You have no idea how happy I am to still be writing these stories... I remember the
first fanfic I read...It was 'Royal Flush' by Alicia Blade. I'm telling you
She is like my favorite writer in the universe! Tkb! I hope you all
have enjoyed reading my fanfics as much as I have enjoyed
writing them. Now, sit back, relax, and read my
newest story.
Declaring the end from the
beginning,
And from ancient times things that
are not yet done
Saying 'My counsil will stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,'
Isaiah 46:10
The Retreat
Prologue:
"I hate the woods! Do I have to go?" Serena wailed as her mom continued packing her suitcase.
"You don't have to go...but would you rather stay here than learn about God?"
"That's not fair..."
"Of course it's fair! Besides why don't you want to go?"
"Because, I have to get up early, and I'll get eaten alive by bugs, and WHO KNOWS what creeps are out there in the middle of no where!"
"But think of this as an oppritunity to get closer to God and meet new people. I heard that some people from another city were coming."
"Yeah...people from Shibuya are supposed to be coming. Four guys and two girls."
"Well, don't you think it would be fun to meet new people?"
"I guess...Fine...I'll go. Maybe something good will happen while I'm there."
"That's a good girl."
"Mom...please."
At The Church
Serena watched as everyone in the building talked to their friends or...who ever was around to talk to at the moment. She had been there over an hour and those darn new kids weren't there yet! How is a girl supposed to be excited over a retreat that isn't even happening? This was ridiculously stupid...'I knew that this was a waste of my time! I can't believe I came to this ridiculous event!...'It's to get closer to God.' Man! My mom did this on purpose!'
"Darien!"
Serena was snapped from her thoughts at the sound of Andrew pratically screaming while he ran over to some guy that she couldn't recognize. 'He reminds me of someone...but who?'
"Hey,Serena. What are you doin' over here by yourself?" Lita walked over to her best friend.
"Nothing really. Just waiting to leave. Say...do you know who that is?"
"Why?" She asked with a sly grin.
"Give me a break, Lita. I don't know. Andrew's talkin' to him so I just figured you would know who he was since you guys are like best friends."
"Ha! Well, Of course I know who he is! That's Darien. He and Andrew are good buddy's. Their parents stay connected on e-mail like...every day!"
"He reminds me of some one...but I don't know who..."
"Umm...he does look a lot like my ex-boyfriend."
"Ha...ha I doubt that's who. Seriously...I can't put my finger on it though." Serena held her chin with her hand in thinking posistion and sat down on one of the chairs she randomly saw.
"I think we're leaving Serena. Maybe you could figure it out another time."
"Yeah...alright. Do you know who the other ones are?"
"Yeah! That one's Josh, Darien's friend, Lydia, Josh's sister, Amber, Lydia's best friend, David, Josh and Lydia's cousin, and Brandon, one of their other friends."
"Thanks,Lita." Turning in her chair Serena looked at her youth pastor,Jay. He's the one who set this thing up...mainly... He's a cool guy just like one of the youth. 'Ha ha. Sometimes I think it's funny to think of him as pastor instead of a friend.' She thought as she watched everyone gather infront of him to hear their instructions.
Darien
Looking around the room Darien decided that this looked like a pretty decent church. Mainly guys so that would mean no girl problems. There were a few girls but there was only one that caught his attention right of the bat. 'Who in the world would know how to do hair like that!' Darien wondered. 'Those look just like meatballs...Mmmm spaghetti and meatballs...'
"Alright gang, listen up." Darien was cut off from his thoughts as the Youth Pastor, Jay. He gave him a good look over. 'He looks more like someone that would be in the youth instead of their pastor.' "We're going to get ready and get out of here. So, let's pray then everyone can use the restroom and we can go. So, let's get started and pray." Everyone lowered their heads. "Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this time that we get to gather together and come to be with You. We ask that you bless our time together and that you give us a safe journey to the camp grounds. Lord, just let your will be done on this retreat. Just let us be focused on you. That we would seek you during this time. That you would be in our hearts and minds. Amen! Okay, does anyone have any questions on who they're riding with? No? Good! Then, let's get into our rides and get going."
"Are you gonna tell us who we're bunking with?" Darien looked over to see a small boy of maybe 12...He was kinda short but looked tall for his age.
"Umm...I'll tell everyone that when we get to the cabins...Okay, Sammy?"
"Alright...but I want to pick my cabin!"
"Sure thing, Sammy." Darien scratched is head. 'Man...I wonder if all of them are like that.'
"Hey! Are you riding with us, Mina?" The Meatball Head asked to a blonde with a red bow. He didn't know why but somehow this girl caught his attention very easily.
