Whoa…I don't know why I just said that, but oh well. School starts Wednesday! Cry for me….I don't own Sailor Moon

Serena blinked a couple times, moving the hair from her face. Looking around, she was confused about where she was. The room was plain white, not at all like her pink & white bedroom & the bed wasn't as cushy as hers, nor were the pillows as plush.

'Where am I…?' she thought, then she remembered everything. 'Oh my God, I'm at Darien's apartment.' she thought, blushing.

Looking at the clock on his dresser, she was shocked to see it was still early. "Why is it I can wake up early in other people's beds, but not mine?" she asked out loud, but got up anyways.

After making the bed, she quickly changed back into her outfit from the night before. She quickly did her hair up in her trademark meatball buns. Finally happy with the outcome, she took a deep breath & stepped outside the door.

She looked around, but didn't see Darien. She heard the water running & realized he was taking a shower. Blushing, she shut her eyes. 'Don't think of him in the shower!' she screamed in her head, but that just made her turn even more red.

The doorbell rang, causing Serena to jump, startled. It continued to ring as Serena fought between answering it.

Finally deciding it might be important, she took a deep breath & opened the door. Bad idea.

Standing in front of her was an elderly woman in a nightgown. But her face held so much shock & disgust that Serena realized what she must be thinking.

"Who are you?" the woman asked, suspicious.

"My name is Serena. I'm a friend of Darien's." she elongated the word friend, trying to convince her, but it didn't really help when she heard footsteps & turned to see Darien standing there in just a towel!

Blushing like mad, she turned back to the elderly woman. Darien held in his laughter at her embarrassment & turned to the elderly woman. "Good morning, Mrs. Henderson."

Mrs. Henderson fixed a glare between Darien & Serena. "Darien, you are so bad! She must be 11!"

"I'm 14." Serena told her, but Mrs. Henderson didn't stop.

"14 isn't much better! What are you doing at his apartment in the morning? And with him a towel! Does your father know?" Mrs. Henderson went on.

Darien came to rescue Serena. "Mrs. Henderson, Serena's a friend & she just spent the night because we couldn't get back to her house. Don't think too much into it & yes, her father knows."

Mrs. Henderson opened her mouth, but Darien shot her a look that made her close it. Still glaring at Serena, she huffed. "When you are finished here, can you come down & fix my toilet?" she asked Darien.

He nodded. "Of course, Mrs. Henderson. Good bye Mrs. Henderson." He shut the door as the elderly woman left.

Serena had a permanent blush on her face & when Darien began laughing, she hit him. "That wasn't funny! I can't believe that just happened! She thinks I'm a whore!" she cried, turning away from Darien. He still was in just a towel.

Darien rolled his eyes. "Don't worry too much. She does to all of my friends."

Serena, still turned away from him, cleared her throat. "Um, what will your girlfriend think?"

"I don't have a girlfriend." Darien grinned.

Serena felt her heart leap, but tried to keep her voice calm. "You don't have a girlfriend? Jeez, idiot, I thought you were such a player." she joked.

When she received silence, she turned to see Darien looking at her with intense eyes. Keeping herself from looking downward, she stared up into his eyes, feeling a sense of dread.

But the eyes changed to a teasing look & he grinned. "That hurt, meatball head. I may look like one, but I ain't no player." He walked past her to his room to change.

Serena blushed red. 'For a moment, I thought he was actually mad at me…' Then she gasped. "Oh my God, I didn't tell Mina!"

She ran to the phone & called her house, praying her father wouldn't answer.

"Hello?" Ikuko's voice rang out as Serena let out a huge sigh of relief.

"Momma? It's me, Rena." She said.

"Hello, Serena. How was your night? Your father barely slept a wink. He kept wanting to go over to pick you up."

They both laughed as Serena reassured her mother that everything was fine. "Is Mina still there?"

"Yes, she is, but she's still sleeping." Ikuko laughed. "She takes after you."

"Momma!" Serena pretended to pout, but began to laugh. "Can you wake her up? I need to ask her something."

"Wait here." Serena heard her mother shout up to Mina to get up. A few moments later & a tired Mina answered the phone. "'ello…." she said, yawning.

"Mina? It's me, Serena." Serena laughed as she felt Mina wake up.

"Serena! Did you have a good night?" Mina asked in a teasing tone.

Serena blushed. "I'm guessing you already know."

"Your father told me." Mina told her, still holding in laughter.

"I did, but can you do me a favor & bring my stuff over? Like my uniform & my bag?"

"Sure. Anything else?"

"Wait, do you know where he lives?" Serena asked.

"Yeah I do." Mina said, then slapped a hand over her mouth.

Serena was confused & a little shocked. "How?" she asked.

Mina sweat dropped. "Um, I gotta go!" she hung up the phone fast.

Serena stared at the phone, trying to figure out the girl when a voice brought her back to earth. "Who was on the phone?"

Serena jumped, startled. She turned to see a fully dressed Darien &, after scolding herself inwardly for feeling disappointed, smiled. "I just called Mina to bring over my stuff, so you don't have to face my father's wrath."

Darien laughed. "That's cool." He walked into the kitchen. Serena heard some clattering & he came back out with two cups of coffee.

