The DELINQUENT
By: silvermoon
Editors: dania_knight02 and Silentstar
Prologue
"You know very well Ms. Parker that any hostile behavior is not tolerated in this school." Miss Williams observed the girl in front of her and sighed, the girl didn't seem to be affected at all. 'She has changed so much' she thought wistfully.
Deciding to finally drop the principal figure in her she asked, "Serena? What's wrong?" She no longer recognize the girl before her, her physical appearance, her attitude, her tone of speaking was completely different. She was a young friend whom she used to regard highly…right about now, she didn't know what to make of her.
The girl in front of her merely shrugged her shoulders and yawned.
"Your grades have dropped quite drastically, you constantly bully people, pick fights left and right, have gotten suspended four times in three months…what happened to the old Serena I used to know?"
Serena stared straight into her emerald eyes and answered in a monotonous and emotionless tone, "She died." Ms. Williams gasped at her answer. Whatever answer she was expecting it wasn't this…wasn't this at all.
"Serena, as much as I hate to do this, I would have to expel you from this school."
"Yippee! Am I suppose to be jumping for joy right now?" she asked, her voice still unfeeling yet the sarcastic tone wasn't very hard to miss. She got up from her seat and left the principal's office.
~~~
Serena Parker trudged up the hallway, ignoring all the looks of sympathy people were throwing at her.
She reached her locker and started banging it when it wouldn't open when she dialed the combination. She got a pack of cigarettes and was about to light a stick when she heard a familiar voice calling out her name.
"Yo! Parker!" A young man with snowy white hair headed her way. "Wait up!"
He had finally caught up with her. He stood beside her, panting for his breath. "Is it true? You got expelled?"
"Yeah. And?"
"Does this have anything to do with the accident…your injury? You're throwing your life away because of that?"
"Life? Last time I checked, I don't have a life to live for anymore!" She exclaimed as she shut her locker with enough force to knock a person out. "Get lost Diamond! I don't need you or any of your sermons!"
She was about to leave when Diamond grabbed her arm and yanked her back in place.
"Listen to me Serena…"
Not giving him the opportunity to continue lecturing her, she jerked her arm back and glared at him. "Don't you even dare touch me again! You don't know what I'm going through! You were not the one who got your left leg close to being paralyzed…trampled on by two of the biggest players in the state! Do you know what kind of hell I had to go through?! So don't tell me what to do and act like you know what it feels like! Because you don't."
Diamond was left speechless. He didn't know how to react on Serena's sudden outburst. This was the first time that Serena told him how she had truly felt. All this time, she kept everything hidden and bottled up inside. 'She's right. I'm in no position to tell her what to do.'
"Sere…"
She didn't bother to stay and listen to him, so she left him standing there alone.
Diamond punched her locker with all his might, leaving his fist marred with blood and bruises. 'What happened to my best friend?'
~~~
Serena left her school, trying to keep her emotions in rein. She continued her walk home with slow and measured strides, trying to hide the fact that she was limping. Punks that littered the school eyed her with hatred. Her last encounter with their leader wasn't exactly what you would call pleasant.
Three days ago, the punk leader, Rubeus had a head on fist fight with Serena. In the end, Serena won and Rubeus ended up in the hospital just like the other 4 people she fought with.
She merely smirked when she saw the punks glaring at her. 'Pathetic losers'
She continued her walk home in silence. Although her facial _expression showed no sign of worry, her insides were filled with emotional turmoil. The tragic accident that happened 3 months ago flashed back in her mind.
It was the basketball state championship and she was leading her team yet again as their Captain ball.
Diamond passed her ball and she dribbled furiously to the basket. She passed one opponent after the other, faking and evading every opponent that came her way. She wasn't named the best point guard in the state or MVP for nothing. Her agility was unmatched and the fact that she was one of the smallest in the league gave her the advantage against heavyset players.
She was about to shoot the ball when she suddenly fell on her back, pain shot through her entire body but mostly in her leg that was crushed under the two heavy forwards of the opponent team. She couldn't move her leg. Breathing became harder. With every breath she took, it felt like a knife was being thrust into her gut.
She laid flat on the basketball court, writhing in pain. Her teammates had rushed to her side. Shortly after, their coach and manager were crouched next to her asking her how she felt. She would have answered, but she felt herself losing the battle.
Serena snapped back from her initial reverie noticed that she was in front of her house. She entered the large mansion and without a word went to her room. She immediately turned on the radio and turned the volume up. Rock music blared through the speakers. Feeling contented, she collapsed on her bed. She was about to doze off when she heard someone pounding on her door amidst the loud music blaring from her radio.
