Hello, Well I have my brilliant beta Sailor Saiyan007 back so this chapter should be much better then what was up before at least more readable.
This is probably my favourite chapter so far, loved writing it so I hope you all enjoy it
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"Happy birthday Serena!"
The living room was filled with presents and cards from family and friends. Darien had arrived early, as he always did on her birthday, and Luna kept glancing around the room, looking confused.
"Thank you." Serena blushed as she was showered with attention.
She had a stack of chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast then opened her presents. She had a new laptop, some games, a few books, some money from grandparents and various uncles and aunts and some jewellery from Darien. Her father's present was a floor length ball gown and two tickets to Princess Diamond's ball.
"This is all amazing, thank you," she smiled in glee as she picked up some comics her brother had gotten her and took them to her room where she began calling various family members to thank them for their gifts.
After a couple of hours on the phone Serena got changed into a tank top and shorts with a light cardigan and Darien proceeded to whisked her away for the day. Luna grumbled to herself as she headed over to the temple. She was upset that Serena hadn't told her it was her birthday and wondered if the girls had known.
"No, I didn't, but then again, we haven't known each other very long. Besides, she doesn't know my birthday is in April. Hey, at least this way I didn't have to get her a present," Raye answered smiling.
"Still, I had wanted to discuss something with her. I waited as Serena did the traditional family thing this morning but then Darien decided to take her away for the day."
"Wait, did you say Darien has taken her out? Where, Luna?" Raye asked.
"There are more important things to be focusing on," Luna replied, glowering slightly.
"Tell you what Luna, I will call a scout meeting for tomorrow after school. We can discuss your news then, all 4 of us, but for now: where has Darien taken Serena?" Raye asked quickly.
"Fine. I think Darien said something about the park," Luna said.
They're always together, Raye thought grumpily. How am I supposed to get Darien to see the truth when Serena is always there? The few times I've managed to get him on his own he never seemed to be there; he's lost in his own world.
Serena rested her head on their joined arms as they wandered through the rose garden at the park. They had just been on a boat ride and were now searching for the perfect spot for a picnic lunch.
"Look over there." Serena pointed to a tree that shaded a portion of grass perfectly.
"Perfect." Darien smiled as they set the picnic up. The tree was an old sycamore and the roses surrounded, it letting the sun shine just enough to give them warmth and light.
"So, are you having a good birthday so far?" Darien asked as they started on desert. Serena nodded eagerly as Darien fed her another chocolate covered strawberry.
After that they packed up and went to see a movie before heading back to Serena's house for a family dinner. Darien left to go home soon after.
"What a perfect day Luna. Thank you so much for not bringing up scout business today," Serena said, hugging the cat.
"That's okay," Luna replied, slightly embarrassed that she had wanted to.
Just then Jadeite appeared in the sky, challenging the scouts to a duel the next night and threatening the town with fire.
Serena looked at Luna. "No rest for the sailor scouts then," she said before lying down.
"Meeting at Raye's after school tomorrow. Good night Serena," Luna said as she lay down beside her charge. Serena didn't hear her as she was already discussing Jadeite's threat with Darien.
Knowing she couldn't have detention that day Serena got to school on time, unfortunately missing Darien that morning. Her school friends gave her cards and present for her birthday the day before and her teacher was in a very good mood that day. At lunch she sat with Amy who looked at her with sad eyes.
"Why didn't you say it was your birthday?" she asked Serena.
"Well I know yours and Raye's birthdays have already passed, so I didn't want you to feel pressured into celebrating mine this year when we haven't been able to celebrate yours," Serena answered.
Amy smiled; it was thoughtful of Serena to do that but still. "How did you know when my birthday was?" she asked, sure she had never told Serena.
Serena grimaced; she had just assumed that the girl's birthdays would be the same as they were in the silver millennium. Hers and Darien's had been the same. "Horoscopes," she said quickly. Ami gave her a slightly confused look so Serena explained. "I figured since Gemini was ruled by Mercury that your birthday would have been in May."
"And Mars, being Aries' ruling planet, would have been in April. That's quite clever Serena and right my birthday is in May, but you really shouldn't read those; magazines rarely print them accurately," Amy replied.
Serena sighed in relief; she had worried about her little slip up there. The rest of school went by fast and Serena and Amy sped to the temple afterwards.
"It's definitely a trap, but if we don't go, I have a feeling Jadeite would have no problem destroying the whole city to find us," Raye said, pacing back and forth in front of her bed.
