Unexpected Surprises Chapter 3: The Date, a sailor moon fanfic

"Unexpected Surprises" by MoonPrincess568

Disclaimer: Don't own Sailor Moon

Author's Note: Here's the new chapter. I lost the original chapter 3 since I accidentally deleted it. How stupid I was. So I had a little tough time trying to piece this chapter with the previous chapter and the next. Oh yeah there is going to be some lyrics in here, so enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 3: The Date

-Darien-

Darien got on his red and black BMW motorcycle and drove straight to his apartment. As he drove off, the sun was about to set. There were bursts of orange, pink, and yellow in the west. Once he got to his building he parked his motorbike next to his silver sports car. He entered into the mail room and took out his mail. Most of it was junk mail for Andrew and him. There was a white envelope titled, "Tokyo Medical School", on the left hand corner. It was the letter that he'll get accepted or not. Darien was already a senior at a local elite university. He took pre-med classes there. He quickly got out of the mail room and went in to the lobby. It was decorated in a simple fashion, with olive green walls and cream leather furniture. The lobby was complex with a work out center, a pool, and spa. He walked to the elevator and pressed the number to his destination. He entered his apartment. It was fairly clean, knowing that two guys lived here, but Andrew and he were very organized men. Entering the apartment was the living room. It was simple. The walls were grey, but had beige suede chairs and a couch. The coffee table in front of the couch was black with a glass in the middle. The guys had a 40 inch flat screen television. Darien went directly to the bathroom to undress. He stripped away his button down, black shirt and khaki pants. Which revealed a very detailed, toned body; with washboard abs, strong biceps, and muscular calves. He went into the shower stall. He couldn't stop thinking about Serena's fall and what actually made her do that. Darien didn't believe Lita's and Amy's responses since they seemed confused themselves. When he was finished he dried him self and went into his walk-in closet to find an outfit. He decided to wear Abercrombie & Fitch black polo with light washed jeans. After looking for the outfit he looked at the clock. It read: 6:30pm in red, digital numbers. He went downstairs again and took the silver sports car to Serena's house.

-Serena-

Serena got home at around 6:15. She went to the family room to check if her parents were home. Her parents were watching some Law & Order show.

"Hi Serena." Her mother greeted. "You're home late."

"Oh I was at Amy's house for…umm… our study group. I forgot to tell you." Serena lied.

"Oh okay," then she mentioned, "Dinner will be ready in an hour."

"Mom, I have a date with Darien tonight," She replied.

"Okay then, well get ready!" her mom encouraged. Serena agreed and went upstairs to get ready. First, Serena went to her closet to pick an outfit. She had two, to choose from. A beige short sleeve blazer underneath a pink v-neck camisole from Hollister Co. with velvet on the v-neck linings paired with dark blue jeans from American Eagle. This will be accessorized with a white beaded necklace. The other choice was a simple white tube top with a bow on the top from Abercrombie and Fitch and jeans. Paried with a splash of color, a pink layered choker.

"Hmm… what to wear?" She said aloud looking at both outfits on top of her bed. She tried on the white top and jeans. "How about this one for mommy?" she questioned her belly and laughed. Serena didn't know her mom was passing by Serena's door; her mother was shocked from what she heard. Serena tried on the other one. She decided to wear the white tube, jeans, and pink necklace. Serena put her hair down, as she did, natural curls from her 'meatballs' fell to her thighs. She liked the way how her hair formed the curls and put it into a pony tail. It was up to her lower back. She went to the bathroom to fix her hair some more. She took a curling iron to fix some curls and applied hair spray. She looked at the clock and it was almost 7 o' clock. She began applying some mascara and pink lip gloss.

-Darien-

It was 6:45; Darien wanted to kill some time before he picked up Serena. Darien went to a near by floral shop to get Serena's mother some flowers. He bought a bouquet of assorted pink roses. Now he headed to Serena's house. He rang the door bell when he arrived.

"Oh, well hello there Darien." Serena's mom, Irene, greeted.

"Hi, good evening Mrs. Tsukino," while he said that he presented the bouquet of roses he had bought her. "These are for you."

"Aww… why thank you Darien. They're beautiful." She thanked. "You are such a sweet young man."

