Okay here is the next chapter, only two chapters to go, YAY!! Then the
sequel! See my story just keeps going and going and going and going . . . .
. . (two hours later) and going and going and going and going and going
(mEsTuPgCsCrEaMeR comes up behind PR and smacks her) and going . . . like
the Energizer Bunny! Okay, I'm hyper, was up all night, fun times! Okay
well here is the next chapter and it will be pretty much from Serena's
point of view. There are two songs in this one, one by Ricky Martin and
the other by Hilary Duff (cringe). Sorry all HD fans, but I hate her, I
really hate her. My guy friend's (who I based Craig off of) girlfriend
absolutely LOVES Hilary Duff and he send me the entire soundtrack so I had
to share his torture, I didn't know what it was until after it finished
downloading from his e-mail. And like I say in the story it is the only
decent song on the CD, also I think it fit. I didn't put the lyrics down,
but I explain, at what at least I thought, what she was saying in the song.
So like I said in the last chapter if you hate the singers please don't
flame me. Also I was reading over this and the song by Ricky Martin, seems
kind of mean, but in the story it wasn't supposed to sound mean, so just
know that! Okay, REALLY LONG AUTHORS NOTE!!!!!!! Here is the next chapter
(with a really lame chapter name)!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, "If You Ever Saw Her," by Ricky Martin, or "Where Did I Go Right," by Hilary Duff. I also don't own "Once Upon a December," from Anastasia, which is the tune I am saying is for the Star Locket.
Moon Sisters
Chapter 14
The Bachelor and The Bachelorette Party
That same day Amy, Greg, Mina, Ken, Lizzie, and Damien took Craig and Serena clubbing, a sort of early bachelor and bachelorette party. They arrived at a club and heard a horrible off-key voice singing "There You'll Be," from Pearl Harbor, at the top of their lungs. They made there way to an open table and when the person finally finished they clapped, just to be polite. When she finally passed by Ken leaned over the table and whispered,
"God, was she terrible or what?" Mina whispered back,
"Ya, I think people were clapping because they were so happy that it was over." They all laughed as Mina took the list of karaoke songs from the table and began to look over the songs. Ken leaned over her shoulder to look at the songs then said,
"Hey one of us should go up there and show that girl how it's done." Mina grinned then turned to him and handed him the list,
"There you go Ken, you pick one." His eyes widened,
"I wasn't talking about me!" Everyone pleaded,
"Come on Ken...Please." He looked at all their eyes and then finally Mina's. How could he refuse that face? He sighed,
"Fine." Mina clapped her hands together quietly,
"Yeah!" Lizzie smiled,
"Don't worry about it Ken, Andrew says you have a great voice." He gave a halfway smile. His eyes scanned over the page until he found a song,
"Aha, perfect." He got up from the table and to the karaoke sign up sheet and wrote his name down and the song he was doing. Then sat back down. They had to face many more painful acts. Then, finally, the karaoke person came on the stage in his horrible silver suit with sequined bow tie and said,
"Alright, well now we have Ken Monsox coming up to sing 'If You Ever Saw Her,' by Ricky Martin, alright let's give the man a hand." He sighed as he got up and everyone at his table cheered loudly. He was handed the mike and the music started, it started with him just talking,
"You know what boy! That girl is amazing, she will drive you crazy! Look out!" Then he laughed, he was totally into it and didn't even need to look at the screen with the words when he began to sing,
She's got a look him her eye
That says she knows why
Just to taste her is never enough
She gets a thrill outta lovin'
And watching you suffering
She says you can look but
You don't touch
So don't go fooling yourself
Like so many others
Who've fallen for only a smile
But if you're in for the ride
Hold on tight
Adios, and kiss your heart goodbye
Oh, and if you ever saw her
Well, she's every dream girl from
Monroe to Madonna
You'll swear she walks on water
She's so fine
Oh and if you ever kissed her
Well, I tell you my friend, you could
Never resist her
And if you ever saw her, you'd
Know why
She holds your heart in you hand
She'll make you a man
But she'll play you however she wants
Just when you think you are winning
Your head starts a spinning
You open your eyes and she's gone
So, don't go believe you're the one
Don't think that this dream is forever
It's only a game
But if you are in for the ride
Hold on tight
Adios, and kiss your heart goodbye
Oh, and if you ever saw her
Well, she's every dream girl from
Monroe to Madonna
You'll swear she walks on water
She's so fine
Oh and if you ever kissed her
Well, I tell you my friend, you could
Never resist her
And if you ever saw her, you'd
Know why
Know why, you'd know why
She's and atom bomb and she's waiting
To blow you away
Away, you better run for cover and pray
Adios, and kiss your heart goodbye
Oh, and if you ever saw her
Well, she's every dream girl from
Monroe to Madonna
You'll swear she walks on water
She's so fine
Oh, and if you ever kissed her
Well, I tell you my friend, you could
Never resist her
And if you ever saw her, you'd
Know why.
