Title: Opposite Attraction --Chapter 2
Author: Blue Ice
E-mail: Blue_IceSM@hotmail.com
Rated: (G)



Hello everyone!! Well I've got two more weeks until school starts, so 
I have to hurry and finish up all of my stories. Because I won't be 
able to write anymore during school. My last story that I've decided 
to write is going to about Darien and Serena and I have no idea what 
so ever to name it at this point. But I'll think of something. 
	Well that's all I've got to say so I guess I should let 
you read the story.




	Serena fell asleep as the sun set slowly behind the horizon. 
Suddenly the phone ringed shrilly on the night stand. "I'm up....I'm 
up...wha?" Serena turned around slowly and refocused her eyes. "Stupid 
phone..." she muttered before picking it up. 
	"Hello..?" she said into the receiver lazily. "Hi this is 
Ami." a soft cheery voice answered. "Oh hi Ames. I was just taking a 
nice nap." Serena sat up and stretched. "Oh I hope I didn't wake you." 
"No I needed to get up anyway. So what's up?" Serena asked as she 
stood up to close the blinds. "Well I'm calling about Saturday. You 
see my mother's going to be out of town this weekend for a doctor's 
conference in Hiroshima, and I had decided to go with her. So I can't 
make it to Rei's sale. I just thought I would call and tell you that."
	"But Ames. It's going to be so fun and we need as much help as 
we can get." Serena whined. "Well maybe you can ask Andrew...or, what 
about Darien?" there was silence and then...."No way!! I'm not going 
to ask Darien. I hate him so much I can't even stand to hear his 
name." Ami was startled for a moment. "I thought you guys made up." 
"Ha, made up my butt." Serena huffed indignantly. "I wouldn't be his 
friend if he were the only person alive." 
	Ami shook her head. "You should learn to solve your problems 
and not run away from them.... just like school work." Ami begin 
lecturing while Serena sighed. "You don't know him like I do. There's 
no way he can ever be nice" Ami gave up. "Oh alright. But I still 
think that you should..." "Ami you're worse than my mom. I don't want 
to talk about him" Serena looked out the window. "Well, oh I had 
better go study. I can't afford to waste time. See you at school 
tomorrow." Ami smiled into the phone. "Ok bye Ami." "Bye." 
	
	Serena had kept her word and didn't show up for tutorial all
week. "I'm feeling great not having to see Darien." Serena yawned as 
the girls walked towards the arcade after school. "I think you like 
him." Mina giggled and received a glare from Serena. "I do not. And 
why does everyone have to say that? We're like two completely 
different person. I can't get along with him and he can't get along 
with me." 
	Lita laughed and elbowed Mina. "And who says opposites don't 
attract?" the girls giggled at Serena's stubbornness. "Lita!" "Ok, Ok. 
I'm just stating the obvious." she shrugged innocently as they walked 
into the arcade. 
	The doorbell jingled as they walked in and found a booth by 
the window. Andrew walked over casually and sat down beside Serena. 
"Where's Ami?" he asked. "Oh she's out of town this weekend. Her mom 
has to be at a conference tomorrow." Rei answered. 
	"Ooh what is this?" Serena pointed to a luscious looking 
dessert on the menu. "That's our new special. Chocolate fudge with 
mint chip ice-cream...." he didn't have to go on as Serena stared at 
the picture with drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.
	"Do you mind Meatball head. You're drooling like a dog." Rei 
handed her a napkin. "Give me one of these and oh of course this one 
too...." she went on and ordered her usual treats. Everyone just 
stared and sweat dropped as Serena went on with the list. "That's all 
thanks!" she finally stopped. "Eh...I'll be right back." Andrew shook 
his head and left.


	"So are you really not going back ever again?" Mina asked as 
the girls ate their desserts. "Go back where?" Serena wiped her mouth 
after her third cup of sundae. "To Darien....I mean tutorials." 
Shaking her head Serena sighed deeply. "I can't face him. He's too 
difficult. I tried my best to be nice and what does he do insult me 
even more. How does he even have the nerve...." she muttered under her 
breath.
	"I heard from Andrew that he's had a pretty rough childhood." 
Lita added. "I wonder what he meant by that. Do you think maybe his 
parents are divorced or something? Or maybe he had a bad relationship 
with them?" everyone shook their heads in wonder. "He's always on his 
own. At least whenever I see him." Rei thought about all the times she 
would see him walking all by himself. 
	"Wait a minute. Are you guys trying to make me feel guilty or 
something?" Serena sat up suddenly. "He has a rotten personality no 
matter what happened in his past." Rei rolled her eyes in annoyance. 
