Hi to all of my readers that I love so very, very much! I can't tell you how much I appreciated getting reviews for my first chapter. I thought I was going to burst from excitement. But, anyway, I forgot to add an author's note to the last chapter so I wanted to put one in here. Let me give you some background on this story. The battle with Beryl has already happened and the Scouts and Darien lost SOME of their memories. Everything is a bit fuzzy for them, but they remember the battle and their past lives. Basically the only thing they don't remember is, for the Scouts that Darien is Tuxedo Mask, and for Darien that the Scouts are Serena and the girls. Serena and Darien are still having dreams about each other from their past lives, but can't identify who the person is. I think that's all you need to know right now, but feel free to ask questions and I'll answer what I can. Oh ya, in the last chapter I originally had all of the Darien POV section in first person and decided to change it to third person because it might have been too strange switching back and forth, but most of this chapter is written in first person because I think it flows better this way. I'm sorry if that makes me a bad author or confuses anyone, but I think you'll like it better this way too. Thanks again for reading!

Disclaimer: I did not last chapter, nor do I this chapter, own any of Sailor Moon. Sadly, that all belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. But Amber, David, Astrea, and all their friends and family belong to me.

Recap: Darien and Amber met and when to Amber's mom's, Dr. Johnson, office at the hospital but Darien just left to meet Andrew at the Crown Center Arcade.

Chapter 2:

~~Amber, in first person, present tense~~

"So, Amber, who was that," my mom asks me.

I don't know what to tell her. He's...he's amazing. Darien Shields. I'll never forget that name. I don't know why I feel so attracted to him. It's not as if I don't know what it feels like to like a guy, but this is different. He makes my heart soar. I want to run through the streets singing simply because I've found him. Could this be love? No, no, I don't think so. Even though I'm so happy to see him, it's different than how I feel towards guys I have crushes on. It feels as if I've known him before. And I don't have the urge to kiss him, but I still want to throw myself into his arms and never let go. It's as if he completes some part of me that's always been missing. This is crazy. I've only known the boy for five minutes. But he did say to follow what my heart feels...

"Amber?" I hear my mother say. Opps. I never answered her.

"I don't know, Mom," I tell her as honestly as I can. I know that I can trust her; we talk about everything. "I feel something towards him, though. And I feel as if I've known him my whole life. Please say that you like him, Mom, so I can be friends with him."

"He's much older than you, Amber..."

"I know, Mom," I say, knowing that I can convince her. I have to convince her. I think she can see it in my eyes that I would be friends with him no matter what. "But I'm only interested in him as friends, and he's responsible enough to work in a hospital, and he can't be any more than twenty years old so that would only be a three year difference."

"Okay, okay," says my Mom, laughing at my enthusiasm. "I'll talk to your father tonight, but I can't see why you two can't be friends. Of course, you know your Dad will want to meet him sometime soon."

"Of course, Mom," I say now very excited. "Thank you so much." I run up and give her a hug.

"Your welcome, hon," my Mom says. "Now that that's taken care of, I'm sorry to say that I have some work to do."

"Oh, I'm sorry Mom," I say. "I forgot all about that. What time do you think you'll be home tonight?"

"Oh, probably around 5:30," she says.

I look at my watch and see that it's only 4:30 now. If I hurry then I can still drop by the arcade to meet Mina and her friends. She's been telling me about them for weeks and suggested I find them at the arcade today. "Okay, Mom. That's when Dad said he'd be home too. Do you think it's okay if I go by the arcade on my way home to talk to Mina? I'll be home by 5:30."

"Sure," says my Mom. "Just don't forget to feed your new cat."

"I won't. I'll see you later," I say as I hug her goodbye.

"All right, sweetie," she says. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Bye."

"Bye."

~~Darien~~ (now at the Crown Center Arcade)

I ran into the arcade to find Andrew standing behind the counter. I gave him a smile that said, "I'm REALLY sorry I'm late." I sat down and then said the words out loud, "I'm really sorry that I'm so late, but I have a good reason."

"Oh yeah," asks Andrew, very interested. He was never really mad in the first place, but would love some new information. He's as big a gossip as Serena's group of friends.

