Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to chapter 10. Oh, we're moving into the double digits. Uhh… let me just specify that this is NOT THE END… there are still… 6ish chapters to go and well… it gets kinda hmm… iffy from here- so I'll most likely revise this story at some stage. Probably when my literary skills improve and upgrade in standard.
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Title: Ski Bunny Blues
Author: Crystal Saturn
Rated: T13
Chapter: 10- A Long Midnight TalkDarien's Point of View
"So what happened man?" Ken asked as we all sat down.
"What do you mean?" I had a feeling I knew what he meant. I just wanted him to specify it.
"Oh come on… you can't tell me nothing happened last night. You have the hots for Serena. Everyone can see it. Stop denying it." Greg beamed, turning the volume on the television down.
"You can't be serious…" deny deny deny!
"We're serious! Fill us in. What happened? You both managed to make it back in the cabin alive and in one piece so clearly something big happened last night at the cave." Chad added.
"We just… settled our differences. We talked it through. That's all."
"Oh that can't be it! You? Not tease Serena for one whole night? I highly doubt it." Andrew shot me his 'all knowing' look.
"I just happened to take your advice ok Drew? I was nice to her. She hurt her leg." I rolled my eyes at how immature the guys were being.
"No no no no. You weren't nice to her because she hurt her leg. You were nice to her because you like her and you finally admitted it to yourself last night!" Sometimes I hated how Andrew knew me so well. The boys laughed at my clearly embarrassed expression.
"Look, she's a great girl, really stubborn, but she's nice." I shrugged it off and tried to play my usual cool demeanor.
"So what happened last night then?" Ken persisted.
"Nothing."
"If its nothing then why wont you tell us?" Chad nudged.
"Alright alright! Look, ok, I found her, we found a cave, I checked out her leg-"
"Are you sure that's all you checked out?" Ken winked playfully
"KEN!"
"Sorry- couldn't help myself." He smirked
"-We talked, sorted out our differences and she fell asleep in my arms."
"What? Did you put something in the cocoa? How in the world did you get her to fall asleep anywhere near you let alone in your arms?" Greg gawked at me.
"Well… she was cold and so I invited her closer to me and just wrapped the blanket around her… and held her."
"You what!" The boys sat up in their seats.
"I think she was dreaming… and she said my name a few times. Not in that whiney way when she's annoyed with me… she sighed it… you know that dreamy pleasant mumble… then she smiled."
"Oh man… listen to you… you've got it bad." Andrew laughed and threw a cushion at me.
I walked into the empty bedroom after dinner. Everyone had retreated into the living room to watch a movie. I walked over to the table and pulled open the drawer. In it were the slightly crumpled pieces of paper that I called my diary. I had picked them up off the floor and put them away from prying eyes after my little argument with Serena. I pulled out a clean sheet of paper and a pen. I looked at the blank sheet of paper wondering if I was actually going to write another 'diary' entry. I sighed, putting pen to paper.
Dear Diary
I'm in love with meatball head-Darien
I sighed and crumpled the piece of paper up, throwing it and the pen back into the drawer. I shuffled over to my bed and fell back onto it. Call me crazy, but I swear I could smell Serena's gorgeous scent on my pillow. I rolled my eyes, rendering myself insane and slowly slid the upper half of my body off the bed. I dangled for a bit, semi hanging off my bed upside down. I closed my eyes and let the blood rush to my head.
"What are you doing?" Serena's voice brought me back to reality. I opened my eyes and looked at her, upside down.
"My back hurts…" I slowly brought myself back onto my bed.
"So did they interrogate you too?" Serena looked up at me, her innocent blue eyes shimmering with mirth.
"Yeah…" I shook my head and rolled my eyes. I watched as Serena reached under her pillow and pulled out her diary. She flipped it open to the next blank sheet of paper and began to write. A part of me wondered if her feelings for me had changed, but I knew I really didn't want to pry into her private life any more, but I could still hope. It was undeniable that I had feelings for her, but did she have the same for me? I shook my head of all thoughts and snuggled under my blanket. Looking over at the clock, I noted it was 11 and I needed to get to sleep. "Good night Meatball Head." I rolled over in bed.
