Savoring The Moments
By: Usa-Chan Bunny Brianne
E-mail: vampire_moon@tuxedomask.com
Rated: PG, sounds like a good rating to me.
The one and ONLY chapter... Notice 'The End' on the bottom.


Blue eyes, deep like the oceans… But they’re gone.  They’re now dull and
lifeless.  Golden hair bouncing with every step, as though it were alive…
But it’s gone now.  Bright happy smiles, always there on her fair skinned
face… That’s gone too.   Now her smiles are forced and her face is pale and
miserable.  What happened to her you might ask.  I believe it was my fault.
With my insults and maybe it was Rei’s fault with her constant attitude
toward Serena.  However, it could have been everyone’s fault.  Constantly
bringing her down.  I guess we pushed her over the edge.  I try every time I
see her to get a smile, a real, genuine, Serena smile on that face… nothing
works.  And in my question remains: What happened to my meatball head?  She
stopped wearing her hair like that and it hurts to see her like this, a sad,
no longer clumsy, girl who only improved her grades by changing into a sad,
no longer clumsy girl that doesn’t smile, hardly ever speaks and never over
eats.  In fact, Serena hardly eats any thing; she had to have lost ten
pounds since it started… five weeks ago…

I had been strolling down the street for no other reason but to hopefully
and quite literally bump into Serena.  I saw the bouncing head of hair come
bounding toward me at a high speed.  I purposely walked faster so the
encounter with Serena would come promptly.  I felt the normal slam savoring
it, from the moment we collided to when she sat on my chest straddling her
legs around me while bowing her head and saying sorry for slamming into me.
About the only time I didn’t savor was when she got off me.  Though, I knew
if she stayed on top of me longer, we would make quite a scene.
“No problem, Ser… meatball head,” I answered her.
“Don’t call me that!” she wailed.
“So how was school today?” I asked her. “Did y…”
“School was fine Darien!  No I didn’t fail anymore tests, I didn’t get
another detention, and I don’t need to hear it from you!” she exclaimed
angrily, her eyes welling up with tears.
I hate those tears; I hate that the ground has the privilege of catching
them not me.  I wish that I could simply kiss her tears away… but no, that
can’t happen, I’ve already ruined my chances with her, which were already
low since she is after all fourteen and I’m twenty two.
Serena turned around and ran off in the direction of her house.  I guess
that I hadn’t savored those moments enough since, I ruined them.  Not only
did I ruin them for me but for everyone.  Everyone that doesn’t get to see
her gorgeous smile.  Now, I’m obviously feeling guilty at this point.  After
five days of trying to catch Serena, I finally caught on to her new
schedule: get up at quarter of seven, start the walk to school at seven,
come home at quarter of three, do homework; study; whatever.  Go to the
arcade at four thirty- five o’clock stay for about an hour or so, leave when
you see a friend come in.  Serena never stayed long enough to have a
full-fledged conversation.  She never left when I came in though, I honestly
don’t know why, and that’s the reason I was able to catch on to her
schedule.  I always said hello to Serena, even if all I got back was an
unintelligible murmur.  She didn’t speak to anyone much besides Andrew, and
when she did she made damn sure he was the only one to hear the sweet music
of her voice.  I knew why to, Andrew never threw insults in Serena’s
direction, neither did Molly, or Melvin.  Mina, she’ll talk to Mina, she won
’t talk to anyone who has ever insulted her mental abilities.  So anyway, I
was trying to have fun with a couple of friends, and we had been walking
backward to see if we could psychically walk down the sidewalk or something.
True, it was probably the dumbest idea in the world, but I had managed to
walk backward a half a mile all ready and we were nearing the arcade, I
slammed into Serena, I don’t know how I knew it was her but I did.  So I
turned around and saw her sitting quietly on the sidewalk, she was wearing a
pair of cut off blue jeans, very short cutoff blue jeans, and a tight tank
top.
“I’m so sorry Serena… I didn’t mean to slam into you like that, I guess I
wasn’t paying much attention,” I explained.
She didn’t say a word, just stood up and walked away.  I could feel the
tears well in my eyes, it seemed a very weak thing to do, but it felt as
though my heart had been ripped from my chest, Serena does things like that
to me.  I figuratively, not literally.  I watched her walk away and just
stood there when she disappeared from my view.  I might’ve been standing
there watching for hours and wouldn’t have noticed.  I stood there until one
of my friends snapped me from my reverie by grabbing my arm and pulling me
toward the arcade.  So weeks went on with a silent Serena, that is until
now, so help me god I’ll make her talk.  It’ll be so much easier now since I
’ve heard Rei’s, Ami’s, Luna’s, and Artemis’ stories.  Rei had been
badmouthing Serena, Ami had gotten angry with her for failing another test,
and Luna and Artemis were lecturing her about being late.
Guess we did push her over the edge.  Now off to the arcade, Serena should
be arriving just about now.  I’ve got the present, the roses, and the
chocolates.  I walk to the arcade, very unsure of myself, stress that very.
One more block and I’ll be there.  My brain says bail; my heart says go for
it.  Personally, I like my brain's idea better; but then again; I don’t have
much of a choice since my legs are moving pretty much on impulse.  No
turning back now, here’s the arcade.  I pause before I enter.  Take deep
breaths, OK go for it.  I enter the arcade nervously and sneak up behind
Serena who’s sipping at a tall glass of soda.  I tap her shoulder and as she
turns I go down on my knees and hand her the chocolates, the present, and
the roses.  Her face becomes bewildered as she excepts the gifts.  I bow my
head taking one of her free hands and say a silent prayer before I begin.
“Serena, I wanted to tell you that… well I’m sorry Serena, for teasing you
and insulting you about your grades.  I have a confession to make, I…” I
stop to think of what the confession was, however, my mind brings a blank.
I open my mouth to speak and without thinking I blurt everything out. “I
love you, Serena.  When you came into my life, even if you weren’t the most
unklutziest teenager I’ve ever met, you made me smile.  Your laugh, your
smile, your happiness… they’re all so contagious.  I love you, I’ll do
anything to make you smile, laugh, talk, and all the other things you used
to do.  I miss my meatball head.”
Serena stared at me, I couldn’t read the emotions on her face, I was scared,
of rejection, of what I’d just said.  When, finally she speaks.
“D… Darien, I… I don’t know what to say,” by this time everyone in the
arcade was staring at us. “I guess, you want to know my true feelings for
you too, I love you Darien!”
Before Serena could say anything else I seal it with a kiss.  Her first
kiss.
The End