I look around to see if the person that I don't want to hear what I'm going to say could possibly listen. I finally find her sitting in a corner booth with her four friends. Her blonde meatballs are bobbing up and down with laughter. She's far enough away that she can't hear me. "God, she's beautiful," I think to myself.

I turn back to Andrew and before I can get a single word out he says, "It's a girl isn't it? You met a girl!"

"Yeah," I say sheepishly, wondering if it was that obvious for everyone that saw me. "How did you know?"

"It's the only thing that could possibly give you that 'I'm so happy that nothing could ruin my day' look in your eyes," he says grinning at me. He is enjoying this WAY too much. "So...," he continues, "who is she, how did you meet, what does she look like, and how in the world did she manage to get Darien Shields' attention?"

"Umm...," I say wondering where to start. I'm not used to talking about girls.

"Wow," Andrew says. "She must be amazing to have gotten your attention and leave you tongue-tied."

He's right. I don't like going out with girls. The ones that come up to me are always so superficial and egotistic that I can't stand it. Only one...no, now two girls in my entire life have really caught my eye. Can you guess which two?

"Yeah, she is," I say, trying to answer his questions. "We met in the hospital today. Actually, we ran into each other."

"Is that how you meet all your girls," Andrew asks teasingly.

"Only the good ones," I say. "But this girl didn't fall when we crashed; she actually has balance." I smile to myself remember the scene. "Her name is Amber Johnson. Her mother works at the hospital."

"Johnson?"

"Yeah," I say. "She's from America. She's only lived here for a few months, but her Japanese is amazing. She's a junior in a private high school around here somewhere. I think it's the same one that Mina over there goes to. Their uniforms look the same, and Mina is from England, right?"

"Yep. That is probably where she goes then."

I hear a bell ring behind me, signaling that someone has entered the arcade, but I pay no attention to it. I'm already immersed in the memory of her and nothing else matters. "She's tall, but not as tall as either of us," I keep talking to Andrew, not noticing his eyes looking behind me. "She has long brown hair with waves going through it. I'm sure that it feels like silk. And there are silver streaks here and there, almost framing her beautiful face..."

"Does she have green eyes?"

"Yeah," I look up at him, "actually she does. How did you know?"

"She's standing behind you, Dar."

My eyes get wide and my back straightens. I take a deep breath and slowly turn around on my stool. There she is. She's blushing. Great, that means she heard me talking about her. But she looks so cute with that bit of red across her face, what does it matter. "Hi, Amber."

"Hello, Darien. I didn't expect to see you here."

"Oh...umm...my friend Andrew works here," I say, trying to form words. Andrew has come out from behind the counter. "Amber, this is Andrew. Andrew, Amber."

They shake hands, but, of course, Andrew can't just leave it at that. "I'm very pleased to meet you. We were just talking about you." Note to self: kill Andrew later.

"I heard," she said quietly, blushing again.

"Umm...," I say, "would you like to join us?"

"Oh, I can't," says Amber. We're both disappointed. "I'm supposed to meet my friend Mina over there." She points to the table with Serena and her friends. Ha! I knew they went to the same school. "Can I take a rain check?"

"Of course," I say perhaps too quickly. "Anytime you want."

"Okay then," she says. "See you later...Darien."

She smiles at me and waves goodbye. I melt. I swear I'm a puddle slowly dripping off of the stool. "Goodbye," I somehow manage to say.

She turns to walk over to the girls' table. As soon as she's out of hearing range, Andrew busts out laughing. It takes me a moment, but I finally turn back to the counter to look at him. I'm recovering from the encounter still when he starts to talk.

"So, that's the other girl," says Andrew, his laughter finally quieting.

"Yeah, that's the girl," I say. I take a deep breath and look at him.

"Well, you were right. She is beautiful," he says.

"Yeah," I say, "and she even hugged me goodbye at the hospital. Americans must like to hug."

"I've heard that before."

I smile, picturing her perfect face in my mind. "You'd think that I'd want to take her into my arms and give her the kiss of her life, wouldn't you?"

"Yeah," he says. "I don't know any guy who wouldn't."