"Well then, we don't have a choice," Serena said sadly.
"Alright Jadeite, we're here, now show yourself!" Sailor Moon shouted into the empty air field.
"Ha ha let's get this started. Goodbye sailor scouts," they heard Jadeite's voice boom from nowhere.
Planes came to life began chasing them, forcing them to run if they didn't want to be squashed. They couldn't attack the planes either, as they were liable to be forced to pay for the huge flying objects.
Tuxedo Mask, watching from a hidden location nearby, wanted to swoop in, get Sailor Moon out and take her far away from the danger; she would never forgive him if he did though. Looking around the airport, he saw Jadeite controlling the aeroplanes that were chasing the scouts. "Hope this works," he muttered to himself, throwing a rose at Jadeite's hands.
The rose struck it target with amazing accuracy. Jadeite turned to Tuxedo Mask, his face contorted with anger as he cradled his injured hands to his chest. Letting out a roar of anger, he charged at Tuxedo Mask and the two began to duke it out.
Sailor Moon watched with dread as Tuxedo Mask took on Jadeite solo. The girls had regrouped and were discussing what they were going to do, but she wasn't; she couldn't concentrate on their conversation. All of the air in her lungs left when she saw Jadeite and Tuxedo mask fall into the water that surrounded the airport. She sprinted over to the edge, the Mars and Mercury right behind her.
They waited a few extremely tense moments for them to reappear, the rapid bubbles appearing on the water's surface being the only sign the two were still alive. Then the bubbles stopped and Jadeite rose, cackling wickedly.
"No!" Sailor Moon screamed, diving into the water without a second thought about it.
Without going very far under, she saw him. A golden bubble had surrounded his unconscious form, his crystal healing him and allowing him to breathe underwater. The Golden Crystal, recognizing its mate in Sailor Moon, drew the bubble towards her and followed her out of the water, helping her lift his form to shore.
He coughed violently as the bubble popped, letting fresh air into his lungs. His mask had fallen off, but otherwise was okay. The crystal had finished healing his wounds and he was just resting. She could hear his thoughts, his worry for her in the battle; she looked up to see the Scouts trying to hold back Jadeite's planes and suddenly grew extremely livid.
"Jadeite, you sorry excuse for a clone! Come out where I can see you, you coward!" she shouted into the air. Luckily, the girls didn't hear her over the roar of the plane engines.
"So, you know of my origins. Keeping secrets, are we, Moon?" Jadeite laughed.
"You almost killed him, you bastard!" Sailor Moon screeched at him.
"Almost? What a shame. Don't worry, though; I will finish the job once I'm through with you and the other pathetic Sailor Scouts."
With that Sailor Moon pounced on him, punching and kicking, stopping the planes in the process. Mercury and Mars stood shocked as they stared at their leader unleashing all of her anger onto the general.
Sailor Moon bent down next to Jadeite's bloody face, resisting the urge to punch him again in order to wipe the infuriating smirk off of his face. "You don't have the power to defeat me on your own." His following choked laughter became a bloody cough.
Sailor Moon just smiled. Looking around, she made sure the scouts saw her remove her tiara. "Wanna bet?" she whispered to him. She powered up her tiara but whispered words that had Jadeite screaming in fear. "Cosmic Moon Power!"
The crystal inside her reacted immediately to the words. Power surged from it and headed for the tiara, which was speeding towards Jadeite's face. The tiara met its target and he turned to dust before the scouts realized what had happened.
Sailor Moon de-transformed and ran straight to where Darien lay, picking up his hand as he gave her a look of relief.
Mars and Mercury, seeing it was Darien, followed her lead and de-transformed.
"You knew, didn't you?" Amy asked Serena in an almost whisper.
"Of course I knew, we don't keep secrets. I'm sorry if that disappoints you, but I could never keep anything from him. He became Tuxedo Mask to protect me; he got hurt because of me," she cried, cradling his large hand in her petite ones.
Raye wasn't sure what was happening. She didn't want to believe the great fire had led her to Darien for any other reason than what she had thought, but when Sailor Moon had been fighting with Jadeite, it sparked something in her. Serena's aura had become so bright with anger, vengeance and love, it had slammed into her psyche, making her open her eyes. Now, Serena shone as brilliantly as Darien had. She could see that now. Still, a small part of her had wanted to save Jadeite. The thought of Jadeite being dead upset her a little, like a part of her had been turned off.
