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                  WILL I DREAM OF YOU TONIGHT

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                                 +DREAMS+


    "Late at night,
When all the world is sleepin'
I stay up and think of you.
And I wish on a star
That somewhere you are
Thinking of me to.
I'm Dreamin' of you.

Yes, I'm dreamin' of you tonight
And Tomorrow,
You'll be holding me tight.
And there's no where in the world
I would rather be
Than here in my room
Dreamin' about you and me.

   ~Selina~

("Dreaming of you Tonight")




  
   
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   "You're nice and bright this morning Serena." Mrs. Tsukino said when
Serena danced her way down to breakfast. Serena smiled at her. It had been
2 days ago since she had had her hair lengthened from ankle length to
waist length but underneath, she liked the style. She felt more mature
in it some how. Her parents hadn't commented much on it since, and her
friends were still a little uneasy about it. Particularly Mina and Lita.
But other than that it looked good, and it made her seem older.

   "I feel great mom!" Serena cheered.

   "Last week you thought you were dying. How quickly you've recovered."
Ilena shook her head and took the empty coffee cups into the kitchen.
"Mmm...must be youth." Serena blushed. >DUH mom!< "Mom, today's my recital
and in three days is the Play "The Bear" I look more mature, I feel great
and I can't wait to show Toby how I look!"
 
  "You feel great! With a bruise on your face and your hand in a casted
glove!" Ken said to his daughter skeptically. he glanced at his wife. "Ilene,
It MUST be youth!" he said in a dry tone and turned back to the paper.
Serena decided to ignore the comments. "Daddy, for your information, I
decided I want to feel good. I just have to smile and jump and I can do
it easy!"

  "Well good." he said with some strange enthusiasm. His wife seemed to
have the same. "Then you can past that test you have today. All you have to
do is think and remember what you learn and you can do it easy! Have a nice
day at school dear." Serena grabbed her lunch box and hung her head,
letting out a puff of smoke and a sweat drop slid down her head. "Parents..
why do they have to make being a kid SOOOO hard!"
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  Toby sat with his friend Ben Moshi. "So, what are you doing tonight Toby?"
Ben asked, putting his hands into a bag of potato chips. Toby shrugged.
"Serena has some recital but I think I can get out of it. I dunno. I don't
know what time it ends."

  "Tell her you're busy." Ben said. Toby shrugged, his brown hair slipping
to the side a little. "Yeah, but then she'll start acting like she's done
some sort of robbery at the bank or used a fake ID or something. She'll
probably call me every 3 hours, you know?"

   "She's really hung up on you." Ben looked amused and Toby blushed.
"Yeah sure. She's nice and very attractive, but now I know what they meant
by Looks aren't everything."

   "Probably. If you said you liked her eyes, she'd probably put them in
an envelope and you'd find them on your desk in the morning when you
woke up." Toby punched his friend in the shoulder playfully. "BEN! You're
my most disgusting friend!"

   "Well, it's a unique good morning card." Ben joked. Toby pushed him
down and he laughed. "Yeah, right Ben. You try going out with her. She's
great and she's unique, I'll give you that, but she's starting to get me
nervous."

  "Madball Serena gets you nervous?" Ben grinned even wider. "Tell all."
Toby gave him a look. "BEN! What I meant was that she's starting to act like
we're going serious or something. Like we're engaged even. That sort of
thing."

  "I thought you liked Serena."

   "I do, but not as a forever thing. Just for a few weeks. I was just
interested and I thought she knew that. Sheesh, not you too. I am not sure
I can lie my way out of this one. Serena's adamant of entering this stupid
thing and she's told me that she's going to dedicate it to me....it's too 
embarresing to even talk about." he groaned. "I am going to be a laughing 
stock of the whole school after tonight!" Toby exclaimed.

