The SWITCH

I do not own sailor moon or any of its characters.

Serena Kingston and her sister Mina were twins and that's as far as their similarities went ; the former was a simpleton and the latter a diva. But their love for one another was unconditional, for that was the only reason Serena went ahead with her sister's crazy plan to fool Mina's fiancé Darien Shields into believing she was Mina.

Serena had been sitting and sobbing silently in her room alone whilst cozily tucked into to her armchair. She had been reading Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns and having the best time reading the deep and complex emotions her favorite author had woven into the tale. Serena was in her element, her surroundings serene and quiet like she liked them. She had always been extremely awkward socially, her books were her friends, her solace, her world. She always drowned herself in them, living the stories she read, befriending the characters, loving them, understanding them,never feeling the need for human companionship.

Serena loved the way her life was, at 24 she was not complaining. She had everything she ever needed, why would she complain when so many people had far less, she had a loving mother Irene, an amazing father and the most gorgeous and understanding sister, who also happened to be her best and only friend, her only contact to the real world. Serena had always been teased in school because of her shy nature. She was different from the other kids, far smarter than her years and all her peers. That was the reason they picked on her so much because they couldnt understand her, eventually she got pushed into a shell. Her only friend was her sister, she always defended her, always protected her, got into fights for her. Serena remembered once a boy had cut a lock of her long precious hair with a pair of scissors, when Mina found out about it she had, she had taken an entire box of super glue and poured it down his head, the boy had to go bald. Mina's out going ways did make her famous too, she was fierce and also friendly, she made alot of friends and was very active socially.

Although, they were twins Serena and Mina their looks were as far as their similarities went, where Serena was an introvert, quiet and shy, Mina was the outgoing, loud and vivacious girl. And yet, they managed to be 2 bodies and 1 soul. Serena was a happy girl what else could one ask for in her entire life.

As a new chapter approached in her book, Serena took a moment from the book to just gather herself. She looked out her window, it was a so tranquil so serene, Serena sat listening to the silence enjoying her own company she loved these moments she had to herself and she did have them a lot.

And with a loud thud and a bang the moment was over. Her door swung open. Serena knew without looking that the grand entrance belonged to her beloved sister. She watched as her sister walked into her room huffing and puffing indignantly. Mina came and sat across Serena on the adjacent armchair and let out a sigh of frustration.

Serena dint have to ask to know who was her sister's tormentor. "So, what he do this time?"

Mina huffed. "You don't want to know don't even get me started"

"Ok, if you don't want to talk about it,it is totally alright", Serena said almost hopefully, she dint really want to hear Mina's tirade about her super rich tycoon fiancé, Darien Shields.

Ignoring her sister's statement almost immediately Mina wailed "That man is the most frustrating, stubborn and arrogant creature on the planet, alright perhaps he has the looks, brains and money to carry it off, but he is still unbearable!" She finished the sentence in one breathe and went ahead to take a long, much needed intake of air.

Serena was now amused, "Go on" she obliged her sister. She watched as her sister absently played with her perfectly shaped and manicured nails, she then slouched back in her chair and sighed. Serena thought back to Darien Shields, he was their father's business associate Mr. Edmund Shields only child. Serena had only met Darien once briefly on the day of Mina's engagement to Darien. He was aloof, distant and absolutely dead drop gorgeous. Serena would never even accept it to herself, but she ever so slightly had a crush on him. He was exactly like the men she read about in books, his perfection was almost poetic. He naturally came from a wealthy family and the merger of their father's company with the Shields corp. was the talk of town. Mina had been chosen to marry Darien, obviously they were a better match, with Mina's social life and ways and Darien's status in society, they would make the power couple of the decade.

"Well, I invited him to a party Rei's house, to which you were invited may I remind you and you passed, he came in a whole hour late, not just that all the women were just throwing themselves at him and not that I care, honestly, but then, I told him to just stay by my side for a while and look lika a happy couple and he did"

"Well, but isn't that good"

"Let me finish, it was this pool side thing and I was wearing these high heels and one thing lead to another and I kind of fell in the pool and guess what!"

"What?"

"He laughed!" Mina whined and pouted, her beautiful cornflower blue eyes teary from unshed tears.

Serena let out a bark of laughter and then tried to control it by clamping both her hands down on her mouth, her body shaking violently with the effort to control the laugh she was withholding.

Looking at her younger sister's reaction Mina felt better, she giggled a little and said "Ok, it probably was a little funny, when he took a picture of me spluttering in the water like a chicken.

Serena now laughed out loud, not able to hold her mirth in, she laughed till tears rolled down her eyes and her face was flushed red, and then she realized how intently her sister was staring at her, her mirth died a silent, painless death. Serena's stomach lurched she knew that look, it never translated into anything good.

"I need to tell you something, Rena"

"Yes?" Serena asked meekly.

"I am in love with someone and I need out of this relationship and you need to help me."

"WHAT! And how do I do that!"

"You need to be me for a few days, simple"

"WHAT!"

"You need to pretend to be me in front of Shields."

"I can't, how can I, it will never work!" Serena gasped

"You can, Sere!" "You have to help me, I tried working it out with Shields, I tried leaving Andrew, but I cannot do it, I love him too much, and I can never look at Darien the same, its unfair to all of us! Please Sere this is temporary, just for a few days" Mina pleaded, moving forward from her slouched position to a more upright posture, she took one of Serena's hands and clasped it in her own for affect.

"But if our parents or worse the Shields ever find out we will be in grave trouble! Dad could be humiliated, we could be ruined, you know that, don't you?" Serena reasoned weakly.

"Yes, I do, but this is short and it will be quick we will make it so that Darien himself will want to end the engagement! No one will ever find out!"

Serena thought long. She looked at her sisters wide imploring eyes, hers were more unsure though.

" Alright. But if we get caught, I am going to tell everyone this was entirely your plan!" She smiled

"Oh My God! Thank you, Sere!", her sister gushed "Deal!, but you never know, maybe Mr Shields may really fall for you, eh?"

Serena blushed. As if, he was way too out of her league, but she did accept it, if only to herself, she was a little excited to be in the company of such a fine man.