Title: A Moonlit Lake Author: Jupiter Princess E-mail: prin_jupiter@yahoo.com Rating: G *:o)
Standard disclaimers... Not a Serena and Darien fic. It's a Ken and Lita fic.
Jupiter Princess *thunder crash*
A Moonlit Lake
She stared out across the lake then closed her eyes, the cool night breeze making her auburn hair brush against her back. She shivered from the cold as she huddled more into her thin coat and stratched her bare legs together. She should have changed earlier before she had left. Her short brown skirt was doing nothing against the wind and the windbreaker she had on was for summer days, not cold autumn nights. I single tear ran down her pale face and she opened her green eyes again, the moons light reflecting off the lake in small silver rivers that glowed. * how could i have been so stupid* she thought to herself choking a small sob down deep in her throat. *just so stupid* She started to cry harder now, the tears now pouring down her face. She slowing sank down till she was sitting on the cold cement blocks of the small bridge running over top of the water. *so stupid*
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He watched her standing there so still, so quiet, he thought he heard her gasp. He had to restrain him self from running to her when he saw her sit down crying.He had followed her here after she had left his house. She looked so sad after speaking with him he had watched the color completely drain from her face. He shouldn't have stayed quiet when she confessed her feelings to him. He shouldn't have turned away. It wasn't that he didn't feel the same way, he didn't know how to feel, what to say. He was just so confused, and there was so much he didn't know about her. She had always kept to herself, any questions he had ever asked her she had always gave short answers to or avoided them all together. It was almost like it caused her pain to talk about her past, about her family. The only thing she talked freely about and seemed happy about was her friends. He was glad she had such good friends, otherwise she would be completely depressed, she might try to.... *no* he shook that thought from his head. She wouldn't try that, she was too smart, she would be sad though. She was always depressed, always ruunning away from something, he didn't know how to help her, to comfort her. He didn't know if he could comfort her. She seems do much stronger then him... Like she didn't need him.
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She stood slowly, shivering once again. She brush off her skirt as it clung to her almost frozen legs. Who had she been kidding, What gave her the right to believe that she could actually be happy. How foolish *what a joke. what a stupid, silly joke. Everyone else around me is happy. why I couldn't be satisfied with that. Noooo, I had to try to get happy myself, I had to crush my own dreams.* She sadly shook her head and she pulled herself up onto the wall to sit on the ledge, just staring below at the cold water. Dark leaves floated under the bridge, missing the bright autumn color that they had held in the day. It was stupid to have come here. This place was always able to make her smile in the day, the green grass, the bright fall leaves, all the laughing children. But now at night it was just dark, cold, and lonely. The moonlight, which would have been so romantic if he were only here with her, was only adding to her heartache . Once again her body shook with racking sobs as she thought of how he had turned away. He couldn't even stand to look at her. She had been so stupid.
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He couldn't bear it any longer, his breathe caught in his throat as he had started slowly walking towards her when he suddenly saw her stand up and climb onto the ledge of the bridge. He had no doubt in his mind that if she jumped * oh god, don't even think that, she won't jump... please* she wouldn't survive. The water was too shallow below lake's bridge and the water would freeze her to death. *ohhh... please don't. it's all in my mind... she wouldn't* He walked up to her and touched her shoulder softly...
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She didn't want to deal with anything right now... Nothing at all... As the tears ran down her face she felt a hand on her shoulder. She didn't even turn around, restraining her anger she spoke... "Listen buddy..." She said with her back to the person, "I don't want to deal with this tonight. I've had a long night and to tell you the truth I am not in the mood. Now if you don't take your hand off of me and walk away. I won't control my anger anymore and I don't know how much I'll hurt you..." "I have no doubt in my mind you could do just that." He whispered behind her. She turned around to face him, her expression one of pure shock. "I know you probably do what to kill me though." He said, not being able to even force a smile. "What are you doing here?" She asked surprised. She tried to wipe the tears away from her face. Her cheeks bright red. He put his hand on her cheek and lightly brushed the salty tears from it. "This is from me?" He asked staring down at his wet hand. "I'm sorry, I just, I just didn't know what to say. I am just so afraid to disappoint you." "You really don't know do you? You can't disappoint me. My whole world revolves around you. My heart hangs on every word you say. I look in your eyes and I hope and pray you feel the same way I do. Then I finally get up the courage to tell you that I fell for you and you can't even look at me. It didn't build up my self esteem. I just thought great another bad thing in my life to feel sorry about." "What are you talking about? You never tell me about yourself, your family, your life. I don't know anything about you, nothing at all..."He turned around slowly till his back was to her, "The only thing I can honestly tell you for sure is... I love you too. But I want to know you. To love all of you." She touched his shoulder and turned him around. "That was all that I was waiting for..." She slowly kissed him and they embraced. Everything was gone now. The pain, the sadness, the coldness, all that was left was that beautifully romantic moonlit lake. "I love you." "I love you too"
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