Hey all my readers and fans! Just want to say sorry for worrying you all, making some of you think that just because I haven't updated in a while, that I have forgotten you. Rest assured, I have not. I have just been busy like everyone else, so for that I am sorry and hope you all can forgive me! Please? Errr....anyway, I finally got the time and now I am updating this story! If I have time, I will update another one of my stories this weekend. So, I hope this chapter makes you all happy! (And hopefully you'll forgive me!) ^.^
DISCLAIMER: I don't own sailor moon.
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"Darien, not here. All of the staff will see us!" Serena said almost helplessly as Darien lightly kissed down her neck as he held her against the wall around the corner near the main desk.
"Aw, come on Serena. No one can hear us, I don't think." He said as he continued to kiss further down her neck to her collarbone. Serena sighed and closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of his soft, warm lips against her skin.
"Uh, I can hear you both just fine and I'm all the way around the corner!" Molly said with a little annoyance in her voice. Serena giggled and smiled up at Darien as he slowly let her go.
Darien smiled as she took his hand and pulled him out from behind the corner with her to see Molly giving them both a look with one eyebrow arched. Her hand was on a thick stack of papers while she leaned against the desk with her other hand on her hip.
"Mr. Shields, I would appreciate it if you would please not be a distraction to my paper buddy over there and go back upstairs and do what you're supposed to be doing right now." She said as she got off of the counter and started pulling Serena back behind the desk again, but Darien pulled her away by her waist.
"And if I refuse to let my hostage go?" He asked with a little smirk. Serena looked up at him and laughed a little as she looked back to Molly to see what her answer was. Molly only smirked as she walked over to him and whispered something in his ear. Serena turned in time to see Darien's eyes go wide and then he instantly let her go.
"Uh...uhm....I have a....a....important meeting to go to. Can't miss it. See you later Serena." He said as he quickly stole a kiss from Serena and started walking towards the elevators. "Molly." He said as he passed her, half growling it. Molly continued to smirk as she watched him get in the elevator and watched the doors close.
As soon as she knew he was gone, Molly turned back around and went back behind the desks and began her half of filing paper work. Serena sat down beside Molly and took her half, noticing the slight satisfaction in her eyes. "What are you so happy about Molly? And just what, exactly, did you say to Darien?" Serena asked as she took out a few of the papers. Molly only smiled to herself.
"Oh, don't worry about it, Serena. It's nothing big really." She said, smiling. Actually, it was sort of a big issue. Molly reminded Darien of the little stunt he had pulled after he had woken up. She threatened to tell both the hospital staff and Serena if he didn't leave quickly. She smirked to herself once more.
"Molly, what's so amusing to you? You keep smirking like that and you'll make people think that our staff is insane!" She said, making Molly blush. "Sorry, just thought of something funny I saw last night on T.V." She said, still blushing a little. Serena smiled softly.
'I know what else your thought turns to most of the time as well.' Serena thought as the object of the topic in her thoughts walked up to the desk and leaned over to kiss Molly on the cheek, but fell forward after he had accomplished that. Molly's new boyfriend,
Melvin was a worse clutz that her, but she had to admit, they looked cute together in a weird kind of way. She watched as Molly got up from her seat and went around the desk to hug Melvin. He instantly smiled and took Molly's hand and started to walk off with her.
"Oh, Serena, would you please take my shift and finish off my half of the work for me? Thanks a lot!" She called over her shoulder as they both disappeared around to the next hallway. Serena sighed as she continued to work.
"You're just as bad as me Moll." She said as she sighed to herself again and began filing the work. 'I wonder sometimes why I do these things for my friends.' She thought to herself as she pulled out another bunch of papers.
It was a few months later as Serena looked out the window as she got out some bandages while a little girl sitting on the bed beside her cried and wailed loudly. She sighed as she watched the snow fall to the ground amongst all the people below in front of the hospital. She looked a little farther to see carolers not too far from the hospital singing their hearts out.
Even though the windows were closed and she was up on the fourth floor, she could still hear them. She looked outside sadly.
'Today is just too pretty a day not to be out there having fun and just enjoying all this beautiful white snow.' Serena thought as she turned to the little girl with the bandages and rubbing alcohol. 'I know Tokyo gets a lot of it, but snow like this only comes around once a year, especially on Christmas eave.' She thought to herself as she stood in front of the little girl, who was still crying.
