| Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : One Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = Serena Temple stepped inside the apartment and sighed. It was a nice apartment with a well-furnished kitchen, which of course, was very important to her. In the kitchen there was a long counter, which was had organized spices and knives and large refrigerator to the right of it. After carefully inspecting the kitchen, she then walked out and looked around. She spotted two bedrooms, one of which had a closed door and she supposed it was her roommates’ bedroom. ~ FLASHBACK TO NOTICE ON THE DOOR ~ …I don’t want anyone to disturb me. If you come in take the room that has an open door. I will not expect to see you or here you. I will be at the apartment between 12:00am and 6:00am. Come right in, and thank you for calling me ahead of time. Remember, I don’t want to see you… ~END OF FLASHBACK~ Well I guess I get the other room, Serena thought to herself. She practically skipped into the room and gasped delightedly. She had seen the room the day before, but now that it was actually hers…it looked so…BIG. With a window across form the door and the ceiling dome shape was made out of glass, you could see the stars. A door on the left lead to the bathroom. Serena sighed. It was hers. This is perfect! Serena told herself. Hmmm, might as well get settled in. One by one, Serena carried the boxes up the stairs and unpacked all her stuff. Yet, her room still locked empty. She glanced at the clock and saw that she had time to spare. Serena, now is the time to put that good money to use and brighten up your room with furniture! she told herself, as she grabbed her keys and headed to the garage. AT THE MALL: Serena walked around, having purchased a new desk, a TV stand, a couch, a bookshelf, and some other accessories. It would all be delivered the next day since she had paid big bucks. Serena tried to get her room to match, but she wanted it to be wild! Her furniture was all maple wood, but she had bought a blue beanbag and some wild picture frames so her room would seem dull. She would put in pictures of her friends from Japan in. As she walked around the mall looking for other cool accessories, Serena noticed a girl with long blond hair window-shopping. Serena felt a connection some how to her and stared at the girl intently, trying to remember where she had seen her. Then it dawned upon her. "MINA!" Serena shrieked and ran towards the blonde. ‘Mina’ turned around to see who called her name. When she realized it was Serena, she shrieked also and ran towards Serena. "SERENA!" Mina screamed and they collided. They hugged, screamed, and hugged again. "I missed you so much! We haven’t seen you in like, ages!" Mina said. "What happened?" "Well, come to my new place and I will tell you," Serena said. "You got a place? Where did you get money? Who’s your roommate? Can I bunk with you? Can - " Mina bombarded Serena with questions and didn’t seem to stop anytime soon. "Wow, wow! hold your horses Mina!" Serena said laughing. "We’ll talked about it on the car ride. I got a new car. It’s a convertible." "Cool!…Wait… I have no horses!" Serena laughed and hugged Mina. "You wouldn’t believe how much I missed you guys!" Mina sniffed, "We missed you too!" Together, the two girls left the mall. They got into Serena’s silver convertible after much gushing from Mina. When they entered the highway, Serena started to answer her questions: "Yes, I do have a place, I just got it today. I needed to go furniture shopping because I felt that my room was empty and plain. Plus, I needed new stuff anyway. As for the money, I used to have an aunt back in Japan whom I was very close with. Her name was Aunt Em. Well she died and in her will left 5 million dollars to me-" Mina interrupted and asked, "WOW! can I borrow 1 million?" "No!" Serena grinned and continued. "Continuing, so I studied hard for her sake and got accepted into Berkeley, got my Bachelor’s degree. Then I applied to Harvard, got in, and classes start next Monday. To be in Harvard and Berkeley, I came here to America and needed a home. So I found a nice apartment. As for my roommate, I have no clue who he or she is but I won’t be seeing it. I’m sorry that you can’t bunk with me because there are only two bedrooms. "Well, we are here." Serena said as they drove back up the driveway. "Come on!" She opened the trunk and grabbed some stuff that she bought. "Can you carry this up?" Mina nodded and Serena handed her a couple of bags. She closed the trunk and they walked up the stairs to her apartment. "THIS is your apartment? Are you sure it isn’t a mansion?" Mina asked as Serena swung the door open. "I’m quite sure Mina," Serena said giggling. "Let’s go to my room." She led Mina down the hall to her room and explained where the new furniture would go. "I still need to put up wall paper. Will you help me put it up? Please?" "Well… okay," Mina agreed after some after thought. "Thanks! You’re the best!" "I know!" Serena bonked Mina on the head will a big inflated bat she had bought at a baseball stadium a while back. They laughed again. "I’m hungry," Mina said as she rubbed her belly. Serena grinned. "Follow me to the kitchen!" They left the room and she led Mina to the kitchen. Serena took out the peanut butter and jelly from the fridge and two plates. She made a PB&J sandwich then handed one to Mina. "Lets go sit on the couch and you have to tell me how the gang is." Serena said. "Fair enough since you told me about you. Let’s see… after you left we kinda split up. (AN: the gang was Serena, Mina, Amy, Lita, and Raye. There was no Darien or Andrew) Eventually we all ended up in America, I left last. Lita, I heard, owns a restaurant somewhere here in California. Amy is doctor at a hospital around here, and Raye owns a church (AN: I know its a temple or shrine but go along please) also around here. And um, that’s it. I am a volleyball player on the level just below the pros." Mina finished and looked at Serena. "You are all living your dreams. That’s interesting. I wish I could see the girls now…" Serena sighed. "You miss them, don’t you?" Mina inquired softly and Serena nodded. "You up for some TV?" Serena asked, wanting to change the subject. "Sure." The rest of the evening found them watching TV, talking and laughing. Serena missed all of them dearly, and was extremely happy to see Mina. At around 11:00pm Mina decided to go home, but she would call Serena tomorrow. Serena agreed and hugged Mina tightly as they whispered good night to each other. After Mina left, Serena took a quick shower and went to bed. Around 1:00 in the morning, Serena got up to go to the bathroom and decided she might as well get a quick midnight snack. Serena opened the freezer and looked inside. She didn’t feel like making a snack so she grabbed the container of ice cream and started to scoop some in a bowl. Suddenly, she heard a noise. She turned around and saw a figure walking ‘quietly around’. "Who’s there?" Serena shivered as the tall figure turned around. "I’m armed with-" she looked at her hand and shrugged. "Ice cream, so be warned!" The intruder just laughed and started heading in Serena’s direction. She backed up and shuddered. This was going to be one long night without ice cream. "Uh oh." Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Two Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "Uh oh." "Uh oh, is right little girlie," the intruder said evilly, and laughed. "I wasn’t saying ‘uh oh’ to you." Serena snapped and began to explain. "You see, I only got up to go to the bathroom and get a midnight snack. And then you came and interrupted me from getting that snack which just so happens to be ice cream. But a midnight snack I intend to eat, so get out of my way!" Serena paused and took a deep breath. "Would you like some ice cream?" she nicely asked as she held out a bowl to the intruder, who growled at her in return, so she took the ice cream back and hissed at him. "Fine. Be that way. I just won’t be nice to you then." Serena stuck her nose in the air and walked around the counter. "I’ll just eat the ice cream all by myself and you wouldn’t get any." She finished scooping the ice cream and took a bite. "Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum," Serena exaggerated as she swallowed. "Too bad you don’t want any." The intruder let out a frustrated growl and started advancing towards her, hands in the fighting position. Serena did some quick thinking. If she took this guy out now with a couple of flips and kicks it would be pretty noisy and her roommate would be upset. On the other hand if she didn’t do anything, then who knows what would happen? She decided to go with the fighting, it was like a second nature to her. Unknownst to her, a dark tall figure stood in a doorway, watching her every move. Serena did a round off into a front flip then kicked the intruder. The intruder’s head bounced back as he didn’t expect the attack. She laid a blow to his head once more. Using the moves she learned in her self-defense class, she elbowed him in the stomach, stepped back onto his toe really hard, turned around as using that palm of her hand, thrust it forward on his nose breaking it, then kicked him in the groin. The attacker kneeled down in pain. Serena took that advantage and swung her foot around his ankle, tripping him. She turned him over on his back, grabbed the piece of rope hanging on the side of the counter, which probably had some other use, took his hands and tied them in a tight knot behind his back. Serena smiled and stood up, she clapped her hands together and dusted them off. "That takes care of bad rubbish eh?" she ginned. "Do you still think I’m a little girlie?" The attacker moaned. Serena walked over to the phone and dialed 9-1-1. She talked with the dispatcher for a second then hung up. She walked over to the intruder and took off his mask. "Your games up dude, the police are coming," she said to his face, and laughed. The doorbell rang and Serena walked over to answer it. "Officer Shirley! What a surprise." Serena said as she invited her in and hugged her favorite officer. "Hello Serena, we got a report that there is an intruder here," the Officer said as she looked around. Not much was out of place except for a couple of things, which had probably fallen off during the battle she supposed happened. "Right this way," said Serena proudly and led Shirley to the man. "It really was a quick fight." "Why, Serena, I believe you have done it again," Officer Shirley said amused. "Trouble likes