A.N.: Here's the second chapter of the story. Sorry for the wait. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story, I'm just borrowing them.

Chapter 2: A New Roommate

It's been 2 weeks to the day the Darien moved into Serena's apartment. And since then, her life has become a living hell, and she says it too. Her friends knew it, and that was if and when they met him. Darien had made adjustments to get used to his roommate.

After the first week of living with Serena, he had gotten somewhat used to her new attitude. Especially her sudden outbursts on any comment of his. By the 9th day, he had learned her style of fighting. And it wasn't easy by far, the blonde always found a way to knock him down. On the 10th day, he started to provoke her on purpose. He got some punches for it each time. He finally enrolled into a college nearby to Serena's high school by the end of the 2nd week. And it was a bit too close to her school for her liking.

The only thing in common with their schedules was their lunch periods. When Darien decided to visit her on his lunch period, Jadeite had made an appearance. While Darien and Serena were talking, she was putting her hair up into a ponytail. Then Jadeite started to mess with Serena for the 10th time that month. And it was only the 5th. Serena, to everybody's surprise, ignored Jadeite for the most part.

That was until he said, "So you won't fight because your boyfriend is here. Or did you just lose your nerve?"

Serena finally pissed off, got out of her seat and punches Jadeite. He lands on his backside. "Does it look like I lost my nerve? And he's not my boyfriend!" she retorted.

Jadeite uses a leg sweep to knock Serena off of her feet. Right when she fell, he made it to his feet. Before he could land another hit on her, Serena pulled off a flip-kick. The kick hit him on his chin. Soon after, Serena had gained the upper hand. She started to beat the living hell out of Jadeite. Darien just watched in shock. She wasn't holding anything back, like when she fights him.

When two guys tried to attack her from behind, Darien got in the way and joined in the fight. While Darien took care of two members of Jadeite's gang, the final member of the gang snuck up and grabbed her by the neck. Trying to take advantage of the situation, aimed a punch at Serena's head. Serena kicked Jadeite in the balls hit before he punched her, and he buckled under the pain. And she elbowed her other attacker in the gut. When she felt the grip loosen, she grabbed him by his head and flipped him over her shoulder. Her other attacker turned out to be Zoicite.

Jadeite, just recovered from the kick, called off his gang. He also said that it wasn't over by a long shot. With the fight over, Darien walked over to Serena and placed his hand on her shoulder. Still on edge from the fight, that when Darien put his hand on her shoulder, she whirled around and punched Darien in the nose.

After she saw who it was she punched, she began apologizing. His nose started to bleed a little, so Serena grabbed him by the arm and led him to her school's infirmary. Once there, the school nurse stopped Darien's nose from bleeding after some questioning. Afterwards, Darien walked Serena to her class, because he knew the moment he walked into his college, he was going to get it for being late.

As she arrived at her class, her teacher was there waiting for her. For being late, the teacher, Mrs. Takahashi, scolded Serena in front of everyone. Mrs. Takahashi didn't bother with Darien since she didn't know him. And for being late, Serena would have to do extra homework. Just before Serena could start yelling back at the teacher, Darien explained that they were in the infirmary.

Mrs. Takahashi not believing him picked up the phone and called the nurse's office. The nurse confirmed that the two were with her. Mrs. Takahashi felt embarrassed afterwards. She took back the punishment she had given Serena, and allowed her to take her seat in the classroom. Darien told Serena goodbye, then ran off to try to catch his class.

When Serena took her seat, and Mrs. Takahashi continued her lesson, Ami and Hotaru started to talk to her. They complimented how Darien had stuck up for Serena. They also said that Serena had a really good boyfriend if he came all the way from college to help her out. Serena turned to them. She had an evil look in her eyes that told Ami and Hotaru that they were going to hear it. She told them in a dangerous voice that Darien is not her boyfriend.

The three of them continued the conversation until the bell rang. They left the school building and Hotaru, just for kicks, called Darien her boyfriend. Serena stopped in her tracks, turned a glare on Hotaru, but rather then just yells at her, she also hit her on top of her head. When they reached the car, Darien was already waiting by the car. Hotaru said that if he wasn't her boyfriend, why he was waiting by the car. Before Serena actually hit Hotaru, she hid behind Ami.

The group walked to the car, Hotaru behind Ami, to catch a ride home. Serena asked Darien why was he here, he should just be getting out of college. He just said that he got suspended and he won't be able to go back to class until Wednesday. If he does it again, the punishment will be longer. Serena opened all the doors to let everybody in, and then drove off to drop everybody off at their own house.

Ami was the first one to be dropped off, followed by Hotaru. With the car basically empty, she began driving home. On the way, Serena apologized again about punching Darien in the nose. He waved it away without much thought.

Once inside the apartment, she was yawning and was ready to go to sleep. That was until Darien challenged Serena to a little fight as he shrugged off his jacket. Too tired to fight him, she declined and went towards her room. But when he insulted her, she stopped at the doorway with her hand on the frame tightening. When she turned around ready to fight him, she saw that had no shirt on. All she could do was blush slightly and ask him why the hell he has his shirt off. His reply was that he didn't want blood on his shirt if she punched him in the nose again. She rolled her eyes, and then the fight began.

Serena had the upper hand at the beginning of the fight, but somehow Darien had gained the upper hand a few minutes later. He pinned her to the wall, and to keep her in place, he pressed his body onto hers. Her blush reappeared, for she was never that close to any man before, unless it was in a fight. She tried to push him off of her, but stopped when he leaned his head closer to her. Her heartbeat picked up in something like anticipation.

They were about to kiss until a knock at the door interrupts them. They tried to continue, but this time a voice accompanied the knock. The voice says, "Serena are you there? It's me, Trista." With the mood broken, Serena was back to her senses and succeeded in pushing Darien off of her. He only sighed and grabbed his shirt and jacket. He heads towards his room to change.

Serena let go of the breath she had no idea she was holding. She walked to the door, regained her composure, then opened the door to allow her friend in. Trista and Serena were having a nice conversation, until Darien walked out of his room with blue jeans, a black shirt, and a green jacket.

Trista stared at Darien, the looked to Serena, then back to Darien. She asked Serena who was he. Serena said, "Trista, this is Darien. He's my roommate." Trista could only stare in shock as the statement sunk into her head.

(TBC)