Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Vacation with the Enemy ❯ Chapter 7

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"Vacation with the Enemy"
By: ~Angel-Girlie~
E-mail: Rainbo1646@cs.com
Rating: PG-13
Part 7/8
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, and mean no copyright infringement by
writing this story. This story does belong to me though.
Author's notes:
Hey minna-san! I know this story has taken forever to finish writing, but
it WILL be finished by the end of May. Please enjoy the rest of the story!
~Angel-Girlie~

******************************Darien's room 10:00AM********************************

Darien laid there, staring at the cold white ceiling. The ceiling reminded
Darien of the chill in his heart because he knew Serena would never forgive
him. He had gone too far. 'What am I going to do? There must be some way I
could begin to make this up to her.' He was staring aimlessly at the
ceiling when he noticed some dots on the ceiling. You know those little
marks on white ceilings? Well, he decided to connect the dots, and maybe get
his mind off his troubles. He traced the dots with his eyes, and the
pattern seemed very familar. The dots formed a perfectly shaped rosebud.
'That's it!!!!!! I know what to do!' Darien sprang from the bed, and dashed
about the room dressing frantically. Then before you could spell
"rosebud," Darien was on his way to wooing his ladylove, Serena.

**********************Serena's room 11:00AM***************************************

Serena's swollen eyes fluttered opened as she woke up from her slumber. She
stared at the ceiling waiting for the sleepiness to fade as her memories of
yesterday filled her head. Tears filled her eyes as she recalled what had
happened. 'How could he have done that, and how could I have let him? Why
do I still love him?' She sat up slowly hugging herself tightly. "What
the..." Surrounding Serena on her bed, the floor, the dresser, and every
available space on the window sill were beautiful red rosebuds, petals, and
roses in full bloom. On the night stand by her bed was a glass vase full of
beautiful roses with a white card attached. Serena reached for the card to
read the message.

"Serena, I'm sorry for using you like I did yesterday. For some reason I
find it extremely difficult to control myself around your beauty. Please
allow me to make it up to you for the rest of our stay tonight because in
the morning we must go back home. Please give me another chance? If you are
willing, come downstairs ready for a picnic, and I will be waiting for you.
~Darien"

Serena gazed at the card for serveral minutes before jumping up to get
dressed. By the time she had finished dressing, she had decided to forgive
Darien. Of course, she was still going to let him make it up to her, so she
had to pretend to be upset. 'Hopefully, this means he at least likes me
enough to be my friend. I hope more than that though.' She rushed
downstairs to meet him after checking in the mirror on her door to make sure
she didn't look bad.

**************************Living Room 12:00PM**************************************

Darien had been pacing nervously for almost an hour and a half. "What is
taking her so long to decide? Maybe she doesn't want me to be with her.
Maybe I didn't put enough roses in her room. Oh no! What if she is allergic
to roses? Maybe I should..."

"Just shut up." Came the helpful reply from Serena as she stood at the edge
of the room watching Darien.

Darien swung around to face the vision in a blue sundress with blue sandels
that made up Serena. His jaw dropped from the shear beauty of her, and the
shock that she had come.

Serena watched amused as Darien's face went from awe, shock, to relief in 3
seconds flat. "You looked surprised to see me. Did I read the card wrong
or did you not invite me to be here?" Serena's eyebrows raised at her
question while her eyes danced with mirth.

Darien smiled at her remark, and motioned her out of the doorway into the
room. That was when he noticed that underneath her sundress she was wearing
her swimming suit. 'Good she's prepared, and even has a towel in her beach
bag.' "Are you ready, Serena?"

"Yes, but where are we going?"

"We are going to the lake." Darien motioned to Serena to follow him, and she
came behind him as he left the cabin. Before long, they had reached the
picnic area, which was a beautiful spot on the boat dock under a weeping
willow that overlooked the lake.
Serena gazed at the splendor before her. The setting was perfect under the
noonday sun glistening off the water, and the tree protected them from it.
Under the tree, exactly was a royal blue fleece blanket with a red and white
cloth under the elaborate array of food. Serena's eyes got big as she gazed
at the fried chicken, sandwiches, grapes, strawberries, whip cream, cookies,
sodas, iced tea, chips, and cheese crackers.