"It's not your fault." Darien coughed as he stood up, squeezing her hand. Serena just shook her head and buried herself in Darien's arms.
Raye finally snapped out of her thoughts, slightly upset and confused. She decided she didn't like the feeling, so instead, she got angry.
"Darien has known the entire time you have been Sailor Moon? Do you how much danger you put him in? What if he didn't have his own powers? What then? If the enemy ever found out who we were, who do you think they would target first? You really are an irresponsible idiot Serena! To make it worse, you abandoned us back there because you had to save him. We're supposed to be a team! If you had never told him in the first place, he wouldn't have been here to get hurt, you imbecile! Is there any point to you being here? It's obvious you don't know the meaning of the word team," Raye ranted angrily.
"Stop, just stop it, Raye! None of this is her fault. You really don't understand our relationship. Do you know what would have happened if I wasn't here? You would all be either dead or still running from the planes, but I was here to distract Jadeite. Serena is the one that defeated him; I didn't exactly see you running to help when the planes had stopped, so just stop," Darien said, glaring at the raven haired girl so angrily that Raye thought the Earth would swallow and burn her alive for daring to anger him.
Luna was torn. She agreed with Raye that Serena had been irresponsible in getting Darien involved, but she had also seen Tuxedo Mask stop Jadeite's planes. Unwilling to say anything in her uncertain state of mind, she kept her mouth shut.
Raye broke down and began crying as she fell to her knees. "I'm sorry Serena, I didn't mean it. I don't know what's come over me; I feel as though I've just lost something and I guess you're just the easiest one to blame."
Darien and Serena both looked over to where Jadeite had last been thoughtfully. "Thank you for sticking up for me Darien, and for the apology Raye, but you were right. I should have stayed out of it, that way you would never had to protect me and wouldn't have gotten hurt," Serena sobbed softly into Darien's chest.
"No, Raye isn't and neither was I. It means everything to me that you're able and willing to protect our planet," Darien said softly as he rubbed soothing circles into her back.
Serena pulled back slightly to smile up at him softly. She knew what he really meant with those words.
"I will protect this planet until my last breath, because it is a part of you and, planet or not, you are my world," she said softly as Darien picked her up.
"And I will protect you until my last breath because without you, there is no world," he replied.
Raye, Amy and Luna stood back quietly, not quite sure what to do as the couple were wrapped up in their own words of love.
"We will all meet tomorrow afternoon at Raye's temple," Luna said breaking the silent spell.
"Sounds good. I'm beat guys, I'm gonna head home." Serena smiled at them.
"I'll take you," Darien said as Luna jumped on his shoulder and they began to exit the airport.
"Come on Raye," Amy said, leaving in a different direction.
Serena and Amy walked out of school to find Darien waiting for them.
"You didn't have to come here, the temple is closer to your school," Amy said, confused at his presence.
"I wanted to. Any excuse to spend time with my girlfriend, I take. Plus, Raye gets a little strange when she gets me alone." Darien grinned.
He was in a very good mood that day. Last night's energy boost from his crystal and Jadeite's stone becoming a shiny, brilliant red had him almost giddy.
Serena gigged at him. He was twirling and dancing her down the road, Amy following a few steps behind them. She noticed Serena almost trip a few times, but Darien lifted her just before she fell. Her laughter joined Serena's; it was all rather amusing to watch.
Amy shook her head as Darien all but ran up the steps with Serena in his arms. It was nice to see him act silly as he just seemed so serious all the time. She could now see what Serena brought out of him; it was the same for her.
Raye was watching the couple with slight contempt when Amy reached the top. Luna sat, waiting for the two to stoop their silly antics, as Darien continued spinning Serena and himself around, occasionally lifting her off the ground.
"I thought having Darien here would make Serena pay more attention and maybe make a bit more of an effort. Now she's gone and made poor Darien crazy," Raye muttered crossly.
She still held on to the slight hope Darien and Serena weren't meant to be. The fact she had seen Serena's aura matching Darien's in brightness only fortified the thought that if she had him she would shine just as bright.
"Sorry guys, he's had a bit too much caffeine today I think, but its good practice for next week I suppose." Serena laughed as they finally reached the girls again.
"What's going on next week?" Amy asked as they all sat down and Raye poured tea.
"Serena and I are going to Princess Diamond's ball. She is said to be revealing the family heirloom, the Imperial Crystal for the first time," Darien answered with a bright grin.