He looked back at her and I feel a twinge of anger at it. "Wow," I think to myself, "I can't believe that I'm being so protective. It's kinda like Andrew is with Serena. She's like another sister to him. I don't know what to make of any of this. There are just too many things running through my mind. I feels like I know her, and that she's very special to me, but there is something different. With Serena, I always want to take her out for a romantic evening and kiss her goodnight. With Amber, I feel like I just want to sit and talk, or laugh, or watch movies, or something that friends would do. This is weird."

"Yes, you do," I tell in him, happy that I've kinda figured out what's going on.

"Who," he asks confused.

"Me."

"What!?! You're telling me that after that whole scene and the way you talk about her and the way you stare at her that you aren't falling in love with her!"

"Shh...keep it down or they'll here you." I send him a slight glare and he quiets down. He leans on the counter with his elbows so our conversation is only heard by the two of us. "It's really weird. I've been running it through my mind for the last hour, but I think I've finally figured it out. You see, I feel drawn to her the same way I'm drawn to Serena. I feel like I have to be with her...that if I'm not I won't be able to continue living. It's like she fills an empty space in my heart. I love her, I know it, but I don't feel like I want to take her out on a date. Just that I want to spend time with her."

"Do you think that she could be the one?"

"I don't know," I finally say out-loud. "I guess I'll just wait and see. In the mean time, I have to find a way to split my time between running into her and running into my Meatball Head."

"That should be easy, though," my best friend says smiling at me. I'm so glad he weaseled out of me last month that I care about Serena. I would be lost without him right now if he hadn't. "Except for the fact that now they know each other and will be hanging out together. So if you run into one you now stand the chance of running into both. And that should be really interesting because you obviously have feelings for both girls, and it would be an easy mistake for Serena to make if she thought that you like Amber."

"Oh...no...," the only words that could come out of my mouth as I stared blankly ahead of me. "What am I going to do? How will I handle this?"

"Calm down, Dar," Andrew says. "You know you'll figure all of this out. Just give it some time."

"You're right, as usual, Andrew. I had better get going. Homework."

"Okay. See you tomorrow Darien."

"Bye."

As I walk off I take one last look at the group of girls sitting at the table in the corner. Of course, I only see two of them. I wish I could sit by Serena like that. I wish I could just enjoy a conversation with her. But at least I have a chance of that with Amber. Oh well. Maybe I'll see them tomorrow. With that, I turn and leave the arcade.

* * *

~~Amber~~

"Hey, Amber. Over here."

Mina's waving at me. I can't believe that I saw Darien here. That is so great! And he thinks that I'm beautiful, and he cares a lot about me, and...I don't know how I feel about him. But I have to put this out of my mind and talk to Mina. I hope her friends like me.

"Hi Mina," I say to her. I see the bubbly blonde in math class everyday and we finally got to be friends.

"Hey guys," she says, "this is Amber. Amber this is Serena Tsukino, Lita Kino, Raye Hino, and Ami Minzuno." Each girl waves as Mina says their name.

"Nice to meet you Amber," they all say.

"It's great to meet all of you too," I tell them.

"So how do you know Darien," Serena asks almost immediately. They definitely noticed me talking to him and saw how friendly we were. And Serena even seemed a little bit jealous. I'm about to answer when she adds, "And how can you stand him?" Maybe that wasn't jealousy I heard.

"Well, he's really nice," I start out. "I met him in the hospital today. He helped me find my mom's office. He's sweet...and very handsome."

"Yes, definitely handsome," says Lita with a far off look in her eyes. "He reminds me of my ex-boyfriend."

"Lita, every guy reminds you of your ex-boyfriend," Mina says laughing.

"So?" says Lita. Mina has talked about her to me before. Even though all five girls are close friends, she and Lita are even closer. They both live by themselves in the city so they have a bit more in common.

"He seems to really like you," says Ami. She winked at me too. I blush at the thought.

"Yeah, I think that he does too," I start out. I'm getting a little nervous now; the girls seem to be hanging on my every word. "But I don't know...I don't know how I feel about him yet."

"What do you mean," asks Raye.