"Oh well, got some advice for you. This girl  Morealle is really great 
looking! 18. LONG red hair. Great figure. I could set you two up for tonight 
while Serena's at her recital, if you're bored, she'll sure entertain you." he grinned

  Toby looked uncomfortable. "No thanks Ben. I'm having enough problems with 
females as it is right now." Ben shrugged. "Take my advice then. Stick to 
older women, not the younger and blonder innocent women." he grinned.

   "SURPRISE!" Serena jumped out from the door, making them jump.
"YAAGH!" they cried, jerking up and spinning around. She grinned at them.

"Surprised ya didn't I?" she grinned. 

"SERENA!" cried Toby.Ben gave him a look. "Remember that advice next time Buddy.
See ya round." he waved and went off. Toby rolled his eyes at Serena.

"SERENA! You could just tap me on the shoulder you know."

 She nodded. "Toby, how do you like my hair?" she asked. he looked at her.
Then he noticed the absence of the meat balls and the fact it was hanging
down to her waist like Pamela Anderson. "Wow! Serena, you cut your hair?"
he looked at her in surprise. She beamed. "Uh huh. I decided you were right,
and that i did look a bit like a kid in that style."

 "I'll tell you you look a lot better this way than you did before." he said
She decided not to feel hurt about that. >It's just hair Serena, remember
it's just hair! Horses and rabbits lose it every day<

  "Thanks Toby." she grinned at him. "So, you coming to the recital tonight?"
 he thought a moment. "Listen Serena, I have to talk to Ben for a few minutes.
Can we meet at the coffee shop?"

  She grinned. "Hey, sure!" she kissed him on his cheek and he went off.
He sighed and went after ben. "Ben! Hey, Ben!" he called to the young
dark haired boy walking in the direction. The young man stopped.

 "Ben, what's the name of your red haired friend?"
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  Serena danced merrily down to the coffee shop in as good a mood as she had
been in when she had gotten up that morning. "I'll be dreaming of you tonight,
and tomorrow...I'll be holding you tight!" she hugged herself, humming her
favorite Selina song. She danced through the door, and up to the counter.
Libby grinned when she saw her. "Serena, I LIKE your hair!" she exclaimed.
Serena felt a bit of pride. "Thanks Libby. Can I have some hot chocol---" she
stopped herself. It was kind of silly eating sugar all the time. You can get
really fat that way, she thought with mortification. "Um...can I have some
salad Libby?"

   "Sure, and some Perogies with that?"

  "What or what are perogies?"

   "Ukranian sort of dumpling. It's Ukranian week. Last week was German
week remember. Next week is Italian week." she shrugged. "Perogies are
really delicious! or maybe you'd prefer Pelmini?"

  "Is there any sugar in it?" Serena asked uncertainly. Libby stared at her.

  "Sure, and lemons are blue!" Libby laughed "Of course there's no sugar
in Perogies Serena! GAD!" Serena blushed and then nodded. "Sure, I'll
have a few. Toby's joining me so make a FEW." she beamed at the mention of
Toby's name. She didn't know she had attracted someone's attention.
Darien had been having coffee with Rita. Andrew was busy and she was on
her way over to see him. She'd bumped into Darien and asked him for a cup of
coffee first. he'd seen Serena jump in, with her waist length long golden
hair twirling around her. She was very lively today. 

    "Darien? Darien are you listening to me? DARIEN!" Rita looked around to
see what he was looking at. he snapped out of his small smile. "What? oh,
sorry Rita." he said and smiled at her. She turned back to him with a smile
on her own face. "You watching Serena huh?"

  "No, I..Yes, I was I was just glad to see she's in a better mood." he said 
uneasily. She grinned slyly at him. "You're starting to like the girl a lot
lately aren't you Darien?"

  He coughed nervously, wondering what she meant in the context of 'liked'.
"Yes, she's a sweet kid." he nodded. She sighed. "Darien, is romance in the
air here?"

  He blushed. "No Rita, it's not like that. She has a boy friend besides,
remember?" he pointed out "But we're friends now I guess." he said, satisfied
with the words he had used. 