"I thought we agreed you'd be nicer!" She turned her head to face me and pouted.
"Sorry… Serena. Old habits die hard." I grinned before turning back and shutting my eyes.
Serena's Point of View
I finished writing in my diary and tucked it back under my pillow. Hopping out of bed, I turned the room light off before crawling back under the soft, warm covers. I shut my eyes and thought about the previous night. I had actually fell asleep in Darien's arms. Wow, if anyone would have told me that I would end up doing that… I probably would have laughed and stabbed them in the kneecap. Not that I'm a violent person or anything. It just seemed so, far-fetched… But it did happen… and I think I enjoyed it. I must be insane… harboring feelings for Darien. He'd never return the feelings. I know he wouldn't. He told me he liked someone last night… and that person wouldn't be me or he wouldn't have told me. I tossed and turned in my bed, eventually finding myself staring at Darien's back.
"Darien?" I whispered into the darkness, "Are you still awake?"
"Mmmm… yeah…" He turned around to face me. I could see the vague outline of his face in the pale moonlight. "What's up Sere?"
"Oh… nothing… I just can't get to sleep." I admitted rather sheepishly.
"Neither can I." He leaned over to his bedside lamp and turned it on before slipping back under the covers. "I think I've done some serious damage to my back." He rolled over on his front side to relieve the stress on his back.
"Let's see if I can fix that then." I smiled and walked over to Darien's bed, sitting down on the edge. I leaned over and began to massage his sore muscles.
"So… tell me more about you. You know, it's funny- I've known you for years now and yet… I barely know anything about you." Darien mumbled as I ran my hands across his shoulders.
"Well, lets see… I'm 17, blonde with blue eyes and I'm currently working as a masseur." I could see Darien smile.
"And you're doing a hell-a-va good job." He complimented and I simply sat and blushed. "What about family?"
I sat there, massaging Darien's back and telling him about my family. About my overprotective dad, my bratty little brother and my wonderful mother. He smiled, turning around onto his back to listen to me. I closed my eyes as I recalled past memories and family vacations and he listened to them intently.
"Turn around, I haven't finished yet." I smiled and he complied, turning back onto his tummy. "So enough about me, what about you? Family?"
A moment of silence fell upon him before he cleared his throat.
"I lost my family when I was no older than 6." He sighed deeply.
"Ohh… I'm…" I stopped for a moment, feeling incredibly stupid for seemingly boasting about how wonderful my family was, when he had none.
"No no… I don't even remember them. I don't remember anything before the car accident. Don't be sorry. I've learned to live alone all these years and I'm just fine."
"You live alone? Doesn't it get… well…"
"Lonely?" He finished my sentence "Yeah… sometimes."
We continued to talk about various matters of life. We shared both good and bad memories. Memories of our childhood and growing up. Childhood fantasies and heroes. We even talked about dreams and our futures. I was half way through explaining one of my childhood dreams when I realized that the occasional nods and 'mhmms' that I received from Darien had stopped. I looked down at him and realized he had fallen asleep. I smiled to myself and lifted the covers over him. I don't know what possessed me to do so, but as I stood up, I bent over and kissed him on the cheek. Talk about random! I then bounced into my bed and closed my eyes. We had spoken for over 3 hours and I had gotten to know a side of Darien that I had never known existed. It was a side of him that I liked, maybe even… love?
So ends chapter 10. I hope you enjoyed that. I'm not one to beg but please please please review. I really do like getting reviews and feedback- it's always good to let an author know what her audience wants to read (even though I've completed this story, I can make certain modifications) Well I hope that'll tie you over til next week. Au revoir, Ciao, Ja!
Crystal Saturn.