to follow you around. Have you considered joining the police force?" Serena laughed. "You know I can’t," she said as she winked and Officer Shirley grinned and quickly handcuffed the intruder. She nodded good day to Serena. "People like you make my work easier!" *** Serena sighed, sat on the couch. It’s actually very tiring to fight someone and not have your daily dose of ice cream. "What a day! Stupid intruder calling me a girlie, even though I beat his little ugly behind to Pluto. I whipped his ass!" She laughed at herself and got up to get her ice cream. "Damn, fighting sure does take energy out of you. And they ask how I eat so much. I’ll just make myself a *small* midnight snack aside from the ice cream." And she proceeded to take everything out. The dark figure in the doorway laughed quietly to himself. Serena turned around quickly "Who’s there?" she asked suspiciously. She glanced around the room then went back to making her little snack. She took her snacks on the couch and flipped the TV on. After she finished her snack, Serena found that she was getting a little sleepy. ‘But I’m too lazy to get off this couch, hope my roommate won’t mind.’ 30 minutes later she fell asleep in front of the TV watching a romantic Jackie Chan movie (if there is such a thing). The tall dark figure just then happened to walk out of his room and see her sleeping on the couch. He picked her up easily and carried her to her room. Along the way Serena started mumbling about roses and he got an idea. He set her on her bed, covered her up with her blankets and then grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and quickly scribbled something. ~ WEDNESDAY IN THE MORNING ~ Serena woke up with the sun in her face. She groaned and rolled over to face the wall. ‘Ok, so maybe the ceiling dome did have its perks. I gotta get something to cover it up…’ Serena rolled over again and noticed a note on her nightstand with a bunch of roses surrounding it. She picked up the note and read: Thank you for fighting the intruder. I saw the whole thing. You are quite a fighter. You are probably asking why you are on your bed instead of the couch. Well, you feel asleep on the couch so I took the liberty of carrying you to your room. You kept mumbling about roses so I got you some. Think of it as a ‘thank you’. ~ your roommate Serena pondered for a moment and then got up and dressed. She decided called Mina to help her put up the wallpaper later in the day. First, she needed to check in for her classes and see where the nearest arcade was. Serena sighed as she remembered the arcade back home in Japan. She shook her head and reached for her mirror to check and see if her hair was ok. As a light nearly blinded her, Serena mentally added to got shopping for blinds to put on her sunroof. She grumbled and left to check in and buy some freakin’ blinds. On the way out for breakfast she picked up her mail and noticed huge boxes by the door. ‘Guess my stuff arrived,’ she thought. She would set it up later when Mina could help her. Serena ate across the street at a café. "These waffles are great! Who’s your chef?" Serena asked her waiter as she finished up one plate of waffles and ordered another. "Ms. Green." When Serena finished eating, she drove to Harvard and signed in. Then she drove to a curtain store and picked out some baby blue curtains that could be controlled by remote. Sighing, she finally went back to her apartment where she had a message waiting. Serena clicked the answering machine on and started to change in to some other clothes. "Hey Serena, its Mina. Is it ok if I bring one more person to help us? Please? Call me. Ok, cool. Thanks. Bye." Serena deleted the message and dialed Mina’s number. "Hello?" "Hey, Mina?" "Yes?" "It’s Serena. You called." "Oh yea, hey. I was wondering if I could bring a friend of mine over." "I guess so, who is it?" "It’s a surprise." "Fine! No joking, sure! The more people the merrier!" "Cool, when do you want us over?" "How about… 1 pm?" "Um… yea, sure. We’ll be there." "Ok, thanks a bunch Mina." Serena said. "You’re welcome, I’m just glad to see you again." "Ditto. ‘Kay, bye." "Ciao." ~ 2 HOURS LATER ~ Serena ran to get the door and flung it open. "Mina!" "Serena!" Mina greeted Serena and then stepped aside. Serena stared at the other girl then gasped. Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Three Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = Serena stared at the other girl then gasped. "LLLLLLIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"(AN: Lita) "SSSSSEEEEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEENNNNNNNAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (AN: Serena) "Oh my god!" they both screamed at the same time and hugged each other. "What are you doing here Lita?" Serena asked when they calmed down. "Well, Mina found the name of my restaurant, which is called Rose Café, and told me she was going over to your house today and asked if I wanted to join her. I said yes, of course I would love to see my best friend after never seeing her in ages, so we headed down here." Lita grinned and took a deep breath. "So what about you?" Serena told her story over again. How she studied in private and was sent to Berkeley on a scholarship and moved here and got her Bachelor’s. Then she decided to get her Master’s degree at Harvard and that’s where she is now. "Wow!" Lita said with wide eyes. "I left after you did, got into Berkeley because I thought I might like to be an engineer, but decided to cook. Still, I finished collage. And then I opened my own restaurant. That’s basically it." Lita stopped. "I can’t believe we didn’t see each other. Weird…" Serena got up from the couch that they were sitting on. "Well it could be because we went at different times. Are you guys gonna help me unload or not?" The afternoon found them helping Serena unpack her stuff, putting up wallpaper and laughing. Mina somehow managed to break the controller for the blinds and Lita wanted to test her skills and succeeded in fixing it, much to Mina’s relief. Finally, 5 hours later, they finished. All that was left were the finishing touches and Serena would do that herself. Mina sat on the edge of the bed and looked around. The room looked wonderful with the blue, spongy wallpaper and a green strip bordering that. Her eyes happened to fall upon the roses (which were in a vase now) and the note on the nightstand. "Ooh, has Serena got an admirer?" Mina teased as she leaned to read the note. Serena turned a pretty dark shade of pink. "NO!" she nearly screamed out and snatched the note away from Mina. "I think she does," Lita joined in on the teasing. "By the way, do you have a roommate?" "Yes," Serena answered, happy to get off the topic. "But I don’t really know him." ’Check that, I don’t know him at all. I don’t even know if he’s a he.’ Serena thought to herself silently. "Hey! Are you guys up for a sleep over?" Serena asked cheerfully, trying to rid her mind of the thoughts of her roommate. "Sure!" Mina and Lita exclaimed at the same time. "Great!" Serena said joyfully. "I have two extra sleeping bags that I brought with me just in case. We can watch the stars and the sunset." "Ok, cool," Mina said excitedly. ’Maybe we can even catch sight of her roommate,’ she thought grinning. Lita was also having the same thoughts. ’I wonder if her roommate is a total hunk. Maybe he will look like my old boyfriend.’ Serena noticed the dazed faces on her friends and had a feeling of what they were thinking. ’Uh oh, I hope they aren’t thinking what I think they are thinking.’ "So, um, gals," Serena flashed a big smile. "What do ya want to do? What do ya want to talk about?" Mina and Lita had evil smiles and Serena got scared. Without warning, Lita reached up and grabbed the note that Serena had placed back on the stand and next to the roses. She read it out loud and Serena started to blush violently. Mina saw that and raised an eyebrow. She decided to talk to Lita and get them together. "You know what?" Mina asked Serena. "I’m really tired," she faked a yawn. "Uh, Mina?" Lita said, "It’s only 6:00pm." "Oh." "Hahaha!" Serena started to laugh and could stop laughing. She clutched her sides and rolled over. Even though it wasn’t that funny, it felt good to laugh with them again. "Ugh," she grunted as something soft was thrown at her. "PILLOW FIGHT!" Lita yelled as she through a pillow at Mina. And so, for the next hour they had a pillow fight, laughing and ganging up on each other. By the time they stopped it was 7:00pm and everyone had ‘pillow bruises’. "Let’s eat." "No, let’s wait for her roomie." "Food!" "Roommate!" "Food!" Lita sighed as she watched her two best friends get into a fight. "Hey Serena, when does your roomie get home?" "Not until 12am," Serena responded, glaring at Mina, who grinned sheepishly. After much ‘discussing’ and consideration of what to do next, they decided they might as well go out and eat something. No surprise that Serena stuffed herself while Mina and Lita just stared in wonder how she can eat so much and stay thin at the same time. Serena, guessing what they were thinking said, "I work out!" as she burst out laughing. "One of the jobs I have is modeling, but that’s part time, but still… you guys should know, from all that fighting…" Lita and Mina just kept on staring at her wide eyed. "But we don’t eat that much…" "Hey! Are you saying I’m a pig?" "Yup, that’s exactly what I’m saying!" "Well…you fake love person!" Mina pretended to be insulted. "If I’m so fake, why do I sense some love going around? Hm?" They laughed, and Serena, realizing they were back on the topic of her roommate, whom she didn’t feel like discussing at the moment, wanted to distract them/ "Let’s go for a walk. I’ll pay for the dinner," she said, hoping they’d agree and not talk about her roomie until she felt like it. Serena had a pretty good idea that her roomie was a guy and mostly likely not that cute. Not that it mattered to her or anything, she just didn’t want them getting mad at her if her roommate wasn’t like they expected him to be. As they got up, Serena paid the check and left a generous tip. They left the restaurant and walked around the small downtown, admiring the lights and window shopping, with Mina saying she wanted this and that and Lita hitting her over the head and Serena laughing, thinking once again, how wonderful it was to see her friends. Finally, they headed back to Serena’s apartment, but when they got there the lights were on. "Oh no, I’m wasting electricity!" Serena wailed. (They are living in