When Darkness Falls
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: You know I actually saw Sailor Moon on eBay once…..but I just couldn't outbid the last person :-/
Serena had spoken with Andrew a few days ago and arranged a meeting with him at Cubbies, a cute little restaurant off of Highway 70. He'd said that he had glanced over a few pages of the books and they all had something in common. Serena yawned and her vision blurred as the tiredness swept over her. Over the past week she'd barely gotten any sleep at all. Darien kept her up at night. He would disappear at dawn and reappear at midnight; he just opened her door and came right in. He was like clockwork…if he stopped suddenly she felt that the world might end. She had stopped having the dreams…but she didn't know if they had stopped or if she just wasn't getting a chance to sleep. She wanted to spend more time with him than just in bed, there had to be more to a relationship than just sex. She figured he stayed so busy with work…he was a cop after all. As much as she was enjoying him every night, she admitted that she wished he would just hold her and talk to her. He had so many secrets, just like her….
Serena was jarred from her thoughts by the warm voice of Andrew. He had a large bundle of books and looked real excited. "What's up Andrew?"
Andrew thought how pretty she was just sitting there sipping her cup of tea. She really was an angel…but that Darien…."I am so excited…I couldn't sleep at all last night because I couldn't put these books down!"
"What was so interesting?" Serena now catching the excitement.
"Everything!!! I never thought you had this many secrets!" Andrew was flipping the pages as if the book might disappear.
"Secrets? Oh tell me one!" Serena loved secrets. Not in the gossip way but it meant that their family had something to hide and something for her to discover.
"Everyone of your descendents had a 'fling' with this Endymion fellow it seems. He came back to each one when they were around the age of nineteen. It says he was searching for the one." Andrew kept it to himself how similar Darien and Endymion looked.
"But when I was nineteen…I never met this fellow. But…" Serena was unsure if she should tell him about her dreams.
"But what?" Andrew was hoping that she would admit to him about Darien.
"Ok…ever since I turned 15…I started having dreams…violent dreams…of a man with raven black hair and blue eyes." Serena didn't want to go into details with him.
"What kind of dreams…like sex dreams?" Andrew was beginning to get even more suspicious about Darien.
"Yes…and just recently…now that I have met Darien…they've stopped." Serena didn't want to admit to him how coincidental this all sounded.
"Now I've only seen the portrait of Endymion once, but what I can remember is that Darien looks exactly like him." Andrew hoped she didn't think she was trying to her against him.
"Darien says that Endymion was a descendant of his family, and that he was very evil. He thinks he is dead." Serena tried to remember everything that he had told her.
"Vampires can be dead but still living. What kind of dead does he mean?" Andrew feared for Serena's safety.
"I don't know…I just thought he meant 6 ft under you know?" Serena was just awed at how sexy he was to even think to ask him.
Andrew sighed…Serena could be ditzy sometimes, he guessed she didn't see the possible connection when she first met him. "So you've been engaged to Darien for three weeks…how long have you known him?"
"I feel like I've known him my whole life…especially since the age of 15. But I didn't really meet him until….ok I am going to be honest with you….I've only known Darien for a week." Serena was waiting for the look of shame.
"But…I don't understand…why did you lie?" Andrew felt insulted.
"I didn't….well I didn't want you to think I was cheap or easy so I guess Darien just made something up. He appeared on my doorstep trying to sell me vacuum cleaners." Serena looked away, her cheeks red.
"I wouldn't have thought anything. I think of you as if you are the sweetest, most innocent angel. I always have." It touched him that she cared what he thought of her.
"I'm anything but innocent. I'll probably burn in hell because of the blood that is in my veins." Serena liked that her family had secrecy…but to be quite honest the big picture scared her.
"Your innocent to me." Andrew said trying to cheer her up. Serena thought how sweet he is…he's going to make some girl happy one day…why did it make her feel a little sad to think that?
"Andrew, as much as I hate to, I've got to fly. I would really like to discuss this more with you…maybe one night we can both pick a journal and take notes. There has to be a solution to this dilemma." She'd have to figure some way to get Darien away…if there was some connection then she didn't want him to know what they were searching for.