Darien blushed and responded. "You're welcome."

"Well come in," she insisted. He entered and followed Serena's mom.

"Honey, look at these roses Darien gave me," She showed off and went to the kitchen to put them into a vase.

"Oh how wonderful!" he said.

"Hi, Mr. Tsukino," Darien greeted.

"Hello," he responded.

"Darien just have a seat, make you're self comfortable. Serena will be down shortly." Mrs. Tsukino said putting the flower vase in the middle of a side table. Darien sat down on a nearby club chair. He watched Serena's little brother, Sammy, playing a Sailor Moon video game. He chuckled to him self and thought about how Sammy will react if he found out his own sister is Sailor Moon.

"So you like Sailor Moon?" Darien asked Sammy.

"Yeah she's awesome!" he exclaimed.

"Don't you think she looks like Serena?" Darien asked.

"Hahaha…." Sammy laughed, "No way." Darien simply laughed at the fact that even as super heroes they still look the same as their civilian form.

"Darien, I'm going to check up on Serena." Mrs. Tsukino said walking up the stairs. He nodded.

-Serena-

Serena just sat on her bathroom chair, thinking how she's going to tell Darien the big news because it was a serious thing. She was happy that she was pregnant but had doubts on being too young. She got herself ready to go downstairs. She heard a knock on her door, and heard her mother's voice saying her name. She opened the door.

"Serena, are you ready? Darien is here." Her mom said.

"Oh, I know, I was just about to go downstairs." Her mom went back downstairs and she followed. As she walked down, Darien saw her and stood up. He started at his beautiful girlfriend.

He walked over to her and complimented. "You look beautiful."

"You don't look bad yourself." She compliment back.

"Well, we have to get going." Darien said looking at his watch. It read: 7:11. Serena's parents walked them to the door.

"Alright you two have fun!" Mrs. Tsukino insisted.

"Not too much fun!" he immediately said. The couple giggled when Serena's mom smacked him on the chest since he was standing behind her. "She has to be home by 10:30." Her father demanded. He quietly muttered, "I still think he's too old for her."

"I'll make sure she'll be home by 10:30." Darien assured.

"Oh, ignore him, just not after 12." Mrs. Tsukino she yelled from the front door.

Darien helped Serena to her seat and then started the engine of his silver sports car.

"So Darien, where are we going?" Serena asked.

"It's a surprise," he said with a devious smile. Darien headed off to the restaurant. It was quiet since Serena asked her question. Darien had to break the silence. "So…Serena what happened to you earlier. You just fainted out of no where."

"Remember, when I said I didn't feel good this morning… that was probably it." She explained.

"Ohhh…" he said, "Want to listen to some music?"

"Umm…Sure," she agreed.

"What station?"

"Doesn't matter." She answered. Darien put on one of his favorite music stations.

When he turned on the radio, the song "The Mixed Tape" by Jack's Mannequin played.

"The Mixed Tape"

This is morning
That's when I spend the most time
Thinking 'bout what I've given up
This is a warning
When you start the day just to close the curtains
You're thinking 'bout what I've given up

Where are you now?
As I'm swimming through the stereo
I'm writing you a symphony of sound
Where are you now?
As I rearrange the songs again
This mix could burn a hole in anyone
But it was you I was thinking of

I read your letter
The one you left when you broke into my house
Retracing every step you made
And you said you meant it
And there's a piece of me in every single
Second of every single day
But if it's true then tell me how it got this way

And I can't get to you
I can't get to you
I can't get to you

Where are you now?
As I'm swimming through the stereo
I conduct a symphony of sound
Where are you now?
As I'm cutting through you track by track
I swear to God this mix could sink the sun
But it was you I was thinking of

And where are you now?
And where are you now?

And this is my mixed tape for her
it's like I wrote every note
with my own fingers

After the song ended, the song "Over My Head" by the Fray came on.

