Well, well my dears, here it is! Finally, I have gotten around to writing 
this and posting it! I am so sorry for keeping all you guyz waiting, and 
thank you so much for the emails that asked for the next chapter, for if it 
wasn't for that prodding, I probably would have kept on procrastinating!!! 
^_^ Thanxs so much to everyone who emailed me!!! I have a HUGE apology to 
make, I'm slowly by slowly trying to reply to all the emails I have! I AM 
SOOOO SORRY if I haven't replied to you!! Some of my emails have been 
deleted, so I am very sorry about all this! I will be trying to reply now, 
however my email account is out to get me, I know it! It is, it is!!Anywayz 
guyz I am so sorry about that and also for the delay in getting this part 
out, but I HAVE been very busy. =(
I have a question for you all, has anyone seen the anime show Digimon: 
Digital monsters? I know, I know sound like a rip off Pokemon, but it's 
really good. And I'm a teen, and I don't normally say cartoons like that are 
good (With the exception of SailorMoon!) So anywayz, just email me if you 
like the show I have a web page for it coming up it is at:
http://www.angelfire.com/me3/Digiparadise/index.html
I'll also be starting a Sailormoon web page soon, I'm not sure when, but I'm 
going to try.
	Now the reason why I've been so late with posting this: ( I know, excuses, 
excuses. But most are legit) Well with the new year starting I got the flu 
that was spreading everywhere, and I got it bad, I was out of school for 
like two weeks! Then I had my mid terms which were soooo hard!!!! After 
that, I joined a lot of committees at our school, and the teachers chose 
that point to load us with projects! AT one point I had three tests, three 
projects and one presentation all due in one THREE-DAY school week, I kid 
you not my friends!!!! Anyway then I was in my school's science fair and we 
went to regionals (YAY!!!) So my partner and I had to spend a lot of time on 
that. Then, all this stuff socially, like parties and stuff were going on, 
and also the guy I've had the biggest crush on got a girlfriend. Who is like 
totally mean, and the thing was that everyone, (and I mean practically 
EVERYONE) thought we were going to go out. But oh well . . . =( Then I was 
on my school committee to fix up the gym for the end of the year grad, and 
that took a whole lot of time, then EXAMS!!(YUCK) Three A+'s and 2 A'S! WOO 
HOO! Then all the happenings which occur in the beginning of the 
summer..ergh.
Anywayz, my dears, I love you all so I tried, and I wrote this chapter, and 
hopefully I'll try to post more regularly again!!!! Well I'll stop with my 
rambling, and on the story!!!!
HUGZ TO YOU ALL!!!!


And throw away the key . . . Part 14
By: usako3000
PG

	Selene watched her younger sister worriedly. Serena sat curled up tightly 
on a chair, simply staring at the window as rain drops splashed violently at 
the glass. The sky was dark with clouds and thunder rumbled through the air 
like a angry lion. Serena's  legs were pulled up close to her chest and her 
arms encircled them tightly, as if trying to protect herself. With a 
trembling hand Serena reached out and touched the cold pane, sliding her 
hand down the window as she submerged even deeper in her thoughts.
	Selene bit her lips hard and turned, walking into the lounge where Stephen 
and Travis were watching T.V.
	"Guys." She spoke quietly.
Both the boys' heads turned upwards in a silent question asking, "what?"
            "I'm really worried about Serena. I mean ALL day she's been like 
this, wrapped up in her thoughts. I'm really thinking that coming here is a 
bit too much for her."
             Travis nodded, "Yeah Selene, I'm thinking you're right. But 
Setsuna said that we're needed here, it's not just a matter of that movie. 
But I see where you're coming from, maybe we should let her take a break for 
awhile, maybe go back to Canada for a week or two."
"No."
Both Selene and Travis jerked at that comment.
"What Stephen?"
Stephen kept his eyes on the T.V. "She . . .  needs to do this. It's a 
matter of her strength, we can't just keep her locked away from the read 
world. She needs to be able to get this all out . . . I . . . I'm not sure 
how to put it . . . but . . . it's something she needs to do, and we should 
just support her. I know it, she needs to stay here. In Japan."
He shut his eyes for a brief moment. Travis and Selene paused in a stunned 
silence. Stephen actually saying that Serena needs to do this her own way. 
Stephen-mister-if-any-one-touches-my-sisters-I'll-kill-him 
with-my-bare-hands-Starr saying that, was something big.
"Besides, she's my Twin. I should know."
He smiled, unaware of the shocked stares he was getting from his older 
sister and friend then went back to watching the rerun of Seinfeld.
Selene smiled, a laugh playing on her lips. Turning, she walked back into 
the room where Serena had been sitting. She found her sister still in the 
same position-but fast asleep and the star locket on her lap, glittering 
brightly.


