PART 2
The next day after school while Serena was walking home she
 stopped in the arcade. But with her great luck the person 
she didn’t want to deal with was there. 
	"Hi Serena," called Andrew.
	"Hey," said Serena in a sad voice. Andrew gave her
 a strange look and was about to comment. When Darien said:
	 "Hey Andrew, oh hi Meatball Head, didn’t see you 
there," said Darien with a false smile.
	 "Whatever, have a nice day Andrew," replied 
Serena with a travesty of a smile of her own. Darien 
gave her a weird look, and Serena could have sworn 
she had seen concern but she turned around and left
 before she could analyze it.
	 ‘How does he do it, how can he act like
 nothing happened, how can he just turn of like that,
 Serena what are you saying he never had feelings for 
you in the first place remember, your just a loser 
Meatball head to him.’ 	Serena was so busy thinking 
that she didn’t notice the boy in front of her and
 she crashed right into him. 	
	"Oh I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to I just
 wasn’t looking," said Serena worriedly.
	"I know, don’t worry about it Serena," he 
said with a smile.
	 "Oh Tim, I didn’t know it was you," Serena 
said shocked, she had just run into one of the hottest
 guys at her school. 
	"Hey it’s okay really, but ironically I was 
looking for you, do you want to go to the movies with
 me," he said with a smile. 
	"Sure," was all Serena could manage to say,
 Tim actually wanted to go out with her. 
	"Okay then, I’ll pick you up at eight, bye 
Serena," said Tim warmly.
Later that day 	
 	Serena had been waiting an hour for Tim but 
it didn’t look like he was going to show. 
	‘Well this has been the greatest week of my 
life, first Darien now Tim,’ Serena thought sarcastically.
 She had hoped this date would take her mind off Darien.
	 ‘Well at least for a few minutes anyway’ she
 though sadly.
	 She went up to her room slammed the door and 
went to bed.  
Next day at school, lunch time.
 Serena had spotted Tim talking to his friends and was
 about to go up to him but she stopped when she heard
 her name and then laughter accompanied by it. Serena 
ran up to the tree closest to them and hid behind it.
	"Yeah I had a hot date last night, you can say
 I was a very LUCKY man," replied Tim smugly.
	 "What are you going to tell Serena," asked his 
friend.
	 "Oh I’ll tell her my little brother was sick 
and I had to watch him, that girl believes anything,
 she’s so gullible it’s funny," said Tim laughing. 
	"Are you ever going to ask her out again," asked
 his friend.
	"Of course, wouldn’t want that prime piece of 
female flesh to get away.. and like I said she so gullible
 I could probably get her to do anything with me .  It’s
 like taking candy from a baby," Tim said with confidence. 
	Serena had seldom been so angry in her life, she was
 ready to tear Tim apart, a feeling she wasn’t used to. 
Serena had never hit anyone in her life but she would give 
anything to smack Tim. Tim had spotted her and came up to
 her. 
	"Hey beautiful, sorry about last night....," he was
 cut of in midsentence and he looked at her eyes they were 
furious and he had a sudden sick feeling in his stomach. 
The next thing he knew there was a peach blur and an intense
 pain in his left eye and he was on the ground.
	 "Don’t you ever come near me again you sad excuse
 for a human being, and if I ever hear that you have gone
 near any of my friends you can rest assured that a black 
eye is just the beginning," replied Serena furiously and 
stormed away.
	 Serena was having such a bad day she went to the
 nurses office and told them she wasn’t feeling well. She
 needed to go home and unwind, get away from it all and
 be alone, and she was starting to feel bad about Tim. 
	‘Maybe I should apologize, or maybe not, oh I 
don’t know anything anymore,’ thought Serena desperately. 	
	‘Now I get to sit in my empty room and think about
 Darien for the rest of the time, another torture session,’ 
she thought dejectedly. 
	After wallowing in her misery for a couple hours 
she decided she had to get out of the house. 
	‘Maybe I’ll go to Raye’s, get my mind off things 
for a bit,’ so she grabbed her coat and headed out. As 
she cut through the park to get to the temple she saw Darien.
	 ‘Oh no not him, I couldn’t take it right now.’ 
	"Hey Meatball head, trip lately," Darien said mockingly. 
	"How do you do it Darien, I don’t understand," by 
this time Serena was so angry and having just such a bad 
day that she couldn’t hide her feelings anymore. 
	"Do what," his face losing that mocking mask to be 
replaced with one of irritation. 
	“Stuff your self inside and let no one in, how can 
you be so mean and insensitive when all you are is a scared 
lonely little boy on the inside," retorted Serena angrily. 
	"Serena stop it," said Darien getting angry himself.
	"Personally I don’t know how you do it, how do shut 
people out the way you do, I need to have love and share things 
with people, If you continue the way you do you’re going to be 
alone all your life!" Serena was yelling now she was so sad and
 upset that Darien didn’t share the same feelings she had for him. 
