Chapter 2

Serena quickly took her shower in her pink and white bathroom and taking great pains in washing her hair before she hopped out and dried off. She slid on her white bathrobe with a pink rabbit on the left breast pocket with her nickname on it, "Bunny".

She quickly slid on a pair of purple flip flops and made her way downstairs to where breakfast was already laid out on the table. She looked at the spread her aunt had made, Waffles, Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs, Oatmeal, Sausage, Bacon, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal, Milk, Orange Juice, Maple Syrup and Apple Juice with also a bowl of sugar on the side.

"Wow auntie, you cooked up a banquet didn't you?" She said as she happily plopped down in a chair and filled the empty plate in front of her with waffles, bacon and some scrambled eggs.

"Well it's not every day that a girl turns twenty-one." Evelyn replied as she watched her niece, nephew, husband, and daughter gobble down the meal that was in front of them.

"Good morning Serena." Evelyn's husband Jeffrey said to the hungry girl who had just sat down a little late to breakfast.

"Good Morning Uncle Jeff."

"Damn Serena, you came straight out of the shower, didn't even bother to put any clothes on at all, hair still wet and uncombed. That's going to be a mess later" Mina said with her mouth full of food.

With that said, Mina quickly received a whack on the back of her head from her mother.

"You will NOT use that language in my house. I don't care if you are twenty-one or fifty. You will NEVER use that language around me. Is that clear?"

"Yes, mom." came the meek reply from Mina.

"And stop talking with your mouth full. That shows bad manners. You weren't raised in a barn. And she is right Serena, that will take hours to comb out."

"I was planning on cutting it anyways."

She hurried and said her grace before she buttered her waffles and poured maple syrup all over them. She then poured a glass of Milk and a full glass of Orange Juice and dug in with her face low to the plate, so that the fork did not have far to travel on its way to her mouth..

"Wow, Sere. That much has not changed. You're still that much of a pig as before I left here. Slow down, no one is out to get your food." Andrew playfully joked with her.

"Hush Andrew, you used to be the same way when you were growing up. Now leave her alone. She has a long day ahead of her and she doesn't need you ruining it." His aunt scolded him.

Andrew at once quieted down with the look she gave him and his mind went back to what he had told him on his twenty-first birthday and thought.

'I feel sorry for her. Today will change her life forever and her childlike innocence will disappear.'

Serena wanted to give him a reply back, but she remembered what her aunt had done to Mina and quickly changed her mind.

Every one ate breakfast in a hurry because they had to get ready for the party. After they were done they tried to rush off all at one time.

"Hey where ya'll going. Dishes have to be washed and the kitchen has to be cleaned. I cooked and you know the rules, one person cooks-"

Everyone in union, "While the other's wash."

"Right! So now one of ya'll has to wash dishes."

"Andrew's doing the dirty work auntie. With the four years he's been gone he needs to do some thing around here."

"Dang bunny, you're gonna keep sticking me with that four year crap aren't you?"

"Yep! Like I said, you owe me BIG time. And besides I don't have time too, Mina's taking me out for a day of pampering for my birthday, see ya….and Andrew don't forget to put out cat food for Luna."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever."

Andrew dejectedly gathered up the dirty dishes while the two blondes rushed upstairs to get dressed so they could leave out to get ready for Serena's special day.

The first thing Serena did while she got to her room was sit down and try to comb out the tangled mess that she called her hair, but with no success. An hour later even when Mina came in completely dressed from head to toe in a green polo shirt with a pink M on it and with a pair of pink capri's. On her feet she wore pink and green PINK (Victoria's Secret) flip flops.

"Hell no, you still not ready yet? We gotta do something about this. You are going to a hairstylist, no ifs ands or buts about it! I'm not finna be sitting here waiting on you all day."

"Wait Mina, I think I almost got it combed out." Serena said desperately not wanting to go to a hairstylist. She didn't like any one messing in her hair.

