Encounters
By: SailorKittyMoon
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon
Rated: R
Chapter: 9
That's it! I've had enough, Amy and me have decided to make a stand ... we're going on a blind date! You probably think I'm crazy but I swear May is driving me berserk. She won't stop talking about Darien; I mean there's only so much a girl can take before losing her lid, though I think I lost mine ages back!
But, to be fair to myself, I'm mostly doing this as a favour to Amy; she needs some space away from Greg and what better way to do that than to go out with a stranger, who may even be a mass murderer for all we know, and get to know him. She'd be too scared on her own and someone needs to look after her.
Anyhow, the other girls have decided to hang out at the same restaurant, since they obviously don't have a life of their own. They, as they put it, are going to be spectators to see if the guys are good enough for us ... lame excuse, I know.
Amy has decided to go for a sexy strapless cocktail dress in a light blue colour. It compliments her figure since it's totally ruche and there's one ruffle on the top going across the bodice. The hemline is double ruffle falling into an asymmetrical hemline with trailing ruffle and the back is held up with thin horizontal straps. The general message: Fun and Flirty.
I, on the other hand, am going for a silk, satin and chiffon halter cocktail dress with feathers in a midnight black colour. It's got a lustrous silk satin bodice with iridescent feathers. The neckline is deep V-cut halter with tab closure and a ruche bodice panel. The skirt is a three-tiered chiffon skirt with frayed edges and feather accent features complete with a crinoline under layer; fully lined and a back zip closure finishes it off.
Hmmm ... come to think of it, I guess I could possibly pass off as a little pixie.
Ding Dong Ding!
Perfect timing, at least these guys are punctual.
Amy headed for the front hall first to open the door as I decided to wait a little in the doorway to see what we were up against. Two guys were standing at the door, one of them I have to admit, is definitely scrumptious.
The other, well, let's just say he lacks in more than a few attributes, I'm not trying to be mean, seriously, it's just that huge, thick, black rimmed glasses, fuzzy brown hair, rabbit teeth and a height of 4 ft 10 on a skinny body are not on my list of most wanted assets in a man.
The two seemed to be glaring at each other competing for Amy's attention.
The other guy had long copper hair tied back in a ponytail and twinkling green eyes, he seemed to hold himself up with confidence and glared the little man beside him down. His smile showed straight, white teeth and he had a lean build that would appeal to many women. Personally though, I prefer the broad build.
As predicted, Amy's eyes glazed over upon the sighting of this magnificent creature and she giggled lightly as he kissed her hand.
Sigh, just my luck, I get the little scrawny man, oh well, might as well get this over with.
I headed towards the door with a bright smile splayed across my lips and greeted the little man. His face lit up a little too brightly and I almost ran back inside as he reached almost blindly for my hand, instead it landed on my bosom. I couldn't even tell if he did it on purpose.
I looked at Amy hopefully, but she was too forlorn and in love to notice the mere existence of her dear friend. So much for a guy never coming between us!
Why couldn't Darien be picking me up now to ... wait, I did not just think that! How could I even think that about the no good son of a...
"I'm Melvin, you must be Serena," the little person said to me, looking up at my fac... No his eyes were definitely not on my face, ugh, I get stuck with a midget pervert for the rest of the night! Unless ... I could always fake sickness and go back to my lonely bed.
Nah! Might as well enjoy the evening while I can and if I'm lucky enough, I might even pick up a cute guy later on.
Or better yet, Melvin could remember he needed to make an important appointment or something and than I could high tail it to the girls. I can always look after Amy from a distance ya know and probably by than we would know if that guy was an insane lunatic or not.
I preened my ears as the other guy introduced himself, "Zoicite."
Nice, it certainly sounded exotic, well good luck to Amy then. As we stepped outside heading for the same restaurant in two different cars, I tried to make small talk with the little man sitting beside me.
"So erm ... what sorta things you into?"
"Cheese, chicken, llamas."
At least the guy had a sense of humour, as sadistic as it might be, and it was little funnier with his squeaky voice. I burst out laughing, as was most likely expected from me, no need to build up tension just for the sake of it.
He stared at me as if I was crazy ... Jesus Christ, he couldn't have been serious!
I cleared my throat, "That's ahem ... that's nice- Sorry, just a personal joke."
He nodded, his seat was pulled right up to the steering wheel and his head could hardly be seen through the windscreen. I stared at his seat; yup, it was definitely padded.
"So, Serena, what turns you on?'
Not you, obviously.