"Why are you crying? You should be happy right now, it's Christmas almost!" Serena said happily to the little girl. She had blond hair just like Serena's but Serena's was brighter in color. She stopped crying and looked up at Serena and sniffled. "I fell and that dumb snow cut me up, see!" She said as she lifted up her long sleeved shirt to show the little gash across her arm. Serena looked at her confusedly.
"How could snow do that? From what I know, snow is soft and cold." She said as she took out a white cloth and went to the sink to dampen it. "Not this kind. I was out ice skating and I slipped and fell on it!" She said as tears started well up in her eyes again. Serena laughed. She now understood. The girl looked so young, so she may have not known much
"No, sweetie, that was ice, not snow. See, you were skating on ice. No one in the world could ever skate on snow, it's just too soft!" She said, laughing again. The little girl laughed as well.
"So that's where the ice in our fridge comes from!" She exclaimed with a smile. Serena once again laughed. Oh, how she loved children. After Serena had cleaned her wound and wrapped it up, she helped her off of the bed and walked out with her to see her mother.
Her mother had dark brown hair and her eyes looked like they had been brown once, but they were now gray. "Mommy, mommy, this doctor was really nice to me! She gave a lollypop just for getting hurt and everything, and she even made all that blood go away too!" She said as she hugged on to Serena's leg and then ran back to her mother, who picked her up and held her.
"I hope she wasn't too much trouble. She tends to hate most doctors." Serena only smiled and shook her head. "No, she was a good little girl, and besides I love children." She said as she went over to the little girl and gently patted her back. As the mother left with the little girl, she waved to Serena until they completely left the hospital.
She sighed once more as she turned to go take care of another patient, but stopped as she heard someone calling her. She turned to see Molly running up to her, almost out of breath with Melvin following close behind. "What's wrong, you two? Someone needs medical attention in the emergency room or something?" She said as Molly tried to catch her breath.
"No Serena, we have been trying to catch up to you all day." She said as Serena tilted her head. "Why?" She asked while pulling out a file and checking where she had to go next. To her surprise, she found that she had time to take off for the rest of the day. Molly pointed to the empty spot.
"See, that's why we were trying to find you, we wanted to take you out with us for some hot coco, then go ice skating!" She said happily as she started to pull Serena towards the staff bathroom.
"Come on Serena, lets go change and then we'll go! Melvin, grab Serena's things and wait for us outside of the bathroom!" She called over her shoulder as she dragged Serena into the bathroom. 'Wow, Molly had this all planned out.' She thought as they entered the bathroom.
A few minutes later, Serena, Molly, and Melvin arrived at the coffee shop. It was pretty crowded, due to lunch break and the coldness outside. After waiting for an hour, they stood outside of the shop, since all the seats in there were taken.
Serena lightly sipped her hot coco as she watched all the people pass by on the street in front of them. It was a bit interesting to watch all the people run about, rushing to grab that last minute gift, or what's left to get.
But a group of people caught her attention the most. She saw a little girl and her parents trailing not too far behind her, smiling as they watched her skip about. She sighed as she thought about her and Darien.
He had been busy these past few weeks with the Christmas rush and all, and an exceptional amount of patients and other sick and injured people. Sometimes people were just too dumb to see ice on the road, or to see that it's too cold to go out in the middle of winter with no coat on. She looked up to the sky.
'I wish I could spend this Christmas eave with Darien.' She thought sadly to herself, knowing she wouldn't get her wish today, since Darien had already told her that he would be working late on Christmas eave and part of Christmas day. She looked sadly back down at the ground. Suddenly, she felt someone pulling on her hand and started to drag her off elsewhere.
"Come on Serena, let's go ice skating!" Molly said as she pulled Serena towards the frozen lake where she could already see a lot of people already skating on the ice. Serena suddenly stopped.
"But Molly, you and I both know I can't skate. I have no sense of balance!" She said as Molly and Melvin both started to pull her towards the ice. Molly only laughed. "Don't worry Serena, we'll help you." She said as she and Melvin led her over to the skate rentals. Serena sighed as she took her half of the money.
"Ok, but if I fall and break my ass, you're buying me a new one!" Serena said as Molly laughed and gave Serena a pair of white skates. Just as Serena was putting the skates on and tying them, she saw Darien walk by the lake with his briefcase. He looked a little tired and it also looked like he had been in a boring meeting for hours on end.
