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AN: LOL....Well, I'm still in the clear, but I'm really embarrassed. Don't know why, but I really do appreciate the reviews and the help. It has been awhile since I've actually followed up on the real Sailor Moon.

I do want to thank FioreMaryssa. You've been a big help. When I first saw your review on my email, I quickly closed it. I didn't even finish reading your review because the review began with "I'm so disgusted." I almost quit the story right then and there. However, they always say read all the directions first then proceed doing it. When I had the courage to read your review, I actually enjoyed it. You have been a muse to me, and I wanted to let you know! I didn't mean to disgust you. Maybe I've been reading too much Draco/Ginny stories, and I didn't realize that there was a stronger connection between Darien/Serena. Anyway, you should be glad that I took a lot off from the lemon scenes between Darien and Beryl. I didn't think it was appropriate. :) Hmm...I'm also not sure if I want Seiya to be in it because he is really a she, but all the other fanfics I have read have her as a man, and everyone seems to be okay with it. If anybody is uncomfortable with Seiya being in it, I'll change it to Sapphire. Just let me know :)

I forgot to mention that I wanted to do my Alan Rickman cameo in the last chapter, but I thought it would be too soon.

Do not own Sailor Moon, but I'm beginning to like writing about it.

Chapter Three

Spider Web

"Hey, Serena, I just wanted to know what you were up to? It's almost five, and I wanted to see if you wanted to do something later. Call me back, Rei"

"Serena, Serena, Hello...Serena! It's Mina! Where are you? Call me back, please!"

"Hi, It's Ami. I just wanted to say hello. Call my cell. Please tell me you didn't lose my cell number. Hmm...I'll call later. I'm still at the hospital, okay bye-ie."

"Uhh...Serena, hello? It's almost six. Pick up the phone please. It's Mina, you know, the one that almost looks like you, but prettier. Hah! Call me back!"

"Serena, It's Ami, this will be last my call. I'm really busy at the hospital, but I wanted to hear how you were doing. Try and call me back, please. My cell okay!"

"Gah, Serena, I'm coming over. I better not see you crying. I've tried to be patient, but you've turned off your cell phone, again. If you are crying.... He was an asshole, anyway! Get dressed if you're listening. We are going to that nice, new restaurant. It's almost six thirty. Sooo...I'll be there in fifteen minutes. And don't think I.....beep"

"Shit!" Rei said out loud while driving towards Serena's place. She hated when answering machines cut her off. Now she wasn't sure if she was feeling the same. She quickly dialed her number.

"Shit, Serena! Do something about your answering machine! Anyway, don't think I won't embarrass you in front of your neighbors. I'll bring your door down somehow even if I have to ask Darien to help. So, you better answer your door. Oh yeah, it's Rei!"

Ring ..Ring.. "Hey, Mina. Nope haven't been able to reach her yet." Rei was getting frustrated. It had been two years since the breakup, and it seemed to be getting worse for Serena. Last year, she had the decency to pick up the phone. This year she was completely quiet.

"I hope nothing seriously bad has happened to her!" Mina sounded worried.

"Nah...I think she is okay. She's probably watching television or something. I'm heading over there right now." Rei was trying to sound reassuring.

"Alright, do you want me to meet you there?" Mina asked.

"Well, I was going to pick Serena up, and head to that new restaurant. You should meet us there because it's closer to you. We should be there around seven thirty." Rei was happy that Mina could come.

"Sure, I'll just head home first and dress into something less formal. I'll see you then, bye!" Mina was always happy.

"Bye.." Rei, wasn't too excited. She hated being mean to Serena sometimes. When she got to the apartments, she almost ran to Serena's door. "Open up, Serena. I know you are in there!" Rei shouted. Bang..Bang..Bang.. "I promise to buy you dessert." Rei said at the last moment. 'Maybe this will get her to open the damn door.' Rei was getting mad.

"She's not there." Rei heard a male voice from behind. 'When did he open the door?' Rei asked herself.

She quickly turned around. "Darien, do you know where she went?" Rei was getting worried.

"No, sorry..." Darien wished he could help, but he didn't have time to stop her. He was talking to Beryl on his cell, and he wasn't pleased that Beryl had cancelled dinner with him tonight. He had these reservations, and she cancelled. Sometimes he hated how inconsiderate she could be. Most of the time he questioned their relationship.

"Hmmm..I wonder where she went?" Rei was whispering to herself. She probably went on a date with that Seiya guy.

