Author's notes: Okay, we're going to go about 8 months back in time so we can see what and how everything happened. Then we'll go back to the 'present time'.

.:Chapter Two:.

8 months earlier

'Damn it, I'm so late! Rei is going to bite my head off when I get there. I still don't see why she just couldn't pick me up and give me a ride. It would have made my day a little easier.' Serena thought to herself as she was running down the street trying to get to the café to meet up with the girls.

She turned a corner and she was abruptly stopped when she realized that she had bumped into something hard. She stumbled back a few steps until she regained her balance. She looked up quickly and started to spit out an apology.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking…" she was at a loss of words when she looked up into his eyes. His eyes were a dark cobalt color. She could have gazed at those eyes all day long. Fortunately, she tore herself away from his eyes and noticed his jet-black hair that hung perfectly over his face, his strong jaw line, his broad shoulders and the rest of his body… his body looked like that of a Greek god. She had realized that she was staring when he was trying to get her attention. Serena's face blushed about ten different colors of red.

"Miss? Are you alright?" he asked, while waving his hand in front of her face.

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine. Sorry about that."

"It's ok, just try to watch where you're going next time. Not many people are as nice as me," he smirked.

"Thanks."

"I'm Darien Shields and your name is…" he let his sentence hang waiting for her to fill it in.

"I'm Serena Tsukino. It's nice to meet you Darien," she replied.

"Likewise."

She looked at her watch and realized that she was even more late than she was before.

"Sorry, but I'm really late for something and I have to get going. Maybe I'll see you around sometime," she quickly said.

"Sure."

"Bye," and before he could say anything else she started her sprint towards the café again.

About half a block later, Serena got to the café, she stopped and started gasping for air. She slowly started walking towards the booth where the girls were sitting at.

"You're an hour late!" Rei yelled at her. Lita had to hold Rei back from strangling her.

" It wouldn't have happened if you had given me ride," Serena said as she took an empty see next to Mina.

"Don't feel sorry for yourself, I had to walk here too! My car's in the shop," explained an annoyed Rei.

" If it helps at all, I'm sorry that I got sidetracked, but then on the way here, I ran into this guy an-"

"A guy? Was he cute?" Mina interrupted, her eyes full with curiosity.

"He was gorgeous to tell you the truth," Serena responded.

"Who cares about a stupid guy, the point is that she was late, AGAIN!" shouted Rei.

"Well, what about that stupid guy I saw you staring at just a few moments ago before Serena came in here?" Lita enquired.

" I was not staring at anybody!" insisted Rei.

"Don't deny it Rei. Besides, I saw all three of you staring at those guys across the room," commented Ami as she finally decided to join in on their conversation.

"Well, then you must been staring too, right Ami?" questioned Mina as she gave Ami a sly look.

"Ami, you're blushing!" Serena said.

"Hey, at least I'm not denying it. I just couldn't help but notice how attractive the guy with the long blonde hair is," Ami responded nonchalantly.

"I wasn't staring at anybody, I was looking at the painting that's right next to their booth!" Rei persisted.

"Sure you were," Serena commented.

"Shut up Serena!" snapped Rei as she leaned back in her seat while crossing her arms over her chest.

"Don't look now, but those guys are staring at us. I guess we were talking a little too loud, right Rei?" Lita said.

They all looked over across the room to see four guys staring at them. When the guys all noticed that the girls were staring back at them, they all smiled and waved. Serena just watched as all of her friends blushed. She thought that they all looked like red tomatoes.

At that moment a guy with black hair had walked up to the guys' booth. He looked towards the girls to see what his friends were staring at. When Serena made eye contact with him, she realized that it was the same guy that she had met earlier.

What happened next, Serena was not quite sure of, but all she knew was that the guys all started walking towards them. The girls got a little nervous, but tried not to show it. They all tried to stay calm, but that was impossible when five hot guys were walking towards them.

"I didn't think that I would be seeing you so soon, Serena," Darien said.

"Small world, isn't it?"

"This is the cute guy that ran into earlier?" questioned Mina. Darien chuckled.

"Why don't you keep your big mouth shut Mina!" Serena said while she tried to cover her red face with her hand.

"Do you girls mind if we joined you?" Darien asked.

Before any of them, were able to say something, Mina decided to answer for all of them, "We don't mind at all."

They all grabbed a nearby chair and sat around their booth. Darien started to introduce his friends one by one.

