-1TOD. Chappy 9,
FIIZZZZZ.
The eggs sizzled as she dropped them into the frying pan.
She hummed and bopped to the music that played on the radio as she danced around the kitchen making breakfast.
She twirled and lip sang as she caught the toast as it popped out of the toaster.
Darien came out of his room and saw the little show.
He stifled his laugh as he secretly watched her.
After the song ended he began to clap.
"Bravo! Bravo!" He shouted mockingly at her.
She spun around and smirked at him.
"Hmph." She said, striking an attitude pose. "Your just jealous because I have the moves." She joked doing a disco dance motion.
He smiled widely.
"Don't be so smug," she added. "And go put some close on, have some modesty"
Darien looked down at his bare chest.
He looked back up at her.
"Speak for yourself." He retorted back.
"Hmph" She huffed, crossing her arms like a child would, teasing him.
He smiled at her antics
She saw his smile, giggled and went back to cooking.
Darien took a seat at his table and watched her from the living room.
She really did seem like a bright ray of sunshine.
A shining spot of hope in his dim life.
Maybe he could spend his life with this girl.
They were after all already best friends.
And he had to admit.
She was very beautiful.
And she did have a very nice figure.
He watched her entranced.
Her hair was a little bit past her shoulders. It was wavy and slightly frizzy from having just woken up.
Her skin was light and smooth.
The burgundy silk nightgown she wore had very thin straps, was about mid thigh length and cut in a semi low V-shape neckline.
Her eyes were dark but shone a certain joy behind them.
She was almost memorizing.
Darien looked away, afraid that if he starred much longer he couldn't stop.
He was rather shocked he could feel these things at all.
He only decided to let Serena go a few days ago and yet, here he was so soon having feelings for someone else.
'I suppose its for the best.' He decided. Nodding to himself.
…
Soon after breakfast Darien left for work, a smile plastered on his face.
His drive to work was pleasant and relaxing, not lonely or anxious likeit usually was.
When he arrived at work, his colleagues commented on his good mood.
It'd been a long time since he'd come in a good mood like that.
They rather enjoyed seeing ever-grumpy Darien Smile.
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Andrew smiled as he setthe milkshake down in front of his young blonde friend.
"Thanks Andrew" Serena said smiling at him.
He nodded and walked back to the counter.
Serena sat at the arcade with Amy, Lita, and mina.
Serena looked up and spotted ray rushing toward them
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late."
She said plopping down next to mina.
"OOOH did you guys here?" Raye chimed excitedly.
"Hear what?" Lita asked interested in the latest gossip.
"Did you hear Darien has a girlfriend?" Raye finished.
"She's not his girlfriend." Serena chimed in, snatching the shake with her hands and sucking on the straw relentlessly. Her face scrunched. She looked irritated.
"Well, She's always with him, and hanging on me, they have to be dating." Raye said.
"The blonde?" mina asked.
"Yeah her." Raye answered.
Serena sank down in the booth.
"Oh yeah, I have seen her, she's gorgeous!" mina continued.
"She's fat." Serena spat taking a break from her milkshake.
"Serena, no she's not." Raye corrected her friend.
"Yes Serena," Amy added. "She's quite beautiful."
"She's fat." Serena spat again . Sucking her milkshake some more.
"Serena, I don't know what your problem is stop it" Raye sternly reprimanded.
Serena just blew bubbles in her milkshake., and after her friend turned her head, Serena stuck her tongue out at her.
"Hey look!" Mina said, collecting the girls attention. "Here they come now."
Serena sank further down in the booth.
Still blowing bubbles in her drink.
Maybe they wouldn't notice her.
They walked in her hanging on his arm.
They seemed enveloped in their conversation, they walked by without saying anything and then Darien turned around.
"Hey girls." He greeted smiling at the group.
"Hey Darien" The girls all chimed-except Serena.
Darien turned his attention to the girl with the milkshake.
"Hey meatball head." He smiled at her.
She wanted to die.
Suddenly Kikyo, giggled and slapped Darien's chest.
"Darien stop, don't tease the poor girl." She said reprimanding him.
Serena sat quietly.
Inwardly cursing the girl for trying to 'protect' her.
"Sorry." He laughed back to her.
She smiled up at him.
The girls sighed at their loving manner.
"Oh hey, I almost forgot why I came over here." Darien said, looking at the girls.