Then his song ended with his eyes locked with Mina's. Her face had turned several shades of crimson and she tried to hide her red face with her hands while the club roared with applause. He smiled and handed the mike back to the karaoke guy and sat down. Lizzie smiled,
"Ken that was great, you blew those other acts away!" He smiled,
"Thanks Lizzie," he paused as he smirked, "So what are you going to sing?"
"ME?!?!?!" Lizzie shouted. Her face flushed slightly as she laughed shakily, "Actually I was thinking that we should go to the dance club now." Ken shook his head,
"Uh un, I am not going to be the only one who got up in front of a crowd and made a fool of myself." Mina rolled her eyes as, unconsciously, she placed her hand over his,
"You didn't make a fool out of yourself." He smiled warmly at her and she returned it. Then they were sharply pulled back to reality when Lizzie cleared her throat. They both blinked then Mina realized where her hand was. Both of their hands shot off the table as their faces flushed. The rest of the table secretly smiled to each other. Lizzie didn't want to sing, but suddenly she had an idea. A wicked grin formed on her face. Her face then fell into an innocent look as her eyes skimmed over the list.
"Hmmm," she tapped her index finger against her chin, "well, I guess if you are so determined to make someone get up there, I suppose I could," she paused again then smiled, "oh, here's one, "Boys," by Britney Spears." She secretly eyed Damien as he flushed slightly. Craig noticed and he was close to having steam shoot out of his ears. He stood up and shouted,
"NO WAY IN HELL ARE YOU GOING TO SING THAT SONG!!!!" he grabbed his twin's wrist and started dragging her to the door, "We're all going to go to the dance club now!" Ken's started to protest,
"But.." Craig turned on him with flames in his eyes,
"We...are...going...to the dance club...now." Ken nodded with wide eyes. He knew not to argue with Craig when he was in overprotective big brother mode. Ken learned that the hard way with Andrew, Andrew had shouted at his so loud his ears were ringing for days and he was close to Andrew slugging him. The Marimas brothers got violent in issues regarding their baby sister, Lizzie. As Craig continued dragging Lizzie out she turned back to Ken with that smirk on her face, his mouth dropped then he just glared at her as he thought, 'dang, she's getting good at that.'
They all stepped into the club and found Andrew and Lita sitting at a table waiting for them. They went over and joined them. The music pulsated through the floor and a couple of colored strobe lights reflected off the disco ball spreading a small amount of light on the floor. Suddenly a song started playing and Lizzie got a huge smile on her face.
"CRAIG!!!" Everyone at the table was startled by her outburst.
"What?" Craig responded.
