Chapter 9:
A week passed and Darien and Serena had spent a lot of time together. Beryl had left him and went back to New York. Ray had gone back to New York as well, but separately than Beryl. Andrew had stayed because he wanted to meet Serena.
"So, when do I get to meet her?" Andrew asked for the tenth time that day.
Darien sighed. "For the last time, you'll meet her later today." Darien told Andrew as they walked through the mall.
"Sorry."
As they walked out of a department store Darien saw Serena and her sister Mina. Darien walked over to the two girls. Andrew only watched from where he was standing. "Good afternoon ladies." Darien greeted the girls.
"Good afternoon, Darien." The twins said together.
Darien smiled as he placed his hand on Serena's shoulder. She then turned around so her back was no longer to him. "Oh, I'm sorry." She apologized.
"It's alright." He told her. "Hey, I want you to meet a friend of mine."
Mina looked over to where Andrew was standing. "Is that your friend?" She asked not taking her eyes off him.
Darien turned around and looked at Andrew. "Yeah, that's him." He told Mina. "Hey Andrew, come over here!"
Andrew looked over at Darien before going over to where was. "Yeah?" He asked as he looked at the two girls.
"I want you to meet some people I know." He told his friend. "Andrew this is Serena and her twin sister Mina. Serena, Mina, this is my best friend Andrew."
"Nice to meet you." The twins said together.
Andrew smiled and nodded. "It's nice to meet you, young ladies." He said to the girls.
Andrew studied the twins for a while. They did look a lot alike. The both had the same hair color, same complexion, and same color eyes? Andrew looked from Mina's eyes to Serena's eyes. He knew something was wrong with Serena's eyes, but he didn't want to be rude and ask.
Darien looked from Andrew to Serena. He sighed. He knew he should've told Andrew that Serena was blind. "Andrew, I should've told you before, but Serena's blind."
"Really? So I wasn't wrong when I thought something was wrong with your eyes." Andrew said to Serena.
Serena smiled. "It's alright. I wouldn't have been offended." She told Andrew.
Mina looked at her sister then at Darien before turning her attention to Andrew. "Andrew, have you ever been to this mall before?" Mina asked.
Andrew looked at Mina and blinked before catching on. "Oh, no I haven't. Say does this place have a good bookstore?"
"Sure does, follow me."
Darien watched Mina and Andrew walked away before turning his attention to Serena. "Well, it looks like they left us alone for a while." Darien told Serena. "Do you want to get something to eat?"
Serena nodded before answering. "That'd be nice."
Darien took her by the hand and lead her to the food court. Darien looked at the restaurants before turning to Serena. "So, what do you want?" Darien asked her, not sure of what she wanted to eat.
"Pizza?"
"Okay." Darien said as he went over and got some pizza.
He walked back over to Serena and took her hand once more. He guided her over to a table. He set the tray down on the table before making sure Serena was seated. "I didn't know what kind of pizza you wanted so I got you cheese."
"It alright. Cheese is my favorite kind anyway." She told him as she began to eat it.
Darien smiled at her as he bit into his piece. Unknown to both of them was that they were being watched. Andrew and Mina watched them from upstairs. "So, why did we leave them alone?" Andrew asked as he watched them.
"Because, I know Darien has a thing for my sister and I want him to tell her." Mina told Andrew.
The two of them watched the pair, hoping to see something going on between them. They sat up there and watched them for what seemed like an hour. When nothing happened Andrew sighed. "How long are we going to watch them? It's been in an hour and they've just been sitting there."
Mina sighed. Andrew was right. They had been sitting there for an hour and nothing had happened. "Well, it's time for plan b." Mina said as she headed to the stairs.
Andrew looked at her funny. "What about plan a?"
"This was plan a." Mina told him as she went down the stairs. She had to think of something. She knew they liked each other, but neither one would tell the other.