Ovecoming Obstacles

Part 2-The truth comes out

by Sailor Em

Disclaimer:I don't own Sailor Moon, but if someone were willing to hand it 
over, i'll take it!

AN: I would just REALLY like to say THANK YOU to Diana for that very, very
kind e-mail. Thanks a lot. Thank you, thank you, thank you. hehe. And always,
to my minna...e-mails are always welcome! :)
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previously:serena had just checked up on darien and saw he had a big bruise
that didn't come from his recent accident. and darien is just about to
reveal his big secret!!! lol
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   "Okay, Serena. I will tell you now," Darien started solemnly. Serena felt 
really nervous and began to laugh, because she didn't know what else to do.
   "Don't laugh." Darien looked hurt and his eyes began to water.
(AN-i know that darien doesn't cry that easily, but this is an emotional
time for him.) Serena automatically stopped and turned pink, ashamed of her
actions.
   "Okay, Serena" Darien began again. " I haven't told anyone this before. I
don't know why I am telling you, Meatball Head, but I just am..my girlfriend's
father beats me."
   Serena began to laugh, not believing him. She laughed and laughed and 
laughed. She honestly thought he was pulling some joke on her. 
   "Darien," she breathed,"that was the funniest joke you have ever told me
in my whole life." She smiled at Darien, and realized he was silently crying.
'oh no! what did I do? He couldn't have been telling the truth, could he?'
She silently sat on his bed and gave him a kleenex. He took it, and snorted
into it loudly. Darien found that he couldn't stop crying.
   'What the hell is wrong with me? I can't stop boo-hooing! This is so
embarassing. Serena's gonna think i'm a softie or something!'
   Serena silently got a cold towel and began patting his face. 
   'Geez, Darien is always so handsome, even when he is crying. He is so hot
that it's driving me crazy! Too bad he is such a jerk that he all he does is
flirt. Now he can never know the REAL me.' she thought.
   "Thank you." Darien whispered. He finally got in control of his overriding
 emotions and stopped crying.   "Darien....are you telling the truth?"
   "Serena....you don't understand. Christina's (his girlfriend) dad is the
owner of the orphanage. Although I have my own apartment and am fully on my
own, the law" 'the stupid law' he thought " says that the orphanage still
has some control over me. If I screw up something, the orphanage can say that
I am uncontrollable and they can throw me in jail."
   Serena gasped. "But what does that have to do with Christina's dad?"
   "Christina told her dad a couple months ago that I was going to marry her 
soon. I told him that it wasn't true, and her dad was relieved. Then he saw
how well I was doing in school, and he realized I would make a good son-in-
law. I would bring him lots of money. But by then, I had broken up with
Christina. He demanded that I get back together with Christina, or else
I would have to be in jail for being uncooperative with the orphanage."
   "What a freak!" Serena cried, her mind filling with evil thoughts of
Christina and her manipulative dad.
   " Yes, I know." Darien smiled and touched her cheek." So then I pretended
to continue dating her. I tried to make Christina see my bad sides, so I
purposely got a C on a Physics Test. Her dad went berserk and came to my 
apartment. I opened the door, unknowingly, and he slapped my face."
   "Oh!!!! So that was that big purple thing on your cheek a couple weeks ago!
I get it now. You lied to me and told me that it was just a little scratch 
from your football practice."
   "Well, of course I didn't want anyone to know. Especially a nosy Meatball
Head!"
   "Humph!" Serena flounced her head high into the air. "Well, at least I am
able to live my life without having to live in a stinky orphanage." 
Darien suddenly got quiet. His eyes began stinging again, and anger filled his
heart. How dare she say that? She had no right to say that to the most 
popular guy in school! So what if he had to live in an orphanage for 8 years?
He was the handsomest person at Azuba and she was nothing! She was just a
sophomore. A beautiful, sweet..low status sophomore that had the biggest 
heart and sometimes the biggest mouth.
   Serena shut her mouth in embarrassment and annoyance. Her mouth got away
with her again. She could tell she had hurt him deeply and struggled for a
way to cheer him up. Suddenly, an idea clicked in her head. She found a way
to make him happier and have fun with him in the process. After all, she 
wasn't the "Happy Rabbit" for nothing! Now only if she could carry it out....
   "Listen, Darien. I'm really sorry." Serena said.
   "What did you say? I didn't hear you.."called out Darien, wanting her to 
say it louder.   "DARIEN MAMORU CHIBA, I AM REALLY SORRY!" She yelled, angry.
   "How did you know my middle name?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.
   Serena blushed. "Welll....uh..er..I saw it on your medical history. Yeah!
That's it. I saw it on your file."
   "Oh." Darien was disappointed.He had hoped that she had gone out of her 
way to find some info about him. He didn't know his hope was true. "Then,
Serena Usagi Tsukino, you are forgiven!!!" he replied with a superior tone.
   Now it was Serena's turn to raise her eyebrow. "Now how do you know MY 
middle name?"
   "Uh.."Darien searched nervously for an excuse. "My friend has a big crush
on you and he tells me all about you!" 'shoot! now she's going to think 
someone has a crush on her! but does someone really like her? me? I don't 
know. Probably not. I guess I am just so flirtatious that I like everyone.'
   "Yeah right. Someone likes me, Serena Tsukino? GET REAL! Well, anyway, 
I'll be back really soon, okay? I need to get something."
   Darien nodded. He thought he had driven her away. Serena ran out of the 