Serena
"You are aren't you?" Serena waved her hand at Mina.
"Of course I am! You guys rock!"
"Yeah we do!" Serena laughed. 'I can't believe I'm going on this retreat. Oh well, atleast Mina is going with us.' She walked out the front doors to the church and over to her car. "What's going on Dad?Are we leaving right now or what?" She got in the backseat of the car with Mina.
"Geez, Meatball Brains, what took you so long? Sammy complained as Serena buckled her seatbelt.
"Oh be quiet you little rodent! I wasn't long at all!"
"Are you kids ready?" Serena's dad asked as everyone got situated.
"Yeah! Let's go!" They all yelled in unison.
"Alright! We are on our way!"
Ariving at the Retreat
"I thought you said it wasn't that far!" Serena said as she and Mina got out of the car and started stretching.
"Well, they took the long way." Her father said as he followed her actions.
"Sure dad. Now what cabins do we all stay in?"
"Jay told us he'd assign them to us when he got here. Don't you pay attention, dumby." Sammy rolled his eyes and got out of the car to stand with everyone else.
"Why you little..." Serena waved a taunting fist at him.
"Calm down you guys. We're here to have a good time!" Mina smiled as she patted Serena and Sammy on the back.
"Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry, Serena." Sammy said as he ran over to some of his friends ana met the new guys.
"See, Serena. He's not that hard to handle." Mina smiled at her best friend.
"Well, OF COURSE you don't have trouble. He's not your little brother. PLUS! We both know he has a crush on you." Serena glared.
"Yes,well. I can't help it if I'm beautiful." She sraightened her hair and posed.
"Right. Remeber he's 12." She chuckled to herself. 'I wish I was as good looking as her. With those looks I wouldn't have any trouble finding a boyfriend.'
"Alright gang! Time to assign cabins!" Jay hollered as everyone gathered in a circle around him. "Now, I'll tell you who you'll be staying with and you'll decide the cabins. The boys are in the left two, The girls are in the two on the right. The center cabin ,cabin 1, will be the food cabin. Meaning that will be where the Woodman's stay. No one is aloud in there past 10:00p.m. Does everyone understand?" He flipped a page in the notebook he was holding as everyone nodded their heads. "Good! Now, Starting with the girls. Mina, Lizzie, Lydia, Amber, and Rei. What cabin do you all want?"
"Three!" They all yelled in unison.
"Alright! Molly,Lita,Serena, and my wife Suzy will all be in cabin 2. Now, The boys. Andrew, Darien, Josh, Sammy and I will all be in cabin..."
"Five!" They screamed.
"Alrighty then. Cabin 5! The rest of you boys, Melvin, David, Brandon, Ken and Mr.Tsukino. Will be in cabin 4. With that...We should all start to unpack and get settled in. Dinner will be served in a couple hours, so get comfortable in your cabins and let's meet out here 15 minutes before dinner. Got it?"
"Get it!" Everyone shouted.
"Good! Now whoever get's finished first gets to jump in the lake!"Everyone ran for their stuff before the sentence was even finished. And the race was on!
15 minutes later
"I can't believe that my dad's cabin won! They so cheated somehow. I bet they just threw stuff into the middle of the floor!" Serena said as she, Lita and Molly all walked to some benches by cabin 1.
"What are you talking about, Serena. You told us to do that. I was the one who actually put the stuff away before you told Jay we were finished! Of course by then they had already jumped into the lake." Lita stated as they all sat down on the bench closest to them.
"Yeah, Serena. You should have told Jay before Lita started putting everything away." Molly sighed.
"Molly!" Lita glared, "You're not helping."
"Sorry, Lita." She laughed.
"Oh! Molly! Don't go to the dark side!" Serena groaned and put her head in her arms on the table as they started laughing, but then her attention was averted. Coming out of the Cabin were those new guys follwed by Andrew. They were laughing at something, but she wasn't paying enough attention to find out what. Sitting up straight she tried to get a good look at them to see how cute they were. 'Time to bring out the scale' She thought as she went over the first one, David. He had a shaved head and looked kinda scrawny ,but built enough to lift something heavier than her. His eyes were kinda squinty so when he looked at someone he had a peircing kind of stare. He was kinda cute, but didn't look her type. '3.' Next, Josh, he was pretty tall. a little shorter than Andrew but still taller than me by a foot or two. He had dark hair, It didn't look black so...She was pretty sure it was just a dark shade of brown. He had rounder eyes than David but if he gazed at you long enough it would definitly become freaky. He seemed pretty goofy, from what she could tell by the way he was acting presently. To weird for her taste but still really cute. '5.' Brandon, younger than the others, she immediately took him of the interested list and put him in the adorable friend category. He had short brown hair hidden under a hat that looked to big for his head. His eyes looked big, round, and innocent. He was short. He looked like he would reach up to her shoulders if they were both standing. About the same height of Sammy. He must be atleast 12. Possibly 13. '10+ on the absolutly adorable scale!' And at last, Darien. He seemed to be about as tall as Andrew. With black hair that barely reached his eyelids. He looked like one of those Models you would die to see in person. As he laughed she noticed he had one of those quirky grins guys never seem to know how to do. While he was doing it like it was made for him and him alone. Moving up his eyes were a ceruliean looking blue color. Reminding her of the ocean. She could get lost in those eyes like nothing. She sighed and all the sudden his gaze went to hers. Jumping a little in shock she blushed.'Whoa! He's looking at me.' A hand waved infront of her face.