	"Love who needs love, love doesn’t exist, and why would 
I want it any way, look what it does to you, you’re a whiny, dumb,
 klutzy, dependent little girl," replied Darien furiously. 
	Serena went as white as death, and whispered "I’m sorry 
Darien, so sorry," and she ran away.
	 Darien hadn’t seen Serena for two days, and he was feeling
 so depressed and ashamed of the things he said to her. All she
 had done was tell him the truth. He never realized how much he 
depended on her voice, her happiness, her joy for life. He missed
 seeing her beautiful blue eyes shine with laughter as she walked
 down the street, or her silky golden hair shine like platinum in
 the sunlight, or her animated face break into the most beautiful
 smiles he had ever seen. And secretly he missed her soft kisses,
 how her small frame fit so perfectly in his, and how she drove
 him insane where ever her hands touched him. Some how Serena
 saw right through him, those soul reading eyes of hers 
stripped him naked. She filled the empty void inside him. 
	‘But now she’ll never forgive me, I always ruin 
everything, I had to push her and push her away, and now 
I’ll never have her.’
	 Darien spent the day wandering aimlessly thinking 
about Serena. It was night time in the park and kind of 
chilly, thought Darien, wishing he had brought his coat.
 He heard screams in the far end of the park. "Stop it please,
 don’t do this, oh please someone help me," cried a familiar 
voice.
	 "Shut up sugar, no one can hear you, just relax,"
 replied a dark deep voice. Darien came closer and realized
 that it was Serena. ‘Oh no, If any thing happens to her...’
 Darien thought anxiety-ridden. Darien found a big man on
 top of Serena and went bezerk. 
	"Get the hell off her," yelled Darien furiously.
 The big man turned around and said: 
	"Don’t you have places to be pretty boy, just 
leave us alone were doing just fine," unfortunately the 
man he didn’t notice the insane gleam that had entered 
Darien’s eyes. He was bodily picked up and then about 
of a million kicks and punches came his way, he was 
down in a matter of minutes but he managed to run away
 before Darien could get in any more punches. Serena 
was curled up in a tight ball her clothes torn all 
over the place, and sobs were racking her petite frame.
	 "Oh, Serena," Darien whispered, he was at a
 complete loss for words, if he hadn’t been there, 
what would of happened to Serena, waves of murderous
 thoughts and hate spread through his body, he still
 wanted to kill that man he wanted him to die for 
even daring to touch Serena. Darien went over to
 Serena’s shaking form and enfolded her in his arms.
 She tried to get out of his grasp he thought with 
a stab of pain.
	 ‘Well why should she want your comfort after
 you said all those idiotic untrue things to her, 
you hurt her bad with those words and you know it,
 you probably killed the only chance of love you
 ever had, oh who am I kidding she never loved me,
 no one loves me, I’m just a jerk to her,’ but he 
still held her in his arms, he had to, he wanted 
to keep her safe, he wanted to squeeze her tight 
so she would never remember this again. 
	"Serena did he, did he...," he asked his 
voice raw with pain. Serena responded by curling 
up ever tighter. 
	"I’ll kill him If I ever find him, I’ll 
kill him!!," Darien yelled furiously. 
	"No Darien, he’s too big, he didn’t do that,
 he only t...t..touched me, It was just really
 s...scary" Serena broke of with a sob. 
	"I’m so sorry Serena, so sorry," he felt
 so hopeless, he just wanted to take her pain and
 make it his, he felt furious that he couldn’t stop
 this in time. He was so angry that he couldn’t stop
 his next words: 
	"Serena what the hell were you thinking coming
 out here so late," he yelled angrily at her. 
	Serena wrenched away form him her heart breaking. 
	"Well since I’m so stupid I don’t have the sense to
 know when to be out, and since I’m so klutzy and dumb I guess
 I deserved for this to happen to me just like everything 
else bad happens to me, like being to dumb to realize the 
scum of the earth Tim when I saw him that he was using me,
 or being to whiny, stupid and not pretty enough to deserve
 you.  I’m not good enough and I can except that, I also 
have to accept the fact that I love you more than anything
 but you don’t love me back.  God only knows why I seem to
 love you.  And he only knows why I seem to be attracted 
to people who hate me," Serena screamed and ran off.
	 Darien was stunned that she thought so low of
 herself, she was one of the most wonderful people he knew.
 But what stunned him the most was that she loved him. But
 he sobered when he remembered that look of pain on her face.
	 ‘I’m going to have to open up to her and tell her
 how I feel.  I’m going to have to make her realize that all
 those things she said about her self are untrue. Yeah what
 a big help you are, you’re the one who was to stupid to realize
 you’ve always loved her.  No you had to be an idiot and be
 scared of the heaven that Serena offered to you, you had 
to be an idiot and rip her heart out.  Oh but I’ll make it
 up to you Serena, even if I have to spend the rest of my 
life doing it, and I’ll prove to you that you are much more
 than good enough for me, maybe I’m the one who’s not good
 enough for you.’