  "You have had this dreamy look on your face all week...." she pressed with
a big grin. he laughed. "Rita, you're starting to get as bad as her friends."
She grabbed her purse. "Ok,ok, but I think there's a little more to it than that."

  "Rita, take my word for it, if you wait for me to have a relationship,
you may as well also wait for clouds to turn green." he smiled as she got up.
"Oh, and thanks for the coffee. You still going out with Andrew tonight?" he 
added. She nodded. "Your welcome. No, I think I had better watch the weather 
forecast tonight."

 "Huh? What for?" he looked surprised Rita was canceling a date with Andrew
for the news.

  "To see if there are any predictions for aqua colored clouds." she laughed.
"Bye Darien." she waved and walked out before he could reply. he shook his
head. She was a cute person sometimes.No wonder Andrew was so crazy about her.
Darien sat in his seat, watching Serena fiddling with her strands of hair
and smiling around the store while waiting for her food.

  "Hi Serena," he waved. She smiled a huge smile in spotting him. The bruise
on the side of her face was nearly gone now and her bandaged hand would be
healed soon, he told himself. Looking at the little glove cast, he felt
guilty. 'Hi Darien! Waiting for someone!" she asked with a sky grin. he
was almost surprised to find himself blushing a little. "No, just had coffee
with Rita." he said. "Want to sit down?"

 "Thanks, no I'm waiting for Toby." she grinned brightly. His smile faded
a little but didn't vanish completely. "oh, ok. What did he think of your
hair?"

  "He liked it." she seemed relieved. "And my recital's tonight with the
others in my class. Are you coming Darien?" she blushed. "Sorry, it's just a 
dumb recital. Why would YOU be interested." she looked embarrassed.

"No, actually Serena, I'd like to come."

She stared at him in surprise. "Really? You want to? For real???? It's just
a stupid recital where I'm going to be reading what I wrote about a 
certain human emotion, and it's going to be really corny because the emotion
I picked was love and..' she blushed even more. he smiled.

  "No, I mean it. I still have some of your *other work*" he smiled,
referring to the poem. "I would love to see some more." she smiled shyly.

"Well..ok then.Great!" she smiled a huge smile at him and squeezed his hand
in gratitude. She had soft hands.

 "Serena.." she turned quickly and saw Toby coming in. She instantly
went over to him and enveloped him in a huge hug. Darien observed Toby's
features, his actions, and compared them to Serena's. The young man didn't
seem as enthusiastic as Serena did when ever she touched him. he always 
seemed rather calm and ill humored. Like he had been used to her for 20 years.
Darien realized he had never seen Toby hug or even try to touch Serena.
And if he ever had, it probably wasn't like she did him. How did someone
like Serena find this guy interesting?

  "Serena, not so tight please! Thank you. At least I don't have to worry
about your hair getting all tangled up in my hands any more." he said to her.
Darien's face darkened a little at the expression. 

  "So Toby, you coming to the recital tonight?" she asked exuberantly. "Oh,
and I ordered us some perogies and also I'm eating a salad. Do you want
anything else?"

  he looked amazed. "You? Eating salad? I'm impressed. Trying to lose some
weight or something? Salad doesn't have much fat in it. For a while I
thought you lived on fat foods." Serena looked a bit embarrassed by the
remark. Darien could see the discomfort in her expression. What was it with
this guy! >That was quite a remark!< he thought peevishly. he felt sorry
for serena again. Sooner or later she was going to feel the sting of
losing someone she was going to be better off without.

  "Yeah, well...I sort of did feel a bit heavy this morning." she said in a
quiet depressed voice and sat down, forcing a smile to her face as she
looked at him."So, you want anything else?"
  
  "No, I can't stay long. Sorry but I can't make it to the recital tonight."
Her face froze and then it dropped totally in dissapointment, like a falling
autumn leaf just the day before winter. She stared at him.

"To..Toby? You're serious? You really can't come? I mean, what i wrote was
FOR you! Without you I wouldn't even be there! Can't you PLEASE cancel
what you're doing! PLEASE!" she begged and leaned across the table. he
looked a bit embarrassed in case any one was looking at them. he whispered.

