow?" His eyes were pleading with her.
"I'll be here at 6, okay?" This time she ran home with a huge smile on her face.
"Alright." He said to himself and walked home, his shabby, little, home.
A/N: Really hope you like this. Please Review, it's the only way I'm going to continue writing.
Chapter 1
Darien Shields sat at his desk, with a frown on his face. He just couldn't think of anything to start his novel. His first book was a big success, but he spent the money to help pay off his parents debt. When they died 2 summers ago, he could only get a loan to pay the mortgage. So now he paid it back and, again, only to have $10 in his pocket. He pushed his chair back and got up. He needed a drink. He put on his shoes, his jacket, and took the keys from his shabby home and went towards the local café, Sakura.
Serena Tsukino was listening to the same boring lecture she was getting from her mother and Aunt again. It never changed. 'You can't keep pushing these men away. You only have so many men that will choose you... blah blah blah.'
"Serena, honey, we're down to our last few men who are willing to marry you." Her Aunt, Amanda, was being a bit kinder than her mother was.
"Amanda, she put instant glue onto, what was his name, Cade, Cain, Caleb-" Serena's mother, Sabine, was caught off by her daughter.
"Calvin, Mom, his name was Calvin." Serena was very close to leaving. Very close.
"Oh yes," Her mother said with a smile. "Well he had to go to a hospital so that his... well you know, wouldn't be scarred. Other men complained of food poisoning. One told me to get you checked for any mental illness." Amanda stopped her from going on.
"What she's saying is... you don't even give these men a chance. You look at them and then start your torture on them." Serena looked at her Aunt.
"They're not in this for me. They want to marry me because of the money and maybe my body. I'm going to go now and meet with my friends. Goodbye." Serena stood up and walked out the door, into the nice, cool, crisp, spring air. She was walking to her and her friends' favorite hangout, Café Sakura.
As she reached the café, she wondered if she should have told her friends to meet her there, but thought otherwise, since she was able to tell them about her 'talk' later. She walked in and looked at the men having their usual talk about their women. It disgusted her and she hoped beyond all hope that she wouldn't marry a man who would be like that. She went towards the bar and ordered a martini. She waited and looked to her side and saw a handsome man, a little unshaven, but very handsome. 'What the hell' she thought.
"Hi. I'm Serena."
"Darien Shields." He replied and looked away from his scotch.
He had very deep blue eyes. She got lost I them, but then snapped out of it. "You mean the writer? You wrote "The Auction"? I've read that, like, 5 times. It's amazing."
"Thank you. What do you do?" He asked.
"Oh I... Thank you," She took her drink from the bartender, Andrew, whom she was friends with since she was a young girl. "I actually just live with my parents. I wanted to be a nurse, but they said that why should a girl with my money waste her time with sick people." She drank her martini and looked at him smiling.
"Well, if you really want to do it then you should do it, regardless of what your parents say." He looked at her and this time took a long look and saw how beautiful she really was. She had long wavy blonde hair and light blue eyes that had a look of innocence in them. He concluded that she was probably one of the most beautiful people he had ever seen.
"Thank you." She looked at him and told him she had to go and that she hoped she would see him soon.
"Likewise," He saw her pull her money out to pay for her barely drunk martini and stopped her. "Let me pay for that." He took out the remainder of his money and gave it to Andrew. He gave her his hand to shake and she was about to shake it when he flipped the martini glass and it spilled over her.
He stood and started wiping her dress. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry." But she stopped him from saying more.
"No it was my fault," She waited a minute and said, "Thank you, again." Serena was going to walk away, but he stopped her.
"I was just wandering... would you like to get some coffee with me?" Looking at her and hoping she would accept.
"I don't drink coffee" She turned back around and walked towards her home. 'Boy, are we going to have fun talking tonight.' Thinking about her usual nightly talk with the girls.
"Wait, then would you like to come to the fair with me tomorrow?" His eyes were pleading with her.
"I'll be here at 6, okay?" This time she ran home with a huge smile on her face.
"Alright." He said to himself and walked home, his shabby, little, home.
A/N: Really hope you like this. Please Review, it's the only way I'm going to continue writing.