"Serena, trust me on this one when I say, you need a hairstylist and don't worry, I'll take you to mine, she does a great job."

Serena still tries to struggle with her hair.

"Serena, I mean it. You will be fine." She takes the comb from her and puts it on her vanity. "Now, go get dressed."

Serena reluctantly went over to her white closet and shifted through the clothes on top of clothes that were on hangers. After five minutes of looking through her closet, she came out with a spaghetti strapped light pink dress that stopped just above the knees. The entire dress was made out of a material that reminded her of medieval times. With the top part that was covering her well developed breasts, showed her cleavage with a small pink silk bow in the center of the fabric for decoration. (think peasants shirts back in that time period.) She then proceeded to put on white old navy flip flops with white hoop earrings.

"Ok. I'm ready….."

"Don't worry Sere. You are going to have the best day of your life!"

"Not with that hairstylist."

"You shouldn't worry about her, she's the best in the country."

The girls walked out of Serena's many shades of purple, pink and white bedroom and descended the steps and were on their way out the door until Evelyn stopped them.

"Serena wait."

Both the girls stopped and turned around and faced the woman whose face had age lines from worrying throughout the years after her sister's death. But after today she would no longer worry.

"Serena, this was your mother's before she died. And I know she would want you to have it. You look so much like her."

Tears came to the woman's eyes and she presented a white gold necklace with a pearl being held in a white gold ring attached to the necklace. Serena turned around as the woman placed the necklace on her neck and clasped it securely so that it will not fall off.

"Thank you Aunt Evelyn."

"Now go, before you be late to your own birthday party."

The girls ran out of the door to Mina's 2007 Toyota Camry hybrid painted in two tone colors of orange and black.

"Why not take my motorcyle?"

Serena looked wistfully over at her black and yellow HAYABUSA Suzuki Motorcycle.

"I'm not getting on that death trap unless it's a life or death situation or if I have a death wish. Now come on we have to get going if we want to make it back by five." She looked at her watch. "It's already one now, which means we have to rush to get every thing in."

"Exactly, why not take my motorcycle, it's much faster than your car."

"Serena, I said no, now come on!"

The two cousins quickly got in the car while Mina drove as fast as she could without getting any speeding tickets to make it to her hairstylist on time. They arrived just as she was walking out of her hair salon. Mina hurried up and put the car in park and hopped out in hopes of catching her.

"Cathy wait! Please, I need you to do me a favor!"

"What is it? I was just on my way to lunch." The hairstylist said with a hint of annoyance in her voice until she turned around and saw one of her favorite customers. "Oh hey Mina! What can I do for you today?"

"My cousin needs a hairstylist pronto. She washed her hair and she was in a hurry to get to breakfast so she didn't comb it out, we tried but it just wasn't working."

Cathy looked at the person on the passenger's seat and even jumped back a few steps.

"Oh My! Now I HAVE to do some thing about that. I mean, I wouldn't be a hairstylist if I would pass that over with her head looking a mess."

"My hair doesn't look that bad!" Serena angrily responded to the hairstylist while Mina and Cathy responded in unison, "Oh yes it does!"

Cathy quickly unlocked the doors to her hair salon while Mina forcefully dragged her resisting cousin on the inside of the salon.

"What does the young lady want done to her hair today?"

Giving up Serena plopped down into the black stylist chair that was in front of Cathy.

"What I really want is to comb out my hair myself, then brush it then put it into a simple ponytail. Is that too much to ask?"

"With your hair looking like a ball of knots sweetie, yes it is. How about I curl some of it while leaving some of it straight?"

"How about you just wash my hair and just leave it straight while giving me a trim?" Serena growled at the stylist.

"I think you better give the birthday girl what she wants, before she bites some one." Mina told Cathy, embarrassed at Serena's behavior.

"It's your birthday? Happy Birthday! How old are you today?"

"I'm turning twenty-one. Now can we go ahead and get this done with? We have other things to do. I don't want to be here anyway. The last stylist I went to cut my hair uneven. I looked like a baldheaded rat for weeks!"