She gritted her teeth and with all her might hoisted herself up. It was not an easy job to move with an almost paralyzed leg. She turned off the radio and trudged up her door. She opened it slowly and saw her parents by the doorway. Her mother was fuming and her father look so disappointed.
Without a word, she left the door open and laid down again on her bed.
Her mother stalked over to her bed.
"Young lady! Your principal gave me a call and informed me that you got expelled from school!" Ilene Parker waited for her daughter to explain but gave up, when Serena didn't give any inclinations of answering.
"That's it! I'm fed up with you and this attitude of yours! You will not stay here in this house until you shape up! You will stay in your aunt's house in California! Pack your bags, you're leaving tomorrow morning!" Ilene left the room, steaming mad. She tried keeping up with Serena and the apparent effect of her injury but her patience ran out.
On the other hand, her father stayed still in the doorway. After talking to his wife, they decided that Serena needed a break from everything thus they were sending her to her Aunt Priscilla's house in California where most of the Parker delinquents or rather where Parker kids who were having problems were sent.
After a while of just staring at her daughter, Ken finally approached her. She looked so different from the old Serena. The Serena he used to know was so enthusiastic, vibrant and full of life. The Serena he was seeing right now was so…different. So cold, unfeeling and distant. She looked worn out from life and it reflected through her eyes.
"Sere? What's wrong? Tell daddy what's bothering you?" He knelt down by her daughter's bed and clasp his large hand in to her daughter's.
Serena looked at her father's eyes and in an instant all the barriers that she set up around her began to crumble down.
Crystalline tears fell from glassy cerulean blue eyes. Pain etched in her face.
"I'm sorry daddy, but I can't do this anymore!" Sobs wracked her body as her father embraced her.
"Sweetie, it's okay! Shh.." Ken said as he soothed her daughter. "You are my daughter. Parker blood runs through your veins. If it's anybody who can do this, I know it's you. You may have fallen down right now but never forget that I am always here by your side to help you to back on your feet."
"I don't think I can! I am nothing!" Serena said in between sobs. She tried calming herself but found it impossible as the tears flow freely.
"You are everything, Serena! You are everything I can possibly imagine."
"Daddy…"
"Look Sere…I don't want you to leave…but I think it would be best if you have a change of scenery. Just for a couple of months, okay? Promise me when you return from your trip, you will be my little girl again. You are always going to be my little girl no matter what happens. Something is stopping you from being the person you are truly meant to be. I happen to know it concerns your injury three months ago. I wish that you would spend the time to contemplate about everything while you are in California. Okay?"
Serena merely nodded and hugged her father fiercely. She loved her father as much as he loved her. She would not fail him with his request.
That very same night, her father took her out to dinner. Still decked in her gothic attire-all black ensemble, Serena and her father went to a restaurant and dined like old times.
Serena began packing the moment they got home. She finished around four o'clock in the morning, right on time for her to take a shower and leave for her flight.
She left her room with the crutches that she refuses to use in school. She went down the stairs. She was about to head for the door when her mother stopped her in her tracks.
"I'm going to miss you dearly, Serena," Ilene whispered softly.
"Yeah. Me too mom." She gave her mom a hug and left.
Ilene blinked back tears that were threatening to fall as she watched her daughter leave.
~~~
Meanwhile, a young man decked in casual attire was cruising down the streets in his black sports car. His blonde hair whipped back as he sped through the highway. He was going to be late picking up his cousin and his mom wouldn't have forgiven him easily if he missed her.
'Like that would happen!' Andrew Parker thought. Serena, his favorite cousin and best friend, was going to live with him.
His cell phone rang, with one hand firmly steering the wheel, he got out his cellphone that was in his pocket.
"Yeah?"
"Yo Andrew! Where the heck are you?" A familiar voice asked through the line.
"Not even a decent hello to your best friend Darien?" Andrew asked mockingly.
"Whatever, Drew. Do you mind answering my question now? Because the last time, I checked you're supposed to be here with the team practicing for our next game!"
"Oops! I guess I sort of forgot about that! Anyways…I'm on my way to the airport, all right! I'm picking up my cousin."
"Serena?"
"I'm surprised you remembered her name, Darien!" Andrew exclaimed. It was a given fact that Darien didn't care about those of the opposite sex.
"Who wouldn't? Considering the fact that you talk about her endlessly."
"Admit it, Darien…you're interested in her."
"Get real Drew. I haven't even seen her yet!"
"We'll see about that!"
"Don't get your hopes up."
"Whatever Darien! Later!"
"Later man."
~~~
Author's note:
So what do you think? Should I continue this fic?
