No Way!
I know, this is a common story plot, but mine is just a bit different! Serena is a geek, and Darien is mister-popular. Right? Well, mine has a different twist to it before I get to the lovely S/D part of my darling story! Oh! And Hotaru is 17 like the others because I said so! Enjoy!
(THIS IS THE EDITED VERSION! Yay for editing!)
Chapter 1: A look in mirror
16-year-old Serena Taylor sat in the front of the classroom, listening and taking notes on every word her teacher said to the class. In the back of the room, Darien Sheilds goofed off with his fellow football players. The popular girls in the middle laughed at the boy's childish actions, finding them all cute and funny. Serena paid no attention to the loud and annoying people in the back. Unlike most kids her age, she was disappointed when the bell rung. Her teacher assigned the homework and Serena grabbed her stuff, walking out to her locker. She heard some familiar voices and called out to one of them.
"Hey Mina. Don't forget that my mom invited you to dinner tonight." Serena said meekly to her blonde haired cousin.
Unlike Serena, Mina was very popular. She had silky blonde hair past her wait and had a red bow in it all the time. Today, she was dressed in a tight red t-shirt and hip-hugger black flair jeans with red high-heeled sandals. Next to her was the brains of the popular girls named Amy. She had naturally short blue hair with blue eyes to match. She wore today a blue scoop-neck t-shirt and plain blue jeans with white tennis shoes. Next to Amy stood Raye, who had raven hair the length of Mina's and violet eyes. She was wearing a red t-shirt with ancient Chinese symbols on it in black. She also wore black pants and had on red shoes. On the other side of Mina was Lita, a tall brunette with emerald eyes. She wore a green tube top with a light green button-up shirt over it. She wore plain jeans like Amy's and had on green flip-flops. Finally, next to Lita, was Hotaru, Raye's twin sister. Her short dark hair was up in a ponytail and she wore a black shirt, black jeans, and black Converse high tops.
"Whatever." Mina replied, the other girls laughing. Mina tossed her hair off her slim shoulder and walked off, the other girls following her. Since the day was over, Serena loaded her backpack up with all of her homework and walked to her house, which was a mile away from the school. When she got home, she went up to her plainly decorated bedroom and started doing her homework.
"Finally, something that I understand." Serena muttered when she opened her trigonometry book and began her homework. She worked up until she heard the doorbell ring.
"Rob! Vicky! Mina!" Serena could hear her mother said. Serena came out of her room and walked to the balcony that over looked the living room, watching as her mother hugged her in-laws.
"Serena, Sammy, come on down from up there and greet your family!" Ilene ordered her son and daughter. Serena's eleven-year-old brother Sammy came out of this room and ran down to hug his family.
"Hello Uncle Rob, Aunt Vicky." Serena greeted. They both hugged her.
"Where is Ken at?" Rob asked, looking around for his brother.
"He took Rini to visit her mother's grave. He said that he was sorry that he wasn't going to be here." Was Ilene's only response. Rini was Serena's half sister. Serena and Rini shared their father and were born only a few months apart. Their father, Ken, had been cheating on Ilene with Rini's mother, Karen. Rini's mother died when she was eight so Ken took his other daughter in, Ilene accepting her into her family after several arguments during Karen's hospitalization.
"Why don't I help you with dinner?" Vicky offered, breaking an uncomfortable silence that fell between the six. Ilene nodded and the two walked off into the kitchen.
"Hey Uncle Rob, I bet I can beat you at any game." Sammy challenged.
"You're on, Sammy." Rob accepted, the two walking into the family room and starting to play on Sammy's PS2.
"Um...why don't you come up to my room?" Serena offered nervously.
"Sure, whatever." Mina said, following her cousin up to her room. Serena sat on her bed and continued her homework while Mina looked around Serena's room.
"You're not like ordinary girls, Serena." Mina said, sitting at Serena's desk. "Most girls our age have posters of hot guys, closets and dressers filled with the latest fashions, and make up. But you, you have books and globes. I mean, Amy has books too, but she also has the same other stuff as the rest of us."
"I just don't fit in with you girls. That's all." Serena replied from over one of her books.
"That's the thing, Serena! You don't even give yourself the chance to fit in! You could be really pretty if you tried! Trust me, you have my genes in your system." Mina said.
"I don't have time to care about my looks, Mina. Finals are coming up next week." Serena said.
"You can still be smart and popular! I mean come on, Amy managed to do it! She gets dates all the time! You just need a little bit of a make over." Mina said.
"I don't think it's a good idea, Mina." Serena said. Mina got up and pulled Serena over to her mirror.
"Look at yourself. You're almost an adult! Do you really want to be an adult looking like this?" Mina asked. Serena just looked at her and then back at her reflection. Standing in front of a beautiful girl was a very plain and ordinary looking one. She had long dirty blonde hair that was kept tied back in a looped pony-tail and cloudy reading glasses over her blue eyes. She was petite but still had curves, which were well hidden under the baggy clothes she wore. She had to admit that she did need a change in her look, seeing as how every one of her yearbook pictures turned out looking the same year after year. But her only hesitation was wondering if her bubbly cousin was the right person to do that change.
"I don't know, Mina." Serena repeated.
"Well, I do and I always know best! After dinner we're going to the mall." Mina declared.
"Girls, dinner!" Ilene called. The two got up and went down to the dining room for their dinner.
"Mom, can Serena and I go to the mall?" Mina asked her mother as they sat around the dining room table.
"If it's alright with Ilene." Vicky replied, looking at her sister-in-law.
"Of course girls." Ilene replied with a smile. Mina smiled triumphantly across the table at Serena, who shot her back a nervous smile. She had never been inside of the mall except when Rini dragged her there to help carry her bags. She had no idea what to expect.
