Red Envelopes
Chapter One
It's time for another day
to end. Serena jumped up from her seat in math class and went straight to the
door, ignoring her teacher's reminders about homework. Her long blonde hair
swung side by side as she walked to her locker and spun the dial. " 35..0..18."
Serena thought as she pulled the lock. " Damn!" she cried, as the lock
stubbornly refuses to open.
" Tough luck, Sere." A
tall brunette grinned as she leaned on the locker next to Serena. Her grin was
cheerful and her green eyes held mischief. On her back was her Jansport
backpack and in her hand was a plastic bag.
" How'd you get out of
class so early? Grr. And you're ready to go." Serena growled, as she gave her
lock another try.
" Hey guys. Knew you would
be here." A petite girl piped up as she stood on the other side of Serena.
" Hi, Amy!" Lita smiled.
Her eyes widened at the sight of the black-blue haired girl with her arms
loaded with books.
" Not you too!" Serena
groaned, as she gave her lock yet another attempt.
" Lock trouble?" a blonde
smirked as she skipped up. Her blonde hair bounced from her red bow tied
loosely around some of her hair.
" Mina? Even you?" Serena
wailed. " Stupid locker!" she cried angrily, slamming her fist against the pale
yellow locker.
" Hey, careful with my
locker. I may not like it very much but I don't want a dent in it, blondie." A
silky voice exclaimed behind her.
" Your locker?" Serena
yelped eyes widened. Her eyes traveled up the locked and reached the plate that
showed its number.
" 501. Wrong locker." She
groaned, hitting her head on the locker.
" Careful! Although its
empty, that head may do some damage." The voice teased.
Serena's head snapped up.
" You be quiet! Your stupid locked caused me to be late!" she shouted.
" Please. It was your own
fault. Try number 500 miss, and leave my poor defenseless locker alone." The
voice retorted back.
Serena shifted over a bit,
and dialed the numbers on her lock. Like magic, the lock opened. With a sigh,
Serena pulled it out, and unlocked her locker. " Eeeps." She cried, as a few
enveloped fell out. She stooped to pick them up. As she collected four, she
spied an abandoned one. She pulled at it, but it was stuck under a boot-clad
foot. " Hey, shift over boot boy." She ordered.
" This foot?" a voice said
above her amusingly. The foot tapped against the envelope, leaving a mark.
" Hey! Be nice and MOVE!"
Serena cried.
The body shifted
downwards, till its owner's head was the same height as Serena. She found
herself staring into dark blue eyes, sparkling with mischief. He reached under
his foot, and lifted the envelope out.
" Next time. Ask nicely."
He said, before tapping the envelope on Serena's nose. Taking the red envelope,
he got up, and began packing up his things to leave.
" Hey! Give me back my
envelope!" Serena cried, lounging at the boy.
" No way blondie. Back
off. It was in my territory." The boy teased. He tossed the envelope into his
locker.
" Gimmie!" Serena yelled.
She wrenched opened the locker, and peered inside.
" Hey!" the boy shouted.
His attempts to move the blonde failed.
" Let's see, books, comb,
bag, papers, pencil, aha! A red envelope." Serena thought triumphantly, pulling
it out.
The boy's face paled. "
No, that's the wrong envelope." He said, trying to reach for it.
" Nuh uh. Liar." Serena
stuck out her tongue, as she put the envelope into her bag.
" No seriously, blondie.
Give it back." He said seriously, looking nervously around.
" Its not blondie. My
name's Serena." She replied, narrowing her eyes.
" Fine. Serena, please
give me back my envelope." He said, exasperatedly.
" No. What's your name?"
Serena asked curiously.
" Darien. Darien Shields.
Now can I have my envelope?" asked, he holding his hand out for the envelope.
" Nice to met ya, Darien.
Now I have to go. See ya!" Serena smiled, shaking his hand. Serena zipped up
her backpack, and slammed her locker closed. She put her lock in it and turned,
looking for her friends. They were nowhere in sight. " Must be outside." She
thought.
" Serena! Honest, that's
my envelope!" was all she heard before she left the building.
" Creep." She thought,
shaking her head.
" What took you so long?"
an ebony haired girl screamed at her.
" Chill, Raye. Some jerk
thought he had my envelope. Let's go." Serena sighed, walking down the school
steps.
" Envelope?" Mina asked,
falling into step with Serena.
" Oh you know, with
Valentine's Day coming up and stuff." Serena said absently.
" Huh?" Mina asked,
confused by Serena's vagueness.
" Big competition each
year, for Serena to be their date." Lita smirked.
" Yeah, like starting a
month ahead of time, guys start asking her." Amy smiled, from her book.