"Hello! Earth to Serena." Lita chuckled. Blinking a few times Serena turned her head to look at her. "You okay? Or did I ruin your view?" She laughed as Serena's face turned more red. She was totally sure that he got a 10!
Darien
'Was it just me or was she just staring at me for like five minutes? Wait a second...She's that girl I saw at the church. I don't think I'll ever be able to forget that hairstyle.' Trying to get a good look at her ,even though she was sitting down, he looked her head over. Blonde hair with bangs coming down over her eybrows just barely. She wasn't looking at him anymore but was talking to her friend so he got to see a glimpse of her smile and heard a little laugh. It was a nice laugh he decided. Then he looked up at her eyes. Talk about blue eyes. He wouldn't mind staring into those eyes for... forever. 'It doesn't look like she wears make-up.' He thought as he let is eyes move down back to her lips. 'But, she might wear lip balm, or gloss.' He decided as he saw her lips glisening a little. Moving his gaze back up he just stared at her a little. 'She's beautiful. She probablly already has a boyfriend. How could she not. With looks like that.' Just then his eyes met with sparkling blue. Shocked for a minute he stared at her for a few extra seconds before being dragged off with his friends to their cabin. 'I don't know why, but she definitly catches my attention.' He smiled at his friends chatter and couldn't wait to meet the Meatball Head at dinner.
Serena
"What was all of that about girl?" Lita asked as Serena tried her best to hide her blushing.
"What was what?" She tried to play it off,but by the look Lita was giving her she knew she couldn't. "It wasn't anything. I just thought a guy over there was cute. That's all!" She knew she was still blushing, and could feel it getting more noticable then she wanted.
"You were looking at Darien weren't you?" She laughed as she watched her face flame up more. "I knew it! Darien is a total GL guy. Of course he does live in Shibuya. Only a little downfall. Long distance relationship."
"LITA! It's not like that! I just think he's cute."
"Sure. What do you think Mol?" Lita looked at the girl next to them who had been deeply interested in their conversation.
"I think...That she just met him." She smiled at Serena. "But she totally already has a crush."
"Molly! I don't like him like that! And technically...I haven't even met him yet. I just know his name. Darien."
"And doesn't it seem wonderful to say it?" They both asked as Serena's gaze changed to one of dreams.
She didn't answer their question, but they were pretty sure they knew something was going to happen between them.
Dinner
Darien sat down on the bench where he had seen the meatball headed girl earlier. He hadn't been able to get her out of his head and knew he had to meet her. So no matter what. He was gonna meet her tonight when she showed up for dinner. But right now he had to help. He got up and went inside the cabin and bumped right into the girl he had been thinking about all day. "Meatball head?"
"Meatball head?" She repeated. Then glared. "I have a name...And it has nothing to do with my hairstyle, thank you."
"Well, then...What is it?" He smirked.
"If you don't know it then maybe you shouldn't learn it." She didn't know why but, he had got her blood boiling so fast it wasn't even funny.
"What?" He laughed. By saying one thing he had already gotten her upset with him. "Look, Meatball head, how am I supposed to know your name unless you tell me. I bet you don't know what my name is without me telling you."
"Sure I do, Darien."She smiled at his shocked expression. She had totally caught him of guard.
"Wow. I'm honored that you know my name without asking me. Who'd you ask? Andrew?"
"No,I asked a friend of mine."
"Of course you did. But that still doesn't tell me what your name is."
"You two. I need some help."They turned their heads to look at the woman who had averted their attention.
"Of course, Mrs. Cindy." They said in unison. Looking back at Serena Darien smirked.
"And until I know your name...I'm gonna call you meatball head, Meatball head." He smirked again as he started walking away to help Mrs. Cindy.
"My name's Serena. And you better remember it." She said as she went to put the water coolers outside on the bench she had been sitting on earlier. 'This is going to be a long retreat.' She sighed and continued on her way.