1AN: Hopeless Dreamer, no...you are not a dork! You've been really helpful and very positive. I really do appreciate that you took the time to write a long review. :) You have been very helpful with this chapter. I have to tell you that! So, I should really dedicate this chapter to you! "I feel like I should be singing a song right now!" j/k If any, the real dork is me.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. It has been a very hectic week. I'll tell ya!

Baine, eesh...I didn't think it was going to hit us directly. Since I live in the middle of Florida, the last time the city was hit by a hurricane was in the 1960's. We weren't prepared like we should have been. Anyway, I still feel bad for the people who live in Tampa. They told the whole city to evacuate, and many went to Orlando. When in actuality, they were fleeing towards the eye. I hope you are okay. Enough with the hurricane stuff. Lets get to writing.

Uh Hum! I do not own Sailor Moon! I do like to read and write about it.

Chapter Four

Take Out

Walking to their "new" table, Serena couldn't believe what just happened. Five minutes ago, she was sitting at a table waiting for Jadeite. New situation, sitting with two of her best friends, an exboyfriend, and a guy she hardly even likes. If she hardly "even likes" him then why couldn't she get the thought of him touching her out of her head. 'Stop It!' She screamed in her head. 'He didn't even touch me. He touched the back of my chair. Thank god, I at least put on a decent outfit.' Serena thought with pain around her arm from Rei's grip. Part of Serena knew that Rei's murderous grip was due to the fact that she was still angry.

Darien, on the other hand, seemed to be at ease. But in his mind, he couldn't believe what he had done. Seeing Serena alone, at her table, did something to him. Darien noticed Serena right when he walked into the restaurant. He couldn't help staring at the pearl white dress on her. Her golden hair glowing from the restaurant's wall. She was absolutely breathtaking in Darien's eyes.

When they got to her table, and she looked at him with her big blue eyes, his heart seemed to beat faster. This new feeling caused fear and craving. Never had he experienced this with any other woman. With fear left to think about, Darien started to have doubts. 'I'm only twenty-seven!' Darien yelled to himself. 'So...what does that have to do with l...'Darien quickly squashed the idea before it could be completed. Not wanting to look at Serena anymore, Darien quickly grabbed the server's attention. He couldn't remember what he was saying to her because the new feeling was like a complete high to him. Part of him wanted to run towards Serena and just stare into those hypnotizing eyes. While the other half, it was screaming at him to run away. But when reality started to come into view, the waitress was blushing and she agreed to move them to a bigger table. Walking behind her, the feeling started to come back. This time, fear was overpowering, and he decided to sit as far away from Serena as possible.

Arriving at the new table, Serena was hoping that Darien would sit by her. She liked the heat emitting from his body. Just being near him sent goose bumps down her back. To her disappointment, Darien chose a seat far away from her..

To her right, Jadeite sat beside her. Mina sat to the left of Serena. Mina decided it would be best to sit beside Serena instead of Rei. It was obvious that Rei was still furious with Serena. Darien thought it would also be wise that he sit in-between Rei and Jadeite. However, Darien didn't want to sit beside Jadeite either and was glad that there was an empty chair in-between the two of them. Also, it gave Darien an excuse not to sit beside Serena even though her penetrating eyes were directly in front of him.

With the uncomfortable silence filling the table, everyone just started to look around or smile at each other. When that got boring, everyone decided that the table layout was more interesting.

Serena not too interested with the set up, decided to look at everyone.

Rei was still furious. She was leaned back against her chair and seemed to be putting too much concentration on her glass of water. Mina was smiling like usual. Smiling at what? Serena had no idea. But at least, someone was happy at this table. Jadeite was looking rather bored and decided to put his arm around her waist. Serena's body stiffened. She was uncomfortable with his arm around her waist. Jadeite, getting the wrong message, tightened his grip around her. Serena quickly smiled at Jadeite and proceeded to look at Darien. Darien's eyes were fixed on Jadeite. His mouth was set into a snarl, but his eyes had no expression. When he turned his attention towards Serena, his whole face became calm, but his stare became more intense. Serena's back started to tingle.

"Are you cold?" Jadeite asked out loud. Startling everyone at the table. This time rubbing his hand up and down her back.

"I'm good, thanks! Really, I'm fine." Serena tried smiling at Jadeite while pulling away from him.