"I can't Serena, I'm sorry. I promised my..Uh...family. Sorry, but there's
nothing I can do. Maybe you can ask your friends to video tape it and we
can watch it sometime. if I could make it, I would go." she looked crushed.
"Toby..PLEASE! I'm always rearranging my times and things for you. And
my hair..and my clothes..I even change them for you! Please, just ONCE...
please...." she begged sincerely.

  He groaned. "So..that's how you look at me? As someone you can just
change your self all the time for? And now you want me to do the SAME!
Serena, I thought you were better than that!"

 Darien couldn't believe this guy! he was turning the whole thing around
again so that it would look like her fault. This guy seemed to be an
expert and suddenly Darien hated him. Serena was shocked at the revelation
but it was true from her looks...she believed it! "No Toby.....I swear...
that's not how it is at all! I promise!" she broke into tears, trying to hold 
them back, knowing it made him uncomfortable when she cried. "It's...it's 
not..." she covered her red eyes and got up, heading for the door. "Excuse
me." she said and ran out quickly. Darien watched from the window. Toby
ran out after her and grabbed her shoulders. he seemed to be talking to her
forcefully about something. probably the embarrassment she had caused him
by running out.
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  "SERENA! STOP IT!" he said firmly and giving her shoulders a quick shake. 
She bit her lip. "Serena, I can't BELIEVE you!" he said, pretending to
look offended and disgusted. She couldn't look at him.
>WHY am I always doing the wrong things!<

  "Serena...at least I have responsibilities!!!! I'd expect that if it was
me on the stage and you couldn't make it, I'DE at least understand! Not
run out like some kid!!!!" the words hurt and more to come hurt. She
started to cry against him, unable to help herself but he pushed her away
in case she got his clothes wet. "FINE! I'll come! But wipe my name off
it ok?" he said angrily. She stared at him. "What?"

  "Wipe my name of fit. It's embarresing." he said, and looked around.
"You can do that right? No trouble right? Serena, I'd rather you didn't
mention my name through all this ok. I have to go." and he walked away.
She stood there and ran off.he didn't want her to put his name in the
her recite`. She thought about some of her sentences, where she had
used an example about how strong human feelings can be. "True Love" she
had called it. "Toby and I fight because we are different, but we always
over come it because we love each other." had been one of the things she had
written and it was true, but he wanted her to exclude him . She started to 
run and run and wasn't even sure where she was running. She was running so 
fast she often stumble d over her own legs and fell down. She had to get away!
She tripped on a log and was sent flying forward where she sat up and cried
on the grass.

 "Serena, stop." she heard someone saying but it wasn't Toby. It was Darien.
>Go away darien< she silently wished. She didn't want him to be here now.
Not when she felt in disgraced. She stumbled up to run but he saw her and
grabbed her shoulder. "Serena, it's ok." he said and she struggled violently
as if some hunted animal, to get out of his arms but he held her tighter.

 "Serena..it's ok!" he grabbed her head and held it to his chest, gently
smoothing her hair down to her shoulders, and stroking it to calm her. She
relaxed after a few seconds and started to bawl against him.

 "Serena...I told you...he's not.."

  "Darien..why am I so stupid!" she yelled. "Why can't I be perfect! he was
right. I've been making a terrible idiot of myself! No wonder he wants me
to.."

  "To what?" he asked her seriously.

  "Cut his name out of my recite`." she started to cry again. "I thought
he'd be happy. But he wasn't. he's read it and not a word and now he tells
me and...I fee; so stupid. i can't write well, i can't do ANYTHING!" she sighed 
and sunk against his strong arms. "I wish I was DEAD!" she wailed.

 "SERENA!" Darien gave her shoulders a gentle shake. he took her chin and
made her look up at him. "Serena...don't! Never say that! Life is all there
is! Sometimes it hurts but it's all there is!"