If i should...you know what to do! Review!
thanks
By: silvermoon
Editors: dania_knight02 and Silentstar
Prologue
"You know very well Ms. Parker that any hostile behavior is not tolerated in this school." Miss Williams observed the girl in front of her and sighed, the girl didn't seem to be affected at all. 'She has changed so much' she thought wistfully.
Deciding to finally drop the principal figure in her she asked, "Serena? What's wrong?" She no longer recognize the girl before her, her physical appearance, her attitude, her tone of speaking was completely different. She was a young friend whom she used to regard highly…right about now, she didn't know what to make of her.
The girl in front of her merely shrugged her shoulders and yawned.
"Your grades have dropped quite drastically, you constantly bully people, pick fights left and right, have gotten suspended four times in three months…what happened to the old Serena I used to know?"
Serena stared straight into her emerald eyes and answered in a monotonous and emotionless tone, "She died." Ms. Williams gasped at her answer. Whatever answer she was expecting it wasn't this…wasn't this at all.
"Serena, as much as I hate to do this, I would have to expel you from this school."
"Yippee! Am I suppose to be jumping for joy right now?" she asked, her voice still unfeeling yet the sarcastic tone wasn't very hard to miss. She got up from her seat and left the principal's office.
~~~
Serena Parker trudged up the hallway, ignoring all the looks of sympathy people were throwing at her.
She reached her locker and started banging it when it wouldn't open when she dialed the combination. She got a pack of cigarettes and was about to light a stick when she heard a familiar voice calling out her name.
"Yo! Parker!" A young man with snowy white hair headed her way. "Wait up!"
He had finally caught up with her. He stood beside her, panting for his breath. "Is it true? You got expelled?"
"Yeah. And?"
"Does this have anything to do with the accident…your injury? You're throwing your life away because of that?"
"Life? Last time I checked, I don't have a life to live for anymore!" She exclaimed as she shut her locker with enough force to knock a person out. "Get lost Diamond! I don't need you or any of your sermons!"
She was about to leave when Diamond grabbed her arm and yanked her back in place.
"Listen to me Serena…"
Not giving him the opportunity to continue lecturing her, she jerked her arm back and glared at him. "Don't you even dare touch me again! You don't know what I'm going through! You were not the one who got your left leg close to being paralyzed…trampled on by two of the biggest players in the state! Do you know what kind of hell I had to go through?! So don't tell me what to do and act like you know what it feels like! Because you don't."
Diamond was left speechless. He didn't know how to react on Serena's sudden outburst. This was the first time that Serena told him how she had truly felt. All this time, she kept everything hidden and bottled up inside. 'She's right. I'm in no position to tell her what to do.'
"Sere…"
She didn't bother to stay and listen to him, so she left him standing there alone.
Diamond punched her locker with all his might, leaving his fist marred with blood and bruises. 'What happened to my best friend?'
~~~
Serena left her school, trying to keep her emotions in rein. She continued her walk home with slow and measured strides, trying to hide the fact that she was limping. Punks that littered the school eyed her with hatred. Her last encounter with their leader wasn't exactly what you would call pleasant.
Three days ago, the punk leader, Rubeus had a head on fist fight with Serena. In the end, Serena won and Rubeus ended up in the hospital just like the other 4 people she fought with.
She merely smirked when she saw the punks glaring at her. 'Pathetic losers'
She continued her walk home in silence. Although her facial _expression showed no sign of worry, her insides were filled with emotional turmoil. The tragic accident that happened 3 months ago flashed back in her mind.
It was the basketball state championship and she was leading her team yet again as their Captain ball.
Diamond passed her ball and she dribbled furiously to the basket. She passed one opponent after the other, faking and evading every opponent that came her way. She wasn't named the best point guard in the state or MVP for nothing. Her agility was unmatched and the fact that she was one of the smallest in the league gave her the advantage against heavyset players.
She was about to shoot the ball when she suddenly fell on her back, pain shot through her entire body but mostly in her leg that was crushed under the two heavy forwards of the opponent team. She couldn't move her leg. Breathing became harder. With every breath she took, it felt like a knife was being thrust into her gut.
She laid flat on the basketball court, writhing in pain. Her teammates had rushed to her side. Shortly after, their coach and manager were crouched next to her asking her how she felt. She would have answered, but she felt herself losing the battle.
Serena snapped back from her initial reverie noticed that she was in front of her house. She entered the large mansion and without a word went to her room. She immediately turned on the radio and turned the volume up. Rock music blared through the speakers. Feeling contented, she collapsed on her bed. She was about to doze off when she heard someone pounding on her door amidst the loud music blaring from her radio.