Darien watched in admired amusement as Serena took in her surroundings.
"Are you going to devour it with your eyes, or your mouth?"

Hearing Darien's voice brought Serena back to the task at hand, which was to
enjoy the food and company. It was obvious by the detail used that Darien
cared, and wanted to impress her. So she turned and smiled her brightest
smile at him. "You know all my favorite foods!"

Darien smiled back and chuckled lightly over her jest. "That is obvious by
the way you were practically drooling over it. Please sit down, and I will
serve you. Maybe afterwards we could go for a swim?"

Serena plopped down in the spot he indicated. "Swimming? Sounds like fun
to me! Right now servant boy feed me!!!" Serena snapped her fingers like
a royal princess would to a lowly servant.

Darien knowing he couldn't blow it this time complied with only a raised
eyebrow at her actions and words. He took the seat across from her, and
served them both.

Some time had passed and the sun now shown towards the west side of the lake
rather then the middle. This made the water, further away from Darien and
Serena, glisten.
Darien sat staring at Serena as she finished her food. 'She is so
beautiful. How does she eat so much?'

Serena looked up from her food to find Darien staring at her. "What? Do I
have something on my face?"

Darien was startled out of his thoughts by Serena's voice. "Wha...No. You
look perfect. I was just wondering how you could eat so much and stay so
shapely. I mean stay so hot....I mean sexy.....I mean beautiful." By the
end of his little speech Darien was beet red, and looked very embarrassed.

Serena's smile got bigger as she listened to him dig himself into a hole.
"You talk too much. Let's go swimmining!" Serena stood up, and began to
reveal her blue white flowered bikini.

Darien sucked in his breath as Serena unconsciously stripped for him in the
most appealing way possible. Her innocence was turning him on which was
awful. There she stood with her sunshine colored hair flowing around her
luscious curves that were very obvious in the tiny bikini. Although the
bikini covered her completely, it left little to the imagination.

Serena tapped her foot angrily as Darien kept staring at her like a starved
man. "Will you stop staring?! Now let's go swimming! I'll beat ya to the
water!" With that shout, she was racing to the water!

Darien watched in awe as Serena's well-toned body ran to the water. He
stared transfixed by her utter beauty.

"Are you coming?"

Darien began to strip for Serena, and soon joined her in the water.

Serena screamed as Darien splashed her with water getting her completely
soaked. She splashed him back, and soon a huge water war had began. This
war lasted late into the afternoon. In fact, it ended just as the sun was
low enough in the sky to cause the area to become cold. Serena gasped as a
cold wind blew over her water covered body. "Hey, Darien, let's get our
stuff, and get dry."

Darien nodded his agreement as he followed her. He packed up their stuff as
Serena began drying herself off. Ten minutes later they were well on their
way to being dry.

When they arrived back at the cabin, Serena went to shower while Darien
began phase two of his plan.

*********************BATHROOM 6:00PM**************************************

'Darien was really sweet. I knew he could be, but he really is making up
for his behavior. I think he might actually like me more than a friend.'

*Knock* "Hey, Serena, when you are done please put on a nice dress because
now I am treating you to a delicious meal for two in a secret place."

"Okay, I will!"

Serena finished her shower in twenty minutes, which was ten minutes shorter
than normal, because of her curiousity regarding the meal for two in a
secret place. Drying herself off, she put on her pink fuzzy bathrobe.
Entering her room, Serena went straight to the closet to find a dress. She
narrowed it down to a white gauzy dress with pink rosebuds on the collar,
and chose white leather sandels with the pink rosebuds on the straps to
wear on her feet. Going to the bathroom to finish dressing, Serena decided
on putting her hair up in her usual buns with white gauzy ribbons with
rosebuds to go around them. Serena gazed at herself in the mirror, and
decided that she didn't need any make-up.

