Title:Great Unexpectations. Author:Tapestry Rating:PG13 URL:http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/5879 Disclaimer:I don't own Sailormoon...and besides,I write more normal lives than magical lives.... :))) But...you get the picture.The song I wrote into is from the cartoon Hercules...but I'm not sure if I got the words correct....and I don't really know what the Muses were saying. *denotes thought. >>> different memory Prelude~ Serena Young was a 21 year old college student.She was one of the most popular women in the college.She had a long golden mane with sky-blue eyes and a body women would die for. Her boyfriend,Robert had recently asked her to marry him.She said yes. Robert was a fickle,but Serena didn't know that.He was 27 and a big manager of his father's company.Friend of a to die for teacher in Serena's college,Darien Shields. Darien Shields was 27,just like Robert.He taught pre-med in the college. With his dark midnight hair,midnight blue eyes,and build he was the object of affection of the female population in the whole college.Well...almost. Darien or Mr Shields to Serena...and Serena Young could never get along. Serena was studying pre-med and her teacher...Dr.Shields. Robert once joked they were a bomb when mixed.What better concotion of friendship huh...?? On to what's happening.... :))) "Ahem...Miss Young,"said a voice. Serena looked up and saw Darien Shields her med teacher staring down at her.Serena looked around and saw the classroom was empty... "Oh man..Not again."said Serena. "Oh yes...Miss Young,class was dismissed 10 minutes ago.I believe school's over???"said Dr.Shields sarcasticlly. "Sorry...."said Serena her face red with anger and embarressment.*Sheesh, it's bad enough we can't get along,he's my teacher....and now,I keep zonning out in class...Real smart Young...give the jerk something to tease you about why don't you....*she mentally scolded herself..gathering up her things. "One minute,Miss Young.."said Dr.Shields. Serena gave a frustrated sigh.."Yes???"she asked. "If you don't mind,can you tell me WHY you keep staying in class after everybody is gone????Do you like the class better???"asked Dr.Shields. *Hah,take that Young...she'd better keep her daydreams and reality in the correct place next time....So what if she's marrying my friend Robert...big deal...* Serena felt her temper boil.*The jerk..he thinks he can get the best of me eh..* "I'm soooo sorry DR.Shields,I'll try to remember when school gets out the next time."said Serena,her voice oozing with sarcasm,and placing an emphasis on the DR in his name.With that she stalked out of the room. Darien watched as Serena Young,his friend's fiancee walk outside to the student's car park. *Darien.....Darien...why do you always have to be so mean to Serena??? Because when I first came to teach here I bumped into her and usually being composed,I nearly did a double-take.And she was Rob's girlfriend...* ~FLASHBACK~ One minute I'm holding my books and directions the head gave me and next, I'm on the floor with a young lady on top of me....Seems she was in a rush, and I..being the bone-head didn't look to see where I was going and CRASH.. I'm on the floor and she's on top of me.My books and hers were scattered everywhere.... Another memory "Hey Darien!!"I hear a voice shout.I slowly turn and see my friend,Robert and somebody I can't see who,walk towards me.( It's at night..) "Rob??"I answer. "Hey Darien...what a surprise!!Since you're here,I want you to meet my fiancee,Serena Young..."said Robert. ~END FLASHBACK~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serena reached her apartment near the college.Serena slammed the door hard.She was still fuming from her encounter with Dr.Darien Shields. "That jerk is such a mean'ol man."said Serena clicking the rewind button on her answering machine... Serena entered the kitchen to get a glass of milk... "Hello??Serena...it's Rob...I'm still out of t-town and we have to talk when I come back..."said Robert. Serena looked sadly at her finger...they had been engaged for 6 months, and 3 months ago,Robert had started avoiding her and rarely calling.When she called him,he was like so distant and cold. "Oh Robert...what's happened to you...you're so distant...."said Serena sadly staring at the ring on her finger. *Serena...don't worry your head off,he still loves you....right??If he doesn't....it brings the question....was he really the right one for you??