California, remember), but when they got inside the apartment, a man with dark hair was standing in the kitchen making something. As soon as he saw the three girls he stood up and mumbled something, gathered his ‘sandwich’ and then he went into the other room and closed the door. The girls just stared after him in shock. Serena looked at the clock and saw it was indeed 12am. "Well! Looks like Serena has a roommate that’s very friendly." Lita said sarcastically and Mina agreed with her. Serena felt a little sorry for him, after all, they didn’t exactly know him and he could be having a bad day. "Oh you guys, he just doesn’t know us that’s all." "What’s this? Serena standing up for a guy?" Mina raised an eyebrow. Serena started stuttering. "No…I-I mean th-that maybe ya know, he could um, have a bad, uh day…" "Well, I dunno ‘bout you gals, but I’m going to take a shower." Lita said, feeling sorry for her friend. "Where’s the bathroom Sere?" "The bathroom’s in my room on the left," Serena said sighing, appreciating her friends’ tactics. "This isn’t over," Mina said maliciously and Serena grinned. "That’s what you think." They all settled down in their sleeping bags after finishing taking their showers. Since Serena was extremely tired, she fell asleep almost right away. Lita and Mina stayed up talking on how to meet the roommate. * * * * * * ~ MORNING ~ Dawn found them waking up at 10am, yawning. They got up, showered once more, and got dressed. Serena pulled on a spaghetti strap shirt which baggy pants. Then all of them together trooped in to the kitchen to eat breakfast. But that was not to be, oh no, no, no. For, sitting at the counter watching the news, was the dark haired roommate. Lita and Mina giggled and turned to look at Serena expectantly. She narrowed her eyes at them. "Um, hello," Serena said nervously. Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Four Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "Um, hello," Serena said nervously and her roommate turned around surprised. Dark blue eyes clashed with bright blue eyes, and it stayed like that for a second, before boy-crazy Mina interfered. "Hi! My name is Mina; I’m Serena’s friend. You must be her roommate. Are you single? I am-" Mina said talking very fast. The man seemed surprised and amused that she fit all those words into one sentence without taking a breath. "Don’t mind her, she’s a little, ya know, crazy-" "Hey! I’m not, don’t worry!" Mina hastened to assure him she wasn’t, while Lita and Serena assured him she was. After Mina ran out of breath, Lita quickly stepped forward. "I’m Lita, nice to meet you," she stuck her hand out and he shook it before turning his gaze towards the blonde with bright blue eyes. She knew he expected her to tell him her name. ‘But what if he’s a psycho…’ "I’m Marie St. Claire," Serena said formally as she stuck her hand out. ‘Damn, he’s hot though! So, he gave me the note huh?’ Serena thought incredibly, as she looked him over. Tall and muscular, definitely a plus. He had jet-black hair and dark, midnight blue eyes. He had a strong jaw line and since he hadn’t smiled yet, she couldn’t really say anything about his personality. "No, your name is-" Serena elbowed Mina in the stomach and smiled. "Marianna Lillian St. Claire… but it’s a long name. Don’t you agree?" Serena quickly covered up and saw that Mina was rubbing her side. "I’m Darien." He looked her over, she was almost his height, a little shorter and somewhat muscular, but from the performance she gave yesterday, he knew that she was stronger than she looked. Her curves were all in the right place; her eyes were bright and cheerful, and he imagined that her mouth was soft. She had long blonde hair pulled up in two buns with strands hanging down. ‘She’s so beautiful, almost like an angel… ugh! How can I think that? You know what she’s like…’ "Have you got a last name?" Serena asked lightly, wondering if she should tell him her real name. "Shields." ’Darn it, his coldness doesn’t suit a hunk like him! Ah! What am I thinking? I can’t trust him!’ "Nice to meet you Mr. Shields," she said pleasantly. "But won’t you be late?" "It’s Saturday morning." ‘Smart one, isn’t she?’ he chuckled to himself. "Oh, heehee, I knew that," Serena blushed furiously. "And another thing Serena," "Wh-" Serena started to ask when she realized that he called her by her real name, not the name she gave him. "Yes, I know your real name." He said, answering the question they were all thinking. "Officer Shirley told me." "You talked to Officer Shirley?!?" Serena blew up. He shook his head no. "That’s what she called you." "Oh. Sorry." "Who’s Officer Shirley?" Mina and Lita wanted to know. Serena quickly related what had happened the night before. "That’s my girl!" Lita clapped her on the back. "Aw, that’s so sweet of you Darien." Mina said and he rolled his eyes. "I know what you’re thinking Mina, I know you and your kind, me and Meatball Head over here, will never get together." Mina’ mouth fell open as she was just insulted and Serena saw red. "MEATBALL HEAD!" She started to scream at him. "HERE I AM, BEING NICE TO YOU, AND YOU INSULT MY HAIR!" ‘Uh oh, I don’t think I should have called her that. Opps. But she is kinda cute when she gets mad...'’ Darien thought before he heard one word, "RUN!" Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Five Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "RUN!" Mina and Lita shouted at him. Darien turned around to see Serena with an ice cream scooper and a very angry look on her face. He ran. Serena chased him around the counter while Mina and Lita just watched, laughing their heads off, literally. Finally, Serena grew tired. "You wanna stop?" She asked him and Darien nodded. "Yeah, you?" "Yeah, let's stop." "Ok, I'm stopping." Darien said. "Well, stop." "I can't, you're chasing me," he commented. "I am? Nope I stopped." Serena started to giggle. "No you didn’t, I'm still running aren't I?" "Around in circles, I ain't chasing you." Darien growled. "Oh." He just realized that he was, indeed, running around in circles. "Screw you." Serena started laughing her head off. "At least I don't have meatballs for my hair." And they went off again! And then eventually, they stopped for good. (Or had they?) Darien had Serena backed up against the counter. As she felt the back of the counter digging into her back, she looked around and on the counter was a coffee cup and some napkins. Darien looked where she was looking and could practically see the wheels turning in her head. "Oh no, no, NO!" Serena had thrown coffee in Darien's face. "Why you little…" Darien barked. "Opps… now how did that happen?" Serena said snobbily. He scowled at her treacherously and she tried to back up nervously. Unfortunately, she was already pressed up against the counter edge. Darien smirked and grabbed her wrists. "Why…did…you…do…that?" He asked, his eyes narrowing. "Um… because you were going to kill me." Serena explained, looking anywhere but his face. With his hand, he tilted her chin up to look at him. They stared into each other’s eyes and Mina and Lita quietly tiptoed out of the room. Once outside the door they shouted, "THEY'RE IN LOVE!" and they burst into a fit of giggles and left. Meanwhile in the apartment… "You know, this is very fair." "Why not?" Darien asked, his voice going husky. "Because you are the one who insulted me." "So?" "Does it seem very fair?" "Life isn’t always peaches and cream Serena," Darien said seriously and she looked away again. "Yeah, well, some things are supposed to be!" Serena said frustrated. Darien took her face into his hand. "Listen, princess, unlike you, people work for their money, their house, and their belongings. And if they don’t, the least they can do, is help the poor." Serena narrowed her eyes and him and was about to ask how he knew about her inheritance. "RING!" Serena brought her head up in surprise, therefore, bumping her head against Darien's and then hitting it on the counter and falling on the floor. That's all she remembered because she blacked out then.(AN: not really possible, but work with me here) Darien groaned. He ran to the phone, answered it, ran back to Serena with the phone on his shoulder, picked her up and carried her to the couch. He told who ever was on the phone his wife was giving birth and to leave him alone. * * * * * Serena woke up to find herself on *their* couch all propped up by pillows. "Here, I brought you some soup I made for you," Darien said as he set it down on the table and helped Serena up. "Aw, how sweet, the princess is being tampered," she snarled and he shrugged his shoulders. "Fine, I’ll eat it myself." "No! I’ll eat it. Why are you being so nice to me?" Serena asked suspiciously. "Because I told my boss that I had to take care of my wife who just gave birth…so basically, I'm sticking to it." Darien shrugged again and counted in his head, ‘three…two…one…’ "YOU DID WHAT!" "I had to tell him SOMETHING, you were on the floor unconscious!" "And you said I was your wife!?!" "That's the only excuse he would have taken…" "Why you son of a biotch!" "Serena, you should sit back down," Darien suggested. Truthfully, he was getting a little scared. Serena had gotten up from the couch and was walking towards Darien. "I am going to my room. Do not bug me. Bye." With that, Serena walked to the fridge, took the food, made herself a small snack, and left. Darien let a out small sigh of relief before turning on the TV. * * * * * ~ IN THE MORNING ~ Serena rolled out of bed and onto the floor with a big thump. After much grumbling and swearing at the bed, she then went into the bathroom to take a shower. At the same time, Darien awoke, but didn’t fully awake, (if you get what I’m saying) and went into his bathroom. He stripped down to his boxers and bent his head in the shower, then proceeded to try and open the water. He found out it was already opened, but alas, realization didn’t hit him yet. He then tried to take off the shower head. It wasn’t there. "Hey!" Serena turned around because the water was cold. The two stared at each other. Darien looked at her, but didn’t really take it in. Serena was staring at him in his boxes. Then it hit her, she was naked, and he was looking. She screamed. Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Six Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT!" Serena yelled at Darien. She tried to cover herself up. "YOU SICK PERVERT!" she sprayed water in his face. "I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU’D DO THAT!" "I'm out, I'm out!" Darien said, just fully awake now and also fully soaked. "I didn't see anything anyway," he grumbled and turned his back to the shower and waited until Serena wrapped a towel around her body. "Right," she said sarcastically as she grabbed the towel from the hook, wrapped it around her body and stepped out. "Now, let’s talk. What…are…you…doing…in…my…bathroom?" she asked dangerously. "YOUR bathroom?" Darien asked unbelievably. "This is MY bathroom!" he paused then added, "well was, until you came." "So you are telling me, we have sharing bathrooms? Darien nodded. "Great! Now instead of locking one door, I have to lock 2 doors. How am I going to remember?" Serena moaned. "Don’t forget to put the toilet seat down when you done." "Then put it up when you’re finished." Serena glared at him. "Hey, do look at me like that," Darien held his hands up. "It won’t happen again. Trust me. You have nothing to show anyway…" he mumbled under his breath. Serena sneered and quickly walked over to him. SLAP! "Why the hell-" Darien stopped speaking as soon as he saw Serena’s towel fall to the ground. "Ack!" she shrieked and quickly stooped down to revive it. "Now Serena, I know you want to show me everything, but I just don’t want you!" "Argh!" Serena shouted out in frustration. She slapped him again, but this time holding her towel with one hand. "WILL YOU STOP SLAPPING ME?" Darien yelled at her. Serena stepped back in shock. She hadn’t expected him to yell at her. Sure, it was ok for her to yell at him because she had a reason, but he didn’t. He shouted too loud. She suddenly felt like crying. Everything was going wrong today. "Well, we have to separate our stuff because your stuff is all over the bathroom." Darien said gruffly. "Excuse me!" Serena said snootily as Darien drew an imaginary line half way between the two sinks. "This is my side," he pointed to the side that was on the left. "Oh no, you don't have that much stuff," Serena said as she redrew the line to make so she got three more drawers. "What ever." The rest of the morning was spent on organizing the bathroom. Serena ignored Darien unless she needed to ask him something, and he ignored her. Essentially, it was a very quiet morning. When they had finished, Darien went back to his bedroom and Serena went into hers. She dialed up her friends and told them what happened. "WHAT A PERVERT!" Lita hollered. "Let me punch him please!" she begged. "He didn’t get enough slaps." "He must REALLY like you, or so I thought." "MINA!" Serena exclaimed exasperated. "Anyway, why you don't you guys come over and we will search for the rest of the gang." Serena suggested. "There’s nothing that can make this day any worse." "Aw, Serena…" Mina and Lita sympathized with their friend. "Just come over in 10 minutes. Ok?" "Yea, sure." "Ok, I still think he likes you though…" "Bye Mina." ~ 10 MINUTES LATER ~ "Ok, lets got to my room and check on the Internet to see what hospitals are nearby." Serena said as Mina and Lita arrived. She logged on to the Internet and searched. Eventually, she found a list of hospitals in the area and printed the addresses out. "If we find Amy or Raye, my day will officially be turned into good." Serena commented as they hopped into her silver convertible. When she drove by, Serena received many whistles and catcalls from men. She ignored the men, although she had the urge to give the middle finger. "Boy Serena, you sure are popular here!" Mina said jealously. "It's all the car baby, all the car" Serena replied. She pulled into the parking lot of a hospital and parked the car. "Come on," they hopped out and Serena locked the doors. "Hi, is there a Dr. Amy Mizuno who works here?" Lita asked the receptionist who shook her head. "Sorry." They thanked her and went back to the car. "What’s the address for the other hospital?" Serena asked and Lita read it off. "Is there a Dr. Amy Mizuno? No? Ok, thanks." So, as time went by, you could see Serena, Mina, and Lita going in and out of hospitals getting more discouraged. "This HAS to be it, it's the second to last one on the list," a tired Lita said. They went through the sliding doors and up to a counter. "Hi, do you know a Dr. Amy Mizuno?" Mina asked. "Yes, she's a doctor here-" "REALLY!" squealed Serena. "Where is she? Where is she?" Mina demanded. "Right here." a soft voice said behind them. The trio turned around and screamed. "AMY!" "Is that really you?" Mina asked cautiously. "Yeah," Amy said laughing. "DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOSPITALS WE'VE BEEN TO LOOKING FOR YOU? 25 HOSPITALS!" Lita yelled at Amy, then calmed down. "But it was worth it. Nice to see you Ames." She grinned and gave Amy a big hug. *Cough Cough* "Lita, I can't breathe." "Sorry!" "Well, all we have to do is find Raye!" Serena said cheerfully. "But we'll do that tomorrow, cause I'm kinda tired after visiting all those hospitals and being nice for two long." The others agreed with Serena and Amy laughed. "Well, I just finished up my shift…" "Great, you can come with us to Serena’s new house!" Mina suggested and Amy agreed. "Nice car Serena," Amy said admiringly as they reached the convertible. "Thanks, so…what happened to you? Oh yea, I have to thank you for making my day better!" Amy giggled. "Well, I left after Lita, went to Stanford, got my Ph.D., and became a doctor at Kamei Hospital," replied Amy. "What about you guys?" and one by one they told their stories. "We are here!" Serena announced as they pulled up to the garage. "Welcome to my paradise Amy, and please ignore the annoying coconuts which hit your head and go by the name of Darien." Amy laughed. Serena led the group up the stairs to her flat and unlocked the door. "Darien?" she called out. No answer. "Good, he's not here." Serena told Amy what had happened in the morning. Amy gasped, "He didn't!" Serena nodded grimly, "he did." The 3 girls stayed in the apartment, talking and swapping embarrassing stories until 10:00pm when Amy, Lita, and Mina, said they should go. "BYE! See ya tomorrow!" Serena yelled as they all piled into Lita's car. Serena went back to the apartment and laid down on the couch. Her life was getting better. Until Darien came home 10 minutes later. "You went to work today? Isn’t today Sunday?" Serena asked surprised. "My boss wanted me to go to work today. "Oh, then why are you home so early?" "He decided to let me work on normal times, because I am 'working to hard,’" Darien said not glancing at her. "Okay…. That doesn’t make much sense…" "Not for your meatball brain maybe." "Grrr, you know, you owe me," Serena said pointedly. "Why?" "For the shower incident." "That was an incident?" "You know what I mean!" "What, you want me to take you out on a date and beg for mercy?" Darien said annoyed. "That’d be nice…" Serena said, hinting. "I was joking Serena," he responded calmly. "I don’t care. You have to make up for it and begging for mercy in a public place is perfect." "Fine, I will if you want me to." "You WILL?" Serena asked not believing it. "Yea, give me an hour. But if I were you, I’d think it through. You don’t always want what you can get princess." "Sure, whatever!" I never believed he would actually do that, but since he will…he's gonna be sorry he suggested it. Serena thought evilly. Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Seven Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "So Darien, where are you taking me?" Serena asked excitedly. She had let Darien borrow her car for their ‘date’ because his was in the shop. "You'll see Serenity," he said mischievously. "What?" "What?" "What did you call me?" "Serena." "No, did you call me Serenity?" "Serenity? Why would I do that?" "I don’t know. Ugh, never mind." ‘You almost let that slip Shields! You dumb ass!’ Darien mentally slapped himself. "We are here." Darien announced as he got out of the car. He went to the other side and assisted Serena out. "Thank you. Why, it's the Rose Café! This is Lita's restaurant!" Serena said excited. "Yes, now come on, I have a reservation," they walked up the pathway and through the elegant glass doors. Lita was the one to greet them. "Sere and… Darien, um hi!" Lita said surprised. "He’s taking me to dinner as a sorry," Serena said proudly. "Aw, that’s so sweet, maybe Mina was right," Lita whispered in Serena’s ear. She shook her head and whispered back, "Doubt it, he just wants to get on my good side." "Right this way," Lita led them to their table and handed them the menu's. "Everything looks so good," Serena said as she looked over the menu and Darien agreed. "Can I get your order now?" a waitress asked them five minutes later. Serena ordered a pasta dish and Darien got a French delicacy. As soon as the waitress left, there was an uncomfortable silence. Serena tried to start a conversation. "So, um, where did you got to high school?" she asked. "Juuban." was the prompt answer as the food arrived. Serena dug in while Darien ate slowly. "What's the matter Darien?" Serena asked raising her head. "This stuff is great!" Darien accidentally dropped his fork under the table. "Um, Serena could you please pick it up since it’s on your side?" "Yea sure," she said and bent down under the table to pick it up when she heard Darien say in a loud voice, "Please remove your hand from my pants!" BANG! Serena bumped her head on the table while coming up. "What the hell are you talking about?" Serena yelled at Darien. "I repeat, get your slutty hands out of my pants!" "EXCUSE ME!" "I thought you would drop the hooker part if I agreed to bring you out to dinner, but you didn’t!" Darien lowered her voice, but not by much. ‘What the hell is he doing?’ Serena thought. ‘Is he trying to embarrass me? Well he succeeded! Tears ran down Serena’s cheeks as she was determined to beat him at his own game. "Well, I’m sorry! I need the money and I heard that you give money to anyone who has breasts!" "What?" Darien asked astonished. ‘What’s she doing? She’s supposed to run out crying, embarrassed. Like I did. Instead, she’s fighting back…’ "I took you out because I heard you do more for less!" "You son of a bitch!" Serena screamed at him. "At least I have dignity! You never told me you were a whore when I first started dating you!" "That’s because I thought you were the kinda of man who would take advantage of me! And I was right!" she roared at him. "You have nothing to take advantage of! Your breasts are fake and you can’t even pole dance!" "How would you know, I’ve never done it in front of you! I’m a goddamn college grad who’s studying to be a lawyer, not a hooker!" Darien walked up to her. "So, how does it feel to be on the receiving end, princess?" "I hate you!" Serena spat out viciously. She slapped him with all the strength she could muster, and ran out, tears running down her face. Darien stood there, with a red mark on his face, staring at the swinging door. Strange, he had dreamed of this for so long, and yet, he felt kinda of bad. "Why did you do it?" a voice behind him asked furiously. "I used to know." "What?" Darien sighed and sat down in the booth, Lita followed in his suit. "It’s a long story, but remember back in your Junior year?" Lita nodded. "Well, this kid was being picked by a Senior and this girl, who was one of the toughest in the school -aside from you- just stood there and watched. She did nothing to help the poor guy. Her name was Serenity, or Serena. The same one that just ran out." Darien stopped for a moment and looked down, while the wheels in Lita’s head began turning. "Well, she had helped every other kid when they got picked on by another bully, but she didn't help this kid. So he got this crazed idea and swore revenge for the humiliation that he suffered. And it just so happened he was one of my friends, so when Serena moved in and I found out it was her, I phoned the guy and he asked me to avenge him," Darien let a breath out. "What's your real name?" Darien looked at Lita strangely. "Darien." "No, your real name." "Darien." He was beginning to get frustrated with the question. "Is that what it says on your drivers license?" Lita asked suspiciously. "Yes," Darien answered, a little nervously. "Let me see it." "Why?" "What does it matter if it’s your real name?" "No!" Darien stepped out of the booth as Lita reached for his wallet. She stood up and faked a move then grabbed it out of his hands. "NO!" "Ahah! Just as I thought. You are Mamoru!" Lita said triumphantly after she scanned his license. "You’re the guy that was being picked on huh? Well, maybe you should know the whole story before you do something crazy again!" Lita sat down in a booth again. "I remember that she once told me that at lunch, her boyfriend, or the bully to you, was beating up this cute boy. She had wanted to help him, but in truth she was scared of her b/f. You see, once she had come out of the dorm crying, and she had bruises all over. You may not know this, but he would beat her whenever she didn’t obey her. She was truly scared of him. He ruined her life. She could break up with him because he hunt her down. That's why they were together for so long." Darien was listened, shocked. "I’m such a dumbass!" he swore at himself and groaned. Now he ruined his chances. "I should have found out before acting, but when you’re like me, a nerd, and get picked on one too many times, you don’t irrational things and don’t really care much for the reason." He put his head in his hands. "Anyway, so that’s why she couldn't help you. Her boyfriend would have beaten her for doing that. She was going to after he left but you just walked away and she didn't know your name." Lita finished and looked at Darien. He was thinking. All of a sudden he grabbed his coat and stood up. "Thanks Lita!" he said as he rushed out. Darien hailed a taxi, and told the cab driver the directions to his apartment. ’I just hope she’s there…’ Darien arrived at the apartment and found Serena on her balcony, and a bag of bread next to her. He supposed she had been throwing pieces of bread to the ducks in the pond below. Currently, she was writing in a journal of some sort and listening to music. "So um, writing helps you, huh?" Darien asked nervously as he softly approached her. Serena glanced up then her face darkened. "Whores do need a place to write down everyone whom they’ve had sex with." She bit back. ‘Ouch, that hurt,’ Darien thought bitterly. ‘But you can’t say I didn’t deserve it. Oh Serena, I’m so sorry!’ "Serena, you don’t know how sorry I am for everything I said. I was living in the past." Darien told her who he really was and the high school memory. Serena looked away. "That still isn’t an excuse. You thought that you’d get revenge by hurting me?" She turned to face him, leaning against the rail. "You know Darien, I actually started trusting you. The first guy I’d trust in a couple of years!" She laughed sarcastically. "I'm sorry Darien, I really did want to help you. But I just can’t trust you anymore." "I know, and I will make it up to you. I promise!" Darien said determined and Serena looked away. It could be just another trick. "To make up for our ruined dinner, I’ll make us one right here and right now." Darien raised an eyebrow. "What do you say?" "Do what you want." "Ok, I’m glad you agree." For two hours, Darien was in the kitchen trying to make up a romantic dinner. He ran to the grocery story and back, carrying all of the groceries. Serena watching him, her mouth firm, but her eyes held a single twinkle. Finally, Darien finished. "Dinner, is served," Darien bowed and led Serena to the small table he had set up with a vase of roses and a candle which was lit. Darien pulled out a chair and Serena sat down. "Thank you." She said softly. Darien pulled out a chair next to her and sat down. He filled their glasses with wine and raised his. "A toast. To us, and that hopefully I will win you back!" Blues eyes clashed blues eyes again. Unconsciously they both leaned in. Serena closed her eyes as she felt soft lips on hers. She slowly responded and felt his tongue prodding her teeth to open. She obeyed and his tongue slipped in her mouth. Slowly it danced with hers. After a minute they came up for breath, Serena gasping slightly. "You still have a lot to make up for." Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Eight Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = Blues eyes clashed blues eyes again. Unconsciously they both leaned in. Serena closed her eyes as she felt soft lips on hers. She slowly responded and felt his tongue prodding her teeth to open. She obeyed and his tongue slipped in her mouth. Slowly it danced with hers. After a minute they came up for breath, Serena gasping slightly. “You still have a lot to make up for.” *********************************** “Um…” Serena looked down at her plate. “This is actually a good meal” “You thinks so?” Serena nodded. “Darien, can I ask you something?” “You just did,” Darien laughed slightly. Serena gave him a little smile. “Why did you say that stuff at the café?” Darien sighed. “I know the story and all, I just want to know why you said it to me.” “That year, I don’t know if anyone knew or not, but I actually had a crush on you. And it’s extremely embarrassing when you get beat up on in front of the girl you like.” Darien gave her a crooked smile. “Serena, I’m really sorry.” She looked at him and then looked away. “I don’t know whether or not to believe. I know in my heart, that you aren’t like Seiya, but I can’t help but be scared a little.” “If you don’t give me a chance, you’ll never know.” “Yea, I figured that much.” She sighed, and then smiled wryly. “Guess fate will have its way.” “So, what do you say?” Darien asked hopefully. “Why not?” “Yes!” Serena laughed slightly and Darien bent over and kissed her again. She pulled away. “Sorry.” “Not yet. If it’s ok, I’d like to wait.” “Why are you asking me? This is your decision and I respect what ever you say,” Darien said firmly. “Thanks,” Serena said warmly. “It means a lot to me.” Darien squeezed her hand and she smiled again. “ So Darien, how did you become this strong, muscular man that’s so cute and handsome?” Serena giggle slightly and looked at her plate again. Darien laughed out loud and she found she actually liked the sound. “Well, the incident was kinda embarrassing so I made a resolution to be this muscle strong dude and not the wimpy guy I was back then. So I started to work out and now I look like this. What do ya think?” Darien flexed his arm so she could see his muscles. Serena laughed as she touched his arm. “Ya know, I was once a geek to,” Serena told him. Darien couldn’t- wouldn’t- believe it. “All the way up to ninth grade, then my cousin came and gave me a make over and taught me how to flirt and everything. I never forgot how it was being a geek so I promised myself to always defend geeks.” She smiled slightly. “So I guess we are even.” “Am I forgiven?” Darien put on a baby face and pouted. Serena couldn’t help but snicker when she saw the face. “I have no clue.” Darien gave a huge goofy smile. He was almost there. “I think it deserves a kiss.” Serena stopped giggling and looked at him. Should she, she had said to wait, and he respected that. Slowly they moved in closer to each other. When their lips where just about to meet- “WHERE IS HE? WHERE IS THE JERK? COME ON OUT BASTARD-” the two quickly split apart. “Hey- RAYE!” Serena shrieked and ran to Raye. Raye stopped screaming when she saw Serena and dashed to her. They hugged each other tightly before Raye said, “Where is the bastard hm?” Serena looked at Lita for an explanation. “She was in the restaurant when it happened so she heard everything that we all said. That’s how we found her actually, at the restaurant.” Lita gave an apologetic smile. “Well, it’s glad to see ya Raye and thanks for stickin’ up for me and all, but we have it figured out.” Serena said to Raye. “By the way, this is my roommate Darien,” Serena gestured to the man sitting at the table. When Raye saw him, she had hearts in her eyes. “Hi Darien, I’m Raye Hino, Serena’s friend.” She giggled and Darien looked to the girls for help. “Oh, Raye, you might not want him, he has this uh, disease,” Mina said trying very hard to keep a straight face. “What?” “Um, yea, I have uh, this disease,” Darien said. “What is it?” Raye asked not believing them. “Uh….” Darien couldn’t think of anything. “He has carmonitica,” Amy butted in. “And that is…?” Raye asked confused. “The loss of blood and skin and hair cells. Often victims become violent or horny.” Amy said a matter-of-factly. “Oh.” Mina burst out laughing a second later; soon Lita, Amy, and Serena joined her. Finally Darien started laughing a little and eventually Raye glared at them, bewildered. “It…. Doesn’t…. Exist…” Serena managed to say in between gasps. She started laughing all over again. “Well, then why did you say he has a disease, is he taken or something?” Raye teased. Serena suddenly became very quiet and Darien noticed that but he didn’t say anything. “So, Raye, how did you come here?” Mina asked trying to change the subject. All the girls had calmed down enough to her Raye’s story. After Lita and Amy had left, Raye got thinking and decided