A.N: Hellooo! I'm glad you guys liked my last chapter! To me, it seemed really long! Then I posted it on Fanfiction and it looked so short! But anyways, I made Andrew seem a little weaker in the last chapter for some comic relief because the chapter was a little 'intense' for awhile.

Thank you again for all the reviews! You guys keep me going strong!

P.S: I've already got another plot for my next story. I'll make a little summary next chapter.

P.S.S: I see that a lot of you guys use Shields as Darien's last name. I get confused with their names. So if his name is Shields in "English", then what is Serena's last name in English?

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Chapter 33: Opposites Attract

It was about 12 p.m. now and Serena had finally calmed herself down. Brett and Ami left to go on their lunch date a little earlier, still looking extremely concerned about Serena before they left. But Serena ushered them to leave. "You guys are not going to miss your lunch date on account of my life," Serena had said. They finally agreed, and left her in the gentile hands of Raye.

"I would have socked her in the face," Raye said, still bickering on about Rory as she flipped through some TV. channels.

Serena was sitting next to Raye, resting her head on her knees, smiling a little at her passive aggressive friend. Serena let out an exasperated sigh as she thought about Darien. She knew in her heart that he would never betray her like that, especially if Rory had done the same to him. But she was just stubborn. I need to learn how to not be so hot headed, Serena thought as she stared off into space. But that still didn't explain the kiss. It just didn't make sense that Rory would just kiss him randomly like that. Serena's heart ached at the thought of them kissing each other.

"Want anything to eat?" Raye asked, looking over at Serena who had fallen silent.

Serena looked up at Raye and gave her a small smile. "No thanks. I'm not very hungry right now."

"You sure? Cause if you are I'll just make a quick trip down to the café get us some subs or something."

"Thanks, but I'm really not hungry. But if you are, go ahead. I'll be fine," Serena replied.

Raye's eyebrows went up, looking skeptically at Serena.

"I'll be fine," Serena rolled her eyes," I'm not gonna hang myself or anything," she joked.

Raye smiled and nodded. "I'll be back as soon as I can!"

"Alright, take your time. I'll be fine," Serena promised.

"Mmk," Raye sang as she hopped off the couch.

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Darien was sitting lazily on the couch, not being able to think of anything but Serena. Thinking of how her face had fallen when she saw Rory kissing him, and thinking of how her eyes looked, and how she probably felt. It was all because of him. Darien exhaled sadly.

"Dude, cheer up. Just go and try talking to her again," Andrew said as he came out of the bathroom, newly refreshed.

Darien shook his head vigorously, not looking at anything in particular. "I've already tried. Twice. She won't listen," he exclaimed.

"Well it's been awhile," Andrew pointed out," she might have calmed down by now."

Darien thought about it for awhile, and decided against it. "No. I've done enough. When she's ready, she'll come get me. I'll just wait."

Andrew frowned at his glum friend. Serena's got him whipped, he thought to himself. "Hey, why don't you go get yourself something to eat then? Or go take a walk and clear your mind. Stop thinking about it for awhile."

"No. What if Serena wants to talk to me?"

"She has a cell phone, doesn't she?" Andrew asked, raising his eyebrows up.

"Well… yeah, but she'd want to talk to me in person," Darien pointed out.

Andrew let out a frustrated sigh," Look, if she happens to drop by, I'll call you ASAP, alright? Or better yet, I'll bring her in and make her wait till you come back."

Darien looked up at his best friend, and finally gave in. "Alright, fine. I guess I am a little hungry," he mumbled as he got off the couch.

Andrew smiled in victory. "Yeah! And hey, while you're getting something to eat, pick me up something, would ya? I'm starved."

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Serena sat alone in the dorm room, pondering on what she should say to Darien. You've been a complete ass to him when he tried to explain to you the situation, her conscious spoke to her. Serena sighed and rested her head on top of her knees. Well the first thing you need to do is apologize to him, that's for sure, her conscious said again. Oh I screwed it up so bad! She yelled at herself. Alright… let's go and talk to him right now. It's the perfect time. No one's around to tell me what to do… she thought as she got off of the couch. Serena nodded to herself to encourage herself even further. Her stomach all of a sudden did a flip. Oh.. I'm nervous, she thought as she patted her stomach.

Serena slowly made her way to Darien's door, just across the hall. She inhaled deeply, closed her eyes, and knocked.

She waited anxiously to see Darien's face, but Darien wasn't the one who answered. Instead, it was Andrew.

"Hey, Serena," he greeted her happily, gesturing her to come inside. "Come on in! Darien will be back in a little while. He went to go get something to eat."