" I don't see why." Raye
muttered.
" Hey!" Serena exclaimed.
" It's true." Raye teased.
" Why is it such a big
competition?" Mina asked. "Being new to
this school is confusing." She thought.
" Oh, Serena got this big
rep since her freshmen, of turning down all these guy's invitations for the
Valentine's Dance. Ever since her freshman year when she said no to the most
popular guy in the freshman class, all these guys want her." Lita smirked
again.
" It's not fair! Can't
they understand no?!" Serena wailed, walking into the café.
" Obviously not." Amy
murmured, sitting down.
" I guess I can see why
they all clamor for her attention." Mina thought, as she observed Serena.
Serena was a sight easy on the guy's eyes. With her long wavy blonde hair and
wide, sparkling blue eyes that girls would kill for. She was fit too, being an
athlete and other curves inherited in the family.
" Let's eat!" Serena
cried.
" What'll it be?" the
waiter asked.
" I'll have a strawberry
milkshake, large fries, chicken nuggets, a slice of marble cheesecake, and a
fruit salad." Serena ordered.
" God, that's a lot." Mina
cried, staring at Serena's trim body.
" Oh, that's nothing."
Raye muttered into Mina's ear.
Mina's eyes widened.
Serena was certainly a person full of surprises.
" Oh, that was a lot of
homework!" Serena groaned, rubbing her sore muscles from being hunched over her
desk.
It was nighttime and Serena
had finally finished all her homework. She went to her bed, and flopped down,
staring at the starry sky.
" Mrow?" her black cat
said, jumping onto Serena's stomach.
" Hi Luna." Serena cuddled
the cat. Suddenly she sat up frowning. " I feel like I'm forgetting something."
She thought, eyebrows drawn together. Serena looked around the room. Her eyes
narrowed onto her backpack. " Oh right. The envelopes. Might as well read
them." She sighed. She took out the five envelopes, including the one she
wrestled from that jerk Darien.
"Dear Serena,
I know Valentine is coming soon, so please say you've made
the right choice this year. Please be my date for the Dance, I'll make it
worthwhile. Although we don't talk often, I know we will have much to say on
our date. Please say yes.
Waiting
by your side, Melvin Ontario."
" Got that right. We don't
talk at all. Who is Melvin?" Serena thought, before tossing the envelope into
the trashcan.
" Hey Serena! The V-day
dance is coming and so how about this year it's you and me? I'll be waiting for
your answer, and please let it be yes.
Your
bud, Dennis Holtzman."
" Dennis Holtzman." Serena
thought. Then she rolled her eyes. " Oh right. That short boy who always
complains about others teasing him about his height, but makes fun of others.
No way." She sighed, crumpling it up.
The other two were just as
bad. Finally Serena reached the envelope she wrestled so hard for. " I don't
know why, I wanted the envelope so much." Serena sighed. She frowned at the red
envelope. Then she turned it over and over and over. " What's wrong with this
envelope?" Serena thought, staring at the envelope intensely.
~Flashback~
As she collected four, she
spied an abandoned one. She pulled at it, but it was stuck under a boot-clad
foot. " Hey, shift over boot boy." She ordered.
" This foot?" a voice said
above her amusingly. The foot tapped against the envelope, leaving a mark.
~*~*~*~*~
" Serena! Honest, that's
my envelope!" was all she heard before she left the building.
~ End of Flashback~
" Maybe if was his stupid
envelope." Serena sighed, opening it. " It doesn't have a footprint but it doesn't
hurt to look." She pulled out a cream
colored paper, folded in half. As she opened it, red glitter exploded in the
air. " Surprise. Maybe this guy would be okay after all." She giggled.
" November
4,2000
Serena,
I know I don't know you very much, but we do have classes
with each other. Everyday seeing your bright smile and cheery face makes my day
go by with much ease and happiness. I know your reputation, and was worried
about writing an invitation to you; after all, I have about 1% chance of you
saying yes. But we have a month till the V-day Dance. I'm not asking for a date
to it, because I don't know much about you. I just know how much I love your
cheery attitude and want to get to know you better. How about a date to the
movies or something sometime?
Sincerely,
Darien Shields
PS- I don't even know if
I'm going to give you this! But if I do by any courageous chance, forgive me I
don't have any more courage to ask for your phone number. "
" January 4th?!"
Serena shrieked. " He's had this for over a three months!" she smiled. " Well,
maybe it was a good chance, I looked through his locked for this. Maybe I will
take him up with his offer." She thought.
To be continued………….only
if I get enough reviews. This was only sorta a teaser. Just a sudden pop up
idea! ^_^