"This is Jedite," he pointed to a man with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. "Hello ladies," Jedite responded while looking directly at Rei. Rei being the stubborn person she is quickly turned her face away from Jedite's intense stare.

"This is Kunzite," he gestured towards a man with shoulder length silver hair and blue eyes and just gave us a quick nod and a glance towards Mina.

"This is Nephrite," he motioned to a man with long wavy brown hair and blue eyes. "Hey there!" He said as he locked eyes with Lita.

Darien pointed towards a man with long wavy blonde and green eyes and introduced him, "That's Zoicite."

"I'm pleased to meet all of you," Zoicite responded and gave a small smile towards
Ami.

"And last, but not least, I was referred to as the cute guy that was run down by Serena earlier. I prefer to be called Darien though," he said while showing his best smile.

The girls then introduced themselves to the guys. All of them instantly clicked with each other. They were talking for about an hour when Serena's watch started beeping. All the guys were staring at her with a confused look on their face.

"It's an alarm for my watch," she said nervously while quickly excusing herself from the table.

Serena walked into the women's restroom and made sure no one else was in there. She clicked a button on her watch and said, "What's wrong Luna?"

"We need the scouts over in Cherry Park. The enemy is attacking again."

"All right, we'll be there as soon as we can."

"Hurry!"

Serena turned off her communicator and quickly walked back to the table where everyone was at and said, "Hey, sorry I took so long, but the girls and I really need to get going. I hope that you guys don't mind that we take off?"

"No problem, as long as we can meet up some other time?" asked Jedite.

"Don't count on it," mumbled Rei.

"What was that you said Rei? You can't wait until our next meeting? I'm flattered," he said while playful putting his arm around Rei's shoulders. Rei quickly shoved his arm off of her shoulders as if it was a reflex.

"Are you guys free next Saturday?" Lita asked eagerly as her eyes lit up with hope.

"Yeah, cause if so, we could all meet up at the Crown Arcade," Mina suggested.

"You just want to go there because Andrew said he'll give you a discount on the games," Rei said bluntly.

Mina retaliated by saying, "That's not the only reason why. Sure, I want to play a few games while we're there, but that doesn't mean that I don't want to hang out with you guys too!"

Ami cut short their conversation, "You guys, I really think that we should get going."

"So we'll meet you girls at the arcade next Saturday around noon?" asked Kunzite.

The girls nodded then started taking out their money to pay for their bill when Nephrite stopped them with the wave of his hand, "Don't worry, it's on us."

"Thanks," they all said unison.

It was already pass sunset as all five girls were quickly walking out of the café, he only had his attention directed towards Serena. She was a petite with long golden-blonde hair and the most enchanting cerulean blue eyes that just captivated him. She had the most delightful laugh that had just put a smile on his face. Her body was just perfect in his eyes. All the right curves in all the right places. He would be lying if he said that he wasn't attracted to her.

"Earth to Darien. Do you think that you could stop staring, because you're starting to drool," commented Jedite.

"I just couldn't help but stare, I mean look at her. She's gorgeous"

"Yup, I know how you feel man, but I got my sights set on that little spitfire called Rei," Jedite responded.

"I don't think that you'll be able to handle her. She was giving you some pretty mean looks and if looks could kill, you would have been dead by now," Kunzite pointed out.

Jedite leaned back against his chair while folding his hands behind his head, "Yeah, but once I break through her shield of stubbornness then that's when the easy part comes."

"So you're saying that it's just a matter of time before she will be all over you?" questioned Zoicite.

"Yup," smirked Jedite.

"Yeah right, I think that you will be the one who will be all over her in the end," stated Nephrite.

"I assure you that I will not end up being one of those pussy-whipped guys who listens to everything his girlfriend tells him to do," Jedite insisted.

"Ok, now shut up Jedite. I want to know what Kunzite thought of Mina," Zoicite said while taking a sip of his drink, "I saw him sneaking several glances at her when he thought no one was looking."

Zoicite finally realized after about a minute of Kunzite glaring at him that he wasn't going to give him an answer. Darien decided at that moment that he should leave before something happened. He took his wallet out of his back pocket and threw a twenty dollar bill on the table, "I'm gonna get going guys, I got to go run some errands. So, I guess that I'll see you all next Saturday?" Darien asked while they all nodded in reply. Darien walked out of the café to where he last parked his car, got in and started to drive to his next destination.

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