"Oh… no. That's alright. I don't want to bother you," Serena said, waving her hand in protest. He doesn't care anymore… she thought to herself as she slowly turned away from Andrew.

Andrew started to panic, promising Darien that if she came, he'd bring her inside. He suddenly lunged forward and grabbed her arm. "Serena, stay! I insist!"

Serena furrowed her eyebrows, confused. "Why?"

"Uhh… cause I'm bored…" he lied to her, scratching his blonde locks.

The corners of her lips curved up in a small smile," You're a bad liar, Andrew."

Andrew chuckled, pulling her into the dorm room. "Come on. He'll be back before you know it! I know you want to talk to him, Serena. He wanted to wait but I told him to go outside and get some fresh air," he admitted, closing the door.

He was waiting for me? Serena thought to herself, feeling a little happier.

Andrew led her to the couch," Go ahead! Have a seat and make yourself comfortable. I'll be right back," he said as he traipsed into the bathroom and closed the door.

Serena frowned as she watched him go into the bathroom. He was acting strange.

When Andrew was inside the bathroom, he took out his cell phone and dialed Darien's number. Promises, promises, he said to himself, shaking his head.

Ring…. Ring…

"Hello?" Darien's voice came at the other end.

"Hey man," Andrew replied," she's here dude."

"She is? Okay, alright, I'll be up in a second," Darien said quickly.

"Wait dude… you got the food?" Andrew asked anxiously.

"Yes, Andrew, I got the food…" Darien answered, obviously a little annoyed.

Andrew smiled happily," Alright, just makin sure! See you in a bit."

Serena sat on the couch, looking at the boys posters. Andrew's head poked out of the bathroom, grinning. "He's on his way up."

Serena smiled and nodded," Thanks," she said smiling politely at Andrew as he came back into the room, taking a seat next to her and turning on the TV. Her mind flashed back to when her and Darien had a double date with Andrew and Raye. "So… Andrew," Serena started, curiously," are you and Raye 'talking'?"

Andrew turned his head to Serena and raised his eyebrows up," Talking?"

"Yeah… you know. Like do you like her and stuff?" Serena said, nonchalantly.

"Oh yeah, I like her. But I don't think now's the right time for us, you know? We're going through different stages in our lives right now and it's hard to fully connect with her. But she certainly does have my attention," Andrew admitted, smiling mischievously.

Serena smiled in acknowledgement. I am a really good matchmaker, she thought happily to herself. Even though they're not really 'together, together', he likes her.

"What about her?" Andrew asked, his eyes flashing with curiosity," Does she like me?"

Serena looked at him, and answered truthfully," Honestly, I'm not sure. She's not really open with me. I tell her stuff, and she knows about my life, but I still don't know that much about her yet. But from what I saw and witnessed that date night, you definitely have her attention as well."

Andrew grinned goofily, obviously pleased with the news.

Suddenly, the dorm door opened loudly, an out -of –breath Darien standing at the entrance, panting heavily with a bag of food in his hands.

Andrew snapped out of his trance, and walked over to Darien, smiling. "Dude, did you teleport over here or something? That was fast," he said as he snatched the bag of food out of Darien's hands.

"I…. ran…," he scuffled out, pointing out the door.

"Really? I hadn't noticed," Andrew joked as he walked past Darien out of the room. "I'll give you two some privacy. I'll go and chill with Ami for awhile."

Darien nodded, his breathing becoming more regular now. "Thanks Drew."

"Anytime!" Andrew waved, and closed the door.

Darien inhaled, preparing himself of what was going to be said to him. He walked stealthily over to Serena, and stood in front of her sitting form a little awkwardly. "Hi," he started, not really sure what else to say.

"Hi," Serena greeted back softly.

There was an uncomfortable silence that fell between them; Darien standing in front of Serena, waiting for her to say something to him, while Serena sat in front of Darien, waiting for him to say something to her.

Then suddenly, the two spoke at the exact same time.

"I was being stupid earlier…"

"Serena, I don't want us to fight."

Silence again.

Serena smiled sheepishly. "Go ahead, you talk first."

"No, it's alright. I've done enough talking today, you can," Darien rebutted.

