Serena's P.O.V.
"Serena dear, can you come down here for a minute?" Mrs. Tsukino shouted up the stairs.
"Coming." I called as I walked down the stairs to the living room.
"Serena, would you please sit down for a moment. Your father and I wanted to talk to you." Mrs. Tsukino said as I walked into the room.
"Yeah, sure." I told her as I sat down. I hate how she calls Mr. Tsukino my father, but it is necessary to keep up appearances. I felt the same way about calling her mom, but what can I do.
"Your father and I are going out of town for a week." Mrs.Tsukino said waking me out of my thoughts. "Were going to England for a business trip and to visit friends. Sammy will be on his class camping trip that week, so you will be here by yourself."
"OK" I said to her. "When are you going."
"In two weeks." My 'father' replied. "We were just wondering if you would be O.K. by youself."
"Of course I'll be O.K." I answered. "You guys know that I am capable of taking care of myself."
"O.K. then. If you don't have a problem we will finish the remaining arrangements."
They're finally gone. I love thema and everything and they have been taking care of me for years but I'm still glad to have a week to myself. I told Darien that my 'parents' were leaving for a week and that I was going to stay by myself, but I didn't tell the scouts. The scouts wouldn't believe it. They would think that the Tsukinos were crazy for leaving me alone for a week. They don't come over much, so they probably won't even realize that the Tsukino's are gone. I'll just have to watch what I say when I'm around them.
I plan to go over to Darien's tonight and watch a movie with him after I train. The Tsukino's gave me a cell phone, so that they can reach me whenever they want. I am kind of glad that they gave me the cell phone, because this way I don't have to stay at home. If they call me while I am at Darien's I'll just tell them that I 'm at home or that I'm at one of the scouts house's or something.
I haven't told the Tsukino's about Darien yet. They're very protective of me, especially Mr. Tsukino. I don't think that they would approve of me dating someone who is five years older then me. Darien understands why I do not want to tell them but he hates keeping our relationship a secrete. I told him that I would tell the Tsukino's when they got back. Even if they don't care about the age difference between me and Darien, they would care if they knew that I stayed the night at Darien's. Darien and I have agreed to take things slow, so we have not done anything extreme yet. Even though I have stayed the night at his place, we just slept in the same bed. Nothing happened. I just like being near him, he makes feel safe.
Ever since my mother, Queen Serenity, told me that I would be revealing myself soon, I have been going crazy. I want so badly to tell the scouts that I keep looking everywhere for a sign. I don't know how much longer I can wait. Actually, that was a lie. I do know how much longer I am going to wait. I am going to wait until it is time, because I am the princess and I must do what is right. Just because I'm trying to do what is right, doesn't mean that I am not going absolutely INSANE! Right now I'm trying to get my mind off of it by training. It's after school and I am here at the warehouse training. The scouts think that I am in detention right now, so I do not have to worry about them asking questions.
I have on short black biker shorts, a black sports bra, and sneakers. I have my hair braided in one long braid down my back. My whole body is gleaming with sweat as my fists hit the punching bag over and over again until I finished with a round house kick that I put a little to much force into.
"Damn Serena, do you think that the punching bag is going to come after you when you turn your back on it if you don't beat the shit out of it." Darien asked as he came into the room.
"I'm just trying to keep my mind off of everything." I answered as I walked over to him to give him a kiss. "What are you doing here."
"I was just wondering what time you were coming over tonight." He replied. "When you weren't at home I decided to try and find you here."
"I was thinking about coming over around eight." I said as I walked over to my stuff and grabbed my towel to wipe myself off.
"I can't wait." Darien said as he came over and put his arms around my waist.
"Are you sure you want to touch me right now." I asked him as I continued to wipe myself off. "I'm all sweaty from my workout."
"I think you look and feel sexy. Not to mention I love your shorts." He said looking down at my ass. "Hey where did you get that scar."
"What scar." I asked knowing exactly what he was talking about. I quickly turned around so that I was facing him.
"The scar on your back. I can't believe I never noticed it before." he replied. "where did you get it.."
"I..I got it in a car accident that I was in when I was younger." I mumbled as I gathered up my things as quickly as I could. "I'll see you around eight O.K." I said as I ran out of the room leaving Darien standing by himself and looking confused.
I can't believe I let him see my scar. I never wanted to have to tell him about it. I knew that I would eventually, but I didn't think that it would be this soon. The scar brings back to many bad memories. Normally, I cover up the scar so that I do not have to think about it, and so others won't see it, but today I didn't. I wasn't expecting anyone to see me training.
The reason that Darien has never seen scar before , is because the only time he has seen me without my shirt on he wasn't paying much attention to my back. The scar is about five inched long and starts at my lower back and then curved to the right making an L shape. I got it when I was younger and I don not like thinking about it, but I think that I will have to tonight. I know that Darien is wondering how I got the scar and why I ran off. That's not the only reason I'm going to tell him. I do not like keeping secretes from him. I want everything to be out in the open. He already confided in me about everything in his past, so I think that it is time that I tell him everything. I have already told him about my father, so I think now I should tell him about my mother and what happened to her.