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Thanks again to H! (and A!!)


"Endless Waters" Chapter 3

	Katie gasped. Darien McAllister, 
the man who had hurt her best friend so 
much in the past, was the captain of 
"The Shining Star". "Oh, Serena...," 
she said sympathetically, "It'll be 
alright...don't worry about it. Hey, 
tell ya what. Tonight is karaoke night. 
We can go, and you can totally forget about him. 
You love karaoke! What'd ya say?"
	Serena's lip quivered for a 
moment, and then she squeezed her eyes 
shut. <Darien McAllister will *not* get 
to me. I haven't seen him in four years...
he probably doesn't even remember me.> 
"Good idea Katie," Serena said, "I get 
first shower!" With that they both rushed 
to the room. 
	Serena rushed into the bathroom 
and into the shower. She enjoyed extremely 
hot water for a moment, then turned the 
knob so Katie would also have a warm 
shower. Serena was determined to have 
a good time tonight, and Darien 
McAllister couldn't change that. 
She wasn't going to let him. 
****************************
	Serena stepped into the 
room wearing one of the complimentary 
bathrobes offered by the cruise line. 
"Shower's all yours, Katie," she said. 
Katie dashed into the bathroom with a 
pile of brushes, combs, shampoos, and 
conditioners in her hands. Serena 
laughed out loud when she heard her 
dump everything on the floor. She 
spread her suitcase out on the bed 
and picked out a blue and white 
sundress with white sandals. She did 
her hair in her usual style, two buns 
atop her head with long strands of hair 
flowing from each.
	Serena glanced out the window. 
The sun was setting in the sky, and she 
wanted to watch it from the bow of the 
ship to get a better view. After scribbling 
a note to Katie, she picked up a small 
blue notebook and pen and headed out the door. 
	There weren't too many people 
on the bow, only an older couple, 
two children, and a crewman with 
blonde hair and green eyes sweeping 
the deck. Serena walked to the very 
tip of the ship and looked over the 
rail at the ship slicing through 
the water. She sat down right there, 
and opened her notebook. Ever since 
she was thirteen, she would look 
at something, whether it was a 
person, a house, or something 
as simple as a tree, and describe 
it in her notebook, hoping to use 
the description in a book that 
she would someday write. She began 
to describe the sunset:
"The blazing hues of orange, red 
and icy blue eyes captivate one's soul...". 
	Serena read over her description 
and frowned. "Stop it Serena," 
she whispered to herself. "Stop 
thinking about him." But she just 
couldn't, no matter how hard she tried....

*Flashback*
	Serena and Darien descended
 the stairs arm-in-arm, and made 
their wall to the ballroom.
When they walked into the ballroom, 
one of Serena's friends waved to her. 
"Hey, Darien, I'll be right back, ok?," 
said Serena. Darien nodded.
	Once Serena was with her friends, 
they bombarded her with questions like 
"Serena, who is that hot guy who just 
escorted you in here?" and "Serena, 
you lucky! He's gorgeous! Just look 
at those eyes! Mmmm, it's enough to 
make me just melt!"
	Serena giggled. "His name's 
Darien McAllister, and he's very sweet. 
He's gonna be staying  here for a week 
while his parents do business with mine."
	One of the girls, a tall girl 
named Elizabeth gasped. "Staying here? 
For a week? Man, Serena, you've got it 
good." All the others nodded in 
agreement. The beginning notes of a 
slow song started to play. 
	"Well, I don't know if-," 
Serena began, but was cut off, because 
someone had come up from behind and 
grabbed her waist, sweeping her out 
on to the dance floor. When she looked, 
her breath caught in her throat as 
she saw Darien's handsome face. 
"Oh..wow..umm..I mean..Thank you," 
she managed to muster. 
	He chuckled. "You're welcome. 
And sorry if I surprised you."
	Serena blushed. <You can
 surprise me like that anytime you 
want!> "No, that's ok....really....I...um..er"
 <Ugh! Try to at least make full 
sentences, Sere!>
	"So you want to be a writer,
 huh?," asked Darien, trying to make
 conversation.
	"Umm...yeah. It's great how
 when you write anything can happen.
 You can make toasters talk and people
 fly. I love it, but my parents don't
 share my passion for it. They think I
 should just sit around and mindlessly
 talk to other people about parties
 and wine and the weather. They say
 it's unladylike to just talk about
 what you want to talk about, so you
 see, they're also sexist. Because,
 according to them, men can talk about
 whatever they want, but women have to
 stick to 'polite' topics. Which I
 obviously wouldn't be doing as a writer.
 Sorry..I'm getting a little carried
 away, but it just frustrates me!" 
	"That's ok, I love hearing
you talk," Darien said softly. "And
that's what makes you *you*. Because
 in the one night that I've known you,
 it's not your beauty that practically
 has me drooling, ok-it's not only your
 beauty, but the words that come out
 of your mouth. There's just something
 when you speak...I don't know how to
 describe it, but I think I'm falling in
 love with it."
	Serena turned a bright red.
 <Whoa...I wouldn't mind listening
 to him speak like that some more.>
 "I know how you feel." Darien pulled
 her closer. There they danced, and
 no words were spoken again. They both
 knew that they were falling in love.
	Over the next few days, while
 the McAllisters stayed at the Lands' 
estate, Darien and Serena talked, swam, 
rode horses, and had picnics in the rose 
garden. One day when they were having a 
picnic around sunset. At one point Darien 
got up and walked to the wooden arch that 
was the entrance to the garden. The view 
of the sunset was perfect.
	"Hey Serena, come here a second," 
Darien called. She got up and walked under 
the arch with him. "Look at the sun." 
	"Wow...it's beautiful," 
Serena breathed. 
	Darien looked into her eyes. 
There was something about those eyes 
to Serena. It seemed like they could 
peer into her very soul. "I'm looking 
at something even more beautiful," he 
whispered. Serena shivered in delight 
as he pulled her closer to him and 
softly placed his lips on hers. The 
feeling the two felt was powerful, 
almost indescribable. Neither of 
them wanted the moment to end. 
	Suddenly, they heard 
shouting coming from the direction 
of the house. They pulled their 
lips away from each other and, 
still in each others arms, looked 
towards the house....

*End Chapter Three*

Wheeeeee! I've been working on 
this chapter forever! It's finally 
done! Now a whole lot a stuff is 
finally gonna get cleared up. So 
I'll try to get chapter four up as 
soon as I possibly can. Feedback 
pleeeeeease????