The Weekend That Changed Everything (Title subject to change)
By Michelle (m_mckague@hotmail.com)
Rating- PG/PG-13 (later parts)

Author’s Notes- Okay, this story is different than my usual ones. Notthat I 
have usual ones, okay it’s different than all usual ones. This onefocuses 
on Serena and Darien, but they aren’t Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon. But,
there is a twist coming. Something will happen. Oh, and even thoughthey 
were never super heroes most of the gang managed to meet up. There aresome 
differences. Raye is Serena’s cousin and Luna is Serena’s sister.Mina’s 
with Andrew, Lita with Ken, Amy with Greg, Raye’s with Darien, Serenadated 
Chad, Luna and Artemis are human and married, and Molly was married to 
Nephlyte or Maxsfield Stanton, but when he died she married Melvin.Also, 
although they’re friends are friends Serena and Darien have never met,they 
just kept on barely missing each other. Oh, and Luna’s 29, Andrew,Greg, 
Artemis, Ken, and Darien are 34, and Chad is 30, and the scouts are 28.I 
don’t know how old Molly or Melvin are, probably 28, they don’t havebig 
part yet. They’re only mentioned in this part. Actually the othersdon't 
show up yet either. It's strictly Sernea and Darien in Pt1. I tookminor 
details of this from “Masquerade” by Crystal Heart and “Falling inLove” by 
Julia. Both those stories rock and I’d recommend going out and readingthem 
as soon as possible, you won’t regret it. I got her being a lawyer andhim a 
doctor from “Masquerade” and the idea of them being in love even thoughhe’s 
involved with Raye from “Falling in Love.”
Part One- A Magical Weekend

	Serenity “Serena” Thompson couldn’t believe she was doing this.
	A relaxation seminar just wasn’t the kind of thing the 28 year-oldlawyer 
regularly did. It just wasn’t like her. However she had been seriously 
stressed lately and her friend Amy Anderson had suggested she go.Serena had 
reluctantly agreed.
	Now she was standing in the lobby of the Ceder Oaks Inn about to fillout 
the personal information survey that would be passed around to all.
	They had all been urged to use a nickname or an alias so to make this 
weekend a real getaway from their normal lives. Serena decided to useher 
childhood nickname of Rena.
	She looked at the form and sighed, she had a feeling this would be along 
weekend.* * * * *
	Endymion “Darien” Shields looked around the lobby of the Ceder OaksInn. 
This wasn’t his type of scene he decided right away.
	However, his friend Andrew Peters had been right when he had toldDarien 
that this was just what he needed. Darien admitted he had been tostressed 
lately.	The 34 year-old surgeon had just begun a demanding job at Boston Mercy
as a cardiologist and it had been a very stressful few months.
	He looked at the survey and wondered what nickname he could use.Finally he 
decided on plain old Dare.
	He put the form in the bin with the others and looked at the other 
participants.	After a minute his gaze narrowed down on a pretty young woman with
blond hair. She looked about as out of place as he did, he decided to take a 
chance and go talk to her.* * * * *	Serena sighed as she looked around.
	She stuck out like a sore thumb in this crowd in her pale bluebusiness 
suit. She just hoped the weekend didn’t turn out to be a waste of time.
	Just then she felt a tap on the shoulder. She turned around to lookinto 
the most dazzling blue eyes she had ever seen.
	“Hello.” She said softly, taking in the rest of the man’s appearance.
	He was gorgeous. He had thick black hair, a dazzling smile, and one ofthe 
best bodies she had ever seen. And to top it off he looked as out ofplace 
as she did. He was wearing black slacks and a dark blue shirt with thetop 
button undone. All and all he was the best looking guy she had everseen.
	“Hello.” He said softly. “I’m Dare.”	“Rena.” She introduced with a smile.
	“If you don’t mind me saying so you don’t like this is your kind ofthing.” 
He commented.	She laughed. “It’s not. I’m a lawyer. You?”
	“A doctor.” He told her with a smile.
	Serena smiled and glanced around. “Why don’t we be naughty and skipthe 
first session? We could go get coffee.” She suggested.
	“A great idea.” Darien told her, taking her hand and leading her outof the 
lounge.* * * * *
	Four hours later the pair walked back into the Inn after having missedthe 
first two sessions.	“Want to do it again tomorrow?” Darien asked her.
	“Definitely.” She smiled up at him as they reached the door to herroom.
	Darien studied her for a minute.
	She was easily the most beautiful he had ever seen. She had longgolden 
hair she wore n a thick braid, beautiful blue eyes, and the sweetestsmile 
in the entire world. She looked like an angel.
	On impulse he leaned down and kissed her softly. She automatically 
responded, her arms winding themselves around his neck. After a minutethey 
pulled apart each breathless.	“Wow.” She commented softly.
	“Yeah.” Darien agreed. “I’m sorry Rena, I....”
	“It’s okay.” She told him. “I wanted it to. Dare, I’ll be honesttonight 
was the best time I’ve had in over a year.”	“Me too.” He agreed.
	She didn’t say anything just smiled and disappeared into her room. He 
watched her go, knowing that now that he had found her he couldn’t lether go.
	*What about Raye?* A voice inside him asked.
	Darien paused as he thought about his girlfriend of eighteen months,he 
liked her but it was nothing compared to what he felt for Rena afterknowing 
her for four hours.
	He resolved to break it off with Raye as soon as possible, it wouldn’tbe 
fair to her to continue seeing her if he felt this way about someoneelse.
* * * * *	Serena got ready for bed in a blissful daze.
	She was in love. Yes, cool, collected, calm Serena Thompson had fallenin 
love in less than four hours.
	It was ridiculous, yet so very real. She loved Dare, she didn’t evenknow 
his last name yet she loved him.
	She was beginning to understand what her friends all felt.
	Amy had a serious boyfriend, Lita Kingsley was getting married nextsummer, 
Mina Ashton was in a long time relationship with her childhoodsweetheart, 
her sister Luna was married to the love of her life, her friend MollyBaker 
had found love twice. The first time with her husband Maxsfield who haddied 
and now she was married to an old friend of hers and Serena’s. EvenSerena’s 
cousin Raye Hillington was in a serious relationship.
	At least Raye was serious, she had confided to Serena that she wasn'tso 
sure about her boyfriend. He was apparently a very cool man, but Serenahad 
never met him. She had always been busy the times Raye had arrangedmeetings 
with there other friends.
	She shook her head and climbed into bed. She would let Raye worryabout her 
own problems and concentrate on herself for once.* * * * *
	Two days later Serena and Darien prepared to go their separate ways.They 
hadn’t made it to one session, they had spent the entire weekend ineach 
other's company.	Darien handed her a slip of paper.
	“I know part of the charm of the weekend was that it was a break from 
reality, but I can’t let you go.”	Serena smiled and handed him her own slip.
	“I know, I couldn’t either. My real name and phone number are onthere. 
Call me sometime.”	“I will.” Darien told her sincerely.
	Before he could stop himself he leaned down and kissed her again. She 
responded just as she had that first night, and when they finallypulled 
away they were both deeply affected.
	“I’ll talk to you soon.” Darien promised as he walked to his car.
	She nodded and watched him go, knowing that he would. She could feelit, 
there had been some sort of magical connection between them.
* * * * *
Thank you,
Michelle