Chapter 27: Together At Last
It'd felt right. Nobody else saw it coming. Molly and Melvin couldn't believe that Serena had taken all her rival anger for Darien into immense love for him. Andrew, although he suspected some kind of ulterior motive behind their squabbling, was even surprised. What was more was the fact that they fit together like long lost star crossed lovers from another world…which they were.
"Jeez Serena why do you have to talk about it all the time…" Rei rolled her eyes.
"Yea, you're meeting Darien after the meeting. We got ya…" Lita even felt agitated.
"I don't even know why were having a meeting…there hasn't been any nega-verse energy or monsters ever since Alan and Ann left." Mina wondered aloud.
"I think, that we should all focus on our studies since the end of term exams are coming up…" Ami added.
"Serena are you paying attention, we don't have much more time for this meeting? ...Rei has to go back to the temple and Lita's got a cooking lesson and…" Luna started.
Serena just looked intensely at the clock as the minute hand struck five. "Times Up! Meeting is officially over! Gotta book it! Got that hot date with Darien!"
She left the room, leaving the girls with their heads down and sweat drops over their heads.
"Why does she get the boyfriend?" Rei asked depressed.
"At least you have Chad." Lita nudged her, depressed too.
"We should focus on studies…" Ami said meekly.
"Shut it Ami, I bet if Greg were here you wouldn't be so focused…" Mina dug, depressingly.
They all sighed consecutively.
"Woah!" Darien fell back as Serena lept towards him, wrapping her arms around him in an embrace. "Think you'd never see me again or something?"
"No…" She dragged it on innocently. "But I don't ever plan on loosing you again."
"Me either." He smiled.
"So what should we do?" She asked.
"Well are you hungry?"
"Am I ever! Rei's meeting took us all the way from the end of school until now! I didn't even get a snack!"
"Well then let's go for a decent dinner, at the diner on me." He smiled.
"Milkshake too?"
"Milkshake too. Maybe the Arcade after to bug Andrew?" He laughed a bit.
Serena smiled. She'd also enjoyed going to the Arcade more recently because Andrew still expected them to argue. He'd made a bet that they'd squabble at least once before Friday, going back to a bit of their old ways. He'd said "All couples argue, even the best ones." Well it was Friday, and he was about to pay up.
"That was delicious." She said finishing the last of her burger, fries and milkshake.
"I'm glad. You know I'm surprised when you eat like that."
"Why?"
"I don't know how you manage to fit into that sailor outfit of yours so well?"
"Hey, I thought we were going to prove Andrew…wait…you said "so well"?
Darien felt his face blush a bit. "Well you know what I meant."
"Yea, sure I do, and you shouldn't be talking about that kind of stuff in public you know…"
"HEY SERNA!"
She looked over startled to see Melvin waving at them frantically and Molly shying from his outward embarrassing actions behind him.
"What are you guys doing here?" He asked. Darien instantaneously put his hand behind his head.
"They're obviously on a date Melvin." Molly rolled her eyes. "You know Serena; you never really did tell us how you two got so coupley?"
"Uhm…well…he,he…" She joined in putting her hand behind her head, at a loss for words like Darien.
"How about you and Melvin?" Darien switched topics.
"Melvin and I?" Molly started. "Well it just sort of happened I guess…"
"Same with us." Darien smiled.
"It was kind of like…it was meant to be." Serena said suddenly, as she felt the star locket in her pocket; she'd kept it on her since they'd been separated with Queen Beryl, while she was in hope of him coming back while Alan and Ann were around, and now even more so that they were together.
"Wow, that's deep Serena!" Molly exclaimed.
"I didn't know you were that clever to come up with that! You always surprise me Serena! Did you know that some people think that in past lives…" Melvin started.
"Can it Melvin." Molly felt a sweat drop form over her. "Let's leave them alone, and get some of the spicy shrimp that you like so much…" She said as she dragged him away.
"Meant to be?" Darien asked her.
"Hey, I wasn't the one all strung out on finding a moon princess from another life?"
"Yea well I found her, so I guess it was meant to be."
Serena felt herself blush, as they left the diner to go find Andrew at the Arcade.