"You know Meatball head. It wouldn't hurt for you to forgive him. Not 
everyone has a perfect family like you do. And I'm sure you take that 
for granted too. Of all the inconsiderate things people do!" Serena 
was quiet for a moment. What Rei said was hurtful, but it was true. 
"Well....I guess you're right, but did you have to be so mean about 
it?" Serena whimpered. 
	Rei turned to look at Serena, and sighed. "Gees meatball head. 
Don't start the water works." Suddenly the doorbell jingled as Darien 
walked in with a handful of books. "Hey Darien!" Andrew hollered as he 
sat down at the counter. "Coffee?" Darien nodded. "Ya, I just need to 
keep awake for a couple more hours. Finals are really tough." Andrew 
smiled friendly. "Maybe you need to take some time off over the 
weekend. Oh Rei's having a charm sale tomorrow morning. You want to 
go? I have to take Lizzy there anyway." Darien was about to answer 
when he was interrupted suddenly.
	"NO, NO, NO!!! He just can't!" Serena stumped over to the 
counter and sat on the stool beside Darien. "You'll be busy right? 
With finals. So you can't be there!" she practically screamed at him. 
"If it makes you so miserable to see me....." he looked over to 
Andrew. "Then I must go." "Uhhhhh!" Serena threw her arms in the air. 
"Don't you have anything better to do than pick on me all the time?" 
"Not really." Serena gave him one more look and treaded out the door.
	"What side of the bed did she wake up on?" Darien laughed as 
he drank his coffee. "What is it between you two? Not one moment you 
guys spend together do you not go to each other's throats." Andrew 
chuckled and shook his head. "She is the one being difficult. I spent 
almost an hour teaching her a simple math problem that would take a 
normal person two minutes to learn." he rolled his eyes. 
	"And she is always running into things. Just yesterday, she 
walked right into a pole. I mean how hard is it to see a wide pole 
right in front of you. And then she has this really annoying habit of 
running into me on the street. And it would take her minutes just to 
realized who she has ran into. She is just too impossible!" Darien 
rushed out everything in one breath.
	"Why do you care what she does anyway?" Andrew asked slyly. 
"I don't care. It's just so obvious! I can't stand people like her." 
Andrew chuckled slightly. "You two have a lot in common you know." "Ya 
right! We're complete opposites! No wonder we can't get along.....oh 
and this one time....." Darien went on and on...for about 20 minutes 
while Andrew grinned knowingly.	
	"...So you see what I mean. She's....you can't even describe 
her using words." Darien put his head on the counter. "One little 
remark and she runs out like her life was in danger." Andrew chuckled. 
"You should give her a break. She's just that way. Do you think she 
likes being reminded of her terrible grades? Everyone already gives 
her a hard time about it. She really doesn't need to hear it from you. 
Maybe you shouldn't tease her so much." Darien got up and picked up 
his books. "Teasing her is like a reflex. I just can't help it. Well 
see ya tomorrow." "See ya."  
	Darien walked out of the door and sighed. What was it about 
Serena that always attracts him. Not a day goes by does she not run 
into him....literally. Shaking his head, Darien turned the corner and 
walked home...alone again.

	
Saturday morning.....

	"Oh Rei! Look at all these pretty charms!" Serena exclaimed 	
happily and took out her money. "Ok. I'm going to be your first 
customer!" Rei put the empty box away. "We have 30 minutes until open 
time. What's the hurry?" Serena shrugged slightly. "I just want to buy 
something before everyone else grabs them all." she begin to pick out 
some necklaces and lockets. "Ok, count them up." Rei took out her 
abacus. "Ok Serena, you owe me $25.50. But since you're helping out 
today. You can pay half price." "Oh thanks Rei." Serena gladly paid 
her and ran inside to try them on. 
	Moments later people started to show up group by group. By 11 
a.m., the temple grounds were all full of shoppers. "I thought Andrew 
was coming to help today. Where is he?" Mina asked as she put a charm 
into a gift box. "I don't know. He should be here soon. And where did 
Serena run off to?" Rei hissed angrily. "I don't know, but I just sold 
everything in this box!" Lita exclaimed.
	"Hey Rei, sorry we're late!" Andrew ran up the temple steps 
with Darien and Lizzy beside him. "There was a lot of traffic." Rei 
stood up relieved. "Thank god you're here. We need your help big 
time." she smiled and motioned for them to sit behind the counters. 
