Disclaimer: for some reason, a little voice in the dark recesses of my mind ( i think it's name is logic) says that these characters aren't mine? well at least the storyline is!

Chapter 6

Serena huffed and slammed her glass down on the table and started marching towards her room.
'Damn prick, I should kick his ass out on the curb. I'd keep his sister here though, she seems like a nice girl, unlike this womanizer'

'eh... she's not supposed to be doing that yet... I'm almost sure of it...' Darien thought and grinned.

Darein stalked quickly and quietly behind her and grinned again. 'She's going to kill me...'

"You BASTARD!" Serena hissed as Darien picked her up and slung her over his shoulder.
"I'm not some sack of potatoes that needs to be placed in a store room! Either help me walk or don't help me at all!"

Darien chuckled and continued on his merry way to Serena's room.

"Zack! Ames! Rei! Lita!" Serena called before being set down infront of her room.

"I don't think they can hear you," Darien said as he took a step back from Serena's angry form.

Serena grabbed him by his collar once more and glared fiercly at his laughing face. Surprisingly enough she let go and turned on her heel in one smooth motion, successfully whipping Darien in the face with her long hair and leaving him in stupor.

Darien stared in disbelief as Serena slammed her door shut in his face.
'Now that was an interesting night...' Darien thought as he walked, feet dragging, to his room.

'Bastard' Serena thought from the other side of the door. For the sake of Darien and his sister, Serena had tried to act as if nothing was wrong, but her moment of grace and anger cost a lot of energy. She leaned heavily against the door before sliding to the floor.

'sooo tired...' Serena thought as she groggily crawled towards her inviting bed. Her muscles were cramping, her eyes were blurring, and her head felt like someone had just brained her with a two-by-four.

Next Morning

"Wakey wakey freeloaders! Lita's making breakfast for ya'll!" Allen yelled as he banged on each door. Still only wearing his jeans from last night, he ran around the compound before skidding to a stop infront of Rei's commanding hand.

"Stop yelling, where's the fire?" Rei questioned, eyeing his bare chest.

"In my heart, my dear" Allen crooned as he grabbed her hand.
"If you'll let me I'll show you just how much it burns for you..." Allen joked as he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

"No." Rei replied strongly and smacked him in the shoulder.

"You wound me so dear lady!" Allen cried in mock hurt.

"Yeah, whatever" Rei replied as she headed off towards the only open door in the compound.

"I think she likes me!" Allen exclaimed as he watched her hips sway from side to side.

"Don't flatter yourself buddy." Darien remarked, emerging from his room in the same state as Allen, half-naked.
"With that attitude, it's a wonder she even let you hold her hand."

Allen glanced around quickly and saw that one door was still unopened. 'Tsk tsk, this will not do! Especially when I begged Lita to cook for us'
Allen stalked over to the door, oblivious that Darien was watching him.

"Open up, sweet stuff! It's morning and Lita's got something cooked up for all of us!" Allen yelled and smacked the door simutaneously. Admist his cries he failed to notice the door open.

He did notice when the front of his shirt was grabbed and dragged to the other end of the compound. Ames had come out of Serena's room, apparently to kick some Allen-dirty-blond-bare-chested-ass. "You fool! Shut the hell up!" Ames cried as she slapped Allen in the face.
"Did no one bother to tell you that Serena used her damned chains without the fucking guards again?!?!"

Allen held up his hands in self-defense and backed into the wall.
"Err.. well... no. This is how you greet me after such a long absence?" Allen said, looking like a guilty child.

"Uh." Ames replied, clearly stressed out and confused.

"..."

"..."

"You know conversations usually start with, 'Hi, how are you?' or even something random like, 'Hey, that's a nice shirt.'" Allen began, a grin spreading slowly across his face.

"Hi Allen." Ames said quietly.

"Hi Ames, how are you?" Allen said politely before crushing her in a bear hug.
"You look tired, what's wrong?" Allen asked.

"EVERYTHING!" Ames burst out, crying into Allen's chest.

"Well that explains a whole lot. How 'bout we get some of Lita's tasty omlettes and you tell me the whole story." Allen said comfortingly as Ames' tears made his chest uncomfortably wet.
Ames mumbled in reply, but he took that as a yes. He slung an arm around Ames, who wiped her eyes and face throughly to cover the fact that she had been crying.

Together they left Darien standing alone in his doorway, watching the pair head towards to breakfast. Turning to shut his door as was his habit, Darien noticed that his moody host's door was partially open and decided to take a peek.

sorry folks, i stopped a bit short so you could have your chapter quickly. :P

Special thanks to all those who reviewed for The Exchange Student (don't worry your chapter is coming soon...) and to Shelum, who is sticking/stuck with my stories over my long non-updating period.

-Blaze of the Phoenix-