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Bring it on
By Xiora Li
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The 'Serlina' and 'Damien' Soap Opera,brought to you by Mina Adkins!
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There he stood with a dozen red roses. His hair,not exactly what one would
call neatly combed back. Midnight blue eyes that could go on forever made him
seem mysterious in the dark. In blue jeans and a white t-shirt. You could bet
your money on it.
White t-shirt,movie theater...someone could accidently spill something and
stain his lovely shirt.
In case you haven't already guessed,Serena Terrin was still seeking revenge
on Mr. Shields for making that bet. And this so called date was nothing more
than a token of his gratitude in her saving his life.
So,to make things interesting. The games were still on. And each opponent was
going to do whatever it takes to bring down the other.
"It's seven fifty-four. Why are you so late?"She asked seriously,putting on a
stern face.
His eyes blew up to the size of cannons and he looked at his watch and began
piling out
excuses after another,"What? I swear I left at seven fifteen how the heck
could it be-"
He stopped short and glared at her,"Very funny Serena."
"I found it rather amusing."She said,walking to the the car.
"Well you would,your an evil psycho maniac."
"Yeah and your a perverted dumb fu-"
"Watch your mouth."
"Bite me."
"Gladly. But I do suggest we wait until after the date to go that far."
"You do and I swear that you will not be walking for the rest of your life."
"Ouch."He said,opening the passengers side to his red Ferrari and watching
her slide in.
"Okay, just a few ground rules. You are not to touch me. If you so much as
escort me in,grab my waist,hand,or anything......without permission,that is
strike one. If you so much as stare at another girl or even flirt,there is
another
strike. I will not eat anything green and onions are just not my thing. You
are not to order for me without my say so. If you see something that I might
like,you ask first......"
He stood staring up into the sky shaking his head as she rambled on.
Sighing,he slammed the door while she was still yaking,went around and got in
on his
side.
"And do not slam the freaking door in my face. I-"
"Are there any other guidelines I need to know? Seriously,how the heck is any
man supposed to buy you an engagement ring? Honestly,you don't eat
green....."He began,starting the car and slowly driving off,"You are such a
lunatic. I
do one thing and you go all balistic over me. This is supposed to be
fun,Serena."
She crossed her arms and looked out her window. He frowned and stared at the
road.
"Someone hurt you really bad didn't they?"He asked
"None of your concern. Drop it."
"My clothes?"
She whipped around and saw his smiling face and knew that he was joking.
Smiling back weakly,she stared out the window again.
"So,how have you been?"He asked,trying to start up a conversation.
"Good."
"I see."
"And yourself?"
"Grateful that I'm alive."He muttered,glaring at the road.
She smirked,"Da ditzy blonde saved the all mighty Darien Shields from a water
incident."
"Life-threatening water incident."
"Of course,we musn't forget that."She said.
He glared at her and she snorted trying rather hard not to laugh.
"Just how many bottles of shampoo did it take to get the seawater out?"He
smirked.
"I actually had to wash my hair twelve times. And it is still not back to
it's natural shine."She whined.
"Right....it just looks like a million bright lights."He assured.
"So,where are we going?"
"Well,you kinda ruled out every fast food restaurant by not eating green.
Because lettuce,pickles........"
"Whatever your in the mood for."
"Hmmm.....well,put it that way. A bacon,dill pickle,curly fry sandwich on
wheat bread with some onion rings out of a frito bag on the side."
"Sounds disgusting."
"Sounds good."He said.
"Let's go by the arcade and grab some burgers,fries,and some shakes?"
"Sounds good."He repeated.
"Alright."
Five minutes later they were seated in the arcade and looking at menus made
from what Serena believed to be construction paper. Andrew hadn't yet seen them
together,and when he did,you could bet that thing's were going to get
interesting.
"Nothing green,no onions.....do you even eat people food? Kind of narrows
your choices does it not?"He asked.
"Back off Darien."
He smirked and went back to reading the menu. While both of their faces were
covered,Andrew came over to take their orders. All in all he had no idea what
kind of surprise he was about to get.
"Hello my name is Andrew what can I.........holy shit!"He shrieked.
Serena and Darien had put down their menus and were looking at Andrew. A
waiter with several glasses had turned to see what Andrew had shrieked about
and
dropped the glasses with a sure,"Eeek!"
And they fell. One by one they shattered. But not a soul cared,they were all
too busy staring at the unbelievable sight placed before their eyes.
