Title: Desire Within Two Hearts Chapter: 3 Authors: Goldstar and Kell Emails: Goldstar: goldstar@eternalmoon.zzn.com Kell: sailorkell1@usa.net Rating: P Disclaimer: yada yada yada, do I have to do this. Gosh, Sailormoon doesn't belong to me, and if it did I could make money off this and buy me some tickets to a braves game!!! Author Notes: Kell here, um...I got to thank my buddy and editor Mirimele who has kept me writing fanfics when I was sure I was about to quit! Lee has always been there, along with Goldstar and JLALA! What's up chica? hehe! Oh this chapter is dedicated to all the emails we have gotten which is not very much but thankyou anyways for the email!! All I can say is email us guys!! Oh one more thing, I'm sorry about chapter 2 being out so late, but we had some problems with getting it to our editors, writing it, all the normal stuff! Author Notes: Ok, it's me! GoldStar! I have to thank Deedlit7 who inspired me to write! My editor, Galaxy Goddess, who I definitely have to thank you for taking her special time to edit my stories and giving me ideas! Also have to thank Kell, you're too cool! Also, again, our Mailing List SMRFF! We love you guys! Um...ok, that's about it! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Serena groggily opened her eyes, and as soon as she was rubbing her eyes, the clock chimed nine o'clock. That sure woke her up. She scrambled off her bed, and made a dash to her closet to find some clothes to wear. She had to make her brother's breakfast, and start the cleaning chores. Her mama was right, the man's job ended at sunset, while a woman's work was never done! She opened her closet in a quick motion, and pushed hangers this way and that to find a dress she could wear this morning. She grabbed a simple blue cotton wash dress. She pulled the dress over her head, put on some wool stockings, and put some brown loafers on her feet. Many people thought her family was rich, and in some aspect they were, they would never expect them to wear these clothes, all people thought was they flounced around town in the richest clothes. Aw...how she hated society! Because of society she had to marry Devon. Just the thought of that made Serena cringed. Especially when she had the most beautiful dream, in this dream, Darien actually kissed her. Just the thought of that made her swoon, how she always wished for true love. Yet her dear and loving father had crushed that like a bug. She hurriedly piled her hair in a messy bun, with wisps of her hair falling out of their bobby pins; she used to hold her hair up. She unlocked her door and in a few seconds was out the door running down the stairway full speed. She sped in the hallway, and burst in the kitchen. She snatched up her apron, and quickly slipped it over her head. Serena had to find Stassy and apologize to her. She had no right to dump all her chores on Stassy cause she was lazy enough to sleep in a couple of hours. "Well, well, look who finally decided to grace us with her presence," a teasing voice interrupted. Serena knew that had to be Stassy. Serena turned around, and immediately tried to come up with some believable excuse besides she slept in all day. "Oh Stassy, uh uh...I..." "You slept in late," Stassy finished for her. "Yeah." She dejectedly was able to admit. "Don't worry, m'dear. We all need to be lazier than men themselves, right?" Stassy asked with a chuckle. "Now I have breakfast fixed, but would you mind helping me carry breakfast onto the table?" "No problem Stassy! Thank you for being so understanding, I hate having you to do so many chores." "Don't worry bout it dear, now lets go!" With that she gave Serena an affectionate pat on her cheek. * Mmm...pancakes and fruit, yum! * Stassy carefully lifted the cherished breakfast treat. Serena brought the fruit along with the maple syrup to the table. All her brothers were seated along with her parents, she chose the chair stuck between her father and brother Jerry. "Sleepy head finally woke up," Recca playfully chided her. "Stop teasing your sister Recca," her father scolded. Serena immediately stuck her fork in the pancakes and lifted more than her fair share. She scooped some butter onto her pancakes, and drenched her pancakes with maple syrup. "Serena!! Learn to eat like a lady," her mother laughingly reprimanded. "Aw...mother I'm really hungry, and pancakes are my favorite," She added with a whine. "Don't get too messy Serena, Devon is coming this morning," her father nonchalantly informed. Serena's fork came to a sudden stop, and was the only sound heard in the room. All her brothers sat stiff in their chairs, no idea of what to expect. Her mother stopped eating, and just looked at her husband. Yet Serena's mouth hung wide open, her pupils growing larger by the second. "How dare you?" She jumped straight up from her chair." How dare you"? She repeated, her voice all ready a yell. "Here you are, telling me I'm engaged, where I've never met this boy till you announce I'm engaged? You don't even consult me if I want to marry Devon! What right do you have to do this?" She bellowed, an accusing glare on her face. He slid out of his chair in such anger; he knocked it over, but no matter. He was in such an outrage, he couldn't believe his own daughter was doing this. He thought he knew his daughter, but apparently not. "* I * can do that young lady because I'm your father!" Eyes held a wild fire, hairs sticking up on the back of his neck; hair tousled giving him a savage look. "You start showing me some respect Serena Eddington, don't argue with me." Serena had never in her whole seven-teen years seen her father like this, her whole body trembled but she couldn't back down.