Over My Head (Cable Car)

I never knew
I never knew that everything was falling through
That everyone I knew was waiting on a queue
To turn and run when all I needed was the truth
But that's how it's got to be
It's coming down to nothing more than apathy
I'd rather run the other way than stay and see
The smoke and who's still standing when it clears

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

Let's rearrange
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage
Just say that we agree and then never change
Soften a bit until we all just get along
But that's disregard
Find another friend and you discard
As you lose the argument in a cable car
Hanging above as the canyon comes between

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and its effortless
Without a sound we lose sight of the ground
In the throw around
Never thought that you wanted to bring it down
I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves

And everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

Everyone knows
She's on your mind
Everyone knows I'm in over my head
I'm in over my head
I'm in over...

Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind

Still more silence. Serena was in deep thought about telling him the she's pregnant. 'How am I going to tell him?" she thought. 'Should I randomly bring it up during dinner? Ughh…'

Darien turned off the radio. "Serena, are you okay? You look puzzled."

"Oh yeah I'm okay, I'm just thinking." She said.

"I see…" Darien said. He took his free hand and reached for Serena's. "Whatever that is bothering you Serena, you can tell me. It's going to be okay, I'll be there for you." He assured.

"Yeah…" she sighed.

"Okay Serena, we're almost there, so close your eyes," he commanded. She closed her big, cerulean eyes. Serena felt the car stop. "Serena stay here, I'll be right back. And don't open your eyes."

"Hahaha…okay," she said obeying his commands.

-Darien-

He entered the restaurant. It was dim but yet romantic. The walls were painted light brown and a simple chandelier hung from the foyer. The front desk had a cherry maple wood with a cream counter.

"Hello sir." The hostess said. She was one pretty girl with blonde curled hair that past her shoulders which was layered and was styled by curling the ends of her hair inward. Making a sophisicated look. Her eyes sparkled in the dim light, it shown a sky blue color like Alexis Bledel. She wore a black lace blouse with white cropped pants. On her name tag on her black tank, it read Celine. "How many?" she asked.

"Dinner for two," he answered. "Can I get a quiet place in the courtyard?"

"Sure no problem," she said, "Just one moment." She checked her seating chart to see available tables. "Oh yes, we have a table."

"Okay, I'll be back. Let me get my girlfriend." Darien said and went back outside. He looked inside the car. Serena still had her eyes shut. Darien opened the door. Serena felt a light breeze come in so she figured that the door was open.

She heard Darien's voice. "Alright Serena let's go in." He covered her eyes so she wouldn't see where they were. They entered the restaurant.

"Okay, follow me this way," said the hostess. Darien followed her to the courtyard he requested. The courtyard was filled with bushes with Christmas lights on top of them. The crescent moon was right above the courtyard and the stars glistened.

"Okay here we go. You're server will be here shortly." The hostess said leaving two menus on table. The table was accessorized with a cream table cloth and over lapping a brown cloth going the opposite way. The chairs had bronzed cushions.

Darien let go of Serena. "Okay now open them."

"Oh my god Darien, this place is beautiful!" She said looking around the outside dining area. Darien gave her a smile. He helped her get in to her seat. "We didn't really need to eat dinner here."

He chuckled. "It's okay. We rarely go out to dinner anyways."

"That's true." She agreed. Both flipped through the menu.

"Hi I'm your server, my name is Chandra," she stated. She looked so similar to the hostess, but a little different. Her eyes had a blue exterior then getting into the pupil was a light green color and her hair was longer. Her hair was long and a slightly curly. A hair bump on the top of the head was added to create texture. She was dressed in a red v-neck top under the chest area was a scrunched section so it fit snuggly on her torso. It was worn with khaki gauchos. A white apron was wrapped around her pants.

"Ready to order some drinks?" she asked taking out her order pad out of her apron.

"Umm, I would like to have a Pepsi." Darien said.

"And for you?" Chandra, the waitress asked.

"I'll have the same." Serena said when the waitress looked at her.

"Okay, I will be right back with your drinks." She said and walked away into the main restaurant.

"Do you know what you're going to get?" Darien asked.

"Not yet…" she answered as she flipped through the menu. "There is just so much to choose from."

"Tell me about it."

"Okay, here's your drinks." said the server, Chandra. She put the drinks in front of Darien and Serena. Ready to order or do you two need a couple of more minutes?"

"Couple more minutes please." Serena said. Chandra, the waitress walked away.

