Tease
By: PinkGrenade
I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the characters…
Chapter Three – Velvet Box
A/N: I'm sorry that some of you don't like the story so far… cough random commenter cough (hehe errr…). At least SOME people like it… Serena's reaction to her mother's death in the following months is a part of my plot (good job RoxyBunny…haha). Anywhooo…back to the story…
Serena looked around the dark space she was in. It smelt of old dirty socks mixed with mold. She sat with her arms around her legs; that was the only position that was comfortable in her confined space. She suddenly realized…she was in the closet, the closet back at her home. She moved her hand to muffle a sniff coming from her nose. She touched her cheek and felt it's warmth…but it was wet. She was crying, why was she crying?
"Serena…come out right now! I'm not going to ask you again! If you don't come out on the count of three I'm going to call the orphanage and tell them they need to make space for one more little girl!"
Serena winced; she didn't want to end up in an orphanage. Her mother was the only family she had left. She touched her small forefinger to the dusty doorknob. She didn't want to disobey the woman that was calling her but she knew what was in stock for her. Serena took a deep breath and opened the door.
The little six year-old Serena made her way out of the room. She was a small child, blonde hair with blue eyes. She looked around at her surroundings, the long hall before her. At the other end of the lengthy passage stood the woman. The woman she feared the most, Irene…her mother.
Irene stood staring her little daughter down. One hand was on her hip; the other supported her weight on the wall. She looked drunk, piss drunk…but still beautiful. Serena had always admired her mother, she watched her carefully every Friday night getting ready for her weekly date with her father. She was like a goddess to Serena, the one perfect person in the world. That was before her father passed away. Now it seemed like a nightly thing for her mother to do, open a bottle of vodka and drink her problems away.
"C'mre you spoiled little brat!" spat Irene.
Serena cringed at her mother's harsh tone. She obediently made her way to her mother keeping her eyes glued to the floor. She was terrified of her mother; she had become physically abusive over the past year…that was how long ago her father passed away.
"Do you want to tell me wh-a happened to this plate?" slurred Serena's mother almost falling over.
"I—I'm sorry mommy…I didn't mean to. I was trying to make you something to eat this afternoon…" came Serena's fragile little voice. She looked up only to see Irene glaring at her with disgust. "I…I didn't mean to…it is only a tiny crack mommy…."
With a sudden act of outrage Irene threw the plate at Serena's feet. It shattered into tiny little pieces. Serena flinched at the sound the plate made once it hit the floor. Her small blue eyes made their way up to her mother's face.
"OH! Now what you made me do!" screamed Irene. "You know I can't afford to buy new plates right now…you stupid little girl. Your father was the breadwinner of this family…but now he's dead, because of YOU!" Serena made a whimper at her unforgiving words. Her mother always blamed her for everything, even the death of her father.
Serena's father had died in a fire, being the heroic man he was it was no doubt he chose a heroic job like a firefighter. He was caught in a building trying to help others escape. The building crumbled, you could hear his screams of pain from afar…
The same kind of scream escaped Serena's little mouth. She quickly comforted her cheek that stung, rubbing it with care. Her mother had just slapped her across the face. Serena glared at her mother…she was not the same mother she knew only a year ago…no, that wasn't her mother…her kind mother's soul died along with her father. Only the body of Irene remained with an evil woman residing in it.
Irene pushed her daughter onto the floor. Serena landed with a loud thud, landing on some of the shards of glass. Serena cried out in pain, "Daddy! Help me!"
Irene kicked her on the side, "Shut up! Your father is dead…you killed him Serena!"
Serena ran away crying. She looked back once more at her mother, "I wish YOU were dead mommy…not daddy!" She slammed the door.
Serena bolted up in bed sweating with a scream. She looked around the unfamiliar surroundings clutching her chest. Serena had been living with Darien for nearly two weeks and she still wasn't used to her bedroom in his apartment. She looked into the mirror framed in silver across the room. The look on her face showed fear. She was terrified of what she had just seen. That's the way she used to remember her mother, but she blocked all those memories out of her head…she didn't want them there anymore. She was suddenly aware of the hurried footsteps making their way to her door. The door creaked open slowly revealing a tired but concerned Darien.
