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Chapter 2

The next day Serena woke up almost strangling herself with her sheets. Great, she thought, she dragged herself out of the room and wandered out into Andrew's apartment, looking around she saw the destruction of Andrew's party, "He is going to have one heck of a time cleaning this up." She said kicking some of the rubbish around.

"Who is Meatball head?" Darien said hanging his arm over her shoulders

"Leave me alone Darien," She said shrugging out of his reach, "I don't have the energy to start our thing today."

"Awe, but it would be just as good as waking up next to me Serena?" Darien said flirting.

"What kind of person do you think I am Darien, you are a jerk" offended by his flirting

"You know you like it Meatball head." Serena looked at him and glared, Darien took a step forward closing the two metre gap between them that Serena had deliberately put between them, Serena stepped forward and shoved him as hard as she could. Darien fell to the ground and when he got up he saw her retreating back.

"I guess she doesn't want to play today, she is right though this is going to be fun to clean up" And Darien started to restore Andrew's apartment to its original state.

After Serena stormed out of Andrew's apartment, she stalked her way through to the Arcade, her thoughts pre-occupied by what happened to her last night. She didn't need to experience this again, there was a reason why she and her family had moved here, and she wanted to keep that a secret, she wanted to hide it all, just as she and her mother had planned it all. But she may have been found again, she sighed, but maybe she needed to stand and fight this one, maybe she was just overreacting.

While lost in her thoughts Serena ran into a person, "Oh my, I am so sorry, please forgive me" she said bowing without looking up, when she did look up she saw a male with silver eyes and equally silver hair.

"Don't worry about it, it is all cool, princess," he purred at Serena.

"Do I know you?" she asked knowing that the voice sounded like her strange kidnapper.

"I am sorry I am afraid I don't think we have met, but as lovely has it has been colliding with you I have to go, so bye for now, and keep your eyes on the road." The male with the silver eyes and hair said with a chuckle. Serena just stood and watched him leave. She turned deciding on not pursuing this any further because of the huge chocolate sundae sitting at the Arcade waiting for her, calling for her.

Serena walked into the Arcade; she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, embracing the comforting smell and sounds of the arcade. She smiled at the waitress at the counter, and asked for her usual, and sat in one of the booths near the door and waited for her friends to arrive.

The waitress brought her sundae to the table with a smile, Serena smiled back, she got great service here, helped that her family was good friends with the owners. Serena took up her spoon, spooning some ice-cream into her mouth savouring the icy goodness in her mouth. She leant forward and took a few more spoonful's of her treat, savouring each spoonful. By the time the treat was finished, she had pushed the strange happenings out of her mind, now ready for a morning of socializing with her friends. It was nice just to zone out of her dramas for the morning, she leant back her eyes closed, enjoying the sounds and the smells of the world around her.

She then heard a familiar voice coming from somewhere around her, but when she looked around she couldn't find the source, she was sure it was that ominous voice from last night, but she couldn't see where the voice was coming from. She stood up from her spot, trying to follow the voice; she grabbed her bag, and started walking out of the arcade following the voice. She didn't know why she was going it, rationally it made sense for her to call her real mother and tell her it was happening again, she would move her and Ilene to another place where she might be safe from tormenters.

So off she went following the voice, for all she knew was a figment of her imagination, maybe she was drugged last night and now it was all starting to hit her, Serena shook her head to clear her head of these thoughts. She continued to follow this voice until she was led onto the busy street where she lost the sound, when a horn of a car alerted her to her imminent danger of being hit. Annoyed she hit the bonnet of the car, and she then turned around cursing the vehicle and made her way back to the Arcade. Where she ran into two of her friends entering the Arcade, she wiped the concerned look from her face and faked a happy look as not to concern her friends.

"Serena, there you are!" Squealed the blonde, with a red ribbon tying half her hair up, she ran up and gave her a hug, "We missed you last night!"

The girl with long black hair swatted the squealing blonde, "Mina, she was there last night, geez you need to stop drooling over boys, and start paying attention to your friends."