room and went down the hall. Darien tried to think of a way to make her feel
better. After all, an unhappy Serena was terrible to be with. He got out of 
his bed and stood up. "OWWWWWWW..........." he yelled. His legs were shooting
pain and his back couldn't stand up straight. He dropped to the floor and 
crawled to his clothes. He was desperate for something. He searched through 
his pockets and in his green blazer pocket, he found a deep red rose. 'huh?
how did a rose get in my pocket? oh well. doesn't matter. 'cause it's for
serena now!"
   He crawled back to his bed and tried to climb up to his platformed bed.
His legs couldn't reach that high without making him go through a lot of pain.
So Darien was in trouble. If he couldn't get on his bed, Serena would be 
wondering why Darien wasn't in bed. She would definetely get mad at him and
say some long speech on the benefits of staying in bed while recovering. 
Although it WOULD be nice if she stayed a bit longer...she was so beautiful,
but a bit young...but he would have asked her out if there wasn't Christina..
Darien sighed and fell asleep.
  Meanwhile, Serena had run to the floral shop downstairs to get him a rose.
She was sure he would like roses. 'But why would he like roses? I dunno.
I guess all people love roses, right?' She had bought a beautiful red rose
and had it wrapped with a ribbon. She ran back upstairs and looked in 
Darien's room. Nobody was there. 'Am I in the wrong room?' She looked at the 
door number. 'No..it's right. Then where the heck is Darien?'
   "Darrriieen!" she called. Serena was starting to panic. Where could an
injured person be?
   She finally got an idea to look over his bed, and there Darien lay, asleep
on the cold hospital floor. Serena laughed. He looked so helpless and cute
on the floor! She put her rose down and attempted to lift him up. She put
one hand behind his back and her other hand under his knees. "One, two
three," she breathed as she tried to lift. "Ugghh! This guy weighs a ton!" 
She grunted as she tried to shift position. Now Darien was exactly in her 
arms, and although it was very awkward, it certainly wasn't a terrible 
feeling. As if on cue, Darien turned closer to her and wrapped his arms 
around her waist and snuggled deeper. So now Serena was sitting on the floor
with a guy sleeping around her waist and his rose was starting to wilt. 
She admired his face for a while. His face was so clear. No pimples, no 
nothing! How did that guy do it? She sat there, admiring his beautiful face
and his eyes fluttered open for a moment. Serena stared at them, lost in the
depths of his blue eyes. "Ahhh" she sighed. He was just too perfect. Too bad
his personality wasn't as good. Or else he would definetely been the only
person on the world. 
   She sat there for 15 minutes, softly caressing his face and admiring his
features. She thought he was the only guy in the world that could look 
sexy in a hospital gown with a bunch of holes in the back. Serena blushed.
But she wasn't going to think about what the holes revealed! (AN-guys,this
is not a hentai!) She sat there drowsily and also fell asleep for a couple
minutes. She woke up, and there Darien sat, smiling at her. Serena stared.
This had to be a dream! A beautiful dream........... 
   "You're beautiful." He whispered.
   He put his hands on her neck and began pulling her down to meet his head
level. They got closer and closer....BEEP BEEP BEEP! 
   Serena woke up out of her reverie. "Sorry, sorry. That was the timer. I am 
only allowed a certain time with people." 
  Darien was in shock. He was glad that he hadn't kissed her! What happened
to him just now? She had almost kissed him! Did that mean she liked him?
His heart soared. Then it fell again. But he couldn't like her! He was two
years older than her. That was a big jump, in high school.
   "Er...sorry about waking you up. I dreamt about Jennifer Love Hewitt." he
quickly said.   Serena ignored the statement. "Can you get on the bed now?"
   "Sure. If you hold on my arms I think I can pull my legs high enough."
   'boy, this is sure an embarrassing position to be in.'Darien thought. 
   "okay Darien. One...Two...Three!" She hoisted Darien up onto the bed and 
he swung his legs up. 
   "Uh, I think I should be getting to Andrew now. Can you introduce him to 
my friend Mina? I think they would look really great together."
   "Sure Serena." Darien agreed. "I've met Mina before, and I think they 
would look cute together, despite the age difference."
   "Two years isn't too bad. I think it is perfect. How have you met Mina?"
   "Oh...a couple days ago when you ran into me <snicker>, you had brought
all your friends and they introduced themselves. Remember?"
   "Oh yeah. Was that the time when my pencil flew at your eye, or the time
your report got in the mud?"   "The time your pencil flew at my eye."
   Serena giggled. "Sorry about that."
   "No, you're not. You know that it's gonna happen again. Just apologize to 
me when you are sure that your klutziness has passed." 
   "Oh by the way, I got something for you." Serena produced the wilting rose
in front of Darien. He accepted it scornfully.
   "Geez, thanks Serena. A rose. What would head of the football team do with
a rose?" 'Thank you so much Serena. How did you know I love roses?'
   Serena's eyes began to water. "Shut up you idiot."   She ran out of the room.
   Darien sat in his bed, wishing he didn't have such a terrible mouth. He
settled down and began smelling the flower, dreaming happy dreams.
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hihihi! so how was it? not very adventurous, i know. but gimme all your
comments! okay, in this story, all the girls (Serena, Mina, Lita, Ami, Rei) 
are all Sophomores, and the guys (Darien, Andrew, Ken, Greg, Chad) are 
Seniors. Sophomores are about 15 turning 16, guys are already 18. 
comments...flames..suggestions..anything!~sailor em (sailorgalaxia1@yahoo.com)