Darien made his way over to Serena's bed, "You all right hun?" he took her hand in his and looked her with worry written all over his face. She nodded, no words came out. "All right, go back to sleep Sere," he had already created a little nickname for Serena the week before. He took the hand he was still holding and kissed it lightly, then left the room.
Serena looked around the room once more. She didn't mean what she said in her dream; she didn't want her mother to die. Even if she was abusive, she still loved her mother. That wasn't the way she remembered her anyways. There was no need in worrying about the past.
Darien lay in his bed pondering about Serena's move into his apartment. He didn't realize one girl could have such an effect on him. His mind began to wonder…
Serena jumped over the ledge of her stairs and Darien caught her. She then did the unthinkable to him…she kissed him…on the cheek
Darien touched his cheek where she had kissed him and smiled. She had a very warm touch to him, a very sincere innocent touch. Darien looked around the room; shelves piled with all sorts of things. As he pushed back the silk sheets he sat up and gazed out the window. 'Man it is such a beautiful day.' He thought to himself as he got up and walked out of the door. He heard a noise coming from Serena s room and as he go closer he could tell she was crying. He opened the door and walked in. Her face was red and covered in tears. He walked over to her side and sat down taking her in an embrace.
"What is wrong Sere? Are you okay?" He asked worrying about what might be wrong with Serena. Maybe she missed her mother. Maybe She didn't want to live with him. He just couldn't think of any reasons. He watched as her puffy eyes met his.
"I had a dream last night…you know, the one that woke you up…" she managed to muffle out before she buried her face in his chest. 'I'm so scared… What did that dream mean?' she thought to herself. She decided to stop thinking about it. "Its okay, Darien just forget about it. It just another nightmare ya' know?" she gave a small smile.
Darien decided it was better he shook it off anyway. He gave Serena a smile back.
"Anyway want some breakfast?" Serena asked with a seductive smile.
"Yea I would," he replied back to her as she walked out the door, "I would eat you up."
"What was that Darien?" Serena asked as she was leaving the room.
"Oh nothing I was just thinking, hey I am having a friend over later tonight so are you going to be doing something?" Darien asked thinking about the person he had invited over for the time being. 'Man I just hope Serena has something planned because I don't want to annoy to her with my friends.' He smiled as he thought to himself.
"Oh yeah, the girls and I are watching scary movies at Rei's," Serena replied cheerfully. 'Mm I wonder why he asks, he couldn't have a girlfriend could he? Well no because Andrew said he was single. Oh well, I'll just forget about it for now.' she thought to herself as she prepared her famous omelets. She hummed a tune her dad had taught her when she was only four. It kept her safe and warm in her own mind. Serena smiled as she thought about her father but then she remembered the dream she had about her mother and she couldn't figure out what it meant. 'It couldn't have been my mom it just couldn't have. I don't remember that. But then again my self in my dream was so young…' Serena thought to herself.
Darien watched Serena from the doorway listening to the tune she was humming and a warm smile came onto his face. 'It just like the melody for the legendary moon princess. Like the sound of that golden snow globe my mother gave me. THAT REMINDS ME I FORGOT I HAVE TO GO PICK SOMETHING UP RIGHT NOW. MAN DARIEN HOW COULD YOU FORGET' Darien thought to himself.
"Here we go it's all done," Serena said smiling while she put their breakfast down on the table. She also got some orange juice out and poured two glasses for them both. She walked over and sat down at the table and gave Darien his glass. She smiled kind of smirked.
They both didn't really talk through the time that they were eating; you could tell they both had a lot of things on their minds. Darien got up and picked up the dishes and went over and washed them as Serena went back to her room. He finally was finished when he looked over and saw Serena standing by the doorway. She was wearing her black stilettos, a pair of white pants, and a black halter-top. Darien looked at her and smirked. 'Man she looks great' he though to himself. She also had on light pink lip-gloss with a hint of pink eye shadow…but not too much.
Serena walked toward him until she was practically an inch away from him. She looked up and winked. "See yeah later sweetie," she used her sweetest voice then winked again and walked out the door.
Darien stopped dead in his tracks, 'Did she just call me sweetie?' he shook the thought off. He went back in his room and put on blue denim jeans with a black sweater. Then the doorbell rang. Darien made his way to the door and opened it. There stood a woman with long red hair and dark green eyes, she looked like she was about Darien's age. She was wearing a green tube-top, black mini-skirt, and black leather boots that met the bottom of her knees. The woman gave him a seductively in the eyes.
