Chapter 25: Jealousy is Green, But Plants are Greener
She needed to clear her head. Between all the Cardian fighting, and drama with Darien she needed a break, and the thing to do that was food.
"Hey Serena."
She turned around hoping to see Darien, when she saw Alan.
"Oh hi Alan."
"You want to grab a bite to eat?" He asked her as if it was second nature. What the hell! If Darien wasn't going to ask her on a date, who says she couldn't have a little fun with Alan? He was handsome too…so why not?
Darien needed a break. Between work and all this drama his memory loss left him with made him tired. Plus he couldn't help but wonder why Serena always acted so oddly towards him or why Ann…
"Heya Darien, whatcha looking at there? What a coincidence that were at the same book store at the same time?"
"Yea I guess." He looked at Ann. Ann was the other one who seemed to "coincidently" bump into him a lot. But what harm would it be if they hung out? They were just friends right?
"How dare Darien actually hang out with Ann?" Serena sulked on the way home after school…you know what forget Darien I'm going to visit Alan. And I'll get Leta and Ami to come with me. He wasn't at school so what's a friend going to cheer up some friends?"
"What was that darn Serena doing here at our house?" Ann complained to Alan.
"She was just trying to be nice."
"We don't have room for nice we need to focus on the doom tree remember? It's dying Alan, and I don't care if your dying to see Serena but we need to focus."
"Your right Ann. You're always right."
She didn't understand why Ann treated her so badly. Sure she didn't like how she clung to Darien, but she wasn't going to hold a grudge for it? Plus Alan welcomed her into their home again. Alan's science project was way impressive though…weird but impressive.
Darien wondered why Ann hadn't been around lately. Maybe he'd been too harsh on her too, like Serena. If she was sick, maybe she'd enjoy some flowers. She'd helped him on his play too…even though the Sailor Scouts interrupted…but hey Sailor Moon was a nice addition to an otherwise typical plot.
She tried. Darien wouldn't listen. Even she felt stupid hearing the words "space plant" come out of her mouth. What else was she to do? Even she didn't want to side with the scouts. There was no way Alan was evil…maybe Ann but… She'd go in with him and make sure he was safe…along with making sure him and Ann didn't get too cozy…and maybe she'd see Alan while she was there.
Ann wanted to show her the plant? And just yesterday she yelled at her for getting to close? Strange… curiosity did kill the cat…but she wasn't a cat so what could she possibly have to loose?
He heard the scream, and he noticed Alan fear for Serena too. What had happened that could cause Meatball head too scream like that? More like a shriek? That was when the doors opened to a monstrous tree. Something unearthly and evil, taking every little bit of Serena's energy away from her. He had an inkling to do something about it, a feeling like he had to save her, but he didn't know how…either way he'd have to help Serena!