Chapter 4. Swaying a Girls Heart

The New Guy.

Serena finally comes out of the dressing room with the most beautiful dress that she has ever seen. All the girls jaws drop at the sight of the elegant dress. Serena turns to her friends and she didn't even have to hear them say 'yeah' for approval of the dress. She felt in her gut that this one was the one.

A blonde guy sitting nearby looked at Serena and was left mesmerized. He gets up and walks over to where the girls are and stares at Serena. He looks at her up and down as Serena turns around and realizes that a man looking her.

"Do I know you?" asks Serena to the young man who starts to blush a little. Then a girl calls the young man over and he excuses himself. He leaves the girls and Serena with grin and walks over to the girl who calls him.

"Hey, isn't that Michiru," says Raye about the girl who had called the young blond guy.

"She's fast too," says Amy. "She already has a new boyfriend."

"I don't think he's a boyfriend," says Lita.

"Lita, of course he is," says Serena.

"What are you trying to say?" asks Raye turning to Lita.

"I'm saying he's a she," says Lita.

"What?" all the girls shout. Everyone in the store turn to look at them. They all blush at their outburst.

Serena buys her dress then they all head out of the store to see if they could catch up to Michiru and her mystery friend. They all find themselves in the food court and see them there ordering some food from some Italian restaurant.

"No, way Lita," says Serena. "He's a guy."

"I'm serious Serena," says Lita. "I have him…I mean her for gym class. She enters the girls locker room."

"Are you serious," says Mina. "Man, why can't I have gym with you?" The girls laugh at Mina's comment and continue to spy on Michiru and her date.

"Why would Michiru pick him…I mean her over Darien?" asks Serena.

"Serena it's kind of obvious," says Amy pointing out the couples closeness. "They're together."

"I don't get it." She swings her arms up and hits someone in the face. "Oh, I'm sorry." She turns to her victim and realizes it's Darien. "Darien." The girls all look at him with smiles and try to block the view from where Michiru and her date are.

"Serena, you almost got my nose there," says Darien.

"I'm so sorry," says Serena pushing him into a chair. "Lets make sure you're okay."

"I'm fine," says Darien. "Really."

Serena looks back and the girls shake their head no, which tells her that Michiru and her date are still in the line.

"Oh, but you can ever be to careful."

"I'm good." Darien pushes Serena aside lightly and heads toward where her girls are standing. "Excuse me ladies." The girls wouldn't move.

"Darien," calls Serena. She walks over to him and turns around to face her. Serena trips over her bags and falls but Darien catches her in time. The girls look back to see if Michiru and her date are gone and they are. They all walk over to Serena and Darien and pull the bags away from Serena. "I'm such a klutz." Serena smiles as the girls wink at her.

"You girls must of done some serious shopping," says Darien as he helps Serena stand up.

"Yeah, we spent like three hours in one store helping Serena buy…" says Raye but the girls cover her mouth before she could finish.

"I'm really picky I guess," says Serena. "And Raye is so impatient."

"I can sympathize with Raye on that," says Darien. "When my little teenage girl cousins come over to visit I'm always the one to take them to the mall and I have to deal with them."

"That's really sweet that you do that for your cousins."

"Yeah, but when they start asking me about clothes and what I like, that's when I draw the line."

Serena laughs at Darien's comment. She then looks over at her friends and gives them a signal. The girls recognize it quickly.

"Well, you know it's getting late," says Lita. "We better get going girls." The girls follow Lita and wave goodbye to Serena and Darien.

"Bye," says Serena. She turns to Darien.

"So, how about lunch?" asks Darien.

"I'm starved." Serena smiles at him and they both head to the Italian restaurant. They ate and talked for hours about many things that they had in common. Time flew by and it was already evening.

"Here let me take some of the bags for you," says Darien. "So you were shopping for your prom dress."

"How did you…" says Serena as she blushes.

"Raye's outburst kind of gave it away."

"I sometimes just want to strangle her."

"Nah, you two have this sisterly bond with each other like Andrew and I have…had."

"What's the deal with you two?" They arrive to Darien's car and Darien starts to put her stuff in the trunk.

"It's something we disagree on."

"Raye and I disagree with everything, but we still get along. I guess friends are like that. They fight and argue but they make-up in the end."

"That's true."

"So you're not going to tell me what you and Andrew are fighting about?"

"It's something stupid." Darien opens the passenger door for Serena and she gets into Darien car. Darien gets in the car and drives off. They remained silent for half the trip but Serena breaks the silence.

"Is it your manly pride that's not letting you talk about how stupid the argument is?" asks Serena who then regrets ever asking the question. She puts her hand over her mouth.

Darien smiles at her blunt way of saying that he is chicken to even try to talk about the problem he is having with Andrew so they be friends again. Little does Serena know that the real problem is her.

"I'll talk to him," says Darien sincerely. "How long have you known Andrew, Serena?"

"Um, well…since junior high. I've been coming to the Crown for like seven years. Why did you ask?"

"Oh, it's nothing. What do you think of Andrew?"

"Me?" Serena bits her lower lip and turns away from Darien. She really doesn't want to tell him she'd had a crush on Andrew since she's met him but the crush has totally change to something else. He's been very protective of Serena and she's considering him like her big brother. "We're friends is all."

"Just friends."

"What did you think we were?"

"Oh, it's just…you two seem pretty close. I'd figured…"

"No…No! I mean Andrew is great and all but it would never work out. He's too much of a big brother to me than anything else."

"A brother." Darien smiles at that. Now he understands why Andrew is so protective of Serena. "Makes sense."

"What?"

"Nothing. Just thinking out loud."

Darien arrives at Serena's and helps her with her bags. He closes the trunk and walks her over to the door. Serena turns to Darien and smiles at him.

"Thanks for lunch," says Serena.

"No, problem," replies Darien.

The two stay at the doorway feeling a little awkward until Serena decides to make the move. She kisses Darien on the cheek then quickly opens the front door. Serena pulls her bags into the house and looks out as Darien waves then walks back to his car. She looks at the bag that carried her prom dress then looks at Darien.

"Darien."

"Yeah." Darien turns around and looks at Serena.

"The answers yes. I'd like to go to prom with you."

For some reason Darien's eyes lit up and he had no idea why. He didn't have feelings for this girl. It couldn't be. Darien nods his head and returns to his car. He touches his cheek where she'd kissed him and takes a deep sigh.

"Oh boy," says Darien to himself. "What have I got myself into?"

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