"Erm ... chocolate!"
"Ah ... I see, a typical chocoholic!"
I nodded dumbly, what else was I expected to do!
The rest of the ride went on with him babbling on about God knows what and I tried to stifle several yawns. Hopefully, Amy was having more luck than me!
Upon arrival at the posh eating-place, Amy and I went straight for the ladies room. As was arranged previously, the girls were there to greet us.
"Guess who we're sharing a table with?" Raye squealed happily.
"Anything's better than who I'm stuck with," I muttered darkly.
"Come on, Serena, he couldn't have been that bad," Amy sighed blissfully, "Zoicite is lovely."
I glared at her.
"Well, anyhow, we just happened to bump into Chad and them lot and they said Darien's arriving later on!" Raye said joyously.
"Lucky you, I can't believe you'd be fantasizing about him after he slept with May. You must be really desperate to play second fiddle to her!"
"Oh shut up, just cause he totally ignored you that night, I bet you're still pissed off about that."
"Uh, Raye in case you forgot I was the one who had sex with him that night and oh yeah before that as well so," I stuck out my tongue at her.
"Bitch!"
"Whore!"
"Slut!"
"Guys, guys just calm down!" Mina screamed as we began collecting various looks from the women in the ladies room, we sounded like we were fighting for a guy that belonged to one of us, which he obviously didn't.
I grinned at Raye and put an arm around her shoulder, "Come on, babe, you know I love you really!"
Raye sighed before she placed her own arm around my shoulder and we headed outside looking like a bunch of lesbians. Needless to say we got wolf whistles from a table full of greasy teenage boys and one idiot shouted out, "You go, girls!"
Prat!
We separated when we got near enough to see my date and Zoicite sitting together quietly.
"Whoa," Lita whistled low, "Whose hunk is that?"
"That would be mine!" Amy grinned widely.
"And whose junk is that?" Raye smirked.
I glared at her.
Walking away trying to look as dignified as I possibly could, I seated myself next to my midget friend.
"So, Serena," he began as Amy took her seat, what would turn you on?"
Oh for God's sake, "I'll look through the menu."
And then I tried to hide behind it so people wouldn't see me.
Just as I was about to announce what I wanted to my date, I looked towards the doorway and in came ... wait for it ... yes, May and Darien! Could my life get any more embarrassing and humiliating than this?
I looked at Amy who was fully absorbed in conversation with her 'hunk'!
I stared off towards the table that the girls were sharing with the guys and surprise, surprise; Greg's eyes were fixed menacingly at Zoicite. Well it's the fool's own fault for betraying Amy in the first place. He deserved every bit of torture that he was receiving from seeing Amy flirt and enjoy the company of another man.
My eyes drifted off towards May and Darien again, actually I understood exactly how Greg was feeling and the feeling was anything but fun. It was heart-wrenchingly horrible! Sigh, well we were both drifting in the same boat now, might as well live with it.
Turning back with one eye still fixed on their table, I watched as Raye pointed out our table and I swear Darien smirked after seeing me with my midget friend. Well thanks a lot, jerk!
I decided just to be fair to Melvin; I might as well pay him a little more attention. After all he was trying to be nice to me.
Half an hour later, I changed my mind. The guy had no idea what a decent conversation was and I couldn't help but let my eyes drift off and rest longingly on Darien once in awhile. He and May were full on flirting; she was sitting on his lap while his arms were wrapped tightly around her waist.
I guess he thought I was just good enough for a quick roll in the sack and that's possibly the only reason he ever teased me so mercilessly. And I'd given in without so much as a quarrel. Stupid, stupid me!
"Serena, are you listening to me?"
Turning back to Melvin, I had this sudden urge to punch his puny little face in. Of course, I wouldn't act on that impulse but the temptation was beginning to get unbearable.
I stood up, "Excuse me, Melvin, I'll be right back."
I decided to head first off for the ladies' room but then stopped and headed outside when I was out of view from our table. I wouldn't be surprised if Melvin decided it was time for a little smooch if he knew I wanted to go outside.
I sat on the edge of a water fountain and took my sandals off, damn it but my feet were hurting like shit!
I felt a presence slide in next to me, "Hey, babe."
I couldn't help myself, he felt so warm and comfy that my back just settled automatically into his gorgeous broad chest and I closed my eyes.
"Hey yourself."
"What's got you so down?" he whispered quietly in my ear.
"Hmmm?"
He chuckled softly, "Feeling down?"
"Mmhmmm."
