A.N: Yeah, the last chapter was a wee bit predictable, but I like the plot, LOL! Thank you for the reviews!
P.S: Sorry it took me so long! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and a Happy New Years!
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Chapter 31: Ladies Restroom
As soon as Darien opened the doorways to the dormitory building, he saw Serena's blonde hair disappear into the ladies restroom. He exhaled his frustration, and ran his hands through his hair. Why did this have to happen! He thought as he walked and stood in front of the ladies restroom. He looked skeptically at the door, pondering whether or not to go inside or not.
You have to tell her that you didn't do anything, his conscious yelled at him. Okay… on the count 3, just walk through the doors. 1…2…3… and the door swung open just as he stepped through, a college girl coming out of it, almost running into him.
"Watch it," she said as she glared at him. "Oh, and P.S., you're in the wrong one," she yelled angrily as she walked away.
Darien waved at the closed door in a late attempt to apologize, then he turned around and looked at the ladies restroom. They have a couch in here? He thought to himself as he looked at a leather-made couch, placed off to the side. As he made his way to the stalls, trying to figure out which one Serena had hidden in, a middle-aged women came out of the restroom.
She looked up at him, and smiled, as if seeing a man in the women's bathroom was an everyday experience. "Good morning dear," she said as she started to turn on the faucet and wash her hands.
Darien gave a baffled nod of the head in acknowledgement. Do guys come in here often? He asked himself as he watched the lady make her way to the paper towels and gingerly blot dry her hands.
She threw away the towel, which was next to Darien, and went up to him, and patted him on the cheek. "You're a lovely boy. Well don't stay too long in here," she said, her eyes twinkling, and she walked out.
Darien watched her leave in bewilderment. What the… he shook his head, and focused back on the task at hand; Serena.
He stalked to the stalls, and as he got closer, he heard sniffles coming out of the 3rd one.
I did this to her… he thought sadly as he leaned his head on the stall. "Serena…" he said softly, tapping on the door gently.
"D..Darien?" Serena's crackling voice came over the stall. "What…. Get out!"
"No," he said softly, but sternly. "I'm not going to leave until you come out here and listen to me."
Serena didn't want to listen to him. That was the LAST thing she wanted to do. Right now, she just wanted to left alone. And she didn't want him near her. As she sat ontop of the toilet seat, she wiped the tears away from her eyes, and took deep breathes.
Darien waited for an answer from her, but he heard none. "Serena… just, please come out. I can explain." He waited again, and all he got was a sniffle from Serena. He sighed, and began to explain," I didn't do anything Serena, she kissed me. I had no idea she was going to do that! We were talking one minute, and the next thing I know, she's on my side of the table and she's on top of me, kissing me!" he said honestly.
When he was done explaining, he heard a click, and the stall door swung open. Serena stepped out of the stall, her hair unruly due to running, and her eyes red and puffy from her crying. Her arms were crossed, and she avoided looking in his eyes.
When Darien saw her, he felt a sudden pang of sadness over him. He made her cry, and he made her hurt. He knew exactly how she was feeling because he went through this exact feeling; Betrayal. But this was different, he didn't want to betray her. It wasn't his fault! He took a step towards her, wanting to envelope his arms around her, but she took two steps back, flinching as she did so. "Serena…" he whispered," please don't do this," he said as he tried to take another step towards her.
"Don't touch me," Serena warned, taking another step away from him, as if his touch would break her into a million pieces.
Darien dropped his arms to his side, looking defeated and hurt. "Okay," he agreed to her command sadly, not wanting to hurt her any further.
"What I don't understand," Serena started, as she leveled her eyes with his," is, why were you talking to her in the first place?"
"Because she wouldn't leave me alone, so I thought that if I gave her what she wanted, which was to 'talk' to me, then she'd leave me alone," he replied, never taking his eyes away from hers.
