Chapter 2
Serena was running late and was making a mad dash towards the school. She set her alarm clock the night before, but she couldn't help that her younger brother Sammy liked to play tricks on her. I'll kill him when I get home she thought angrily to herself. First I'll grab him, then choke him, and then… "Oof!" she yelled after bumping into someone outside the arcade. She proceeded to fall flat on her butt and drop all of her school books. "I'm sorry," she said quickly gathering her things. "I wasn't looking where I was going."
"Of course you weren't Meatball Head," a familiar male voice said above her. Serena didn't need to look up to see who it was, but she did anyway and found a hand extended towards her. "You really ought to wake up earlier."
Serena reluctantly took his hand and let him help her up. "Thanks for the free advice, jerkwad, but I already tried that. I've been waking up on time for the past couple of days, but my stupid brother messed with my clock and set it so I'd wake up too late."
"Aww, is baby Sewena gonna go to school and cwy about it?" he said in a baby voice.
"Aww, is baby Dawien gonna ever grow up and stop acting like a dumb 2 year old?" Serena spat back. "You're worse than my brother and he's 14!"
"Well you act like an immature 6 year old."
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"DO NOT!"
"DO TOO!"
"Do not do not do not!"
"Do too do too do too!"
"You're both acting like children right now!" Andrew said coming out of the arcade. "Serena, isn't it about time for school?"
"AHH!" Serena screamed. "Thanks a lot, jerkwad! Now I'm gonna be late." She started running towards the school again.
"You wouldn't be late if you didn't run into me all the time," Darien yelled after her before he started laughing.
"You're horrible," Andrew said shaking his head as they walked inside the arcade. "She's a sweet girl and you always have to pick on her."
"It's fun. She's an easy target so I can't help it."
"You can't help it because you have a crush on her," Andrew said cheekily.
"Do not!" Darien shouted.
Andrew laughed. "And you call her immature. I can see right through your little game so just admit it and get it over with."
"I'm not gonna admit to a lie, Drew."
"Whatever, Darien," Andrew said in a sing song voice. "Just keep telling yourself that." He left him at the counter and went to take care of the other customers.
Darien shook his head and took a sip of coffee. He did have to admit that Serena was cute and he did have fun picking on her, but he wasn't ready to say he had a crush on her. She acted so immature whenever they ran into each other and sometimes it was annoying. She wasn't so immature last night Darien thought with a smile. There was a whole new side to Serena last night that he never saw before and he wondered what else she was capable of. The girl was a mystery to him, but part of him really liked that about her.