Simple Sweetness

Chapter 6

Darien was diligent in his redemption, for the first few weeks of school. He worked daily on reviving their friendship. Short visits with her at her locker on the main floor hallway, sneaking in with her girlfriends at their lunch table in the cafeteria. Just plain making a charming yet persistent pest of himself. While Serena maintained her distance, not allowing his charm or annoying antic's to warm her up any towards him. She had built a wall up against him, a cold, ice queen persona when forced to be in his company. Her friends on the other hand had succumb to his dashing wit and sweet ways, and were now starting to harass her about not giving him a chance. Which only infuriated her more, they didn't know him as she did. That he could turn that handsome charm on and off like a light switch. That he was more shallow and self involved then the would be models in this school. He cared for no one but himself and his own interests. So she knew he was playing them, hoping that peer pressure might make his job easier.

Well Serena had promised herself last year, she wasn't going to blindly fall for him or any other boy ever again. He had hurt her more deeply, then even he would ever know. This time if or when she decided to rekindle their friendship it would be on her terms and not before.

Serena stood within the bright halogen light of the main hall, in a pair of tight white jeans and a pink halter top, with a light white cotton tunic thrown over top. The tunic had a wide round collar that hung off one slender shoulder, giving the outfit a lovely seductive allure falling over her trim belly and pert breasts like a shroud. She bitterly unslung her headphones off her neck, pulling her i-pod out of her jean's pocket and setting both on the top shelf inside her locker. She got in major trouble last week with all her teacher's for being distracted by the music whispering out of her headphones, usually hanging around her neck. Now the piece of cherished hardware was banned from the class rooms.

Busy rummaging in discontent in her open locker, ignoring the milling crowds behind her. She finished pulling out her electric blue binder and a huge english text from her locker, closing the metal door with a resounding clang. Only to find Darien casually leaning against the locker just behind her.

"Morning. Beautiful." He commented with a smile. Lounging content, in a pair of baggy jeans and a tight black t-shirt that accented every muscle on his now defined chest.

"It's a quarter to nine in the morning and I am at school. There is nothing beautiful about it." Serena cast him a dirty look, responding in a haughty fashion. Tucking her binder under an arm and seeking to leave his pressence.

"Hey, wait up. Can I walk you to class?" He offered, dashing to her side.

She cast him a sideways look.

"I know my way around Darien." She stated, crisply.

"Com'on Serena, give a guy a break!" He ranted, rolling his eyes in frustration.

She immediately stopped, "I am talking to you now, I thought I was giving you a 'break'." finishing with a self satisfied smirk.

Darien rolled his eyes again before casting her a bitter look.

"Hey, Sere!" A tall platinum blonde young man, with an adonis style hair cut. All short and trim, his bangs falling over one side of his forehead. Sauntered up to them with a smug, cock sure attitude. Dressed in a pair of beige cargo pants, and a loose short sleeve jersey with sky blue stripes. He had a sharp kind of handsomeness to his features. With a thick broad chest and well developed arms and legs, he was the very same guy that had been hitting on Serena on the first day of school.

Immediately, Darien's hackles went up. He narrowed his eyes threateningly at the young man, who seemed the same height and build as him. Quickly sizing him up, for physical weakness's knowing already by his arrogant, self assured stance before him. They were going to get into more then one fight this year.