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Disclaimer: I do not own Sailormoon or Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen from which some of my ideas are based on.
"Good job dancing there, girl!" Mina cheered Serena as the two got ready in the dressing room to go home after a day of tiring dancing.
Serena smiled in thanks at Mina, but said nothing. She was too busy thinking about the tall, dark-haired stranger withmidnight-blue eyes. He looked atSerena in such a way that made her heart flutter.
Who was this man?
After putting on a lavender blouse and a pair of jeans, Serena put up her hair and turned to Mina.
"I'm ready, let's go!"
"All right," Mina replied and the two said goodbye to the other strippers who were either going to go on stage or also going home.
As they walked to the parking lot, Mina chattered about a man who tipped her $50.
"He was so cute! And then he asked me if..." chattered the other blonde as Serena pretended to listen.
Thoughts of those haunting blue eyes filled Serena's mind...he didn't look at her with lust as the other men...but with such a look...such a look...
The two got in Serena's car and even as Serena was driving...she thought of the knee-weakening look the stranger gave her.
"Whaddid I tell ya? Huh? Was Hot Stuff awesome or what?"Andrew asked Darien as they headed home after the long, rowdy party.
Darien nodded distractedly, he was still thinking of the dancing goddess with the blue eyes which had so pulled him into the depths of something he cannot understand.
"I think the dancer...Raye...was the hottest," commented Chad as the men headed to their cars.
"Nah...it was Mina," said Andrew.
"What do you think Darien?" asked Greg, noticing Darien's silence.
"Huh? What?" Darien snapped out of his thoughts about Serena.
"Who did you think was the sexiest dancer?" Andrew inquired Darien.
"None of them, really," Darien replied in a cold voice.
He was tired and ready to go home. Besides, no dancers held his attention...except...except the one with the eyes.
The blue ones. The ones which spoke of so much emotion...invisible to those who didn't look.
Serena, 'The Moon Princess' they called her. Such a beauty. But it wasn't the beauty Darien was thinking about as they went in their cars and rode home.
No...it was the sad and vulnerable look in Serena's eyes.
The look that gave Darien a sudden urge to protect and comfort her. To tell her everything was all right, and that he will be there for her.
"This is ridiculous! I don't even know that girl, but yet...but yet...I felt such a strong conncection from the moment I saw those eyes..." Darien thought.
"Honey, what's wrong...are you tired?"
Darien snapped out of his trance and glanced quickly at Beryl who was looking at him worriedly
"No...I'm just fine, if you don't mind, I'd like to go to bed," he replied wearily.
"All right. I'll see you in the morning sweetheart," Beryl pecked Darien goodnight and he kissed her back in such a disheartened way that it made Beryl suspicious.
"Hmm...I wonder what's gotten into him?" she thought when her fiancee left for bed and dove into all sorts of different possibilities that made Darien so weary.
Beryl Williams was a clever woman. Clever enough to know that her marriage to Darien Shields would ensure her wealthiness as well as the happiness of her father and Darien's grandfather.
Beryl and Darien had mettwo months ago in a party and both the Shields and the Williams were very happy to see that the two hit it off perfectly.
It was no surprise when Beryl's and Darien's engagement were announced. Not only was it afine match, but it also meant a great business merger for both families.
"Seduce them and use them," was Beryl's ironclad rule and she can still remember with a smile the moment she and Darien first met and made love and how she convinced him to be her husband.
Flashback
"Hello. My name is Beryl Williams, do I have the pleasure of meeting the one and only Darien Shields?" Beryl greeted the tall, handsome man.
"Yes, you do, though I hardly think it is any more pleasurable than meeting you, Ms. Williams," Darien replied with an easy smile.
Beryl giggled. She was wearing a tight, red dress with a low neckline and a pair of fetching red strapped sandals.
"This is going to be easy," she thought as Darien and she chatted and laughed like friends.
Darien had no intentions of being more than friends with Beryl, but then there was that one fateful night.
Beryl and Darien were on the terrace of Darien's apartment, drinking a couple of glasses of wine.
"Oh, Darien. You are such a charming person. I can't believe you're still single,"
"I just don't feel like committing to any one yet," Darien replied smiling.
Beryl slid closer until her arm was touching his.
"But you're so handsome...and intelligent. I'd be glad to date you," she winked up at him.
Darien laughed uncomfortably. Herchestwas now pushing against his arm.
"What do you say to a little rendezvous, eh, Darien?" Beryl said as she slinked her hand up his leg slyly.
"Um...I don't..." Darien stuttered as Beryl unzipped her dress and let it fall to the ground.
"C'mon...you know you want it," Beryl had whispered as she pulled Darien's face close for a kiss.
"What the hell...I haven't been laid for weeks...and she's sexy...I'll go ahead," Darien had thought as their lips joined.
It was a very bad decision.
A fewweeks later, Beryl had come to Darien and demanded to be married.
Darien had refused...until Beryl showed him the papers that she was pregnant...which stopped Darien's rejecions.
Their engagement was announced and the Shields and the Williams were both very glad for the seemingly joyous couple. They didn't know that Darien despised every moment he spent with Beryl. There was no love in it. It was pure, simple, business.
And for Beryl, it was pure, simple victory.
As Beryl thought about Darien and her unknown plans for him, Darien thought about Serena, and she was thinking also of the dark-haired stranger which had such piercing blue eyes...
There ya go! I hope you liked it. I have so many ideas for this story that I don't know which to do! Maybe I'll do them all! By the way, notice my penname? If you press that review button and review my story...maybe I'll let you have a coutnry when I've achieved global dominion. Just a little hint. Anyway, thanks for reading and I'll try to update A.S.A.P.!