Golden Couple 
Venus
Rated: PG
	Whew! Here’s chapter 2. I hope everyone enjoys reading this as much as I enjoyed writing 
it. Spring break is coming up soon, so hopefully I’ll be able to get chapter 3 out soon. I think I 
already know basically what’s going to happen, so it shouldn’t be to hard ( ^_^ ) 

Sailor Moon does not belong to me, but the extra characters and story line do.
Hope you enjoy!   
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It was Tuesday morning when Serena woke up and looked at her clock. When she saw the 
time, she jumped out of bed, and began rushing around her room. She was majorly late today. As 
she began looking for her school outfit, she stopped and started to laugh. "I forgot, Mom's letting 
me stay home today, because we didn't get home till late." She began talking aloud to herself. 
"Well since I'm up, I might as well get dressed. Maybe I can go see Andrew!" With that thought 
in mind, she began to dress. She found a light pink short-sleeved shirt, and a black skirt with a few 
flowers stitched on at the bottom, and went down stairs.
'Hm, I wonder where Luna went?' Serena thought to herself. 'Oh well, now I won't have to 
listen to her nagging' At that thought, a smile appeared on her face. She put her shoes on, and 
walked out the door.
She began to slowly walk towards the arcade. Since she had all the time in the world, why 
run and risk running into somebody, like Darien? As she walked, her mind began to wonder back 
to the last few days. She still couldn't believe she had won the gold medal. And Darien. Something 
about him changed. But what was it?' What ever it was, it began to scare her. 'If he keeps acting 
the way he has for the last few days, I might find myself falling for him. We can't have that. He 
probably thinks I’m just some stupid teenager with a crush on an upper classman. Besides, he was 
probably just acting so nice to me for the good of the team.'
Just then she looked up. She was right in front of the arcade. 'Good thing I looked up 
when I did, or else I might have passed it right up!' She giggled, and entered the Arcade.
As he heard the familiar ring of the bell on the door, he looked up from wiping the counter 
tops.
"Serena! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in school?"
Serena had to laugh. "My mom gave me the day off " She said with a huge smile as she sat 
on a stool by the counter. He just gave her a weird look.
"I had competition yesterday, and didn't get home till late" She explained.
"That’s right, I forgot all about that! So how did you do?"
"You'll never believe it Andrew, but I won first place, and got the gold medal!" She said 
excitedly, almost screaming.
Andrew's jaw dropped slightly. "Serena, That's great!" He said with a huge grin on his 
face. " Do you have the medal with you? I really would like to see it."
"Sorry Andrew, but it's at home. If you want I can bring it this afternoon, the time I'm 
usually here."
"Could you?! That would be great!" Serena smiled.  Serena looked down at her watch.
 	"Uh-oh, I have to get home now, my moms taking me out to lunch, see ya Andrew." 
"Bye Serena." He said as the girl ran out the arcade, and down the street. He then turned 
back to cleaning the counters once again.

It was after school got out, Serena and her group of friends entered the arcade.
"Hey Girls" Andrew called out to them.
"Hey Andrew." The girls answered. The girls went and sat in their normal booth, and 
began talking, and chatting to one another. Serena was telling them all about the competition she 
had won. 	
Darien was walking down the street humming a song to himself. He had his gold medal 
hanging around his neck for all the world to see. As he neared the arcade his thoughts began to 
wonder. ‘Maybe Serena will be at the arcade. I’ll go check.’ As he entered the arcade, he saw 
Serena already sitting at the counter talking to Andrew. He went over, and sat down beside her.
“Hey Dar.”
“Hi Darien.”
“Hey Andy, Serena.” They both looked a little stunned, but decided to ignore the 
comment. Just then Andrew noticed something shiny hanging around Darien’s neck.
“Hey Dar, what’s that?” Andrew asked while pointing to it.
 Darien took it off and looked at it. “What this old thing? “My medal, it’s the newest 
fashion! You like?” He spun it around his finger a few times before holding it still in his hands. 
Serena giggled, and Darien smiled to himself.
“Can I see?” asked Andy.
“Sure.” He handed it over to his friend.
“This looks exactly like Serena’s!”
"Well it should, we were in the same competition, and we did place the same." It took a 
moment to sink in on Andrew.
"But that means, you would of came in first place in the Tokyo regionals." Darien smiled.
Smack! Andrew whacked him up-side the head.
"What was that for?!" Darien said a little annoyed.
"I thought we were friends!"
"We are!"
"Then why didn't you tell me you were in gymnastics! Not only that, but that you're 
good!"
"Well.....er .....I didn't...........um well......"
"Well what?"
" I didn't want you to think I was some kind of sissy, and besides I have a reputation to 
keep. What would people think if 'The Mister Tough Guy Darien' took gymnastics?" Serena sat 
and watched as the two best friends have their little argument.
"Mister Tough Guy huh?" He only began to chuckle.

