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Game of Love-Part 4
by Sailor Tampa
     SailorTMPA@aol.com



".......and on the eighth day....God created Darien....." <3<3<3





"Snow White...the forest scene..." Darien repeated 
a little shakily.
Serena's mouth slowly dropped open as she digested
 the information.'The forest scene?' she thought in alarm. 
'Wait a second....doesn't that scene involve a--'
"Kiss?!" she screeched aloud, jumping a few steps 
backwards, away from Darien. 
"I'm not kissing him!" she squealed breathlessly, pointing 
a finger at his mutually shocked face.
Darien's ego reeled at her comment. He knitted his 
brows in anger as he retorted,
"And what's wrong with kissing me? I'm not so sure I 
want to kiss you!"
Serena narrowed her eyes to slender slits, crossing 
her arms in front of her with a huff. 'Who does he think 
he is?' she thought angrily.
"Well, " the announcer started to say, "I think that's 
perfectly allright."
Both Serena and Darien turned to face him, an equal 
look of confusion open on their gaping faces. The
 announcer noticed their puzzled expressions and 
decided to clarify.
"You two can do an alternate game...right judges?" he
 asked, spinning around to face the panel of three men. 
They all gave him the thumbs up and winked. Darien 
raised an eyebrow in suspicion at this, watching the 
announcer as he spun around again, a wicked smile
 plastered across his chubby face.
"Just say the word, "he started, barely able to stop 
his smile from widening further. "and you'll do the 
alternate."
Darien, suspecting the worst from the pack of weird
 judges, opened his mouth to object, but again he
 was interupted. 
"Yes! Yes! Anything as long as I don't have to kiss
 *him*!" Serena exclaimed.
"Ok then! here it is!" the announcer yelled cheerfully. 
Darien sighed in frustarion while slapping an exhausted 
hand to his head, slouching against a tree.
"Innnnnnstead of the Snow White scene...." the
 announcer drawled. "You *lovely* kids are gonna......." 
 His smile quickly spread into a sadistic grin as he 
trailed off. He knew that Darien and Serena had no 
inkling of what was in store for them. To him, these
 two didn't seem to like each other all that much....
' Well, they're sure gonna get to liking each other 
now.....' the announcer thought sarcastically. He
 glanced around, seeing hundreds of anxious spectators
 watching him, awaiting the completion of his last 
sentence. He cleared his throat in "all-knowing"-ness.
"You two-are-gonna Tan-gggooo!!!" he finally yelled, 
throwing his head back to add effect. 
Serena tried to scream but couldn't. The only 
sound that escaped her mouth was a strained
 squeal. Her blue eyes glazed over, lightning in
 color till they were almost grey, as she struggled
 to stand on her own wobbling legs. Darien's reaction
 was almost the same. The tree he'd been leaning
 against seemed as if it had stepped aside, just 
enough for him to lose his support and fall backwards.
 He caught his balance just in time to cry out in 
disbelief.
"Tango!?" Just as the last syllable echoed 
throughout the park, the Spanish Ambreda
(an: I think thats what its called :P) rang from 
the loud speakers. The crowd erupted in whistles
 and hoots as two of the judges arose from their
 seats and pushed Serena and Darien onto the
 stage, sandwiching them together with a final
 shove. Serena muttered something rudely 
under her breath before numbly reaching up 
and interlacing her fingers with his. Darien 
was baffled by the way Serena's hand felt
 inside his own. Their bodies were so close, 
but it felt as if their minds were melding as
 well. Serena stared ahead in confusion, 
careful not to make eye contact with Darien.
 He slowly snaked his free arm around her 
waist, and she did likewise. In Serena's 
moment of fuzziness, a clear, concious
and real thought, made its way to her brain. 
' Wait a second...I don't know how to Tango! ' 
she thought in alarm, her eyes widening. But
 before anything could be done, Darien jerked
 her forward, as they started the sensual 
dance. ' How-how am I doing this?! ' Serena 
thought frantically as Darien twisted her 
around quickly for the walk back. ' I hate to 
say it...' Darien mused while successfully 
leading Serena in the dance. ' but contest 
or no contest, I am *enjoying* this! ' As
 they reached the end of the stage, Serena
 became more comfortable and relaxed 
dancing with Darien and began to sink into
 the rythym. Suddenly, he spun her around, 
her skirt rising up ever so slightly. He grabbed
 her tightly in mid-spin and crushed her body
 to his, saving a split second to gaze intensly
 at her. Serena shot him a serious look, her 
mouth set in a tight line, her blue eyes hard,
 before sharply throwing her head backwards.
 Darien complied by dipping her extremely low
 to the ground, making sure to hold onto her 
as securely, and almost possesively, as 
possible. His heart was thumping loudly in 
his throat, adrenaline running rampant through
 his bloodstream. In time with the beat of the
 music, Darien roughly gripped his hand to 
Serena's lower thigh and pulled it around his 
waist. Serena knew this was part of the dance
...she'd seen it on TV a billion times! But it 
scared and thrilled her at the same time 
when Darien grasped her leg so tightly....
so *possesively*...like she was his and *no* 
one else's. She relaxed completely then and
 let Darien perform the next step: dragging 
her across the stage floor. He ceased his 
backward dragging motion and thrust Serena
 up to him, letting go of her thin leg at the 
same moment. He crushed her body to his
briefly before jutting her away, one hand 
holding hers as she twirled around gracefully.
 When he pulled her back towards him, her
 face stopped inches from his as the music 
died. The crowd went wild and crazy, loving 
the couple's chemistry. Serena and Darien 
were both breathing heavily, their breaths in 
exact sync, brushing over each other's faces.
 Darien suddenly leaned down, slowly moving
 forward to kiss her. An alarm went off in 
Serena's brain, but the message was reaching
 her sound mind too sluggishly. She had only
 time to mutter the choice phrase, "No, I don't
 want to kiss you..." before her vocal cords 
choked, refusing to strain out the rest of her 
sentence with Darien's lips a hair away from 
her own. And even so, what she was trying 
to say was an utter lie. She desperately 
wanted Darien to kiss her. If something 
interupted them...and it did. "Woah-o! We
 have our winners!" the announcer yelled 
and grabbed Serena's arm abruptly, ripping 
her from her positon in Darien's arms. She
 glanced around in confusion, a dazed look
 in her eyes.