"Hey,I'm ready to place my order,how about you Darien?"Serena said cheerfully.
"Yeah I think I am."
Andrew was still recovering from shock,"My names Andrew."
"Yes Andrew,are you ready to take my order?"Serena asked.
"Andrew take order."Andrew said stupidly.
"Er,Andy?"Serena asked.
"Take order."He said.
An impatient Darien grabbed the order pad out of Andrews hands,wrote what he
wanted,handed it to Serena,she put what she wanted. Then she opened her
purse,tore off a piece of duct tape,put some on the sheet and strapped it to
Andrews
head.
"Go to the back,follow those orders,and bring them back. Got it?"She asked.
He nodded and stumbled into the back room. Everyone was still looking at them.
"What! Can I not be here with an acquaintance eating dinner? Is that so hard
to believe?"She asked them.
They all nodded.
"Okay,let me rephrase this. Turn around,shut up,don't look back here and go
on with your lives!"She yelled.
Everyone gulped and did as they were told,for fear the psychotic blonde would
go on a rampage and murder them all.
Darien Shields on the other hand was in tears from laughing to hard.
"Talk about PMS,dang! Psycho blonde."He snickered.
She glared and kicked him in the leg from under the table,causing him to cry
out in pain.
"Dangit Serena I play freaking football!"
"Yes and I am a freaking cheerleader. Mess with me and I'll be doing a high
kick where the sun don't shine."She warned.
Every male paled at the thought while the women snickered.
A few booths down concealed in a dark corner were none other than
Amy,Raye,Lita,Mina,Greg,Chad,and Ken. Whom had all heard the conversation and
were
thoroughly amused. Except when Serena's threat came,the men paled.
"What should we do about them?"Amy asked,sipping her icewater.
"What should we do?"Ken asked incredulously.
"Yes."
"We are going to stay out of it. Serena can and will kill us if we do
anything."Greg commented.
"No! I refuse to sit around and do nothing while they ruin their chances of
ever being truly happy!"Mina said,slamming her fist on the table and standing
up,"Those two are made for each other and I,Mina Adkins,the mistress of
love,will not let them down!"
Her friends were sweatdropping and everyone in the arcade was giving her a
weird look,including the couple of the millennium.
"Oh crap."Ken said.
"It's uh,her favorite soap opera....it just isn't going the way she want's it
to and, er,Serlina and,uh,Damien are not realizing that they truly love each
other and are denying it."Raye lied,grabbing Mina by the arm and yanking her
down.
Maybe that wasn't exactly the best excuse,but everyone bought it,including
Serena and Darien. And they all went back to their food.
"Nice going love goddess."Raye spat.
"Oh shut-up."
Back at our golden couple of the millennium,Serena and Darien were well aware
of their friends presence after the "love goddess' " little episode. Serena
was rather ticked that they had to spy on them,and Darien was just groaning
because Mina was an airhead.
The food arrived and Andrew scurried over to the spectators table and took a
seat beside the love goddess. Leaving the two to eye their food that the
blonde had prepared for them.
Darien was the first to take a bite into his hamburger. Serena did the same.
Both ate in silence and Darien looked around the arcade. It was all going fine.
Until Darien saw Andrew and choked.
Our dear blonde friend was lip syncing and dancing rather oddly behind the
counter to Madonnas,"Beautiful Stranger."
Serena caught this and smiled while Darien still choked.
"Well I think what he did was worth that."
"That was cruel."
"Only verifying the truth."
"Violent,aren't we?"He asked.
"Quite."Came her response.
Silence was cast over their booth for the rest of the meal. Darien kept
sneaking glances at Serena. Deep in her eyes he saw hurt and pain. She wasn't
always the carefree popular cheerleader girl everyone knew and loved. He
sighed,it
was going to take alot of work to get her to love him the way he loved her.
Wait.
Back this train up.
*Did I just say I loved her?*Darien thought.
~Yes you did.~A little voice in his head replied.
*Since when did I love her.*
~Since always. Let's see...three years old perhaps?~
*Did not!*
~You should know better then to lie to yourself,it never gets you anywhere.
You know that since you met her when you were three you felt like you knew her
before.~
*Yeah,I may have seen her walking around with her parents you moron.*
~Calling yourself names are you? Ditz. Sure you may have seen her walking
around,but the attraction was always deeper.~
*I was three!*He shouted mentally.
"Darien,are you okay?"Came Serenas voice.