Serena sat and watched the two. 'I'm glad Darien came over to talk to us..... AHHH what 
am I thinking, this is DARIEN we're talking about! Calm down Serena. Look at him, he's always 
mean, and teases me, well except for the last few days........  Doesn't matter, he's still arrogant, 
and mean, and self absorbed, and tall, handsome, cute, sexy even..... SEXY?!?! where did that 
come from?!?! I wonder what it would be like to kiss him? Have him hold me close, play with my 
hair, and whisper sweet nothings into my ear.....  AHH I really need to get a way from here, away 
from him.' A slight blush tinted her cheeks from her previous thoughts. She jumped off her stool, 
and got the attention of the two guys sitting next to her. She began to head towards the door.
"Hey Serena, where you going?" asked Andrew.
"Uh...I have to go home, moms making me my favorite dinner." She turned, and was 
about to go out the doors when another voice stopped her.
"See ya later Meatball Head!" She stopped, turned, smiled and waved back.
"Bye Darien, See ya around the gym." and with that she went skipping out the doors, and 
headed home.  She was half way home when she remembered the meeting. 'whoops, I'd better 
hurry, or Rei's really gonna give it to me.' She turned around, and began  her mad dash towards 
the temple.

"Ami, are you sure?" wined Serena. "I thought we were finished with the Negaverse!" 
"Well It's not deffinite, but there dose seem to be a collection of dark energy around the 
city." concluded Ami.
"Enough about sailor business, tell us about your competition!" Mina said thrilled.
Serena smiled, and began the story of the last few days.

Back at the arcade-
 	
"So Dar, what was that all about?"
"Huh?" Darien asked, not paying much attention.
"Is there something going on between you  and Serena?"
"No, what wakes you think there is?"
"Well, let's see. Could it be the way you both were acting strangely?"
"We became...... friendlier towards one another, that's all."
"Sense when?"
"Sense the competition I guess." Andrew just looked at him. Darien looked down at his 
watch. "Oh, sorry Andy, but I have to go. See ya." Darien got up, and headed towards the door.
"See ya." 


SERENA! Get you butt out of that bed now! You were supposed to down here 30 
minutes ago!" Yelled Serena's mother.
"AHHHHHH!!! Luna!!!! Why didn't you wake me up?!?!" Serena wailed as she ran 
around the room looking for her school uniform.
"I did Serena, several times." Luna said with a sigh. Serena ran out of the room, own the 
stairs, grabbed a piece of toast, and started on her 50 yard dash towards school. She was almost 
there, only one block left. 'Common Serena, you can do it! One more block!' As she rounded the 
last bend, she ran into something, or rather *someone* quite familiar. 
"Hiya Meatball Head! It's nice to see you to."
"Sorry Dar, no time to talk, I'm majorly late!" She then noticed the missing toast from her 
hand. 'Must of dropped it. Oh well, the birds will eat it.' She continued running like a maniac.
Darien smiled. 'She called me Dar! Maybe she does have feelings for me.' Just then he felt 
something land on top of his head. "What's this?" He said as he took it off his head and looked at 
it. A piece of toast!?!? "Hey Meatball head, I think you forgot your breakfast!" He said with a grin 
while waving it above his head. He could just see her enter the school grounds. ''Oh well, wouldn't 
want this to go to waist." He began eating the piece of bread as he continued his walk.

Serena walked into the classroom with seconds to spare. As she looked up, she found all 
her class mates looking at her, then one by one they began to clap. A huge smile appeared on her 
face as she sat down at her desk. Miss Haruna then spoke.
"Congratulations Serena. I'm very proud of the way you took that competition. I always 
knew you could accomplish great things, if only you would try." She then smiled down at her 
student. She might not have been the smartest, or most dedicated to her studies, but without 
Serena in the class, it would be almost......empty. There would be no cleverly thought up excuses, 
or insane comments to lighten the day.
"Thanks Miss H." Serena replied happily. Maybe school wouldn’t be such a drag 
today.......
"Now we must get back to our studies. Does anybody know the year of.......
'Then again, how good could ones life get.' History class, the worst, most boring class I 
the whole entire world. She looked out the window for the remaining minutes of the class. 

