Okay, thanx for reviewing the first chapter ppl. So before we get to the story, I would like to thank everyone who reviewed last time:

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And now back to the second chap. Enjoy!

Ding Dong

AHHHH!!!!!! Why does he have to be on time?! I'm not ready yet!...oh, what do I do? What do I do? What do I do????

Serena looked around her room to find her bunny purse, unfortunately tripped, and fell flat on her face.

"Agh!!!!!!!!"

And she saw a pair of bunny ears sticking out of her pile of clothes.

"Ah-ha!"

She quickly grabbed her purse and ran downstairs to greet Darien. On the way to the door, she quickly checked the mirror to make sure she looked perfect...for Darien.

Let's see...lipstick? Check.

Smelling pleasant? Yes!

Hair done in the normal way? Check.

She opened the door and there stood Darien...looking as handsome as ever. He was wearing a black T-shirt (which, by the way, looked tres good on Darien since he had pecks and all) and jeans. Casual. Serena was glad that she hadn't dressed up for the occasion either, she was wearing a hooded sweatshirt that said "I HATE MATH" and a pair of blue shorts and running shoes. For a moment, Serena just stood there and stared at her gorgeous date, mouth wide-opened, when Darien spoke.

"Uh...hi."

And his voice sounded like music to her ears.

"Hello!"

" You ready?"

"Yep! I'm ready!" She said anxiously and quickly locked the door. When she was done and turned around...she saw Darien patiently waiting besides...a motorbike?

" Sorry about that...my car died on me the last minute, this was the only replace I could find. I hope you don't mind."

" Oh...no! I don't mind! That's fine..." Serena almost giggled infront of Darien. Riding with Darien meant getting really close to him and wrapping her arms around yourself Rena...take a deep breath...ahh! I hope I'm not blushing...

When they got on and Darien started the engine...Serena suddenly remembered...she had forgotten her purse in the living room!!!

"WAIT!!! I forgot something, I'll be right back!!!!" She yelled and quickly ran back to get it.

About a minute later, Serena returned, now ready. And she was snuggled against Darien's back, as he sped on the road. She was glad that Mommy had taken Sammy out to shop for the day, and Dad had something really important to finish at work. Or else she didn't know how she would've been able to have Darien pick her up without anyone being suspicious.

She smiled to herself for thinking like that, she sounded like a spy; not even when she was hiding her identity as a Sailor Scout had she been so sneaky and careful.

Sammy had complained when Mom announced the night before that they had to go out and shop for some new clothes, of course; just like he always does when Mom decides to go on one of her shopping sprees. Oh well, sorry Sammy. That's one little sacrifice you have to make for your sister me. Serena made a mental note to make it up to him later, maybe buy him ice cream or something.

Suddenly, while lost in her own thoughts, she realized Darien had stopped for the light to change. And for a moment, everything seemed really quiet. For the first time, both of them realized it was just them two, alone, snuggled up against each other. Serena didn't want to open her eyes. She was comfortable on Darien's back.

Darien turned and saw Serena's head leaning against his back. Eyes closed and blushing slightly. She seemed to be lost in her thoughts. Whatever it was, it must've been good to make her seem so happy.

Darien smiled to himself. He was lucky to have her. And he wasn't about going to mess this up. Previous girls in his life had been well...nice. But somehow he would always loose interest in them in less than three months. He had even thought he was in love with two of them at some points, but time only seemed to weaken his love and in the end well, neither relationship worked out so well.

However, this wasn't the case with Serena. Or at least he hoped it wasn't.

The light changed and he stepped on it.

They had agreed to go to the park for the date. It was certainly a nice place for couples, romantic and peaceful, with boat rides too! As they walked in the park, neither of them said anything for a little while. But it was a comfortable kind of silence. Then Darien spoke up.

"I can't believe this...after everything that had happened...it's just all like a dream. Fighting Queen Beryl and all."

"Uh-huh." Serena agreed and asked as a joke: "But was it a good dream or a bad dream?"

Darien pretended to think hard for a moment, and then confessed: " Well...It was pretty bad. It was tiring that I had to save you all the time." and gave a big sigh. He looked beside him to see Serena staring at him, giving him the same expression as she did when he called her " meatball head". Then he continued: " BUT...it was fun. And that's what made it good, sort of."

