Author's Notes:

Disclaimer: As usual Sailor Moon and the characters etc. Don't belong to me and I make no profit from writing this it's just for my own enjoyment.

My big mouth

The Advantages

Serena ran along the walkway as fast as she could without falling.

"Crap I'm going t be late again!" she wailed to herself. She hadn't gotten back from Raye's until late and had slept in even more than usual.

"Morning Meatball Head!" a familiar voice called. Serena tried to stop herself and lost her balance which sent her to the ground. She looked up at the blue sports car stopped besides her. "Hurry up and get in or you're going to be in detention later."

"Thank you!" she squealed, gathering herself up and opening the car door. It was Wednesday and as long as she didn't have detention last period was a free period meaning she could go home early as long as she wasn't late.

"You're going to have to start setting your alarm at like 5 in the morning if you're going to keep snoozing it you know." Darien smirked.

"If you're going to give me a lift why bother?" Serena asked, looking around the car. "So there are perks for dating a jerk huh?"

"Hey!" he protested. "If you want a ride you'd better be nice!" She just flashed a grin at him. That was one of the things he liked most about her. She was always so full of happiness and warmth. She was like a human sun that brought warmth and light to everyone wherever she went.

The car pulled over outside the High school and Serena climbed out and leant back in to wave goodbye.

"I owe you." She said.

"I'll see you later." He replied.

With that Darien drove off and Serena made it inside the school gates on time. She enjoyed watching the look on everyone's faces as she answered her name at registration, but of course then everyone started gossiping about how she got here on time in the first place.

Elsewhere...

"I swear we're going to have to spy on her to find out." Mina said. "She's obviously not lying she's far too...different, happy."

"Wasn't that Darien's car she was getting out of this morning?" Amy asked.

"Darien?" Lita and Mina exclaimed.

"No way." Lita said firmly.

"Yeah...I mean they can barely stop fighting for two minutes." Mina agreed.

"Actually...I think they're quite compatible." Amy said quietly. "Fighting generally indicates interest and attraction but refusal to admit or acknowledge it."

"Hey I'm the Goddess of Love, I'll investigate!" Mina announced, standing up.

Later...

"Hey Serena!" Mina called.

"Hey Mina."

"Did you want to head to the arcade since you don't have detention?" she asked.

"Actually...I sort of have plans...but I'll be at the temple tomorrow." Serena replied, waving and heading out the front gates. "Sorry Mina! See ya!"

She ran around the corner and crashed straight into someone. She knew who it was straight away but that didn't stop her being surprised. Darien grabbed her arms to stop her falling backwards and laughed.

"I guess some things will never change." He smirked.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, as they both turned to walk down the road.

"Is it a problem to want to see my girlfriend?" he asked. Serena blushed slightly.

"Pretend girlfriend." She corrected.

"Well do you want it to look real or would you rather everyone find out you lied to that poor boy." He grinned.

"Fine you win." She agreed, rolling her eyes. "But Melvin is not a poor boy! He's like a dog in heat!"

"You do know that a male dog doesn't actually go into heat right?" he asked.

"Can it!" she retorted. He just laughed and dropped his arm over her small shoulders. "So if we're not meeting at the park where are we going?"

"Well I we can still go to the park if you'd like but after that we're going to do homework." Darien said matter-of-factly.

"What?" Serena asked in disbelief.

"You heard me." He said. "I am going to help you do your homework. Can't have you failing school because you have a boyfriend now can we?"

"I fail anyway!" she protested.

"I know." He smirked. "But I may as well make myself useful."

"Park first?" she asked.

"Sure." He nodded.

They turned into the park and Serena rushed over to the river to point at the ducklings.

"Just don't fall in, Meatball head." Darien called out to her.

"I won't." She groaned in response. "I just wanted to look, they're cute." She watch intently as a duckling shook water off of his back and laughed.

Darien came up behind her and pushed her shoulder. She gasped as she lost her balance but he put his arm behind her to stop her falling and just laughed.

"That's not funny." She hissed, thumping against his chest.

"Hey it was a little funny." He replied, letting her go. They continued to walk over to the bridge and Serena stared down at the water.

"It's such a nice day...surely you don't want to waste it with homework?" Serena sighed.

"You're not getting off that easy Meatball Head." Darien smirked. "I don't want people thinking I'm going out with a moron now do I?" He chuckled but Serena didn't join him, she didn't even get mad. Darien looked more closely at her, head down staring at the water and he could have sworn he saw a tear on her cheek.

"I'm sorry for asking you to do this Darien...I know I'm not exactly the kind of girl that someone like you would want to go out with." She sighed.

"I didn't mean it." Darien said softly. Serena quickly wiped her tears away and tried to give him her most convincing smile.

"I just meant I'm grateful that you're taking a hit to your rep for this." She smiled.

"Serena..." he started, not entirely sure what to tell the girl. In truth he had never really considered her a potential girlfriend, after all they always fought and ended up acting like two year olds when they were together. He looked at her closely, she was beautiful but she wasn't even close to his type. Well, he wasn't sure he even had a type but she wasn't what he would look for in a potential girlfriend, however the idea of Serena being his girlfriend wasn't actually unappealing in the slightest now he thought about it. It seemed strange considering a few days ago they couldn't even have a civil conversation. "The guy who gets you will be lucky to have you, don't ever believe otherwise."

"You don't have to say that Darien, really it's OK." She shrugged. "I'm sure there's someone in this world for me."

"I mean it Serena. You really are a nice person...when you're not screaming at me or throwing things at me." He said with a grin.

"Thanks a lot." She grinned, rolling her eyes.

"Anytime Meatball Head now come on, keep walking, we need to get your homework done." He said, poking her back to get her walking. She groaned but started walking anyway.

Author's Notes: Ta-da another bit done and dusted sorry the chapters aren't very long but hopefully they're just long enough for you xx