to go to America. She applied for Stanford College just in case she wanted to do something else. There, she also met Amy and the two of them have been looking for the other three for the past couple of years. (Serena first left when she was 18, she is now 23, and the other girl’s left when they were 19 or 20). It just so happened that they liked to eat at the Rose Café and didn’t even know that it was Lita’s restaurant. Raye decided to open a church and called it Japanese Sunshine Church. Since she was in an area where there were a lot of Japanese people, her church got a lot of business. After Raye told her story, she asked Serena why she changed the subject and what happened while she was gone. Serena explained the whole story over again and what happened with Raye shooting killer glances towards Darien. “Darien, you dork! That’s not how you treat some one you like!” Raye shouted at Darien while both, he and Serena looked down at the floor red- faced. Mina saw that and sighed, she would just have to talk to the other girls about this and get them to help her put the two together. Meanwhile… “Hey, Darien,” Mina asked mischievously. “Do ya have any cute friends?” Darien stared at her then said, “How the hell am I supposed to know if they are cute?” he asked Mina, teasing her but still glad that they changed the subject. “But I’ll introduce ya to my best friends if you want?” The girls talked this over and then agreed. They decided to meet his friends the next day at noon because today, the girls were tired and wanted Serena and Darien to ‘talk’ things out. When everyone left, Darien and Serena cleaned up their apartment since it had kinda turning into a party while they were talking. Occasionally, they looked at each other, but glanced down quickly, blushing. They didn’t talk the whole time. Finally, they both went took a shower, Serena using the shower first after making sure Darien knew she was using it, and then went to bed. Each went to sleep with dreams of the other. ~ NEXT DAY ~ Serena awoke at 10 am to find that it smelled like omelet and bacon. She got up and followed the smell, not even bothering to change. In the kitchen, she found Darien wearing just his boxers that had doggies on them. He wasn’t wearing a shirt and so you could see the muscles in his arms. His back was turned to her so he didn’t know yet that she was in the kitchen. Serena took advantage of this and started drooling at the sight of him in boxers looking hot. She suddenly remembered where she was and that it was Darien. She made a small sound and Darien turned around and blushed. She was wearing a baby blue spaghetti strap top with matching shorts. Her hair was undone all the way and was all around her. She looked beautiful, even in the morning. He turned back to the stove before she caught him staring and produced two plates of omelet and bacon. Serena took the plates to the table and Darien followed her. They started eating the breakfast with out saying a word to each other. Finally, Darien tried to make a conversation, “So, um, how did you sleep?” “Fine.” Serena mumbled in between bites. “You, uh, ready for today?” Darien asked glancing at her still in her PJ’s. “Does it look like it?” She glanced up at him. “You aren’t either.” Serena finished her breakfast and leaned back. “Thanks, that was delish.” She started getting up then Darien grabbed her wrist. Serena turned around startled at the sudden action. “Sorry, I uh- wanted to say that you should get dress,” he flashed her a smile. “We are leaving in 30 minutes.” Serena nodded somewhat disappointedly and left to her room. 20 minutes later she came out in a light pink tank top and dark blue shorts. Her hair was up in a high ponytail with one strand out in front of her face. She had decided to go for the natural look and put only lip-gloss on her lips and pale blue eye shadow on her eyes. She wore a necklace with a pearl on it. she never took it off. Serena walked into the kitchen to find that Darien wasn’t there but he had washed all the dishes. Deciding that she wanted had time, she made herself a small snack while she waited. Darien came out 5 minutes later wearing a dark blue shirt and baggy short. They examined each other then went to Serena’s car. She handed Darien the keys as they got in. “So where are we going?” Serena asked. “To the arcade” Darien answered not taking his eyes of the rode. “My friend, Andrew owns it now,” he smiled slightly as if remembering the memories. “We used to go there all the time- the five of us,” he pulled up in front of the arcade and they got out. Darien led Serena through the sliding doors. “Dare!” a blonde man with an apron yelled as they walked in. “Andy!” The two men ran up to each other and hugged, then they did the traditional guy handshake. Darien introduced Serena to Andrew. “You got quite a looker Dare!” Andrew said teasingly. “Haha,” Darien said sarcastically. “She’s not mine yet,” he whispered and then raised his voice. “You haven’t changed a bit, where are the others?” “Right behind you!” a voice said and Darien turned around. There where 3 guys each about 25 years old. “Chad! Ken! Greg! Long time no see you buttmunches!” “Haha! There wasn’t any need to!” Ken clapped Darien on the back then stepped back as Chad and Greg did the same thing. “Who’s this sexy babe? Are you hiding something?” “She’s my roommate Serena, someday, I’ll have to tell you the story.” Before the guys could answer, the sliding doors opened again and this time, in walked Serena’s friends, each looking stunning. “Damn!” Ken whistled, eyeing Lita. “Holy smokes!” Chad grinned widely as he looked over Raye. “Genius alert!” Greg said examining Amy with her books in her hands. Serena smiled and made a note to hook them up. “Sugar makes my blood go high!” Andrew said, winking at Mina. “OVER HERE!” Serena called out to them. The girls walked over and greeted her and Darien. They looked the guys over quickly and decided that they passed the physical test. Let’s see if their personalities also pass. “And who are these fine gentlemen?” Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Nine Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "She’s my roommate Serena, someday, I’ll have to tell you the story." Before the guys could answer, the sliding doors opened again and this time, in walked Serena’s friends, each looking stunning. "Damn!" Ken whistled, eyeing Lita. "Holy smokes!" Chad grinned widely as he looked over Raye. "Genius alert!" Greg said examining Amy with her books in her hands. Serena smiled and made a note to hook them up. "Sugar makes my blood go high!" Andrew said, winking at Mina. "OVER HERE!" Serena called out to them. The girls walked over and greeted her and Darien. They looked the guys over quickly and decided that they passed the physical test. Let’s see if their personalities also pass. "And who are these fine gentlemen?" *********************************** "I’m Andrew," he introduced himself and Lita looked him over, wondering how good of a cook he was. "Name is Ken." Amy glanced at him, wondering it he knew AP Calculus. "Sup! This hommies name is Chad!" Mina pondered how cute he would place on their Sweet-O-Meter. "† a va? Je m’appelle Greg!" Raye debated how fast he could run and whether or not his English made up for his looks and characteristics. After introductions were made, some small conversations were heard here and there. ----------------------- "So, Andrew right? Can you cook a fabulous milkshake?" Lita asked him. "That’s my job!" Andrew gave her an easy fitting smile. "What do you like to do?" "I usually spend my time here, working, or playing volleyball." ------------------------ "Amy, do you like fighting?" "Fighting as in, to struggle or battle; to injure someone in the process? Of course not!" Amy looked surprised, she only fought when she truly had to. "Have you taken Calculus yet? "Yea, two years ago." "Really?" Amy asked, impressed that Ken had taken Calculus before. Of course, she had taken it four years ago… ------------------------ "Uh, so, uh Mina, dude," "Um, yes Chad?" "Do you uh, like to sing?" "I love singing!" "Wicked cool!" "Do you play any sports?" "If you uh, consider meditating a sport," Chad said grinning, and his eyes twinkling trough his bangs. "Oh." ------------------------- "Greg, do…you…speak…English?" Raye asked slowly, as if talking to a child. "Of course, I was only intellectually readying my mind for when I go to France." "Great. Do you like drums?" "Yes, a little. Drums have a nice sense of vibration and it’s fascinating how the vibrations travel through the floor, ne?" "Do you go to shrines?" "Oh no! I’m not a religious person." "Oh," Raye tried to look interested. "I’ll be right back." She ran to Amy, who was with Ken, they had walked off to the side a little. In fact, everyone had sort of bunched off to the side with someone. "Ames, I have the perfect guy for you!" Raye exclaimed as she led Amy away from a befuddled Ken and towards an intellectual Greg. "And Raye, here is your man. He comes with meditating and everything!" Mina cried desperately as she ushered Chad over to Raye. "Mina, here’s another hunk of a volleyball player," Lita said as she showed Andrew where to find his match. "You must be Lita," Ken said after she gave Andrew away to Mina. "Please tell me you like cooking, don’t play volleyball, and like to run!" Lita cried, exhausted. "I’m your man," Ken said winking. "No, you are an angel sent from heaven!" "It’s about time they hooked up with the right people!" Darien commented to Serena as they stood to the side, watching the chaos. "I know! I couldn’t help feel that they were talking to the wrong people, like not their match. I’m glad though that-" A loud scream interrupted Serena’s sentence, and the whole gang ran outside to see a youma draining the energy of little girl. ‘What should we do?’ Serena asked herself. Rapidly, she came up with a plan. "Me and the girls will get help!" she told the guys and winked at the girls. They caught on quickly and nodded. The girls ran outside and into an alley. They hid behind a bunch of dumpsters and transformed. "Venus Star Power!" "Mercury Star Power!" "Mars Star Power!" "Jupiter Star Power!" "Moon Cosmic Power!" In their place stood the 5 legendary Sailor Soldiers: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Mars. They ran back to the arcade and saw the guys weren’t there. They didn’t waste time thinking about it though. "Mercury, what’s it’s weak spot?" She typed on her mini computer furiously. "Its left elbow, that’s where the controlling device is," Amy replied as scans came up on the screen. "VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!" Mina aimed her attack for the left arm, but the youma moved quickly away. "Damn!" Sailor Jupiter decided to give it a shot. "JUPITER SUPREME THUNDER!" but her attack missed too. "MARS FIRE IGNITE!" Mars hit it slightly above the arm, weakening it only. The youma reared its ugly head in anger and sent an attack Sailor Moon’s way. She saw it way too late to move. Serena closed her eyes and thought, ‘I love you-‘ Suddenly, she felt herself being lifted into the air. She wasn’t dead! Serena opened her eyes and saw that she was in somebody’s arms! "Tuxedo Mask!" she breathed and he glanced at her before setting her down safely. "Thank you." He nodded and confidently said, "you can do it!" Serena’s face shown with determination and she gave a firm nod. She carefully and silently walked in between the bushes and the trees, not in view in the youma. When she was directly behind it, she shouted: "MOON PRISM ATTACK!" As her attack spiraled out, the youma turned around just as it reached it. It burned in green flames then turned into powder. "Moon dusted!" Serena yelled and clapped her hands clean, she started walking over to the other scouts but then stopped when she saw a man leaning over each scout. The men were wearing a costume similar to Tuxedo Masks’, but in colors that went with the scouts’ color. Only when the men whispered something in the scout’s ear and disappeared, did she walk up to them. "Who were they?" "Red Knight," "Blue Knight," "Orange Knight," "Green Knight," Each scout had a dreamy look in her eye. Serena could guess why as she thought about her own Tuxedo Mask. "Unique names," she said dryly and the girls glared at her. "Sorry!" she exclaimed as she held her hands up in defeat. "Anyway, we should go now, the guys would be worrying." "Who’s making up the excuse?" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Fine I will. Happy!" Serena frowned at them and they nodded innocently. * * * * * * The girls arrived at the arcade looking worried. "Is everyone ok?" Serena asked the guys who nodded. "We went to get help but by the time we got back the Sailor Scouts finished everything. And there were weird men by them too." The guys exchanged a look. "Hey Serena," Serena looked at him. "Can I ask you something?" "Yeah, sure I guess," she looked at the others and they smiled at her. Darien led Serena to a corner where no one was. He fidgeted and ran a hand through his hair. "Would you like to go see a movie tonight?" He blurted out, then added quickly, "it doesn’t have to be a date if you don’t want it to. I mean-" "I’d like to," Serena said softly as she smiled slightly at his stuttering. It was certainly cute; Darien had opened up a lot during the past two days. He was no long the cold, rude man she had met in the beginning. In fact, for a day, it was the other way around. She was could and he was sweet. She sighed and then turned her attention towards him. "What movie?" Serena asked cheerfully. "How about um, Urban Legend?" he suggested. "It’s kinda scary if that’s ok with you," she nodded. "I love scary movies! They’re so exciting!" She grinned. "Great! So today at lets say, 8 o’clock?" Serena agreed. "Well, I won’t have to pick you up!" Darien joked and she laughed slightly as he led her to the rest of the group. "So, what did you guys decide?" Mina asked naively. "You were eavesdropping!" Serena accused and Mina looked up at the ceiling. "Not just me…" "Well then, you rascals should already know what movie we’re seeing." "Urban Legend at 8 o’clock," Mina replied in a bored tone. "What else did you discuss?" "Mina!" Serena shouted and then started hitting her on the head. "Hey!" <3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3*<3* "Serena! You ready yet?" "Yup!" Serena stepped out of the bathroom they were sharing. "What do you think?" she twirled around to show Darien. His eyes widened. She looked magnificent and sexy and… Serena was wearing dark blue tight pants and a hot red halter- top that hung on to her curves in the right spots. She was wearing a white sweatshirt on top with a zipper. Her hair was separated into 2 pigtails that hung low on either side of her shoulders. Her make up was easy; lip-gloss and light red eye shadow. Darien noticed she didn’t like to wear a lot of make up, but she still looked outstanding. "Wow!" Darien said and Serena giggled. Darien had on light blue baggy pants and a black shirt that clung on to his muscles. Serena had to admit: he did look cute. "I’m ready." "Okay, let’s go." Darien held his hand out to her, which she took giggling slightly. They drove over to the movie theaters. As they walked inside, a group of guys standing near the entrance whistled. Serena blushed but edged over towards Darien. She smiled when she saw the guys give him a jealous glare. They went in, got the tickets and bought 1 large popcorn, I large drink (hint hint), and a bag of Skittles. They were 10 minutes early so they went into the theater itself and talked. Darien hoped that Serena might just want to hide herself behind him at the scary parts, which was mainly why he picked a scary. The movie finally started 15 minutes later. At the scary parts, Serena did grip his arm so hard he thought it was gonna fall off. But he liked that she would bury her head into his chest if she didn’t want to see anything. Somehow, this all felt familiar but he couldn’t place where or when. His attention went to Serena then back to the movie, where it stayed there, except when it wavered over to Serena. When the movie ended, they stayed after to listen to the music. They got home at 11 o’clock and Serena was pretty tired after the day’s happenings. She went straight to bed, after a good night kiss on the cheek, while Darien stayed up to watch the news which happened to be showing the youma fight with Sailor Moon. ‘Sailor Moon,’ he thought passionately. ‘Someday we will find out our identities. Some day…’ ~ NEXT MORNING ~ Serena found him on the couch, evidently falling asleep while watching the news. She flicked the TV off and looked at him. Even in the morning, he still managed to look cute. She brushed a stray lock of his dark hair away from his face. He moved slightly before a small smile settled on his face and Serena couldn’t help but give a small smile either. She went into the kitchen and made breakfast. When she finished, she went back into the living room to wake up Darien. "Rise and shine sleepyhead!" she called out to Darien while raising the shades. He groaned. "Give me 5 more minutes mommy!" Serena laughed. "Come on Dare, time to wake up." "But I wanna sleep some more," he rolled over on his back and suddenly Serena had a wicked idea. "Darien it you won’t get up something very bad is going to happen," "Uhuh." Serena shrugged her shoulders. "Don’t say I didn’t warn you…" She went into the kitchen, got a dead fish, hid it behind her back and climbed onto Darien. She started lightly kissing his neck then worked her way up his jawbone then finally his mouth. He slowly responded and when she pulled away he lifted his head towards her, eyes closed still, and made a motion to kiss her at which, she put the dead fish in place of her lips and watched on in amusement. After 5 seconds of kissing a dead fish, Darien’s eye’s snapped opened and he jumped up knocking Serena onto the ground. "Ew, you <spit> little biotch, why <spit> did you <spit> do that?" he made a disgusted face and Serena burst out laughing and fell to the floor laughing. Darien just stared at her, still trying to get the taste out of his mouth. "You <giggle? Should have seen the <giggle> look on your <giggle> face!" She started laughing again. Darien sighed, those who know how to laugh, laugh best. Something like that. He had to laugh at the sight Serena made though. "No, seriously, why did you do that?" Serena shrugged her shoulders. "You wouldn’t get up" Darien made a face and she started laughing again. ‘There she goes again…’ then he had an idea. He walked up close to her and looked down into her eyes. She stopped laughing and looked up as they were getting closer and closer. Finally, Darien’s lips captured hers in a sweet kiss. She deepened the kiss and slid her arms up his neck and started play with his hair. He also put his hands in her hair feeling the silky strands. They went on kissing for 2 minutes straight before coming up for air. Both were gasping slightly. Serena stared into his eyes again. "What does this mean?" He asked her quietly. She looked up at him, "You still don’t get it easy just because you got me." Darien looked at her. "Are you serious!" He left no room for her to answer, but instead skipped to the part where he kissed the living daylights out of her. She laughed and leaned on him as he enveloped her into a hug. "So we really are a couple huh?" Serena broke out into grin and nodded. "Yup," she sighed contentedly before remember something. "Darien, your breakfast! It’s getting cold!" She wailed. Darien grinned at the thought of what started it and joined her as she walked to the table. When they finished shoving all the food in their mouths, they quickly changed into clothes other than their pajamas and rushed over to the arcade, remembering they were meeting their friends there. * * * * * "Hey!" Serena called out to her friends as she ran into the arcade. "Details girl!" Mina called out from a booth and Serena went to join them while Darien joined the guys in the booth behind them. She told them everything that happened in a low voice while Darien did the same. They both ended with the same sentence: "I don’t know how to tell him/her that I’m Sailor Moon/Tuxedo Mask!" This of course was meant to be said quietly –and it was- but some how they heard each other and turned around to face each other. "You are Sailor Moon?" "You are Tuxedo Mask?" "You first." Darien stated. "Yes, I am the legendary Sailor Moon" Darien smiled at her and kissed her on the forehead. "Good. Then we won’t have to worry of thinking up of excuses," they laughed slightly before Serena turned to face the rest of the guys. "Let me guess, you guys are the knights?" Andrew, Ken, Greg, and Chad nodded. "Cool! That works out perfectly because we are the scouts so…" Everyone got up and went to join his or her loved one. "You know who they are already?" Serena asked her friends surprised. They nodded guiltily and she sighed. So that’s what the knights had whispered in her scouts’ ear. Before she could say anything once again, a scream was heard loud and