Darien and Serena walked out into the opening of the gym.
"Congratulations!" everyone yelled. Serena and Darien were surprised.
 "What's this?" Serena asked. 
"Just a little something to show you two how proud the rest of your teammates and I are." 
Serena and Darien smiled. They began talking to the other members, and everyone was having a 
fun time. Before they knew it, the practice was over, and the gym was closing.
"Bye Josh, see ya tomorrow." Serena called out as she left the building, Darien was right 
behind her. Serena turned right and headed towards her home, as Darien turned left and headed 
towards his apartment.

"Hi mom I'm home!"
Her mom came out from the kitchen. "Hi Serena, did you ask you friends about Friday?"
"Oh no! I forgot all about that! I'll have to ask them tomorrow." Her mom smiled.
"How about some dinner? It's still warm in the kitchen." Serena not being one to turn 
down food, gladly accepted. She took a plate of fried rice up to her room, and sat down at her 
desk eating while she read her text book.  She finished her homework, then turned out the light 
and went to bed. As she lay in bed, she looked up at the moon, and a calm, peacefulness 
overcame her as she drifted off to sleep.

Darien entered his apartment, and looked around. He then went towards the kitchen to 
make himself a cup of coffee. He had some serious thinking to do. He sat down at his desk, and 
began to write in his little journal. It was late before he deiced to close the small notebook. He 
headed towards his room, and laid down. As he lay there, he looked up at the sky. The moon was 
incredibly bright that night. As he stared at the moon, a peaceful and warm sleep overtook him.

"Yeah, and my mom's making me my favorite cake and everything!" Serena said excitedly 
as she talked to Andrew. 
Just then Darien entered the arcade, and stood by the door. Serena was happily talking to 
Andrew. She had a happy smile on her face, and there was a light that danced in her eyes. A small 
grin tugged on Darien’s lips as he just stood and watched his beautiful angel.
"........... and  all my friends are going to be there. Hey! Would you like to come? You 
could even bring Rita." Serena said. Two years she had a huge crush on Andrew, and was a little 
upset when she found out he already had a girl friend, but she got over it. She also liked having 
his as a friend, he was easy to talk to.
"Sure, I'd love to, when is it?"
"Oh, Friday night at 7 p.m. at my house."
"I'll be there! Um.... where exactly do you live?"
Serena gave a little giggle before reaching for a napkin from the counter and writing down 
her address for him. She handed it to him before jumping down off the stool.
"I have to go, I'm going shopping for party things. See ya later Andrew!" She waved as 
she headed towards the door.
"By Serena!"
As she neared the door, she noticed a familiar presence. When she looked up, she saw 
Darien looking at her.......... with a slight smile?
"Oh hi Darien!" She said cheerily.
"Hey Meatball Head!" He smiled kindly, and the nickname had a friendly, endearing sound 
to it rather than like teasing.
"Love to stay and chat, but I must be going! Bye Dar!" She called out.
Darien just waved, and smiled slightly before walking over to join Andrew at the counter 
and order some coffee. 
"Hey Dar, What's up?"
"Hi Andy, not much, how are things here?"
"Pretty quiet today. Would you like some coffee?" Darien just smiled. They knew each 
other pretty well.
"Andrew, can I ask you something?" Darien asked as Andrew placed the coffee down in 
front of his friend. 
"Sure. Shoot."
"How did you and Rite get together?"
Andrew looked a little confused, but answered anyway. "Well, she was in my advanced 
chemistry class. We just started talking, and over several weeks became fairly fond of each other. 
We went out several times, and enjoyed each other's company. We've been going out for two and 
a half years now, and I’ve enjoyed every day of it."
"So when you getting married?" Darien asked teasingly.
"Actually, I have reservations for Saturday night at that new restaurant, and I'm planning 
on proposing to her."
"Really? That's great Andy! I'm happy for you." 
"Well she hasn't said yes yet."
"Of course she'll say yes, you guys are perfect for each other."
"Yeah. Well I have to get back to work now, see you later Dar."
"Bye Andrew."
'I have the whole afternoon to waste, I think I'll go hang out at the shopping plaza for a 
while.' As he walked, he whistled a soft melody.

