Chapter Two

That'll Be The Day

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"I guess he has good friends moving in with him soon." Mina informed her friends.

"Really, that's cool." Raye said

"He sounds like us." Serena chuckled.

"That's true, we're friends, and will always be friends, no matter what comes our way!" Amy announced.

"YAH!" they all shouted at once, making everyone in the cafe look at them.

"You guys mind keeping it down over here," Darien joked as he came to pick up the empty plates.

"I guess," Serena sighed a joking sigh as he cleared her plate, "Why thank you kind sir," She joked.
"No problem Ma'am." Darien said in a slight bow, the six laughed and Darien walked away.

"Hey, we should see if Darien wants to hang out with us later. He just moved here so I can't imagine he has too many friends." Mina informed her friends.

"That sounds like a plan, I'll go ask him." Serena volunteered. She walked up to the counter where Darien was standing and started a conversation with him. "Hey, how are you?"

"Fine how 'bout yourself?" Darien said sweetly.

"Fine." She heard a ding from the door.

"I'll be right back," Darien said walking towards the incoming group.

"Okay." She said waiting patiently.

"Sorry, so did you want to add something to your order?" He asked.

"Oh, no. The girls and I were wondering if you wanted to hang with us or something." She offered.

"Sure, sounds great." He said.

"Sweet, I'll have to talk to the girls and find out when and where, I'll get back to you later, k?" she said excitedly, getting up from the counter.

"Sounds good, see you later." She pranced away from the counter with a giant grin on her face.

As she approached the table, as well as an obnoxious voice, "what'd you do, ask him out or something Serena?" Raye said with a sarcastic tone.

"NO, he agreed to hang out with us. We just need to pick a time and place. What do you guys think?" She asked.

"How about we invite him to the fair this Saturday at...uhhhhh...noon!" Lita said almost at a yell.

"Sounds good." the other four said in unison.

"I'll go let him know, be right back." Serena said prancing back to the counter. "What are you doing Saturday at about noon?" She asked tilting her head awaiting his answer.

"Uhhh, I can't." He said running his hand through his black hair.

"What's wrong, why not?" Serena said looking sad.

"Nothing personal, but my best friends from my hometown are moving in this Saturday. What about Sunday?" He explained.

"Oh, that's cool, maybe they can come with us. We were planning on going to the fair, how's that sound?" She informed.

"Sounds cool, see you there at noon. You guys can meet up at my house, Mina knows where it is." He waved.

"K, see ya." She waved back.

She approached her friends again and said, "He's busy on Saturday, his friends moving in, but we'll do it Sunday at noon, sound good?"

"Yah." They all said.

"We're meeting at his house, Mina you remember where that is?" She questioned, Mina nodded."Oh, and his friends will be coming too." She remembered.

"Okay." They all said excitedly.

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As Saturday rolled around, Darien's friends arrived.

"Hey, how you guys doin', haven't seen you guys in a while." He welcomed.

"Great, meet any pretty ladies yet?" His brown-haired friend chuckled as he elbowed him.

"Well Zac, I've met five people of the female persuasion the other day if that's what you mean." He joked back. "we're actually going to the fair with them tomorrow, you guys coming?"

"Of course, we're always up for meeting new people, especially girls." Zac said. The other three friends nodded in agreement.

"Sounds like a plan." They all said in agreement.

"So what do these girls look like Darien?" asked a dirty blonde.

"Well Josh, since you are such a ladies man, two of them look like twins, both with blue eyes and blonde hair. One's eyes are more blue than the others though. One has short blue hair, one with medium length brown hair, and the last with long black hair." He offered as he put some stuff away in the kitchen.

"I can't wait to meet them," The man known as Josh said.

"Yah, are they at least nice, I mean they aren't a bunch of high schoolers who are trying to hook up with some good looking guys are they?" asked a concerned boy with brown hair slightly longer than the average males.

"They didn't seem like that, they actually seemed like they could care less about dating at the time." Darien said reassuring Kevin. Kevin was his best friend, they were closer than the others were.

"At least that's five less girls you'll have hanging all over you, huh, Darien." Said a curly brown haired boy.

"Yah, you got that right Stephen. That's a relief. Maybe other people in this city are like that...hopefully." Darien said, knowing it wasn't gonna happen.

"Yah right Darien, you know it'd be too good to be true." Stephen had said.

"I know." Darien gave a kind of a sigh.

"It's never gonna be peaceful, maybe you'll just start telling people to back off with your fist." Josh joked.

"Yah," They all laughed at once.

That'll be the day, the day when people won't be draped all over me for my looks, Darien sighed. I just want one girl who will look past my outer shell...