clear. Since no one was in the café, the group transformed together and then ran out. Serena and Darien went one way to dust a youma and the rest of the gang went the other way to dust the other youmas. With help from Darien, Serena dusted the youma then went to join the others. On her way, her klutzy side must have come back because she tripped over a tree root. While Raye tried to help her because Darien was busy with another youma, she was blasted by the youma. Eventually, the scouts finished off the youmas and Amy helped Raye stand while Serena tended to her own cut. When she got up, Raye started yelling at Serena. "God Serena! If you are gonna be klutzy then you should at least be careful or don’t show up at all!" Raye, suddenly realized what she said and the affect that it could have, covered her mouth. "Serena, I didn’t mean it-" Raye tried to apologize hastily, but it was too late. Serena went off running. "Oh my god!" Mina shouted as she ran up to Raye. "You did it again!" Raye nodded as silent tears ran down her cheeks. "Darien, you should go after her, she’d most likely listen to you than to us!" Lita called out to him. "This can’t happened again. Not after all the trouble," Amy murmured. Darien gave her a weird look before he ran off chasing his girlfriend. Because Serena had detransformed, Darien caught up to her easily. He grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug, soothing her. "What’s the matter?" he asked her quietly. When she turned to look at him, he gasped. She was a wreck her eyes weren’t the bright blue ones he grew to love and her clothes were ruined. "Oh Serena," he kissed her lightly but sweetly. "Tell me what’s wrong baby," he begged. Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Ten Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "This can’t happened again. Not after all the trouble," Amy murmured. Darien gave her a weird look before he ran off chasing his girlfriend. Because Serena had detransformed, Darien caught up to her easily. He grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug, soothing her. "What’s the matter?" he asked her quietly. When she turned to look at him, he gasped. She was a wreck her eyes weren’t the bright blue ones he grew to love and her clothes were ruined. "Oh Serena," he kissed her lightly but sweetly. "Tell me what’s wrong baby," he begged. ******************************** "About a 6 years ago, scouts and I got into a fight. They decided that I was too klutzy and wasn’t fit to be Sailor Moon." Serena paused sniffing, and Darien encouraged her to go on. "That wasn’t the only thing happening, I was in major stress at that time, everyone thought that I was stupid, but secretly I would take the tests after school during ‘detention’, see, Miss. Haruna knew that I was a Sailor scout so she let me sleep in class. She had to pretend that she was mad though…you know, so she wouldn’t be suspected. "Anyway, I was having a bad day, so when they told me I wasn’t fit to be a Sailor scout, I just took off. I couldn’t take it any more. With the money I saved, I flew to New York. There, a model agent saw me and wanted me to fill in. So I did, then she wanted me to be a model full time so that was my job. I stayed with my pen pal that I kept in touch with for 4 years before. "I finally got the self-confidence to show how smart I really am. About 6 months later I heard that the scouts were having problems so I moved back to Japan. I enrolled myself into the same school they went to, but under a fake name. I also dyed my hair red and got it permed. They never recognized me. I was able to help them without them knowing where I was. Then one night they followed me after I detransformed and came pounding on my door where. I blurted out the whole story because I figured it was time they knew. They felt extremely horrible and kept apologizing so I forgave them, but like you, they had to prove themselves. Then 4 years later I got excepted into Berkeley and left them moved here." Serena finished telling her story and tears welled up in her eyes. "I guess after hearing Raye say that again reminded me of the past, I had so many nightmares and sleepless nights." Darien enveloped her in a hug and they clung on to each other for a while. Finally they broke apart and Darien looked at her. "Are you ready to go back? They really are worried about you." Darien asked her gently. Serena nodded and they walked slowly back to the group. Raye greeted them and gave Serena a big bear hug. "I am so sorry Serena, I didn’t mean it!" She whispered. "I just said with out thinking," Serena smiled in between her tears and told Raye she was forgiven. They had a group hug and the incident was soon forgotten, although not completely. After talking and discussing something’s, the scouts and the knights went their separate ways home. "Are you sure you’re ok?" Darien asked her along the way. She nodded and smiled at him. When they got home, Darien quickly prepared a snack while Serena went and took a shower. "Come on, let’s go to my room and watch a movie" Darien said indicating to his room with his head. Serena raised an eyebrow and he hit her lightly. "Not like that sicko!" he joked and she laughed as they headed to his room. They climbed up onto the bed where Serena snuggled close to him. He smiled and put an arm around her. They watched the movie in peacefully and quietly, their minds completely forgot the small fight and the youmas. When the movie had ended, Darien found that Serena had fallen asleep. He decided not to move her and climbed into bed with her. She awoke the next morning to find Darien next to her. After frantically, but softly, making sure that she had all her clothes and nothing happened, she smiled and leaned over to brush his bangs back. She now knew she could trust him completely. He caught her hand and kissed it before they shared another kiss, which lead to a blissful night of passion. ************************************** "Darien!" Serena cried out. "Where are we going?" She was blindfolded and in the car. Darien chuckled. "You’ll see." When they arrived at the place, Darien stepped out and walked around to Serena’s door. He gently took her hand and led her to an area. He took off her blind when they reached the spot and she gasped. "It’s beautiful Darien!" They were on top of a hill and you could see the whole city. It was Serena’s favorite place and she came here often. "Not as beautiful as you!" Serena grinned at the corny line. Suddenly Darien got down on his knees and Serena look at him in surprise. "Darien!" "Shhh…Serena, will you give me all the pleasure and happiness of being my wife?" Darien asked her and tears rolled down her face. "YES!" Serena shouted through her tears and he got up and hugged her and then kissed her passionately. ***************************** "Do you, Darien Shields take this woman, Serena Temple to be your wife?" "I do." "And do you, Serena Temple, take this man, Darien Shields to be your husband?" "I do." "I now pronounce you husband and wife." Loud whistles were heard through out the church and someone yelling, "I knew you were going to end up together!" The couple went off, Darien looking stunning in his tuxedo and Serena looking gorgeous in her white wedding dress with a small train. They ran to their limousine, which was waiting outside and drove the airport where they then boarded a plane which would take them to Honolulu for their honeymoon. Title : Apartments Mean Fate Has Arrived Chapter : Eleven Author : SilverRunningWater89 Stalk Her? : «email» magikalauthor101@yahoo.xom Rating : PG13 Summary : This story has been majorly revised so now it is newer, better, and funner! Serena and Darien end up living in the same apartment and don't even know it! What's going to happen? And what's the secret that they both hold? * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = * = "Do you, Darien Shields take this woman, Serena Temple to be your wife?" "I do." "And do you, Serena Temple, take this man, Darien Shields to be your husband?" "I do." "I now pronounce you husband and wife." Loud whistles were heard through out the church and someone yelling, "I knew you were going to end up together!" The couple went off, Darien looking stunning in his tuxedo and Serena looking gorgeous in her white wedding dress with a small train. They ran to their limousine, which was waiting outside and drove the airport where they boarded a plane which would take them to Honolulu for their honeymoon. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< EPILOGUE (Last chapter!) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Rini! Leave him alone!" Serena walked over to her pink-haired daughter and picked her up. "But Mommy!" Rini protested. "Yea Rini, leave me alone." A small-black haired child teased her. "Darry…" Darien warned. The boy looked up and grinned. "Yes?" Darien sighed. He knew this was a bad idea but Rini and Darry had wanted to. Darien looked at his two children. He couldn’t believe they were actually his children! Darien then glanced over at his beautiful wife. She was so amazing and it was hard to believe he actually deserved her. His wife glanced over at him and smiled, she knew what he was thinking about. "We went over this Darien… I am married to you, and we deserve each other. After all, because of our apartment, fate has arrived." Serena giggled and Darien pulled her close, hugging her tightly. They shared a deep kiss. "Ewww!" Rini and Darry whined together. Suddenly Darry saw Helios with his parents, Mina and Andrew. "HELIOS!" Darry ran to greet his best friend. "DARRY!" They ran to the playground and started playing while Rini just stood there looking uncomfortable. Helios noticed. "Hey, Rini, wanna play with us?" Helios asked her. "Oh, come on Helios, she’s a girl!" Darry complained. "Sure, I’ll play with you," Rini said glaring at her brother. The three of them ran to the slide. "10 bucks they are gonna marry!" Mina bet as she and Andrew approached the other couple. "Mina…." Serena groaned. Then she thought it through. "Deal." The ladies shook hands as the men looked at each other and had sweat drops on their heads. "I’m not Sailor Venus, Scout of Love, for nothing!" Andrew and Darien looked at each other helplessly. "You ever wonder why we marry these women?" Darien asked Andrew. "I try not to think about that question," Andrew replied and they ducked as their wives hit them. *** "HELIOS!" Rini cried out. "Are you ok?" "I am not now that you’re here," Helios said dreamily. Darry groaned. This was going to be a long 10 years. |