After dinner, Mina and Serena went to the mall in Serena and Rini's shared car. As soon as they arrived at the mall, Mina dragged Serena into every store she claimed was 'the right place to shop'. Serena only followed dumbly as Mina pulled clothes off the racks and slung them over her arm, holding them up only momentarily to get a good look at them. When Serena inquired about trying things on, Mina insisted that it was a complete waste of time and they could take back anything that didn't fit or look the way she wanted it to.
"And don't about sizes. I can tell right away that we are the same," Mina told Serena when she asked about sizes. The same thing went with the makeup that Mina insisted on buying.
"Mina, who's paying for all of this?" Serena asked, indicating to the several bags that she carried, along with the ones Mina was carrying.
"My parents, of course! They gave me a credit card, so I use it," Mina replied simply. "Now let's get going. I'm going to call Lita and tell her that we're coming over to spend the night," Mina said, taking her cell phone out of her little purse.
"My mom didn't say we could. And we don't have anything like pajama's," Serena started.
"We can call you mom and if you didn't remember, I just bought you some pajama's. And I thought you were smart," Mina replied, roll her eyes and dialing Serena's house. After a few short seconds, she hung up and dialed Lita's. "Okay, we're all set. Let's go." Mina said. They dumped most of the bags in the trunk and the rest in the back seat.
"Hey Mina!" Lita greeted when the two girls arrived at her apartment. Lita had lived alone ever since her parents were killed in a tragic plane accident when she was nine. Her guardians turned out to be her lazy great uncle and aunt who bought her the apartment when she was twelve, paying for everything she needed and showing up whenever anyone inquired about the young girl who lived by herself. Most of the people in her building learned the tragic story of the young girl and often came over to take care of her when she had just moved in, although it was hardly needed since she was a great housekeeper and cook.
"Hey Lita. We have a major make over to do. We'd better get started now." Mina said, walking into the apartment and dumping the bags down on the floor. "Hey girls." Mina greeted to Hotaru, Raye, and Amy, whom were all sitting on the couch watching TV. Right away they all got up and inspected what was in the bags. Amy and Hotaru gathered the clothes and began lying them all around the floor and furniture. Raye, on the other hand, grabbed the bag full of make up and did a quick scan of Serena's face.
"To start out, you have beautiful skin," Raye said, examining a foundation that Mina had purchased.
"Some girls get all the luck! I have to be on strict medication for my acne," Lita complained, setting the outfits out with Amy and Hotaru.
"You haven't had a bad break out since lazy August," Mina said, rolling her eyes at her friend.
"That's what medication does!" Lita replied.
"How about we get started you two? We have a lot of work to do before the end of the night," Raye said, interrupting the two girls.
"Well, I say we get her looking fresh," Mina started. "Serena, go take a real quick shower. Just wash your hair and face," Mina ordered her cousin. Lita directed Serena to her bathroom and they all sat around the living room, arranging outfits while they waited for Serena to come out of the bathroom. When she did, she stood there with her thigh-length blonde hair dripping wet on Lita's pink carpet and a dark green robe wrapped around her small body.
"Lita, go get your blow dryer, all of your brushes, and some bobby pins," Mina said. Lita nodded and returned shortly after with all the things Mina had requested. "Serena, come sit over here." Mina directed her cousin to one of the barstool seats surrounding Lita's counter and plugged the blow dryer in. The other girls worked on brushing Serena's long hair while Mina blew it dry. By the time they had finished, an hour had passed, but it was well worth it. (A/N: That's how long it takes to blow dry mine, but that's mostly because mine is thick!) Serena's hair was now a shining golden color and looked and felt silky smooth. Mina had cleverly worked Serena's hair into two cute buns with the rest of her hair flowing freely from each bun.
"Nice work on the hair, Mina," Hotaru commented, her twin nodding.
"What can I say? I'm just gifted," Mina boasted for herself, the other girls rolling their eyes at her poor attempt at a joke.
"Well, let's get this model show started. Amy and I will help her chose what to wear and you three judge what looks best," Raye said, excited to get started with her favorite part of the make over: the fashion.
By the time it was ten, Serena had modeled more outfits for the girls then she even owned previously. She had a full selection of jeans, skirts, tank tops, t-shirt, halter tops, and zip-up hoodies to refill her closets with. They rejected only a few outfits since they just didn't compliment Serena like Mina had hoped. They made the decision to go shopping the next day for shoes and purses to match Serena's new outfits, since Mina had spent the whole shopping trip just dealing with clothes and make up.
"Well, now that that's out of the way, I say we get this sleep over started! The night is young and so are we!" Mina exclaimed, pumping her fist into the air in excitement.
"We do this every weekend," Hotaru told Serena, who nodded in understanding. "It's not that bad. Sometimes we hang out at Lita's all night long or we go out to a teen club. The teen clubs are okay but I like being here at Lita's more."
"Oh," Serena replied shortly.
"So, which will it be tonight girls? Staying here or going out?" Lita asked.
"What will you make us if we stay?" Raye asked her friend.
"Well, I have a cheesecake in the fridge, and you all know I can make any other deserts," Lita replied.
"Let's stay here!" Mina offered.
"We went to the club all last month. It would be nice to have a break," Amy said, the other girls all nodding.
So it was decided and they all settled into the living room, the girls all changing into their pajama's and making a huge bed out of sheets in the center of the living room, taking pillows from all over the apartment for their heads. Lita made several bags of popcorn and served the girls some desert, which included cheesecake, cookies, and brownies. They put in a chick-flick and all watched the screen intently, giggling at the cute guys and crying their eyes out at the sad parts. And as all of this was happening, Serena had a thought: she was happy. She finally had true friends.
-End! Well, better or worse? Please tell me in a review! Thanks!
-Serenity