Luna perked up at this. She jumped onto the table in the middle of the room, effectively gaining their attention. "The royal family of the Moon held such a crystal and it was very powerful. I had thought it had been split into seven parts which were inside humans. We should check out this Princess Diamond's crystal to be sure. If it's not our crystal, we can begin our search for the rainbow crystals," she said matter of factly.
"As Darien and I are going anyway I don't suppose that would be a problem, but how will we know?" Serena asked.
Luna back-flipped producing the moon wand in front of Serena.
"This is the Moon Wand it will react when the crystal is nearby, or when a rainbow crystal carrier is close," Luna explained, her mouth dropped when the wand light up.
Serena concentrated hard on her crystal. She hadn't expected Luna to have the Moon Wand and it was reacting to the Silver Crystal inside her. Finally, she felt Darien create a barrier around her crystal with his own causing the wand to stop flashing.
Luna chuckled. "Well seems to like you, Serena, as it didn't continue flashing I think it was just happy to be used after 1,000 years," she quipped.
"I'm getting some strange readings. Is it possible a crystal carrier could be here?" Amy asked, having pulled her minicomputer out when the wand started flashing.
Luna shook her head. "The rainbow crystals shield a terrible shadow monster inside the carrier. None of you would be able to extract the crystal without the shadow being unleashed. There can, however, be a carrier within the temple grounds, but as the wand stopped they are probably long gone," she explained. "Still, you had better check that crystal out. If the enemy knows about it, you can guarantee they will be there," Luna said dramatically.
Serena slumped. "Of course they will! What do you think Darien, a romantic night of music and dancing with a bit of kicking butt on the side?" Serena asked sarcastically.
"Oh darling, it sounds like a magical night," Darien laughed causing Serena to smile.
"Right, well, you girls should try to be there too," Luna said to Amy and Raye.
"You can come with me, Raye. My mother has tickets but she will probably be working instead and she said I could go in her place," Amy supplied.
"Okay, now that that's all sorted, Amy have you heard we have a new girl starting next week?" Serena asked.
"Yes, I believe Melvin mentioned something about her being a gang thug?" Amy questioned with a frown.
"Melvin says a lot of things, just ignore him. He seems to take any bit of information as fact. Anyway, I can't wait to meet her," Serena said excitedly.
Darien smiled at her excitement before making their excuses to spend some time together before getting Serena home.
The week went by with only a few battles. The new general hadn't revealed himself yet and the monsters only referred to him as master. Raye and Amy started growing frustrated with Serena during battles and outside of them. Soon, it was the day of the ball.
That morning Serena was up early, much to Luna's surprise.
"Your alarm hasn't gone off yet, why are you up?" the cat asked.
"I wanted to get a head start. I can't be late today or I will get a detention and won't have any time to get ready for the ball tonight. Plus, I want to meet the new girl."
Serena headed to the bathroom with her uniform while answering Luna.
The cat just rolled her eyes. "Because Selene forbid you would actually be making an effort to improve your school work, not just be worried about having time to get ready," she muttered to the empty room.
"I heard that," Serena singsonged from the bathroom.
She left the house far earlier then she needed to and headed straight for school. Looking in, she could see Miss H at her desk and sighed in relief before knocking on the door.
Miss H looked up with a sigh and Serena watched as a shocked look came over her face before she opened the door roughly.
"Serena, you're an hour and a half early for school, are you okay? Sleepwalking?" she asked with genuine worry.
"I'm fine miss, sorry to disturb you, but I wanted to ask you something," Serena said with a small smile.
Miss H just nodded and let her in waiting for her to continue.
"I was wondering if I could get some extra credit work, maybe enough to graduate next year." Serena asked, looking hopefully at the teacher.
"I don't know Serena, judging from your test scores in class, you seem to be far behind," she answered as gently as she could.
"I'm sorry I made you feel that way, but if you check I'm sure I'm not behind, I tend to fail class tests because well I have my reasons but the national grade tests should show differently, I just make sure the results are not posted for everyone to see," Serena looked down as she answered.
Miss H went to her computer pulling up Serena's files.
"Serena you have the highest test scores in the class, how is this possible? Is that why you never pay attention, you're just not being challenged? Oh I'm a terrible teacher, I should have noticed this," she said sadly.
"No! You're a fantastic teacher, I do pay attention in class, and I just didn't want the attention that came from being smart. I asked the office when I started here never to post my test scores and do extra credit each year to make up for class work," Serena smiled.