"Do you recognize this song?" She said that slowly letting everyone know that he knew what it was and she was expecting a certain reaction. He listened slightly then slowly a smile spread onto his face. Lizzie squealed, "come on let's do the dance!" Craig was shaking his head as Lizzie was slowly but surely pulling him out of his chair. "Aw come on Craig just do it!" Andrew slapped him on the back getting him out of the chair as Lizzie dragged him onto the dance floor. Everyone then recognized the song as "The Time of My Life," from Dirty Dancing. Craig slowly got into it, then when the music picked up they were both totally into it and started doing a dance routine. Everyone looked at Andrew confused. He laughed at all their looks and said,
"In junior high Lizzie was obsessed with the movie Dirty Dancing and she convinced Craig to do the dance number, at the end of the movie, with her for the talent show. He reluctantly agreed, but slowly but surely he totally got into it, we were all shocked at what good dancers they were. They continued to do it at dances and such so they still remember it to this day." Everyone turned their gaze back to the dance floor and recognized some of the moves from the movie. The dance floor was cleared for Lizzie and Craig, everyone wanted to watch. They did pretty much every move, except for the lifts. As if providing commentary Andrew added, "They never did the lifts, because Lizzie was convinced that he would drop her purposely and would find it funny. Even though he wouldn't drop her on purpose, but if he dropped her on accident I can't promise that he wouldn't laugh." Everyone giggled softly. Serena was watching Craig, 'Wow, Craig's such a great dancer, I never would have guessed it.' Her gaze then traveled up to his face. He had a huge grin on his face and she noticed that he wasn't wearing his glasses anymore. Sure he had had contacts for years, but it was still weird for her to see him without those goofy glasses of his. She then realized that Craig was no longer the geeky looking boy with a silly crush on her. He was a man, a very attractive man, and he seemed to show no interest in her at all, except for friendship. He looked so much like Andrew did around that age and Serena slightly blushed when she remembered what a huge crush she had on Andrew in junior high. Craig had changed a lot and he was going to marry her sister. Her heart sunk slightly then she caught herself, 'What the heck am I thinking, I'm marrying Darien the man of my dreams, the man who I loved in my past life, my soul mate. I am not getting feeling for Craig, I love Darien and only Darien.' Even though over these years she noticed that Darien had become very distant and sad all the time. She would catch him occasionally but he would deny it and force a smile for her. And since he was depressed, she became somewhat depressed, and wasn't her normal bubbly self. Her eyes fell on Craig again, he was full of such fun and life, much like the way she was in junior high, always being positive even when things seemed horrible. She was snapped out of her trance when the song ended and people applauded, Craig and Lizzie did extravagant bows, then made there way back to the table.
"That was great guys!" Mina exclaimed.
"It was lucky for us that that song was requested or we never would have seen it," Ken added. Andrew smirked,
"Luck has nothing to do with," everyone looked at him, "Who do you think requested it?" His grin grew. Craig's jaw dropped,
"I can't believe it my own brother turned against me, forcing me to make a fool out of myself." Ken rolled his eyes,
"Join the club." Everyone laughed slightly Craig still shaking his head at Andrew but had a smile on his face. Serena found herself staring at him again, she never found herself playing around with Darien like this.
Craig turned his gaze back to the center of the table and his eyes skimmed by Serena, he paused for a second then looked back at Serena and found her staring at him with this dreamy look in her eyes. 'What's up with her, she's never looked at me like that before?' A small, soft smile spread on her face, he then matched it. She then turned her gaze away. Craig held his gaze a bit longer then turned away. A few more songs played and many different couples danced. Then a song came on that a little girl, in a family with five kids that he babysat for with Lizzie, forced him to listen to the entire CD over and over again. He remembered that song because it was pretty much the only decent song on the entire CD. He looked at Serena and after a while she met his gaze. He motioned to the dance floor and said nonchalantly,
"Wanna dance?" She shrugged,
"Sure." They made their way onto the dance floor and put their arms around each other, and swayed back and forth to the slow song. They weren't standing at arms length from each other, but they weren't hugging each other, it was a nice middle ground. Serena recognized the song that her little brother's little girlfriend used to listen to all the time. It was Hilary Duff's, "Where Did I Go Right?" She listened to the song and it was a girl talking about what a klutz she was and how she messed up all the time, but this guy was always there for her and she didn't get it. She didn't understand that a guy could put up with a girl like her and not be bitter. Also how a klutz like her could get a guy like him. One of the scenarios that she mentioned in the song reminded her of something that happened about six months ago. Craig was invited to a party and he was able to bring a friend and he asked her. She wondered why he didn't ask Raye, but he said he wanted to bring just a friend and not have to answer a thousand questions about their marriage. She understood. Darien was fine with her going so she decided to go. He went early to help set up and she would meet him there. But she got lost and by the time she got there everyone was leaving. She walked through the crowd to the doors of the party depressed that she missed it. She assumed Craig had left and was probably furious with her for not showing up. He probably thought that she ditched him. But when the crowd finally disappeared she looked in front of her and leaning on a wall outside was Craig. He looked up at her and smiled softly.
