Hi all, it's Febuary 13th, and it's almost valentines day, so I thought I'd 
write a short story for
all the Serena and Darien romance lovers out there. E-mail:
starbunny66@hotmail.com and let me know if you liked this, or if
it sucked. I'm just writing off of the top of my
head...so..here go's! *grinz* (Hi P-120, Siva-chan and friends,
MoonKlutz and all the other readers out there. I just had a thought,
a long time ago a girl whome I dubbed Lizzy-chan read
my stories, I wanna talk with her again, and see what's up,
so Lizzy-chan, e-me! Ja ne!)This is a short intro, and so without
further adu, on to the story!

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Be My Valentine?
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Serena walked along the street humming softly to herself. It was a boring 
saturday,
and to top it off, Valentines Day. All of the senshi were
away on varies trips, and her parents were out of town, well out of the 
country
in fact. They and Sammy had moved to Canada last year.
She had decided to stay in Tokyo...being 16, and living on her
own had thrilled her..but at times she got awfully
lonely. Today was one of those days.
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Darien was also walking by himself,and decided to head toward
the arcade and see if Andrew was
working there. Drawing closer to the small building
her noticed to golden meatballs and long twin ponytails bouncing along
behind coming up the hill toward the arcade too.
>Serena....< was all he thought apsently, as he walking
inside, and sat at one of the tables.

"Hey Andrew! How's about some service here!" He called good naturedly...
as Andrews head
appeared out of the kitchen doors at the sound of the door chimes.
"Coming right up, your highness..." Andrew called back sarcasticly
, but he was laughing. A few minutes later, Serena entered the building, and 
seated
herself at one of the tables. She was alone, and looked
for all the world like she was going to cry. Darien felt an
unfamilur tug at his heart, she looked so sad. Andrew walked
over to take her order, and then left. He came back in a moment
with a key lime spritz and set the bottle on the table
in front of her before re-joining Darien.

"Serena looks rather depressed today, have any idea what's going
on Darien? Did you two have another
fight or something?"
"No..but I'd rather not talk to her right now, if she's going to cry
I want to get me and my ears as
far away as possible!" Darien said, as he got up
and left.
Serena looked up as the door chimes sounded
again, and a couple walked in hand in hand. She
looked down and a tear sliped down
her cheek. Andrew walked over and sat down across from her.

"What's up Serena?" He asked, Serena looked up, and hurriedly
brushed away her tears. Then giving him
a bright smile she said, "Nothing much Andrew, have
you got Rita a valentine?"
"Yeah, I got her a card and chocolates...I got a kiss for the card,
and a lecture on dieting
for the chocolates!" He laughed. "What about you?"
"Umm..nothing..." She mumbled...depressed again, "Sorry Andrew,
I've gotta go.." And with that
Serena jumped up from the table and ran out the door, leaving
her unfinished drink on the table.
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Serena ran towards the park, then took a left and ran strait into Darien.
She started to fall backwards, and was surprised to not hit the
pavement. She looked up into Darien's deep crystal blue eyes,
seemingly unable to look away.

"Better be more careful next time, meatball head." He said with a smirk.
She jerked away from him, and glared
at him, blue fire dancing in her eyes.
"I'm not in the mood, Darien. Please, leave me alone..." She said
trying to keep her voice
steady, but it broke on the last word. She turned and started to
walk quickly away from him, but he grabbed her wrist and turned
her to face him.
"Serena..."
"Look Darien, what do you want to tell me now? I think that you're
a spinless snake that is so cold he makes the north pole look like Hawaii!"
That, he wasn't expecting, and his anger flared.
"And I think that you're a klutzy little prima dona, who crys over
anything, eats to much,
and can't go three steps without falling down and taking
at least 5 other people with her!!" He shouted in her face.
Serena took a step back, her face pale, and eyes shimmering with tears.
"Darien, I wanted to get through one day without being put down,
insulted, and...and...being
alone...but with you around to make sure I know
what an idiot I am, I guess that'll never happen, will it?"
Serena cried, her voice fading towards the end of
the sentance, and the words becoming forced. Tears slid
freely down her cheeks. With that she pulled away from him and
ran down the street.
Darien stood shocked at her reaction, he had only wanted to apologize,
but then look what he had done. He didn't blame her for running
from him, he had never really been nice to her. With a sign he turned
and headed toward the park to walk and think a bit.
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Serena ran to her apartment, and upon letting herself inside, threw herself
down on her bed and cried until she was to exasasted to do so
anymore. Then she fell asleep. When she woke up again, the clock
read 6:30. Serena sat up, confused as to why she had woken up.
Then she heard the phone ringing. Climbing out of bed she went
into the living room and picked up her black cell.

"Hello?" It was Matt, a guy from her highschool. A few minutes later
she hung up smiling. Matt had asked her out to dinner. They were meeting
around 7:30pm at the new french resteraunt downtown. Serena
hurried to her room to get her clothes ready, and then take a
shower and do her hair. Half an hour later she had
showered and dried her hair, and let it hang down
lose. She was wearing a pale pink satin dress that had
a high "princess" waistline, a low neck, and centimeter wide straps.
The dress clung to her figure and went down to her ankles where
it flared out. She applied a little make-up and headed
for the resteraunt. When she arived, Matt
was no where in sight, but she wasn't worried yet.
She thought as she allowed a waiter to show he
to a stable. She ordered a drink and sat down to wait.
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Darien sat in his apartment, on his couch, talking to Andrew
on the phone while he stared out the window appsently.