She looked at the specials area. "Ooo… listen to this Darien Dinner for two, first Course: any appetizer you want. Second Course: Any 2 of this selection: prime rib, New York steak, Filet Minion, and garlic roasted chicken, with two sides. For Course 3: Any dessert. Yummy," she smiled at the thought of dessert.

"That sounds good. How much is it?"

"Well, it says $19 per person. It's on page 2."

"That's reasonable." He said. "What to choose?" He looked at the selections.

"Hmm…" Serena thought aloud. "I want the prime rib."

"Me too" Darien copied her main entrée.

"Ready to order?" Chandra asked, once she came back.

"Yeah I think so," Darien answered. Chandra took out her order pad again and looked at Darien.

"We'll have the Dinner for Two special."

"Perfect," she said writing down the order in short hand form, "What would you like as your appetizer?" Darien looked at the appetizer selections on the previous page.

"Serena, do you want the sampler?" Darien asked his girlfriend.

"Sure," she answered.

"Okay then, the sampler." Chandra repeated.

"Yeah," the couple said in unison.

"For the second course?" the server asked.

"Both of us would like prime rib." Serena replied.

"For the side dishes we have a selection of soups, salads, garlic mash potatoes, rice pilaf, and fresh mixed vegetables" She explained the side dishes. "What you would you like?" she looked at Serena.

"I'll have the vegetables and umm…" she said, and then asked, "What kind of soups do you guys have?"

"We have clam chowder and baked potato soup." The waitress answered.

"I guess I'll have the baked potato soup."

"For you, sir?" she asked as she moved her body towards Darien.

"Rice pilaf and the vegetables." He answered.

"Okay, you're order will be right up." She said walking away.

A mellow song was playing as they waited for their food. The song was "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls from the outdoor surround sound. As the song played they laughed at stupid things Serena did in the past and their past dates. But really, inside Serena was nervous. She kept on moving her leg non-stop.

And Id give up forever to touch you
cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll
Ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
cause sooner or later its over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
cause I don't think that they'd
Understand
When everything is made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you cant fight the tears that ain't
Coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies

When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me
cause I don't think that they'd
Understand
When everything is made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

Chandra came back with their appetizer. It contained shrimp cocktail, fried zucchini slices, crispy chicken tenders, cut potatoes with sour cream, melted mozzarella, with a garnish of green onion, and garlic bread. In the middle were the dipping sauces.

"Yum," Serena exclaimed. Darien chuckled and agreed.

Another soft, pleasing rock song played.

"I'll be" by Edwin Mccain

The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath
And emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth

And tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above

And I'll be your cryin' shoulder
I'll be love suicide
And I'll be better when I'm older
I'll be the greatest fan of your life

And rain falls angry on the tin roof
As we lie awake in my bed
And you're my survival, you're my living proof
My love is alive, and not dead

And tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above

And I'll be your cryin' shoulder
I'll be love suicide
And I'll be better when I'm older
I'll be the greatest fan of your life.

And I dropped out, I burned up, I fought my way back from the dead,
I tuned in, turned on, remembered the thing that you said.

And I'll be your cryin' shoulder
I'll be love's suicide
And I'll be better when I'm older
I'll be the greatest fan of your life
(repeat)

The greatest fan of your life.

Chandra came back and gave Serena's soup.

"Want to try some Darien?" Serena asked if he wanted to try the soup.

"Okay, sure." He replied. She took the spoon and fed him the soup. "Hmmm... that's good."

"Want to share?" she asked.He nodded. He moved his chair next to her to reach te soup. They fed each other.

It was quiet after that. Darien noticed Serena's twitching leg and wondered what's wrong with her. He put his hand on the shaking leg and massaged it. Symbolizing that everything will be fine.

-10 minutes later-

Serena needed to tell Darien, so she tried, "Darien, I need to tell you something…"

"Okay, go ahead." He replied putting a piece of his zucchini in his mouth.

"Darien, it's really for me to say it…" She started, "How would you feel if…" she was cut off.

"Hi, would you like me to take you're unwanted plates?" Chandra asked she said grabbing the empty plates.

"Yes, please." Darien answered. She took them. "Thank you." A few minutes later the food arrived. Chandra placed the correct meal in front of each person.