"I'm glad you made it." She didn't understand how he could not be upset with her, this was a party with his friends, probably the last time to spend with his friends until after the wedding. He had been waiting for her outside all throughout the party. She followed him back to the palace and when they got there she apologized over and over again. He told her, "Don't apologize, I'm just glad that you came and didn't ditch me." She couldn't believe how he could just shrug it off. She pestered him about why, he could just shrug it off like it was nothing, until he one day said, "Because I lo...I care about you, Serena," he paused looking a bit shaken, "you're one of my best friends." She didn't bother him after that. He always continued to be there for her and she always was in shock that he could put up with her. She then noticed that she and Craig were practically hugging each other as they danced. She didn't move as she reflected again, 'that day when I asked him why he could not be mad at me, he changed what he was going to say. He was going to say that he loved me. How could he love me, when he was marrying Raye? I wonder if he still feels that way.' She drew back slightly and met Craig's eyes, in them Serena saw that he still felt that way. He still had that glimmer in his eye he had had since the sixth grade. She saw herself reflecting back in his eyes and noticed a faint glimmer in her own. She snapped out of her trance when the song ended and Craig let her go. She missed his arms around her, 'Snap out of it Serena, you are going to marry Darien! You love Darien! You were just caught up in the moment, nothing more! Craig is your friend, just your friend, also he's marrying your sister for crying out loud!' She sat back down across from Craig. She tried not to make eye contact afraid that the faint glimmer she saw may grow brighter.
They stayed for a few more dances them went back to the castle and immediately went to bed. As Serena was lying in her bed looking up at the ceiling she realized that she actually wasn't afraid of seeing the glimmer in her eye grow brighter, she was afraid of what that bright glimmer might mean.
Uh oh, Serena seems to be falling for Craig, but what is she going to do about it? Also was she right, does Craig feel the same way or did she just imagine it? I hope this chapter you feel that you got to know Craig a bit better and at least like him a little (I hope I hope). Also I can't wait for the ending, I like it sooo much better than my old one, it was cheesy and unrealistic, and I know it's a cartoon, but I would like it to seem somewhat realistic. Okay well that's it, so review!!!!
PR
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, "If You Ever Saw Her," by Ricky Martin, or "Where Did I Go Right," by Hilary Duff. I also don't own "Once Upon a December," from Anastasia, which is the tune I am saying is for the Star Locket.