"...Yeah, I called her meatball head, like I always do, and told her to be 
more careful.
Then she got all defensive and called me a spineless
snake that is so cold I make the noth pole look like Hawaii!...
that's not funny Andrew...I called her some things
that were...really mean, and then she started crying...and took
off....I can't do that, she'll never talk to me again after
this afternoon...yeah... ok...bye." He hung up
the phone, and headed to his bedroom where he dressed in black
pants, a black vest, a white shirt, with the first few buttons
undone, and at the last minute, sliped a black cord with
an ivory tooth on it around his neck. Then he brushed
his hair, and walked toward Serena's apartment. He mentally
went over how he would apolagize to her. Serena didn't answer
his knocks, so he guessed she was out, and decided to take
awalk through the park.
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Meanwhile Serena was still waiting for Matt. Finally she got up
and headed to a pay phone. It had been an hour since Matt was suposed to
meet her.
"Hello, is Matt there?..yes, I'll hold...hello, Matt? You were
suposed to meet me for dinner an hour ago, where are you?" A girls laughter
sounded in the backround...
Serena thought, an her mind a whirl.
"Sorry babe, but I got a better offer...maybe I'll take you out tomorrow..."

Serena could barely keep her tears in check, "No Matt,
not tomorow, not ever! I don't ever want to see, hear, or talk to you 
again!!"
And she slamed down the phone. Quickly paying for her drink,
Serena ran from the resteraunt, and into Tokyo Central Park.
Finding a bench that looked out on the lake, she stoped, and
feeling drained from the emotional strain and run combined, she
collapsed onto her knees and covering her face with
her hands,
she let the tears flow freely. How foolish she
had been to think anyone would care enough about her to try
and make this day special. She had to face it, no one cared
about her...no one at all. Sobs shook her body, and
she shivered in the night air. Hearing a car drive by
she didn't pay any attention to it, and didn't hear it stop,
and someone get out.
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Darein was driving by Tokyo Cental, and a flash of golden hair sparkling in 
the
moonlight caught his eye.

Slowing down, he pulled up to the curb, and stopped his car.
Walking qickly through the park he saw that he was right, it was
Serena, and she was on her knees....crying? He hurried forward and placed
a hand on her shoulder. She gasped and jerked her head up.
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Serena heard footsteps coming up behind her, and then felt a
hand on her shoulder. With a gasp, she jerked her head up, and looked
behind her to see ....Darien?
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"Darien? What...what are you doing here? You know you were right,
I am a stupid klutzy fool... I was so stupid...I was suposed to meet Matt at
the new resteraunt...and he stood me up...'I got a better offer...'
he said...why am I so stupid and ugly that no
one wants me? Please tell me Darien...why do you hate me?"
She thought he hated her? No, he didn't hate her. He loved her. Had always
loved her. Her eyes, her smile, her personality, even her
hairstyle. No, he didn't hate her, he was far from it.
"Serena," Darien started quietly, "I don't hate you..."
"You sure seem to Darien...every day you see me, all I get
is constent put downs....have you ever, once, said something nice to me?"
It was true, every word of it, and he knew it. "I know there's no excuse for 
how
I've acted toward you...but I want to start over, a clean
slate...please forgive me Serena?"
She was silent for so long that Darien was sure she was
going to say no, but then he heard her speak, her voice so soft, he
could baely hear it.
"Ok Darien...I forgive you..."
Darien felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from his chest...
and taking her small hand in his, he looked in her eyes and said
in a voice almost as quiet as hers,
"Thank-you Serena, this means a lot to me...."
They sat there staring into each other's eye for years...at least
it seemed that way....then Serena got to her feet, her hand
slipping out of his, and
said that she had to get home, because it was late.
As she started to walk away Darien stared at her, then called out,
"Serena, wait."
She turned around, and his breath caught in his throat. She looked
like an angel, with her hair streaming out behind her in the slight
breeze, and the moon behind her. He steped up to where she stood in a
few strides, and saw a fear of rejection flickering in her
eyes. Alone she had said...she didn't want to be alone
anymore... He stared at her beauty for a second before placing
his arms around her waist and pulling her against him.
Surprised Serena fell against Darien's strong chest,
her arms the only things between her body and his.
"Serena, has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?"
Darien asked huskily.
A blush crept across her cheeks, and she looked into his face,
and intensive eyes.
"N-no..." she whispered softly.
"Serena, I think I love you..." Darien said as he leaned down and
covered her mouth with his own, in a kiss so full of love that even
cupid would swoon. When he finally pulled back, Serena was slightly
short of breath, and she swayed, and fell against him.
"I..I'm sorry Serena...I don't know what came over me..."
She lifted her head head and stared into his eyes. "Darien..do you really 
love me?"
Her voice was so full of hope, and she looked so vunurable
and alone at that moment, that Darien's heart made
up his mind for him in about three seconds flat.
"Yeah Serena, I do..be my valentine?" He asked as he pulled back just
enough to produce a pink rose, which he held out to her.
"Darien, you've made me so happy, I feel compleat now..." she
accepted the rose, and then was once again swept away as Darien leaned down
and kissed her again.
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Ok, so how was that? I was listening to Briteny Spears when I wrote it, and 
"From the bottom
of my Broken Heart" inspired me. It may sound kind
of depressing, but I'm a little depressed about being
single on Valentines Day. E-mail go's to: starbunny66@hotmail.com
Ja ne minna-chan..and Happy Valentines Day! (^_^)