* Serena stared at the phone for a long time.After an hour sitting by the phone,Serena picked up her pre-med text book and flipped the pages to the latest assignment,mean'ol Dr.Shields,Darien I hope you croak....assigned to the class.... Later......It was 12.30 am and Serena was trying her best to stay awake. The phone never rung...and to top it off,she had a med lecture in the morning at 7.30am. "Maybe...I'll just rest my eyes a little while...I...just need a few eye winks....yawn..."said Serena before she nodded off to sleep on the couch. The next morning........ Serena woke up the next morning..."Yawn..what time is it...??"she asked herself. Serena looked up at the clock.."What the...."said Serena staring at the clock." 7.10am??????!!!!"shrieked Serena.Quickly she dressed and grabbed a toast..running out to her car. At the college.... Awhile later... Serena had made it to the college with 4 minutes to spare.Running towards the lecture hall.Serena burst into the room panting. She took a seat next to her friend,Amy and Mina.Amy Anderson was the smart girl in school and Mina Lockheart was Serena's cousin. "Nice Serena...you nearly came late."said Mina. Serena gasped for breath..."Pant..pant..I woke up late.I slept kind of late last night."said Serena. Amy just smiled and opened her text book.The boy next to Amy, Greg Urawa smiled at Amy,causing her to blush. The bell rang and Dr.Shields entered the lecture hall.He then began to take attendances.. When the lecture was ending.... Serena fell asleep in the hall,causing Dr.Shields to get annoyed with her. When the lecture was over,Amy and Mina were going to wake Serena up when Dr.Shields walked up to the seats. "Ahem....Miss Young.."said Dr.Shields.Serena woke up with a start and stared up at her professor's face. "Dr.Shields....I,"began Serena. "No excuses,Miss Young.You....are doing double time homework for me this weekend.No buts....It's bad enough you daydream sometimes,that you have to sleep in lecture hall too..."said Dr.Shields. Serena felt her face flush...she wanted to cry..this definately was not her day...But then,what else could go wrong?? At the end of the day... Serena walked into her apartment and flopped down onto the couch."Ugghh, after a day like this,I only wanna go to bed..."said Serena. Suddenly,....the phone rang loudly startling her. Serena quickly picked up the phone..."Hello?"answered Serena. "Serena??"said a cold hard voice. "Robert??Is that you??"asked Serena. "Yeah,it's me."said Robert. "Robert?Where are you?"asked Serena. "I'm back in town Serena...Listen..we have to talk,can I come over?"asked Robert. "Okay,Robert."said Serena happily. "Okay,I'll see you in 15 minutes."said Robert. "Okay..bye.."said Serena. Robert put the telephone down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 15 minutes later.... Serena paced around her apartment,and when she heard a knock,she opened it quickly. Robert was standing there.Serena hugged him tightly."Rob!!I've missed you a lot!!"said Serena. After Serena released him,Robert closed the door. "Serena..."he began. "Coffee,Tea??"asked Serena. "Uh..tea."said Robert. "Look Serena...there's something I have to tell you..."said Robert. "Mmmmmhmmm..."hummed Serena. "I know we've been together for 2 years Serena,but I have to tell you this...."said Robert. Serena walked out of the kitchen holding the cup of hot tea.... "I-I want to break up."said Robert. The sound of the cup breaking on the floor,made Robert look up."Serena?" Serena was crouching on the ground,holding her ankle which had been scalded by the hot tea... Serena looked up..."Y-You want to b-break up???Why???"asked Serena. She felt the pain of her scalded skin,but nothing compared to the pain in her heart.... "I-I met someone 3 months ago,her name is Katherina.I never thought I'd love anybody else,but when I'm with her it..."he said half-way when Serena cut him off... "ENOUGH!!!"screamed Serena."Get out of here Robert...If you truly love the girl,I will not stop you...Perhaps you're right...we should break-up... only, maybe we should have done that a long time ago...."said Serena getting up.She turned her face away from Robert...."Go...."whispered Serena. "Serena...I'm sorry...."he whispered. "JUST LEAVE ALREADY YOU CREEP!!!!"shouted Serena pulling the ring off and throwing it at him. Without her hands to balance her,Serena fell onto the floor. Robert made a move to help her,but Serena only screamed at him to get out. With that Robert opened the door and left... When the door,closed....a stream of tears flowed down Serena's face.She picked up the vase that was sitting on her coffee-table and threw it a the direction of the door.... The vase hit the light switch,hitting the lights off...leaving Serena to cry in the darkness....for her broken heart...