Raye's wearing some capries and a t-shirt, but I get the feeling that she's not an ordinary girl. She looks at me with deep violet eyes, searching for answers. She's reading me. Don't ask me how I know this. I just know when people can do things sometimes; when they have special abilities. Probably because I have some too. I decide that I can talk to her without worrying. Just because she's reading me doesn't mean she's bad.

"Well, I'm attracted to him, but not like I am with other guys," I say. "It's like we're already friends...like we've known each other for years, but I only met him today. And I'm so comfortable with him. And he's so nice to me. I don't know what to make of it. I mean, I have the same kinda de ja vu feeling with another guy I know, but I am definitely attracted to that guy. I don't know what to make of any of it quite yet."

"Wow," says Raye. "So it's like you're kindred spirits with Darien."

"Yeah," I say. Her phrase 'kindred spirits' interests me. I'll have to ask her about that next time I get a chance. "That's a good way to put it. But how do you guys know Darien?"

Everyone but Serena suddenly begins to laugh. Serena crosses her arms and goes into the pout position with her face on the table. My eyebrows furrow naturally out of confusion.

"Well," starts Raye, "none of us knew him until one day when Serena did badly on a test...."

Ami picks up from there since Raye is laughing too hard to talk, "She was walking to the arcade and became so angry by the bad grade that she crumpled up her test paper and threw it over her shoulder..."

Lita picks up the story, "the paper hit Darien on the head..."

Serena's head finally rises from her hands to finish the story. She emerges with red in her cheeks. I can't tell if she is embarrassed or angry...or maybe a bit of both?

"He's been teasing me ever since. He seems to get a great deal of enjoyment from torturing me."

I try my hand at some teasing, "But don't some guys flirt by teasing?"

Gasps from the entire group. Then all the girls except for Serena smile.

"That is true," says Mina. You can see the gears in her mind turning at the prospect of setting the two of them up.

"That's impossible," says Serena. She's getting frustrated with us. "Darien doesn't feel that way about me at all. He would never flirt with me...he hates me."

"Why do you think that," I ask.

"He teases her constantly," says Lita for Serena. "He can be pretty harsh sometimes."

"Hmmm...," I think to myself. "I'll have to see about that...at least as soon as I decide whether or not Serena is competition for me."

"Maybe he'll change," is all I can think of to say out loud. I give a hopeful smile to Serena, but she looks skeptical.

"He'll never change," she says to me.

Then I glance up to see the clock on the wall across from us. 5:15. "Oh no," I say. "I have to get home soon."

I stand to leave. Mina stands as well. "It was great to meet you all. I hope we can talk again soon."

"Nice to meet you, too," they all say.

I turn to give a quick hug to Mina before I leave. "See you later."

Mina is still kinda stiff in the hug. I have more breaking-in to do. She says good-bye as I release her.

I walk off smiling. I turn to the stool that Darien was sitting at. It's empty. I frown to myself, wishing that I could see him one last time before the day was over. I look up from the stool and Andrew meets my eyes. "Don't worry," he says to me. "He'll be back tomorrow, and at about the same time."

I put on my biggest grin for him. "Thanks, I'll try to drop by. See you later, Andrew."

"Bye Amber."

* * *

~Narrator~ The next day...

"Serena, you were late to school again," Ami said as she met up with Serena, Lita and Molly for lunch. Molly was a long time friend of Serena's and was one of the few people in her life right now that wasn't involved in Sailor Scout business.

"Yep, decided that breakfast was more important than an extra hour after school today so I'm back to normal."

The girls all laugh together.

"So, guys, have you heard the latest rumor about the Sailor Scouts," said Molly, an avid gossiper.

"No...what's up, Molly," asked Lita as casually as she could.

"Well, I heard that they're broken up because they haven't been seen in such a long time."

The three scouts looked at each other with widened eyes and opened mouths. They tried to regain their composure and Ami thought of an answer the quickest, "That's crazy. Just because they haven't had a fight in a few weeks doesn't mean they're not together still."

"Yeah," said Lita. "Maybe there just hasn't been a lot of evil activity."

"The Sailor Scouts would never break up, Mol," said Serena.