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	Darien was confused, upset, worried, and unhappy. Laying in his bed, hands 
behind his head, he stared up at the ceiling. A lot of things had happened 
since the day that Serena had left.
He had changed in ways and also stayed the same. Before he had met her, he 
had sort of built a wall of ice around his heart-he was too afraid..Of what? 
Getting hurt? People seeing that he had weaknesses? Simply afraid. When he 
had met her, she had broken the wall down and for the first time in his life 
he was truly, blissfully happy. But of course, nothing lasts forever-the 
dreams started. So he had broken up with her-trying to protect her, keep her 
safe. Instead all he had done was hurt her, and also slowly been killing 
himself inside.
Of course there had been Reenie which was his only tiny bit of light left. 
She had been so much like Serena, from the hair down to the toes. Of course 
later finding out that she WAS Serena, in a way didn't come as too much as a 
shock. That was why he had gotten so angry to see her get almost killed that 
one time . . . of course he knew Serena had been hurt too, which had only 
made him more upset. Why couldn't she have been more careful? To think he 
could have lost them both made him blinded with anger . . . and he had taken 
it out on Serena. He was so frustrated with her not being more careful, he 
had to show her some how to be more careful . . . but so angry he couldn't 
tell her . . . he had hit her.
Hit her.
Hit her.
He was a stupid jerk, an abusive stupid jerk who didn't deserve to live. So 
why did he? And why did she not?
He was never the kind of guy to hurt someone, other than youmas of course, 
and he swore never to hurt anyone again. But it was too late.
Too damn late.
She was gone . . . for good . . . what was Sailor Chibi-Sun's words? "She 
disappeared one day? POOF.
Gone."
Gone, Gone, Gone.
She was gone. Because of him. If he hadn't hurt her that day . . .
if he hadn't hurt her she wouldn't have left . . .
she wouldn't have gone some where . . .
and she wouldn't have ceased to exist.
God, he didn't even know what part of Canada she had died in, and how did 
she die?
Darien's fist clenched and his eyes shut tightly. The wall of ice had risen 
again . . .
But now there was Serena Starr. She was beautiful, a lot like his own 
Serena, even the same first name. But how could he be such a jerk as to like 
her? He loved his Serena, and ONLY his Serena . . . But the feeling inside 
his stomach told him to be careful, because he knew it as well as his heart 
did. He was falling for Serena Starr.


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	Serena tossed and turned in her sleep, dreams of her past haunting her. She 
whimpered and her lips parted, silently speaking. Uni looked up from his 
resting place on the rug, in a graceful movement, he jumped up onto Serena's 
bed and gently snuggled into her arms. Seemingly comforted by the presence, 
her restlessness ceased. Uni watched worriedly as a tear rolled her cheek 
her lips parted  and in barely a whisper she said, "Darien . . . "