"Alright Serena, purple or pink? Hmm." Serena began talking to herself as she tried to 
determine what color decorations to get for the small party. She finally decided on white 
streamers with colorful balloons on them, and a package of multi-color balloons. She walked out 
of the store looking into the bag to determine if she needed anything else. She didn't pay any 
attention to the people around her, and before she knew it she was sitting on the floor with her 
bag several feet away.
"I'm very sorry. Are you alright? I hope I......."
"Meatball head?"
She looked up to see a smiling Darien.
"Oh hi Darien, sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention."
Darien chuckled, then bent over and retrieved her bag for her. "I believe you dropped 
this." He said while handing it to her.
"Oh yeah, thanks." She smiled and reached for the package. As her hand landed on the 
bag, their fingers brushed past one another's, sending a tingling sensation through their arms. 
Darien smiled.
"So where are you off to?"
"Just shopping for a few things. I need a new dress and gymnastics outfit. My parents are 
so proud of me that I get to choose any one I want, and they'll buy it for me. What about you? 
What are you doing here?"
"Just wasting time."
"Oh."
"Would you mind if I hung around with you?"
"Um no, I guess not."
"Great." He smiled up at her. 
"But you have to give me your male opinion on the dress and gymnastics outfit."
"No problem."
"Good, then let's go." She grabbed his arm, and started dragging him through the mall.

"What about this one?" Serena came out of the dressing room with a cherry colored 
summer dress on.
"Turn." She slowly turned in a circle until she was facing Darien once more. "Nah."
Serena sighed, and walked back onto the dressing room. 5 dresses and 30 minutes later, she came 
out with a light blue sun dress. It matched her eyes perfectly. 
"This one?"
Darien, who had been reading a book, glanced up. He stared in disbelief. Serena gave a 
small giggle as she saw Darien's expression, and slowly yet gracefully turned in a full circle. He 
couldn't believe his eyes.
'Wow, she looks beautiful.'
"Do you like it? I think this is the one I'm going to get."
"Looks beautiful on you." Darien said before he even realized the words were out of his 
mouth. Serena blushed, before turning back into the dressing room to change. She paid for her 
dress, and gymnastic outfit, which was silver with roses stitched into the material.

"I had fun today Darien, thanks for shopping with me."
"No problem Meatball head."
"Hey, um... are you busy Friday night? Cause if your not, my parents are throwing me a 
small party, and I', having a few of my friends, and I was wondering if you wanted to come."
"Sure, I'd love to come."
"Really?!"
"Yeah."
" Do you have any paper on you?"
"No, sorry."
"Oh well, give me your hand."
"What for?"
"So I can write down my address for you." Darien held out his hand, Serena grasped his 
hand with her two smaller hands, and wrote down her address in purple ink on the palm of his 
hand.
"Well I have to go, if I don’t see you tomorrow, then see you Friday! Bye Darien." She 
waved, then began to run through the crowds of the busy sidewalk. Darien looked down at his 
hand and smiled.


Friday Evening

Music could be heard as Serena opened the door. She wore white shorts and a light pink 
tank top.
"Oh hey Darien, glad you could make it, come on in." Darien smiled and walked through 
the door. "Andrew's already here, he’s over by the pop." She closed the door after him, and led 
him over to Andrew.
"Hey Andy." Darien said with a grin. Just then the bell rang again, and Serena ran over to 
the door.
"Dar? What are you doing here?"
"I was invited, thank you very much." Andrew looked astound.