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next week.... Darien Shields entered the class and set his things down.He noticed Serena wasn't there...( she sits in front of class ) *Strange...I wonder what happened to her...*he wondered.So starts a new Monday.... When class ended,Darien was curious as ever to the whereabouts of his student Miss Serena Young. Mina and Amy were the last to exit the class.They were talking....Darien caught snatches of their converstion...it was about Serena. "I called her this morning and yesterday night,no one answered...." "Maybe we should go visit her after college hours...." "Yes,lets get Raye from pre-law and Lita from the business building of the college later." Darien watched as the two close friends of Serena left the class room. He smirked to himself.He was very curious now.Maybe he'd pay a visit to Robert tomorrow and ask him about Serena,if he was back in town... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After school... Mina,Amy,Raye and Lita went up to Serena's apartment and knocked on her door..."Serena????"said Mina."It's me...Mina!" They heard a shuffle of footsteps and a breaking of glass.... "Serena?????"shouted Lita kocking on the door. "Go away!!!"shouted Serena. "Serena,let us in!!!"cried Raye. "Leave me alone!!!"she screamed. After 20 minutes of hammering on the door,the four left.Serena was determined not to let them in...and knowing Serena,if she didn't want it, they wouldn't get in... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next day... Serena didn't come to class again.Darien shook his head.*She didn't come again...that girl...* "Miss Anderson,Miss Lockheart,why is Miss Young absent again today??" asked Darien sternly. The two went pale."Uh-uh..."said Mina. "Miss Anderson....."said Darien annoyed. "W-We don't know,sir...we went to her apartment yesterday,but she wouldn't let us in."said Amy. Darien just nodded and said nothing else to them. After school..... *Serena has been absent for two days,and the class has already covered a lot.She's behind by two chapters already.*thought Darien to himself. When he got back to his apartment,he phoned Robert...hoping he had an answer and hoping he was back.... "Hello?"came a voice over the line. "Robert?It's Darien." "Dare?What's up??"asked Robert. "Have you seen Serena lately?"asked Darien. There was a pause over the line... "Yes...."said Robert slowly. "What's wrong???"asked Darien. "I broke up with her Dare,I met somebody else..."said Robert. "Oh....What happened??"asked Darien. Slowly,Robert recounted the whole story to Darien.After the story,... Darien sighed in exasperation. *Robert,Robert...Serena loved you a lot...It's no wonder she's gone into seclusion...Robert,you are such a fool..*Darien thought to himself. "Well,thanks for telling me,now I have a reason why she's missed 2 lessons and 1 lecture."said Darien. "Dare,...please cheer her up...I'm really sorry...but I just don't love her like I do Katherina."said Robert. Darien smirked and chuckled over the phone."I'll try,but you know she and me don't get along very well..."said Darien chuckling. "Well,here's the perfect chance then...Be nice to her please...I feel guilty."said Robert. "okay,okay...Goodbye Rob."said Darien. "Goodbye,Dare..."replied Robert. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien returned the phone to it's cradle and stared at nothing,deep in thought........ Darien got out of his car and looked up the building.Serena Young's apartment. He rode up the elevator to the 12th floor.It wasn't a very long ride up but to him,it felt forever. When he got out of the elevator,he looked at the doors and saw the house number to his student's house.He walked towards the door. When he got near the door,he noticed it was slightly ajar...he smirked to himself.*So much for thinking she never left the apartment...* He slowly pushed the door open,only to find a big mess in the living room. Broken glass and vases were everywhere...books had been strewn all over the carpeted floors.*Whoa...looks like she's still upset....this place needs a lot of cleaning now...*Darien thought to himself. He walked about a bit.But he saw no sign of Serena Young.He walked towards the kitchen only to find an even bigger mess.... He saw a door slightly ajar in the hallway,which probably led to her room. He walked towards it.Not a sound came from behind the door...