"Are you sure?" Jadeite brought Serena back to him. Everyone cringed when Jadeite pulled Serena towards her. Rei thought best not to say anything. She was still embarrassed about her actions a few minutes ago. 'Just you wait, Serena?' Rei was repeating in her head.

When everyone's dinner arrived, some of the tension seemed to ease. Mina and Rei had their own conversation. Darien would occasional add to the conversation, but he remained quiet. He did occasionally nod to other diners. Probably clients of his, but he stayed quiet most of the time. Serena and Jadeite hadn't said much to each other. Serena would try and talk to Jadeite about her life, but he seemed to be oblivious to what she was saying. His only response would be, "Uh huh, really, that's good!" Darien noticing Serena and Jadeite's dwindling conversation began to smile.

"How's work been doing?" Darien asked Jadeite.

Jadeite slowly began to refocus. 'Ahhh..something more interesting' he smiled. He really wasn't interested in Serena's topics. He found Serena to be boring sometimes and would occasionally zone out when she spoke. He would honestly try to listen, but he just couldn't relate to her. The only good thing about Serena was her looks he thought. However, he knew that her occupation was stressful and would probably wear on her looks. "It's going great. No troubles for now, and I'm trying to start my own practice." Jadeite couldn't help but smile.

"That's great. With your profession, there always seems to be a lawsuit waiting to happen. At least you haven't had that yet." Darien smiled wickedly at Jadeite. Rei started to chuckle a little, but Serena began to wriggle in her seat.

'Assholes!' Jadeite screamed in his head. Jadeite, being a plastic surgeon, he was bound to have a few lawsuits. He couldn't really yell at Darien. Darien was the one who defended him during court. He didn't even have to pay Darien. If it were the same case now, Darien would probably charge him his house. "Right." Jadeite could only muster.

"So, how is she?" Rei asked Jadeite. She really was interested, but she also wanted to rub it in his face. Serena gave Rei a look, but Rei simply ignored it.

"Well, last time I heard, she was doing good. I followed up on her for a year after, and nothing seems to be wrong." Jadeite knew it was lie. Her breast implants were leaking, and that caused her body to start attacking itself.

"I'm sorry to hear about that. I'm too scared to get plastic surgery. Besides people don't really need it, unless they get into a major accident. I think people should be happy with what they have." Rei admitted.

"Why? Everyone needs a little work done!" Jadeite said without thinking. He still didn't think what he said was wrong, but the whole table was looking at him strangely.

"Okay...Serena how's the new job?" Rei was totally disgusted by Jadeite.

"New job?" Jadeite looked at Serena. Darien couldn't believe it either. 'When did Serena get a new job?' Darien looked puzzled.

"Umm...Yeah! I needed to get another job, you know?" Serena was embarrassed. She was the only one in her group that went to college to get a second job. "With my career, it's hard to make money." Serena looked down blushing.

"Oh..." Jadeite felt guilty. He left Serena with an expensive apartment. He wondered why she just didn't move, but he didn't want to ask.

"So, what do you do now?" Jadeite thought that would be better. Darien was also curious.

"I work at the hospital. I'm an x-ray tech." Serena blushed even more. All her careers weren't up there, but they made decent money.

"How do you have the time?" Darien thought out loud.

"Oh um..Well, I work on the weekends." Serena didn't want to talk about herself.

Jadeite agreed. He was feeling uncomfortable. He didn't like talking about Serena's misfortune when he was the cause of it.

"Jadeite!" A woman walked up to the table.

She was indeed gorgeous Serena thought, 'Who is she?' Immediately, Jadeite pulled away from Serena. Even though Serena didn't like Jadeite's arm around her, him completely ignoring her made her feel more self-conscious about herself. She never felt humiliated like this in her life. Rei was probably going to rub it in her face. And worst of it all, Darien is watching the whole thing. Serena's eyes began to water, but she told herself if she cried, it would just make it worse.

Darien watching the whole thing was upsetting. He thought he saw Serena tear up, but now she was smiling. 'What an asshole!' Darien thought while tapping his finger on the table. The woman talking to Jadeite looked at Darien, and she began blushing. She was pretty, but he didn't find her attractive. Darien politely smiled back at her, and the woman began to blush even more.

Jadeite noticing the woman's face realized how rude he was being. He quickly introduced everyone to her. When he got to Serena, he introduced her like any ordinary person at the table. Feeling guilty about betraying Serena, he added, "She's a teacher!" Jadeite smiled at the woman. 'Shit, is that supposed to make things better?' He yelled at himself.

