Title: A Match Made In Heaven Part: 3 (OMG! Part 3?!) Rating: PG Author: Angel Erika E-mail: Erika515@aol.com AN: What's up? Okay....get this...I'm actually on Part 3! Amazing! Whoever knew I would get this far?! Hehe...J/K. So what do you guys think so far? Good? Bad? Repulsive? (Oh yeah, on part 1, I know that I had used "Juuban High School", sorry! I didn't mean to! From now on, it will be Crossroads High, okie dokie?) Disclaimer: Not mine, not yours...er...uh..Hi Ms. Takeuchi! ..pause.. No! No! Of course Sailor Moon is yours! ..pause.. Yes, I understand.. ..pause.. I just didn't think that- ..pause.. Let me just say that- ..pause.. WOULD YOU JUST LET ME FINISH?! I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU OWN, DO NOT CUT ME OFF! ..pause.. Yes of course.. ..pause.. Yes, I will go on with the story now ..pause.. Of course I don't want to be sued! ..pause.. Ok fine..Sailor Moon does not belong to me and neither do any of it's characters. They belong to the oh-so-great Naoko Takeuchi (*whispers* she made me say that!) Ow! My foot! She stepped on my foot! Did you see that? Naoko stepped on my foot! (Is it just me or was that disclaimer just a little bit too long? And weird...sorry, I'm drinkin' Coke again! ^^;;) *********************************************************************** "....And that's what happened.." Serena concluded her story, her eyes moist and dull, just staring out in space. The doors to the cafe slid open. "Why, that little son of a-" Lita started as she walked through the doors. "Now, Lita, no use for foul language. It's not ladylike." Amy told her with a nod. "Oh please, Amy. You know you want to say a couple of 'foul' things about that jerk, too!" Lita smirked. Amy just ignored her. "Serena? Are you okay?" She had noticed that Serena was going slowly, she was staring at something far away. "And Darien was the one who made you feel better, huh?" Raye asked with peaked curiosity. That same mischievous smile on her lips that Serena's mother had. "Hmm...Hey look! There's Darien! Let's go sit by him!" "Hm? Raye? No! I don't want to sit by him!" Serena hissed. "Why? Too embarrassed to sit by your knight in shining armor?" "Darien? No...no..."She laughs nervously, then she suddenly straightens up her shoulders and says, "Fine, we'll go sit by him. No problem, he's nothing but a jerk in my mind."*A sweet jerk yesterday..* She leads her group, along with Molly, towards the booth Darien was sitting in. "Hi, Darien, mind if we sit here?" She motions behind her where three girls were giggling, minus Amy. "Umm...sure, go ahead, Serena." Before Serena could make it around to the seats across Darien, Raye and Lita gave her a "little nudge" which causes her to involuntarily fall into the seat beside Darien. Her eyes threw daggers at Raye and Lita, who were smiling innocently and slid into the booth across from them. "I'd really like to stay and chat, but I've got to go and study. I'm only seven chapters ahead, I'm really behind!" Guess who said that. Everyone "sweatdropped" and Serena said, "Oh sure, Amy. Go on ahead, we don't want to keep you from your studies! I don't know how you can put up with all of it though!" "Oh, it's really quite simple, you see-" "Uh...yeah Amy. Sorry, but I don't think any of us want to really hear about your studying 'skills'." Sweatdropping again, they all turned to Raye when she had said this. *You can always count on Raye to be blunt.* Lita thought. "Okay, goodbye everybody! I'll see you later guys!" the blue- everything-ed girl bid farewell and walked out as quick as she had walked in. She never really thought the cafe as a nice study spot anyway. *Just too many people there* She had thought. "Bye Amy!" Lita said. "Now, let's get down to business!" she winked at Raye, who understood immediately what she meant, but the shy couple sitting in front of them had not noticed. "Well, Lita, Molly, would you like to join me for lunch? By -ourselves-?" Raye said, making sure to emphasize the "ourselves" part. "I'm coming, too!" Serena exclaimed and got up along with Lita, Raye, and Molly. "Sorry Serena! But we're sitting at a..uh...three-person table! And look! There's one over there!" Lita said and hurried quickly to save the seats. "See ya later, Serena!" Raye gave Serena a little push again, this time making her fall into the seat across from Darien. "Good for nothin' friends..." The mad blond mumbled under her breath. ~*~ "Hey, we have a good sight from here, right?" Molly asked. "Front-row seats, babe! If anythin' happens, we see -everything!-" Lita winked at the girls, which caused an uproar of giggles. ~*~ Serena looked curiously over Darien's shoulder to peer at her friends. They were stealing glances at her and snickering. Darien also looked over his shoulder to find the girls sitting a few tables away from them. *Ok...what's going on?