With one last look, Serena left her room to see Darien and what he had
planned.

*****************************Darien's Room 6:45PM*******************************

Darien stared at his appearance in the mirror deciding his dark blue silk
shirt and black slacks look would work. His hair looked good, and all his
preparations were ready. All that needed to be done was getting his
ladylove to forgive him and love him. "Easier said than done, Shields! But
she did appear to enjoy this afternoon, so just don't screw up now."

With one last glance, he headed downstairs to await his angel.

**************************Living Room 7:00PM***************************************

Serena turned as she heard footsteps behind her. She gasped at the
hunkiness Darien had with his dark blue shirt that matched his eyes and blck
slacks that matched his hair. He was absolutely yummy!!

Darien stopped in his tracks as he looked at his angel as she turned at his
footsteps. Serena was a vision of a goddess in her gauzy white dress, and
the rosebuds brought out the beauty of her lips. Darien decided he should
break the silence before they stared the night away. "Wow! You look like a
goddess!"

Serena smiled at Darien's comment. "You don't look so bad yourself,
handsome."

Darien went over to Serena, and grabbed the blindfold from the table beside
her. "Please turn around so I can blindfold you." When Serena was
blindfolded, Darien grabbed her hand to lead her to his secret place.

**************************Secret Place 7:15PM************************************

"Are we there yet?" Serena couldn't wait to discover the secret place.

"Actually, we are here."

Serena sucked in her breath sharply at the shear beauty of this place. All
around her were trees. Not just any trees, but weeping willows. Each tree
overlooked a rose bush full of variously colored roses except for the one
where they had come from. On each branch over the rose bushes were white
lights. In the center of the clearing was a table with a white lacy cloth
over a dark pink one. On top of the table were two candles with silver
platter's at two places. By the platter's were crystalline wine glasses
filled with a clear bubbly liquid. In an ice bucket on the ground was a
bottle of white grape sparkling cider. Serena turned around to Darien with
her eyes shining her love for him. "You did this for me?"

Darien nodded at her question. "Yes, just for you."

Serena's eyes filled with tears. "Why? I treated you horribly yesterday."

Darien reached to hold her face tenderly. "No. I treated you horribly, and
for that I am sorry. Please don't cry. You should always be smiling."

Serena's eyes overflowed with her tears. "I don't deserve this. You are
worth so much more."

Darien brushed away her tears, and smiled tenderly at her, his own eyes
filling with tears. "You deserve all this and more. It is you who is worth
more."

Serena reached up to caress his face tenderly. "I love you."

Darien stared at her shocked. "What? How could you? I don't deserve you."

Serena smiled. "No, you don't, but you can have me anyway."

Darien's eyes glowed with amusement and love for this beutiful goddess
before him was offering her heart. He wasn't about to turn it down. "I
will thank God until I die for this angel he has given me. I love you!"

Serena wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him down for a kiss that
caused them to forget everything else.

***************************Living Room 10:00PM******************************************

Serena laid her head down on Darien's chest listening to his even breathing.
After they had finished kissing they had eaten, and decided to sleep on the
couch together. Darien had fallen asleep quickly because of his exhausting
day, but Serena stayed awake not believing that he was truly hers. Serena
sat up enough to whisper into Darien's ear, "I will be thanking God until I
die that he has given me such a beautiful man. I know this will not be easy
because of our differences, but I will always work on it! You are worth
it!" Before she laid back down, Serena could have sworn she heard Darien
whisper back, "I will always work on it too because you are worth it."
Serena smiled contently, and fell asleep listening to his heartbeat.

************************END OF PART 7********************************************

Ans: I hope you like that. The next part will be the last! Then I can
work on my much neglected "Faith in Angels"! Thanks to all of you who have
e-mailed me! You guys are the reason I continue to write. Thank you
Jess-chan for beta-reading this!! Please e-mail me!!
Rainbo1646@cs.com

Ja ne!