"Oh! Really?" The woman didn't seem too impressed, but gave her the look of pity. This made Serena smile even more.

"How do you and Jadeite know each other?" Rei was furious.

"Well, he was one of my professors." The woman blushed.

"Oh..."Rei thought. "When did you start teaching?" Rei looked at Jadeite.

"I only teach one class a semester. If I had more time, I would like to teach more." He smiled at everyone.

"I didn't think students called their professors by their first name." Mina chimed in. She didn't mean to be rude, but her curiosity was taking over.

"Well, we dated a couple of months ago." The woman blushed. Obviously this woman hadn't gotten over Jadeite. Jadeite couldn't be happier. He was soaking up all this attention. He was looking at Serena and thinking she should be glad to be with him.

"Please sit down with us." Jadeite stood up and moved the empty chair for her.

The woman blushed and agreed. She said she was dining with a group of her friends, but they probably wouldn't mind if she sat here for awhile.

Twenty minutes had passed and the woman didn't appear to be leaving anytime. Her friends started to come up to their table and started talking with Jadeite. The woman would occasionally try to include Darien, but he only gave one word answers. The women took it as a sign that he didn't feel like talking and left him to his dinner.

Serena just felt like shit. She wore her nice dress, and Jadeite didn't seem to notice it that much. She thought she looked good, but then she felt guilty about being so selfish and self absorbed. She tried to include herself into Jadeite's conversations, but the other women just looked at her. Feeling even more incompetent, Serena excused herself.

When outside, she new that fresh air would clear her mind. 'What am I doing?' Serena asked out of anger. She knew she should have said no to Jadeite. 'I'll call a cab.' Serena said defiantly. She couldn't walk back in and face everyone. She'll just call Rei and Mina on their cell phone and deeply apologize for leaving them. Right when she was about to pull out her cell phone, a hand touched her shoulder.

She turned around only to be staring into a pair of dark blue eyes. She quickly stepped back and relieved herself from the sensation on her shoulder. Focusing more on the person, she was shocked to find Darien. "Darien?" Serena could only whisper.

Darien sighed and combed his hand through her hair. 'Did she feel that?' Darien eyed Serena. "It's cold out here!" Darien's jacket was in his hand and he proceeded to rap it around her.

Panic set in Serena's mind. "Oh thanks!" While she wiggled away from him, she turned around extending her arm out towards him. She was trying to avoid him touching her again. She didn't think she could control herself anymore or she might actually jump into his arms.

He sighed and handed his jacket to her. She carefully took it from his hand. "Thanks, again!" She said honestly while smiling at him. Her cheeks were beginning to redden from the cold air.

"Anytime. Are you sure you are warm?" He began to worry. "You should really button the jacket. Keep the warmth in." Not thinking he started walking towards her.

Interpreting his move. She quickly said. "Stop! No, that's okay. I can do it. But thanks!" panic was in her voice. Her hands were a little numb and she couldn't get the buttons in the hole. It seemed like the holes were too small. She began to worry. 'What if I can't do it?' She asked herself.

Laughing, he walked up to her and began buttoning the buttons.

Serena put her hands on his to stop him, but the tingling feeling began to creep into her body. She quickly put her hands down and let Darien finish the job.

He smiled wickedly at her. There eyes met for a second and she began to blush. She looked down, and he glanced to his right. "Well, I think I'm finished." While looking at her and stepped back from her.

She couldn't read him. His eyes were unreadable, but his mouth had a slight smile on it. 'Maybe he's trying to be polite.' She thought and returned a smile back. A silence came between them. It wasn't uncomfortable. It actually felt calming to Serena. She liked him beside her, and she felt quite relieved that she didn't have to say nonsense stuff to him. When she looked at him again, she caught him looking at her, and they both laughed nervously at each other.

An older couple was watching the two, and they both looked at each other and sighed out loud. The older woman looked at her husband and squeezed his hand, "Rember that?" He squeezed her forearm and said, "I sure do!" They both chuckled together.

"Where's the others?" Serena asked nervously.

"They should be coming soon. They are in the bathroom." Darien said casually while shifting the weight on his feet.

"How about Jadeite?" She didn't know whether to feel happy or bad for him. Even if he could do it to her, she could never leave someone. "Maybe I should tell him." Serena began to walk to the door.

"Don't worry, we told him." Darien sounded annoyed. 'Why should she even care?' Darien thought to himself.