"Well then, let's have a look."
The two then started going through Serena's credits and what she would need to do to graduate.
"Why now though?" Miss H asked suddenly. "I've heard horror stories from some of your old teachers so they never knew about this, why me?"
Serena smiled. "I trust you. As to why now, my dad told Darien he had to wait till I graduate to propose," she giggled.
"Thank you, well it's not much you have to do, so I will give you the work in stages, in detention when you get one as I'm assuming you want to keep this a secret?" she replied.
Serena nodded with a smile before sitting in her seat and waiting for her classmates.
"Oh no, I forgot my lunch," she whined brokenly. Miss H smiled shaking her head, thankful that Serena had not changed that much.
By the time lunch came around Serena was starving, she had skipped breakfast to get to school early and talk to her teacher.
She was sitting alone forlornly, not wanting to be where everyone else was eating when she noticed a girl sitting near her alone and, more importantly, with a big lunch. Looking her over she grinned in recognition before sliding up to her.
"You must be the new girl, boy that lunch sure looks yummy," Serena said salivating.
"Uh, thank you, but aren't you afraid of me?" she asked looking the blonde over.
"No, why? Should I be?" Serena asked, tilting her head with a smile.
"Hey, do you want some? I made loads. My name's Lita by the way," Lita said.
"Thanks, I am so hungry!" Serena said, picking up a rice ball and munching into it happily. Swallowing, she said, "I'm Serena nice, to meet you Lita! Wait did you say you made this? It's fantastic!" The words tumbled out of her mouth in a rush, as the girl was becoming absolutely giddy.
Lita looked confused for a second before sorting out the words in her head. "Yes, I love cooking. It's nice to see someone appreciate it, and it's nice to meet you too, Serena," she smiled happily.
"Well you're very good at it! Listen, I have to go to a ball this evening, but I was planning on stopping by the arcade to see my boyfriend after school, do you want to come?" Serena asked.
"Sure, sounds great," Lita replied.
It was just Serena and Lita meeting up later that afternoon, as Amy had to rush off to her computer class so she would have time to get ready for the ball.
"It's always crowded at this time, but there are some great games! Oh shoot, looks like Andrew's not working today," Serena said as they entered the arcade.
"Who's Andrew, your boyfriend?" Lita asked suggestively.
Serena laughed at the thought. "Oh no, Andrew is my boyfriend's best friend and like a big brother to me. The fact that he's not working means that Darien won't be here unless-" Serena was interrupted by a pair of arms wrapping round her waist.
"Unless I happen to look in and see my girlfriend and think I'd like to see her," Darien finished for her.
Serena smiled kissing him quickly. "Yes, unless what he said. Lita this is my boyfriend Darien, Darien this is possibly the best cook I have ever met and my new friend Lita," Serena giggled as she introduced the two.
Lita blushed while taking Darien's hand to shake; he was very handsome and older too. When Serena had talked about him she had imagined a boy like the one who was following Serena and herself earlier that day.
"Aren't you supposed to be getting ready?" Darien asked Serena with a grin.
Serena looked at the time then smiled. "I think we just have enough time for my wonderful guy to buy us a milkshake," she looked up at him eyes sparkling.
Darien rolled his eyes but smiled. "Strawberry okay for you, Lita?" he asked snapping the girl from her thoughts.
"Oh, um, whatever Serena is having, thank you," she said softly before heading to a booth with Serena as Darien went to order.
"Let me guess, you weren't expecting my boyfriend to be older," Serena started slowly.
Lita blushed again, "No, well I guess kind of, does he have any single friends?" Lita finally laughed.
Serena joined in as Darien brought their order over; he sat next to Serena wrapping one arm round her waist while picking up his coffee with the other. Serena immediately settled into him as if that was where she belonged and Lita had to smile.
"So, how long have you two been together?" she asked the most obvious question.
"Officially about 5 years, but we met when she was 4 and haven't really been apart since," Darien answered as Serena drank her milkshake.
"So you got together when Serena was 9 or 10? Isn't that a bit young? Did you ask her out?" she asked a little confused.
Serena laughed and answered. "I had just turned ten, in fact our anniversary is coming up soon. He didn't ask me out, he asked me to marry him, and I just fell in love with my best friend. I don't think you can be too young or old to love someone," Serena answered.
Lita smiled at the couple she had to agree, she had never thought age mattered. Her ex-boyfriend had been different though, telling her she was too young to know what love was. She sighed in memory.
