Chapter 7:
Serena sat on her couch. She had a sketchbook in her lap and a pencil in her hand. She always sketched something when she didn't want to paint. Of course, being blind, she had no idea what she drew. The door then opened and Jadeite came into the room. "Hey Sere," Jadeite said to his sister as he walked into the room. "Ready to go to the store?"
"Yeah, hold on."
Serena set her book down and stood up. Jadeite grabbed Serena's jacket from the closet and walked over to her. He handed the jacket to his sister. As Serena took the jacket from him, Jadeite spotted the sketchbook. "Hey," Jadeite started as he picked up the sketchbook. "This looks a lot like Darien."
"Really?" Serena asked her brother as she put her jacket on.
"Yeah, you didn't…" Jadeite was cut off by Serena's eyes. "I'm sorry, sometimes I forget your blind."
Serena was about to say something when the phone rang. "Hello?" She said as she answered it. "Hi Darien. Go out to lunch? Sure, when? Today? Okay, what time? Okay, I'll see you then."
Serena handed the phone back to her brother. "Hey Jadeite, what time is it?"
"Twelve-thirty, why?"
"Darien asked me wants to meet me for lunch at one. You have to pick out something for me to where."
"Sere, incase you don't understand how deep my voice is, but I'm a GUY!"
Serena said nothing as she pulled her brother with one hand and felt the wall with her hand. Once they were in her room she opened her closet door and pushed her brother in fort of the closet. "Pick something please."
Jadeite sighed. Why did he have to have sisters? Jadeite stood in front of her closet for ten minutes before he pulled out a blue skirt and a pink tank top. He then shoved them into Serena's arms and stormed out of the room. He could hear Serena's giggles as he closed the door behind him.
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Darien sighed as he stood outside of a restaurant. He couldn't believe that he had asked a client out to lunch. Well, he had asked clients out to lunch before but those were all businesslike lunches. He turned around and sighed. "Darien? Are you here?" He turned around and saw Serena.
Her back was to him, but that was because she didn't know weather or not he was there. He reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Whose there?" She asked as she turned around.
"Relax, it's just me."
"Darien?"
"Yeah, come on. Let's go inside and eat." Darien said as he took her by the hand and lead her inside.
He led her over to the table and seated her. After he was seated she looked up. "You know, just because I'm blind doesn't mean you have to seat me." She told him. She didn't like people doing things for her that she could do.
Darien started at her and blinked. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I was just trying to be a gentlemen."
Serena smiled slightly. "It's alright. I just hate people doing things for me that I can do. I didn't mean to be rude."
Darien smiled at her when the waitress cam by. "Can I gut you guys something to drink?"
"Water please." Serena told the waitress.
"Coffee."
After the waitress left Serena cleared her throat. "So, I guess you asked me to lunch to talk about business right?"
"No, I asked you to lunch so I could get to know you better."
Serena blushed slightly. This was the first guy she knew that wanted to get to know her better. All the guys that wanted to 'Get to know her better' had wanted to take advantage of her because she was blind and therefore she couldn't defend herself.
They talked about everything for a while, just getting to know each other better. An hour later they walked outside and Darien saw Jadeite waiting for her. "Your brothers here." He told her.
"Okay, bye Darien." She said as she heard Jadeite walk over to them.
"Serena, wait." Darien said as he stopped her from leaving.
Serena looked around wondering where his voice had come from. She then felt him press his lips against hers. Serena, who was now confused; only blinked. Jadeite glared as he walked over to Darien. He hen reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "This has my home phone number on it. Call me later tonight." Jadeite told Darien as he then left with Serena.
Darien placed the piece of paper into his pocket and walked to his rental car. Why did Serena's brother give him his number? He sighed as he started the car. Unless he wanted to talk about the kiss he just gave Serena. He knew he would if he saw someone kiss Raye in front of him.
When he reached the hotel he got out of the car and walked to the room. When he opened the door, he saw someone in the room waiting for him. "Hey Darien."