"Hey, isn't that Darien?" Molly asked as she pointed to him. Serena smiled happily as she started to run up the hill to him, but fell in the process. She got up and wiped the snow off her face and called out to him. It took her a few tries before she actually got his attention. He looked down to where she was and smiled instantly.
"Hey Serena! Let me go put my case in the car and I'll be down there in a minute." He said as he walked off to his car.
After a while, Darien came down to see Serena. She followed him as he went to go rent himself a pair of skates. "I thought you said you'd be busy most of the Christmas holidays." She said as she watched him get a pair of black skates. He paid for them and went to go sit down at a nearby bench.
"Yeah, well I decided the papers can wait until after news years day, and I knew that I just couldn't possibly wait for another Christmas to come along to spend with you and let this one go to waste." Darien smiled as he got up and took her hand and started to walk with her towards the ice.
Serena suddenly stopped him, pulling on his arm. Darien stopped walking to see her looking a bit concerned. "What's wrong, Serena?" He asked as he turned around fully to her. Serena blushed a little. "I...uhm....Darien....I can't...." She trailed off. She was so embarrassed by now. Darien looked at her with curiosity in his eyes. Serena cleared her throat nervously.
"I can't....I can't skate, Darien. Oh please forgive me for wasting your time by making you come down here, I...." She trailed off as Darien lifted her head by her chin to look up into his eyes. "No, I didn't waste my time by coming down here. I'll teach you how to skate no matter what, Serena." He said as he lightly kissed her lips and started to lead her out onto the ice.
As soon as she touched it, she instantly slipped, but Darien caught her before she fell completely. After she had regained what little balance she had, she looked up at Darien, who was standing straight and not even shaking as much as her.
"You make this look so easy. Big showoff!" She said as he began to help her skate with him towards the middle of the ice. She was holding on to his arm, trying not to cry already. She was so scared she may fall and give herself a concussion.
After a few tries, and a few more bumps to her butt, Serena was skating without the help of Darien, or something solid to hold onto. She smiled brightly to herself as she skated rather gracefully across the ice.
While she was skating, Darien came up from behind her to be beside her again. "See? I told you I'd get you to skate, no matter what." He said as he chuckled. She giggled a little. "I had no idea I was this good at skating. Oh Darien, this Christmas couldn't possibly get any better!" She said as she stopped in front of him.
He smiled down at her warmly and slowly slid his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. Serena knew where this was leading to, so she instantly closed her eyes and tried to stand on her tiptoes, but couldn't because of the skates.
As soon as their lips touched, Serena's feet slipped from underneath her and she fell, bringing Darien down on top of her. She looked up and blushed at their current position, but Darien only got up and laughed after he helped her up.
After they had returned their skates, Serena and Darien headed back up the hill to Darien's car and left. Serena had totally forgotten about Molly and Melvin, but she realized that she'd get a call from them sooner or later. After Darien had gotten on the road to take Serena home, he decided to ask her a question. "Uh...Serena?" He started asking nervously, keeping his eyes on the road. "Yes, Darien?" She responded as she looked over at him.
"Well, I was thinking, since you said none of your family ever comes to visit you, and you're usually home alone for Christmas, I was wondering if you would, well...." He trailed off, not really knowing how to ask the rest of his question. "Well, I was wondering if you would....like to....spend the Christmas holiday at my apartment, perhaps?" As soon as Darien had stopped at a red light, Serena jumped out of her seat and hugged Darien tightly and kissed him passionately.
"Oh Darien, I would love nothing more than to spend the rest of Christmas with you!" She said as she spread kisses all over his face. He laughed as he lightly pushed her off of him and turned the car into the other lane to his apartment.
As soon as they got to his apartment, Darien gently held Serena against the door and kissed her passionately while one of his other hands searched around in his pockets for his keys.
He groaned in frustration when he finally found them, but dropped them. He quickly let go of Serena and quickly bent down to pick them up again and go back to her. While he kissed her, Serena's hands were buried within his dark hair as Darien's other hand caressed her back slowly, while the other that was holding the keys, hit the door a few times before he managed to get it in the keyhole and turn it and let them in.
When they got in, Darien kicked the door closed with his foot and threw the keys on the nearby table and continued to kiss Serena as he took off his own coat and started to undo his tie. Serena broke the kiss as they stopped behind the door.
