Whom Shall I Choose?

PLEASE NOTE: I don't own Sailor Moon characters. I don't write to abuse or be racist to any readers.

Chapter 2 – The Night My Love Left

We stood in front of the airport check-in door. I hugged him ever so tightly, never wanting to let go. A tear slipped out of my eye as I felt his warmth.

"Last call for passengers taking the L217-539 flight. Last call for the passengers taking the L217-539 flight." The P.A called out.

Diamond tilted my chin so I faced him. His fingers moved my hair away from my face. "Princess, I have to go."

This time, a stream of tears formed. "I'm going to miss you heaps…"

"I will miss you too. Take care okay? I love you." He kissed my lips softly and whispered something in my ears. Then he took his luggage and headed towards the door. Those words from him will always be engraved in my heart: you may be out of my sight but not out of my heart. You may be out of my reach but not out of my mind. Those were the words I last heard before my love left.

I drove back to my apartment, only to be greeted with silence. I walked upstairs to my room and switched on my computer screen before going to my wardrobe, getting ready for a bath. I ran the hot water in the bathtub. Then I heard my phone ring.

"Hello?"

"Hey. It's Darien."

"Oh, hey."

"What's up?"

"Mm Nothing much." I took off my clothes and slid myself into the warm water. "Ahhh all better."

He chuckled. "Let me guess, you're taking a bath."

"Oh you know me so well."

"Of course."

"Hrm…Diamond's gone to London today…"

"Really? I thought he would leave later."

"Nah…I'm going to be sooo bored. Haha Probably going to spend my holiday being a potato couch."

"Hey, how about this? I'll accompany you, bring you to places, until Diamond comes back. What do you say?"

"Not bad. Haha I'll have to watch out for Diamond's friends."

"Haha because Diamond hates me."

"Well duh! He thinks you're going to steal me away from him. I mean come on, you're my brother."

"Well, if his friends catch us, I'll cover you and just pretend that you're my girlfriend."

"Yeah, hope that works."

"Don't worry girl. Relax."

"Mmm…"

(After 30 minutes on the phone)

I stepped out of the bathtub. "Hey Darien, I better go. I'm going to become a grandma soon if I don't get out of the water."

"Haha grandma! grandma!"

"Ohh shut up, grandpa!"

"Make me. Hehe."
"Ohh you just wait, Darien. You just wait. Bye bye"

"Hey, before you go. Are you busy on Thursday?"

"No, what's on?"

"Want to go out for a bro-sis day?"

"Yup! Sure! But I have work in the morning."

"When do you finish?"

"Um… I'm not sure… 12?"

"That's all right. I'll pick you up from work."

"Okay then, thanks. Bye."

"Bye."

Hanging up, I walked towards my bed. I laid down, thinking of the past when Diamond went to New York for a holiday with his family.

(Flashback)

"Diamond…I have something to tell you…"

"Go on…"

"While you were gone… I developed feelings for Darien…"

Diamond let go of my hand. "WHAT? DARIEN?"

"Yes…"

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! This ain't the first time that you've liked another guy and of all people you choose DARIEN? I don't believe you. I've always been true to you, I have not dreamt of liking another girl and here you are, liking another guy?!"

Streams of tears ran down my face. "I'm sorry…I really am…"

"Serena, you've broken your promise. I really don't think this is working out."

I looked up into his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"This means that we're over. I deserve more than this. Maybe you're not the right girl for me after all. You aren't a good girlfriend to me. Maybe in the future you'll be a good one to another guy. Bye."

I was speechless as he walked away from me. Every word that came out of his mouth felt like a knife cutting deeper and deeper into my heart. I fell to the ground, as I sobbed loudly.

(End of flashback)

(Another flashback)

Darien, our friends and I were walking around the shops during the night. I felt uneasy as the time drew near when I have to ask Darien. We reached to the end of the street and everyone stood there. I walked up to Darien and asked if I could speak with him alone.

"Sure thing." He said, smiling.

I returned a small smile. We told the group we'll be back later and that they should go back first. When they were gone, me and Darien headed towards the other direction.

"Um…Darien. Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure. What is it?"

I took a deep breath. "…Um…did you ever have any feelings for me?"

Darien looked at me for a while. "Recently or in the past?"
"Both…"

"No I haven't. I'm sorry."

I let out a painful smile. "No need to be sorry. It's cool if you haven't." I began walking faster, as I absorbed the words. I felt a hand grab mine.

"Serena, do you want to talk about it? What's happening?"

I nodded and led Darien to a bench so we could talk. We sat down and I let out a deep sigh. "You know how Diamond and I broke up? Well… yesterday he asked if we could get back together and start fresh. I said to him that I need to make something clear first before I make my decision in whether to get back or not…"

"Yeah…"

"The thing I wanted to make clear…is my feelings towards you. I've always liked you, even when I was with Diamond. And when Diamond left for New York, those feelings grew stronger."

"Oh…"

"The thing is, I don't want to continue a relationship if I don't love that person. I wanted to know your feelings so I would know what to do…"

"Well…Serena, while you were with Diamond, I did develop feelings for you. I was confused whether it was just a momentary thing or was it really real. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to ruin you and Diamond's relationship."

"Oh okay… but you've lost those feelings now, haven't you?"

"You could say so…"

"Mm…I see…so yeah, that's my story. Let's go back, the others will be worried about us."

"Okay then."

(End of flashback)

I wondered if history will repeat itself. Maybe I should stay away from Darien, but he's my brother. I shook those thoughts out of my head and went to sleep, hoping that everything will turn out right.