Molly's eyes laid on Serena's a little longer than the others. "You know, Serena, the way you talk sometimes I'd swear that you had some kind of information."

Sweat beads began popping up on Serena's forehead as she struggled to find an explanation. "Me, Mol? No way. I'm just a klutzy flake. How would I ever know anything about the Sailor Scouts, let alone evil trying to take over the world?"

"Yeah," Molly said slowly. "I guess you're right. Besides, it's not like you could keep that big a secret from me." She gazed into Serena's eyes, searching for something she could not see.

Serena and the other planet guardians laughed nervously at Molly's last comment and then the bell rang, signaling the start of another class. "Well, gotta book it Mol. I'll see ya later." With that Serena walked as fast as she could away from the group. She hated lying to her friend, but she had no choice. Serena couldn't stand the thought of something happening to Molly because she knew that Serena was Sailor Moon. "But that doesn't mean that she has to so easily believe that I'm a natural klutz either," she thought.

* * *

Amber, Elise, and Ebony were eating lunch together in a crowded cafeteria. They sat by themselves at a circular table in a back corner. It was where they always sat, silently claiming their domain. All of the students did the same to their favorite seats. The three girls liked that table in particular because it allowed them to look out over the entire cafeteria. Amber liked it because it gave her an especially good view of a certain boy. David Goldman.

He sat there, just a few feet away from Amber, eating his lunch and talking to his friends. He seemed like a normal boy, but there was much more to him than that. David was one of the most popular seniors in school. He, too, was from America, but somewhere on the west coast compared to Amber's home in the mid-west. He was 6 feet tall, making him only a few inches above Amber, the perfect height in her opinion. It was just enough space for him to have to come down to her for a kiss. His hair was a mix of the colors caramel and butterscotch, which fit his sweet personality (A.N.: Corny, I know, but it just fits so well here). He was one of the few popular people willing to break the social rules by talking and hanging out with anyone he pleased. It was just one of many qualities that Amber admired about him. She also enjoyed his muscular physique. He definitely worked out, but not to the point that his body was too pumped. Lastly, and Amber's favorite trait about him, were his eyes. They were brown but had golden specks decorating his irises. She felt as if she could gaze into them for ever, spending a lifetime learning every detail of them. And sometimes, she felt as if she already had spent a lifetime with him.

"Are you going to ask him out today?" asked Ebony. Ebony was a beautiful girl with dark, rich skin to match her name. She said that her parents gave her that name in honor of their ethnic pride. Amber thought that was wonderful. Ebony was from France, but her mother was actually English so she spoke both languages fluently. However, she was struggling with Japanese. Even though she had been in the country for 6 months, Elise and Amber were tutoring her in the language during their study period. Ebony and Amber were both hopeless romantics, and she often was the first to comment on Amber's love life: David.

"Of course not," said Amber, despairingly. "You know that I can't do that."

"I don't know why you get so shy around him," Ebony said. "You're incredibly outgoing with everyone else."

"I know. It's strange, but I always get nervous around him," Amber said.

"But at least you'll talk to him, right," asked Elise.

"Yeah," Amber said. "I do still sit next to him in art class. Hopefully he'll talk to me then."

"Not to change the subject you guys, but have you heard anything about the Sailor Scouts lately," asked Elise.

"No, why do you ask? You normally don't take that much of an interest in them, Elise," Amber said to her.

"Well, I read in the newspaper this morning that there hasn't been any sign of them in weeks. The reporter thought that they might have broken up."

"That's impossible," Ebony quickly said.

"Yeah," Amber said. "The Sailor Scouts would never break up. Maybe there just haven't been a lot of attacks lately."

"That's a good point," said Ebony. "I haven't heard of any attacks either."

"Yes, I suppose you two are right," said Elise, reassured. "Maybe we'll hear from them soon."

I'm sorry that there hasn't been much action yet, but I'm a detailed kinda person so I'm still trying to get all the important information and characters introduced to you guys. But I'm pretty sure that there will be more action in the next chapter. Thanks again for reading and please review. Tell me what you think, like and dislike. I'll take anything and answer all the questions that I can. Expect another chapter in a week, unless school gets crazy and then maybe a little longer.