 "No, not for me! I wish I was DEAD! At least rotting in the ground, i could
be of SOME USE!" she sobbed. he jerked her head up again. Since he had known
his parents were dead, he had never remembered them. But apparently he had no
other relatives. So his parents had died and rotted into the ground..and no 
one knew them. No one cried for them. No one remembered them. Not even him.
The idea any one was worth more dead than alive was the biggest lie!!!!

  "SERENA! STOP IT!" he said. Her eyes went cold to him.

  "Or you'll what? Hit me? Shake me? Cut my heart in half like he does! I
change everything and it's NEVER GOOD enough!" she cried. "I can't do it
any, more..I can't..I can't..." she started to sob again. She pounded his
chest. "Let me go! Say you hate me! Say I'm useless! Say I'm.." she
sobbed. he had never seen her so hurt. It was almost frightening. he
jerked her chin up roughly and stared at her eye to eye, his forehead
touch ing hers. "YOU ARE NOT USELESS SERENA!" he said firmly and he
kissed her roughly. She was so shocked, that she felt her body lose it's
force and she almost sank into his arms. If he hadn't been holding her
shoulders so tightly, then she would have fallen right to the ground. he
pressed his lips against hers roughly and pressed her against him so
tightly she could hardly breath. It seemed like hours before he pulled away
and she stared at him in shock. he too seemed dazed. >OH Good grief!< he
thought >WHAT the HECK did I just do!< he realized it and he felt like
falling backwards. He had KISSED Serena! WHAT had come over him! he released
her and she almost sank to the ground.She stared at him and looked down.
"I'm sorry Darien.." she seemed really embarrassed. >I probably made
him do that! Toby would kill me! he'd never want to see me again!< she
thought you several others things all pin-0pointing at her. She looked
down and thought of what Toby would say "You seduced a collage student!
SERENA HOW COULD YOU! This is the last straw!" and she flinched as she
could picture him slamming a door on her face. She instantly looked up.
Darien seemed to be fumbling for some kind of explanation.

   "Darien..." she gasped "I'm so sorry. I ..I have to go." and she ran,
leaving him confused with mix feelings. For the first time in years, he
didn't know himself.
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  Serena ran to her room and slammed the door. She cried on her bed
feeling so lost and confused. She felt massive emotions hit her. Fera,
pain, confusion, loss, curiosity..so many she couldn't name. It was like
her insides were a mix of 200 colors, so blended in she couldn't tell
one from the other. Which was the superior color? Which were the recessive
colors?And which ones weren't' even included to begin with? She only knew
that if anything was wrong it was her fault. And it felt like she had 100
problems weighing on her heart and she didn't know what to do.

 >Darien...Oh no! Have I ruined our friendship< she thought in panic. She
didn't know whether to worry more about Toby or Darien. She saw her recite`
on the desk and she felt a wave of despair wash her up on dry beaches.
She took out her note book.

                       THE SWORD


                    The mental sword
                   Is as sharp as crystal;
                   The blade is clear as the rain.
                   It can cut a real heart like paper
                   (As yours did mine)
                   And make it bleed again.

                               S.T. (Serena Tsukino) *^_^*


        She thought about what she had written. It felt like Toby had
some sort of weapon and instead of protecting her with it, he turned
it on her for sharpening. She thought about it as she scribbled a few
small hearts around the title. What was a heart any way? Something that
kept you alive. People had two hearts. One kept you alive, and one made
you feel. If you suffer a lot of pain, your real one doesn't die. You feel
something hurting but you never stop breathing. You feel something break
and even die, but you never stop living. 

 
                    THE HEART

              The mental heart
            Plays the part
            And makes a person feel.
            It paints an art.
            It can fall in love.
            It is the part of us
            That is the most real.
            It can be shot down like a dove.
            It can hurt. It can cry.
            It can't bleed,
            But it can suffer too much
            And it can die.

