PART 1	"BEEP BEEP BEEP!" 
	"Oh no I’m late! Wait a sec.. it’s Saturday!" Serena said relieved. 
	'Seven o’clock, wow it’s early! Well I’m already up.. 
maybe I should just stay awake. Mom will freak!’ thought Serena. 
She went to take a shower, and then got dressed in her favorite 
white skirt and ice blue tank top. Serena walked over to her mirror to put 
her hair up,and examined herself critically. 
	‘Well another fun Saturday, get to spend time with my 
friends, hopefully I won’t make a fool of my self and have another klutzattack’ 
thought Serena sadly. 	‘Darien’ her mind screamed. Serena smiled, she honestly
didn’t know why she liked him, maybe it was because sometimes he looked
like a lost soul she wanted to save, he seemed so mysterious, and 
maybe a little because he had to be one the most beautiful people she 
ever met with his coal black hair and dark blue eyes and his smoky 
voice that sent shivers up her spine.
 	‘Who am I kidding he always makes fun of me, get 
real Serena I’m just a klutzy, whiny teenager, he probably has 
beautiful women hanging all over him’. That thought made her mad because 
Serena never judged a person by how they looked and underneath 
Darien seemed like a kind person underneath it all so he
probably wouldn’t judge someone by how they look either.
 	'Great, thought Serena he probably has the most
perfect women, kind, smart and beautiful, everything I’m
not.  Just stop dreaming about him, you could never have
him,’ Serena thought sadly.	But she still thought about him and she even smiled 
at the thought of bumping into him, at least she could see 
him and say something to him even if they were fighting. 
After Serena had her extensive lunch she called up her 
friends and made plans to meet them at the park and 
spend the rest of the day with them.	 ‘Finally out of this house’ thought Serena
happily as she made her way to the park. She was so 
busy thinking about her plans that she didn’t notice 
one of the tiles on the sidewalk was slightly higher 
than the others. And a second later she was on her 
butt. Serena heard men whistling at her but she was 
so disoriented and humiliated that she didn’t notice 
that her already short skirt was all the way up her 
thighs exposing every inch of her long youthful legs.
Then she felt a presence behind her and that familiarsmoky voice:
	 "What is this Meatball head, the millionth 
time you’ve tripped," Darien said with laughter in 
his voice as he came around to stand in front of her. 
	"Oh shut up Darien, we all can’t be as smooth 
and sophisticated as you," said Serena sarcasticallystill on the ground. 
	"Big words Meatball...," then he stopped in 
mid-sentence as he heard a bunch of boys whistle and 
leer at the sight Serena made. Darien looked down at 
her legs blushed then scowled. Serena noticed that 
Darien was making a funny face and that his dark blue 
eyes had gone almost black, then she followed where 
his eyes where staring and she blushed also.
	 ‘Just great’ she thought ‘he gets a perfect
view of my scrawny legs, another thing for him to make fun of me about.’
	 "Will you get up Serena," Darien said ina gruff almost angry voice.
	"No Darien, It’s my dream for every one to 
stare at me and embarrass me more," retorted Serenaangrily as she got up. 
	"Well have a nice day Meatball Head,"
Darien said in a voice that sounded relieved as he walked away. 	
	"Yeah same to you," Serena muttered angrily.
	 ‘Why are my feelings always so hot and cold 
towards him, and why does he have to be so damn hot? 
There are so many gorgeous guys out there that are 
nice and kind, yet I’m attracted to aloof, dark, 
distant, Darien. And why do I feel so happy now 
that I’ve talked to him, oh I’m insane’ thought
Serena as she made her way to the park to meet herfriends.
	"Hey girl over here!" yelled Lita. 
	"Hi guys," said Serena happily as she turned 
around and ran over to her friends.
	 "So what do you guys wanna do?" asked Mina. 
	"How about we go see the new movie Matt Damon is in," suggested Raye.
	 "Matt Damon," they all sighed and went to the movies. 
	The next day Serena called up Raye to make 
plans with her. Even though they fought a lot they 
were still best friends. Serena really needed to 
talk to someone any way, she was feeling really 
confused and depressed about Darien. She needed to
get all her feelings for him off her chest because
she had never told any one the way she felt about
Darien. She was starting to feel bottled up since
she always told the truth about how she felt, much
to her dismay. So Serena made her way to Raye’s
temple. As she was walking she saw Darien and couldn’t help smiling. 
	"Hey Meatball head, you’re doing pretty 
well today, I haven’t seen you trip once," Darien remarked smiling. 