"Hey guys! Come on in!"
All four girls walked into the house. They all met at Lita's house to drop of their sleeping 
gear before they came over to Serena's. After the party, the five girls were going over to Lita's for 
a sleep over, and gossip session.
"Wow, some party!" Mina commented.
"I thought you said this was going to me small?" Said Ami.
"Well it is, kinda....... not really.........alright so its not a small party anymore, besides my 
parents aren’t home, so they won't mind a few extra people." The girls just laughed, then began to 
mingle with the other guests. 
An hour into the party, Mina took the stage. "Everyone, we're going to have a 
competition." Everyone turned their attention to her. "A dancing competition!  All the girls are 
going to write their names a paper, and put them in this bucket." Holding up a pink bucket. "After 
the names are all in the bucket, the guys will one by one draw a name, and the person they choose 
will be their dancing partner!" Everyone started talking at once. They all loved the idea, and soon 
the first guy was picking his partner. Mina got paired with Tim, Lita was paired with Ken, Rei 
was with Chad, Ami was with Greg, and Serena got paired with Darien. 
"Everybody ready?" Asked a few people who were posing as the judges. The rest of the 
group cheered. They started the music, and the couples began to dance.
Serena couldn't help but feel silly, and soon broke out laughing as she danced. Darien also 
started laughing. "Mina sure knows how to get everyone to have fun." Darien said.
"This is nothing. You should see her when she really gets going!" The couples began to 
drop, as one by one were illiminated. 
Darien looked around. "I think we have some competition."
"Oh really, who?"
"Them." Darien pointed with a glance.
"Oh Tamy and Chris? They're on the dance team."
"I say we beat those two at their own game."
"And how will we do that?"
"Do you remember that warm up we learned last week?"
"The one to that hip hop music?"
"That's the one."
"You're a genius!"
"Ah shucks."
The two then fell into routine they used to loosen up, and have fun with during long 
practices at the gym.
Rei stood off to the side next to Lita. "Look at those two!" Rei stated to the taller girl.
"What else did you expect from gold medal winners? Besides, I think there's a little more 
besides friendship going on between those two."
"What?!?"
"You haven't noticed?" Rei shook her head. "It's so obvious."
"Well, we'll have to try to get some info our of her tonight."
"We can't just come out and ask her about it Rei, she'll just get mad at us, and then won't 
tell us anything. Don't mention this conversation tonight."
"Alright." agreed Rei.

Serena and Darien were the only other couple besides Tamy and Chris.
"Ready?" Darien asked towards the end of the song.
"Alright, don't drop me though."
"Don’t worry Meatball head."
She smiled slightly. "Ready." In perfect synchronization, Darien flipped Serena over his 
arm, Serena spun around. Darien grabbed hers arms and flipped her into the air. She landed 
perfectly in his arms, just as the music stopped. The other guests applauded vigorously. Andrew, 
being the head judge, walked in front of the crowd.
"I pronounce Darien and Serena the winners!" Everyone clapped once more.

Darien and Andrew stood around the pop table talking. 
"So Dar, what's up with you and Serena?" Darien just looked at his friend. "You two sure 
seem like more than friends. Is there anything going on between you two."
"Perhaps, or perhaps we're just friends." With that Darien walked away, glass in hand.

"Thanks for coming, bye Darien."
"You sure you don't need any help cleaning up the house?"
"I'm fine, besides the girls are staying to help me out. We'll be finished in no time."
"Alright Serena, see you tomorrow at the gym then."
"See ya." Serena closed the door, and the girls quickly cleaned the house. After everything 
was neat and clean, Serena grabbed her sleeping gear, and all the girls headed towards Lita's. 
Once at Lita's, the girls quickly changed into their nightclothes, and sat around her living room.
"So what do you guys want to do?" Ami asked. 
Lita and Mina looked at each other. "Gossip session!" they both yelled. The other began 
to 
laugh as they all sat in a circle to make it easier to hear one anther.
"Hey Mina, where did you come up with that idea for that dancing contest?" Asked Lita.
"Oh, I read it in a magazine." 
"Did you check out the guy I was dancing with?!?" Rei asked. "He was majorly hot!"
"So was Ken, the guy I was dancing with!"
"Greg was pretty cute himself." Ami admitted.
"Wow Ames! Didn't know you had it in ya!" Serena exclaimed. Ami blushed a dull red.
"Go Ami!" Lita put in.
"You guys are lucky, you all had cute, nice, older guys to dance with. I got stuck with 
Tim! He's such a jerk!" Laughter filled the room.
"That was a nice party Serena, I had fun." Said Lita. The other girls all agreed. 
"Hey guys, look what I brought." Mina Held up a big bag of gummy bears. Lita grabbed a 
bowl, and Mina dumped the candies into it, and set it in the middle of the group. 

*****

There was a knock at the door, and Brad went to open it. "Hey guys, come on in."
"Hey Brad." The other four guys called out. In walked Ken, Greg, Chad, and Darien. They 
all had several things in common. One, they were all freshmen in the local college. Two, They all 
had crushes on a group of girls, who happen to be spending the night at their friend's house next 
door. Three, they were best of friends. 
"So Brad, what's the occasion?" 
"Well it just so happens that a certain group of girls is staying at a certain friend's house 
tonight."
"How do you know?"
"I was talking to Lita earlier." Grins appeared on all of their faces.

