Every Reason Not To: Chapter 3 AN: Hope you're enjoying minna! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ A beautiful couple breeze into the dance. They sail onto the dance floor leaving their friends to look after in awe. "Wow." Managed Rei and Leeta as they danced with Chad and Ken. "He's really cute! Don't they make a nice couple?" giggled Meena leaning away from her date towards the girls. Ami rolled her eyes as she danced with Greg. Andrew was similarly shocked, "Look, there's Darien with his date!" he said to his girlfriend Rita. Rita smiled, "Wow, she's really pretty. You said she was a music student?" "Yeah." Andrew managed, still in shock. "I think my friends might just pass out from shock." Laughed Serena. Darien spotted Andrew, "Yeah, I don't think Andrew's blinked since we came in-that's gotta be painful." They danced in silence a moment before he teased, "Hey, you dance pretty good-you haven't klutzed out once-I'm amazed!" With a glare she stepped on his foot. "Ouch!" he exclaimed. "That was one purpose." She informed him. "Sure it was!" He teased, recovering. ~1, 2....~ "OUCH!" "Oh sorry, my foot must've slipped--into your shin." "Now, now let's-" The crowded dance floor suddenly pushed them closer together. Serena started, so did Darien. Serena had time to notice how great he smelled but bit her tongue. Darien however, did not fair so well. The feel of this soft girl in his arms, the light, sweet smell of her caught him offguard, "Mmmm, you smell nice." He murmured and then immediately wanted to kick himself. Serena only smiled since she was thinking the same thing, "You smell pretty good yourself--in fact, smelling nice might just be your only redeeming quality." She chuckled at her own joke until he smiled and said, "Was that a compliment?" Her eyes narrowed in mock fury, "Oh shut up!" He'd won. He lead them away a little so they didn't have to dance so close. The song ended and another one came one. "Oh my God!" Squealed Serena, "This is my song!" She looked over to her friends who were smiling and giving her thumbs up signs. Leeta and Ken danced by and Leeta smiled, "We pulled some strings!" "Oh wow! Thanks! You guys are all the best!" gushed Serena. Darien looked down at her, "You...wrote this song?" She nodded. He listened to the sweet song with it's haunting melody, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I've, a memory of a dream for you, In a strange place in my heart. Wish I knew the truth of you, Wish I'd known it from the start. Cause I, know I'm not myself with you, But I feel I have been, Close and in your arms, A thousand times before, Feel it in my heart I've, thrown a wish away on you, My heart just slipped away from me, Falling for you. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "So who's the amazing voice belong to?" he asked, "One of your friends?" She flushed, "That's me." His eyes widened, "Wow." He said with honest admiration. He leaned in close to her ear, "You have a beautiful voice." "Thanks." She said a little awkwardly. "No, I mean it, no teasing, your songs are great. You have real talent." She smiled but he couldn't see, they were almost cheek to cheek. "Well, thank you. By way of returning the compliment, you're an incredible speaker." "Huh?" he murmured a little dazed having her so close. He tried to shake off the sensation. ~What's wrong with me?~ "Your talk--about the Moon? It was great. I..I love the moon too." She confessed. "Thanks." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A strange fire burns fiercely in my heart, Everytime I think of you. Everytime we fight for truth And you walk away There's something, in your voice that calls to me, Feel like I've known you Sometime in the past A lifetime long before Feel it in my heart. I've, thrown a wish away on you, My heart just slipped away from me, Falling for you. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ He listened to the lyrics and tried to shake the eerie sensation they brought. ~I could have written those lyrics....about the Princess in my dreams...~ The lyrics were of course, about Tuxedo Mask. Serena knew it, her friends knew it. That's why they tried so hard to set her up all the time....they knew how deeply she felt for the masked man...the one who wouldn't even admit whose side he was on... Darien suddenly wrapped his arms around her more thoroughly then he had at first. They were silent a moment. "Wow, this could almost be romantic--if we didn't hate each other." Joked Serena, breaking the tension. She was enjoying the sensation of his body so close far, far too much. "I'm so glad we can have these moments of anti-romance together." His sweet tone was sarcastic. They laughed. The moment of tension had passed. They talked then-as they danced-about everything. School, friends, their life's ambitions. Their friends watched them and sighed. ~At last... They were all thinking.~ Darien walked Serena home under the moonlight. They talked a lot about the moon, equally matched in knowledge and awe. Just as they reached the doorstep to her building however, Serena tripped and fell. Darien offered her a hand, "Alas, the clock has struck twelve, the spell has been broken, the klutz has returned!" She took his hand grudgingly, "I haven't been this klutzy since I was fourteen.'' She muttered bitterly. He laughed. She turned to go. "Hey!" he said suddenly, laying a hand lightly on her arm to stop her, "I had a really good time tonight." She turned back and eyed him a moment. "I mean it." He said, "Thanks, your idea to go together was great. Andrew was off my case-and I enjoyed the conversation too." He said the last part too quickly. She smiled, a genuine smile that had him grinning in spite of himself, "Me too. I'm glad *I* thought of it!" He laughed, "G'night Serena." "Good night partner-in-crime." She said with mock affection. He laughed again-his jaw was beginning to ache, had he ever laughed this much before? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ Alright, this chapter's a LITTLE better than the last! And HEY, the song? I wrote it! That's right, lyrics, piano, vocals...(modest aren't I?) Actually, I have wicked stage fright so when I did that song for my sound class and played it I nearly passed out! I was hiding under the table! Anyways, onto the next chapter minna! ahhh! don't leave me yet! Almost done! Promise?! ;)