*Maybe she's out...*he thought to himself. Darien pushed the door open only to find Serena sprawled on the ground, holding an almost empty bottle of sleeping pills.... Darien's eyes went wide....He quickly went to check her pulse and breathing...her pulse was faint but strong,he quickly picked up the phone in her room and dialed for an ambulance. It was clear she'd taken the pills,not less than awhile ago.Quickly he brought her downstairs to the lobby in the building... The ambulance arrived and quickly sped off,for the hospital.Darien followed in his car.... Later....at the hospital. Mina,Amy,Raye and Lita arrived.Serena's parents lived abroad therefore were not informed of Serena's condition. "Dr.Shields!!"exclaimed Mina and Amy. "Hello Miss Lockheart,Miss Anderson."said Darien. "W-What are YOU doing here???"asked Mina shocked. "I believe waiting for my friend,Dr.Summers tell me the condition of Miss Young..."said Darien. "W-We meant...how come YOU'RE here???How did you know about Serena's condition???"replied Amy. "I found her that way.."said Darien simply. Silence from the whole group..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Much later... Dr.Summers came out of the Emergency Room. "Hello Andrew,"said Darien to the sandy blond haired doctor. "Hello Darien,long time no see."said Dr.Summers. "How's Miss Young,?"asked Darien. "Oh,she'll be fine...she's lucky she's alive...any later and she wouldn't have made it."said Andrew. The four girls behind Darien breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks Andrew,I be seeing you."said Darien. "Anytime Dare...See you."said Andrew walking away... Darien turned towards the four girls..."Okay,she'll be fine...now don't the four of you have to go to college tomorrow??"asked Darien. Amy gulped. Raye nodded slightly. Lita looked down. Mina stared at Darien."She's my cousin...her parents aren't here to take care of her..."whispered Mina. "She's in the best of hands...now I suggest we all leave the hospital." said Darien staring sternly at the four. The four nodded reluctantly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Days later.... Serena was recovering.She'd told everything to Mina and was quite surprised to hear Dr.Darien Shields had saved her. "But I remember eating the pills in my apartment,so how did he find me??" asked Serena. "Maybe he went to your apartment?"suggested Mina. Serena looked down at her hands..."Oh,.."she whispered. "Sere?What wrong??"asked Mina. "Oh nothing...It's just that I missed a lot of work...I'll never catch up with all the work now...and I'll never graduate from college.."said Serena sadly. "I'm sure you'll be able to catch up,Miss Young.You seem like a bright young lady."said a voice. "Dr.Shields...!"exclaimed Serena. Darien smiled."So how are you?"he asked. "Better..."answered Serena."Alright buster,how'd you get into my apartment the day I took those pills???"shot Serena suddenly. Darien grinned slightly."Your door was open and Rob asked me to check on you...I know about the incident...sorry.."said Darien. Serena stared at her teacher."You went to see me because Rob asked you to? But sir,you and I don't really get along in case you didn't notice..."said Serena. "Right,and Rob joked about it being the good time to try and get along." said Darien rolling his eyes. There was a knock on the door.... Darien turned to look... "Hello Darien."said Dr.Andrew Summers. "Hello Andrew."smiled Darien. "How are you today Miss Young..?"asked Andrew friendly. "I'm fine Dr.Summers...please,call me Serena."she said smiling. "Then you'll have to call me Andrew like Darien does."said Andrew smiling. Serena smiled. "Sere,I'll go get somemore water for you kay?"asked Mina. Serena nodded. "I'll help you.."said Andrew. Mina smiled. With that,the two walked out the door chatting,leaving Darien and Serena in the room... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Dr.Shields,about the double-work assignment..I..."began Serena. "Don't worry about it,and call me Darien.We do know each other you know." joked Darien. "Thanks...but I wouldn't want to call you that in class next time.."said Serena smiling. "You're right.."said Darien."Anyway,as I was saying..I'm sure you'll be able to catch up with the rest of the class in your studies."said Darien. "But,I'm already so far behind...like 3-4 chapters..."said Serena sadly. Darien looked down at her.