"Hey Ann come in," Darien said leading her inside.
There, sitting at Rae's were all the five of the girls, Ami, Lita, Rae, Mina, and Serena. Every once in awhile there would be screams and then laughter.
"So…Serena how is living with Darien?" Mina asked raising a blonde brow.
"Well uhhh… OH MAN LOOK AT THE TIME I GOTTA GO," Serena shouted as she bolted out the door. She could hear screams at her telling her she was just trying to avoid the subject…she knew she was.
Serena opened the door to the apartment and walked in. It was now 8:00 pm. The lights were on but she didn't see Darien around. 'I wonder where he is…' Serena thought to herself. She walked down the hallway but then she turned as she heard something. She slowly walked to Darien's door and saw it was open a little bit. When she looked in her eyes widened with horror.
Locks of ebony hair covered red. A half-naked masculine body was leaning over a woman only in her underwear. That was Darien…the man was Darien… His left hand began to grope the redhead's right breast as he passionately kissed the woman. Serena let a small gasp leave her mouth without knowing it.
Darien's head spun around, the redhead's as well. The woman gave her a small smirk as Darien gave her a look of shock. He quickly pushed the woman off the bed and ran over to Serena. "Sere…what're you doing home!?" he asked with such force.
"I… was… I…came… back…" Serena began to muffle out as tears streamed down her face. 'How could he do this to me?' she asked herself as she ran out the door and into her room slamming the door behind her. Serena heard the woman giving her goodbyes to Darien then leave. She heard footsteps coming in her direction and stopping right in front of her door. She knew Darien wanted to talk with her but she didn't know if she would be able to talk to him.
"Serena… Please let me in, I am sorry I didn't know that you were coming home," Darien stated feeling a bit guilty. 'Darien you did it now... Why did you have to have Ann over…why? You guys broke up last month and all she wants to do is hook-up'.
"Would it have mattered if you knew I was coming home at this time!" She screamed while crying on the other side of the door.
"Serena… I am sorry. Please let me in." Darien let out a sigh that Serena could hear; she knew he was frustrated and confused.
Serena sat on her bed and stared at the door. 'He was…ew…he was touching her!!…' She thought. 'I'm sure he can explain, maybe it's not his fault…' She sighed as she opened the door. When she saw Darien he had such a sad look on his face.
"Serena I am so sorry!" Darien said while giving her a hug.
"It is okay Darien. Its not like I am your girlfriend…though it seems you have one," Serena sighed. 'I knew we would never be together' she frowned at her thought.
"No Serena she isn't my girlfriend…she was just a friend and…we got a little to carried away. Serena…I know this looks bad…" he put a hand behind his head. "Really bad…but, I mean…I only care about you…" his face flushed red at his last statement.
"Darien…" Serena was cut off when Darien kissed her passionately. Serena's eyes went wide then silently closed. Darien's tongue caressed hers; his right hand stroked her left cheek and his left made small circles on her back.
Darien pulled away and smiled as he took out a small velvet box. His hands stumbled and dropped the little black box on the ground. He knelt down to pick it up. He was on one knee holding a small velvet box. Darien looked up at Serena lovingly. He placed it in Serena's hands.
"Darien what is this?" Serena asked with a confused look as she moved a finger over the small velvet box. 'What could it be?' she grinned.
"Open it Sere," Darien said with a smile as he watched her. 'This is it the moment I have been waiting for!' he thought to himself as he smiled. 'I hope she says yes…!'
Serena opened the box and her eyes widened. "DARIEN!" she shouted and she was shocked but confused. In the box was a shiny object…
A/N: Thank you for reading the third chapter. I hope that somewhat answered certain people questioning my story and its "emotions". Please read and review!
Thanks to the following whom reviewed my previous chapter: RoxyBunny, Railynn, RKRBirdgirl, (random) serena and darien forever!!, (random) buwan anghel, PadFootCc, SaIlOr-EaRtH-001, Neo-Princess Serene Eternite, (random) lulu, (random) babyonyee, IheartMamoru, and ClaimingUntoughable.
Your reviews are really appreciated…keep reviewing, it makes me want to write more!! Hehe…
-Pink Grenade