"You should have told me-"
"I didn't think it'd matter, otherwise I wouldn't told you. All that was supposed to happen was me and Rory talking, like old friends," Darien said.
"Like old friends? Darien… you went OUT with her for God's sake! There's obviously still some kind of attraction between you two, otherwise you wouldn't have kissed her!" Serena said, her voice slowly rising.
"I DIDN'T kiss her, Serena! She kissed me, it's totally not the same! I didn't want to kiss her! You should trust me-"
Before Darien could finish his sentence, Serena cut in. "Trust you? You go and talk to your EX-girlfriend, one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen, and you don't tell me. THEN I see you two kissing each other! It's kind of hard to trust someone once you've seen your boyfriend doing that," Serena yelled angrily.
Darien ran his hands through his hair, knowing what she meant, and how she felt. "Serena.. I understand where you're coming from, and I know how you feel. I've been through this exact same thing with Rory. You know I wouldn't do that to someone, especially you," he said softly. "You, out of all people, should know I wouldn't ever hurt you…"
"Well you just did, didn't you?" Serena finished as tears starting to roll down her cheeks again. She walked past Darien, and left the bathroom.
Darien watched as she left, not knowing what to do anymore. He's tried…. He explained, but she wouldn't rationalize with him. He inhaled deeply, and went after her again.
Serena had made it to the elevator in blurred vision as the tears streamed down her face. She was hurting, and her heart was breaking. All she knew was that she saw Rory kissing him, and that was enough.
The elevator doors soon opened, and Serena stepped inside, pushing a button, but before the doors closed, Darien slid inside.
Serena's mouth gaped open as she saw him standing inside, panting heavily.
She wiped her eyes in fury, and pressed the button to open the elevator doors, but it was too late, the elevator had already started it's journey.
"Serena, stop running away from me, and listen to me," he said through breathes," I didn't kiss her, okay? We were talking, and catching up, and then all of a sudden she tells me she loves me, and I zoned out in shock, then the next thing I know, she's ontop of me. I had no intention of kissing her."
"S-she loves you?" Serena gasped in shock.
Good job, genius, Darien though, you could have left that part out. "Well… I dunno. She said something about it," he mumbled.
"She LOVES you? And you expect me to understand? For all I know, you could love her too," Serena yelled incredulously, wiping the tears away from her eyes.
"I don't love her!" he yelled, now starting to feel a little anger. "Serena, I don't love her! I love YOU, okay? I'm IN LOVE with you! Not Rory. I never have been in love with Rory, and I never will be in love with Rory."
"I-I don't b-believe you," Serena said, through her teary voice.
"Well too damn bad," Darien yelled, pulling the emergency stop on the elevator. The elevator lurched to an unexpected halt. "You can believe what you want Serena, but I know how I feel. You should know by that I would never do this to you, never. You're being so stubborn and irrational right now," he said, pacing the elevator, yelling at her as she stood against the side of the elevator, watching him.
"S-stubborn and irrational?" Serena yelled back," I'm being stubborn and irrational? You just KISSED another girl, Darien! How the hell am I supposed to act? You didn't tell me you were going to talk to her, at all, then I see you two kissing each other, how the hell am I supposed to act? Huh? Oh yeah, AND she loves you!"
"I TOLD you I didn't kiss her for the millionth time! And I also told you that I didn't call you because I didn't think anything was going to happen! I was just going to talk to her that was all! And I don't care that she loves me! I don't care!" And with that, Darien took a step towards her, trapping her, and kissed her. Serena was shocked, and tried to push him off of her but he was far too strong, eventually she gave in, letting the fury and passion of the kiss take her. The kiss was a mixture of anger, fury, passion, and love. Darien kissed her with all of his might, releasing all of his pent up frustration through the kiss. All of a sudden, he pulled away and pressed in the emergency stop to the elevator. The doors swung open, and he walked out, leaving Serena in the elevator, confused, alone, and still heartbroken.