*She's so sad...never thought she liked what she was studying so much.* "Okay,how about this...I don't usually do this but,if you can't catch up, I can help you..."said Darien. "You mean like tutor??"asked Serena. "Yes.."said Darien. "Oh!Would you???Thank you Darien!!!!"said Serena."Oops...slipped there." grinned Serena. Darien smiled."I have to go...I have a lecture in 30 minutes.Goodbye Miss Young."said Darien walking away. Serena watched as Darien Shields walked away.*Thank you so much Darien.... for helping me.....*thought Serena to herself. *Scary thing is...he's actually a kind and considerate person and not the cold jerk I mistaken him for....he's so different from the Dr.Shields I remember...*thought Serena to herself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weeks later..... Serena returned to class as normal.She entered the class and smiled at her friends. Darien entered the class and smiled,when he noticed Serena was back.He opened his text book and began teaching the class..... Later,After school... Serena waited outside in the teacher's parking lot... "Miss Young,what are you doing here??"asked Darien when he exited the school building. "Oh,Dr.Shields...I'm here to take you up on the offer...You volunteered to tutor me if I thought I couldn't catch up.."said Serena smiling. Darien smiled."So I did...so I did..."said Darien chuckling."Alright... when do you want to start??"he asked. "How about now?The faster I start,the faster I catch up on studies in class..."said Serena. "Fine with me."said Darien. "Great..I'll meet you at -.... my place??"suggested Serena. "Fine..."said Darien. "Okay,be seeing you."said Serena running off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So...the days went by and Serena caught on the chapters easily.... The autumn passed by quickly.Winter came but no snow on the ground.... but the weather was cold... One day,two weeks before the pre-med exam..... Serena and Darien had another tutoring session.They only had it once a week now.They use to have it everyday... Serena was puzzled,lately it seemed as if Dr.Shields,Darien....was avoiding her.It was strange.Why was he acting this way??? "Hello Miss Young."said a voice. "Dr.Shields!"said Serena. "Well..looks like exam is coming up soon.So,how are you on your studies?" asked Darien. "Good!But I'm a little weak on medicine and nutrition."said Serena. "Well,then we'll have to work on it."said Darien. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later, Darien left Serena's apartment.*Sigh,this wasn't one of your better ideas when you volunteered to tutor her...*thought Darien to himself. *Definately not one of your better ideas....You never counted on falling for her.But sadly, you can't Shields....she's your student!!!Besides,you don't know if she likes you....* FLASHBACK... "Hello Miss Young,ready for your tutoring lesson today??"I asked. "Oh,hi Dr.Shields...sorry I forgot to call and tell you!!!My skating coach just called me to a sudden practice!"said Serena. "Really?Well then,that's alright...."I said. "I'm so sorry...."said Serena. "That's okay...but mind if I come and watch?I like skating too..."I said smiling. Serena smiled."Sure!!"exclaimed Serena."I practice at Central Skating Centre."said Serena. "Okay,I'll follow in my car."I said. >>>> "Okay!That's enough Serena!!You did beautifully!!"shouted Serena's coach. I stared with amazement.Serena was a fantastic skater!!If I hadn't seen it for myself,I wouldn't have believed it. I stepped out near the ice."Great skating Miss Young."I said. "You think so??"asked Serena. "Absolutely."I grinned. "Thank you Dr.Shiellllll...."exclaimed Serena when her blade hit a chip in the ice near where the exit to the ice was... "Watch out!!"I exclaimed. "Aaaaaah!!!"screamed Serena. ( Serena's point of view...) (Just showing you what Serena thought...) "Aaaaaah!!!"I screamed.*Why in the world do I have a klutz attack right now after 6 years????* (Back to Darien's flashback) I dived out onto the ice and caught her scraping my elbow in the process. Slowly,I open my eyes.... "Are you okay?I'm really sorry..."said Serena. "It's okay.."I replied. "Thank you....."said Serena quietly. "Don't mention it."I answered. That's when she kissed my cheek...and the part where I die... "Thank you Dr.Shields..."whispered Serena.Her face had taken on a rosy pink hue... I was surprised she kissed my cheek...After all,I was suppose to be her teacher...and we were suppose to NOT get along so well... END FLASHBACK.