* How could she live through an arranged marriage *? The only way to get out of it was to stick up for herself, well at least she thought that would work. "No! I'm not going to back down! I don't need to be engaged to a man I have no feelings for. You Father of all people should know I want to marry for love." "You will learn to love Devon," he ordered with another shout. "You were going to be forced into marriage, but you managed your way out and married Mother. Why do I have to be forced into this? You haven't forced Recca or any of the boys into it! This is totally unfair! Why are you doing this to me?" She growled out, eyes turned a deadly ice blue. "Times are different, I'm trying to do this for your benefit, and you've rejected your suitors," he feebly tried to answer, purposely missing Serena's last question. "You're right times are different, we don't need to marry at sixteen any more. I'm only seventeen, girls are marrying at eighteen and nineteen. Besides, I've only had two pompous, ungentleman like...jerkazoids! If you're making me get married, you need to make the boys get married. I'm younger than they are. So, I will not marry Devon for the life of me," she finished defiantly. "Serena shush it!!" Recca whispered angrily through clenched teeth. "You will obey me Serena and marry Devon! No more arguments!" Her father again tried to order. "Uh-uh! There's no way in he-(you guys fill in with what you want to say!) I will..." "Zip it!!", Ryan yelled, efficiently shutting everybody up. "Devon's here," Yuhiko hissed. A gasp was heard throughout the once again silent room. With a hand covered over her mouth, eyes bulging, and skin a pale white, Serena still couldn't believe what she saw. She had no idea if Devon had heard her, but she was still scared for her life. * Holy crud, she kept thinking. What am I to do? * There was only one thing to do, and that one thing was to run. She hastily pushed her chair back and scrambled out. She knew her father was going to have a royal fit but she didn't give a rip. Her parents along with her brothers were yelling their lungs out for her to come back, but she ignored all of this. She didn't look back to see Devon's reaction. All that was flowing through her brain was to get out, and that she did. She slipped out of the back door, and ran to the stables with all her might. She opened the door to the stables hoping her brothers wouldn't go out looking for her, and grabbed the reigns of her horse, Njord. She didn't even put on a saddle, she didn't care. Luckily this horse wasn't some tall thing she couldn't jump onto. With a quick jump, and a giddyup, they were off. They galloped for a while; it felt great to Serena to be free. It gave her all the thinking time she wanted. Gosh she loved it, she knew she was in for a real whipping, but you have to take risks. She continued galloping into the dense forest. She didn't care where she was going, just to keep going, to be able to continue this freedom she felt... She hadn't felt this free since the engagement of Devon, along with her always wondering about her kiss with Darien. She was still unsure of what it meant. She hadn't talked to him since they had that kiss, and she had no idea when she would gain the guts to talk to him again. "Sere?" A voice called out. *No,no, her mind kept repeating, this can't be happening. It can't be him. Is it? * Well here came the answer striding in on a horse. "Sere, what the heck are you doing here?" The voice of a tall, slender, but muscular man, ocean blue eyes. (AN: Guess who?) The End! That's just the end of the chapter guys, I'm so sorry it took so long to write, I have had it written forever, but couldn't type it, so sorry! Summer is almost here, so chapters will be so much faster! Look out for a new story of mine coming out! Oh another apology, I'm so Sorry it took so long to write, cause of some editing problems that was all my faults, not Miri or GS or anybody!!!! Oh for that you can give me all the flames. Well if ya don't want to, you don't have to! Here's GS. Goldstar: Just wanted say that chp. 4 might not be out for a long time! I'm probably going to write this one, and I'm going to be really busy for the next couple of weeks...so just hang on for my other fanfics! Oh yeah...and e-mail us! You don't like our story? J/k...but e-mail us! That's it! till later...Ja Ne!