"Yep we sure can and don't worry you are in good hands."

"I told her, but noooooo she don't wanna believe me."

The hairstylist took a whole hour combing out Serena's tangles, but not without protests of pain from the young blonde, and then proceeded to wash her hair, dry and straighten it since her hair naturally curled at the ends. She then proceeded to carefully trim it then gave her a mirror to for her to look at her work.

"Not bad. But I still could have did it myself. Thank you though. How much?"

"It's on me, just because you are one of my favorite customer's cousin and JUST because it's your birthday."

"Thank's alot Cathy. I'll be in next week for my hair appointment."

"Same time at noon right?"

"Yep. Thanks again!"

Serena and Mina walked to the car again while Mina looked at her watch.

"It's 3:30 now! We are going to be late!"

They got in the car and Mina pushed the pedal to the metal not caring if she got pulled over by the police or not. Thankfully there were none in sight when they pulled up to the "A Beautiful Day Spa". They quickly got out the car and rushed into the building.

The lady at the reception desk looked at their out of breath state and immediately thought that some thing was wrong.

"Welcome to A Beautiful Day, may I help you? Do you need for me to call the police?"

"No…w-we are here…for an…appointment…under…Mina Thomas." Mina finally catches her breath. "We are just in a rush, sorry."

The receptionist looks over the list of people that had made an appointment at the Spa and finally sees Mina Thomas' name.

"Ah, Yes. If you will wait out here in the waiting room I'll notify them that you are here."

She motioned over to a set of khaki colored corduroy couches which the two girls happily sat upon while the receptionist notified the massage therapists that their clients were there.

"Miss Thomas and Miss Tuskino?"

A deep voice questioned out towards the waiting area. But the two girls were not hard to find since they were the only two that were there and it was close to closing time.

"Yep!"

Both of the girls looked over and mentally drooled at the six foot even, brown haired, eight pack and tan man in front of them.

"Miss Tuskino? Miss Thomas?"

"Yes." The two dreamily replied.

"Did you hear me? I said for you to follow me."

"Oh my bad….birthday girl first!" Serena quickly ran over to the beef cake that was in front of her with Mina quickly following behind her.

"No fair! You got a boyfriend."

"So! It's not like you don't have one. I can look can't I?"

"No. Not with Seiya over there. He a jealous son of a bitch ain't he?"

"Don't talk about him! I'mma have to break up with him soon, because he tried to fuck me in my ass and I told him I don't get down like that. But he insisted and it-"

"Ladies please. This is a quiet and peaceful establishment. There are clients in here that are still getting messages before we close, and they would like quiet. So could you ladies please restrain from the cussing and the…" He coughs slightly "Sexual adventures."

The man turned a dark shade of red of embarrassment and with that being said the two girls matched the exact color in if possible a deeper form of embarrassment. They had just aired their personal life out in front of a complete stranger. The girls quickly apologized as they continued their quick journey down the hallway into one of the doors on the right.

"This is nice Mina, where did you find this at?"

Serena looked around the room that they were in. The colors of the room were Blue, Light Blue, Navy Blue, and White. On the floor there was carpet the color of sand and ocean music playing in the background with two massage tables.

"Seth took me here three months ago as a surprise. He said because I was "under stress" "

"Well, my significant other would have been trying to finish college and was studying for exams and hauled off and slapped me only because I asked what was wrong with them, I would have did the same thing."

"Yeah I guess I was under stress. I don't see how you could have did it. You were studying for exams the same as me and you didn't crack under the pressure."

"It's called pacing Mina."

"Ladies, I will leave you here and we will give you 10 minutes to undress until the massage therapists come in. I ask of you that after you undress that you lay on the tables face down with the white towels covering your body."