"Ah, nice save you big jerk." She teased and nudged him with her elbow.

"Careful, or I might not be around next time to save you." He winked and ran towards the boat-renting booth. Serena chased behind him.

(A/N: um, yeah, I know that just totally ruined that by ending the sentence with "the boat renting booth." But I don't really know what they're called and I'm trying to fit the whole romantic boat-riding thing in, so just bear with me here.)

Minutes later, they were both sitting in the boat and made themselves comfortable. Serena said: "You know, I'm still mad at you."

"Oh? For what?"

" For making fun of me all those times. 'Hey! Meatball head!' 'Failed another test? Well I'm not surprised!' Oh! And who could forget the classic 'Don't eat too much, you'll be fat!'"

Darien looked kind of hurt for a second, but then smiled and reached for her hand to comfort her. "Aw, come on Rena, you know I was only kidding. Besides, I didn't know you were so hurt by them...I was only doing this in a big brother sort of way...If you want me to stop, I'll stop."

He looked at Serena and saw her disappointed face. She looked at him and didn't say anything. Darien realized what he had just done and mentally cursed himself. Smooth, first date and you are already saying the wrong things...oh God, this may be our ONLY date!

He quickly continued to fix the situation. "Er...I mean, uh...I don't think of you as a little sister NOW. I meant before...you know. I probably would've liked you romantically if some one out that idea in my head, but I just never thought of it that way...you understand, don't you?"

"Uh-huh...yeah..." What seemed like a joke to talk about just a minute ago had now turned serious.

This isn't going so well. Darien thought.

"It's just that...I liked YOU, romantically..." The petit blonde girl continued while blushing furiously. "Well, sort of. But then everytime when I thought to myself 'you know, that guy's not bad.' You come and make fun of me. It-it's like that everytime." She looked away.

Darien didn't know what to say. Wow. He never knew Serena thought of him that way, and couldn't help but to wear a big grin on his face.

"What? What's so funny?" Asked Serena, who noticed Darien seemed really...happy about this?

"Um...nothing. I just never thought...you would say this." He wanted to stop acting so happy. Serena would think he's a jerk again. And the problem he brought up still hadn't been solved.

"Proud of yourself?"

"Haha...yep." Darien chuckled and once again, realized the seriousness of the situation. "Look...I'm really sorry. I didn't know you felt that way..."

"It's okay...Darien, I understand." And she smiled.

"Uh...are you on, don't take it so seriously. I was joking."

Hearing this, Darien felt better. "Now come on, let's take this boat back. An hour's up."

Minutes later, they were walking on the trail. Silently. Holding hands. Both of them were content to put the ordeal behind them.

Serena suddenly saw and ice cream truck and drooled like crazy, and well...Darien kind of noticed.

Darien chuckled and Serena gave him a look. "Don't start."

"What? I wasn't going to say anything. Besides 'you want ice cream?'"

"Riiiiiiiight." Serena raised her eyebrows. "But, if you insist, chocolate."

Darien chucked again.

A minute later, he returned with two ice cream cones in hand. And Serena slobbered away. Darien looked at his girl friend. Serena looked really cute with her ice cream. He wondered why he never noticed before he knew about her identity. He never really saw her that way. Would he have asked her out if he DID realize?

Serena noticed Darien looking at her dreamily, and blushed. I guess I don't really have to worry about whether he likes me NOW.

Darien noticed Serena had a little chocolate left on her chin and laughed.

"What? What's so funny?" she asked and looked really annoyed.

"Um...nothing. It's just that you got a little..." he said and used his finger to wipe the chocolate off her chin.

Serena looked up and was instantly lost in his dreamy eyes. For a moment, neither of them said anything and just stayed like that, Darien was still cupping her chin. Both blushed and it was Darien who first leaned forward.

And Serena lift her head up and leaned forward as well...

Darien's heart beat like a drum, and he thought maybe even Serena could hear it.

And now they are only a few inches apart...

(Guys just so u know, the story's not done yet. I'll try to update the last and final chapter soon. And as always, pleez review! Remember, all comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome. )