	 The next day Darien had gone to Serena’s house to
 look for her, but her mother had told him she was at the park.
 So he ran as fast as he could to the park, his courage to do
 this was slowly diminishing. He almost missed her because she
 had her hair down, she was under the tree where they had met
 for the first time, he had thought she was the most beautiful
 girl he had ever seen when he had first laid eyes on her but
 he was to stupefied to say anything good and he had ended up
 making fun of her hair style.  She looked even more beautiful
 now, a miniature goddess with her long golden hair rippling 
down like a waterfall. But he couldn’t see her eyes and he
 realized she was asleep.  He went up to her and he couldn’t
 resist kissing her sweet pink lips. He realized she was 
kissing him back and he wrapped his arms around her. Suddenly
 her glorious blue eyes opened.
	 "Oh my God, I’m not dreaming," she said stunned. 
	"No it’s not a dream it’s heaven," Darien said huskily. 
	"I don’t understand," Serena said confused. 
	"I know I’ll explain in a moment but let me just...,"
 and Darien was kissing her again, he didn’t want to let her 
go now that he had her, he was afraid she wouldn’t want him 
after she fully realized who he was.
	"D...Darien I...," Serena said worriedly. 
	"Shush, I, Serena, I don’t know how to tell you this,
 I’ve never been good at expressing my feelings.  I’ve been
 hiding them from every one for all my life, too afraid to 
let any one in, afraid of rejection.  I don’t know how to
 explain the joy and happiness that you have brought into 
my life. I always watched you, you had so much life and 
exuberance, you had friends and a loving family, and at 
first I was envious of you. You had the things I always 
wanted but after awhile it was hard to hate you. I found
 my self trying to catch glimpses of you, trying to see 
you all the time. And when you threw that paper at me for
 the first time I was so happy I finally had the chance 
to talk to you, even if it was making fun of you.  I did 
anything to see you. All the feelings you inspired in me 
were confusing and scary, you frightened me.  I didn’t 
want to fall in  love with you so quickly, I didn’t want
 to risk rejection, so I shut you out.  But at least I 
still got to see you, at least you talked to me.  I liked
 getting you angry at me, at least it showed you had some
 feelings towards me. Remember that day you fell and you 
had that short skirt on, my mind went blank all I could 
see were your beautiful shapely legs.  I wanted to kill 
the men who were whistling and leering at you, I wanted 
to cover you up and hide you so no one could see you but
 me. And the day you comforted me, I had never felt so 
loved so secure, most people would have left me but you
 stayed, you stayed, before you were in my life it was 
empty it was colorless, I was empty," Darien finally
 finished.
	"But those things you said to me," Serena said 
still confused and overwhelmed. 
	"Serena don’t you understand, those were lies,
 I was just scared. No one had ever read me so well, you
 see through the mask, you see to me, and it was frightening.
  I always had depended on myself and it scared me that
 I might not be able to live with out you, so I got mad 
and said those stupid things, you have to forgive me Serena. 
 Because now I admit it I don’t want to live without you
 I don’t want to be alone," said Darien quietly. 
	Serena was stunned she had never even thought 
that Darien could feel this way.
	"It’s okay, I understand If you don’t want me 
anymore, I’ve ruined everything like I always do, I 
mean why would you want me I’m always such a jerk towards
 you, don’t worry Serena I won’t bother you anymore," 
Darian said and turned around. 
	"No Darien wait, I was just overwhelmed," Serena
 ran up to him and hugged him. 
	"I..I... feel the same way I love you more than 
any thing, I always have," said Serena softly. 
	"Oh really my little meatball head loves the minus
 zero," Darien whispered softly.
	"Yes I do," said Serena with a little smile.
	"You do what?" Darien teased.
	"I love you," said Serena again a bigger smile
 on her lips.
	"What was that meatball head," Darien teased 
again.
	"I love you," Serena said louder
	"Sorry I couldn’t hear you."
	"Ughh are you trying to make me feel stupid for
 loving you?," said Serena in mock anger, then she 
playfully hit him on the shoulder and ran away.
	Darien caught up to her quickly and crushed
 her up against him, his lips brushed her ear.
	"I can’t get enough of you, I can’t get enough
 of hearing I love you from your sweet lips," Darien 
whispered huskily.
	"I love you, I love you, I love...," but Serena
 never got to finish, Darien swooped his lips  down to
 hers and kissed her deep with hunger and fierce 
possession.  His tongue probed her sweet mouth over
 and over again.  Finally he pulled away breathing raggedly:
	"You belong to me," Darien said harshly.
	It was Serena’s turn to tease:
	"Oh really.  I think it’s you that belongs 
to me, hon."
	"Just so long as you love me forever," Darien 
whispered huskily.
	"Oh believe me it will be much longer than that,"
 Serena whispered back.
	Then Darien touched his nose to hers and
 whispered the words that Serena had been dying to hear:
	"I love you."