Mina and Rei walked out of the restaurant arm and arm. They were both laughing at something. Even though Rei was laughing at Jadeite, she couldn't help, but feel smug with herself, seeing Darien and Serena together. She almost thought she had a natural gift setting people together. Just when she thought everything was going where she wanted, a man flew pass them almost running into Mina.

"Serena, I'm sorry! Come on, get into the car. We can go this small café." Jadeite said apologetically while grabbing onto her upper arm.

"Jadeite, umm..I'm sorry, but I don't think I can go with you." Serena felt guilty.

"Dammit, Serena, you don't have to feel guilty." Rei looked at Serena. "It shows you haven't changed, Jadeite." Rei looked at him with disgust.

Completely ignoring Rei, "Serena! Come on. I want to talk to you." He said. This time his grip tightened. It wasn't an ask question, but a command.

Serena was confused, his grip was hurting her. "Jadeite, please. I really need to think about this." she whispered to him.

"You can think in the car," he talked through his teeth as he started to walk towards the car. His grip didn't budge, and he was practically dragging her.

Serena's face began to turn bright red. How could he do this to her in front of everyone. She thought. She tried to stop, but he kept pulling her. He would occasionally look at her with a smile, but Serena wasn't falling for it. Just when she was going to give in to Jadeite, Darien broke Jadeite's grip.

"I don't think she'll be riding with you." Darien said calmly. "You are upset. You don't want to take it out on the wrong person." Darien looked at Jadeite. "Let's not make a scene." Darien added.

Jadeite wanted to punch Darien in the face, but he thought better. 'This guy wants Serena. Who the fuck does he think he is?' Jadeite thought maliciously in head. "Fine. Serena, I'll call you tonight." He wanted to apologize about tonight, but he couldn't bring himself to it. 'I'll get you asshole!' he thought maliciously while walking towards his car.

All Serena could do was nod. She was afraid if she did say anything, she would cry.

Right when she was about to thank Darien, he looked at her and shook his head. He understood her, and she didn't need an apology. Rei put her arm around her and gave her a hug. "He's an asshole, remember?" Rei whispered in her ear.

Mina looked at Serena and gave her a wink. "Alright soap opera queen. I'll call you tomorrow. I don't think I need to watch soap operas for a week with all the drama that just happened. I'm drama satiated." she laughed out loud and started to walk towards her car. "Bye guys!" Mina said in her happy tone.

Rei and Serena said bye at the same time while Darien nodded.

On their way back to apartments, Serena was extremely quiet. She hated having attention. This night had been completely ruined, and she couldn't help bet feel it was her partially her fault.

Rei and Darien walked Serena to her door. Before they all could say goodbye, Serena broke the silence, "Please come in and have a cup of tea or coffee!" Serena looked helpless. "It's the least I could do for you both." Serena's eyes were begging.

"Sure." Rei walked in the apartment. She was going to come in anyway. Serena looked at Darien, and all he could do was stare at her. He had never been in her apartment, and he always wondered what it would look like inside. But actually going in there, he would be finding out details about her he might not want to know. "Please?" she broke his thoughts.

He smiled and nodded. She smiled back and walked into her apartment.

The apartment was very cute. It smelled like strawberries, and he loved how everything was inviting. His place was the opposite of Serena. While hers looked bright and open, Darien's apartment was dark like a cave. He liked being alone he thought to himself. But looking at Serena's apartment, made him want something.

"Please make yourself comfortable." She looked at Darien. "Umm..Rei, I might need your help unbuttoning the back of my dress." She laughed out loud.

"Sure, why not." Rei smiled at Serena.

While waiting, Darien couldn't help but look at the pictures on the walls. There were all these pictures of Serena's friends, but not one picture of her family. The idea got lost when he found a picture of himself. He was with with the group, and they were at Rei's surprise birthday party. He began to smile, and that damn feeling started.

Darien began to panic. He was right. He shouldn't have come into her apartment. Right when he was going to pull a quick getaway, Rei walked outside her bedroom. "Talk about buttons!" She laughed out loud. "Rei!" was the only muffled sound coming through the bedroom door.

"Rei, tell Serena I'm sorry, but I really have to go." He looked at Rei with apologetic eyes.

"Are you sure?" Rei sounded disappointed.

"Yeah, I'm good. I'm not much of a coffee or tea person at night." Darien tried to make an excuse.