"Huh?"He asked stupidly.
"I said,are you okay?"
"Yeah,why wouldn't I be?"
"You kinda spaced out. And you were making weird faces."
He sweatdropped.
~Nice going ditz.~
*Oh shutup.*
"Well I'm all finished,what about you?"She asked.
"Uh,yeah. Sure,lets go. Unless you want a free reading from the love goddess."
"I'll pass."She said,getting up.
Darien set down a twenty and went outside where Serena was already in the
car. It was already a little after eight and the sky showed signs of a
thunderstorm coming in. He walked over to the drivers side and got in. Starting
the
car,he sped off.
Silence was once more brought upon the two of them,that is until Darien
stopped the car. Serena stopped looking at the window and turned to him with
raised
eyebrows.
"Okay,I give. Can we call a truce? Start over? Make up? Argh,I'm so confused
I don't know what to do. I just,I want to not have this hate between us. I
mean,seriously,if looks could kill."Darien said.
Serena remained silent. Then she turned to him with confused eyes.
"I don't like being made a bet,Darien."
"Sere,I am truly sorry for the pain I have caused you. If I could take it
back,I know I would. And geeze,I even owe you my life."
She smiled a bit.
"It smiles."
She stared ahead,apparently in thought. After what seemed like eternity,but
really five minutes,she turned to him once more. Extending a hand,she smiled
again at him.
"Serena Terrin. The one girl who you will,and shall,fear."
"Darien Shields,one of the many men who will,and shall,fear you."
"Good."
He started driving again,feeling Serenas stare on him.
They arrived at her house not ten minutes later. Darien opened the door for
her and helped her out. He shut the door and leaned against it.
"So,there is a battle of the sexes baseball game tomorrow."
"Really?"
"Yeah,I'm looking for one more female player to beat."
He saw the excitement in her eyes.
"Well,better if your looking for someone to beat. Call up your grandmother.
I'll be happy to play,but you won't win."
"The game is on,Terrin."
"Bring it Shields."
Giving him a peck on the cheek,she went inside. Leaving a very stunned Darien
Shields.
"That woman never fails to confuse me."He muttered,turning and getting into
his car.
Starting it once more,he drove off into the night.
To be continued.
Bring it on
By Xiora Li
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The 'Serlina' and 'Damien' Soap Opera,brought to you by Mina Adkins!
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There he stood with a dozen red roses. His hair,not exactly what one would
call neatly combed back. Midnight blue eyes that could go on forever made him
seem mysterious in the dark. In blue jeans and a white t-shirt. You could bet
your money on it.
White t-shirt,movie theater...someone could accidently spill something and
stain his lovely shirt.
In case you haven't already guessed,Serena Terrin was still seeking revenge
on Mr. Shields for making that bet. And this so called date was nothing more
than a token of his gratitude in her saving his life.
So,to make things interesting. The games were still on. And each opponent was
going to do whatever it takes to bring down the other.
"It's seven fifty-four. Why are you so late?"She asked seriously,putting on a
stern face.
His eyes blew up to the size of cannons and he looked at his watch and began
piling out
excuses after another,"What? I swear I left at seven fifteen how the heck
could it be-"
He stopped short and glared at her,"Very funny Serena."
"I found it rather amusing."She said,walking to the the car.
"Well you would,your an evil psycho maniac."
"Yeah and your a perverted dumb fu-"
"Watch your mouth."
"Bite me."
"Gladly. But I do suggest we wait until after the date to go that far."
"You do and I swear that you will not be walking for the rest of your life."
"Ouch."He said,opening the passengers side to his red Ferrari and watching
her slide in.
"Okay, just a few ground rules. You are not to touch me. If you so much as
escort me in,grab my waist,hand,or anything......without permission,that is
strike one. If you so much as stare at another girl or even flirt,there is
another
strike. I will not eat anything green and onions are just not my thing. You
are not to order for me without my say so. If you see something that I might
like,you ask first......"
He stood staring up into the sky shaking his head as she rambled on.
Sighing,he slammed the door while she was still yaking,went around and got in
on his
side.
"And do not slam the freaking door in my face. I-"
"Are there any other guidelines I need to know? Seriously,how the heck is any
man supposed to buy you an engagement ring? Honestly,you don't eat
green....."He began,starting the car and slowly driving off,"You are such a
lunatic. I
do one thing and you go all balistic over me. This is supposed to be
fun,Serena."