"I have something to confess to you, Darien. Well, two things actually." She said as she looked to the floor. Darien gave her his full attention as he took her hands in his. "Well, just go on and tell me." He said as he went down to her eyelevel. Serena sighed. "I feel so bad. I didn't get you a Christmas present." She said sadly. She looked like she was about to cry, but Darien put his forehead to hers.
"I don't care about getting any presents, Serena. Because I already have what I want for Christmas, and that something is you." He said as he stroked her cheek with his hand, making her sigh. "As long as that makes you happy, Darien." She said as she put her hand on top of his.
"And the other thing is....Darien, I...I...I love you...with all my heart and soul. I don't care if you don't love me back, I just want you to know that I do." She said, looking up into his eyes, showing nothing less than love for him. Darien smiled as he kissed her once more. It was short this time.
"Serena, how could you doubt my feelings for you? I loved you since the day I was brought into the hospital. I fell in love with you the day I saved you. I hope you always remember that." He said as he leaned down once again to kiss her. "Darien..." She said before his lips stopped before hers. "Yes?" He asked. She smiled brightly.
"My heart is yours, always and forever." She said before his lips reached hers again. Darien slipped his arms under her legs and picked her up bridal style and carried her off to his bedroom and shut the door.
Meanwhile, back at the iced over lake, Melvin and Molly searched for Serena and Darien, but they were nowhere to be found.
"Oh, come on Molly. Let's give up and go home. It's getting cold out here!" Said the shivering Melvin. Molly looked around again from her place beside him.
"I don't understand where they could have gotten to. Oh well, I do hope they both have a very merry Christmas." She said as she started to walk back up the hill with Melvin. 'I certainly hope you two do, Serena.' She thought to herself, smiling.
Back in Darien's room, Darien slept peacefully with his arm draped around Serena's sheet covered body. She smiled to herself as she pulled the sheet closer to her chest as she looked up Darien's sleeping face. She looked over at the clock and realized it was midnight. It was officially Christmas. She smiled as she looked back up at Darien.
"Merry Christmas, my love." She said as she lightly kissed his cheek, careful as not to wake him up. With that, she settled herself against his warm body and fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
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I know it's waaaay past Christmas, but I just had to put it in this chapter, and no this is not the ending, there's still more to come!
PLEASE REVIEW!!!
~mackenzie
DISCLAIMER: I don't own sailor moon.
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"Darien, not here. All of the staff will see us!" Serena said almost helplessly as Darien lightly kissed down her neck as he held her against the wall around the corner near the main desk.
"Aw, come on Serena. No one can hear us, I don't think." He said as he continued to kiss further down her neck to her collarbone. Serena sighed and closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of his soft, warm lips against her skin.
"Uh, I can hear you both just fine and I'm all the way around the corner!" Molly said with a little annoyance in her voice. Serena giggled and smiled up at Darien as he slowly let her go.
Darien smiled as she took his hand and pulled him out from behind the corner with her to see Molly giving them both a look with one eyebrow arched. Her hand was on a thick stack of papers while she leaned against the desk with her other hand on her hip.
"Mr. Shields, I would appreciate it if you would please not be a distraction to my paper buddy over there and go back upstairs and do what you're supposed to be doing right now." She said as she got off of the counter and started pulling Serena back behind the desk again, but Darien pulled her away by her waist.
"And if I refuse to let my hostage go?" He asked with a little smirk. Serena looked up at him and laughed a little as she looked back to Molly to see what her answer was. Molly only smirked as she walked over to him and whispered something in his ear. Serena turned in time to see Darien's eyes go wide and then he instantly let her go.
"Uh...uhm....I have a....a....important meeting to go to. Can't miss it. See you later Serena." He said as he quickly stole a kiss from Serena and started walking towards the elevators. "Molly." He said as he passed her, half growling it. Molly continued to smirk as she watched him get in the elevator and watched the doors close.
As soon as she knew he was gone, Molly turned back around and went back behind the desks and began her half of filing paper work. Serena sat down beside Molly and took her half, noticing the slight satisfaction in her eyes. "What are you so happy about Molly? And just what, exactly, did you say to Darien?" Serena asked as she took out a few of the papers. Molly only smiled to herself.