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two weeks later,the examination had begun.Serena was a nervous wreck... She was scared of failing and not graduating...After all,she had high hopes and ambitions... One week passed...Serena rarely met Dr.Shields,and for some reason...she missed him..Exams were finally over but still no snow.It looked like this year wouldn't be a snow white Christmas. Christmas was in two months,and so were th results of the exam...also, after the exam results were released,there was a college Christmas Party. Serena sighed.Dr.Shields was probably busy grading papers... Two months later.... Every student in med studies crowded around the notice board in their building,hoping to see their exam results. Serena scanned the list for her name and found it near the top...she had passed and was the third highest in the med building... "Whooooopeeeee!!!!!!"shouted Serena."I passed!!!!"she shouted. Everybody smiled at her enthusiasm...All of them had done well...nobody failed. Amy and Mina pushed their way out of the crowd... "Congratulations Serena..."said Amy. "Whoa,shouldn't I be congratulating you????You got first..."said Serena. Amy blushed. Mina laughed."Never doubted it for a second cousin...after all,Aames IS the brain of the school."laughed Mina. Serena laughed."Well Mina,you didn't do so bad..You got 7th name."said Serena. "True....but I was hoping for higher..."said Mina. Amy,Mina and Serena laughed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Oh,hello Serena."said Darien. "Hi Dr.Shields..thanks to your tutoring,I managed to get number 3 in the college for pre-med!!!"exclaimed Serena happily. "That's good,my congrats to you."said Darien as he looked up from a medical paper.He smiled through his glasses as Serena Young did a victory dance in his office. "I owe it all to you,Dr.Shields!!"said Serena. Darien looked up and saw Serena standing next to him.... Before he could say a word,Serena's arms were around his neck and she was hugging him from behind. Darien thought he was going to explode... "Thanks for being the greatest teacher Darien..."whispered Serena. "Hmm...What happened to Dr.Shields??"asked Darien jokingly. "Well,I have unoficially graduated haven't I???Which means I can address you as a person and not as a professor."said Serena smiling. "Interesting explanation Miss Young."said Darien smiling. "Serena.."she replied. "Huh?" "Call me Serena,like you did just now."said Serena. "I did??"exclaimed Darien. "You did,and I must be off..."said Serena.*Because I have to get out of here before my mouth starts saying things I don't want you to hear..*she thought to herself. "Okay,good day Miss-....Serena."said Darien. With that,Serena quickly walked out the door and closed it.*What's the matter with me???You just hugged him Serena Young!!!And months ago,you kissed him!!!Okay,not his lips but it was still a kiss...what is WRONG with you???*her mind scolded herself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serena got back to her apartment and dropped onto the couch.She clicked on the cable and it so happened the cable was showing disney animated Hercules... Meg: If there's a prize for rotten judgement, I guess I've already won that, No man is worth the aggravation, That's ancient history, Been there,Done that, Muses: Who you're think you're kidding, He's the utter-heaven till you try and keep it living Honey don't you see.... Meg: No chance,no way I won't say it no,no, Muses: You swoon,so sigh,why deny it uh-oh??? Meg:It's too cliche I won't say I'm in love... Serena stared at the cartoon.It was the part where the girl,Meg was singing the song,'I won't say I'm in love.' Meg: I thought my heart had learnt it's lesson, It feels so good when you start out... My head is screaming get a grip girl, Unless you're dying to cry your heart out, Whoaa.......... Muses: You've got,got got it bad... Meg: Whoa....No chance,no way I won't say it no,no.. Muses:Get up you see,check the grin on your... Meg:This scene,won't play, I won't say I'm in love........ah ove..... You'll wait all day I won't say it... Get off my case I won't say it.. Muses: Now don't be proud,it's okay you're in love....... Meg: Aaaaah..ohhh...At least out loud..I won't say I'm in...... Love............ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Christmas Party..