"Okay..U sure?" She asked again. She was beginning to question her gift, and sighed.

He laughed. "I'm good. Next time, promise!" he winked at her and walked out the door. When he got to his door, he stopped before opening it. 'Maybe I should go back?' he started to turn back around, but his mind reminded him about "the feeling." He sighed and walked into his apartment.

Entering his room, he saw a woman in her underwear sitting on his bed. "Where have you been?" she purred as she got off his bed.

"Dinner! I thought you couldn't make it?" He turned his back towards her and started to unbutton his shirt.

"I couldn't." she bit his ear. "Let me do this for you." She started to unbuckle his belt. "I've been waiting for an hour. Where were you?" She purred in his ear.

He started to get annoyed. "I told you dinner." he pushed her hands away.

This wasn't like him. "With who?" She demanded. This time getting in front of him.

"What?" He laughed out loud. He maneuvered around her and made his way towards the bathroom.

"Don't be stupid. You never eat alone. With who, dammit?" She yelled at him. This time she blocked the pathway to the bathroom.

"Stop the jealousy. It gets old." Darien said coldly not even looking at her.

Beryl began to cry. She hugged him. "Are you leaving me?" She demanded.

He had never seen Beryl act so needy. Doubts about their relationship began to seep into his mind.

"Darien, please...I need you. I want you." she hugged him. This time she wasn't crying, but desperate.

He didn't answer her and looked away. Anger began to over her. "Who the hell is she? Darien, think about it! We are perfect together!" She started to punch his chest.

He grabbed her hands. He had only seen Beryl angry once, and it left him with a nice red mark on his face. He knew that he couldn't end it now. "Stop it!" he demanded.

"Are you leaving me?" she asked again.

"Not now." he smiled at her.

She turned around and started to walk towards her shoe. If she could find something and just throw it at him, she thought. But before she could, she stopped him. "Beryl, I only went out with Rei and her friends." Darien held onto her hands. He kissed her, and let go of her hands.

Her hands immediately flew to his pants and started unzipping the fly. In the next second, Beryl had pushed Darien on his bed and was lying on top of him.

"Darien, if you ever fucking leave me..."she began to say, but before she could finish, she was interrupted by Darien's kiss. She moaned softly, and he rolled her onto his back. In one quick movement he started thrusting in her. She devoured him hungrily hoping this moment would never stop.

Two hours later, Beryl was lying on her side playing with Darien's chest. He was staring up into the ceiling. He felt disgusted with himself. Why had he sleep with her. Sex was always enjoyable with Beryl, but his mind kept wandering to someone else. He couldn't stop thinking about last night. He hadn't even slept with Serena, but just touching her was euphoria to him. The past two hours to him were just sex.

"That was great!" she kissed his shoulder. "I know you need me like I need you." she purred into his ear. He smirked at her and got up from her embrace. "I need to take a shower," he said to her trying not to s

It was noon, and the phone started ringing. Serena finally had a day off from the hospital, and she thought she could sleep in late.

"Hello?" she said in a groggy voice.

"Um..Did I wake you?" The nervous voice asked.

"Oh, no. May I ask who is speaking?" Serena couldn't figure out the voice.

"It's Seiya." he sounded disappointed this time.

"Hey, I'm sorry. I just woke up in honesty." She couldn't believe she was telling him the truth.

"Ohhh..."He sounded uncertain.

"It's okay though. I needed to get up eventually. What can I do for you Seiya?" She tried to sound happy.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go out to lunch?" he started laughing. "But I think it might be to early for you." he teased.

"Ha ha. That sounds great. Where do you want to meet?" She was hoping it wasn't any place fancy.

"I don't know. How about IHOP or Denny's? Something casual!" He sounded excited.

"That sounds great. How do you want to do this?" she asked

"Umm..How about I pick you up from your place in an hour?" His voice became uncertain again.

"How about thirty minutes? It doesn't take me long to get dressed." She didn't want to laugh at his bashfulness.

"Great! How do I get to your place?" He was eager to find out where she lived.

After giving directions, Serena immediately jumped into a shower. She didn't bother putting on makeup. While blow drying her hair, she thought about Seiya. She liked him, but she wasn't sure if she was attracted to him.

When Seiya arrived, he was carrying a single rose. He knocked on the door, and Serena immediately opened it. She looked great in casual clothes. She didn't have her two balls on her, but a regular ponytail. She was wearing glasses, but her eyes still sparkled. "They were right, never sit too close to the telly." She joked with him. She really didn't need to wear glasses. But for some reason, she wanted to look unattractive for him.