"Oh, don't worry about it, Serena. It's nothing big really." She said, smiling. Actually, it was sort of a big issue. Molly reminded Darien of the little stunt he had pulled after he had woken up. She threatened to tell both the hospital staff and Serena if he didn't leave quickly. She smirked to herself once more.
"Molly, what's so amusing to you? You keep smirking like that and you'll make people think that our staff is insane!" She said, making Molly blush. "Sorry, just thought of something funny I saw last night on T.V." She said, still blushing a little. Serena smiled softly.
'I know what else your thought turns to most of the time as well.' Serena thought as the object of the topic in her thoughts walked up to the desk and leaned over to kiss Molly on the cheek, but fell forward after he had accomplished that. Molly's new boyfriend,
Melvin was a worse clutz that her, but she had to admit, they looked cute together in a weird kind of way. She watched as Molly got up from her seat and went around the desk to hug Melvin. He instantly smiled and took Molly's hand and started to walk off with her.
"Oh, Serena, would you please take my shift and finish off my half of the work for me? Thanks a lot!" She called over her shoulder as they both disappeared around to the next hallway. Serena sighed as she continued to work.
"You're just as bad as me Moll." She said as she sighed to herself again and began filing the work. 'I wonder sometimes why I do these things for my friends.' She thought to herself as she pulled out another bunch of papers.
It was a few months later as Serena looked out the window as she got out some bandages while a little girl sitting on the bed beside her cried and wailed loudly. She sighed as she watched the snow fall to the ground amongst all the people below in front of the hospital. She looked a little farther to see carolers not too far from the hospital singing their hearts out.
Even though the windows were closed and she was up on the fourth floor, she could still hear them. She looked outside sadly.
'Today is just too pretty a day not to be out there having fun and just enjoying all this beautiful white snow.' Serena thought as she turned to the little girl with the bandages and rubbing alcohol. 'I know Tokyo gets a lot of it, but snow like this only comes around once a year, especially on Christmas eave.' She thought to herself as she stood in front of the little girl, who was still crying.
"Why are you crying? You should be happy right now, it's Christmas almost!" Serena said happily to the little girl. She had blond hair just like Serena's but Serena's was brighter in color. She stopped crying and looked up at Serena and sniffled. "I fell and that dumb snow cut me up, see!" She said as she lifted up her long sleeved shirt to show the little gash across her arm. Serena looked at her confusedly.
"How could snow do that? From what I know, snow is soft and cold." She said as she took out a white cloth and went to the sink to dampen it. "Not this kind. I was out ice skating and I slipped and fell on it!" She said as tears started well up in her eyes again. Serena laughed. She now understood. The girl looked so young, so she may have not known much
"No, sweetie, that was ice, not snow. See, you were skating on ice. No one in the world could ever skate on snow, it's just too soft!" She said, laughing again. The little girl laughed as well.
"So that's where the ice in our fridge comes from!" She exclaimed with a smile. Serena once again laughed. Oh, how she loved children. After Serena had cleaned her wound and wrapped it up, she helped her off of the bed and walked out with her to see her mother.
Her mother had dark brown hair and her eyes looked like they had been brown once, but they were now gray. "Mommy, mommy, this doctor was really nice to me! She gave a lollypop just for getting hurt and everything, and she even made all that blood go away too!" She said as she hugged on to Serena's leg and then ran back to her mother, who picked her up and held her.
"I hope she wasn't too much trouble. She tends to hate most doctors." Serena only smiled and shook her head. "No, she was a good little girl, and besides I love children." She said as she went over to the little girl and gently patted her back. As the mother left with the little girl, she waved to Serena until they completely left the hospital.
She sighed once more as she turned to go take care of another patient, but stopped as she heard someone calling her. She turned to see Molly running up to her, almost out of breath with Melvin following close behind. "What's wrong, you two? Someone needs medical attention in the emergency room or something?" She said as Molly tried to catch her breath.
"No Serena, we have been trying to catch up to you all day." She said as Serena tilted her head. "Why?" She asked while pulling out a file and checking where she had to go next. To her surprise, she found that she had time to take off for the rest of the day. Molly pointed to the empty spot.
"See, that's why we were trying to find you, we wanted to take you out with us for some hot coco, then go ice skating!" She said happily as she started to pull Serena towards the staff bathroom.
