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(Chapter 3)
(Later that Afternoon)
Darien sat with his legs crossed, admiring the roses. After fleeing the Arcade, he had gone home. But after an hour of sitting on his couch alone, he gave up and headed to the park. Now only the flowers and breeze were witness to his confusion.
What Serena said had hurt. A lot. For some reason hearing those words from her made the pain so much more real.
'Why do I feel like I've been stabbed in the gut? Whenever anyone else said that it didn't hurt so much. So why does it hurt more coming from Serena?' he thought to himself. Another voice in his head, which sounded suspiciously like Andrew, wasted no time in responding.
'Because you love her' Darien scoffed at the thought.
' Impossible. It's probably because it's so close to Christmas' he reassured himself. And yet the voice wouldn't give up without a fight.'You love her' it said.
'Do not' he thought adamantly.
'Do too' it countered.
'Do not''Do too.' Finally Darien gave up.
'And what makes you so sure?' he thought. The voices next words made the truth hit him like a ton of bricks.
'Because, my dear friend, I am you!'
"Oh god. I do love her," Darien groaned as he buried his head into his hands.
Across town Serena sat in her second storey bedroom, contemplating her next move. Luna strolled in to find her charge in deep concentration.
"What is it Serena?" she asked, her voice laced with concern.
"Huh? Oh it's nothing" Serena replied.
'Oh what the hell' she thought.
"Hey Luna. What would you do if you said something that really, really hurt someone's feelings and you wanted to make up for it?" Serena managed to say in basically one breath. Luna felt her head spinning from trying to figure out Serena's hurried question.
"Uh well I guess I would say sorry and maybe give them a present as well."
"Urgh" Serena groaned as she flopped back onto her bed, "I knew you would say that Luna!" She turned to look at the suspicious feline. "I can't think of what to give them."
Luna jumped up to join Serena on the bed. "Well why don't you give them something they've never had before?" Serena sprung up so fast that it knocked Luna off the bed.
"That's it!" she exclaimed. Suddenly a faint but persistent beeping could be heard from Serena's pocket.
"Oh well, looks like it's going to have to wait until tomorrow" she said as she pulled out her communicator.