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Chapter 14: Normality?

Key: " " talking

' ' thoughts

/ flashback/true memory

--- new scene of later on.

It had seemed like Serena had just fallen asleep when she heard an insistent knocking downstairs. She glared giving the middle finger to the unknown person and pulling the blankets around her more and throwing her pillow over her head. Serena sighed in relief as she heard the knocking stop and closed her eyes glad to be able to go back to sleep. She had just fallen asleep when her pillow was taken off her head and she felt her body being shook. "Wah go away! Let me sleep!"

She heard laughing and grumbled. "Meatball head, it's past noon already you need to get up."

"Don't want to Darien."

"To bad." She screamed as the covers were tossed off her and Darien pulled her out of the bed. She jumped out of his arms and back into bed determined not to get up. She had cried herself to sleep and though for a normal person this would be enough sleep she found herself wanting more. She glared as she couldn't get to her blankets but hung onto the bed and closed her eyes tightly. "Ah being stubborn? Sheesh. Fine."

Serena grinned as she heard footsteps expecting him to have given up but instead he only walked a few steps.

THAT'S MY DAD OUTSIDE THE CAR

OH PLESE THE KEYS

THEIR NOT IN THE IGNITION!

The sound of her blaring alarm clock woke her up and she fell out of bed. Serena placed a hand over her racing heart and glared up at him. "What are you trying to do? KILL ME!"

Darien laughed and gave her a victory sign, "Of course 3"

"Asshole…" Serena grumbled getting up. "How'd you get in?" Serena asked raising an eyebrow.

"Spare key above the door remember?"

Serena face faulted. "Oh right. Damn it." Serena looked at Darien and then looked away not able to look at him in the eyes.

"Hey?" Darien said noticing the change in Serena's face. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Serena said turning around moving to her closet. "I need to change… do you mind?" She asked hoping he would leave.

"No, go ahead." He said sitting down on her bed.

She turned around her face beat red. "DO YOU MIND! You pervert!" This caused him to chuckle, he laughed so hard that he clutched his stomach trying to stay upright. Serena glared her face becoming even redder and she raised her hand making a fist, and shaking it at him. "Your such a jerk."

Serena sighed walking up to him and grabbing him by the collar trying to get him up and out of her room. Instead though her only victory was to fall on the bed herself. Darien laughed smiling down at her. "Comfortable?"

"Oh, can't you tell?" Came her sarcastic remark. Serena sighed pushing herself up into a sitting position when Darien pushed her back down.

"Wha-" Serena started but was stopped by Darien's lips on hers. His hand went to her cheek and Serena closed her eyes. Serena thought the kiss was going to last forever but only lasted about two seconds. He pulled away slowly opening his own eyes. Blue eyes stared at Blue.

"Serena your such a dork." Darien said laughing and walking out the room.

"Wha-grr! Darien you jerk!" Serena yelled. Though despite herself she lifted her finger to her lips and smiled. Serena quickly changed not trusting Darien enough to stay out and hurried downstairs. "So what did you want Dare?" Serena said in an interrogating voice. She was now dressed and feeling more controversial than before.

"Am I being sued?" Darien asked raising an eyebrow.

"How am I supposed to know, did you do something to piss someone off?" Serena asked skeptical.

Darien laughed at this switching positions on the couch slight to look at her better. "No but you sure seem in one of the moods that would give me that impression."

"Darien, dear have I told you today how utterly and totally out of your mind you are?"

"No, not today, I was beginning to think you hated me by not telling me today." They both laughed at their joke and Serena sat down on the couch next to Darien her expression softening.

"Seriously what's up?" Serena said tucking a stray stand of hair behind her ear.

"I wanted to check up on you…plus the girls promised me gruesome torture if didn't so it's a win-win sort of deal." Darien said with a sweat drop. This caused Serena to laugh and him to shake his head. "Over protective ne?" She shook her head trying to hide her smile. "Your horrible you know that? Really horrible! Finding it amusing that your boyfriends going to get tarred and feathered."

"Oh posh." Serena said waving her hand. "You said it was going to be gruesome. I don't really consider being tarred and feathered gruesome. Now if you want gruesome think of those bloody horror movies…what was the name of that one movie…?"

'YOUR EVIL!" Darien said eyes widened. Serena laughed moving so she was sitting in his lap. Serena took his chin in her hand and tilted his head to her liking, and kissed him. She let the kiss linger long enough to tease him.

"I learned from the best." She said jumping up and heading into the kitchen. "Hungry? Want something to eat?"

"Do you know how to cook?" Came Darien's voice from the doorway to the kitchen. Serena turned around and sweat dropped. He leaned against the frame his arm above his head and he shook his head.

"You offer and then you don't know how to make anything."

"Um well there's gotta be something around here microwavable…somewhere…" Darien shook his head and shooed her into a seat at the table.

"Relax you don't have to cook, I'd rather your house not get burned down while your parents were away. Just think of the hassle that would cause." Serena swung her leg out at him for that remark and he caught it easily in his right hand. "Why Serena are you trying to start something?" He asked moving in front of her, his hand still holding her leg.

She laughed trying to shake her leg free. "Come on let me go Dare!" She used her other leg pressing it against his stomach to push him back. "JERK!" She said running away after freeing her leg.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"To my room, I mean you don't want me snooping around do you? How do you expect to surprise me that way."

"You just want to go back to bed. How am I supposed to know where everything is?" He asked rolling his eyes at her.

"You expect me to know?" She asked skeptical as she ran upstairs.

"Useless!" He yelled after and in return heard her laughing her head off from the distance. He sighed flipping a cupboard open to find dessert boxes. This was going to take a while.