"Yeah I am free all next week…I've got to go too…my lunch hour has been over for like 15 minutes." Andrew got up, leaving a few bills on the table. He reached over to give Serena a hug goodbye and she surprised him by giving him a kiss on the lips.
She meant to kiss his cheek but he moved. She stared into his eyes…wondering what to do next. What came next was instinct…she kissed him again, this time slower, awaiting his reaction.
Andrew's heart was beating three times faster than normal. She had just kissed him, and now she was leaning in to kiss him again. He kissed her back, slowly wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her closer, and deepening the kiss. She in turn wrapped her arms around his neck, rising up to stand on her tip-toes.
They were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. They both turned to stare at an elderly couple who was giving them dirty looks. Serena was glad for the interruption. Who knows how far they would have gone if they were alone…they were getting pretty heated.
"Um….I'm sorry. I really need to go. Call me about that reading you wanted to do." Andrew said and then turned and jogged away without giving Serena a second glance. Serena just stood there, dumbfounded. She noticed that her lips were awfully dry which was odd because she'd just had someone's tongue caressing them. Serena sat back down in her chair and thought back about what had just happened.
Andrew sat in the darkness of his office…not sure how to feel. He and Serena had just shared a kiss that would make Earth shake and the heavens fall. What was even more surprising to him was that Serena was the one that brought it on. She's the one that kissed him. It made him wonder was she feeling this way too. Serena was so wishy-washy…you never could tell what she might be thinking. Was she guilty that she'd kissed him, betraying Darien and wishing she'd never done it…or giddy inside, glad that it happened. All his life, there had always been something of her that stayed in his head. Even as children he felt like they were connected somehow. Even she couldn't deny the passion in that kiss. Who knows what would have happened had they not been disrupted….
Serena was so confused. From what she had read so far in the diaries….she felt that she was the one. The only one that could destroy the monster that haunted their family but destined to be with him. But what had just happened with Andrew? There was something more than just friendliness. That was the kind of kiss that she and Darien might share. Maybe she wasn't the one but then….oh she didn't know what to think. What if Darien really were Endymion and she was the one and he was trying to get her close so he could kill her….if she was the only one that could destroy him…then he needed to destroy her first. But if she were the one that could destroy him, then that meant that he was her true love. Then there's the Andrew-kiss thing that just messes up the picture. I think she could only find the answers in the diaries…
Serena opened her eyes and smiled. The smell of roses surrounded her and the flickering lights of the candles gave her reflection an eerie look. She picked her skirt up so she wouldn't get it dirty, it was red satin…Endymion bought it for her. She began to twirl to the sweet music that wafted in the air. Suddenly strong, gentle hands wrapped themselves around her waist and she felt the soft butterfly kisses caressing her lower neck. Serena giggled and was turned around to face her lover. Endymion's eyes were a deep cerulean blue and she felt that she could fall into them and get lost forever. They began to sway to the sweet melody. Serena felt like she was becoming drunk…but that was impossible….she'd drank nothing. Endymion leaned forward…he was suckling her neck…."Serena…..you belong to me" he whispered. "Can I make you mine?" he asked. I moaned as he tickled my throat with his tongue. "yes…yes….yes I am yours." I moaned. He didn't hesitate another moment. Serena felt a slight pressure and pinch that hurt a little….then it was tickling and soothing. It was orgasmic. "Andrew…" she moaned. He stopped abruptly. "ANDREW!!!"
Serena almost fell out of her bed she woke up so suddenly. She was covered in sweat and was breathing heavy. She rubbed her neck and felt a slight sting. She got up quickly and ran into the bathroom. Staring back in her reflection was something she was afraid of finding…on her neck there were two small holes, slightly swollen and red. Something had been here….
Author's Note: Yes ok I have a headache. I've been working on this on and off today, and this is as far as I have gotten. I would let it go further but hey I'll let you have a peak. Ok its 2:30 in the morning so I really need to get this up so you'll be able to read it in few hours….damn FF.Net is slow lol. Well you probably have a lot of thoughts in your head right now….whatever you are thinking…you might be wrong….*grins evily*