To Darien's surprised, Serena nodded her head, and what even more surprised was that she lent the book to...

"Beryl? That Beryl Dark?" Darien followed his eyes to where Serena had showed. It was a girl with beautiful long brownish

red hair. "This is not happening," Darien murmured darkly. That Beryl girl was not who people thought she was. Sure she

was a beauty, but not her heart. Definately not.

However Serena had a different thoughts. She thought that Darien wasn't make any sense, not at all. Was it wrong to lend a

book to people? What was even weirder, was that he rose his voice, for no reason... Well, at least to her.

"So you put the exercise book straight after she returned it to you?" What a weird question Darien had asked. Serena didn't

realised she had spoken out her thoughts - well, duh! Of course!! - aloud until Darien dragged her with him to where Beryl

and her gang were.

"I know it's you." Darien said while one hand threw the book to the Beryl girl, whilst the other held firmly on Serena's

wrist. "So don't even try to deny!" He barked but that Beryl was testing his patience by questioning 'What did I do, oh

Darien dear?', which caused Darien even more madder, and so he cursed as much as he could, if possible in other languages

too.

As for Serena, she had another stragegy, which was calling her friends to help, to avoid making the scene became worst as

the-pulling-Darien-away stragegy was disappointed to her because what Darien had just did was to attract more of the

audience to watch 'the show'.

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Fortunenately school ended very quickly, and everyone just seemed the incident during lunch as nothing had happened... well

except for Darien. Serena and her friends were playing a little game called scissor-stone-clothes, *author note: a direct

translation from chinese. it's a really childish game, but it's fun when there's more players. sure you all heard the game,

only called by different names.* and the person who hadn't get a score would be the one who gotta cooled down the still-

angry Darien at the front, and it turned up to be....

" Darien, can you forget what happened during the lunch? Pretty please?" Seeing his angel's begging face, Darien's heart

softened because he couldn't bare to watch that such sadness shown on her face. She wasn't the type of person to have

negative expressions, it just... not right at all! Furthermore, she must had been thirsty because she had tried to advise

him to cool down for how long he wasn't sure. perhaps 10 minutes? Or probably more. Yet that beyond the point, he would do

anything, even it meant to forgive his enermy, as long as his angel had that bright face. Therefore, that was how Serena

and Darien got closer, and by meant that they had forgotten their other 5 buddies. They talked everything, from favourites

colours and all sorts to hobbies, friends to lifestyles.... but not their inner feelings.

That was the thing Darien had been wanted to ask Serena from the very beginning, yet he had been hesitated of it. He

couldn't make up his mind because he afraid everything would change if he asked her that, yet he dying to know. After

several of agruements with his mind, and secretly glancing at Serena from times to times, he finally dropped the bomb-shell,

and what he would never expect was that he would faced a very angry Serena.

The question Darien had just asked hit Serena's heart directly. Sure, she was expected he would ask some questions, and was

ready to response whatever the questions were, but not THAT. To her, that question - do you have boyfriend - was like a

curse; THAT was the reason why she went oversea with her mother; and also because of THAT, she had a deep hole inside her

heart that who knew when it would heal. She was angry as well, angry her ex gave no explanation for their break-up; angry at

Darien why he brought up such depressing topic.

" Does it matter whether I have or have not a boyfriend?" Serena couldn't care how harsh she asked Darien, all she knew was

that she couldn't control her temper any longer. "Isn't there a lot more topics to ask? Why do you still have to choose

this topic? Tell me, Darien! Tell me!!"

" Why? Why I'm choosing to ask this topic?" Perhaps there was some harsh words in between had hit directly to Darien's core,

he too raised his temper. " Because I can't find any, Serena! Who want to ask such boring topic anywayz!! If you are so

clever, why don't you'll be the one who asking me questions huh?"

" Conceited jerk!"

" Brainless!"

" Heartless!"

" Spoil brat!" That was how the conflict between Serena and Darien began, and because of this the two ignored one and other

for the whole full. This had not only making their poor friends worry, but also their mothers, especially Aunt Serenity.

~ End of Chapter 9 ~

fallen-night: sorry for the cliffhanger =P. so how's the chapter? *waiting for replies* whatever it is, please read and

review. thankie

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