Moon Sisters
Chapter 14
The Bachelor and The Bachelorette Party
That same day Amy, Greg, Mina, Ken, Lizzie, and Damien took Craig and Serena clubbing, a sort of early bachelor and bachelorette party. They arrived at a club and heard a horrible off-key voice singing "There You'll Be," from Pearl Harbor, at the top of their lungs. They made there way to an open table and when the person finally finished they clapped, just to be polite. When she finally passed by Ken leaned over the table and whispered,
"God, was she terrible or what?" Mina whispered back,
"Ya, I think people were clapping because they were so happy that it was over." They all laughed as Mina took the list of karaoke songs from the table and began to look over the songs. Ken leaned over her shoulder to look at the songs then said,
"Hey one of us should go up there and show that girl how it's done." Mina grinned then turned to him and handed him the list,
"There you go Ken, you pick one." His eyes widened,
"I wasn't talking about me!" Everyone pleaded,
"Come on Ken...Please." He looked at all their eyes and then finally Mina's. How could he refuse that face? He sighed,
"Fine." Mina clapped her hands together quietly,
"Yeah!" Lizzie smiled,
"Don't worry about it Ken, Andrew says you have a great voice." He gave a halfway smile. His eyes scanned over the page until he found a song,
"Aha, perfect." He got up from the table and to the karaoke sign up sheet and wrote his name down and the song he was doing. Then sat back down. They had to face many more painful acts. Then, finally, the karaoke person came on the stage in his horrible silver suit with sequined bow tie and said,
"Alright, well now we have Ken Monsox coming up to sing 'If You Ever Saw Her,' by Ricky Martin, alright let's give the man a hand." He sighed as he got up and everyone at his table cheered loudly. He was handed the mike and the music started, it started with him just talking,
"You know what boy! That girl is amazing, she will drive you crazy! Look out!" Then he laughed, he was totally into it and didn't even need to look at the screen with the words when he began to sing,
She's got a look him her eye
That says she knows why
Just to taste her is never enough
She gets a thrill outta lovin'
And watching you suffering
She says you can look but
You don't touch
So don't go fooling yourself
Like so many others
Who've fallen for only a smile
But if you're in for the ride
Hold on tight
Adios, and kiss your heart goodbye
Oh, and if you ever saw her
Well, she's every dream girl from
Monroe to Madonna
You'll swear she walks on water
She's so fine
Oh and if you ever kissed her
Well, I tell you my friend, you could
Never resist her
And if you ever saw her, you'd
Know why
She holds your heart in you hand
She'll make you a man
But she'll play you however she wants
Just when you think you are winning
Your head starts a spinning
You open your eyes and she's gone
So, don't go believe you're the one
Don't think that this dream is forever
It's only a game
But if you are in for the ride
Hold on tight
Adios, and kiss your heart goodbye
Oh, and if you ever saw her
Well, she's every dream girl from
Monroe to Madonna
You'll swear she walks on water
She's so fine
Oh and if you ever kissed her
Well, I tell you my friend, you could
Never resist her
And if you ever saw her, you'd
Know why
Know why, you'd know why
She's and atom bomb and she's waiting
To blow you away
Away, you better run for cover and pray
Adios, and kiss your heart goodbye
Oh, and if you ever saw her
Well, she's every dream girl from
Monroe to Madonna
You'll swear she walks on water
She's so fine
Oh, and if you ever kissed her
Well, I tell you my friend, you could
Never resist her
And if you ever saw her, you'd
Know why.
Then his song ended with his eyes locked with Mina's. Her face had turned several shades of crimson and she tried to hide her red face with her hands while the club roared with applause. He smiled and handed the mike back to the karaoke guy and sat down. Lizzie smiled,
"Ken that was great, you blew those other acts away!" He smiled,
"Thanks Lizzie," he paused as he smirked, "So what are you going to sing?"
"ME?!?!?!" Lizzie shouted. Her face flushed slightly as she laughed shakily, "Actually I was thinking that we should go to the dance club now." Ken shook his head,
"Uh un, I am not going to be the only one who got up in front of a crowd and made a fool of myself." Mina rolled her eyes as, unconsciously, she placed her hand over his,
"You didn't make a fool out of yourself." He smiled warmly at her and she returned it. Then they were sharply pulled back to reality when Lizzie cleared her throat. They both blinked then Mina realized where her hand was. Both of their hands shot off the table as their faces flushed. The rest of the table secretly smiled to each other. Lizzie didn't want to sing, but suddenly she had an idea. A wicked grin formed on her face. Her face then fell into an innocent look as her eyes skimmed over the list.
"Hmmm," she tapped her index finger against her chin, "well, I guess if you are so determined to make someone get up there, I suppose I could," she paused again then smiled, "oh, here's one, "Boys," by Britney Spears." She secretly eyed Damien as he flushed slightly. Craig noticed and he was close to having steam shoot out of his ears. He stood up and shouted,
"NO WAY IN HELL ARE YOU GOING TO SING THAT SONG!!!!" he grabbed his twin's wrist and started dragging her to the door, "We're all going to go to the dance club now!" Ken's started to protest,
"But.." Craig turned on him with flames in his eyes,
"We...are...going...to the dance club...now." Ken nodded with wide eyes. He knew not to argue with Craig when he was in overprotective big brother mode. Ken learned that the hard way with Andrew, Andrew had shouted at his so loud his ears were ringing for days and he was close to Andrew slugging him. The Marimas brothers got violent in issues regarding their baby sister, Lizzie. As Craig continued dragging Lizzie out she turned back to Ken with that smirk on her face, his mouth dropped then he just glared at her as he thought, 'dang, she's getting good at that.'