"I don't know, but she looked like she was going on a date." Darien didn't sound too pleased. He had never seen Serena in a nice dress, and she was stunning. Tonight she looked like she was actually glowing. He sighed then ran his hand through his hair. He couldn't believe what he was thinking.

"Oh yeah!" Rei interrupted his deep thoughts. "Damn, she could have called us. We were all worried about her." Rei was angry but let out a sigh of relief.

"Why?" Darien cut to the chase.

"Why... Why what?" Rei didn't understand what he was asking.

He chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Why were you all worried? It's not like she hasn't answered her phone before." Darien said truthfully.

"Yeah, but this is around the time when Jadeite broke up with her." there was a sadness in Rei's voice.

"Oh..it's that blonde hair guy that was living with her, right?" Darien hated that guy. He was always a jerk to Serena. He remembered seeing tiny get togethers while Serena wasn't there. Women at these so called parties, and he didn't think any of them were there just to be friends. 'What kind of name is Jadeite, anyway?' Darien asked himself. Darien cleared his throat and then looked at Rei.

"Yeah, that's him. Oh well! I guess it's just going to be me and Mina tonight." Rei started to look around.

"What are your plans tonight?" Darien was bored, and he didn't feel like staying in tonight.

"We were planning to go to that new restaurant. Why? You want to come?" Rei didn't care. The more people the better.

"You know, it's hard to get a table over there. They ask that you reserve." Darien loved seeing disappointment on her face.

"Are you serious? I told Mina to meet us there. I bet she left her cell in her car." Rei started to look for her cell phone. "I hope she brought it with her." Rei was saying while looking through her purse.

"Don't worry. I have reservations for tonight." Darien started laughing.

"You Jerk! I was going to feel bad about Mina standing out there for nothing." Rei punched Darien's arm. "Let me guess, Beryl?" Rei raised an eyebrow at him.

He sighed and shook his head in agreement. He didn't feel like talking about her. "I'll leave my cell in case she calls." Darien sounded tired.

Rei knew that something was happening, but she didn't want to but in if she wasn't asked to. "Okay, well, I'll drive. I'll be in the car." She said quickly and headed for the car.

Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the nice restaurant. "It's so nice!" Rei was amazed. It looked spectacular. People waiting to be seated weren't in jeans, and Rei was kind of glad that she didn't change before she got to Serena's place.

"Hey, you guys!" Mina sounded excited. "This place is really nice, Rei. I have to hand it to you." She smiled at Rei. "Hi, Darien!" Mina blushed. Almost everyone blushed around Darien.

"Hey, Mina! How's business?" Darien asked out of politeness.

"Umm..good. Where's Serena?" Mina started to look around.

"She isn't coming." Rei sounded annoyed. "She went out on a date, I think."Rei said while looking at the line. "Sheesh..thank-god Darien has reservations." smiling at Darien.

"Why isn't she coming?" Mina wasn't even paying attention to the reservations part.

"Darien saw her leave before I came to the apartment. She was "dressed" up." Rei gave Mina a look.

"Ohh...She probably went out with that Seiya guy." Mina started to smile.

Looking at Darien, nobody could tell that he was upset. However, when Rei looked at Darien, she knew that he wasn't too thrilled about this new topic. She could tell he didn't enjoy hearing something when his eyes became unreadable. "Hey, do you all want to go in now? It's getting hot." Rei winked at Darien.

When they got into the restaurant, it wasn't anything like Rei and Mina expected. All the tables had their own private spot. The only place that had a crowd of people was the bar or waiting area. The hostess told them that they would have to wait a couple of minutes because they were getting the table ready for them.

When it was time to be seated, Rei couldn't help but look around. An idea kept popping into her head that someone famous could be here, and she started to look at every table. The whole room was gorgeous with a gold and rosy color look to it. She couldn't stop taking her eyes off a woman sitting alone at a table. Rei gave the woman credit. She would never have the audacity to eat alone.

"Hey, that looks like Serena!" Mina whispered to Rei.

"I don't think so. Did you see that waiting line?" Rei replied.

When the walked by the woman, sure enough, it was Serena. "Serena?" Rei was shocked. Serena's eyes were huge, but she tried to act like nothing was wrong.

"Hey!" She trying to sound excited. She was worried about something. She was looking around and her face began to blush.

"Hey...We've been trying to call you to come eat out with us. Rei came over your house!" Mina was excited for Serena.

"You did, Rei? I'm sorry! I should have called you." Serena blushed. Rei could tell she was hiding something.