With that said the man left the room while they did what they were told. Ten minutes later exactly true to the man's word, two massage therapists came in and began to massage the both of them for thirty minutes. After the massages were over they were given robes to put on and then were escorted into a nail salon where they both got manicures and pedicures at the same time. After an hour later they were both ready to go after Mina paid the spa. Just then Mina glanced at her watch.

"Oh no, we're late."

The two hurried and got into the Toyota and sped off again. They eventually pulled up among other parked cars safe and sound ten minutes later in front of the house an hour late and ran inside to see a room full of people. Evelyn immediately came over to them.

"Where have you girls been. You guys are late. I was starting to get worried."

"I'm sorry mom, but I was not getting ready to go around with Serena's hair looking like it was looking so we went to a hairstylist."

"Ok. Now that's understandable."

An arm slipped around Serena's waist possessively and a male voice whispered in her ear.

"What's up Bunny."

"What's up Seiya, I've been meaning to talk to you."

"I've been meaning to talk to you too, wanna go some where private?"

"Yeah, sure. I'll see you guys later."

Seiya led her through the crowd of people wishing her a "Happy Twenty First Birthday" to the back yard.

"This isn't working out."

"I know it's not Seiya. I kept telling you not to fuck me there but you insisted. I want a man who is going to respect me and my wishes."

"I'm sorry but I just had this uncontrollable urge to fuck you there. But there's more…"

"Good or bad more?"

"In between, but I don't know how you are going to take it."

"Just go ahead and say it. We're already over anyways."

"I'm gay."

"YOU'RE WHAT?!"

"Gay. I've been sleeping around on you for three months."

"You know what, just get the hell away from me. You disgust me to the highest degree."

Serena turned around and quickly began to walk away until Seiya grabbed her arm.

"Let me go!"

"No. I'm confused. I still love you but, I'm attracted to men."

"Let me go this instant before I sock you one."

Andrew hears the commotion outside and comes running.

"Is he bothering you?"

"Yes he is."

"No I'm not. I'm just trying to talk with her."

"Get your trifling hands off of me now!"

Serena punches him and Seiya in a reflex was getting ready to hit her until Andrew grabbed his arm and twisted it around.

"I think my sister said for you to get your hands off of her. Not put them on her again."

"Let me go."

"Oh, so now it's the other way around isn't it? Let's see how you like it."

Andrew dragged Seiya around the house as to not ruin Serena's party and forcibly put him in his car. He quickly drove away with new found fear of his now ex's brother. Andrew went back inside to see how his sister was faring when he saw her catching up with her friends, Lita and Raye.

"Oh no he didn't!"

"Yes he did. And he didn't even want to pay the bill at the restaurant. I swear some men are such pigs!"

"I agree Raye. I think i'm going to stay single for awhile."

"Why Serena, you are such a pretty woman."

"I wish I was pretty enough so that my ex wouldn't have left me for a man."

"Seiya did what! When I see him again he's going to get it, I'mma make his face a permanent part of the sidewalk."

"Just leave some for me. Because when I get to him, I'mma douse him with gasoline then set him on fire!"

"Thanks you guys, but how Andrew scared him, he's never going to show his face around here again."

"He better not!" The brown haired female remarked angrily along with her counterpart with long jet black hair.

"Serena! Serena!" A voice called out through the crowd.

"I'm here what is it?"

"There you are bunny! Mom says it's getting dark and it's time for you to cut your cake and open your presents. She says she doesn't want your guests being out this late at night."

"See you guys later!"

Serena followed her cousin to her aunt , uncle, and brother who were standing behind yellow vanilla cake with pink and white frosting that was decorated with rabbits which read "Happy Twenty-First Birthday Serena." The numbers 2 and 1 were already lit on the cake and in unison every one began to sing "Happy Birthday". After the song was done Serena began to cut the cake and open up the presents that were given to her. She received clothes, shoes, DVD's, and even a couple of books. A short time after the presents were opened the guests began to leave out one by one but not before saying their farewells to the birthday girl and her family. It was in no time that all of the guests were gone and it was well past 10 o'clock.