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	"Okay" Serena struggled to keep her voice from trembling as she spoke to 
Darien. With one hand she tucked a wisp of her hair behind her ear, hoping 
he wouldn't notice her hand shaking. Rolling her chair closer to her desk, 
she continued, "Well,"
She clenched and unclenched her hands beneath the desk . . .  "Umm, well, 
the people casting the photo shoot liked you, so they said that they'd take 
you on. I'm not sure exactly which photo shoot they want you to be cast in, 
but they want you to be at seventy-nine storling avenue at 11:00 a.m. on 
Thursday. Is..that okay with you?"
"Um, Yeah." He shook his head, hoping that she didn't notice that for the 
last twenty minutes he had been staring at her. Oh my god what if she did? 
His mind raced.
No, he firmly stated to himself, she didn't notice him staring at her.
Ohmygod, he was staring at her....Serena hoped he didn't recognize anything 
about her.
Everything about her was familiar.
She could feel the familiar burning sensation behind her eyes and nose which 
told her she was close to tears. He was so handsome.
He felt unbalanced, oh god she looked like his Serena, he wanted to cry. She 
was so beautiful.
Pull yourself togther Serena!!!!!
Pull yourself together Darien!!!!!
"Uh Right, Sunday, 12 a.m.."
"Eleven."
"Oh right eleven."
"Right."
"Right."
"So.."
"Uh, I should be going."
"Oh yeah, okay."
"Okay."
"Bye."
"...bye."
A little dazed and confused, Darien got to his feet, adjusted his leather 
jacket and breathing in heavily, puffed himself up to full manliness and 
started to the door. Grabbing the brightly polished handle he turned and 
smiled,

"Bye, Miss Starr."
"Umm, Mr.Chiba.."
"Yes?"
"That's the door to my closet."
"What? ....oh."
He flushed.
She laughed softly.
With a quick smile he bolted to the real door and opened it, "bye!" and 
raced outside, ego thoroughly deflated.
She smiled distantly as she fingered her ring. "Bye Darien."

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	Travis was a patient man. Yes he was patient, but when Selene was two hours 
late for their meeting, the patience kinda ran out. He angrily shuffled some 
papers, okay they were friends, yeah friends, allies too, but also he was 
her manager. Kind of her boss! So why, WHY did she never listen? So, she was 
two hours late. She WAS a star, they often run behind on schedule, but there 
was always the nagging what if . . . ? What if something had happened to 
Serena? Serena, always late just like her sister, how many times had she 
been racing around her home trying to find things and do things five minutes 
before they had to leave? Serena was like Travis' little sister, he loved 
her to death. And death to anyone who would harm her!!!But the person late 
was not Serena, but Selene. She was older, she should be more responsible, 
and TWO hours? That was a hefty amount of time! She was probably on the 
phone, or shopping or something. But . . . what if something had happened to 
her??Travis clenched his fist. Dammit Selene!
The door of his office then opened and in swept the princess of the sun. "Hi 
Trav.!!!" She smiled, but was stopped short by her manager's angry glare.
"You're late. TWO hours late."
And then suddenly, with the same flair that her younger sister had, Selene 
eyes became wide and gone was the young woman and abruptly appeared an 
innocent young girl.
"I'm sorry." She looked down.
"Oh, don't try the I'm so sorry, I'm just a little girl routine on me!!!!" 
He stood up, eyes flashing.
She looked at him and sniffled. "Please don't be mad at me . . . "
And he forgave.
It was her eyes that did it, the innocent eyes, the passive eyes . . . the 
beautiful eyes.
"Okay Selene, this time, I won't get mad."
Her face broke into a smile and she hugged him, "Yay! Trav.! Wanna get some 
thing to eat?"
He hugged her back.
He was sure that there was work to be done . . . yeah, his mind said a whole 
bunch of paperwork over what model went with which. They had to approve it . 
. .  but the thought was vague and as he took Selene by the arm and escorted 
her out, it was completely gone.