"Did you say you were going to a ball tonight?" she asked changing the subject.
"Yeah, Princess Diamond's ball, my dad got us tickets," Serena answered with a smile.
"I think I have tickets to that too, so we had better get going. See you there?" Lita asked.
Serena grinned and nodded before they all got up to leave.
Darien had his arm draped across Serena's shoulders as he walked her home. "Jupiter already?" he asked, a little shocked at how fast the scouts seemed to be appearing.
"I know, seems strange, doesn't it? I assumed our search for them would take a while, I guess they're being drawn here somehow. Still, they're all so different. Raye acts like I'm the most annoying thing on the planet, I know Amy is getting frustrated with my lack of studying and concentration and now Lita, she was always the most protective on the Moon. Luna has been very critical over my fighting in the last couple of battles, disregarding Jadeite, and she thinks you or the other girls have to rescue me too much." Serena sighed.
Darien nodded as they arrived at her house. "This is just how it has to be for now. It's not easy, I know, but we can't trust them, at least not now. Thinking about it, they are not the same at all; they would have never judged you quite so easily on the moon. It just seems strange to me," Darien answered.
"I know you're right; Raye, Amy, and even Luna have all been getting very frustrated with me, bordering on downright mean sometimes. I know to them I just seem like a lazy and clumsy idiot, its how I act," Serena whispered, upset.
"I think if you didn't, love, they would still find something to complain about. They need to learn to look past what's on the surface. Their judgments are all taken as fact and they haven't bothered to really get to know you. I'm just hoping they will learn before it's too late," Darien replied hugging her close.
"So am I," Serena sighed before kissing him and leaving to get ready.
Darien sighed before turning and heading home. All he had to do to get ready was transform, one of the few perks of wearing formal wear to fight in. As he knew he would be wearing a mask, he stopped at a costume shop and bought Serena one as well. It was similar to his, but hers were slightly more rounded and held a small crescent moon in the corner. He smiled at how perfect it was before leaving the store where he promptly got bumped into.
"Darien, what are you doing here?" Raye asked.
She had been planning on buying a mask for the ball that night, but she was happy she ran into Darien, as it was hard to get him alone.
"Just getting this for Serena, since she's been upset lately. I'm hoping tonight will take her mind off things." Darien frowned showing her the mask.
Raye huffed angrily. "That's all she ever does! She needs to learn that life has responsibilities and start taking hers seriously or she's going to get us all killed, even you," she said with conviction.
Darien was shocked. He could now see what Serena meant about the girls judgments; he had not seen it first-hand till now.
"Don't you think that's a little harsh Raye? You obviously don't know Serena very well if that's how you think of her," he said almost angrily.
"No, I just think you look at her through rose tinted glasses. You don't see how stupid or clumsy or just plain lazy she is because you don't want to. She's like a child with the hairstyle, intelligence and personally of one. I'm getting sick of babysitting," Raye ranted.
"I know Serena better than anyone. You're wrong Raye, so I will warn you now. I will protect Serena from anything, even you, even if that means Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask disappear. You have a lot to learn and to atone for. Leave taking care of Serena to me, I'm happy to do that."
Darien walked off, leaving Raye fuming as she entered the shop. After selecting her mask and purchasing it, she met Amy back at the temple. Since she was going as Amy's guest, it made sense for the two to get ready and arrive together.
"What took you so long?" Amy asked, hanging her dress up.
"I ran into Darien," Raye answered, getting her dress ready.
"Really? Did you have a chance to talk to him about helping Serena?" Amy asked.
"I tried! He had a go at me and said that I didn't know her if I was going to be so judgmental, then he said he would take her away from us if he had to! I swear Serena has him so wrapped round her little finger he just can't see the truth. He would dump her sorry ass in a second if he knew the real Serena," Raye said angrily.
Amy frowned and sighed. "I don't understand. I thought Darien of all people would want to see Serena improve, surly he gets embarrassed by her behaviour. I guess its plan B then."
"What if we try to keep them separated? Maybe if Serena is not spending so much time with Darien she will focus. We should talk to Luna about it later," Raye said with passion.
Leaving me more time with Darien, Raye thought, but didn't dare say aloud.
Well this is the longest chapter yet hope you all enjoyed it, bit of action lots of Serena and Darien we now have Lita in the frame and a ball to get through and the current scouts are plotting against our couple …...
Next chapter, we have a party some jealousy (again) and Sailor Jupiter appears