A/N: Sry it took me long to update..tehehe..i totally kind of forgot about this story but i finally updated it...tehe sry. I will finish it though someday so stick with me. And ch. 4 is when we get into the stuff i mentioned in the prologue i could speed it up if you want me to or my muse does aneways i hope you enjoy! PS Umm PRP will be updated this summer. I just found out what i want to happen next ch. thanks!

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CHAPTER TWO: THE STREET 9:00 AM: SERENA RUNS INTO A CUTE JERK

"I suppose some girls might find him good-looking. If they have eyes. Okay, he's a honey!" -- Buffy

Serena huffed as she ran, the heels making it harder on her poor physical physic. To say Serena was lazy would be an understatement; however lots of running and nervousness kept her body slim. One would guess it pays off to be late to very important dates. And today's date was of the utmost importance to Serena. Today was the day Serena would go from lowly secretary to a full-fledged worker of the highly acclaimed Kamen Rose advertisement team. It came as quite of a shock to Serena when Andrew told his secretary that he put in a good word for her with the boss, one Darien Shields; whom she was supposed to meet with half an hour ago. Things did not look bright but if this lateness meant that she would have to spend the rest of her life with Andrew, even if it was as his lowly secretary, she would be overjoyed.

'Plus weren't most steamy romances based on bosses and secretaries um joining together.' Serena chuckled and blushed at the illicit thought making her lose her concentration; which was bad for three reasons.

One, was that she ran headlong into a stranger's strong muscular chest, two, it made her fall on her butt hitting the hard ground probably leaving a beautiful big blue bruise, and finally three, her well priced satin heel came flying off her foot and hit said stranger in the head leaving him dazed for a few seconds.

The stranger shook his head breaking out of his shocked daze. He looked down at the ground and grabbed the offending heel that probably gave him a concussion.

Serena huffed as she jumped up in anger forgetting her bruised butt and missing shoe.

"Why don't you watch where you're going, asshole?" She said irritably placing her hands on her hips ready to teach this guy a lesson about manners.

And that's when she froze. He had the most beautiful eyes she'd ever seen. They were pure blue like the sky on a beautiful summer's day.

"Excuse me you were the one who put a perfectly good life in danger because of your stupid klutziness."

And all romantic notions Serena had disappeared as the dark haired male stranger spoke.

"Well at least I'm not some weirdo who walks around in a suit carrying a girl's shoe in their hand like some weird obsessed foot freak."

The dark haired man snorted at the small blonde irritated beyond belief.

"Listen meatball head I was minding my own business when this shoe along with some klutzy little girl came at me and knocked me unconscious." The man said shaking the heel to get his point across.

Serena hands clenched. "Meatball head?" She said in a low dangerous voice.

"Yes, I mean what do you expect to be called when you style your hair in such a childish way, what are you 14?" The stranger said this matter of factly, trying to hide his smirk. He didn't know what was wrong with him but teasing this blonde slip of a girl made him happy beyond belief.

"You jerk," Serena said the fire in her eyes burning, "I'll show you unconscious."

And with that Serena raised her little fist and hit him right in the kisser making him take a few steps back. She grabbed her shoe before he could come out of his daze and ran as if her life depended on it. For her life, in the metaphorical sense of the word, really did depend on her making it on time. She had no time to waste on infuriating beautiful blue eyed jerks.

Andrew paced the sidewalk in front of his workplace huffing away. Serena was supposed to be here hours ago. Even if the boss man was his friend, her tardiness would reflect badly on him, and once she became part of the team it would bring the company's reputation to ruin! Okay maybe Andrew was exaggerating just a little bit but still things like that could still happen in real life. It was now nearing nine and Darien sick of waiting, decided to leave Andrew for a while to go buy a newspaper and reacquaint himself with the town. Andrew knew it was Darien's polite way of saying this meeting was a waste of his time. Andrew couldn't blame him. For all the times Serena was late why did she have to pick today? Andrew really did like the girl. She was sweet, funny, and supportive. Serena was like the little sister he always wanted. Might as well have been his sister anyways since they looked somewhat alike thanks to their shared German heritages.

Serena wheezed as she rounded the corner, both of her shoes in her hands. Even though she tried to focus her mind wandered again except this time in anger. She snorted thinking over her confrontation with that man. 'What a jerk! Meatball head? 14? What was with all the irritating guys in her life saying she was younger in her years? Was she really that immature?' Serena's thoughts ran circles around her head limiting her sight and fueling her anger. She snorted one more time and picked up her speed; barreling right into Andrew like a raging bull. Luckily for Serena, Andrew was there to cushion her fall.

"Oh my god, Andrew! Are you okay? You're not hurt anywhere are you?" Serena proceeded to pat him down looking for broken bones, blood, or any other tell tale signs that she just killed the man of her dreams.

"Serena…" Andrew whispered making Serena's heart stop.

In that pause Serena's eyes widened and face blushed. He was going to propose his undying love for her and kiss her. She let her eyes close slowly and puckered her lips waiting for the inevitable romance to ensue.

"Serena…" Andrew whispered again.

"Yes Andrew…" Serena whispered breathily hoping she sounded sexy enough.