" Me Kikyo, Andrew, and Rita, were planning on going to the beach later today, and he thought it might be a good idea if we asked You all to come with us. We've been friends for a while, So I think I'd be fun to just hang out, And you could bring your boyfriends or whatever." Darien asked smiling widely.
"We'd love to!" The girls chimed, excited at the prospect of going to the beach.
"I can't." Serena added emotionless.. Standing up. She slapped her money on the table and squeezed her way past Lita to get out of the booth.
"I have to study." She said, after getting out of the booth.
"Bye guys." She said drolly, walking out of the arcade.
Her milkshake not even half finished.
Darien watched her leave.
"Study?" Darien questioned after she left the arcade. "Hey, do you guys know what's up with Serena." Darien asked looking back at the girls.
The girls shrugged. "She's just been acting weird all day." Raye said.
Mina looked out the glass doors of the arcade and saw her friends small form in the distance, slowly walking home.
She thought she had a pretty good idea why her friend was acting so odd.
"I'm sure its nothing." Mina said smiling at Darien, reassuring her friends. "Hey but look, I'm gonna go catch up with Serena, I forgot to give her a c.d she wanted to borrow." Mina smiled, slapped her money on the table, and ran to catch up with Serena.
"Bye guys!" She called out behind her.
"Bye!" they chimed in unison.
Serena was now out of view, so Mina continued to run until she spotted her friend.
She ran a ways and soon caught up to the blonde.
"Serena!" she called, before catching the blonde, by grabbing her shoulder to spin her around.
"Mina?" She said, weakly. "Why aren't you back there with the girls?" Serena asked, trying to smile.
Mina looked at her friend.
The girl just couldn't keep back her feelings.
Mina could tell, she had tried her best to hide her red watery eyes and sad demeanor.
But with her it just didn't work.
Mina saw straight through her.
"Serena. You liked him didn't you?"
Serena's eyes began to water.
"Oh mina!" She exclaimed shooting forward into her friends arms.
Tears pouring down her face.
Mina smiled, wrapping her arms around her friend.
"SSShhhh, Its okay sweetie." Mina whispered, as Serena cried into her shoulder.
"Everything's gonna be fine." Mina soothed. "Lets go to my house k?" She asked Serena.
Serena nodded trying to wipe the tears from her eyes.
Mina wrapped her arm around the girl's shoulder as they walked towards her apartment.
…
"So," Mina said. Setting a cup of hot cocoa on the coffee table in front of Serena.
"How long exactly have you been like this Serena."
Serena was sitting on the floor, between the table and the couch.
She leaned against the couch , her legs pulled up to her chest.
Mina sat down by the corner of the table.
"Thank you." Serena quietly commented, as she grabbed the hot cocoa, still not moving from her scrunched position.
She sipped it.
"Serena?" Mina asked, her question still not being answered.
"A lil over a week."
Serena finally said.
She sat emotionless, just starring at the hot cocoa in her mug.
"I see." Mina said contemplating.
"Ya know," Serena started. Her voice cracking slightly. "We actually might have had a chance before- before that girl came into the picture."
Her eyes started to water again. But this time she was able to fight back the tears.
"Kikyo, you mean?" Mina asked softly.
Serena nodded.
"This is quite a bind Serena." Mina breathed out, leaning back on her hands and looking up at the ceiling.
Serena didn't respond.
Mina sat quietly for a minute. As if in deep thought.
"This is heavy, I mean who would-a thought… you liking Darien. I mean. you guys were enemies for like -forever" Mina sat more upright and looked at her tea cup that sat on the table. "And to think, all this time you had liked him. Its pretty surreal." Mina finished, before picking up her cup and taking sips of her hot tea.
Serena nodded.
Mina quickly set her teacup back on the table.
She folded her hands in her lap and closed her eyes.
"I'm sorry Serena." She said.
Serena looked at her.
"I'm not being any help at all. I'm just really taken aback by it all I guess. But-" Mina's eyes snapped open to look at Serena. "That doesn't matter. I can get over my shock later. Right now we need to concentrate on getting the old Serena back." Mina's eyes shone with determination.
Serena looked Blankley at her cup.
It was silent.
Until Serena quietly spoke up.
"I don't know if that's possible."
Her eyes teared up once again.
Mina reached over and embraced her friend.
Holding her as her heart poured out threw her eyes.
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Chapter 9! finally. YESSSSS. actually i erased the second half of this chap cuz it was silly andkinda cheesy. I justdidn't likeit and didn't want it to be apart of my story. So yeah. anyway...i'll try to work on some more of my stories too. L8r.
-Sugar.