I heard him sigh deeply as he pulled me more in towards him and laid his chin on the top of my head, his arms locked around my waist. "I know the feeling."
I looked up slowly, into his beautiful midnight blue eyes and he grinned down at me.
"You look luscious tonight, black's my favourite colour."
I smiled, "I know."
"How about you ditch your date and I can give you a ride home?"
I wish, "What about May?"
"Oh, she'll get a lift from someone, so what do you say?"
What am I supposed to say, "Sorry, Dare, I can't just ditch my date."
He smirked at me, "You plan on going around his later on?"
"Maybe."
"That' a no than."
"He's not that bad, ya know." Understatement of the century!
"Seriously, you can't really be considering sleeping with him. He can't possibly satisfy you, I know how you like it."
Why the nerve of the arrogant ... "You sure do, Dare, But you also know how to satisfy the needs of about a billion other women!" I got away from his arms.
"What's your problem? You've never given a damn who I spend my time with before," he argued indignantly.
"I don't give a damn who the hell you spend your time with! God, if you could just stay with one person, one person for more than a month without fooling around behind her back Darien, I'd congratulate you. But that's obviously impossible because you don't know the first thing about commitment!"
Wait, where's all this coming from?
"If I'd known you were such a haughty little bitch from the start I wouldn't have bothered wasting my time on you," okay, that was a definite blow to my ego, God that was seriously mean of him!
I could feel the tears beginning to sting my eyes.
"Look, Sere, I'm sorry," he touched my arm lightly.
"No, don't touch me, "I managed to bite out. I was determined not to let him see me cry, I wasn't gonna cry. "All you ever want from me is sex, what do I look like, a slut?"
Bad use of words!
"Serena ..."
"You're such a jerk, Darien. I actually used to think you were a decent guy but you're like every other male on this bloody planet. Even that perverted midget waiting inside for me is much better than you are."
"Come on, Serena," his voice sound sad and almost desperate, "I never meant to hurt you."
"Hurt me! Hurt me! You've hurt me more than anyone in my life ever has!"
I was about to turn around and head back inside but he halted me by grabbing my wrist and pulling me into a tight hold, making it near impossible to escape.
"What's this really about, Sere?" he murmured gently, stroking the side of my face gently.
I shook my head, I couldn't tell him. It'd be too embarrassing!
"Nothing."
"Sere, look at me, I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings. But, I do like you, I really do. If you think I used you for sex, I can almost have any girl I want right but I wanted you. Don't hate me for feeling this way about you. What we share, it's something special. I can't promise to never sleep with you ever again, because you know as well as I do that the chemistry between us, well it's mind-blowing, we're gonna be with each other again soon enough, I can guarantee that," he paused and smiled softly at me. "Maybe, next time you can think of sleeping with me as more of a shared feeling than just sex."
I nodded slowly ... what a speech!
He kissed me lightly on the lips then, "I'll see ya later then, babe. And when you get home after your date, don't worry about May. She'll be with me."
I stared at his lovely back as he strolled back inside. And unable to help myself I threw a sandal in the water, what a fucking bastard!
He just told me that he really liked me and then ruins the moment by practically announcing that he was gonna have sex with May so not to worry.
Uh ... I hate men! What is their purpose on this Earth than to have sex and produce babies, I mean seriously! Most of the effort comes from the women even when that happens!
I strode into the water to retrieve my lone sandal, that's it, walking bare feet into the restaurant I told my pathetic excuse of a 'date' that I was gonna make my own way home and thanks for the lovely evening. I gave him a little kiss on the cheek and rolled my eyes as I caught Amy and Zoicite going for a full-on snog.
With a last glance towards Darien's table, I sighed under my breath as Greg stormed out of the restaurant thanks to the inexplicable display before him. I felt for the guy, I really did but right now, I had other things to think about other than feeling sorry for him. Like trying to hitch a ride home.
I strode to their table and looked at Raye hopefully, with May seated comfortably enough in Darien's lap.
"Mind if I catch a ride with one of you?"
Raye got up hurriedly; obviously she was put out by the flirting between May and Darien as much as I was. "Sure, hon."
Darien looked in my direction and raised an eyebrow questioningly.
I glared right back; I hope the bastard rots in hell for making my life miserable. I was definitely gonna become a lesbian!
(Well, do you lot think I should keep the Generals and should I make them a permanent fixture in this story or should I just let them help get the former couples together. It's your vote!)
MERRY XMAS TO Y'ALL!