Wow I have work to do...enjoy, I'm broke.

Dejected bells

The feeling of dread and the old feelings of old rose like bile in her throat. Damn you, my prince... He smiled a playgirl smile. You bastard. You are so….Luckily the glossiness of her eyes could be covered with exhaustion. Her still female heart would have dropped farther than it already did. "Hi, I'm here to see if you have any openings tonight." Serena wanted to faint. She really wanted to faint. Looking at the clock, she had a couple hours of work ahead of her. Her lunch would have to wait. It voiced its thoughts. For a moment, she said nothing, and acted like she was checking her computer. The same blankness reflected back in her eyes for five minutes. Weakly, she swallowed her hunger, exhaustion, and thoughts. This was a business, not a self help center.

"I would like to see if this place is suitable for my needs." Serena felt a twinge of what some would call irritability. Her coffee was set down, and no people would be coming in for the night probably. She was stuck. Smoothing out a wrinkle in her skirt, a smile washed across her face. "Of course sir. We would be happy to show you if this place is suitable for your needs." He saw the 'follow me' gesture and obliged.

The fast, irritated energy radiated off of this young manager, Darien noticed as he took in her back side. Astonished at himself, those thoughts were banished from his head and he patiently listened to the layout of his building. The manager was very knowledgeable about this place, and sounded like she even liked it. Throughout the hour long tour, he noticed that she tried to make it pleasant and inviting. On everyone else, it would have worked. He already knew it was pleasant and inviting. They came upon the latest edition wall, as dubbed by an old manager.

Serena stepped aside to let her boss watch the wall that she photographed. His vibes were completely princely and completely matching Chiba Inc.'s boss. She knew this because the few meetings she did have to go to had the overwhelming earth power countering her lunar power. It was so much like the fates to stick her with two of the people deep down in her soul that she wanted a connection with again.

Smiling blankly at each other, there was silence amid the watching of the photos. Darien knew that she knew. He was impressed that she did not do anything different then usual, as reported by jadeite at one point, and really had no point here. Finally, the ice melted enough to be broken.

Gone was the polite air headed manager. In front of him was a woman of odd...lunar power? She was cool and collected. The little bit he could read her mind for gave him exhaustion, hunger and the variety of things that over worked twenty year olds expressed.

She was glaring at him in a sideways fashion. He was finished, he realized a while back. Emerald had called with the security of her ego. Darien would have to shoot her down then. "So I should leave then?" The manager just nodded at him. "Yup. I'll get the door." The bell rang signifying his leave. Oh, what a dejected bell that was.

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'bah!' by Saturns darkenss