"Come on Serena, lets go change and then we'll go! Melvin, grab Serena's things and wait for us outside of the bathroom!" She called over her shoulder as she dragged Serena into the bathroom. 'Wow, Molly had this all planned out.' She thought as they entered the bathroom.
A few minutes later, Serena, Molly, and Melvin arrived at the coffee shop. It was pretty crowded, due to lunch break and the coldness outside. After waiting for an hour, they stood outside of the shop, since all the seats in there were taken.
Serena lightly sipped her hot coco as she watched all the people pass by on the street in front of them. It was a bit interesting to watch all the people run about, rushing to grab that last minute gift, or what's left to get.
But a group of people caught her attention the most. She saw a little girl and her parents trailing not too far behind her, smiling as they watched her skip about. She sighed as she thought about her and Darien.
He had been busy these past few weeks with the Christmas rush and all, and an exceptional amount of patients and other sick and injured people. Sometimes people were just too dumb to see ice on the road, or to see that it's too cold to go out in the middle of winter with no coat on. She looked up to the sky.
'I wish I could spend this Christmas eave with Darien.' She thought sadly to herself, knowing she wouldn't get her wish today, since Darien had already told her that he would be working late on Christmas eave and part of Christmas day. She looked sadly back down at the ground. Suddenly, she felt someone pulling on her hand and started to drag her off elsewhere.
"Come on Serena, let's go ice skating!" Molly said as she pulled Serena towards the frozen lake where she could already see a lot of people already skating on the ice. Serena suddenly stopped.
"But Molly, you and I both know I can't skate. I have no sense of balance!" She said as Molly and Melvin both started to pull her towards the ice. Molly only laughed. "Don't worry Serena, we'll help you." She said as she and Melvin led her over to the skate rentals. Serena sighed as she took her half of the money.
"Ok, but if I fall and break my ass, you're buying me a new one!" Serena said as Molly laughed and gave Serena a pair of white skates. Just as Serena was putting the skates on and tying them, she saw Darien walk by the lake with his briefcase. He looked a little tired and it also looked like he had been in a boring meeting for hours on end.
"Hey, isn't that Darien?" Molly asked as she pointed to him. Serena smiled happily as she started to run up the hill to him, but fell in the process. She got up and wiped the snow off her face and called out to him. It took her a few tries before she actually got his attention. He looked down to where she was and smiled instantly.
"Hey Serena! Let me go put my case in the car and I'll be down there in a minute." He said as he walked off to his car.
After a while, Darien came down to see Serena. She followed him as he went to go rent himself a pair of skates. "I thought you said you'd be busy most of the Christmas holidays." She said as she watched him get a pair of black skates. He paid for them and went to go sit down at a nearby bench.
"Yeah, well I decided the papers can wait until after news years day, and I knew that I just couldn't possibly wait for another Christmas to come along to spend with you and let this one go to waste." Darien smiled as he got up and took her hand and started to walk with her towards the ice.
Serena suddenly stopped him, pulling on his arm. Darien stopped walking to see her looking a bit concerned. "What's wrong, Serena?" He asked as he turned around fully to her. Serena blushed a little. "I...uhm....Darien....I can't...." She trailed off. She was so embarrassed by now. Darien looked at her with curiosity in his eyes. Serena cleared her throat nervously.
"I can't....I can't skate, Darien. Oh please forgive me for wasting your time by making you come down here, I...." She trailed off as Darien lifted her head by her chin to look up into his eyes. "No, I didn't waste my time by coming down here. I'll teach you how to skate no matter what, Serena." He said as he lightly kissed her lips and started to lead her out onto the ice.
As soon as she touched it, she instantly slipped, but Darien caught her before she fell completely. After she had regained what little balance she had, she looked up at Darien, who was standing straight and not even shaking as much as her.
"You make this look so easy. Big showoff!" She said as he began to help her skate with him towards the middle of the ice. She was holding on to his arm, trying not to cry already. She was so scared she may fall and give herself a concussion.
After a few tries, and a few more bumps to her butt, Serena was skating without the help of Darien, or something solid to hold onto. She smiled brightly to herself as she skated rather gracefully across the ice.
While she was skating, Darien came up from behind her to be beside her again. "See? I told you I'd get you to skate, no matter what." He said as he chuckled. She giggled a little. "I had no idea I was this good at skating. Oh Darien, this Christmas couldn't possibly get any better!" She said as she stopped in front of him.