	Even though that heart stopping smile of
his was doing wicked things to her insides she 
still had the presence of mind to think of something 
wicked she could do to him. So smiling sweetly she replied: 
	"Hello Darien, you’re doing well yourself today
also." He was so stunned with her words, instead of her 
ordinary biting remark, that he didn’t notice that she had stuck her foot out.
	 The next thing he knew he was on the ground 
and Serena was laughing hysterically. Darien looked up 
at her angrily and she laughed even more.
	 "Oh this is classic I wish I had my camera," she replied still laughing. 
	"Meatball head.. you’re going to wish you were
 dead," then with a wicked smile he was up, with an
 arm around her waist and holding her chin and looking 
down into her big blue eyes he whispered.
	 "Just wait till tomorrow," and he walked away.
	 Serena was shaken to the core. When he had
 smiled at her she had gone blank but when he touched
 her she had turned to jelly. She was happy she didn’t
 have to say anything back to him because she had been
 incapable of speech those few moments.
	 ‘Oh what can I ever do to get through to him’
 she thought ‘oh Serena just stop why would he ever like
 a dumb girl like you’. After she had gathered her wits 
she went of to the temple, by this time she was just dying to talk to Raye.
	 "Hi Raye" yelled Serena, happy to see her friend
 as she was running up the temple steps. 
	"Hey Rena," called Raye happily "What did you want 
to talk to me about," she inquired. 	"Darien," said Serena sadly.
	 "Darien?" said Raye puzzled "You hate him right?"
	"Well I don’t exactly hate him..."
	"Oh my goodness! You like him don’t you?" then with 
a wicked smile Raye started chanting "Serena loves Darien,
 Serena loves Darien" over and over again. Raye was acting
 to totally unlike her self but when her and Serena were
 together they were hyper and wild.
	 After a while Raye noticed Serena wasn’t saying
 anything and she looked sad. Usually Serena would be 
yelling at her by now so Raye was worried.
	 "What’s wrong Rena?" asked Raye concerned.
	"Well I like him so much but he doesn’t like me,
 to him I’m just some annoying stupid teenager, I could 
never be good enough for him," she finished sadly barely above a whisper. 
	"Rena don’t say that, you are a wonderful person,
 caring, kind and sweet, and I’ll beat anyone up who says
 otherwise," Raye finished hotly.
	 "And any way you are a knock out, I know tons of
 guys who would kill to date you."
	 "Yeah right Raye, but you’re a good liar," replied 
Serena with a melancholy smile.
	 "Rena I wouldn’t lie to you, but I can see this 
is really affecting you, come inside and I’ll make you
 some tea and we can talk more about this," Raye said comfortingly.
	 Next Day After School Serena was walking home looking at her test grade. 
	‘A seventy’ she thought ‘better but still not
 good, but taking my work more seriously is starting to 
pay off, oh but I wanted better than a seventy, well I will
 just have to try harder next time’ and she crumpled up 
the paper and threw it behind her.
	 "Hey Meatball Head watch where you throw things
 I’m not a dumpsite you know," said Darien in that mocking tone of his.
	 "Could have fooled me," retorted Serena.
	 "You’re getting better Serena, you might actually
hurt my feelings one day," Darien said laughingly, "Oh you 
got a seventy on your paper, at least you didn’t fail but 
you could do better Meatball head," Serena whirled around 
angrily at that, "Hey calm down I didn’t mean that to be 
bad, any way I just wanted to give you this," Darien winked 
and handed Serena a rose and walked away. 
	Serena was stunned but she finally got back to the
 real world. She held up the rose to her nose and smelled it. 
	‘Wonderful’ she thought. 
	Then something was tickling her nose and she swiped it
 away. It was an ant then she looked at the rose, the petals
 in the middle had been picked away and then it had been filled with ants.
	"Darien!!!" Serena Screeched. And somewhere out there Darien was laughing.
	 The same day at Darien’s apartment. ‘Well this day 
wasn’t so bad, the look on Serena’s face, oh I’ll never 
forget it’ though Darien.	 Then as he was going through his apartment he
 noticed there was a box at the door. It was unmarked, 
he brought it to the table and opened it up. The box was 
filled with pictures of his parents and some of him as 
a baby. Darien had never seen pictures of his parents
 and he could remember them vaguely because they had 
died when he was so young. Feelings of loneliness flooded
 back to him, days at the orphanage, suffering the taunting 
remarks of the children there, having to take many jobs at a
 time so he could make his way. Tears threatened to spill over
 but he clamped them down. He never cried and he wasn’t about
to but staying in the apartment wasn’t helping any so he got 
his jacket and headed to the park to think.Same day at Serena’s house.