                Darien had kissed her! Why? Had she been acting seductive
and hadn't known it? Or had he liked her from the start or was it all
just a big mess she wasn't going to be able to sort out? They had been
friends but was he interested? Darien?! he was years older than her!!!! But 
she realized that the only times she had been really happy the last week
had been with him. >I thought I had a crush on him< she thought >But he
could never feel that way about me, and NOW I've wrecked our friendship.<
she felt depressed. Like she'd lost something, but she wasn't sure if it was
because of Toby or because of Darien.
 >If I ever have to lose one...?< she suddenly didn't know which was the most
loss. Toby or Darien?
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       "Serena, are you home?" Serena picked up the phone. "Yeah, Darien?
is that you?" she asked, her face reddening. he sounded uncomfortable
too. "Yeah, I just wanted to say..I dunno, sorry for this afternoon. I
really am, and I was acting really stupid and I don't know What I had for
lunch but it must have put cholesterol in my head or something.." he was babbling.

"No, Darien..it's ok. It's no problem." she reassured him.

  "You sure?"

  "I know. I have done some REALLY crazy things in my time, believe me!"

  he let out a breath of relief. "Thanks Serena, that's a load off my mind
because, as crazy as it may sound, i really would like to continue being
friends."

  She sighed. >Why on earth did I think he was interested!< she thought. But
why did she almost feel dissapointed?

   "Serena? That is Ok right? You want to be friends too right?" he asked.

   "Definitely. And Darien...don't worry about coming to the recital tonight."
she sighed heavily. "It would be less embarrassing if I was disgraced by more
people who didn't know me."

 "Serena...I am coming because I want to hear what you wrote. Come on, what
ever he said, don't blame yourself. he hasn't exactly been there for you,
you know?" she decided she didn't want to get into another argument with
Darien over Toby. "Yeah, ok. But don't come because you feel you have to."

 "Well I'm coming like it or not," he said firmly "So get dressed, stop
moping around and get to that recital or I'll kill you."

 "DARIEN!" she cried, but he smiled, sensing some of the depression was
out of her voice. "Ok, ok, I'll come and I'll even smile at the crowd.
But only because I know you're in it." she hung up.
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  Serena stood nervously by the school back door with some of the other
contestants. Melvin was in it. "Serena, you nervous?" she smiled. "A little."
"I'm so excited! All those people. I can feel their eyes boring into
the back of my neck right now." the rest of the group had a sweat drop on
their heads. >Way to go Melvin! We're nervous enough!< Serena thought.
She noticed Toby's car pull up. She saw him walk out, not looking like he
was excited to be here and Serena felt awful, like she forced him to come.
>Why'de I ever do this!< she thought. Then they walekd back stage.

  Serena saw Toby in the audience. She peered out from behind the curtain
as Stella went out and read her recite` "Ignorance for the Future" she
saw her friends, but she didn't see Darien. She looked frantically around
for him. Where was he? he promised he'd be here. Suddenly she felt nervous
all over again about standing up in front of the audience and he wasn't there.
>Darien please...don't leave me now!< she thought in a panic. She was relieved
when she saw him come in and sit down. he held a thumbs up sign for her and
she smiled and then pulled her head back behind the curtain.

  When it came time for her turn, it was practically almost over. She stepped
up on stage nervously. Darien took a seat where he could watch Toby's
reaction to all this. But he kept his eyes on serena for a few seconds when 
she stepped out. She was stunning in a white dress and a white rose in her
hair.The bruise on her face showed more against the white. But what can you do?
Toby seemed unimpressed. 

   "True Love..." Serena read aloud nervously, smiling at the audience.
"By Serena Tsukino. This emotion, is not really an emotion at all. What's
an emotion is one of those few feelings we feel. Desire is an emotion.
But True Love you can't just feel for any one. It has to be for a someone.
And that can't be turn on and off like any other emotion. Love survives and
if you are with someone and it never works out...there wasn't really any
love to speak of because Love doesn't die. It lives and if it two people
come together and they drift apart...I don't think it's fair to say there
was ever love there at all. It's like when we say certain things we hold in
guilt are human nature. But more commonly what is human nature is really
just human habit."

