DISCLAIMER: Sailor moon is not mine, the brain children of Naoko Takeuchi I will
use and their personalities, but nothing else. All original ideas are mine, do
not take. Everything else probably doesn't belong to me ne wayz.







Chapter 6


The Exchange Student

Unknowingly Darien leaned forward to try and sneak a kiss in, but Serena looked away at the sound of her front door opening and closing.

"Honey?" Serena's mom said quietly from the foot of the stairs.

"Yea mom?" Serena replied

"Is he still awake or what?"

"Still awake, but I think I might have broken his nose with the bathroom door." Serena said, worried.

"It's not broken, just bleeding" Darien remarked.

"Ah well, then there's no reason for me to be whispering" Ikuko said, "A nose bleed did you say? I'll be right up."
The hurried opening and closing of cupboards was heard and Serena and Darien heard Ikuko dashing up the stairs.

"We're in her mom!" Serena yelled.

"I'll be right there!" Ikuko replied. As she reached the doorway all of her supplies that she had gathered, bandages, a thermometer, a few ice packs, some rags, and a smelling salt package nearly tumbled out of her hands.

"Umm...." Darien looked on in amazement. No one, not even his parents, had really cared if he got hurt.

Serena and her mom got to work immediately, it was as if he was in a doctors office. Serena grabbed the now red towel and pressed a clean rag into his hand. She then went to soak the towel in cold water to take out the blood. Her mom, however, took his temperature, started to cut up some bandages, and took his pulse, for no reason what-so-ever.

"Dear, can you smell this?" Ikuko asked as she waved the smelling salt under his nose.

"Yea, it reeks" Darien replied, his hands went up to his nose to pinch off the offending smell.

"That's nice dear..." Ikuko replied absentmindedly.

"What's the verdict mom?" Serena inquired, still rinsing out the dirty towel.

"He's fine, just a nose bleed. But he will have to have some gauze stuck up his nose to keep the blood off the sheets." Serena's mom remarked like Darien wasn't there.

"K, then. You can give me the gauze and I'll be off to bed!" Darien said anxious to get away from this strange situation.

"Here you go." Ikuko said handing him a few rolled up gauze pads.

Darien quickly washed his face and stuck the gauze in the offending nostril before he darted out the bathroom. Once he was in his room he changed clothes and jumped into bed, still feeling a little jetlagged from his flight.

Suddenly Serena burst out laughing.

"Hmm?" Ikuko said while cleaning up.

"Do you remember the story I told you about soccer camp when I was 13?" Serena said between giggles.

"No, dear.." Ikuko trailed off concentrating more on cleaning than on her laughing daughter.


~Flashback~

"Come give it your best shot!" the goalie yelled.

"Oh, you're gonna get it you jackass..." Lita whispered her anger getting the better of her. Penalty kicks were her specialty. She took her mandatory couple of steps away from the ball her body tensing in anticipation. She raced toward the ball and kicked it as hard as she could.

"Ow! What in frickinay was that for?" the goalie cursed holding her nose in pain.

"Sorry." Lita said, almost without guilt.

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god...." the instructor started to freak out. The goalie's nose was squirting blood everywhere, and the usual first aid on site hadn't been sent for today.
"Oh shit oh shit oh shit..." the instructor said searching through her purse for a bandage. Suddenly the instructor stopped freaking out as she pulled out a tampon from her bag.
"Stick this up your nose for now..." the instructor commanded the goalie.

~End Flashback~


"That's nice dear." Ikuko said again smiling at the hilarity of a girl with a tampon up her nose.

At this point Serena had just given up on talking and was pratically rolling on the ground in a fit of giggles. Ikuko had almost finished and looked up when Serena finished laughing.

"I should go to sleep now..... Goodnight Mom!" Serena said yawning. She hopped over her mother's medical supplies and walked to her room.
Serena really didn't go to sleep, she closed her door and propped up her pillow. Then she took out a small notebook and a pen. She began to write:

Hey Journal!
What's up? Nevermind you never answer. Well, yea, that exchange student Darien, yea him. He is one confusing guy. Even more so than Derek. I thought us girls were supposed to be the confusing ones. He is absolutely gorgeous and very well muscled. I like him a lot, but I still have Derek, so a little rule dictates that I can't go for him unless I'm free. Rei wants him though. I guess I'll give in to her request, she would throw a fit if i didn't. Well, back to how he looks. His eyes are midnight blue, always full of intellegence, kinda like Amy's. He's really nice, a little confused though because he's in a different country I guess. I can always pratice English with him though. That'd probably raise my grades a little, which is good I guess. But, whenever i'm near him i'm always confused, not just a little either. I can think, but not very well around him. My thoughts always turn to seeing us as an item. Yea, well, i'll wait a while before I do anything though. I'll write later if anything else comes up..... goodnight!


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Short, short, short..... Sorry I'm a bit busy. I'll write when I can. Chapters will come up verrrryyyy slow... I apologize.

-Blaze of the Phoenix-