(Two days before Christmas...) The song on the cartoon had made Serena realize she actually loved Darien Shields,but what about him??Did he even like her?? "Mina,I can't believe you actually came with Dr.Summers!!!"hissed Serena. Mina giggled."Well..." "Look!Isn't that Amy with Greg???"said Serena suddenly. "It is!!Why the sneak...wait!!Here come Raye and Lita...and check out who it is...."said Mina. "Who??"asked Serena turning her head. "Ken and Chad!!"exclaimed Mina. "No way...."said Serena. "Yes way...and Serena...how come you came stag????"asked Mina. "Well,I guess I didn't want a date?"suggested Serena. Mina just smiled at her cousin."Hey,it's Dr.Shields!!"exclaimed Mina. Serena turned to where Mina was pointing."Hey,isn't that Miss Melissa Rottingham???"asked Serena. "Yeah,she teaches Lita."said Mina. Serena wanted to cry but kept her composure."Didn't know they were an item.."said Serena. "Mmmmhhmm...She looks kind of snobby tonight...you think?"said Mina. *What is going on with her...*wondered Mina. Serena shrugged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien scanned the room for her...and he saw her talking to Miss Mina Lockheart,her cousin... He hadn't planned on coming but Mellissa had pretty much begged or really, hassled him into coming. It looked like she had come dateless.But it didn't matter because men had already asked her to dance.... Much later.... Darien and Mellissa had danced once or twice.He noted that Serena was already on her 13th dance partner.He felt a strange emotion stir....he felt angry at the person with her...or so he thought. He hated this waiting...he decided to take action...... Serena was bored out of her witts with all the guys she'd been dancing with,trying to impress her by their not so witty conversations...boooring. She had lost count of the guy dancing with her,was now suppose to be the 6th? person who talked a whole lot more about himself than other things... She wished the person dancing with her was Darien Shields her pre-med teacher..at least until graduation day.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christmas Eve, Serena was awaken by her doorbell....."Yawn.....Who could it be at 7.30am on a Sunday?????"asked Serena to herself. When she opened the door,it was a delivery man.He held a bouquet of flowers and two boxes. "Is this Miss Serena Young's residence???"asked the man. "Yes..."replied Serena. "Good.....bring em up men!!! "called the man down the hallway. Serena was surprised...*What's going on???* Few men appeared carrying more flowers,branches of holly and wreaths... After they finished...Serena bid them goodbye and closed the door to her apartment. Serena looked at the first bouquet for a card. Finding one...she opened it... To:Miss Young, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year, Peace and prosperity to you.... In handwriting..: Dear Serena, Just a little something to say Merry Christmas to you...... I bet you can't guess who, Just try it again, or..you could just look behind you!!! sincerely, A friend, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surprised at what was written,Serena turned to look behind her..... *Why the little sneak..he must have came in with the deliverers.....*thought Serena to herself. "Merry Christmas."said the voice. "Why,Dr.Shields....how very nice of you."said Serena smiiling. "Surprised?"asked Darien. "Somewhat.."said Serena. Her heart was begining to thud on her ribcage... "Now why are you surprised....??"said Darien in a sexy tone. Serena felt her face heat up."Surprised you went into all this for me..." said Serena. "Now why not???"asked Darien. "Well....We don't really know each other well...and I thought we were suppose to be student and tea-" "You're my friend aren't you not??"asked Darien cutting her off...and stepping closer in the process until he was right in front of her. "Sure,but I don't have a friend who'd go into these extreme's..."replied Serena. "Well-" *Darn...she caught him there..* Don't friends call each other by first names???You're suppose to call me Darien remember?" "Besides...Dr.Shields I mean Darien,I haven't grad-"began Serena. "Serena,shut up for once..."said Darien. Serena looked up surprised....caught off guard,Darien leaned down and gently captured her lips which startled her. Soon,Serena was returning the kiss he had given her.... "Mmmmmm....so does this mean you like me?"teased Darien. "No,I like your car better..."replied Serena teasingly. Darien feigned a hurt look on his face..."And I thought you liked me.."he joked in a sad voice. Then.... There was a knock on the door all of a sudden.... Serena grumbled....When she opened the door..., "Mina!!"exclaimed Serena. "Hi Sere-Dr.S!!!What are YOU doing here???"exclaimed Mina. "Darien's here??asked a voice. Darien recognized that voice...