* They thought simultaneously. "Hey, have you had lunch yet, Meatball Head?" Darien asked, turning back around to face Serena. Ignoring the "despised" nickname, she said "Nope! That's why I'm here. My mom didn't leave anything for me. How cruel!" "How 'bout I treat you to lunch then?" "Okay, sure! You owe me an ice cream, too!" She wagged her finger in his face, which he thought was just too adorable not to laugh at. "Alright, I'll get you an ice cream, too. I'll call Lizzy over and you can take it from there." Darien called to Lizzy, who was lazily flipping through a "Smile" magazine. Not too many customers come during Sunday, unless it was brunchtime, but it's way past 10:00 already. "I'm comin'!" *Finally! He's been sitting there with that coffee and reading that book of his all this time!* "Alrightie people, what do you want?" Lizzy asked with a smile on her face *They make such a cute couple....* "Ok, I want a hamburger with fries, a small coke, and a..triple fudge sundae delight." Serena said while counting it off on her fingers. "How 'bout you, Darien? Can I get you anything?" Lizzy turned to Darien. "What she said just made me pretty hungry, I'll have the same." (AN: It made me hungry, too!) "Okie dokie pokie! I'll be right back with your orders. If you need anything else, call my brother!" Lizzy walked off, with their order in her hand, into the kitchen. (AN: I say "okie dokie pokie" a lot) ~*~ From their table, Lita, Raye, and Molly silently watched their buddies. "Hey Lita, you're right, we can see everything from here...too bad we can't -hear- anything!" Raye sneered at Lita, who was desperately trying to get in on the couple's conversation. "I got an idea....quietly girls..." Lita whispered, slid out of her seat, and cautiously inched towards the back of a plant....that is, until someone tapped Lita on the shoulder. "Who are you and what do you want?" She hissed behind her, peeking through the foliage at the couple. "I'm Andrew and I would like to know why you're sneaking around like mice?" "I...uh...we..." Lita stammered. "Look, Andrew!" Molly pulled the leaves out the way to reveal Serena and Darien. "Whoa! Do you guys see what I see...or am I imagining things?" a dazed Andrew asked. "No, Einstein, we see Tarzan and Jane! Of course we see what you see! Now, if you excuse us, we'd like to hear what Tarzan is saying that would make Jane laugh so hard!" Raye said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. By now, the "cutie that works at the cafe and arcade" snapped out of it and grabbed hold of the girls before they got any further. "Oh no you don't!" "And why not?" The three girls asked at the same time. "Because! Just look! Those two are -finally- getting along, and I think they deserve a little privacy!" *I always knew he had a thing for "Meatball Head"...* Andrew dragged the girls to a booth -far- away from earshot, or even eyeshot (AN: is that a word? ^^;;) from the couple's table. "That's just like Andrew! Being all noble!" Raye complained. "I think it's totally sweet..." Lita swooned. "He has a girlfriend, you know!" snorted the fiery priestess. "That doesn't mean I can't crush on him! Besides, she's in Africa..." Lita bit back. "Hey, isn't Lizzy the one who's serving them?" Molly asked. "Yeah, so? Who cares about who's serving them! I want to hear what they say!" "We can ask Lizzy all the juicy details!" ~*~ Serena and Darien just chatted about various things, waiting for Lizzy to return. "I have a little brother named Sammy. He's such a major pain, but other than that, he's okay. He's even got a girlfriend named Mika! And my mom's name is Ilene and my dad is Ken, you watch out for him though! He despises the idea that I'm even around boys at school!" Darien chuckled at her babbling, though the thought of family made him just a little uneasy. "So...do you have any family here Darien? Do you live with your parents?" Serena asked *But he looks like the type that lives alone... I wonder where his parents are...* "Um....actually, no. No family here at all. And I don't live with my parents. I don't even remember them." He quietly said the latter, but was heard nonetheless. His response was a soft gasp and, "Oh Darien! I'm so sorry! I didn't know!" "It's okay, Serena." Darien paused, "On my seventh birthday, we were driving or something like that and the car went over the cliff. Both of my parents died, and I was the only to survive. I had complete amnesia though, I didn't even know my own name." *Why am I telling her all this? I barely know this girl..* Darien said this with a sad, help- less tone in his voice. "Oh Darien...That's so sad, I'm really, very, truly sorry..." she placed her hands on his. He looked up to see tears forming in the corners of her eyes. "It's okay, Serena." He said once more, "Don't cry, I'm fine." A strong hand came down softly on Serena's shoulder and asked,(AN: No, not the hand, the person that owns the hand!