"Can you get off me I can't breathe?"

"WHAT?!" Serena screamed embarrassed beyond belief. She jumped off Andrew right away. 'Oh my god how embarrassing I'm such a fool.' She thought in dismay seeing all her dreams of a romantic wedding with Andrew go up in flames. After all that was a perfect time to admit one's undying love for one another if the love even existed in the first place. "Maybe Shinta was right…" she whispered in dismay tears springing in her eyes as she backed away slowly.

Andrew stood up brushing the dirt off the back of his suit and taking deep breaths finally able to breathe without the crushing weight of Serena on top of him.

"Serena do you know what time it is?" Andrew said in irritation not noticing Serena's agitated state. "Do you know long we've been waiting for you? Really show some responsibility please. No one's going to want to hire you if you are always late, pull yourself together Sere, I know you can do it. I believe in you."

Serena froze at the nickname and her heart was thawed by a little flame of hope. He called her by an endearing nickname! And he believes in her! "All is not lost!" Sang her heart and for that exact reason she could take the embarrassing moment and his scalding in stride.

"Andrew I'm sorry, I really am but this time it wasn't my fault!" Serena pleaded now fully recovered and hoping to keep favor with the man of her dreams.

Andrew's frown suddenly became deeper as he noticed a run in her stocking and that fact that she had no shoes on. He rushed to her side and placed a calming hand on Serena's shoulder. "What happened?" He said concern etched on his face.

Serena had to hold in her smile, 'See,' she thought, 'he does care so up yours Shinta! Muahahahaha!'

Taking Serena's silence to mean that whatever happened to her was truly traumatic, Andrew flipped, no one was allowed to hurt his "sister".

"Serena where is the little punk? Tell me who it is! I'll go down there right now and take him to the police station."

"What?" Serena asked breaking out of her reverie of shoving Shinta's face into blueberry pies and singing NANANA!

Andrew wrinkled his brow in confusion, "Weren't you attacked?"

"Huh? Attacked?" Serena asked still not getting it.

"You know…" Andrew said opening his eyes wide subconsciously hopping to convey his meaning without having to say it out loud. For someone born in the 20th CE Andrew was quite old fashioned about these sorts of things.

"No I don't know." Serena said shaking her head utterly confused.

Andrew sighed his patience running out. "What happened to you?" He said pointing at her appearance.

Serena looked down and noticed the large tear in her stockings and how her clothes were rumpled. She was confused for a moment until the image of a man with dark hair and blue eyes flashed in her mind.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, "I ran into a jerk!"

"What?" Andrew said feeling a headache coming on. He really did like Serena but sometimes her ditzy innocence was more than his laid back persona could handle.

"Listen to this Andrew you're not going to believe what happened," Serena said excited finally getting her chance to rant about the jerk and get her payback for him calling her meatball head, "I was walking down the street and all of a sudden this man barreled into me. I think he was an intern or something, I feel bad for his company you could tell he was as dumb as a stump…"

"Serena," Andrew interrupted, irritation and anxiety clear on his face.

Serena rolled her eyes and put up her hands in a placating way. "Hold on, I'm getting there. Anyways, the dumb stump tried to steal my shoe, but don't worry I got it back. He tried to defend himself but on top of being stupid he was a total wimp. And that's why I was so late. I mean he was wimp but he was also a big brute. Way taller than me it took a couple of well aimed punches but he fell hard. You could say I beat the stuffing out of him. " Serena finished with a shit eating grin happy about her little story. 'Take that mister cute asshole.' She thought, 'Aww, if only he was secretly behind me and heard every word I said. He deserves hearing this after calling me meatball head.'

And in the next moment Serena's wish came true as a deep familiar voice sounded out behind her.

"Andrew I can see why you recommended this girl for our team, she has a great imagination."

"Huh?" Serena said in part knowing dread and part confusion. Turning around her head ran smack dab into a suited chest. Unwillingly she raised her head only to be met with ice blue eyes that belonged to the face of the stranger, the same stranger she lovingly named the jerk.

He lowered his head to hers until their faces were only a hair's breath apart.

"Dumb as a stump and a total wimp huh?" The stranger asked with an amused smile on his face.

In total shock Serena fell back on her butt, ignoring the pain she managed to stutter out a "who are you?" Already knowing in the pit of her stomach who he was.

Andrew looked down at his secretary and up at the stranger. He was utterly confused to say the least but like all hard times he faced his chivalry always won over.

"Serena, I'd like you to meet Darien Shields the owner of Kamen Rose Advertisements and your new boss. Darien I'd like you to meet Serena Tsukino the girl I've told you about. But it seems you already know her?"

Darien smiled showing of his white pearly teeth like a shark. The whole time he never took his eyes off Serena. "Oh yes we've…met before." Darien said.

And all Serena could think at that moment was 'SHIT!'

TBC...

A/n: THE QUote is from BTVS if you hadnt already guessed:)! PS THANKS FOR YOUR REVEIWS! THEY MADE ME HAPPY!! FEED THE MUSE AND EGO MONSTER AND REVIEW MORE! MUAHAHAHAH! LUV YA!