*        *         *

Serena barely remembered receiving the
 prize money and exiting the park with 
Darien after the tiring day. All of a sudden,
 Darien felt a presense behind him and 
instinctly turned around to see Andrew 
winking at him from far away. He blinked
 as he saw Andrew reaching into one of 
his pockets and retrieving a small square
 object. Darien squinted in the sun to 
see what it was Andrew was holding.
Furrowing his brow, he began to read 
the tiny print. "Troj--" he stopped abrubtly
 and gave Andrew a look of death, silently
 vowing to kick the shit out of him later. 
Andrew's all-knowing smile faded away 
as he tucked the object carefully back in
 his pocket and ran away in the other 
direction. Darien groaned and turned 
back around, muttering to himself. He 
saw Serena looking up at him innocently, 
and quickly ceased all talk, just looking 
at her. Their eyes spoke volumes to each 
other. The petty arguments and insults; 
they both knew it was only a facade to 
hide their true feelings for each other: love.
"You know, your not a pretty bad dancer
 once you try, Meatball Head." Darien said
 tenderly as he reached up and ran his hands 
in and out of Serena's bangs. 
She blushed slightly and averted her eyes 
down. He smiled as he awaited her answer, 
wanting to hear her lovely voice which he had
 grown to love just in the first few months 
they'd known each other. She shrugged 
shyly. Darien responded by laughing softly, 
not stroking her hair any longer, but moving
 his hand down to caress her smooth cheek.
 "I'll see you tommorow, allright?" he asked 
anxioiusly as she looked up at him finally. 
Darien confidently bent down and placed a 
kiss on her cheek, a fraction of an inch from
 her lips. After what seemed like forever to 
both of them, he slowly pulled away, curling
 his lips into a gorgeous smile. Serena 
flushed noticably as butterflies came to 
her stomach, but she quickly gathered 
herself together as she rememebered 
something.
"B-But I thoughtyou were going to flavor
 factory with Raye tommorow..." she 
stammered. Without hesitation, Darien 
looked into her eyes, enjoying her nervous 
state. He arched his eyebrows upwards for
 a second before letting go of her cheek and
 reaching out to hold her chin between his 
forefingers, gazing intently at her.
 "Not anymore..." he said evenly, before 
kissing her full on the lips. When he pulled 
away, he flashed her one last smile, turned
 around, thrust his hands into his pockets
 and walked away.

THE END~!!!!
Finally~! Thank GOD~! Its finally finished~!!!!!! Ok
well, I hope you all enjoyed this~! And please write me
 with all your comments..they inspire me to keep writing~!
 Oh and I'm already working on another fic :) Also in the
 first season...it takes place after "A Crystal Clear Destiny...
but the catch is, Darien isn't captured by the Negaverse, 
and he doesn't turn evil~! Yah~!!! So thats what it is...look
 for it soon~!

~~>Sailor Tampa