She crossed her arms and looked out her window. He frowned and stared at the
road.
"Someone hurt you really bad didn't they?"He asked
"None of your concern. Drop it."
"My clothes?"
She whipped around and saw his smiling face and knew that he was joking.
Smiling back weakly,she stared out the window again.
"So,how have you been?"He asked,trying to start up a conversation.
"Good."
"I see."
"And yourself?"
"Grateful that I'm alive."He muttered,glaring at the road.
She smirked,"Da ditzy blonde saved the all mighty Darien Shields from a water
incident."
"Life-threatening water incident."
"Of course,we musn't forget that."She said.
He glared at her and she snorted trying rather hard not to laugh.
"Just how many bottles of shampoo did it take to get the seawater out?"He
smirked.
"I actually had to wash my hair twelve times. And it is still not back to
it's natural shine."She whined.
"Right....it just looks like a million bright lights."He assured.
"So,where are we going?"
"Well,you kinda ruled out every fast food restaurant by not eating green.
Because lettuce,pickles........"
"Whatever your in the mood for."
"Hmmm.....well,put it that way. A bacon,dill pickle,curly fry sandwich on
wheat bread with some onion rings out of a frito bag on the side."
"Sounds disgusting."
"Sounds good."He said.
"Let's go by the arcade and grab some burgers,fries,and some shakes?"
"Sounds good."He repeated.
"Alright."
Five minutes later they were seated in the arcade and looking at menus made
from what Serena believed to be construction paper. Andrew hadn't yet seen them
together,and when he did,you could bet that thing's were going to get
interesting.
"Nothing green,no onions.....do you even eat people food? Kind of narrows
your choices does it not?"He asked.
"Back off Darien."
He smirked and went back to reading the menu. While both of their faces were
covered,Andrew came over to take their orders. All in all he had no idea what
kind of surprise he was about to get.
"Hello my name is Andrew what can I.........holy shit!"He shrieked.
Serena and Darien had put down their menus and were looking at Andrew. A
waiter with several glasses had turned to see what Andrew had shrieked about
and
dropped the glasses with a sure,"Eeek!"
And they fell. One by one they shattered. But not a soul cared,they were all
too busy staring at the unbelievable sight placed before their eyes.
"Hey,I'm ready to place my order,how about you Darien?"Serena said cheerfully.
"Yeah I think I am."
Andrew was still recovering from shock,"My names Andrew."
"Yes Andrew,are you ready to take my order?"Serena asked.
"Andrew take order."Andrew said stupidly.
"Er,Andy?"Serena asked.
"Take order."He said.
An impatient Darien grabbed the order pad out of Andrews hands,wrote what he
wanted,handed it to Serena,she put what she wanted. Then she opened her
purse,tore off a piece of duct tape,put some on the sheet and strapped it to
Andrews
head.
"Go to the back,follow those orders,and bring them back. Got it?"She asked.
He nodded and stumbled into the back room. Everyone was still looking at them.
"What! Can I not be here with an acquaintance eating dinner? Is that so hard
to believe?"She asked them.
They all nodded.
"Okay,let me rephrase this. Turn around,shut up,don't look back here and go
on with your lives!"She yelled.
Everyone gulped and did as they were told,for fear the psychotic blonde would
go on a rampage and murder them all.
Darien Shields on the other hand was in tears from laughing to hard.
"Talk about PMS,dang! Psycho blonde."He snickered.
She glared and kicked him in the leg from under the table,causing him to cry
out in pain.
"Dangit Serena I play freaking football!"
"Yes and I am a freaking cheerleader. Mess with me and I'll be doing a high
kick where the sun don't shine."She warned.
Every male paled at the thought while the women snickered.
A few booths down concealed in a dark corner were none other than
Amy,Raye,Lita,Mina,Greg,Chad,and Ken. Whom had all heard the conversation and
were
thoroughly amused. Except when Serena's threat came,the men paled.
"What should we do about them?"Amy asked,sipping her icewater.
"What should we do?"Ken asked incredulously.
"Yes."
"We are going to stay out of it. Serena can and will kill us if we do
anything."Greg commented.
"No! I refuse to sit around and do nothing while they ruin their chances of
ever being truly happy!"Mina said,slamming her fist on the table and standing
up,"Those two are made for each other and I,Mina Adkins,the mistress of
love,will not let them down!"
Her friends were sweatdropping and everyone in the arcade was giving her a
weird look,including the couple of the millennium.
