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      Title: Hold Me 
      Author: Reesepbc
      Email: reesepbc@gmail.com
      Rating: Pg-13....for language and content

      Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, nor do I own this song it's by 
      Savage Garden...I don't know what happened to me when I wrote this. I 
      guess I was thinking about an old friend that I use to love with all my 
      heart and then he broke it by leaving me. So I wrote this. It does have a 
      happy ending though......  Now I want to thank alot of friends and the 
      list is sooooo long so ill narrow it down ok. I will just name you and you 
      will know who you are Alicia, Patrick, Robin, Wayne, Suzanne, Cat, Troy, 
      Julie, and am I forgetting anyone......I dunno. Well I love you all, and I 
      promise to write more, and get busy on my mulit parters to. * smiles * 
      hope you enjoy.

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         Serena Canstriel hurried along the sidewalk trying to get inside before 
      the storm hit. The weather man predicted this to be the heaviest snow fall 
      in over 10 years , and she was not going to be caught out in it. She ran 
      home and stuck her key in the lock and opened the door expecting to find 
      dinner waiting for her, but was struck with complete silence. Serena 
      looked around her house for some signs of life from her roommate, but no 
      one was there. 
         She sat her brief case down and then walked into her kitchen to fix her 
      a bite to eat when her eye caught a note on the microwave. 

            Serena, 

           Sorry that I wasn't there when you got home, but I had plans tonight 
      and you're             gonna have company coming over and it is best if I 
      am not there. All I can say           is good luck and I hope things work 
      out for the best. You deserve to be happy.
                               your friend,
                                   Seiya

         
         Serena stood there baffled, trying to figure out who her company was. 
      She was about to phone Seiya when she heard a knock at her door. She sat 
      her phone down on the bar and walked over to the door and answered it. Her 
      mind was still reeling as she opened the door, but the person on the other 
      side was not even one of her choices running through her mind. Especially 
      since he was the one who had walked out of her life 4 years prior to this 
      encounter.  She was about to shut the door in his face, but he must have 
      anticipated her move cause he casually stuck his hand on the door and 
      pushed it open enough to walk through.  Serena stood next to the door as 
      he walked into the living room and looked around, and then back at her. " 
      Well you haven't changed much since I last saw you. You're still as 
      beautiful as ever. " He spoke softly.  Serena forced herself to look at 
      her visitor and she finally gave up and shut the door and walked into the 
      living room.  She walked right up to him and looked him in the eye and 
      spoke in a heated voice. " Just what the hell do you think you are doing 
      here Darien ? "  Darien was taken back by her tone and the hated gleam in 
      her eye.  Darien instantly regretted coming here to see her. 

        ' What was I thinking? This will never work. She hates me now. '  

      Darien began to walk towards the door and turned around slowly, " I am 
      sorry that I have bothered you I will leave you alone now."  He turned 
      back towards the door when Serena got between him and the door and leaned 
      against it to keep him in her house. "  THE HELL YOU ARE LEAVING !  " She 
      yelled at the young man in front of her. Darien winced at the tone of 
      voice she chose to use with him. Serena looked at him and then pointed to 
      the sofa, " Please sit down so I can find out what has caused you to come 
      here to my home. "  Darien took her offer and walked over to the sofa and 
      sat down as Serena sat in the chair almost directly across from him.  

        " So Serena how have you been? " A common question, but not for the two 
      in the house.  Serena looked at Darien and he couldv'e sworn that her 
      beautiful azure eyes encased flames inside them. " WHAT? You come here 
      after all this time to ask how I've been? Do you really care how I have 
      been? "  Darien shook his head and looked outside and tried to think 
      rationally, but he couldn't supress the rage building inside of him. " 
      Listen Serena I did not come here to fight with you. I came here to talk 
      to you about you and I. "  Serena lost it at that point. " Get out...."  
      Darien looked at her like she had grown two heads, he couldn't understand 
      why she just said that but when she stood up and approached him with 
      complete hate in her eyes he new that she was not going to go easy on him. 
       She held out a shaky hand and pointed towards the door, and half stated 
      and half whimpered. " Get out...please...I don't want to go through this." 
       Darien was about to just jump up and shake her. He hated what he had done 
      to her, but he was scared back then and he was foolish. Now he was face to 
      face to her and this was probably the only chance he would have to tell 
      her how he felt then and now.  He looked down at Serena and tried to 
      comfort her but she pushed him away and ran into the other room.

