The Day the Moon Fell
It was just one of those days, school was long and the sky was cloudy with signs of a big storm on it's way. Serena was happy to be finally walking to the arcade the meet her Darien. She sighed, "Oh how I love that man, with all of my heart and soul." She knew that he was the one for her, and that made her smile from ear to ear. She was so caught up in her thoughts, she tripped and scrapped her leg. She began to cry as pain started to sting through her leg. She slowly stood up and walked the final distance to the arcade. Once in side, she asked, "Andrew, do you mind if I use your back room"
"No. Are you okay?" He questioned.
"Yeah."
"Okay then, you know where it is."
He gave her back a worried look as she limped away. A relief flowed through his body as Darien walked in the door. "Hey Dare, Serena went into the back room. I think she's hurt!" Darien didn't say a word as he hurried to the back room. He knocked on the back room door. "Hey. Are you okay Serena?" He asked with worry apparent in his voice.
"Yeah. I just scrapped my leg a little."
"Okay. I'll go get us a booth. Come out when you're done." He smiled a little as relief hit him.
"Take my bag with you would yah?"
"Sure." So Darien walked to a booth and plopped her bag down. A paper with a 70 on it feel out. Darien was angered. ''I thought she said she would study for this test'' he said to himself. He was very disappointed and he promised himself that he would calmly talk with Serena when she came out. A few minutes later when Serena finally sat down across from Darien she opened her mouth to say something, when Darien sliding her test over the table to her silenced her. "Serena, I thought you said that you were going to STUDY for this test. I was really hoping you would do better his time."
"I did Darien. I did I promise."
"Maybe we should cancel our date today so you can go home and STUDY. So go and I'll call you later to see how you are doing." Serena walked out of the arcade and an hour later so did Darien. He walked to his apt. and tried to study, but all he could think of was his Serena, and how he had made her feel.
Silent tears slid down Serena's face, not because Darien had canceled their date, but because she really had studied for the test. She then started her daily beating on herself. "I'm so stupid I'm surprised that Darien hasn't broken up with me yet to find a smart pretty girlfriend who can walk and think with grace." She said to herself. Then, the two most recent doubts and worries came into her mind, one: Darien was only going out with her because of what they had seen in the future and two: Darien was only going out with her because of what she had been in the past, Serenity. I might as well go see if the girls want to study, so she walked over to the Ami's house. As she was walking she heard all of the girls laughing. Ami was doing an impression of her walking and falling. "Oh No! I didn't see the crack in the sidewalk." Said Ami. Then she proceeded to wail. All of the girls laughed. Mina was next, she said, "Oh! I failed another test." And again all of the girls laughed.
"I don't know what Darien is doing with a klutz-ditz like her!" Rei protested!
"Mina should be leader and the princess, but NO, we have to be stuck with an incompetent fool like her." Said a frustrated Lita.
"I tell her all the time," the next was Luna, "that she should try and apply herself but all she wants to do is stuff her face and talk about Darien. You'd think after all the time I've spent that I should get an award." So that was it. That was how everyone thought. Slowly, Serena turned around and quietly snuck back down the stairs and that's when she lost control and ran with tears streaming down her cheeks. Serena ran blindly, for as long as she could and then she collapsed on the soft grass. She knew this grass; she was in the park. Serena had been in the park many of times with Darien. She remembered the first official date they had been on, they had a picnic and then they walked along the shore with their shoes off under the moonlight. That's when Darien took her in his arms and kissed her for the first time in her life, a real kiss! She lay there thinking of that night and many others as the rain started and began to wash away her tears. It became very dark as the hours passed.
Darien was sitting at home on his couch thinking about how he had blown up at Serena. After all, she did promise that she had studied. But still Darien knew that Serena needed to try harder and apply herself. He had felt the pain through their link and started to worry even more. "She's probably at home pouring over her books trying hard to make me happy." He whispered with regret. So he picked up the phone to call her. " Hi. Is Serena there?" "No. I haven't seen her all day, and it's starting to rain harder." Said Serena's mom in a worried voice.
"I'm going to look for her."
"Be careful." And with that they both hung up.