Mina laughed awkwardly and patted the Black haired girl on the back, "Oh Raye, you are just jealous."

Serena laughed at the two girls, and continued the teasing "Raye is right Mina, you should have worn a bib last night, you were drooling quite a lot."

All three of the girls laughed and walked into the Arcade together, once inside they saw their other two friends, a tall girl with brown hair with a pony tail swinging happily has she shook her head at something that the blue haired girl opposite her had said to her. Mina, Raye and Serena wandered up to the table arms still linked and they were still laughing at Mina, sat down at their table.

Serena smiled at her friends; the blue haired girl looked at Serena with concerned eyes, "Where did you head off to last night Serena? I went looking for you last night and before I could catch you, you were storming out of the party."

Serena smiled politely, "I just went for a walk Ami, too loud in there."

The brown haired girl tuned into the conversation, "Yea I saw you come back, all upset and everything, are you okay?"

"Everything is alright Lita, I just fell over that is all," Serena stumbled over her lie.

Raye picked up, "Oh Serena, for someone who dances, and runs, you are such a klutz!"

Serena just giggled and turned the conversation onto how the girls enjoyed the party, and while they giggled and gossiped about the party Serena just enjoyed the noise until she was jolted out of her enjoyment by a voice.

"Hi Mina, how are you?" a smooth silky voice said.

"Oh Diamond, you came here, I am great!" Mina gushed, looking up at the handsome man. Serena stared at the silver eyed man and immediately went red, it was the man that she ran into early, and he turned to Serena, and smiled politely, "Princess, I thought we would meet again." Serena blushed further and then cringed at remembering her bowling him over. Before she could stutter something incoherent towards him, he turned back to Mina, "Goddess we should meet up and study soon." With a wink he left the table, and the interrogation turned on Mina and her mysterious Diamond.

Raye grabbed the girl's shoulder and demanded more information, "Goddess? Who is he and where can I get one?"

Mina blushed, "That my friends was a Diamond, he lives in my building, moved in a week ago. Isn't he dreamy?"

Lita sighed, "He looked like my old boyfriend."

Serena laughed, "They all look like your old boyfriend, what about your current boyfriend remember him?"

Lita just laughed, "We can all just look, I am sure Ken appreciates a good looking woman, we are both comfortable with our relationship. So what is his back story Mina, he looks a little old to be studying Senior High school subjects."

"No, but he is in University, studying teaching, and has agreed to help, as you know I am failing all my subjects." Mina said with a laugh.

Ami gave her a sharp look, "No you aren't Mina, you do really well in your exams and assignments."

"Shhhhh Ami, he doesn't know that, did you see him, I would be 'failing' sooner if I knew he could tutor me." Mina said mischievously.

"Mina, you shouldn't mislead people like that no matter how cute they are, you will get caught out, maybe you should have passed on Serena's digits to him anyways, she could use all the help she can get." Ami said with a laugh.

"Hey guys, I am doing just fine, Alan is helping me." Serena said waving her hands in front of her. She didn't want his help, he made her feel uncomfortable, and he was just too pretty. "And on that note, I should head home and study. I have a makeup exam tomorrow that I kind of want to pass." She picked herself up, and she walked to the door, she turned and waved to her friends and left the arcade skipping.

As she turned to continue on her way she hit another solid wall of flesh, and before she could hit the ground quick hands caught her, "Serena, we really must stop running into each other, otherwise people might think we are involved."

Serena looked up at the man that caught her, and her eyes turned to ice, "Put me down Darien, no one would believe that we are involved no matter how much you want to push the idea, go get yourself a blow up doll."

Darien laughed at the blonde, and placed her back on her feet. Before he could get out a teasing retort, a voice came from behind Serena.

"Princess, is someone playing with your innocence?"

Serena jumped, a scared look flashing across her face, which Darien just caught on her face, as he caught her as she jumped into him. Serena looked up at Darien, and then turned, not seeing who has addressed her. "Darien, did you see who said that?"