"So, are you alone or on a "date"?" Rei couldn't help but ask. All eyes went on Serena. She started to blush even more. She looked at Mina, and of course, she was delighted. Rei and Darien, on the other hand, did not seem to please. Well, Rei didn't seem too pleased. Serena couldn't read Darien, but she thought for a second, she saw anger in his eyes.

"Well..he's in the bathroom. He forgot to make reservations." Serena looked down with embarrassment. She had been waiting for almost two hours to get into the restaurant. When she finally got in, she just wanted to go home. Her makeup probably rubbed off, and she didn't feel too pretty at the moment with her friends looking at her. She hated herself even more with Darien staring at her.

"Oh, So how's Seiya?" Mina was so excited. Rei smiled at Serena, and Darien was too busy talking to the server about something.

"I don't know.." Serena started to laugh nervously.

"You didn't talk to him in the car?" Mina sounded upset.

"No, he's not here." Serena said quickly.

"What? Is there a waiting line for the bathroom as well? Did he have to go to the bathroom somewhere else?" Mina joked around with Serena.

"Then who did you come here with?" Rei demanded.

Serena was quiet. She didn't want to answer.

Rei's blood began to boil. She couldn't believe it. She looked at Mina, and Mina realized who was the other person.

"You didn't?" Mina was flabbergasted.

Serena's defenses went up. "He wanted to talk, and he sounded sincere." Serena was making excuses for him and for herself.

Serena was shocked to tell the truth. After all the days that passed by, she didn't expect Jadeite to call. She cared about him deeply then, and she always felt that people deserved second chances. However, in the car, it proved to be the same. He bragged about himself, and he never even asked how she was doing. He was still good-looking, but his attitude made him ugly.

"Well...we aren't going to let you eat alone with him, Serena." Mina demanded. Jadeite was a jerk, and he always flirted with women even when Serena was sitting beside him..

"He's changed." Serena knew it was a lie, but she wanted everyone to stop looking at her. She thought it would ease the tension.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything?" Jadeite said smoothly. He looked Mina up and down and smiled. However, with Rei, he kept his eyes fixed with her eyes. He knew better than to look at her in a indecent way.

"No, it's just that we were talking about you?" Rei had venom in her voice. He never liked Rei. She was always a bitch, but he couldn't blame her when she almost caught him with another woman. He left at the right time before Rei could look again. Since then, she never trusted him.

"Well, I hope it's something nice?" Jadeite asked with sarcasm.

"Hmf.. So, why did you decide to call Serena?" Rei asked. She couldn't believe how rude she was acting, but she couldn't stand him. He was an asshole. He only cared about himself, and what Serena saw in him still puzzles her to this day.

"Rei!" Both Serena and Rei shouted at the same time.

Before Jadeite could yell at her, Darien interrupted the conversation. "Excuse me, are table is ready. I arranged two extra seats for all of us." Darien said nonchalantly. "Hey, Jadeite. How are you?" He didn't even wait for an answer and lifted the back seat of Serena's chair indicating for her to get up. He calmly guided Rei and Mina towards their table while Rei clung on to Serena's arm.

Jadeite didn't know what to do next. He was about to have a chat with the server when he noticed that they were already clearing the table for another couple. He really needed to talk with Serena. He wanted her back in his life. By coincidence, he had spotted her at the movies with some guy, and them together, made him want Serena. 'That's okay..I'll talk to Serena in the car. I'll show her I've changed, and she'll come running back to me' Jadeite devised in his head while walking to the table.

AN: I'm sorry that I had to stop here. The hurricane will be hitting later on today, and I'm really scared that something bad might happen to my computer. Unfortunately, I can't save it on disk because the disk drive doesn't work. Just my luck.

FioreMaryssa, I'm sorry that I didn't fit Diamond in it because I might use his brother instead of Seiya. Even though I can write whatever, I don't like it when siblings fight over someone.

GoddessSerenity Sorry about that. I've already received two reviews about that, and I might change it. I'll work on it. I didn't want Darien to be the one who is falling for Beryl, but the other way around. Hmm....

Kireisnowtenshi Thanks so much for reviewing. I really learned a lot from it. I don't know. There was something about Darien's character that was missing. I wanted Darien to be aloof about his feelings, but when I wrote the flashback it looked like he actually cared. He only put his arm around Beryl because she was pushing herself on him. You are right, I do need to edit a lot. LoL...

Reminder: Read "Serpent's Bride." It's really good. I swear you'll fall in love with Draco. Also, thanks for the kind reviews. Is it just me or does anybody feel nervous when they see that somebody has reviewed.