  Darien stared at her face while she was talking. For a few minutes, she
was nervous but then she kept catching his eyes and smiling and finally she 
was watching the audience, speaking with sincerity, using her hands.
he glanced at Toby, who looked bored and annoyed. Then she glanced at him
and took a breath.

  "My boy friend Toby and I....we've been together only a few weeks. And
we fight sometimes and sometimes we disagree. I feel I've changed a lot
since then because...I think when you decided you always want to stay with
someone you have to give a little part of yourself up. And when we fight
we always make up in the end and we enjoy each other's company but...it's
deeper than that." she smiled shyly and Darien glanced at Toby. he was
staring at Serena in the oddest way."And when you love someone, you have
to stay with them no matter what."

   She went on and smiled at Darien. While she wasn't looking Darien saw
Toby stand up and walk out. he stared at him in disbelief. Serena
then saw it too and she watched him walk away while she was still reading her
recite`. But she read it with slightly slower and with less enthusiasm. She
watched him go out and he noticed tears starting to brim in her eyes.

  "Love.." she said a little louder, hoping Toby would hear her and stop
walking "Is something two people need to build together and you can't
help and you can't take it down.It's more than people needing to be with
each other...it's for their mental hearts needing to become something a
little bigger." she watched him still walking for the door. She wanted to
call out his name >Toby, please stop!< she knew if she saw him go out the door
she would cry in front of everyone. Darien stared up at her with eyes
of sympathy. But she just watched toby disappear.

  "You're frozen when your heart's not open and it's never really opened 
all the way until it's warmed by another heart. Like a sun warming a rose bud."
she sighed as a tear rolled down her cheek and she closed her eyes to keep
any more from escaping. "And with love you can't ever be alone because
two people share the same heart now and...you give a part of yourself up
to him, and you take the piece he gave up to you...and you keep it with
you in your half of the heart..always." she sighed and lowered her head. 
The audience clapped loudly. She nodded wiping the tears off her face. 
The audience had been touched. They probably presumed it was her own 
words making her cry. But her words had been heart felt. Darien stood up and
clapped for her. Serena's friends saw him and stood up clapping as well. A
few more stood up until everyone had joined in. Darien gave her an encouraging
look and returned it with a sad one of her own >Thanks Darien, but you were
right! He never loved me...< and she knew when he was walking out that
everything she had said was the hugest lie of her life. She could hardly
even look the audience in the face, as they clapped for her. She couldn't
feel proud of herself now. She didn't even believe her own words. She
walked off the stage, strands of her long blond hair hanging over her face
and wiping the tears on her cheeks.
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 Ok, that ends for this week. I am not sure how many chapters for my stories
I am getting out this week because I have been kind of busy. Math exam.
My worst subject. I swear, when it coems ot math my mind falls a sleep like
serena's does and all I can do is yawn every 5 minutes! I so far have only
got this chapter out and the new one for "Can't Lie to My HearT" and it's
Wednsday! I didn't start writing anything till Tuesday (last night)
Ok, the poems Serena wrote "The Sword" and "The Heart" are old poems I
wrote in 1996 when we first got the computer, I wrote poetry on it ALL the
time and those are two of the first poems. i hope you liked this chapter.
Took along tiem to write that's for sure! :)

   Huge thanks goes to Jade, Sidnei, Michelle Castoguay, Sigigi Perera,
Austen, Joel, Michelle Grazer, Amanda, Melissa, Uyen Ngo, richard.leum, Roo,
Fushigi Kismet, Lianne, Razzberi, Moon star, Jessi, Small Lady Bensai, Haruka,
Jessi, Loreena42, Swanhilde, kitsune-bi, Endymion, Selena, the Moon goddess, 
Jennifer Wand, Anita, Willow, Jillian Parisi, @my, Chibimunk, Angel Wings,
and a few more I can't remember! Thansk you all! You have NO IDEA what your
letters do.