"For you!" He said nervously. He found it strange giving her a flower. There was something wrong with this situation. He thought to himself, 'It doesn't seem right.' She was shocked at the gesture, but was pleased that he gave her a flower. She loved the smell of fresh flowers.

"Thanks! Hold on one sec. Let me put this in some water." She smiled at him.

While waiting, the door behind him turned around. A gorgeous red head came out in a short robe. "Can I help you?" She asked. She looked as if she woke up, and the thin material was revealing that she wasn't wearing anything under it.

"No, I'm sorry! I must have knocked too loud. Sorry, if I woke you up." He said apologetically.

She just smirked at him. "It's okay. I've never seen you before?" She was curious about this stranger. 'If Serena found a guy, she's less of a threat.' she was screaming joyfully in her head.

Seiya didn't like this woman. There was something mischievous about her, and he didn't like that. "We met at the movies a week ago. We're just going to lunch." He didn't feel like telling her.

"Oh how nice. Darien, come here!" She called for Darien. When he walked to the hallway, he was in shock to see a man that looked like him. "This is Serena's boyfriend!" Beryl patted Darien's arm.

Darien extended out his arm, "Hi, I'm Darien. Her next door neighbor, and this is Beryl." He gestured towards her.

Giving him his handshake. "Nice to meet you, I'm Seiya." Seiya wasn't sure if he liked Darien, but he didn't seem like a bad person so far, but his girlfriend was another thing.

"So, your Serena's boyfriend?" Darien tried to sound excited, but his body began to heat up.

Seiya noticed the tone in Darien's voice, and he began to laugh softly. "No, just friends. We only met last week. Just going out to lunch."

Darien started to like this guy. He started to smile, "Ahh...Where to?"

"Denny's or IHOP. Some place casual." Seiya smiled at the couple in front of him.

"Ohh...." Beryl had never eaten there, but she heard the food was horrible.

'High maintenance' was all Seiya could think.

"Go to Denny's! Better selection for lunch." Darien winked at Seiya.

Seiya just chuckled and nodded his head.

"I'm sorry it took so long." Serena said in the background. When she finally got to the hallway, she was shocked to find Darien and "Beryl." "Oh, Hi!"She tried not to sound so disappointed.

"Hi..." Beryl said disapprovingly. She couldn't believe that Serena would go out in that attire.

"Hello" Darien looked at Serena. She looked even lovelier when she wasn't wearing makeup. He had never seen her with a regular ponytail, and he began to miss the two meatballs on top of her head.

"Well..I think we'll be going now," as she grabbed Seiya's arm. She couldn't believe him, but then why should she be mad at him. 'He is dating Beryl.' she became frustrated with herself for being jealous. "Nice seeing you Beryl," Serena smiled at her.

Beryl nodded and hugged Darien's arm. "Likewise." she said in her snooty voice. Seiya smiled at Darien, and he returned the smile back. Serena couldn't help but notice that. 'Did I miss something?' Serena asked herself. She looked back at Darien, and his eyes became cold and unreadable. She said goodbye to Darien, but didn't look directly at him. She didn't hear him say bye but knew he nodded.

When Beryl and Darien got into their apartment, Darien was furious. He couldn't believe that Serena was on a date. 'It's not like she's dating you.' His mind scolded him. He sighed, and walked to the kitchen. The guy seemed nice, but what if Serena liked him? That strange feeling rushed into him, and he quickly got up from his seat.

"I'm going to take a shower and get going." two hands wrapped around his waist. Darien was glad that Beryl was here. If she wasn't, he probably would have thrown something. "See...You and I are perfect for each other." she purred into his ear and let go of him.

'Right! That's what you think!' Darien said to her in his mind while she walked into his bedroom.

BN: Wow...didn't think this chapter would be this long. When I was thinking of the dinner scene, I thought of Shrek 2.

Hopeless Dreamer I hope this answered your question about their occupations. If not, just tell me, and I'll include it in the next chapter.

About the occupations. The reason I wrote Serena as a teacher and radiological technician is because those are my future occupations. LoL... If Serena is going to be a primary focus, I need to know about her profession. So, I used mine. Also, if anybody is a teacher or going to be a teacher and is reading this, I have gotten reactions to becoming a teacher. Not as snooty as Beryl's though. I have to admit.