*Oh no....please not him...Oh brother.... this is going to be a loooooong day.*he thought to himself. "Hello Andrew...."said Darien. "Lita!!Raye!!Amy???"exclaimed Serena when she looked behind Mina and Andrew. "Hi Serena...are we disturbing you???Because I hope we aren't...after all, you DID promise to follow us to the disco down town."said Raye. Serena mentally kicked herself. "Nope...you're not disturbing..Let's go Serena.."said Darien. Serena smiled at Darien. "Wait...before we go,I wanna make sure that all my flowers are in water.." said Serena. "Let me help you!"exclaimed Mina. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Serena you sly girl you,when I called you and asked you to snag a date, I didn't think you'd snare a teacher...."said Mina. "Any snow today?"asked Serena changing the subject.." "Not one flake.."replied Mina sadly. "Well,I'm done..let's go.."said Serena walking away. "Kay..."said Mina. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later.... After much disco dancing,the 10 of them decided to visit the frozen pond near the disco club... "You know Serena,I never thought I'd fall in love with you..."said Darien holding her hand. "I know what you mean...You and I use to argue a lot except in class.." laughed Serena. "Right...you were Rob's fiancee..."said Darien. "Yeah....To think I'd fall in love with his friend,I mean,I even called you Dr.Shields Darien I hope you croak."said Serena blushing. "I thought you were a bratty snob."said Darien. "I hated you."said Serena. "Join the club Sere."laughed Darien. "You said it...incompatible from the start." "At least life now will be interesting."reminded Darien. Serena smiled. "You know,I have a confession to make...When I first saw you,I thought you were stunning."said Darien. "Really??You're so sweet..When I first saw you,I wanted to scream at you.. because you were so darn handsome...."laughed Serena. "Hmmm....well then,guess it's a little early,but...there's one present I didn't give you..."said Darien. "What's that???"asked Serena. Darien placed a small gift wrapped box in her hand."Open it..."whispered Darien. Quickly,Serena tore the wrapping off...it was a black box and it contained a clear solitaire set in platinum.Serena gasped. "It's beautiful...but..where did you get money to buy it??"exclaimed Serena. "Promise you'll marry me first,and I'll tell you..."chuckled Darien. "It's a little quick don't you think?"asked Serena. "Hmmmm...yeah...but..-" "Yes." "Huh??"exclaimed Darien. "I said yes...I will marry you Darien Shields,because I love you."said Serena smiling. Darien picked her by the waist and swung her around.After he stopped,he set her back on the ice. "You know,I love you so much....so perfect,perfect..."he whispered. Serena giggled. He kissed her lightly on the nose. At that moment,the sky began to snow lightly..... Serena and Darien looked up as well as the others.. "Hey!!What do you know!??It's snowing!!!"exclaimed Andrew. "Yeah...Looks like we'll have a white Christmas after all..."said Ken laughing. "MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!"they all shouted. Soon,only laughter filled the cold Christmas air...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Epilogue.. Serena and Darien sat cozily on a couch on Christmas day,in front of the warm fire,drinking hot chocolate.... "So Darien,you still have an explaination on the ring..."teased Serena. Darien laughed and snuggled closer. "Darling...ever heard of the Shields Enterprises???"whispered Darien lazily. Serena's eyes went wide...Shields Enterprises was one of the biggest companies in the country...but it never occured to her,to connect Darien's last name to the business empire.... "Darien....you-" "Yes....I actually hardly need to work,but I still do anyway.I enjoy to help others...Currently,my grandfather is running the business."said Darien squeezing her shoulder. "Sigh...you still amaze me Dr.Shields.I love you."said Serena. "I know I amaze you...and I love you too,Serena Young..."smiled Darien. The End... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Alls well,ends well.... C'mon write to me!!Tell me what you think!!Anybody out there have some suggestions????? You can get my other stories at my webpage!!! You can even call this like a Christmas story....but...I just got an idea!! Write a christmas story!!And post it on Chistmas day!!! :))) *smile* See ya!!!