*****

"Alright........ Serena, truth or dare." Said Rei.
"Um..... dare." 
"I dare you to....." she thought for a minute. "To go over and knock on the neighbor's 
door, and ask to borrow an egg."
"Alright." Serena said, thinking that wouldn't be too hard.
"In your underwear!" Rei finished.
"What!?" Serena wailed.
"You have to Serena, or we'll make you go out on a date with MELVIN!" Said Mina.
"Alright alright, but what happens if some old guy answers the door?"
"Don't worry, Brad lives next door, he's a freshmen in college." Said Lita. The other girls 
just looked at her.
Serena was standing in front of the door. She was wearing underwear and a little tank top. 
She looked back at Lita's, and saw all the others with their heads out the door. She took a deep 
breath, and knocked.

*****

The guys were sitting around the kitchen table. "Well we can't just go over and knock on 
the door and ask them." said Greg.
"Well, there is a vent that connects to the two apartments." Just then they heard a knock 
at the door. "Hey Dar, could you get that?"
"Sure." Darien walked over to the door, and opened it. He looked down, and saw a 
golden haired angel...... in her underwear?!?
"Se..serena?!"

*****

"Se..serena?!"
Serena looked up and saw Darien?!? "D..darien!?! "He was staring at her. She could feel 
his eyes roam over her body, and blushed. She screamed, and ran back to Lita's as fast as possible, 
and slammed the door shut behind her. 
"LITA!"
The girls came running when they heard her scream.
"What's wrong Serena?" Lita asked.
"I thought you said Brad lived there!"
"He does."
"Then why did Darien open the door?!?
"Darien?!" The others questioned.
"Oh, he must be a friend of Brad's. He said he was hanging with some friends tonight, but 
I didn't think that they would have stayed at his place."

*****

Darien walked back to the other's a little bit dazed. 
"Who was at the door?" Brad questioned.
"Just Serena in her underwear." He said, like it was an everyday type of thing.
"WHAT?!" The other guys cried. Brad walked over to Lita's apartment, and knocked on 
the door. They could hear screaming and laughing on the other side. After a minute of waiting, 
and no one coming to the door, Brad just opened the door, and walked in. The others were 
closely behind him. They all stopped in the doorway of the living room. In the room were five 
girls, all dressed like Serena, and having a pillow fight. There were feathers flying everywhere. 

*****

After several seconds, they felt someone watching them, and turned around. There stood five 
guys, staring at them in their underwear. They all screamed and held up their sleeping bags in 
front of them.
"What are you doing here?! Don't you know how to knock?!" Yelled Rei. They just kept 
staring. "Get Out!" She yelled, and started throwing gummy bears at them.
One hit Chad on the cheek. "hey dude, that stung!" The other girls got into action, and 
started throwing them at the others. The guys ran out of the apartment, and slammed the door 
behind them. Lita quickly locked the door before walking back to the other girls. 
"We should get them back for walking in on us." Rei said.
"Yeah!" the others agreed. Their anger soon left, and they began to talk about their 
crushes.

*****

The guys were back in Brad's apartment, and not taking any chances, locked the door. 
"I wonder what they think about us?" Ken asked.
"Let's find out." said Brad."
"How?" asked the others.
Brad stood on a ladder, with Ken and Darien keeping it steady, and removed the cover to 
the vent. He slid a long wire with a speaker on the end of it into the vent. After he climbed down, 
they plugged the cord to the speaker in to Brad's sound box, and eagerly listened to the girls' 
conversation. 
"Who was the dark haired one, besides Darien?" Mina asked. 
"Oh, that's Brad."
"He's majorly cute!"

"Somebody has the hots for you." Ken teased Brad. He blushed a bit, but smiled.

"He's nothing compared to Chad!" Rei said.
"Oh Rei, you know Ken's cuter!"
"Is not!"
"Is too"
"Not!"	
"Is!"
"Quit arguing you two. You're acting like Rei and Serena did two years ago!" Ami 
scolded. That comment brought a smile to all their faces.
"So Ami, what did you think of Greg?" 
"Well, he was pretty cute himself. I wonder if he's in excelled calculus? He could help me 
study, I'm only 11 chapters ahead."
"Oh Ami, loosen up a bit! We're here for a night of fun remember?" Serena said.
"Hey Serena, who do you think is the cutest?" Lita asked.
"I don't know, I guess they're all kinda cute."
"What about Darien?" asked Rei. Lita shot Rei a piercing stare, but she ignored it.
"What about him?" 
"We know you like him Serena." She blushed.

