Hiya everyone! After 1 cup of coffee (which just made me sleepy) and 2 mugs of hot chocolate, here's the next chapter! I've gotten quite a few reviews about Darien's personality. Yeah, he's not the typical Darien that everyone tends to write about. I've made his personality more like me, so yeah he's a drama queen who likes to over exaggerate and he's a bit… crazy… like me. But I hope you like the change. If not… too bad! Hehe.

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Just a thought… Single Goose, Multiple Geese. So in that case… MultipleSheep… shouldn't the single be Shoop or something? I don't know… I just think the English language is strange. Ok, enough random rambling…

Title: Mystery Girl
Author: Crystal Saturn
Rated: PG 13
Chapter: 3- Meet the Neighbors

"So beautiful…" I managed to whisper in my dazed state.

"Yeah… sure is." Greg nodded, gazing distantly towards the sunset.

"No no," I corrected, turning my head to look at him.

Big mistake.

"My beach angel… I see her every morning and afternoon. This is the second time I've seen her. She comes here with her surfboard." Greg turned his gaze over to where I was looking and smirked.

"Oh dude… that's just so wrong man." He laughed. "A walking beer gut in speedos? Alright... well if snail trails and back hair is your thing, then go for it!" I turned my head back to where she was, and sure enough, there was a rather large man clad in speedos (which had ridden up his butt cheeks giving him a wedgie), slowly waddling into the water.

"No man! That's not her! Where did she go?" I looked around the beach panicking. Is it just me or does that girl have a knack for disappearing when I look away? This can't be good for my image. On one hand, I have a crush on the school nerd, and now, Greg thinks I've got a thing for guys who wear tiny swimmers. Can things get any worse? No… really? What did I ever do to get this type of bad karma? Did I accidentally sit on the messiah of ants or something? Why didn't someone just tell me?

"Sure man… sure." Greg chuckled to himself as he got up off the sandy beach and patted me on the back. "Well I'm off… laters dude! Good luck with the ahh… beach angel aye." He nodded towards the man in the surf, grinning broadly before leaving. Baaaaah. Wait til he learns about my crush on Serena. Is it time for me to crawl under a rock yet? Can I just… hide now? Maybe it'll blow over in a few… no… I don't think it will. Someone out there really hates me don't they?

So ok, my relationship life wasn't going too well. At least I still have my friends and my family and the sanctuary of my home. My day probably can't get any more messed up right now. It can only get better.

It can only get better… only get better

That's what I kept telling myself. Did it get any better? Unfortunately. No.

I got home after that horrific beach incident and hopped into the shower. There's nothing better than a nice relaxing shower after a hard day of messing up your social life and trying to keep your sanity. I JUST managed to get out of the shower and started to towel dry myself off when the doorbell rang.

Rats… no one's home to open the door.

-Ding Dong-

If I stay up here and don't move, they'll go away...

-Ding, Dong-

Some people are so relentless! Don't you hate that? Don't you wish they just went away? I really wish I wasn't such a sucker. I ended up wrapping the towel around my waist, walked down the stairs and opened the door...And there she was. Standing on my doormat, looking around.

"Hi umm my name's Serena and I live next door. I baked these and thought I might-" Her gaze turned to me and she stopped in mid sentence

"Hi Serena." I smiled. Finally, a good move.

"Darien…" She managed to whisper under her breath. Whey hey! She knows my name already! Awesome start. No need for introductions then aye!

"Would you like to come in?"

Ok, so she was standing on my doormat holding a little basket of cookies, looking at my bare chest. Did I honestly think she would reject my offer? No. Did I want her to come in? Yes. Did she reject my offer?

"Ohh… I don't think I could. I just came over to say welcome to the neighbourhood and to drop these off." She handed the basket to me. Rejection… not the best feeling in the world.

"Thanks… neighbor." I smiled. Uhh… corny much? You gotta admit, that's not the best line to whip out to the apple of your eye. I would've cringed and smacked my head against the doorway if she didn't giggle. Ahhh… her soft, soothing voice.

"Well uhh.. I better get going." She smiled and her eyes sparkled, even behind her thick lenses.

"Alright. See you at school." I closed the door behind me and prodded one of the cookies. It looked alright. So I took a bite. Frowning slightly as I reached into my mouth and pulled out a bit of an egg shell. Well, she's not the best cook, but that's ok. It's the thought that counts right? Yep, that's what I thought when I pulled out the next cookie and knocked it against the marble bench top. It was as hard as a rock. Then I thought, maybe she's trying to kill me.