"Serena and Mina, could you girls come here for a minute and Andrew and Jeff could you guys clean up. I have to talk to them about something very important."

"Sure Aunt Evelyn, what is it?"

"Could you girls follow me?"

The guys cleaned up the mess; Andrew for the second time that day. The girls followed the woman into the living room, which most of the time they were not allowed in. The two girls looked and each other and realized that it must be important before sitting down on the cream colored cushions on the antique couch.

"Serena, Mina. I have some thing very important to tell you guys. Serena, your mother and father was not killed by a thief like how you were told. They were killed by a vampire."

Serena immediately laughed.

"That's a good one Aunt Evelyn. No really tell me what you have to tell me."

Evelyn looked at her niece who was dying of laughter with a serious look on her face.

"No Serena. I mean it. They were killed by a vampire."

Mina saw the look on her mother's face and saw that she was serious.

"I don't think she's lying Sere. Didn't you tell me that you didn't think that that thing was human?"

"Yeah, I did. But Aunt Evelyn you told me that those things weren't real! You said they weren't! All my life you said that Vampires and Werewolves were just a myth, just a fantasy created by people for the thrill of scaring another." Serena replied, remembering what she had said earlier.

"Werewolves are not, but Vampires are very real."

Both of the girls sat there in shock not knowing what to say.

"It is my responsibility to tell you both when you have reached the age of twenty-one what is required of you. Since Serena was turning twenty-one only a month later after you Mina, I decided to tell you guys around the same time."

"Wait mom. What do you mean what is required of us."

The woman in front of the two shocked girls took a deep breath and responded.

"You girls are Vampire Slayers. Every female and male, no matter if they are blood or related by marriage they are forced to become slayers in this family. The minute a person is born into the Tuskino family or marries into it, their life is in danger and they will have to be protected until the age of twenty-one is reached or until they become a slayer."

It was Mina's turn to laugh in disbelief.

"What do you mean Vampire Slayers. We don't even know how to kill a vampire and we didn't know they existed until right now. Why tell us now and I thought that Serena's father's last name is Tuskino and my name is Thomas, I'm not a Tuskino."

"Serena's mother wanted to keep her last name when she married her husband, thinking they wouldn't die before their children turned twenty-one, but fate had other plans. I took on your father's last name in an effort to protect you until you turned twenty-one and so far it has worked, but even still a vampire can smell a Tuskino from a mile away. Twenty-One is the age that your energy is in your full potential and that is why we train you at that age."

"Does Andrew know?"

"Yes, your brother knows, and so does Jeff. Andrew was in Italy fighting vampires because that is one of their bases."

"Bases?"

"Yes Mina, bases. But you will learn about all of this tomorrow, when you start your training."

"Tomorrow?!" Both of the blondes remarked in shock.

"Yes, now get a good nights rest, because you will need it."

The woman left the two girls in the living room in shock and went into the kitchen where her nephew and husband were at.

"How did she take it?"

"Well Jeff, she said lets go kick some vampire ass!"

"That bad huh?"

"Yep. They are still in shock I hope they will snap out of it tomorrow because they are going through training tomorrow. I feel bad, it seems like I ruined her birthday."

"But she had to know Dear."

"You want me to go talk with her Aunt Evelyn."

"No. You of all people should know that she needs time alone to herself."

An hour later, Serena had taken her shower and curled up in her bed with Luna at her feet again. She just couldn't believe that vampires were real. She just couldn't. Serena looked around her room at the crosses that were on the wall. Now she understood what her aunt had them up for, for her safety. She sighed and looked out the window into the night sky she swore to herself at that moment on, if vampires were real she would stop at nothing to get revenge for her parents death.

"They will be sorry they ever heard of the name Serena Tuskino!"

How did you guys like it? I hope it was OK. I just had so much energy after coming back from seeing Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. That movie kicked ass yo. Ya'll should go see it. But anyways...Thank You guys I appreciate your reviews it means alot to me.