	 "Bye mom I’m going out for a walk," called Serena.
	 "Okay but be back before eleven," yelled down her mother.
	 "Ma it’s only six, I’ll probably be back way before 
then," and Serena was out the door. 
	 ‘Wow it’s beautiful out today, maybe I’ll see Darien’ thought Serena.
	 ‘Who am I kidding I want to see Darien, oh why can’t I just get over him’.
	 "Because you love him," a quiet voice in her head said. 
	"No that’s crazy," muttered Serena under her breath.
	 Then she saw a tall figure moving out in the back of the park. 
	‘It’s Darien, I want to go up to him, but what will 
I say, oh hi I have the biggest crush on you, do mind If I
 stare at you for a while. That will go over well. Maybe I
 can yell at him for the rose prank, at least it’s something
 to say, well here goes,’ thought Serena. 
	She walked over to him quietly and was about to yell
 at him when she saw the look of raw pain on his face. 	
	"Darien?" said Serena uncertainly.
	 "What Serena," Darien replied in a strained voice. 
	"What’s wrong, is there anything I can do to help?," Said Serena quietly.
	 "You can go away," Darien said gruffly he was on 
the verge of tears and he didn’t want Serena to see them. 
Serena inhaled sharply and was about to turn away but then 
she stopped she couldn’t bear to see him in pain so out of
 raw courage she wrapped her arms around Darien and whispered:
	 "I won’t let you go through this alone." 
	 "Let go of me," Darien said in a stone cold voice 
he was on the verge of surrendering to her soothing voice.
	 "No I don’t leave people who are hurting to suffer
 on their own," replied Serena quietly.
	 "I don’t want your pity," he said gruffly. 
	"Darien I don’t pity you at all, your one of the
 most assured people I know," replied Serena.
	 "Then you don’t know me very well, please let go," his voice raw now.
	 "No," said Serena firmly and buried her head in his chest.
	 Darien remembered all the times he had seen Serena 
helping out her friends when they were down. And one time 
in particular a little boy had been lost and crying for his 
mother and Serena had hugged him and stayed with him and 
bought him and ice-cream. Darien couldn’t think of too many
people who would stay with a boy while he cried straight 
for an hour. Such an intense longing went through Darien, 
he couldn’t stand it anymore, he broke down and wrapped 
his arms tight around her.	 "It’s okay Darien I’m here for you. Usually, 
when I’m upset, I have to tell people about it.. get 
it off my chest, because when I bottle it up inside me 
I end up exploding. But you don’t have to tell me what’s 
wrong, just know that I’m here if you want to talk about 
it," said Serena calmly.	 "I don’t know where to begin," Darien said
in a quiet voice.	 "Just say whatever comes to you, I’m not grading
you here," said Serena with a sad smile.
	 So Darien poured out his heart to her. He told
her about his parents death, being at the brutal orphanage, 
the numerous straining jobs, and most of all the utter 
loneliness of his life. By this time tears where coming 
out of Darien’s eyes and he dropped to his knees and cried
silently into Serena’s chest. He held on to her tightly 
wanting to get her happiness and joy of life into his body.
he made him feel so secure and cared for, her skin was
so soft and warm and her sweet scent called to him.  An 
intense mad urge swept through him and he was powerless 
to stop it. He had always tried to deny the powerful 
attraction he felt towards Serena but it was near impossible.
His aching lips encountered her warm neck and as he
kissed his way up it he could feel the breath storming
through Serena’s body. He soon found her lips, and they 
were soft and sweet, and after a moment he couldn’t take
it, he needed more and he crushed her to his body and
he was kissing her with brutal force plunging his
tongue into her sweet mouth. He ran his hands all 
over her young lithe body, she was driving him insane 
and he didn’t care. He could hear himself groaning with
need, he wanted to possess her, he wanted to control her, he wanted to... 
	"NO" his mind screamed "you can’t do this, 
this is Meatball head we are talking about here, 
are you crazy!!" but his body didn’t give a damn that it was Meatball head. 
	Finally he gathered enough will power, forced heraway from him, and muttered:
	 "Sorry this shouldn’t of happened," he replied
gruffly. Serena was incredibly hurt; she had been in heaven but she beared 
	"Of course you’re right, this is crazy," she said in a falsely calm voice.
	 "Right I mean you’re Meatball head," said Darien
with an equally false calm and walked off with a sense that
everything was wrong.