        ~  Hey, if we can't find a way out of these problems 
            Then maybe we don't need this 
            Standing face to face 
            Enemies at war we build defences 
            And secret hiding places ~

         Serena sat on her bed  and cried, she couldn't let him get to her. He 
      had made her believe that he loved her and wanted to be with her back 
      then, but then one day she came home from her classes and they had a fight 
      and that was it. He walked out and with him went her heart. Serena was 
      unable to trust another man much less love them until she met Seiya. Seiya 
      had instantly became her best friend, but that was all he was, a friend. 
      Serena pulled her knees to her chest and cried softly as she longed for 
      him to be with her again.  She couldn't believe that after 4 long years 
      she would still love him. Darein was on the outside of her door listening 
      to her cry, and he wished to god there was something he could do. He 
      knocked softly on her door and when he got no response he slowly turned 
      the knob to her door. What he saw at that instant broke his heart. He 
      rushed over to the bed and sat down. He wanted to hold her, but knew that 
      she would push him away so he sat there and waited. Serena spoke without 
      even looking at him. " Why? Why did you leave me? "  Darien was stunned, 
      but he just shook his head and pulled her to him and let her cry. " I was 
      afraid Serena and I didn't want you to leave me so I left . "  He knew 
      that was a pathetic excuse but it was the truth. ' I'm not worthy of her 
      love anymore.' He thought sadly as the sweet angel cried in his chest.

         ~  I might need you to hold me tonight 
            I might need you to say it's all right 
            I might need you to make the first stand 
            Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man ~

         Serena finally was able to calm down as she fell silent and just sat 
      there in his arms and thought to herself. Darien on the other hand was 
      getting nervous from her lack of words. He wanted her to say something 
      even if it was yelling at him, but she didn't. He realized that things 
      would probably never be the same, but he had to try.

         ~  Hey, more than angry words I hate this silence 
            It's getting so loud 
            Well I want to scream 
            But bitterness has silenced these emotions 
            It's getting hard to breathe ~

         Darien sat there holding Serena and he was losing his control bit by 
      bit with her tiny frame in his arms. All he wanted to do was kiss her all 
      over, but he couldn't bring himself to do that . 
         Darien looked around the room they were in and noticed that Serena had 
      done well for herself. She was happy, at least that is what he thought 
      from the appearance of her home. ' When did she start to like all this 
      fancy stuff? What happened to the simple girl I fell in love with? The one 
      that liked to go outside in the pouring rain and play a game of tackle 
      football, or the one who liked to help me work on old cars in our spare 
      time? What happened to my best friend, the girl I love? ' Darien was 
      shaken out of his thoughts when Serena finally got up and walked into the 
      other room. Darien sat there for a moment and looked around for some sign 
      of ' her ' the real Serena. Darien thought to himself and whatever greater 
      being out there to return her to him.

      ' Please I'll do anything to have her with me again. ' 
            
          ~ So tell me isn't happiness 
            Worth more than a gold and diamond ring? 
            I'm willing to do anything 
            To calm the storm in my heart 
            I've never been the praying kind 
            But lately I've been down upon my knees 
            Not looking for a miracle 
            Just a reason to believe ~

         Darien walked into the living room and noticed that the front door was 
      open so he walked out there and found Serena sitting on the porch watching 
      the snow fall lightly to the ground when she noticed that Darien had 
      walked out there. She looked at him and smiled a half smile and motioned 
      for him to sit next to her. Darien walked towards her slowly, he was 
      hesitant at first but then he finally allowed himself to sit next to her. 
      He felt how cold she was and he was about to wrap his arms around her when 
      he realized he had no place to touch her, for he was the one who had ' 
      killed  ' the spirit of the beautiful and vivacious young women sitting 
      next to him. Serena turned towards Darien and took his hand and held it 
      softly in her tiny hand, while looking at him in a loving way. " Tell me 
      Darien. Tell me why you were afraid I would leave you, please. "  It was 
      more of a plea than anything else, but somewhere Darien found the strength 
      to open his heart and bare all to this wonderful and mesmerizing creature 
      beside him.

