(I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the characters.)

Tease

By Pink Grenade


Chapter Seven: Masked Ball


Serena and Mina sat at the park on the bench watching the ducks swim in the water. Mina looked over at Serena and smiled. Serena also then looked at her and smiled back. 'I wonder what could be wrong with Mina.' "Mina is there something wrong?" Serena asked casting a side glance.

Mina laughed shortly and looked back at Serena and shook her head. 'Serena is always worrying about us… She needs to think more about herself sometimes.' Mina then gave Serena an evil smile and looked at her with that evil look. Serena laughed kind of nervously.

"What is it Mina?" she asked with a nervous look and voice. Mina just smiled and laughed.

"So you like Darien right?" she asked and Serena spit out her soft drink and stared at Mina like she was crazy.

'What would make her think that! I mean I don't like Darien, do I?' Serena frowned in disgust. "Like I would ever go out with that freak of nature!" Serena screeched. Mina's face lit up and she began laughing loudly. Serena's expression softened when she saw she got her friend to laugh. 'Mina is under too much stress right now so I don't know…' Mina then regained herself and sat up straight.

"You know there is a way you can get Seiya off your back…" Mina began with an innocent voice, "HOOK HIM UP WITH REI!" Serena looked over at her with a funny look and began laughing loudly herself. 'I can't believe she just mentioned that but maybe…' Serena's phone began to ring so she picked it up.


Phone Conversation

"Hello?" Serena asked.

"Hey Serena, its Darien and I am really sorry about before I just got really jealous of that guy. Anyways I was wondering if you would like to go to lunch with me so I can make it up to you… I am really sorry and will never do that again!" he almost shouted over the phone.

"You know Darien, what you did was unforgivable!" she shouted over the phone.

"I know, I know… Please just forgive me!" he begged.

"You need to know how to keep your nose out of other peoples business," she said softly.

"I know I just got too jealous," he began then mumbled this last bit that she didn't hear, "because I really like you…"

"Interesting you got jealous… And why in the world would you get jealous of me?" she asked harshly.

"I… I… Listen I just called to ask you out to lunch so do you want to come or not because I am taking my lunch break from the office now and I can come pick you up," he said quickly.

"Well I don't know," Serena said softly.

"Please Serena," he asked with a plea.

"Okay, I am at the park so come pick me up!" she said happily.

"Okay I will see you soon, Bye!" he said.

"Bye!" she shouted back then she turned off her cell phone.

End of Conversation


"Mina it looks like he has invited me to lunch so can I catch up with you later?" Serena asked with a pleading look. Mina just laughed and nodded, 'Serena I hope he treats you right. Mina stood up and brushed off her shirt and looked down at Serena and smiled.

"Well I guess I will be seeing you later!" Mina shouted as she ran off. Serena smiled and looked across the lake, 'Mina seems way too cheerful right now.' she kind of laughed to herself a she kicked a rock against the pavement. 'I wonder when he will be here…' She sighed and then she turned around when she heard someone calling her name.


"Hey Serena! Come on lets get going!" Darien shouted from his convertible. Serena smiled and ran over and hopped in. Darien looked at her and gave her a bright smiled then sped off. 'I wonder why he asked me out though, it just doesn't seem like him.' She cast a side glance at him with a curious look and he just shook his head. They then pulled into this giant parking lot and were in front of a one story restaurant that was really nice. They walked in together and hostess brought them to a table by a garden. Darien looked into Serena's eyes and smiled brightly.

"Your beautiful Serena…" he whispered. She looked at him and gave him a strange look. 'I wonder what he just said.' She just shook her head.

"Did you say something Darien?" she asked innocently and he shook his head no. She nodded as she looked at the menu. 'So many choices… I wonder what I will get.' She looked up at Darien and smiled lightly.

"Serena, I was wondering what you were doing later tonight," he said softly. Serena looked up at him then began to think of what plans she had already. 'I should just say I have plans later because I don't know if the girls will want to do something…'

"Well the girls and I were planning to go somewhere so I really can't do anything later," she replied still looking at the menu. 'Though I wouldn't mind doing something,' she though to herself as she saw the disappointed look on his face.

"Oh okay, well I guess that settles that then," he said with a smile. She smiled back and looked back down at her menu. 'She looks so beautiful in the sunlight… Serena I don't know how you would react if I told you how I feel about you.'

Serena looked up and smiled and said, "I think I am ready to order so should we motion for a waitress to come over or something?" Darien nodded and moved a hand out and a waitress came rushing over.

"Hi! My name is Sam! I will be your waitress tonight! So what can I get you?" she asked in too much of a bubbly voice. 'She looks like she is way to dumb… Her attitude is way too perky.' Serena was disgusted as she saw the waitress named Sam batting her eyelashes at Darien.

"Yes I would like the soup special and a root beer to drink, now why don't you order now sweetie?" Serena asked Darien at the last part. He caught the drift and quickly looked down at his menu.