"Oh crap."Ken said.
"It's uh,her favorite soap opera....it just isn't going the way she want's it
to and, er,Serlina and,uh,Damien are not realizing that they truly love each
other and are denying it."Raye lied,grabbing Mina by the arm and yanking her
down.
Maybe that wasn't exactly the best excuse,but everyone bought it,including
Serena and Darien. And they all went back to their food.
"Nice going love goddess."Raye spat.
"Oh shut-up."
Back at our golden couple of the millennium,Serena and Darien were well aware
of their friends presence after the "love goddess' " little episode. Serena
was rather ticked that they had to spy on them,and Darien was just groaning
because Mina was an airhead.
The food arrived and Andrew scurried over to the spectators table and took a
seat beside the love goddess. Leaving the two to eye their food that the
blonde had prepared for them.
Darien was the first to take a bite into his hamburger. Serena did the same.
Both ate in silence and Darien looked around the arcade. It was all going fine.
Until Darien saw Andrew and choked.
Our dear blonde friend was lip syncing and dancing rather oddly behind the
counter to Madonnas,"Beautiful Stranger."
Serena caught this and smiled while Darien still choked.
"Well I think what he did was worth that."
"That was cruel."
"Only verifying the truth."
"Violent,aren't we?"He asked.
"Quite."Came her response.
Silence was cast over their booth for the rest of the meal. Darien kept
sneaking glances at Serena. Deep in her eyes he saw hurt and pain. She wasn't
always the carefree popular cheerleader girl everyone knew and loved. He
sighed,it
was going to take alot of work to get her to love him the way he loved her.
Wait.
Back this train up.
*Did I just say I loved her?*Darien thought.
~Yes you did.~A little voice in his head replied.
*Since when did I love her.*
~Since always. Let's see...three years old perhaps?~
*Did not!*
~You should know better then to lie to yourself,it never gets you anywhere.
You know that since you met her when you were three you felt like you knew her
before.~
*Yeah,I may have seen her walking around with her parents you moron.*
~Calling yourself names are you? Ditz. Sure you may have seen her walking
around,but the attraction was always deeper.~
*I was three!*He shouted mentally.
"Darien,are you okay?"Came Serenas voice.
"Huh?"He asked stupidly.
"I said,are you okay?"
"Yeah,why wouldn't I be?"
"You kinda spaced out. And you were making weird faces."
He sweatdropped.
~Nice going ditz.~
*Oh shutup.*
"Well I'm all finished,what about you?"She asked.
"Uh,yeah. Sure,lets go. Unless you want a free reading from the love goddess."
"I'll pass."She said,getting up.
Darien set down a twenty and went outside where Serena was already in the
car. It was already a little after eight and the sky showed signs of a
thunderstorm coming in. He walked over to the drivers side and got in. Starting
the
car,he sped off.
Silence was once more brought upon the two of them,that is until Darien
stopped the car. Serena stopped looking at the window and turned to him with
raised
eyebrows.
"Okay,I give. Can we call a truce? Start over? Make up? Argh,I'm so confused
I don't know what to do. I just,I want to not have this hate between us. I
mean,seriously,if looks could kill."Darien said.
Serena remained silent. Then she turned to him with confused eyes.
"I don't like being made a bet,Darien."
"Sere,I am truly sorry for the pain I have caused you. If I could take it
back,I know I would. And geeze,I even owe you my life."
She smiled a bit.
"It smiles."
She stared ahead,apparently in thought. After what seemed like eternity,but
really five minutes,she turned to him once more. Extending a hand,she smiled
again at him.
"Serena Terrin. The one girl who you will,and shall,fear."
"Darien Shields,one of the many men who will,and shall,fear you."
"Good."
He started driving again,feeling Serenas stare on him.
They arrived at her house not ten minutes later. Darien opened the door for
her and helped her out. He shut the door and leaned against it.
"So,there is a battle of the sexes baseball game tomorrow."
"Really?"
"Yeah,I'm looking for one more female player to beat."
He saw the excitement in her eyes.
"Well,better if your looking for someone to beat. Call up your grandmother.
I'll be happy to play,but you won't win."
"The game is on,Terrin."
"Bring it Shields."
Giving him a peck on the cheek,she went inside. Leaving a very stunned Darien
Shields.
"That woman never fails to confuse me."He muttered,turning and getting into
his car.
Starting it once more,he drove off into the night.
To be continued.