          ~ I might need you to hold me tonight 
            I might need you to say it's all right 
            I might need you to make the first stand 
            Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man ~

         " Well you remember how you and I always use to be together and we did 
      everything together and we were happy? " Darien asked as he looked at her 
      sweet face. Serena shook her head and urged him to go on. " Well back then 
      I was so happy it was you and me and the world. We took it on and never 
      cared who thought we were crazy. Then one day I went to class and you went 
      to yours. Well I was talking to Andrew and he was telling me how Rita had 
      left him after 6 years of happiness. She just woke up and decided that she 
      didn't want to be with him anymore  Well that got me thinking. What would 
      happen to me if I lost you. I mean how would I go on if you just up and 
      walked out on me? I couldn't. So I got scared and I did the only thing I 
      could think of I left." Darien sat back and tried not to look at her, 
      cause her eyes now had tears in them, and he couldn't bear to look at her 
      and know that he was the one to cause all the pain that this beauty was 
      experiencing. She grabbed his chin and made him look at her, and spoke 
      softly. " Then why have you returned? " Darien was in awe at her strength 
      and he himself began to cry softly.  " Redemption. I live a very dull 
      life, the day I left I lost the light in my heart, and my one true reason 
      for living. I realized that I needed you, but I couldn't go look for you. 
      "  Serena looked at him stunned and some how found her voice, but it was 
      very meek. " Then why did you come back? I mean it's been 4 years, did it 
      ever cross your mind that I could be married with a family. "
      Darien looked at her and nodded his head, " Yes I wondered that, but I had 
      to know. I had to tell you that I still love you no matter what and that 
      it was not your fault that I left. I didn't care what happend to me as 
      long as I had the chance to tell you that I loved you then and I never 
      stopped. "  Serena looked down at her lap and smiled a little through her 
      tears. " My life has been pretty boring, and I haven't found anyone to 
      share it with. My roommate is always trying to fix me up with his friends, 
      but they aren't nor ever will be you. " She then looked at Darien and in a 
      small voice told him the words that he needed to hear more than anything. 
      " I still love you Darien. " Darien was on cloud 9, and he wrapped her in 
      a huge hug as they both sat there in the comfort of their silence.

         ~  Do you remember not long ago? 
            When we used to live for the night-time 
            Cherish each moment 
            Now we don't live we exist 
            We just run through our lives 
            So alone 
            That's why you've got to hold me ~

         Serena watched as the snow fell lightly as she spoke again. " Darien 
      can we overcome all that has happened? " Darien was resting his chin on 
      her head as he listened to her question. " I don't know Serena, but we can 
      try. I can't promise you that it will be the same as before, but I can 
      promise to love you and never leave you again if you give me the chance. " 
       Serena turned around and faced Darien. She traced the outline of his face 
      with her index finger and giggled a little, " I don't want it to be the 
      same, I want it to be better. I want to be with you, that is all I have 
      ever wanted, but if you have any doubts talk to me first instead of 
      leaving. Please. "  

          ~ Hey, if we can't find a way out of these problems 
            Then maybe we don't need this 
            Standing face to face 
            Enemies at war we build defences 
            And secret hiding places ~

         Darien took her finger and kissed it lightly and looked deep into her 
      eyes. " I won't leave you ever again I promise. I promise to always love 
      you and if I ever feel like I have any doubts you will be the first one 
      that I run to, and not from. " With that Serena lightly kissed Darien on 
      the cheek and grabbed his hand and stood up pulling him up with her. " 
      Let's go inside Darien and talk it's getting cold out here, and this way 
      we can just sit on the sofa in front of the fire." Darien agreed and 
      followed her into the house. Serena made some hot cocoa. Once the coca was 
      ready she took the cups into the living room and noticed the fire that 
      Darien had started. She placed the cups on the coffee table and then 
      cuddled up to Darien and looked him in the eye, and lightly kissed the tip 
      of his nose. " Darien will you just hold me tonight, and we can talk 
      tomorrow? " Darien quietly laughed at her innocent gesture and kissed her 
      lightly on the lips, " Yes Serena I will hold you tonight, and every night 
      after if that is what you want. " Serena agreed to his offer and then 
      turned in his embrace and leaned her head on his chest. They revelled in 
      the fact that they were both truly happy for once in 4 long years.  
           
         ~ I might need you to hold me tonight 
            I might need you to say it's all right 
            I might need you to make the first stand 
            Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man ~

      The End.......

        Well there you have it, short sweet and simple. I know it is not what I 
      normally write, but it was just something that came out. I had this 
      inspiration to write this and well here it is. Please don't flame 
      me................but you can email me..... Serena_Schields@excite.com
  

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