She gritted her teeth and with all her might hoisted herself up. It was not an easy job to move with an almost paralyzed leg. She turned off the radio and trudged up her door. She opened it slowly and saw her parents by the doorway. Her mother was fuming and her father look so disappointed.
Without a word, she left the door open and laid down again on her bed.
Her mother stalked over to her bed.
"Young lady! Your principal gave me a call and informed me that you got expelled from school!" Ilene Parker waited for her daughter to explain but gave up, when Serena didn't give any inclinations of answering.
"That's it! I'm fed up with you and this attitude of yours! You will not stay here in this house until you shape up! You will stay in your aunt's house in California! Pack your bags, you're leaving tomorrow morning!" Ilene left the room, steaming mad. She tried keeping up with Serena and the apparent effect of her injury but her patience ran out.
On the other hand, her father stayed still in the doorway. After talking to his wife, they decided that Serena needed a break from everything thus they were sending her to her Aunt Priscilla's house in California where most of the Parker delinquents or rather where Parker kids who were having problems were sent.
After a while of just staring at her daughter, Ken finally approached her. She looked so different from the old Serena. The Serena he used to know was so enthusiastic, vibrant and full of life. The Serena he was seeing right now was so…different. So cold, unfeeling and distant. She looked worn out from life and it reflected through her eyes.
"Sere? What's wrong? Tell daddy what's bothering you?" He knelt down by her daughter's bed and clasp his large hand in to her daughter's.
Serena looked at her father's eyes and in an instant all the barriers that she set up around her began to crumble down.
Crystalline tears fell from glassy cerulean blue eyes. Pain etched in her face.
"I'm sorry daddy, but I can't do this anymore!" Sobs wracked her body as her father embraced her.
"Sweetie, it's okay! Shh.." Ken said as he soothed her daughter. "You are my daughter. Parker blood runs through your veins. If it's anybody who can do this, I know it's you. You may have fallen down right now but never forget that I am always here by your side to help you to back on your feet."
"I don't think I can! I am nothing!" Serena said in between sobs. She tried calming herself but found it impossible as the tears flow freely.
"You are everything, Serena! You are everything I can possibly imagine."
"Daddy…"
"Look Sere…I don't want you to leave…but I think it would be best if you have a change of scenery. Just for a couple of months, okay? Promise me when you return from your trip, you will be my little girl again. You are always going to be my little girl no matter what happens. Something is stopping you from being the person you are truly meant to be. I happen to know it concerns your injury three months ago. I wish that you would spend the time to contemplate about everything while you are in California. Okay?"
Serena merely nodded and hugged her father fiercely. She loved her father as much as he loved her. She would not fail him with his request.
That very same night, her father took her out to dinner. Still decked in her gothic attire-all black ensemble, Serena and her father went to a restaurant and dined like old times.
Serena began packing the moment they got home. She finished around four o'clock in the morning, right on time for her to take a shower and leave for her flight.
She left her room with the crutches that she refuses to use in school. She went down the stairs. She was about to head for the door when her mother stopped her in her tracks.
"I'm going to miss you dearly, Serena," Ilene whispered softly.
"Yeah. Me too mom." She gave her mom a hug and left.
Ilene blinked back tears that were threatening to fall as she watched her daughter leave.
~~~
Meanwhile, a young man decked in casual attire was cruising down the streets in his black sports car. His blonde hair whipped back as he sped through the highway. He was going to be late picking up his cousin and his mom wouldn't have forgiven him easily if he missed her.
'Like that would happen!' Andrew Parker thought. Serena, his favorite cousin and best friend, was going to live with him.
His cell phone rang, with one hand firmly steering the wheel, he got out his cellphone that was in his pocket.
"Yeah?"
"Yo Andrew! Where the heck are you?" A familiar voice asked through the line.
"Not even a decent hello to your best friend Darien?" Andrew asked mockingly.
"Whatever, Drew. Do you mind answering my question now? Because the last time, I checked you're supposed to be here with the team practicing for our next game!"
"Oops! I guess I sort of forgot about that! Anyways…I'm on my way to the airport, all right! I'm picking up my cousin."
"Serena?"
"I'm surprised you remembered her name, Darien!" Andrew exclaimed. It was a given fact that Darien didn't care about those of the opposite sex.
"Who wouldn't? Considering the fact that you talk about her endlessly."
"Admit it, Darien…you're interested in her."
"Get real Drew. I haven't even seen her yet!"
"We'll see about that!"
"Don't get your hopes up."
"Whatever Darien! Later!"
"Later man."
~~~
Author's note:
So what do you think? Should I continue this fic?
If i should...you know what to do! Review!
thanks