"I think I would like to have the special also but I would also like a tea to drink, thank you," he replied quickly handing the woman their menu's. The girl looked so pissed off that he seemed to have a girlfriend that she stormed off. Serena started laughing and Darien was blushing at the thought of someone thinking they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Their food arrived and they both began eating.

"Too bad you already have plans for later, I was hoping that maybe we could have gone to a movie or something but oh well," Darien said quietly. Serena nodded in agreement. 'Yea too bad we can't hang out with each other… I don't know how Darien would react if I told him how I really feel.' She smiled as they both finished up their meal.

"I guess I will take you home now," Darien said as he offered a hand to Serena. She took it and they went out to his car and got in. He turned it on and drove out of the parking lot. 'Darien… I like you so much.' She sighed as they pulled over to Rei's temple.

"Well here yea go Serena," Darien said while he flashed his brilliant smile. 'I just love that smile…' Serena smiled back and ran up the steps the turned around, "Bye Darien!"


She then walked in to find all the girls there looking at each other all excited.

"What in the world is going on here?" Serena asked in a very confused voice. All four girls came rushing up to her showing her letters then one of them shoved a letter in her hand.

"We have been invited to the masked ball!" they all shouted in unison. Serena just shook her head and laughed. She then looked down at the letter and opened it.

Dear Miss Tskino,
You have been invited to our annual ball this year. This is where you are completely masked for the whole time so no one knows who you are. Just make sure your costume is great and your mask is tightly fitted on. The ball is meant to be this way so you never know who you are dancing with. We do hope that you will attend and enjoy yourself here. Now the ball will be tonight so make sure you have an outfit.
From 8 pm - 12 am

"Yeah so go and get your costume from home Serena! We are all going to get ready together," Rei shouted and Serena nodded. She ran back to the apartment then remembered something, 'Moms costume from the ball she went to when she was my age! I am sure it should fit…' She went up the elevator and went into the apartment. She went into her room and pulled out a box from underneath the bed. When she opened it there was a strapless white dress with gold rings around the chest area. There also lay a pearl white mask. Serena smiled and put it back into the box and left the apartment. She ran back to Rei's with the box to get ready. When they were getting ready Rei come out with a strapless fire red dress. Her hair was up in a bun. The dress clung to her body and had a fish tail end and also had a lacy red mask on. Mina had an orange strapless dress that flowed down to the ground and had a slight V near the chest are going down. She also had a lacy orange mask on. Her hair was down and curly. Lita was in a dark green dress that was a halter and it flowed down to the floor. She had her hair up in a high pony tail and she had a lacy green mask on. Ami had a blue spaghetti-strap dress on that went down to her feet and stopped. Her blue hair was flipped on the sides. She also had a blue mask on. When Serena came out they gasped because she had on the flowing white gown that was strapless while her hair was done up in odango's. She placed her pearl mask perfectly on her face.

"Well we all look great so lets get going," Serena said and they all nodded to each other. They went in Mina's car and when they arrived the got out and walked up to the marble mansion. They all walked into the place and saw that everyone was masked. Mina, Rei, Ami, and Lita went off to find partners to dance with. Serena sighed and went over to a table and sat down. When she looked up and saw a hand was hand out to her. She looked up to find a man in a tuxedo with a white mask and a black top hat and cape. She took his hand and he pulled her up and brought her into a waltz.

"So who are you?" Serena asked kind of dreamy. The man looked at her funny and smiled brightly at her. 'I recognize that smile… Oh well it couldn't be.'

"Well I decided to dress up like tuxedo mask," he said in an soft voice. She smiled softly and they waltzed around together. 'I wonder who she could be… she's amazingly beautiful but she couldn't be more beautiful than my Serena.' He spun her around the dipped her as her hair flowed this way and that.

"So who are you?" he asked as he twirled her around. She looked back at him and smiled, 'Well we were all suppose to dress up as someone so…' She got a bright smile on her face.

"I dressed up as the legendary moon Princess… Princess Serenity," she whispered into his ear. He smirked and dipped her down again. People began to watch them so then he whispered in her ear, "Want to go out to the balcony with me?" She nodded and they left. When they got onto the balcony he looked at her.

"What kind of flowers do you like?" he asked with a curious voice.

"Well I would have to say that I really like roses," she whispered.

"Interesting thing that is," he replied back.

"I have to go now, I was only allowed to stay for a short time anyway… Good bye tuxedo mask," she whispered as she swayed away. He looked at her back walking away and thought, 'I wonder who she is…'


A/N: Please review! And thank you to everyone who review the last chapter. I am sorry I did not update for a long time but hey school is out now so yeah! Please review! Also the last couple chapters I did not get my editor to edit my story… So I apologize for the bad grammar. I go all special… I get so excited that my chapter is done that I can't wait for the editor to finish and I just want to post it…