He handed it to her, but she shook her head. "I'm already short enough." She laughed.

Darien nodded, smiling, taking the coffee back. "Orange juice okay?" he called out.

"Yeah." Serena replied, going to sit down on the couch. Darien came out holding a glass. Handing it to Serena, he sat down in a chair next to the couch with his coffee & sat in silence for a while.

5 minutes later, the doorbell rang, causing Serena to jump, spilling the juice all over his white couch!

Eyes wide, Serena immediately ran to the kitchen, grabbed a towel & began trying to clean, while all the time apologizing like mad.

Darien watched her, wanting to tell her it was OK, but the doorbell wouldn't stop ringing. Finally, groaning, Darien got up & answered the door.

Standing in front of him was a red-faced Mina, holding a bag. "Morning, Darien." she said, walking in & taking off her shoes.

Closing the door, Darien greeted back. "Good morning, Mina."

Mina walked in to see Serena cleaning like mad & grinned. "Jeez, one night & she's your maid. Must have been pretty good…" she teased, laughing as their faces became extremely red

"Mina, I told you it wasn't like that!" Serena whined as she stood up, satisfied with how much orange she had got out. Taking the towel, she walked towards the kitchen.

Mina giggled. "Sure it wasn't. Anyways, I brought your stuff." She placed the bag on the couch & turned to Darien.

They stared at each other, nodded & walked out the door. Serena came back, thanking Mina, when she saw there weren't in the living room anymore.

"Guys?" she called out. She walked from room to room. She came back to the living room, frowning. "Where did they go?" she wondered out, but grabbed the bag. "Might as well change before I'm late again."

She came out 3 minutes later to see Darien & Mina sitting on the couch, Mina laughing hysterically & Darien with a crimson blush on his face. "What's so funny?" Serena asked, sitting down next to Mina.

"Nothing, I'm just teasing Darien about how much he loves you…" she laughed as Serena's face turned red as well.

Closing her eyes, Serena steadied her voice. "Mina…" she said with a warning tone. Opening her eyes, they seemed to flame up. "We are just friends, nothing more." She calmly said, standing up. "We better go. Don't wanna be late." She began to walk to the door when Mina finally spoke up.

"Serena, come back! We have 30 minutes. We won't be late." She stood up & grabbed Serena by the arm, leading her back to the couch. "Don't be mad at me. You know I'm just joking."

But before anyone could answer, Mina's phone went off. Swearing under the breath, she answered it, walking into the other room.

Watching her go, Serena calmed herself down & turned to Darien. "By the way, where did you guys go?"

Darien pretended to not know what she was talking about. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, I came out of the kitchen & you guys were gone." Serena said, trying to sound casual, but failing horribly.

Darien seemed to be having problems thinking up something when Mina came back in, smoke coming out of her ears.

Grateful for the interruption, Darien instantly jumped up. "What's wrong, Mina?"

Mina ignored him, stomped over to the chair & sat down hard, causing it to go backwards with her in it!

Trying to contain their laughter at the poor blonde girl struggling to get up, Serena helped her up as Darien brought the chair up.

"Mina, what happened?" Serena asked, true concern in her eyes.

Mina looked at her & attempted a weak smile. "It's nothing. Just my agent wants me to go to France for two weeks. Leaving tonight." She groaned.

Serena's eyes lit up. "France? As in Paris? That's so romantic! I wish I could go…" she sighed, thinking of all the cute French guys smiling at her.

Mina laughed at the dream struck face. "Nope, not Paris. Dijon."

Serena blinked. "Like the mustard?"

Mina laughed again. "Yep, so no Paris. Plus it's just going to be a bunch of hotel rooms & sweating in that costume."

Darien smiled at her. "I'm sure it'll be fine."

Serena furrowed her eyebrows. "Wait, how do you know about Mina being Sailor V?" She turned to Mina. "And how did you know where his apartment was?" She looked between the two of them, suspicion on her face.

The two teens sweat dropped & laughed nervously. "You see, it's a funny story…" Mina started, but Darien's phone went off, saving them both.

"I gotta take this." he said, almost lunging toward the phone. "Hello?" A pause & a surprised look. "Raye? Why are you calling me at home?" Another pause & he looked at Serena, who suddenly realized what happened & tried to slowly make her way to the door. "No, she didn't." he said, staring at the meatball headed girl. "No, it's fine. Sure. See you later." He hung up & turned to Serena. "Serena?"

Serena stopped shutting her eyes. "Yes…" she turned around slowly, opening them, attempting to laugh.

Darien stared at her, then sighed. "Nothing. We better go before we're really late." He went in to grab his stuff as Serena let out a huge sigh.

Mina, still a little cautious about Serena's questions, silently grabbed her stuff. Serena grabbed her stuff as well & the two blondes waited for Darien to come out.

When he did, he grabbed his car keys, shut off the lights & turned to the girls. "Ready?"

They nodded & the three of them walked out the door. Just as Darien shut the door, a mighty wind blew into the apartment.

The wind disappeared into a man with long brown hair & blue eyes. He looked around the apartment, then groaned. "Beryl isn't going to like this." He said as he left in a whirlwind again.

The part with the old woman is based on a true story…sadly. Even the towel…Don't tell my daddy! Please RR