Title: Whirlwind of fate By: Silver sun Genre: Alternate Reality Rate: PG Email: Silversun80@hotmail.com Disclaimer: -_-...I do NOT own Sailor Moon! *wails* WHOAAAAAAAAAAA! A.N: Thank you to all of you who had e-mailed and reviewed this fic, this chapter comes out 3 days earlier because of you guys, so *hints hints* GUYS, more e-mails, please! On with the story... In Chapter 3... That wasn't too long ago. 4 years seemed like nothing. Our first kiss. Everything was coming back, so strangely and clearly. I'd never felt so protected in my life. But not loved. I loved Seiya, I reminded myself. I loved Seiya. Almost like he was sensing my thoughts, he let go of my hand, and ever so softly he said. "Good night, Meat Ball Head" I saw his black car disappearing around the corner. I sniffed in the sweet scent of the air, and smiled at myself. "Goodnight, Darien". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien became a friend after that night. Talking to him always helped calming my nerves. Sometimes, in between lunch breaks, we'd go and have lunch together at the cafeteria across the road. It wasn't the cafeteria that was cosy, it was him and the coffee. It was strange, drinking coffee with him, like I'd always dreamt of four years ago. I felt confident, I wasn't just the little girl, who liked dreaming anymore. Darien wasn't just the Prince Charming, who could come by and sweep me off my feet. We were friends now. Everything had changed, time it seemed had done a very good job, healing wounds. Being Darien's friend I had found out another side of him that I guessed I never knew about. He wasn't the unromantic inhuman robot that I thought he was. He was humorous, he was sweet, he was caring, he was gentle, and he was extremely idealistic, mind you. We could laugh about nothing and everything, we would pull pranks together, we would let ourselves forget that we were respectable adults, we would set ourselves free. That was why I felt so comfortable in his presence. He wasn't so uptight around me, it was as if, whenever we were together, we couldn't careless what the world would think of us, we would just let the whirlwind of happiness and laughter carry us wherever it wanted to. He was a friend, but he was so different to Raye, Lita or Amy, even Seiya couldn't do what Darien could do to me. I found myself growing fond of him, my friends adored him, and they didn't seem to mind having a gorgeous man tagging along. Seiya in the other hand, acted very uncomfortable around him, I'd assured him that we were nothing more but friends, he wasn't totally convinced but he sighed and gave in. Darien didn't like Seiya either, whenever both of them were in the same room, it was as if they were ready to die in a battle. I sensed jealousy coming from both, but I was calm, because I knew I was ready to take Seiya over Darien at any time, and I knew that all that Darien felt for me was just protectiveness, like a brother looking after his sister, that was all. Sometimes, I would feel something at the back of my mind, nagging me, telling me that if fate wasn't so cruel, then all those years, Darien and I could have been a couple. But never, never ever I felt regret that I fell in love with Seiya, he was always there for me, a shoulder for me to lean on, he was a brother, a father, a friend. Life seemed complicated, but I chose to simplify it, and so simple it became. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ring! Ring! Mumbles. 6: 30 a.m Who ever could ring at this inhuman time? Ring! Ring! Silence. Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Oh, damn it, I'll take the phone. Telling myself that it must have been something important, I sat up, hands groggily reached out for the phone. It'd better be important. "Hello?" "Serena, wake up, you lazy Meat Ball Head - Raye's voice rang loudly and clearly - Go get the door now" "What? What is going on, and what door?" Knock, Knock. "That door" I put the phone down, and slowly walked to the door. Why did I have this feeling in my stomach telling me it was just another prank that my pranksters friends were trying to pull? Knock, Knock. "Ok, I'm getting it!" I shouted out. The floor was cold, I ran barefooted to the door, feeling nervous and worried. I had a bad feeling about this. Slowly, I opened the door. "Yes, can I help you?" "SURPRISE!!!!!" "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed, standing in front of me was a blue blob, a green blob and a red blob. "Get out of my apartment, you..you..what are you?" They moved, the red blob seemed to be talking. "Damn, I knew there was something I forgot, her contacts" The blue blob moved forward, put your glasses on, Sere!" Hey, I knew those voices, putting my glasses on, the blobs slowly transformed into...Raye, Lita and Amy. "I know this kinda blew it, but what the heck HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEAT BALL HEAD!!!!!" Raye screamed. Gee, how louder could she scream? Then realisation hit me, it was my birthday, the dreadful day...The day that I had always tried to forget, not that I could around my charming friends anyway. I smiled, happy that they remembered and at least tried to surprise me. Hugging all of them tightly, I whispered. "Thanks, guys, Thanks for remembering" I was so happy, my heart leaped a little, tears were threatening at the back of my eyes. "No tears today, Sere, no tears allowed!" - Lita beamed at me. They streamed into my tiny apartment, putting the presents, we all seemed to erupt into a talking bunch of kids. "Happy Birthday, Sere!" Amy smiled at me, handing me a blue package. "Happy? Are you kidding me? I'm getting old" I mumbled, but I hugged her, Good Old Ames, so loyal and sweet. "You call twenty four old? Then what am I? Granny Lita?" Lita said, chuckling being the oldest of us all, twenty-five. She handed me a green package. "My present!" Raye stepped forward, beaming with a red package. I hugged them again, feeling happy and lucky to have such friends. "Thank you so much!" I said, kissing their cheeks. I sat down on the couch, eagerly opened my presents. "Amy! My God, this must have costs you a fortune" It was a beautiful crystal vase, with blue tinted decorations. Amy smiled with pride. "Lita, have I mentioned lately how much I love you?" "No" "Well, I do" Lita laughed, I was looking at the most beautiful chocolate cake, not to mention the yummiest, too. "Open mine" Raye said eagerly. I did what she said. And there it was, a picture frame, with pictures of us, of me and my friends, in the park, at the shopping mall, in my play, at Havard. I felt myself wanting to cry, all those memories. "Thanks, Raye" We hugged each other. "No crying today, princess!" I winced. Princess? Where was Darien? And where was Seiya? "Seiya had something else planned out for you, and he's busy planning it." "Where's Darien?" "Darien, he couldn't come, he had some kind of business to attend to" I tried to smile, but failed miserably. I felt sick. he wasn't here. He wasn't here, he had business to attend to. He wasn't here. He wasn't here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Sere, you're not late?" "Shut up!" I punched Seiya's arms jokingly. "The girls said you have something special planned out" "No, I don't" He joked. I could tell that he was very nervous, but about what? "Don't you dare say no, Darien already couldn't make it" Seiya winced, his arms moved about uncomfortably. "Speaking of which, he had something to give you. I was just passing by the office today, he saw me and asked me to give it to you" Seiya handed me a package, I opened it. It was a doll, made of straws and wool, a Princess with Meat Balls. I felt light headed and happy, he always knew what I wanted the most. There was a card attached to it, just a plain purple card, it smelled faintly of roses. "Happy Birthday, Princess. Sorry, Meat Ball Head, couldn't make it, today is Seiya's day, not mine" I blinked, not understanding what he was saying. I put the card and the doll in my purse. I was happier, at least he remembered. He cared. And what beautiful present it was, too. Feeling confused, I took Seiya's by the hands, and then we were off to whatever he had planned out. He had something planned out that night, alright, a romantic candlelight dinner for two at the Starlight Suite. Then a walk in the park. "Serena, we'd known each other for what? 2 years?" "Well, more or less, yes." He licked his lips nervously. "Well, in those times, you've made me feel like the luckiest man on Earth, you were not only my girlfriend, but my best friend, I love you more than anything in the world.." "What are you saying Seiya?" "Marry me and make me the happiest man alive" He kneeled down on one knee, and extended a beautiful velvet box with a beautiful diamond ring. I stood there and stared at it blankly. I was shocked, beyond shocked. This was the day that I'd dreamt about for years since the day I met Seiya. It was a perfect night, it was a perfect ring, it was a perfect proposal, and Seiya was perfect. Say Yes, Damn it, my mind screamed at me, this was what you'd always wanted, he'll make you happy, your dream will come true. You'll have a loving husband, with a cosy house, he'd come home every night, he'd love your cooking, and you'd have children... The perfect Faerie Tale, the beautiful unreal picture..... The beautiful smell of the card tickled my nostrils. The wind childishly played with my hair. Then I knew exactly what I had to say. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good Cliff Hanger, ne? STOP! Don't flame me yet, there's a lot more to come, this is a purely UsaMamo, Sere/Dare fic, so be patient... Well, the more emails I get this time, the sooner chapter 5 will come out, so E-MAIL ME, Damn it!