Dangerous Seduction

By TriGemini

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or its characters they belong to Naoko Takeuchi.

Chapter Two

It was morning already. Too early for Serena's liking but it was clearly morning. Besides, she knew that she should get up. It wouldn't do her any good to just lie in bed all day. Even though, she really didn't have anywhere to go or to do early in the mornings anyways. Especially, since Diamond was able to provide for them both. However, Serena had an independent nature and she always felt the need to do something. Even if it wasn't really important or worthwhile, Serena refused to live her life completely in-between four wells or become just another socialite who did nothing but spend time at home. She didn't want to be thought of that way, by others because in reality she knew that she wasn't like that. Therefore, to keep herself among the sane, Serena would do what any normal person would do. She would go to work. In truth though, it wasn't really a job, it was just something to keep busy with and the good part was that she didn't have to do it everyday, if she didn't want to. Of course, before marrying Diamond, she had gone off to Harvard University, studied a career, had gotten her diploma, and then graduated at the top of her class with honors. Afterwards she had been given an offer to work for one of the prestigious corporations in the entire country. In the end, Serena had given up one of the greatest careers a person could have when she had met Diamond. At first, it didn't make much sense to others why she would want to work to begin with. Much less, do it after she'd get married. After all, she came from a very wealthy family, with a trust fund her grandfather had left her, and one to inherit lots of money from when her father passed on. Not to mention, when the man she was marrying could give her anything and everything she wanted in the world, for she only needed to ask and it would be hers. However, everybody knew that Serena wasn't like that. Even she, herself knew it to be true. She didn't marry Diamond because he was rich, like her family. She married him because, he was a good person to her and because she did love him in a way. Still that wasn't the reason as for she was working now. Two years ago, after the incident with Darien, it was obvious to others that she wasn't the same person anymore. Her ambition, her determination, her passion, had all been lost completely. Particularly after the accident, she had. At least, that was when apart of her had changed. She was always convinced herself the reason why this happened had to do with Darien. Then again, she was probably just using him as an excuse while trying to hide from everything that had been said and done. She was just trying to forget like always. In the end, though she had forgotten some things. Too bad though, they weren't the things she had wanted to forget…like Darien Walsh, for example. At this point, Serena knew she had to stop. If she continued to think about any of this, further. She'd only end up hurting like always. Not to mention, it was just too much to deal with, especially in the morning. Putting aside the unpleasant thoughts, Serena decided that if she wasn't going to do any work, then at least she should try to relax. Even if it would be just for a bit, she knew the perfect person to try to relax with…Mina!

Mina Kline was Serena's cousin on her mother's side and one of her best friends. The two of them had been close since they were little kids. Besides, she knew that if there was one person who could cheer her up it would always be Mina. That girl has always been known to be bubbly, energetic, carefree, and always knew how to have a good time no matter what. Therefore, she was the perfect candidate to call at time like this. Grabbing the nearby cordless phone Serena dialed the number of Mina's apartment. After three rings, Serena was about to give up, until finally someone picked up the phone on the other end.

"Kline residence", said a cheerful voice.

Serena immediately knew that it had to be Mina, because only she would be cheery at a time like this in the morning. So she instantly spoke up, "Hey, Mina. It's me Serena."

"Hi! Serena, it's been awhile since I've last heard from you. What have you been doing lately?" asked Mina.

"In all honesty not very much lately, I just called to ask if you wanted to do something with me today," Serena said.

"Really," said Mina. For she sounded a bit surprised at the request. Serena probably figured it was because she hadn't been around very much.

"Yeah just the two of us, you know. Maybe we could go shopping or possibly go to lunch? Whatever you want?" Serena said in a sincere tone. For a moment, there was a silent pause and Serena began to get worried, because Mina was never one to be silent…EVER! Therefore, Serena decided to make sure her cousin was still on the telephone.

"Mina, are you still there? Hello?" she asked worriedly.

Finally, after about five seconds Mina answered,

"I'm sorry. It's just that it has been awhile since I've last seen you. I guess I'm still reeling from the surprise that you called me. Yeah, though! It would be nice to do some shopping together and then have some lunch."

For a moment, Serena smiled at the idea of seeing her cousin again. It had been awhile.

"Okay, where do you want to meet?" asked Mina.

"How about the Waterfront Café at one o'clock and afterwards we can figure out to what to do next…all right," said Serena while waiting for Mina's response.

"I've got a better idea, Serena. How about I call the other girls to see if they want to join us and we can all meet at three o'clock instead. How about that…is that okay to do?" suggested Mina.

It hadn't occurred to Serena to call her other friends. However, it was a good idea to have a reunion with all of them. After all, they were best friends and she hadn't seen them in ages. Therefore, it did sound like a good idea after all and had to praise Mina for the thought.

"All right, three o'clock at the Waterfront café, tell the others I'm anxious to see them again, and you don't be late!" Serena warned to her cousin.

"I won't and I'm quite sure the others will be thrilled to see you again after all this time," said Mina, so with all that said and done both girls hung up. Serena pondered over a second about what she was doing. However, she knew that eventually she was going to have to face everyone at some point again. For they all knew what had happened. Perhaps now while she was having this trouble with remembering so much they could help her. After all what are friends for, right? Since they had all been there the night the incident occurred. It wasn't like a big secret to any of them. Still they didn't know all the details and they didn't know what happened except for one person. Nevertheless, she swore that she wouldn't tell anyone. As for what would happen, next Serena wasn't entirely sure yet. However, if she knew Darien like she did. He was still out there….waiting. Waiting to come back, waiting to do what he's wanted to do for so long and that was to destroy Diamond. Serena hoped by then that she would have figured everything out. Her feelings, her memories, and everything else that seemed to be like a big puzzle with so many pieces to it. However, she wanted to solve it. Because she knew that was the only that this was going to end.

A/N: Was it good? If some of you are still confused about the whole Serena and Darien past thing, it will be explained eventually. In addition, in the next chapter I plan to give away some of it. Not all of it. In addition, like before if any you have questions I'll try to answer them by either in the chapters to come, or if you want, I'll personally e-mail you and I'll explain. Either way is fine. So just, ask away. Okay with all that please review and tell me what you think.