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Serena sighed counting the tiles on her ceiling. It felt weird being with Darien right now and she found herself wanting to escape. She couldn't tell why she felt this way, she loved him that was sure maybe it was something else…guilt. Yes that had to be it.

She rolled onto her side hugging her pillow to her. She had done horrible things, all within the course of a couple of weeks. She could just imagine what her friends would say if they new, if Darien new, or worse her family knew. No one would feel the need to talk to her.

Maybe she was delusional, maybe this wasn't as bad as she was making it out to be. So far the only things that she did willingly was sleep with Darien. Sure it was sudden but he wasn't a bad person or anything. In fact he seemed too good.

She sighed, on the other hand she had slept with Jedite, was going to abandoned the scouts and her family and everyone to be with him. Yet that was under the influence of the bracelet…right?

Yeah it had to be. She sighed closing her eyes wishing she could forget. This all seemed like a bad dream or something that would only happen in the manga she worshiped so much. Hmm, maybe this was a bad dream, dreamt up to punish her for recklessly abandoning her homework night after night? No, this was too real. She sighed smiling slightly feeling herself drifting off to sleep. With sleep comes rest, with sleep comes peace, with sleep she didn't have to think.

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Serena was sitting on a bench in the park in front of the playground. She smiled as she watched the kids play. She laughed as she watched a little girl with pink hair try so hard to reach the bars on the monkey swings. A boy with blonde hair came up behind her and being about a foot taller than her lifted her up to touch the bars and she grabbed on. She moved her arms across the bars getting to the other side while all that time the little boy walked below her to make sure she didn't fall.

Serena smiled, they were so cute together. In some weird way they looked the same despite being complete opposite on the outside. They didn't even have the same eye color, hers were red as if to compliment her hair while his was blue. Yet still their manners towards each other and other small things made her think that way.

The little girl made it to the end her legs touching the ladder of the monkey bars that would lead down. She climbed down fast and grabbed the blonde boy's hand and started dragging him towards the swings. He didn't protest though they did stop when they saw a man, who must have been their father for they ran to him. Serena couldn't make out his face for his back was to her but she could tell that he was talking to them.

Her curiosity got the better of her and she walked over to them. She wasn't sure what she would say if anything but her feet had a mind of their own. She was three feet away when the little girl started coming towards Serena. Serena stared at her watching the little girls legs run in zigzag patterns. "Mommy, Mommy!" The little girl screamed.

Serena was about to turn her head around to see who the woman's mom was when she felt the little girls arms on her Serena's legs. Serena looked down. "Come on mommy! Daddy said he'd take us all out to dinner!"

"Okay sweetie."

Serena shot up in her bed, eyes bewildered. It took her a few minutes to calm down and realize she was back in her room. 'What the…' She thought hand going to her forehead. She sighed, 'Strange.' She got out of her bed wondering what was up with that dream and then bending down and reaching under her bed. She fished around for a while before becoming victorious and emerging with a magic 8 ball toy.

"Was that dream a vision of the future?" She questioned it.

Better not tell you now.

She glared at the ball trying again with the same question.

Ask again later.

She looked bewildered trying again this time having trouble reading what the response was because of how evil the ball was.

Concentrate and ask again.

She shook her head, she really needed a new way to solve her problems, this didn't want to answer for her. Yet as a child it had come in handy in making very important decisions that could alter the life span of an ant. Yes, that's right she always debated with her 8 ball if she should go whack the ant hill and stomp around there.

She stared thinking for a moment for a new question. "Where those really my kids?"

Signs point to yes.

She scoffed at the thing it must be malfunctioned. "Should I tell Darien about what happened?"

Most likely.

She sighed, "Should I tell him later?"

As I see it yes.

She decided she should test it. "Should I tell him now?"
You may rely on it.

She shook her head, no it was not reliable she couldn't do both. She tossed it to the side and walked towards her door. What kind of teenager relied on fortune telling to decide what they do anyway? When the time came she would decide but right now there was a more important issue on hand, breakfast was waiting.

End

A/N: Look it's finished!

Shana: OMG! You only took a 4 month hiatus.

Ange: Not bad right?
Shana: -whack- Baka.

Ange: I liked chapter 13 as the end and was planning on leaving it alone but I thought that it needed something extra to end it. So that's why I wrote normality, it shows that their trying to get back to a normal life and doesn't quite clear things up for everyone but it leaves a possibility for it to be. It also leaves a little mystery about the future.

Shana: Your trying to end the story why leave mystery?
Ange: Because no one would really be satisfied if everything just magically cleared up, I mean for a while some would be but then it would just be thought of as stupid. Mistakes and stuff can't be cleared away in a flash, they take time and understanding between both parties.

I think it makes a good mystery and shows some happiness between the two.

Shana: Stop repeating yourself, your not even finishing your thoughts.

Ange: Oops. Well anyway not only does it leave some mystery behind it leaves the possibility of a sequel in the future.

Shana: YOU PLAN ON WRITING A SEQUEL!

Ange: No, I said it leaves the possibility. I don't know, I like this as the end, and this will probably be it unless sometime when I'm older I get a sudden burst of inspiration. I highly doubt it though.

So it's time to say goodbye and congratulations to me on finally finishing a multi-chap story! Whoo, it's a miracle!

Oh, P.S.

I was doing this so that it was supposed to be done and posted by Feb 14, my v-day fic but I got sick and decided to post a original fic on my site that was already done instead. I just thought I'd mention this though because as I was about to save this I realized this was Ch 14 and if I had posted this on time it would have been funny, ch 14 posted on feb 14th. Lol, I guess I'm just stupid. As a side note, I really did use an 8 ball in coming up with Serena's answers though I had to shake more since when you want an answer it will give you the wrong thing! Lol.