They all stepped into the club and found Andrew and Lita sitting at a table waiting for them. They went over and joined them. The music pulsated through the floor and a couple of colored strobe lights reflected off the disco ball spreading a small amount of light on the floor. Suddenly a song started playing and Lizzie got a huge smile on her face.
"CRAIG!!!" Everyone at the table was startled by her outburst.
"What?" Craig responded.
"Do you recognize this song?" She said that slowly letting everyone know that he knew what it was and she was expecting a certain reaction. He listened slightly then slowly a smile spread onto his face. Lizzie squealed, "come on let's do the dance!" Craig was shaking his head as Lizzie was slowly but surely pulling him out of his chair. "Aw come on Craig just do it!" Andrew slapped him on the back getting him out of the chair as Lizzie dragged him onto the dance floor. Everyone then recognized the song as "The Time of My Life," from Dirty Dancing. Craig slowly got into it, then when the music picked up they were both totally into it and started doing a dance routine. Everyone looked at Andrew confused. He laughed at all their looks and said,
"In junior high Lizzie was obsessed with the movie Dirty Dancing and she convinced Craig to do the dance number, at the end of the movie, with her for the talent show. He reluctantly agreed, but slowly but surely he totally got into it, we were all shocked at what good dancers they were. They continued to do it at dances and such so they still remember it to this day." Everyone turned their gaze back to the dance floor and recognized some of the moves from the movie. The dance floor was cleared for Lizzie and Craig, everyone wanted to watch. They did pretty much every move, except for the lifts. As if providing commentary Andrew added, "They never did the lifts, because Lizzie was convinced that he would drop her purposely and would find it funny. Even though he wouldn't drop her on purpose, but if he dropped her on accident I can't promise that he wouldn't laugh." Everyone giggled softly. Serena was watching Craig, 'Wow, Craig's such a great dancer, I never would have guessed it.' Her gaze then traveled up to his face. He had a huge grin on his face and she noticed that he wasn't wearing his glasses anymore. Sure he had had contacts for years, but it was still weird for her to see him without those goofy glasses of his. She then realized that Craig was no longer the geeky looking boy with a silly crush on her. He was a man, a very attractive man, and he seemed to show no interest in her at all, except for friendship. He looked so much like Andrew did around that age and Serena slightly blushed when she remembered what a huge crush she had on Andrew in junior high. Craig had changed a lot and he was going to marry her sister. Her heart sunk slightly then she caught herself, 'What the heck am I thinking, I'm marrying Darien the man of my dreams, the man who I loved in my past life, my soul mate. I am not getting feeling for Craig, I love Darien and only Darien.' Even though over these years she noticed that Darien had become very distant and sad all the time. She would catch him occasionally but he would deny it and force a smile for her. And since he was depressed, she became somewhat depressed, and wasn't her normal bubbly self. Her eyes fell on Craig again, he was full of such fun and life, much like the way she was in junior high, always being positive even when things seemed horrible. She was snapped out of her trance when the song ended and people applauded, Craig and Lizzie did extravagant bows, then made there way back to the table.
"That was great guys!" Mina exclaimed.
"It was lucky for us that that song was requested or we never would have seen it," Ken added. Andrew smirked,
"Luck has nothing to do with," everyone looked at him, "Who do you think requested it?" His grin grew. Craig's jaw dropped,
"I can't believe it my own brother turned against me, forcing me to make a fool out of myself." Ken rolled his eyes,
"Join the club." Everyone laughed slightly Craig still shaking his head at Andrew but had a smile on his face. Serena found herself staring at him again, she never found herself playing around with Darien like this.