"Now all the charms are marked with their prices. If anyone gives you 
a coupon like this. Just take 20% off the original price. Easy 
enough!" Andrew nodded. "I think we can handle it." "Oh ya." Rei took 
out two kimonos. "Here put these on." she led them into temple to 
change.  
	Andrew and Darien looked puzzled for a second as they held the 
kimonos. "How do you put these on?" Darien asked and took it out of 
the package. "It's simple!" Andrew hollered from the bathroom. "Like 
this." he steps out and straightened the sleeves. "Looks simple 
enough." Darien chuckled and went into the bathroom. "Hey Andrew! Is 
this thing suppose to be here?...Andrew?" Darien poked his head out to 
find an empty room. "I'm not going outside like this." Darien checked 
his appearance in the mirror and laughed. 
	Fidgeting with the belt, Darien tried numerous times to make 
it look presentable. "Rei has to wear this everyday?" he shook his 
head and looked at his reflection again. The top somehow looks 
horrible and the pants were too big. The belt wasn't tied right and he 
looked like a kid learning to dress for the first time. "I give up." 
	"Oh this is so cool. I've always wanted to wear one of these!" 
Serena in the next room smiled excitedly at her outfit. Kimonos are 
really fun to wear. Suddenly she heard this audible sigh from the next 
room. "What was that?" she tied up her belt and slid the door open. 
She covered her mouth and stifled a giggle at the sight that greeted 
her. Darien was standing in front of the mirror trying unsuccessfully 
to pull the kimono into the right place. He looked like a monkey.
	"So!" Serena stepped into the room as Darien jumped, startled 
from the sudden unexpected company. "Having trouble?" she grinned and 
walked around Darien analyzing his appearance. "Do you mind Meatball 
head, but I'm changing and I'd like some privacy." "Oh don't tell me 
the great Darien doesn't know how to dress himself?" Serena teased and 
looked up to Darien triumphantly. "Even I know how to do it. How hard 
could it possibly be?" she smiled mischievously. Darien sighed and 
faced her. She got him good. But that doesn't mean he's going to give 
in.
	"If you'll excuse me Meatball head. I need to get ready." he 
turns back to the mirror and adjusts the collard. "Do you need some 
help?" Serena asked mockingly and folds her arms in front of her 
chest. "No I'm fine." he coughs and clears his throat while Serena 
just stares at him knowingly. Finally after the third try, Darien gave 
up on the stupid kimono. "Ok you win. I do need some help." he sighed 
agitatedly.
	"Oh what was that? Did you just said YOU need help?" Serena 
faked shock. "Oh what has the world come to?" she threw her arms in 
the air and pretends to faint. Darien slumped his shoulders and turned 
to face Serena annoyed. "Would you just do it? Rei needs my help." 
Serena shook her head. "First you have to apologize. And then you have 
to kneel and beg." "WHAT??" Darien's eyes widen in disbelieve. "Fine 
I'm leaving." "Ok, ok fine." Darien sighed. He didn't want look like 
an idiot not being able to dress himself with a simple item. But this 
is the first time he's ever worn a traditional Japanese kimono.
	Serena looked pleased and excited. "Now tell me you're sorry 
for teasing me." "I'm sorry." "I can't hear you!" "I'M SORRY!!!!" 
Serena smiled and clasped her hands. "Much better. Now...get on your 
knees and beg for forgiveness. It has to be convincing." 'Who does she 
think she is?' Darien thought angrily. 'If anyone sees him doing 
this...'
	Darien sighed and got on his knees in front of Serena. "I'm 
waiting." she tapped her foot and looked down to Darien. "Please help 
me." "I'm not convinced." 
	Darien	sighed. "I'm sorry for teasing you and I'd really 
appreciate it if you'd help me." he said again. "Nope. Still not 
convinced." Steam was boiling up to Darien's neck. He didn't have to 
wear this stupid kimono. He could just walk out in his regular clothes 
and it wouldn't have mattered. But for some reason, he stayed and 
played along. "Now take my hand and beg like you've never begged in 
your whole life." Serena giggled expectedly. 
	Rolling his eyes, Darien took her hand. It was soft and it fit 
his large hand perfectly. Shaking his head slightly, he looked up to 
her. "Please Serena....I'm begging you for forgiveness. Have mercy on 
me!! Please I need you!" he couldn't help but laugh at the stupidity 
of the situation. Suddenly Andrew walked in and stared in disbelieve 
at Darien and Serena. "My, my, my...I leave you alone for 5 minutes." 
Darien stood up immediately and let go of Serena's hand. "It's not 
what you think?" Andrew chuckled. "Whatever you say." he turned and 
slid the door shut.