The guys were all grinning except for Darien. He was tentivly listening to the 
conversation. 'Please let her like me.' he thought to himself.
Ken looked over, and noticed Darien's face. "Hey Dar, I'm sure you can win her over."
"Hmm? What are you talking about."
"Don't give us that, we all know you have the hots for Serena." Darien blushed a bit.
"Yeah Dar, we're your best friends, we know this stuff."
"Well it doesn't matter, she still doesn't like me."
"Don't worry, we'll help you win her over."

"No I don't" Serena protested. She didn't really like him, did she?
"What about when you two were dancing?"
"We learned that at the gym. We just wanted to beat Tamy and Chris."
"Sure."
Mina looked up, and noticed a black wire sticking out of the vent. "What's that?"
The girls all looked to where she was pointing.
"It looks like ...." She was cut off by Ami. She held her finger to her lip. "It looks like a 
dried up flower." Ami covered up. The girls just looked at her with odd expressions, but said 
nothing. Ami got up and grabbed a pad of paper and a pen. 
~It's a listening divice.~ Ami wrote.
"I think I'll put in a movie." Lita said. Everyone else just nodded their heads. Lita put in 
the tape, and turned it up a bit louder. 
~I think the guys are listening in on our conversations. ~ Rei was about to say something, 
but caught herself. She grabbed another pen.
~This calls for major payback!~  The others nodded.
~I have an idea~ Mina wrote. ~Shaving cream.~
~Yeah, we can cream them when they go to sleep.~
~But how will we get in, I'm sure they locked the door.~
~I have a key.~ said Lita.
~Why do you have a key to his apartment? ~
~He just got back form vacation, I watered his plants. You guys stay here, while I go buy 
a few cans of shaving cream. Just make mindless chatter, I'll be back as soon as I can.~ They 
nodded their heads. Lita opened the door, and quietly close it behind her.

"Um guys, they haven't said anything in a while. So you think they found the cord?" 
"Maybe they just fell asleep."

The girls began their acting. "We leave her alone for a few minutes, and she falls asleep."
"Oh well, just let her sleep, Lita had a busy day."
"Yeah, let's just watch the movie." They talked about simple things, like the movie, what 
actors were cute, and other things of the sort. Half way through the movie, Lita entered the room.
Ami held up a sign to her. ~You're sleeping, don't say anything.~ Lita smiled, and showed 
them what she bought. 
"Guys, I'm getting tired, I'm going to sleep."
"Yeah, me too."
"I think we should turn off the movie, and all go to sleep." 
"Sounds good to me." They turned off the movie, and turned off all the lights except for 
the ones in the kitchen. 

"Hey they all went to (yawn) sleep. Maybe we should do the same." 
"Yeah, it's getting pretty late." They turned off the lights, and turned in for the night.

The girls quietly walked into the kitchen, and sat around the table.
"I think we should wait an hour or so before we start our plan." Ami whispered. They 
took out a deck of cards, and spent the time playing card games.

One hour later

The girls stood outside of Brad's door while Lita opened it with her key. Seeing that the 
guys all seemed to have liked seeing them in their underwear, they decided to give them some of 
there own. Each girl took a guy. Lucky for them, it was a warm night, and the guys were laying 
on top of their sleeping bags, only in their boxer shorts. With the shaving cream, they gave each 
of the guys their own bra. They used the rest in their hair. They all ran out into the hall, and left 
the door wide open. Lita walked up to the door.
"FIRE FIRE!" She yelled. "Quick everybody must evacuate!" The five guys jumped up, 
and ran out of the room, not knowing what was going on. 
"Smile!" Rei said. They turned around, and were met by flashes of light. The girls giggled, 
and continued their picture taking. Each had a camera, and took as many pictures as they could. 
Running out of film, they quickly ran back to Lita's and locked the door.
"That was great!"
"I haven't had that much fun in a long time!"
"It was rather amusing." Ami added.

