Chapter 2: "The Plane Ride"

<*As you may have already guessed, Serena and Darien had 
their seats next to each other and five rows away from the 
other scouts*>.
Serena got out her book called "Controlling your Anger". She 
tried so hard not to look or speak to Darien. She wanted to 
throw him out the window, but that wouldn't be happening 
anytime soon. Soon as the plane was moving over the large 
pacific Ocean on its way to their first stop Los Angelos. A 
storm started. Of course Serena was terribly frightened my 
the thunder and the moving plane. She tried not to show her 
fear to Darien who could sense it. She knew that if he knew 
she didn't like storms he would tease her for it. 
CRASH
"Ahh" screamed Serena grabbing Darien's arm, startling him. 
"Serena it's just thunder, it can't hurt you."  As another 
thunderbolt CRASH the plane tilted sideways. Serena was very 
frightned now. All she could do was hold on to Darien until 
it stopped. 
"Darien?" she asked looking up in his deep blue eyes. 
"Yeah."
"Are we gonna die on this plane?" she asked as another CRASH 
and tilt of the plane occured.
"Of course not, it's just a little storm," he said holding 
her head trying to calm her down. 
By this time the other scouts realized what was happening. 
They all knew that Serena hated planes and thunder. Lita 
offered to go check on her, but Mina,the scout of love, 
sensed that she would be okay with Darien. At this Raye 
protested, "She better not lay a hand on my Darien!" 
"Raye, Darien broke up with you remember?" Lita said with a 
grin.
"Oh shut up" Raye replied.

Serena stayed in Darien's arms until she had fallen asleep. 
Once they were three hours into the flight she was awoken by 
the captain speaking. "Well everyone, looks like the storm 
has passed. We still have 9 hours until we reach Los 
Angelos. Enjoy your trip," the captain said over the 
intercom. 'Oh great, nine hours without teasing Meatball 
Head. How will I stop myself?' Darien thought to himself. 
Serena and Darien hadn't spoken since the storm. They 
continued this way for another hour. Until Serena couldn't 
take it anymore
"Darien? I know that you hate me, but can we talk about 
something? I can't stand the silence anymore."
"Sure, what do you want to talk about?" He asked as he 
realized how brave Serena must have been to be the first to 
talk to him. 
"Um, how about...Tuxedo Mask. He is so dreamy. Oh, sorry I 
bet you don't want to talk about this," Serena said with a 
light pink on her cheeks. 'Wow, she actually thinks my other 
self is dreamy, strange,' He thought. 
"Why don't we talk about Sailor Moon. I like her a lot. She 
is very beautiful. Do you like her?" He asked. "Yeah, she's 
cool." Serena said embarrassed because of the things he was 
saying about her. They small talked for a while longer until 
it was already 10 pm. Serena started to dose off and fell 
asleep with her head on a nervous Darien. 'She is so cute 
when she sleeps. Whoa! Where did that come from?' He 
thought. Soon he too had fallen asleep with his head on 
Serena's. About an hour and a half later, Darien was awaken 
by the bumpy ride. Serena woke up as well and was frightned. 
He held her hand as she screamed. When they finally landed, 
they got up to get their bags and realized they were still 
holding hands. They both turned a deep red as they dropped 
the others hand. The other scouts had gotten off before them 
and so they met up with them at the gate. Now, they had to 
stay in Los Angeles over night to wait for their next flight 
to Boston. They decided to stay at the Ramada, Serena wanted 
to go swimming. Raye went to the front desk and asked for 
three rooms. One for Darien, One for Serena and Mina, and 
one for Lita, Raye, and Amy. They were all exhausted from 
the long plane ride. They all went to their rooms Darien in 
435, Mina and Serena in 436 and Raye, Lita, and Amy in 
438.
Soon they were all fast asleep except Serena and Darien. 
Darien was sitting in his room after the horrible dream 
about him and a princess. Serena just couldn't sleep 
because of all the strange thoughts she had that day about 
Darien, so she changed into her swimsuit to go swim to try 
to clear her mind. As she was walking down the hall, Darien 
opened his door to go get a coffee. "Oh hi Darien, why are 
you still up?" Serena asked.
"I couldn't sleep and you?"
"The same."
"I see you are going swimming?"
"Yeah, care to join me?" 'Why did I just say that?' she 
thought.
"Sure, hold on a minute and I will go change." he replied 
walking back into his room. When he came out they walked 
down to the pool next to one another. 'Serena has such a 
great body, all those mature curves. She is so beautiful.' 
he thought.
When they got to the pool Darien walked over and set his and 
Serena's towels on a near by bench. He then jumped in. 
Serena sat on the edge of the pool and put her feet in. 
"Wow, this water is cold," She said. Darien swam over to her 
and said,"Are you gonna get in or what?" When Serena shook 
her head, he grabbed her feet and pulled her in. When Serena 
came up for a breath she said to the now laughing Darien,
"Darien, why did you do that?" She swam over to him and hit 
his shoulder, hard. They swam laps and raced each other for 
a while. When they got tired of that, they leaned against 
the side and talked. "Serena, you know how you said that I 
hate you, well, I don't. You are such a nice friend and I 
don't think anyone could hate you." Serena, shocked at what 
she just heard, asked "What? Why are you so mean to me 
then?"
"I think it's cute when you get mad." 'Whoa, did I just say 
that ouloud.'
"You, th..think I'm c...cute?"
"You know your gorgeous, he said to Serena as she started to 
blush. "I just hope you don't hate me."
"Of course not Darien. Not after what you just said. I never 
really hated you. I always thought you hated me, but since I 
know that's not true now, I guess we can be friends?"
"Umm, sure why not." He said as he nodded his head. 
"Now, no more 'Meatball Head' okay?"
"Oh, alright."
"Wow, look at the time, it is already 3am. I better get to 
bed."
"Yeah me too. I didn't get much sleep on the plane with your 
fingernails in my arm."
"Oh, sorry about that. I just hate planes and thunder. Maybe 
if your lucky, you won't have to sit next to me on the plane 
again tomorrow."
'I think that would be unlucky.' He thought to himself. They 
went back to their rooms and fell asleep waiting to see what 
would await them the next day.