	"Ha that was perfect!!" Serena cheered happily. "What?" Darien 
ran a hand through his ebony hair and frowned. "We just had a 
witness!" "Uhhh." Darien sweat dropped and hung his head. He's never 
going to hear the end of it from Andrew. "Look. I already begged and 
apologized, could you just help me with it?" he asked impatiently. 
	Serena thought about it for a moment. "See you do need help." 
she grins and walked to stand in front of Darien. "Take that off." she 
ordered. "What?" "Well you did this all wrong. You can't just fix the 
outside!" she sighed. "A kindergartner can do this without fussing." 
Darien chose to ignore that statement and proceeded to undress. "Ok 
now that..." Serena stopped suddenly and looked away blushing. Darien 
had taken everything off except for his boxers and socks. 
	Serena noticed with embarrassment that he had a nicely toned 
chest with defined muscles all over his body. They weren't those big 
lumpy ones like wrestlers have, but very nice irresistible ones that 
made him look really sexy. "What? you've never seen a guy before?" 
Darien asked chuckling at her flushed cheeks. Serena muttered 
something incoherent under his gaze and looked down. Bad idea. She 
only got a glimpse of Darien's strong thighs and his tall legs. 
	Shaking her head from all the distracting thoughts, she looked 
back up to Darien nervously. "Um here." she took the shirt and handed 
it to him. "Put this on first." Darien complied. "Ok now put this robe 
on like this." Serena draped this kimono over his shoulders and 
coughed slightly as she touched his broad, strong shoulder blades. She 
all of a sudden had an urge to run her hands all over his body, but
refrained from doing so as she walked around him. "Now this is the 
tougher part. You have to make sure that this part here...." she bit 
her lip in concentration and straightened up the collard carefully." 
Suddenly they both noticed how close they were to each other as Serena 
looked up to Darien shyly. 
	"Um...hand me the...um...." she pointed. "the....um belt?" 
Darien asked and looked away. "Ya. the belt." Serena echoed. 'Gosh 
what's happening to me?' Serena wondered and snapped out of her 
thoughts quickly. "Ok tie the belt around your waist like this and..." 
she suddenly caught his gaze and stared into his dark blue eyes as her 
hands settled around his waist still holding the belt. 
	"Hey guys! Are you fini....." Andrew stopped as he focused his 
eyes on Serena and Darien. Serena had her arms around his waist while 
Darien was slowly moving towards her. They let go of each other 
quickly and looked away embarrassed. "Uh....we would like some help if 
you guys are done." he grined and leaned against the door frame. "Ya 
we're almost um...done. Here just tie this." she told Darien and 
picked up the shoes. "And put these on." Darien raised an eyebrow. 
"Those?" he pointed to the pair of wooden slippers in Serena's hand. 
	Andrew smiled at the stuttering couple. "Come on Darien. Put 
them on and help us out." Darien coughed at the awkward silence and 
followed Andrew out the door. Serena sat down on a stool and stared 
blankly after them. "Oh my goodness was I just about to...." Serena 
wondered softly to herself. "Ughh! What was I think?!!" she stood up 
and walked outside shoving everything that had just happened to the 
back of her mind.
	"It's about time. Meatball head! What excuse do you have this 
time for being late?" Rei looked at her sternly. "I...was getting 
ready that's all." Serena laughed nervously and turned to her 
customers. Rei shook her head...."Chad!!! Move it! We need more ruby 
charms at table 5!!" she hollered as Chad rushes to the storage. "Yes 
Sir!! I...I mean Ma'am!!"
	The whole day had been a success as people came one after 
another and purchased their entire stock of charms and still had saved 
some items for each of the girls. "This was so great! We've sold 
almost everything!" Lita took out her pick of charms and tried them 
on. "I'm glad I bought these before everything was gone." Mina smiled 
as she neatly boxed them. "Ya we sold enough to pay for a year of 
temple expenses." Rei stashed the money into a metal cash box. "Now 
all I have to do this put the money in the bank. But I'll do that 
tomorrow. I'm exhausted." 
	"I've got a shift at 7 at the caf鮠I better go." Andrew 
checked his watch and handed the kimono back to Rei. "Thanks Andrew 
for all your help!" Rei smiled gratefully. "It was my pleasure. See ya 
girls later!" he waved as Mina sighed. "Isn't he so dreamy?" "Uh....
I'd like to stay and chat, but I've got to go too." Darien smiled 
charmingly. "Thank you so much Darien for your help." Rei hollered as 
he walked down the temple steps. "No problem!" he waved and 
disappeared around the corner. 