"I think this was everything?" Chandra asked.

"Yup," Serena said licking her lips.

"Would you like any horseradish or steak sauce?" she asked.

"Yes," Darien answered.

"Okay, I'll be right back." She said and walked back into the main building.

"Wow Darien, this is a lot of food." Serena said.

"Yeah," he agreed. "I thought it would be the perfect place to please your appetite, Meatball head." He teased.

"Ha-ha, very funny." She lightly kicked his leg from under the table.

"You know I love you." He laughed. The waitress came back gave them the side sauces. Darien and Serena played a small game of footsies during the meal.

-30 minutes later-

"Oh god, I'm officially full." Serena sighed and sat back.

"I thought that was impossible for my Meatball head." Darien teased. "I guess I was wrong."

"Ha-ha whatever jerk." She teased.

"So, what did you want to tell me? " Darien asked remembering earlier

"Oh yeah…" she said, "The question was, how would you feel if I was….p…" she said and once again she was cut off by the waitress.

"How was everything?" Chandra asked happily. The couple nodded with delight. "Are you two ready for dessert?"

"Sure." Darien answered. Chandra gave them a small menu of their desserts.

"Ooo… Darien the chocolate cake sounds good with the side of vanilla ice cream." Serena's mouth started to water as she licked her lips.

"So does the strawberry shortcake." Then Darien asked, "How many desserts do we get?"

"One." She answered.

"We'll go with the chocolate cake with hot fudge and vanilla ice cream." Darien ordered.

"Okay, I will be right back with your dessert." She came back with the wonderful delight. It was one enormous slice of hot chocolate cake with white chocolate shavings all over it. A gravy dish containing hot fudge chocolate sat beside the cake. Then two scoops melting vanilla bean ice cream. Darien and Serena looked at the dessert in awe as Chandra walked away. The couple shared the dessert quietly.

"Ahhh… I over ate…" Serena sighed. Darien just laughed.

-A Couple Minutes Later-

"Jeeze Serena, you keep on getting cut off when you're trying to tell me something." Darien said.

"I know." She said quietly.

"So ask away," he insisted.

"How would you feel if I…"She said being cut off again by the server. 'Ughh… that server keeps on cutting me off'

"How was everything?" Chandra asked.

"Great." The couple said in unison

"Can we have the bill please?" Darien asked. Chandra went inside the main restaurant and quickly came back with the receipt. It resulted about 45 dollars. Darien left a seven dollar tip on the table.

As they exited the restaurant, Darien asked looking down on his watch, "So what do you want to do now it's only 9:45."

"Let's go somewhere peaceful, so we can just talk and hang out."

"How about the boardwalk," Darien asked.

"Perfect," She said while Darien helped her get into the car. Darien pulled up at the beach parking lot. The beach was lit up with an orange-yellow tint from the boardwalk lights. They found a spot to sit. Serena sat with Darien he put her arms around her, and cuddled together looking at the sea's waves.

"So..." Darien said.

"Wow, I can't believe it."

"Can't believe what?" he questioned.

"Like all the things we've done together, all the battles, how we met everyone, everything we've been through, you know? It seems so surreal."

"Yeah," he sighed. "It's like we're in a dream."

"Just looking at the waves washing up ashore and rushes back into the ocean just reminds me how memories and days comes and go" Serena stared at the deep blue ocean which had a similar hue as Darien's. Darien looked down at his Meatball head, and kissed her on the cheek. Darien's lips trailed to Serena's. They broke away after their long kiss.

"Darien," Serena started, "Do you think Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion have another child?"

"I have no idea, why?" he answered, unsure.

"How can I say this but I'm…umm…" She got cut off by…

Author's Notes: Cliffhanger! Yup, well how did you like it? Oh by the way Chandra means Moon Goddess. Yeah, little hint there. I know it took me a week or more to update. I had work all last week, so I couldn't reach a computer until night time. But I was watching Sailor Moon on You Tube to re-inspire me. School just started again, so I don't think I'll be updating as often as I want to. I'll try to put up a chapter every week. So stay tuned to the next chapter, Chapter 4: Will the Truth Be Told?