Authors Note: This wa meant to be a one shot. My friend Diane at Fan Forum challenged me to it. But with all your reviews I decided to make it longer. I was going to make a new fic anyway. They won't be on the road anymore but hopefully you'll still like it.


Serena opened the door and threw her suitcase into the hall. Even though she she was now living at the Bass home, at times it felt quaint. The whole family would be home tomorrow. She decided to take advantage of being home alone. She raided the fridge and decided to call Dan. For some reason she just couldn't dial. She thought of the other night and how good it felt for Dan to hold her again. She still felt his breath on her neck as she dialed. It went straight to voice mail, she figured that much. Dan probably went right to bed after the long drive. She quickly said the message almost missing the beep.

"Hey Dan, I need to talk to you about something. Think we could meet up later? Call me back, bye." Serena thought if she said it quicker she wouldn't leave him any more messages.

She decided that she spend the day out. If she stayed indoors she'd look at her phone all day. She didn't want to seem desperate but she guessed that after that night in the hotel room, things had changed.

She went through six stores in one hour. She didn't buy any clothes, just found herself looking. She never bought anything when she was alone. Always needed someone else's opinion. She say some guy watching her. She decided to get out of there.

"Hello." Serena said quickly answering her phone.

"Hey, Serena its me. I can't go out tonight." Dan said with a sigh.

Serena tried to be secretive. "You got some big hot date to go on?"

"Well um, yea." Dan didn't want to tell her but he couldn't avoid it.

"Oh." Serena was taken back.

"It was made before the road trip and I wanted to cancel, but I can't."

"No Dan its fine, if it was made prior I understand. Talk to you tomorrow then." Serena hung up. She was crushed but relieved at the same time. She had another day to think about what she'd say to Dan, but she hoped the date would go horribly.

She made her way home and sunk into the couch. How could she let this happen. She should have put her foot down. Then again she didn't want to seem possessive since they weren't back together yet.

Some guy rang the door bell. "Hi miss. Mr. Bass wants me to fix the power line outside of the house, would it bother you if I did it now?"

"Um, if its outside then no. He should be home later tonight if you need to speak with him." Serena didn't need to be bothered with this right now.

"Okay, but the envelope with the money is inside so when I'm done I'll need that."

"Whatever, I'll look for it." Serena said slamming the door.

After a half an hour looking she found the envelope. She looked outside to see if the guy was done, but noticed a cable truck was across the street with a different guy. She figured at first there were two guys there, but slowly she pieced everything together. That guy who was following her in the stores rang the bell. She wasn't paying attention at first but it was clear now. She heard glass break.

She ran upstairs into her room and dialed her phone.

"Hey, I know your busy but I think a guy just broke into my house. Please hurry I need you." Serena had no clue if she made any sense but she hoped he'd come quick.

"I'm gonna find you blondie, this house seems big but its not." The creepy guy made hi way around the house.

Serena was never good at thinking on her feet. But if he did make his way up to her room she'd have to think of something fast. There was only so many places she could go before being found. She hide near her bed so she could move under it at any time. The door creaked and she heard footsteps. He went into Chuck's room. She quietly made her way downstairs.

"I know your in the kitchen. Come on sweetie your too typical." The man said eagerly.

Serena grabbed a pan and hit him over the head."Hows that for typical." Serena said turning around quick.

"Wow,guess you didn't need me." He said as Serena jumped.

"Just call the cops and get him out of here." Serena said dropping the pan.

She sat in the front watching the cops pull the guy away. No one knew who he was, or if he had done this before. All she knew was that she was lucky.

"You okay?" He said wrapping a blanket around Serena.

"How could I be so dumb?"

"Hey the pan made up for your lack of a right hook. You don't need a prince charming to save you."

"If your trying to make me laugh it won't work." Serena snapped. "I'm sorry, I'm just tired. Would you mind sleeping over?"

"Sure. Just give a statement to the police and your done."

"Thanks for everything." Serena said walking away. She gave the whole story to the cops, and then went inside. She just wanted to sleep this whole disaster away. Dan was the only thought in her mind now.