The Perfect Prank
Chapter V. Serena Has A Plan
By: Sailor Angie

AN: You guys are so hilarious. I never thought I'd make you all so upset by including a scene between Darien and Raye. So many reviews with statements like: Ugh, just thinking about Darien and Raye is wrong, he has to be with Serena. Okay, so you guys all caught me. Of course this is a Darien and Serena fic, which means eventually they will be together, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Hope you guys like this chapter, I had fun writing this one, and reading it to my proof readers, I got to do all the angry voices, lol. Read, review, and please, for the love of god ENJOY!

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Darien must have stood staring at his door for at least a half hour before deciding what he needed to do.

He took a deep breath and opened the door. He walked slowly to Serena and Mina's room and knocked. Serena answered, perfect. "I need to talk to you." Darien's eyes were blank. They stared strait through Serena. With one swift motion he grabbed her wrist and forced her down the hall toward his room.

"Unhand me this instant!" She protested loudly and struggled as much as she could. However, her attempts were futile. "LET ME --" Darien slammed his door behind her and locked it, "go." She finished quietly. "What do you want?" Serena firmly planted her hands on her hips.

"You had no right to do that." Darien's voice was not loud but full of rage none the less.

"To do what?" She played innocent like always.

"You had no right to treat Raye like that. She left because of you." His eyes were wild.

Serena was a bit intimidated, but did not let her guard down, "I'm sure you're exaggerating. I didn't say a single word to your girlfriend."

"How did you know she was my girlfriend? How do you know she's not a friend or a relative? What does she have to do with you? You had no right." Darien accused.

"I just figured --"

"YOU JUST FIGURED!?" He erupted. "You are a horrible person Serena!" He pointed his finger at her. "You think just because your parents own this place that you can treat people like shit. THAT'S NOT RIGHT!"

"Darien you're scaring me . . ." Serena trailed off as she toggled with the lock.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Darien grabbed her wrists, "I'm not done finished." He hissed. "You are a snotty spoiled little brat who always gets everything she wants, well not today Serena. It ends today. I'm sick of the pranks, I'm sick of the jokes, I'm sick of the phone calls so early in the morning that I can't even think strait. But most of all, I'm sick of YOU!" He exclaimed.

Tears began rolling down her face, and she cursed each one for helping him see what she truly was. She still said nothing, she just tried her hardest to hold back the rest of her tears.

When Darien had finally calmed down and realized she was crying he unhanded her. Her arms dropped limply to her sides and she crumpled to the floor still crying, but not making a sound.

Darien bent down to help her up in an attempt to apologize for the horrible words that had escaped his lips. As he touched her arm however, it flew back and her hand hit his cheek with such force that he was almost knocked backwards.

"Don't you ever touch me. EVER!" She screamed as she rose. They exchanged glances before she tore out of the room.

Darien was in shock; he didn't know what had come over him. But he feared what she would do next after his outburst. "What have I done?" he whispered to himself.

Down the hall, Serena was in shock as well. She had quickly run into her room and locked the door still breathing heavily.

"What happened?!" Mina had seen the dried tears on her cheeks and her red eyes.

"Nothing." Serena choked.

Mina decided not to question her any further, "Why don't we go to bed." She suggested as Serena had already climbed into hers. Mina relucktantly turned off the light wondering what on earth Darien could have said that would have brought her to tears. The only thing that had made Serena shed a tear after the age of 5 was when her close grandmother had died. Something was very wrong, and Mina fully intended to find out what that was, and how she could solve it.

"What have I done?" Serena sobbed softly.

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Darien stopped as he heard two girls talking in the hall.

"Did you hear all that yelling last night?" The first asked.

"Oh my gosh, it was so loud, how could I not!? I didn't hear what they said - hey, there's Serena, we can ask her." The second replied.

"Hey Serena, what happened between you and Darien last night?" The first questioned Serena.

"Nothing much; Darien got mad at me for releasing a skunk in his room and just loudly threatened to kick me out." She laughed, "As if." The other girls joined her.

Darien wasn't surprised that she had covered up the true nature of his criticism. But he still wasn't sure if he regretted saying what he did. He regretted the way he said it though. 'Oh well,' He thought, 'What was said was said, and I can't take it back now.'

Serena walked back to her room and locked herself in. She knew she had to do something but the question was what. What could she possibly do that would affect Darien so completely?

Serena jumped when she heard the door unlocking behind her. But much to Serena's relief it was only Mina.