	Rei smiled and put the empty boxes into a trash bag. "What 
took you and Darien so long?" she asked Serena who blushed slightly. 
"Nothing! He needed help with his kimono." "And you helped him? I 
thought you hated his guts." Serena shrug slightly. "I made him 
apologize first and then beg me for forgiveness." Rei looked at 
Serena questioningly and laughed. "Did he do it?" "He sure did. You 
should have seen him. It was good to get him back." Serena dusted her 
hands and smiled. "I wish I could have seen that."
	"I'm hungry. Lets go to the caf顢 Mina suggested as her 
stomach growled. "You just want to see Andrew." Serena winked. "And 
you don't?" Rei tossed the full trash bag on Chad as they went inside 
to change. "It's already 6? Boy time went by fast today." Serena 
sighed as she put her shoes on. "I'm glad we got to help out. It was 
fun." Lita smiled and checked her hair. "And what are you doing?" Mina 
asked accusingly. "Nothing!" Lita turned to them. "I...ah...I wanted 
to look nice." "For Andrew you mean?" Mina huffed. "Well the truth 
finally comes out. Is anyone else interested in pursuing him? Better 
speak now."
	The four girls walked down a still busy street as they chatted 
about various subjects. "Hey is that Darien?" Lita pointed to someone 
standing across the street surrounded by at least five college girls. 
Serena's eyes widen in surprise. "It is him." "I guess he's really 
popular. Look at all the girls flirting with him like he's the only 
guy alive. Do you think he has a girlfriend?" Mina asked as they 
watched him curiously. "Why should I know. I don't talk to him that..
..that often. I mean if he had a girlfriend, he'd already be rubbing 
it in my face." Serena babbled on.
	"Calm down Serena. I wasn't just asking you." Mina giggled at 
Serena's strange behavior all of a sudden. "Oh he just looked this 
way! Hide!!" Lita whispered and pushed them around the corner. "phew..
..that was close." Serena huffed. "So what if he sees us. I'm not 
afraid of him." she said indignantly and held her head high. "I'm 
going to walk straight over there and into the caf頡nd pretend that 
he isn't even there." Turning on her heels, Serena walked right 
across the street.
	"Oh Darien, you're so cute!" a tall girl around Darien's age 
clung to his arm as she giggle annoyingly. "So are you coming to our 
party on Sunday night?" another one asked as she leaned forward 
purposely letting him look at her half exposed cleavage. Darien shook 
his head. "I'd like to but I have to work on Monday." all the girls 
pouted. "Oh...but Darien, everyone's going to be there. And I'll be 
there." the tall girl scooted closer to Darien and reached under his 
shirt to massage his back. 
	"Really...I can't." he took her hand out as he tried to 
decline the offer, but the girls just wouldn't stop bugging the hell 
out of him. Suddenly he spotted Serena walking toward them 
confidently. She was looking straight pass him and at the caf頷indow. 
Doesn't she see him? Finally she stopped in front the group and 
smiled. "Excuse me." Serena said without looking at Darien and walked 
right inside. 
	"Did you see that?" Lita asked Rei as they peeked around the 
corner. "She just went straight in." Rei shook her head. "And Darien 
didn't tease her either. What's going on between them? Next they'll be 
dating or something...." the girls looked at each other. "Nah...this 
is Serena and Darien we're talking about....right?" Mina shrugged. 
"Who knows." 
	"Come on lets go." Lita giggled. "I think Darien needs some 
help with those snobby girls." Rei grinned mischievously. "Ya lets." 
the three girls walked casually across the street. Suddenly, Rei 
waved her arm. "Oh Darien! There you are!" Darien looked passed the 
girls to see Lita, Mina, and Rei walking towards him and silently 
begged for help. 
	"Your...uh....girlfriend is waiting for you in your apartment. 
She asked me to tell you that she has a...uh...surprise for you." she 
winked at him. Darien nodded. "If you'll excuse me ladies. I can't 
keep my love waiting." he winked back at Mina, Lita, and Rei thanking 
them and rode away on his motorcycle. "Girlfriend....did you know he 
had a girlfriend?" "He's already taken?"
	Rei smiled as she, Lita, and Mina walked into the caf鮠
"What a bunch of stupid airheads." Mina laughed as they found Serena 
sitting in a booth already ordering food. 




Hi guys! Well I know this chapter was kind of short. The next chapter 
will have more Serena/ Darien moments. I'd like to thank all of you 
who e-mailed me about The Fire From Within. I'm so glad that people 
are actually reading my stories. Part 3 is coming out next week. So 
stayed tuned!!