^^;;)"Who's your friend?" Serena was startled and jumped to her feet, almost knocking the table over. "Josh?" "Who else would it be? You ready for the dance tomorrow?" the tall, green-eyed blond asked. "I'm not going to the dance with you!" Serena turned around, you could practically see the fire burn in her eyes. Serena didn't get mad often...but when she does...you wouldn't want to be stuck in the middle of a volcano eruption, would you? "Not going? Man, what is your problem? First you don't show up for our date last night, then I called you this morning, and your mom hung up on me! And now, you're not going to the dance with me? What's up with that?" "What's up? What's up?!" "Uh-oh...sounds like someone's mad...I knew it wouldn't last... Serena and Darien getting along..." Raye said, though they were far away, they could still hear Serena's loud question. They hurried over to where all the action was. When they got there, they saw an unexpected scene. Serena was holding a finger up to Josh, who, in turn, held his hands up in guard. Darien was sitting in the booth stupefied, he's never seen Serena this mad, and he's usually the cause for all her troubles! Lizzy's mouth was hanging open, she was standing in front of the kitchen doors, carrying what looked like double of Serena's usual order. All the occupants of the cafe, which wasn't a lot, were frozen like statues staring at the raging blond. And Andrew, let's just say he was too interested in this predicament to lead it outside. "You're asking -me- what's up?! I'm the one that should be asking you that question!" She yelled in Josh's face. "Wh-?" "For your information, I -was- at the park! Oh...I was there! I was there twenty minutes early!" *Uh oh....I know where this is going to....Josh, you're an idiot!* "I can't believe you! You're accusing -ME- of missing our date, when you had been there kissing Julia!" She yelled, and received some gasps from her audience. She walked forward while pressing her forefinger into Josh's chest, pushing him backwards. "So I don't know what you're talking about me going to the dance with you, 'coz dances are for -COUPLES-! And you, Joshua Yamoto, and I, Serena Tsukino, are now majorly -NOT- a couple!" she had pushed him all the way to the counter, and still moving forward. "You go girl!" Lita yelled out and gave a hoot. "If you want to get to that dance so much, take your make-out buddy with you! 'Coz I'm going with someone else!" Josh was shocked at his now-ex-girlfriend's temper and tried to regain his pride. "F-fine! The only reason I wanted to go with you was because I was dared to! Do you really think that -I- would go out with someone like -you-? You're stupid, clumsy, and most of all, you're ugly! No one in their right mind would want to date you!" he bit back at her, though he knew the words coming out of his mouth were not true, but made up because his pride and ego was disintegrating. He knew Serena was a very sensitive girl, but he didn't care at the moment, all he cared about was that the rumormill would be going crazy with what she said to him. He also knew that he shouldn't have said those words because she had not once insulted him...she just told the truth. (AN: Boys...will they ever learn to hold their toungues?) "Why I oughta..." Lita pulled her sleeves up and started to walk towards him, but Raye and Molly held her back. Serena was shocked by his words, she didn't offend him, did she? Her heart twisted and ached, and her mind was repeating all the words he had said over and over like a broken record. She lowered a shaky finger from his chest and she just stood there, motionless, staring at something past Josh. "You're right..." she breathed. "Oh Josh, I'm sorry..." Her tears were now falling, falling because she never knew she could be that harsh, and never wanted to be, and second because of Josh's cruel words. "Serena, you're not-" Darien started, but she ran out of the cafe and cut him off. "Wait, Serena!" "Darien, I think you should go follow her, you knew about this before we had, and I guess you'll understand more 'coz you were there with her when she first found out about that jerk over there." Raye told Darien, "And don't worry about him, Lita will take care of it." she added, a half smile on her face. Darien ran off in the direction his Meatball Head had headed to, though he knew exactly where she was going. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 3 finished 11/30 Dum dum dum! Hahahahahaha! <~ evil laugh! What will happen now? Will Darien find Serena? Will Lita beat up Josh? What's gonna happen at the dance? *Will* the dance ever happen? Will you ever get to see Julia? Well, don't ask me, 'coz I don't know! I'm just goin' with the flow... not really thinking about what I'm writing! (that's why I only write when I'm in the mood! ^^;;) Stay tuned for the next part! Luvs and peaces, Erika