"I thought you locked the door!"
"I did!" Brad yelled.
"Then how'd they get in!"
"I don't know!"
"Guys, just shut up. I'm going to get cleaned up." stated Darien.
Just then the phone rang.
"Who could be calling at this time, it's three in the morning!" 
"Hello." Brad said annoyed.
"Hiya Brad. How's things over there.?"
"Lita!"
"Don't yell at her." Ken said from the background.
"Why did you do this to us?!"
"Well, why did you listen in to our conversation, and Why did you burst into my 
apartment during our pillow fight!"
"Why was Serena over here knocking on the door in her underwear?!" Darien didn't hear 
the conversation, he was cleaning up in the bathroom. "Do you know who opened the door?! 
Darien did!"
"So."
"So, He's crazy for her, you should of seen his face. It took every ounce of his control not 
to just scoop her up and start kissing her right there!"
"He likes her?!" Lita said, not giving any names for the girls to catch.
"Majorly!"
"Well, we'll have to something about that."
"Huh?"
"I'll call you back in a little, Kay? Bye."
"Bye." 

"Who likes who?" asked Serena.
"Oh, Tamy and Chris." She hated lying to her best friend, but she couldn't just tell her yet. 
"I already knew that. I'm going into the kitchen to get a drink."
As soon as Serena left, Lita filled the others in about her phone conversation. Ten minutes 
later, the phone rang, and Lita answered it.
"Hello."
"Hey Lita."
"Hi Brad."
"Listen, the guys and I would like to call a truce."
"Really?"
"Yeah."  

Lita covered the phone for a minute. "Hey girls, the guys wanna call a truce."
"Wohoo." they all called out. 
"Would you mind if I invited them over for a while, maybe we could all play a game."
"Sure."
"Fine with me."
"Me too"
"Alright."

"Hey Brad, since you and your buddies are calling a truce, why don't you all come over for 
a while. We could all play a game or something."
"Sure, let me ask the guys."

"Hey, you guys want to go over to Lita's and play a game or something?"
"Ok."
"Sure."
"Fine by me."
"Why not."

"Lita, we'll be over in a few minutes."
"Alright, See you then."

Several minutes later, there was a knock at the door, and Lita went to answer it.
"Hey guys, come on in." She showed them into her living room. They were all cleaned up, 
and had on T-shirts, and shorts. The girls had on similar outfits, but with tank tops instead. They 
entered the room, and found the other girls laughing over some unknown conversation.
Mina looked up. "Hey guys, glad you could make it." They all waved.
"We brought some snacks with us." Ken spoke up.
"I'll take them." Lita said. They handed her the snacks, and sat down on her couch. She 
came back with several bowls of chips. 
"I'll be right back, I have to get the drinks."
"I'll help you." Ken offered. Lita smiled at him. They came back several seconds carrying 
ten cans of pop.
They spent the rest of the night and early morning playing Pictionary and Shurades.
Serena looked over at the clock. It read 10:15. "Oh no, I didn't realize it was so late!" She 
grabbed her bag, and ran into the bathroom. She came out several minutes later wearing her 
silver-rose-embroidered gymnastic outfit, and her hair up in a bun. "Sorry guys, I have to go, I 
have practice. Lita, I'll be back later to pick up me stuff." She didn't notice everyone looking at 
her, even the guys, but mostly Darien.
"That's a beautiful outfit." Mina spoke up. 
Serena smiled. "I just bought this the other day. Darien helped me pick it out." The guys 
all looked at Darien, and the girls all looked at each other then at Darien. Darien's face became a 
little flushed. 
"Darien helped you pick it out?" Rei questioned.
"Yeah, I kinda ran into him at the mall, and neither of us wanted to shop alone, so we just 
stayed together."
Serena put on her warm-ups over top, and grabbed her shoes. "Sorry guys, I have to go, 
I'm going to be late."
"I'll ride you if you want." Darien spoke up.
"Really!?"
"Sure, besides we're going to the same place."
"Thanks Darien." 
"No problem Meatball Head. Just let me grab my bag real quick, then we'll be off."

"Darien, Serena, can you two please come here for a minute."
"Sure Josh."
"No problem." Josh led the two into his office. 
"I have some excellent news for both of you. You were both invited to go to the practices 
and try outs for the Olympic team!"
"Are you serious?" Serena asked.
"You bet, and the gym has also bought you each an outfit you are to wear for the tryouts." 
He handed them each a box. Serena opened hers, and took out a purple and red leotard with the 
symbol of the gym by the left hip. Darien received a red and purple top with the logo by the left 
shoulder, and white pants.
"When do we leave?" Darien asked.
"Next week."

Not much of a cliff hanger, oh well. So what did you think? Like? Hate? Send all 
comments and suggestions to venus22@moonkingdom.com  I’d also like to thank Jupiter (my 
good friend) with helping me in a few tough parts. Next to come, chapter 3! Until then Ja ne!