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	Serena laughed as Gabriel lifted her up into the air and walked into the 
studio.
"Gabriel, you put me right down, this instant!!!!!"
"Not after that stunt you pulled!!!!!!!!" He tried to keep his voice angry, 
but his eyes sparkled with laughter.
She squirmed angrily in his arms, trying to pry his fingers off her waist.
"You do realise, if you pry my fingers off, you're gonna fall."
She twisted around and glared at him, "C'mon, Ri! How was I supposed to 
know, I'd trip you up instead of Logan????"
Logan, following behind let out a hurt gasp, "Hey!You were trying to aim for 
me???"
"Uhh...no . . . I meant . . . "
"Nuh-uh, no excuses, Sere I heard you!" While Gabriel had her helpless in 
the air, Logan moved quickly and started to tickle her.
"NO!!!!LOGAN!!!!!!!" She tried to kick him while shrieking with laughter.
"Um, Excuse me?"
The three turned, to see Darien standing in the door way with an eyebrow 
raised.
"Uh . . . "
Gabriel quickly put Serena down. His eyes darkening as he realised who it 
was, as did Logan's. Serena noticed it and placed a hand on each of their 
arms, a silent plea not to start anything.
"Hi Mr.Chiba!"
"Hi Miss, Starr . . . is . . . um this the place?"
She nodded, "yeah. I'll show you the room"
He nodded, wondering why the two men were looking at him with such strange 
looks. Darien had a feeling that they didn't like him too much, well he 
didn't like them either. How dare they be playing around with Serena like 
that? Who were they to do so??? As he followed behind the suddenly silent 
Serena, he couldn't help but notice how nice her perfume was. He mentally 
hit himself, NO!he did NOT like Serena Starr, he would NEVER like anyone 
other than his Serena!!!Yeah, yeah . . . it was just that she looked kinda 
like his Serena, yeah that was it . . . but deep inside something stirred, a 
sense of familiarity and also jealousy to think that maybe one of those guys 
was her . . . her . . . boyfriend . . . ?
Frustrated by his thoughts, Darien didn't even notice as they walked into 
the main area of the studio. When Mr. Shane, the director came over and 
said, "Hey kids!" Darien fell from his thoughts dazed. "Hey."
"Okay," Mr.Shane spoke in his usual loud voice. He was a character. Perfect 
for the role of Santa, with a white beard and twinkling green eyes. Of 
course he was missing the extra pounds, but he had the booming voice to make 
up for it. "Go over to the left and you'll be told which models you'll be 
working with. Gabriel, you're not working today are you?"
Gabriel shook his head, "Nah. Just here with Sere and Logan."
Mr.Shane nodded with understanding.
Serena, Logan and Darien walked over to the man reading out the partners for 
the shoot. There were three other models there, two girls and a man.
Serena and Logan looked up and smiled, "Hey Lara!Hey Chris!"
Darien smiled as he saw that his friend Samantha was there as well. "Hey 
Sam!"
Samantha looked up, "Hey Darien!" She tossed her red hair behind her 
shoulders, "You a model?"
"Yeah, well just trying my hand at it, you know it's fun."
Samantha nodded understanding, "Oh yeah, me too." Then out of the corner of 
her eye she saw Serena, "Ohmygod Darien! That's Serena Starr AND Logan, ooh, 
I can't remember his last name but he's so totally hot AND 
Famous!!OHMYGOD!!!"
Darien raised an eyebrow, "Calm Down, Sam, I know Serena. She's the one who 
helped me get this job."
"WHAT???REALLY?" She grabbed him by the collar and pulled him, so their 
noses almost touched.
"...eep . . . "
"Listen, Darien, You are GOING to introduce me as soon as this shoot is 
over, UNDERSTAND!"
Darien nodded nervously, Jeez, had she always been this weird?
"And then, he told me that it was maple!!!"
Serena laughed at Lara's story, but her eyes were wondering somewhere else, 
Ohmygod! That girl was holding Darien so close, how dare she?
Who was she to do so?
Grrr . . . anger flamed inside of her.
"Okay everyone, I'd like to have the attention of you guys" The man speaking 
was tall. His glasses were huge, and he kept reaching up and pushing the 
bridge of them up to keep them from slipping off his rather large nose.
"Okay, Umm, Logan, and Lara you guys are going to work together on a shoot. 
And Chris you and Amanda, who hasn't shown up yet are going to work 
together, also with Jonathan Mills, who also has not shown up." the man 
frowned slightly and gave Chris and apologetic look.
"Uhh, Samantha Anderlon? You're going to work alone on the shoot for crystal 
jeans. And, Lets see, Serena Starr!! Well my dear, you'll be with Darien."
With Darien.
With Darien.
With Darien.
She, was going to be with DARIEN.
She turned and looked and gave him a weak smile.
"Oh."

To be continued . . .

Well, now that's done. Hallelujah!! ^_^ Again, SO sorry it took WAY Too long 
to finish!!!
Got Emails(4 me??) Sorry guys if the grammar is a bit off, I didn't have 
time to edit it! ^_^

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