"Hi Serena." She smiled.

"Hi Mina." Serena returned.

"Hey Serena," Mina began.

"Yes?" Serena turned to face her.

"I just want to tell you that if you want to talk about what happened last night I'm here." Serena glared at her for even acknowledging that anything had happened. "But, if you don't want to, then I'll pretend I didn't see or hear anything." Mina added.

"I prefer the latter." Serena sat at her desk and started her computer.

"Okay," Mina set her books down on her bed.

"I'VE GOT IT!" Serena sprung up, knocking her chair over in the process and startling Mina as well.

"Got what?" Mina questioned, puzzled at Serena's sudden outburst.

"The perfect prank Mina, I just thought of the perfect way to pull one over on Darien!" She smiled at herself.

"Serena . . ." Mina was wary of this new development.

"No Mina, it's fool proof. Oh man, this is gonna go down in the history books." Serena was proud of her plan.

"What are you gonna do?" Mina hesitated.

Serena's eyes were vicious, "I am going to make Darien fall in love with me, then I'll break his heart into a million pieces."

Mina wasn't quite sure what to say, she really wanted to know what had happened the previous night that Serena would come up with such an evil plan. She had never wanted to hurt anyone as much as she seemed to want to hurt Darien. "Serena, I think that's going too far." She tried.

"Well, he went too far last night, and I will have my revenge." Serena stated clearly.

"How do you suppose you'll go about making him fall in love with you, especially since he had a girlfriend?" Mina tried to point out the flaws in Serena's plan.

"Raye is a problem, however, I've got a feeling that this girlfriend thing will work itself out." She smiled.

"Why do you say that?" Mina thought Serena was planning to sabotage the relationship.

"Something doesn't sit right with me when I see them together. Their relationship is strained. I'll just bide my time and wait for the right opportunity to present itself." Serena was impressed with her logic.

"Serena, I've got a bad feeling about this." Mina warned.

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AN: I know, shorter, don't hate me. But this chapter was so exciting, I had so much fun reading this to my proof reader Ross. I got to yell really loud when I read Darien's part. Anyways, thank you very much for your support, and seriously guys, if you have any ideas, or anything you want to see, let me know. You never know, it might end up in my story! And as always, where would I be with out my reviewers? Nowhere, because I'm a review whore! Thanks guys:

Mikahoshi11, glad the two chapters made up for the first two, but Kelbel, it wouldn't be fun if I didn't end it where y'all want more, gomen

Leira1, I'm not a Raye fan either, but I like conflict. As for the Frooky, can I have a hot pink one? If so, then I'll premiere my Frooky next chapter, maybe I'll have a name thought up for it by then. Are they unisex, or can I pick a gender?

Celticas, you're such a good example! It makes me so happy to see reviews from readers on my older fics. And just a note to y'all reading this; I'm 3 reviews away from 200 for Love Is Blind, you should check it out!

Usagi-ran, I'm interested in your suggestion, but what character detail do you want? If you can be more specific about what you have questions on I'd be more than happy to add it in! Thanks for your review!

DarkSun, I have to have some kind of humor in those previews!

Kirei*snow*tenshi, *wipes sweat from brow* whew, I'm so glad you're not mad at me. It's just so hard to stay on a regular releasing schedule these days. We'll have to wait and see how long she'll be jealous. Perhaps a few more chapters.

Dizzy4, a.k.a. my P-I-M-P, no, I wouldn't want to anger my pimp. Glad chapter 4 pleased you, I hope chapter 5 does as well. One thing though, and don't get mad, the expression is mano a mano meaning hand to hand in Spanish, mono a mono means monkey to monkey. It made me giggle, a common mistake. I still love you! Thanks again for all your positive and supportive words!

MistressMoon, glad you liked the pranks, I had fun writing about them

Aurora, glad to see you back, what fics in particular are you referring to that need to be updated? Thanks for your review.

Lara1786 and SailorKittyMoon, Once again, of course it's an S/D fic, at least that's what the summary told me. Lol, Ray will leave . . . eventually.

AMI MIZUNO1, Serena79, MoonGirl5657, glad you like it, thanks for your reviews

MOON ROSE, please e-mail!

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Preview --- Chapter VI. Heavy Breathing In Serena's Room --- Alright, so the scene is set, we know what she'll do, but the question is how? How will Serena get into Darien's good graces, and the real question is what is going on in Serena's room? OMG!