Serena paced back and forth wondering just what she was going to do next. She'd managed to avoid Darien the past two days by going around the arcade, taking the long way to and from school. She really hadn't done a good job of planning her seduction, or thinking it through. All she'd really decided was that she was going to get Darien all hot and bothered and if he wasn't she most certainly was. There were a couple of problems though, like how to get him to take her to the dance, and what the hell was she supposed to do with him not playing fair. Not that she'd been playing fair either but that was besides the point. Shaking her head she finally came to the only sensible conclusion, she was famished and needed to eat. She ran downstairs after taking a quick glance in the mirror to make sure she was presentable (you never know who you were going to run into!) and walked slowly over to the arcade her thoughts racing in circles trying to sort themselves out.
The problem with telling him about the dance and hoping he took the hint and asked her was that so many things could go wrong. He might just laugh at her because she didn't have a date. Perhaps she could use Andrew in someway...
"Heya Andrew." She greeted absentmindedly taking a seat at the counter.
Andrew looked up slowly as if afraid of what he might see, frankly Serena was freaking him out bet or not.
"Hi Serena what'll it be?" He asked in his usual manner seeing she looked more or less normal. Pink short shorts and a azure baby tee that matched her eyes.
"Um.." She cocked her head to the side giving her food choices her full attention. "Cheese burger and poutine and a brownie sunday." She finally ordered with a smile.
"Hi Serena." A sonorous voice whispered roughly in her ear while slipping arms around her waist. Serena's breath speed up, she didn't have to turn she knew that voice.
"Hi Darien." Smooth Serena real smooth, her mind berated her.
"Your here later then usual, meeting your friends?" Serena leaned back into his embrace and tilted her head to see his face.
"No I came to see you sexy." She said in a melodious whisper with a smile.
"How'd you know I'd be here?" He asked slipping around to sit beside her but leaving one arm wrapped around her small frame.
"I had high hopes." She smiled saucily and dug into the food in front of her. She really did come here too often when Andrew knew how to make everything exactly the way she liked it. Darien took a sip of his coffee before he continued.
"I was thinking Serena, your still having problems in school right?"
"Yeah." Serena drew out the word brow furrowed in suspicion and turned to look at him putting down the burger she'd been savoring a moment before.
"Well..." he started meeting her eyes and trying not to smile at the utter perfection of his plan. "I was thinking maybe I could tutor you." Serena bit her lip in an adorable fashion an she thought about the offer, trying to find traps, ulterior motives, hell any motives would do at this point. None were readily apparent.
"What's in it for you?" She finally demanded shrewdly, staring at him as if she'd read the answer in his face.
"Well, I wouldn't be doing it for free and I do need the extra cash..." He lied beautifully then got to the really reasons. "More importantly though I'd get the immense pleasure of your company and I'd get to find out if there's any brains in that pretty little meat ball head of yours." Serena unexpectedly ignored the insult, backhanded compliment actually, she corrected herself and actually considered the offer itself. It was the thought of all that time alone with Darien that settled the matter.
"Alright." She said with a nod. Darien fought back a grin as he stared at the would be seductress.
"Tomorrow my house seven." He said putting a piece of paper with his address on it in front of her. "Don't be late." He added as he walked out the door. Serena fingered the piece of paper then shoved it into her pocket and got back to her meal.
Serena hesitated outside the door to in the ritzy apartment building, wondering if Darien was just playing some trick on her, giving her a fake address. At length she gather her courage and knocked briskly on the door.
"Just a minute." Darien yelled from inside and Serena took a deep breath and fought the urge to bolt. Entering the Lions den seemed to aptly describe this situation.
"Your early." Darien commented as he pulled open the door. Serena stared in stunned admiration. Darien stood in the doorway in nothing but a towel, his tanned skin beaded with water as if he hadn't even taken the time to dry off. He ran his hand through his hair, smoothing it back from his face and squeezing out the excesses water. That small movement showed off his arms and chest to wonderful advantage. He arched his back just a little stretching his body into one long muscled line and smirked. This was going to be easier then he'd thought.
"Sorry I was in the shower." He apologized without the least bit of embarrassment "Please come in." He stepped back from the door and gestured for her to precede him. "Make yourself comfortable while I change." Serena walked numbly into the living room and collapsed on the couch.
'Damn he did that on purpose!' She thought with a shake of her head and a smile, not that she really minded though. Darien came back out of his room in jeans and a crisp unbuttoned white shirt, that framed his chest making his tan seem that much darker.
"Do you wanna take off you jacket?" Darien asked as he finished toweling his hair and let the towel hang around his neck. Serena just nodded not yet trusting her voice and slipped out of her jean jacked. It was Dariens turn to stare. Underneath that jean jacket was a crimson tube top that showing a tantalizing amount of skin and leaving little to the imagination.
'Shit she really knows how to test a guys control.' Serena smiled somewhat nervously under that intense gaze and handed him the jacket.
AN That's all for now guys sorry it's so short I've written myself into a dead end. But I promise to writ more soon, something will come too me till then though I'm going to do a little work on my other fic ( Ja ne