Thank you, thank you! Here is the next chapter! As promised, a bit longer!
Idiot
Serena and the guys spent the whole day together painting and decorating the apartment and bringing stuff in it.
Their apartment was on the other side of Darien's. While she was there, she visited Darien's other neighbor.
She caught up with Mrs. Liten and told her the events that have happened in her life, minus the training and saving the world thing.
"So are you two kids together yet?" she asked.
"What are you talking about?" Serena asked confused.
"You know very well what I am talking about young lady."
"Oh, that," Serena sighed. "No, we aren't together. He is going out with one of my best friends, Raye. I don't think us being together is even a possibility."
"Why not sweetie?"
"Because all he probably likes me as is as a little sister. Because he could have any girl in the school. Because he seems to want to date everybody else but me," Serena replied starting out strong and ending weakly.
"He can run away from the obvious, but not forever. I've seen the way you two look at each other. You're all he's ever talked about. He's never even mentioned any of his girlfriends. Don't give up hope."
"I'm tired of waiting. How can you be so sure?"
"Just believe and follow what is in your heart."
"I don't know anymore."
Suddenly the old lady's eyes glowed. "Help him find his way. Your prince will be yours again, my darling princess, I promise that, I promise that my daughter. Have faith," she aid in an angelic wise voice that held power. This voice wasn't even hers.
The glowing stopped.
Serena was very bewildered.
"What is the matter, young one?" Mrs. Liten asked concerned with her voice back to normal.
"Nothing. I should go back to my friends; they're probably worried sick looking for me everywhere. I will visit you soon since Darien AND my other friends are going to live here. And I will think about what you said," Serena responded leaving a very confused Mrs. Liten.
On her way back to the apartment, she collided into a very hard wall, well, not really, but it might very well be a wall.
"Sorry," she looked up and saw Darien.
"Hey, Meatball Head. Were you waiting for me to come home?" he said with an arrogant smirk.
She blushed, but tried to hide it with anger. "No, you jerk! I was here helping out some friends and visiting Mrs. Liten," she exclaimed.
"Ow, okay, I was just kidding, jeez. So, this is where you were all day?"
"Yes. I am ahead in school so, I decided to help my friends move in."
Darien was going to say something, but the four men he saw with Serena came up to them.
Jadeite put his arm around her shoulders. "Who's your friend?"
Darien flared at the sight of a strange man's arm around his Meatball Head's shoulders. Wait his Meatball Head? Where did that come from? It is just probably a brotherly protectiveness.
"This is Darien. Darien, this is Jadeite, Malachite, Nephrite, and Zoicite."
Darien nodded towards them. When Serena wasn't looking, he sent them a glare saying, "Lay one more finger on her, and count on never being able to touch any other thing." With that, Jadeite immediately held on tighter.
So this guy thinks he can have it all? We'll just see about that, Jadeite thought.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow at school Darien. I'm going to finish helping out my friends," Serena said completely oblivious to the tension that was building up.
Darien tried to keep his cool and built a brick wall to hide his emotions. He held a blank expression. "Yeah, see you later Serena."
Serena sighed knowing that he just put up his barriers again. Something was bothering him, especially with the tone he used while he was talking to her.
She put a hand on his shoulder to halt him. "We have to talk later, we haven't done that much lately," she said giving him a hopeful smile.
He sighed and slowly the barriers started to melt away. "Fine, I'll call you," he said.
"No, we have to do this face to face."
"Whatever you want, Meatball Head," he said rolling her eyes and offering her a weak smile letting her know that he was really okay.
She nodded and went back to her friends.
"Hey, guys I know the perfect jobs that you guys should apply for to help with this rent," Serena said.
"What?" Malachite asked curious.
"Jadeite for my friend's shrine, Nephrite for my friend Andrew, he needs some extra hands at the arcade anyway. Zoicite at the library... and Malachite? We'll have you work for a karate place or something as an instructor. We'll do that tomorrow because I have all of the hook-ups."
"Okay, you better get going. See you tomorrow, Sere."
"Okay, later guys," she said and gave each a kiss on the cheek.
She got her notebook out of her backpack and opened it to the pages of her poems. She tore out a blank piece of paper and wrote a note. She left the notebook and the note in front of the door and rang the bell and made a run for it.
Darien opened the door and found nothing but a notebook and a note.
He picked them up and read everything.
The note said: Hey, Dare! These are two brand new poems. Maybe you can turn them into a song for me because I have no luck so far. Well, enjoy! -Meatball Head
He closed the door and went inside. He read the two poems:
Waiting For Me To Break (Written really by me!)
Condescending people talking down to me
As if I am nothing
As if they were better in every way
They are just waiting for me to break
Pretending to feel sorry
It is all a lie
They want me to believe it
But I see right through it
They shove it in my face
Rubbing it in
Showing off that smug smile
They stand proud, proving the world that you lost
I though I knew who they were
But I was wrong
Just one little thing
It totally changes everything
I try to run away
Run far, far away
But they've got me trapped
They're tormenting me
I feel them ripping my heart
But I can't let them win
Because they'll see
That they've finally brought you down
Darien's heart felt like breaking when he read this. Serena must have been feeling like this at one point. He continued on to the next poem.
Because I Love You (Written really by me!)
I hear your laugh, so contagious making me laugh along
I hear your voice, so melodic as if heavenly choirs are singing a song
I see your smile, so genuine brightening up my day
I see your eyes, so deep and kind leaving me in disarray
I wish for you to notice me
While I sit here so silently
I happily dream of you by my side
I know though that our hearts will never collide
So now I just admire you from afar
But still I wonder how perfect you really are
Is it all some act? What is hidden underneath that mask?
I must find out, right now it is my only task
Because it is impossible to have no flaw
Soon I discover for it to be true for that I am frozen in awe
I guess it is because I love you
It has to be because you are who you are, so foolish of me to have no clue
Darien was happy. This poem gave him hope. This had to be about them together. Wait, Darien likes Serena?
I have to tell her, he thought.
Then it struck him that he just got a girlfriend and it would break her heart. "I'm an idiot."
So, please give me your comments! Good or bad, I don't care. I didn't work that hard on the poems, so I know that they are like crap.I would appreciate constructive criticism. Till next time!