He smiled down at her warmly and slowly slid his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. Serena knew where this was leading to, so she instantly closed her eyes and tried to stand on her tiptoes, but couldn't because of the skates.
As soon as their lips touched, Serena's feet slipped from underneath her and she fell, bringing Darien down on top of her. She looked up and blushed at their current position, but Darien only got up and laughed after he helped her up.
After they had returned their skates, Serena and Darien headed back up the hill to Darien's car and left. Serena had totally forgotten about Molly and Melvin, but she realized that she'd get a call from them sooner or later. After Darien had gotten on the road to take Serena home, he decided to ask her a question. "Uh...Serena?" He started asking nervously, keeping his eyes on the road. "Yes, Darien?" She responded as she looked over at him.
"Well, I was thinking, since you said none of your family ever comes to visit you, and you're usually home alone for Christmas, I was wondering if you would, well...." He trailed off, not really knowing how to ask the rest of his question. "Well, I was wondering if you would....like to....spend the Christmas holiday at my apartment, perhaps?" As soon as Darien had stopped at a red light, Serena jumped out of her seat and hugged Darien tightly and kissed him passionately.
"Oh Darien, I would love nothing more than to spend the rest of Christmas with you!" She said as she spread kisses all over his face. He laughed as he lightly pushed her off of him and turned the car into the other lane to his apartment.
As soon as they got to his apartment, Darien gently held Serena against the door and kissed her passionately while one of his other hands searched around in his pockets for his keys.
He groaned in frustration when he finally found them, but dropped them. He quickly let go of Serena and quickly bent down to pick them up again and go back to her. While he kissed her, Serena's hands were buried within his dark hair as Darien's other hand caressed her back slowly, while the other that was holding the keys, hit the door a few times before he managed to get it in the keyhole and turn it and let them in.
When they got in, Darien kicked the door closed with his foot and threw the keys on the nearby table and continued to kiss Serena as he took off his own coat and started to undo his tie. Serena broke the kiss as they stopped behind the door.
"I have something to confess to you, Darien. Well, two things actually." She said as she looked to the floor. Darien gave her his full attention as he took her hands in his. "Well, just go on and tell me." He said as he went down to her eyelevel. Serena sighed. "I feel so bad. I didn't get you a Christmas present." She said sadly. She looked like she was about to cry, but Darien put his forehead to hers.
"I don't care about getting any presents, Serena. Because I already have what I want for Christmas, and that something is you." He said as he stroked her cheek with his hand, making her sigh. "As long as that makes you happy, Darien." She said as she put her hand on top of his.
"And the other thing is....Darien, I...I...I love you...with all my heart and soul. I don't care if you don't love me back, I just want you to know that I do." She said, looking up into his eyes, showing nothing less than love for him. Darien smiled as he kissed her once more. It was short this time.
"Serena, how could you doubt my feelings for you? I loved you since the day I was brought into the hospital. I fell in love with you the day I saved you. I hope you always remember that." He said as he leaned down once again to kiss her. "Darien..." She said before his lips stopped before hers. "Yes?" He asked. She smiled brightly.
"My heart is yours, always and forever." She said before his lips reached hers again. Darien slipped his arms under her legs and picked her up bridal style and carried her off to his bedroom and shut the door.
Meanwhile, back at the iced over lake, Melvin and Molly searched for Serena and Darien, but they were nowhere to be found.
"Oh, come on Molly. Let's give up and go home. It's getting cold out here!" Said the shivering Melvin. Molly looked around again from her place beside him.
"I don't understand where they could have gotten to. Oh well, I do hope they both have a very merry Christmas." She said as she started to walk back up the hill with Melvin. 'I certainly hope you two do, Serena.' She thought to herself, smiling.
Back in Darien's room, Darien slept peacefully with his arm draped around Serena's sheet covered body. She smiled to herself as she pulled the sheet closer to her chest as she looked up Darien's sleeping face. She looked over at the clock and realized it was midnight. It was officially Christmas. She smiled as she looked back up at Darien.
"Merry Christmas, my love." She said as she lightly kissed his cheek, careful as not to wake him up. With that, she settled herself against his warm body and fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
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I know it's waaaay past Christmas, but I just had to put it in this chapter, and no this is not the ending, there's still more to come!
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~mackenzie