The next morning I was rudely ripped away from my peacefully slumbering state by my alarm clock blaring into my right ear. Stupid contraption. I lazily threw the blasted thing across my room, ripping it away from its socket, which wasn't securely plugged into the wall anyway. But then I remembered why I had set it so early. So I could see the beach girl again. Still, 5am is a tad early don't you think? Even for an early bird like me.

I rolled out of bed and made my way over to the balcony, pushing the curtains aside. Why does it seem like every little thing I do ends up taking a turn for the worst? Not that I'm a negative person, I mean, I prefer to look at the proverbial glass as half full but ever since I moved here, things haven't been going so well.

So guess what the first thing I saw through my balcony window was. Come on guys, gold star if you can get it right. Yep, it was Serena. How was I supposed to know my new bedroom window would be directly across from hers? She was still asleep in bed, cosily tucked in beneath her pink bunny print sheets. I smiled and tilted my head to the side as I stared at her sleeping.

So cute… no… beautiful…

I continued to stare at her for a while… watching, wondering if she was having pleasant dreams. Maybe of me? Hopefully of me.

"Hmmm… she kind of looks like someone I know…" I mumbled to myself as I gazed at her sleeping form. Her glasses were no longer framing her eyes, they were placed over on her bedside table. Her long golden blonde hair encircled her beautiful face and layered over her shoulders. They were no longer in the buns I had seen them in previously. She looked so peaceful and calm.

"Hey… she kinda looks like-"

Then she began to stir.

Oh crap

This definitely wouldn't look very good. I'd probably look like some sort of perverted freak, staring at her through her bedroom window. Aww, man. This is so not good. I felt my heart skip a beat as I silently watched her eyelids flutter open and look around. I was frozen in my place. I couldn't move at all! As horrifying as I thought the situation looked, it was about to get worse. She turned her head over and looked at me. That was it. I freaked out and tried to hide but in the heat of the moment my foot made contact with something small, hard and black, tripping me over and resulting in me falling flat on my face. I looked at up from the floor at the scattered bits of plastic that I just kicked at the wall and realized it was my alarm clock.

Damn. Good work Darien. Great way to start the day! Throwing your alarm clock half way around the room, perving on your gorgeous next door neighbour, getting caught, tripping over that same alarm clock you threw in the first place, and then falling flat on your face. And to think, I've only been awake for 10 minutes. Wonderful.

Ahhh crap. What do I do now?

I moaned and decided to lay low for a bit longer, hoping she hadn't noticed my klutz attack. I would've looked up at my alarm clock to check how much time had passed if it hadn't become a victim of Cyclone Darien. So after what I thought was forever (turns out it had only been 2 minutes) I cautiously stood up and looked around.

Alright… it's all cool… ok… gotta fix up that mess of a broken clock in the corner, tidy up bed, get my shoes for my jog.

Then I mistakenly turned around and looked out the window. Serena was sitting on her bed looking straight at me. Her glasses were now on and her hair was up in a messy ponytail. A look of utter confusion graced her sleepy features. I sheepishly smiled and waved before quickly putting my jogging shoes on and heading downstairs, hoping she hadn't seen the embarrassment rise in my face.

What else could I do? I would've returned her confused look and pretended I didn't have any idea what just happened and why she was looking at me but well… that would've only resulted in a staring competition. So I just left her sitting in bed dazed and lost, and made my way downstairs to full up my water bottle.

So I'm strolling along, down my driveway, turn the corner and WHAM! I felt a body collide with mine. I watched as the small body with long blonde hair grabbed onto my arm to prevent herself from falling back. My arm moved to around her waist and I held her until she regained her balance. She then looked up at me and her sparkling sky blue eyes made contact with mine.

I froze.

Ok that was that… -Takes a deep breath- here we go now…

Extra Special Thanks To: i am not a boy for reviewing pretty much every one of my other fics and reminding me that Falling For A Flirt wasn't finished… It was completed but I decided to resubmit and I forgot about it and didn't post up the rest of it… let's hope I can still find the rest of the story. Thanks also to Pamela and Serenity4ever for the review reminders!

And also, I cant tell y'all who the beach girl is! That'll ruin it! ) You all make me laugh. Luv you all! Thanks for the reviews & well wishes, merry Christmases, happy new years and happy birthday wishes. I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and holidays! Thank you all for your support and reviews. I really do read them all and I really do appreciate all the feedback I get. So thank you all once again!

Crystal Saturn

PS- YAY! IM 17 TODAY! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
PPS- Check out my other story The Jinxed Journey