The next day came and Serena was tending to her garden when she heard a bush shake. She jumped and turned to the bush. It was right in front of a large tree and was the color of deep green and it had a dangerous feel to it. She scooted to it carefully and felt her heart pound with each step, as she came with in two feet of it, a squeak sounded from it as a little mouse ran from the leaves. She sighed in relief.
"What was the mouse going to do to you? Nibble on your big toe?" said a very familiar voice. Serena fumed at the realization of his stubbornness.
"I thought I told you to leave" She said as she turned around to face the man she dreamed about every night. His eyes gleamed as they connected with hers. She frowned at the sensation she got from him. She looked to the ground feeling awkward.
"Are you trying to rob me of my daily treat?" he asked pouting.
"Treat? What treat?" she asked him as she went ahead and started plowing again. He joined her side and helped.
"Yeah, seeing you is my treat. My daily life is usually filled of people asking me my opinion, and telling me my schedule, but you, you talk to me about random stuff and actually listen, you gift me with your amazing beauty and you grace, I often call you my angel, so people don't ask. You make me smile just knowing I will see your face and I don't want that to end, so I want to work things out, I want us to work out. I want to be with you." She stopped after he said that. She starred at him as he also stopped. She shook her head.
"I shouldn't mean that much to you. And frankly you shouldn't matter that much to me." She said seriously not daring to blink. He smiled.
"But I do?" He asked her. She frowned and looked down.
"No" She whispered. He looked at her with sympathy.
"Serena why torture yourself like that?" He asked dropping his plow and went to her side. He hugged her and she allowed it.
"I don't" She said trying to pulling away. He looked at her with a grin. She felt trapped in it as he leaned down and kissed her, she was gone with his lips. Her mind was only on his lips. He held her hips and pushed them to his. She inhaled at the feeling going through her spine at the touch. He took one hand and grazed it up and down her spine as she held his shoulders. She didn't know why but she moved her hips against his. She smiled at the reaction she got from him. He groaned and kissed harder opening her mouth to ravage it. She felt them both slowly backing up. He was pushing her gently, till she finally felt a tree touch her back. She moaned as he moved his hands to her hips. She pushed herself into him more, wanting his warmth. He then slowly stopped the kisses and just held her. She tucked her head under his chin. He sighed as he felt complete. Like he was empty before and didn't even realize it. He kissed her head.
"I would do anything for you. And you don't even realize it." He said to her with his eyes closed loving each moment with her in his arms. She sighed.
"Would you leave your country, for me?" she asked hopefully. He pulled away just so he could look her in the eye.
"You tell me when and I'll run away with you, you tell me and I'll fight the whole kingdom for you. I know we haven't been around each other long, but I feel so strong about you that I feel like my heart rips out of me and stays with you when ever I leave you. I think I would miss you even if we never met." he said with tears brimming at the edge of his eyes. She smiled and wiped one off that escaped. She then kissed him again. This time it was short and sweet as she left his lips she didn't open her eyes as she spoke.
"I just can't let you do that," At this she opened her eyes. "You have to rule, and leave me behind. You love again, I promise. We don't belong together, if we did, then we would have been aloud to marry. But we aren't and there really isn't anything we can do about it. I wish I could love you, but I can't. The sooner you leave, the sooner you'll be over me. I'm sorry, but it probably would have been better if we have never met." she told him, trying not to look into his eyes, because she was afraid what she would see in them.
"Is that what you really want?" he asked her, she could hear the anger in his voice. She nodded yes, still looking down. "Look me in the eyes and tell me, you want me to leave." he ordered, his anger rising. She let a tear escape as she looked him in the eyes.
"I want you to leave," she told him with no emotion, well as little emotion that she could. He sighed in anger and pushed off the tree that he was holding her to, and stomped off. Once he was out of sight she lowered to the ground and balled up as she sobbed over her heartbreak.
"I do love you, Darien. I do." She whispered.
A woman watched Serena cry, and smiled at how weak she was. Giving up the man she loves so he can go rule with another be his side. 'Another, as in me, by his side' She thought with a wider grin. She then quickly left, heading back to the Tiller kingdom.