Craig turned his gaze back to the center of the table and his eyes skimmed by Serena, he paused for a second then looked back at Serena and found her staring at him with this dreamy look in her eyes. 'What's up with her, she's never looked at me like that before?' A small, soft smile spread on her face, he then matched it. She then turned her gaze away. Craig held his gaze a bit longer then turned away. A few more songs played and many different couples danced. Then a song came on that a little girl, in a family with five kids that he babysat for with Lizzie, forced him to listen to the entire CD over and over again. He remembered that song because it was pretty much the only decent song on the entire CD. He looked at Serena and after a while she met his gaze. He motioned to the dance floor and said nonchalantly,
"Wanna dance?" She shrugged,
"Sure." They made their way onto the dance floor and put their arms around each other, and swayed back and forth to the slow song. They weren't standing at arms length from each other, but they weren't hugging each other, it was a nice middle ground. Serena recognized the song that her little brother's little girlfriend used to listen to all the time. It was Hilary Duff's, "Where Did I Go Right?" She listened to the song and it was a girl talking about what a klutz she was and how she messed up all the time, but this guy was always there for her and she didn't get it. She didn't understand that a guy could put up with a girl like her and not be bitter. Also how a klutz like her could get a guy like him. One of the scenarios that she mentioned in the song reminded her of something that happened about six months ago. Craig was invited to a party and he was able to bring a friend and he asked her. She wondered why he didn't ask Raye, but he said he wanted to bring just a friend and not have to answer a thousand questions about their marriage. She understood. Darien was fine with her going so she decided to go. He went early to help set up and she would meet him there. But she got lost and by the time she got there everyone was leaving. She walked through the crowd to the doors of the party depressed that she missed it. She assumed Craig had left and was probably furious with her for not showing up. He probably thought that she ditched him. But when the crowd finally disappeared she looked in front of her and leaning on a wall outside was Craig. He looked up at her and smiled softly.
"I'm glad you made it." She didn't understand how he could not be upset with her, this was a party with his friends, probably the last time to spend with his friends until after the wedding. He had been waiting for her outside all throughout the party. She followed him back to the palace and when they got there she apologized over and over again. He told her, "Don't apologize, I'm just glad that you came and didn't ditch me." She couldn't believe how he could just shrug it off. She pestered him about why, he could just shrug it off like it was nothing, until he one day said, "Because I lo...I care about you, Serena," he paused looking a bit shaken, "you're one of my best friends." She didn't bother him after that. He always continued to be there for her and she always was in shock that he could put up with her. She then noticed that she and Craig were practically hugging each other as they danced. She didn't move as she reflected again, 'that day when I asked him why he could not be mad at me, he changed what he was going to say. He was going to say that he loved me. How could he love me, when he was marrying Raye? I wonder if he still feels that way.' She drew back slightly and met Craig's eyes, in them Serena saw that he still felt that way. He still had that glimmer in his eye he had had since the sixth grade. She saw herself reflecting back in his eyes and noticed a faint glimmer in her own. She snapped out of her trance when the song ended and Craig let her go. She missed his arms around her, 'Snap out of it Serena, you are going to marry Darien! You love Darien! You were just caught up in the moment, nothing more! Craig is your friend, just your friend, also he's marrying your sister for crying out loud!' She sat back down across from Craig. She tried not to make eye contact afraid that the faint glimmer she saw may grow brighter.
They stayed for a few more dances them went back to the castle and immediately went to bed. As Serena was lying in her bed looking up at the ceiling she realized that she actually wasn't afraid of seeing the glimmer in her eye grow brighter, she was afraid of what that bright glimmer might mean.
Uh oh, Serena seems to be falling for Craig, but what is she going to do about it? Also was she right, does Craig feel the same way or did she just imagine it? I hope this chapter you feel that you got to know Craig a bit better and at least like him a little (I hope I hope). Also I can't wait for the ending, I like it sooo much better than my old one, it was cheesy and unrealistic, and I know it's a cartoon, but I would like it to seem somewhat realistic. Okay well that's it, so review!!!!
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