Serena nodded her head, and raised her gaze to Darien's entrancing blue eyes. "I was being stupid earlier-"

Darien suddenly interfered," No you weren't! That was natural the way you were act-"

"Let me talk," Serena said as she stood up. "I was being a complete idiot this morning when I saw Rory kissing you. I don't know what came over me! Well… I mean it was obviously jealousy, but I shouldn't have overreacted the way I did before I found out what really happened between you two. And I know you would never purposely hurt me, Darien, I know that, but I just didn't want to accept it then! I saw Rory kissing you and I became insane! I've never, in my life, have acted like such an immature brat before. And I'm sorry about running away from you… twice. And I'm sorry for making you go into the women's bathroom. And I'm sorry for-"

Darien stopped her again, by placing his finger on her lips," Shhh. It's alright, Serena. You had every right to act the way you did, it's natural. I'm sorry that I went and talked to Rory without your consent. I really was about to call you, but then I decided otherwise. When I saw you standing there, and realized that you had witnessed what happened I was so afraid that I'd lose you," he said, his eyes softening.

Serena suddenly lunged forward and hugged him, pressing her face against his chest. Darien was surprised, but wrapped his arms securely around her.

"I'm so sorry," she whispered, closing her eyes.

Darien smiled as he held her tiny figure. "You shouldn't even be apologizing to me."

"But I should," she pouted, bringing her face up to look at him," I didn't listen you because I'm so stubborn."

"And that's one thing that makes me love you as much as I do," Darien said, kissing her gently on the forehead.

Serena smiled up at him as she brought her arms up around his neck. "I love you," she whispered.

He chuckled. "I love you too. You know, we must be the most bipolar couple in history."

Serena giggled in agreement. "But that's what makes it all worth while. Now kiss me," she demanded, her eyes shuttering closed.

Darien grinned as he leaned down," With pleasure."

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Andrew knocked on Serena's door as he looked in the food bag. I wonder what he got me, he thought as he picked up a sub from the bag.

The door swung open, and Raye stood at the door, looking at Andrew. He was busy looking through his bag, not paying attention to who had opened the door.

"Hey Ami," he said, placing the sub back in the bag and looking up for the first time. His eyes looked up and saw Raye standing at the door, expressionless. He swallowed nervously as her gray eyes seared through his. "Uh… um… Hello. Raye."

Raye's heart skipped as they gazed at one another," Hi, Andrew."

Andrew scratched his head, blushing a little," Do… do you mind if I come in?"

Raye smiled and nodded her head, opening the door wider," Come on in. Serena and Ami aren't here though if you were looking for one of them," she explained.

"Oh, I know Serena isn't here. She's talking to Darien right now. I was giving them some privacy so I just came over here to eat with Ami. Or, I mean, let Ami watch me eat," he joked.

Raye laughed," I got something to eat too. I told Serena I'd be back but when I got here, no one was here and the door was unlocked so I just invited myself in."

Andrew smiled, taking a seat on the couch," So you're pretty much trespassing?"

"Well I'm their friend so I wouldn't necessarily call it that," she teased as she got out her soup. "So do you know what's going on with Serena and Darien?"

Andrew took a big bite out of his sub as he talked," Oh shwa! Dwarien twowd me ere thing."

Raye raised her eyebrows up, smiling," That is very gentlemen-like. Very suave."

He swallowed and grinned," I know it," and took another bite. He watched as Raye smiled, shaking her head in disapproval as she opened her soup. She was very beautiful indeed. He saw that she didn't need to wear a lot of makeup, but she still looked gorgeous. He hated it how when girls cry, their mascara would run everywhere. If she ever cried, he wouldn't have a problem embracing her and comforting her at all. All she had on was a touch of lip gloss, and even then, she didn't need it.

He watched on as Raye took a spoonful of her soup and blew on it to cool it off, her long eyelashes batting together. Her eating soup is sexy! He thought to himself in awe. He figured the reason he was so attracted to her was because she was the complete opposite of him. He was down-to-earth and very calm and carefree, while Raye was feisty, witty, and obviously blunt. Opposites attract after all.

Raye sipped on her spoonful of soup, and looked up at Andrew who had stopped eating, but was smiling at her with a silly look on his face. "What?" she asked, suddenly feeling subconscious, "Is there something on my face?"

Andrew shook his head," No. You're just pretty to look at."

Raye felt her cheeks turning red as she blushed," Oh.. thank you.." she said timidly.

He flashed her one of his charming smiles, and went back to eating.

Raye wasn't very used to compliments like the one Andrew just said to her. Especially a compliment coming from someone as cute as he was. As she watched him eat now, his blonde hair fell into his eyes, making him look absolutely adorable. He's so sweet, she thought to herself as she gazed wonderingly at him.

Andrew caught her staring at him and his eyebrows went up. "What?"

Raye smiled, and answered," Nothing. You're just pretty to look at."