I love the fact that people are reading this. Thank you so much, I believe that it's raining over wet ground to say this but I don't own Sailor Moon. Also, I love reviews, I love everything about them, so please indulge me… And for the fans of Annaleigh Roberts…she is back and meaner than ever!
Chapter 2
Hello ghost from the past
Run, run, run, just run
"Serena, please wait" Sam yelled as he saw her sister fall to the ground. She started crying.
"Sam, please call dad. We have to leave right now" Serena said between sobs.
Sam hushed her as her gave her a hug and help her to stand up.
"Serena? It's really you!" Darien had caught up to them. He asked to the blonde.
"Dude, not the right time. Please just go away" Sam said to Darien.
"I'm sorry Sam, I didn't know you guys moved here" Darien said defensively.
"It doesn't matter, we are leaving anyway" Serena said pulling out her phone from her pocket.
"Hey, how was I supposed to know that you were coming to school here!" Darien exclaimed.
"The same way I knew you moved! How about that?" Serena yelled.
"For the hundredth time, I didn't ask to move, my parents just did. I had nothing to do with that" Darien said.
"Darien, honestly. Let it go. Go back to class. I'll talk to Serena" Sam said.
"No! I want her to know!" Darien said.
"What? What do you want me to know!" Serena said.
"That I didn't leave. You left! I didn't remember anyone, not my parents, not you. And you were supposed to be my friend. You left" Darien said.
At this time teachers and students from every classroom across the hall started to appear to see the altercation. A hazel haired girl, statuesque, with beautiful green eyes walked towards them. Suddenly, trapped by their accusations Darien and Serena stood there silent.
"Honey, what's going on?" the girl asked to Darien, she move next to him and touched his arm in a way that made Serena mad with jealousy. Serena's heart was going a thousand miles a minute; she was so shocked that she didn't even know what to do. He had a girlfriend. Obviously, she had to look like a Victoria's Secret model and on top of all… her perfect manicured hands touching Darien's arm was a clear observation that she had to come from a very wealthy family. That… and a thousand dollar charm bracelet on her perfect wrist.
But Darien didn't have time to answer to the perfect girl. Instead they were ambushed by one of the secretaries in the Administration office who were demanding their Permission slips to be out from class.
"Ms. White, I assure you that all of this is a misunderstanding." The girl said.
"Hardly Ms. Roberts, since the entire school could hear these three yelling like they were at a football stadium. I'm afraid that we cannot tolerate this type of behavior. Mr. Shields, you should be ashamed of yourself, the school expects better from an honor student. Now, I don't know the two of you…you are?"
"Wasting our time" Serena hissed.
"Young lady, manners!" Ms. White said in horror. "The four of you" she said pointing at them "come to the headmaster's immediately"
Serena wanted to roll her eyes, but repressed the urge.
How was her day becoming such a nightmare? They walked the distance to the headmaster's office. It was a handsome office, full of rich decorations. They sat down of the couch outside the Headmaster chamber. While they were waiting the girl started talking again, annoying Serena to no end.
"Darien honey, what happened?"
"It's really complicated" Darien managed to say
"Do you know these guys?" she asked
"Kind off" Darien said.
"Kind off? You know us kind off" Serena asked perplexed.
"Oh, now suddenly we are best friends?" Darien yelled back
"Darien, seriously shut-up!" Sam said.
"Well, you are definitely something…who are they honey?" the girl asked.
"None of your business honey!" Serena said and the girl looked shocked, since nobody used to talk to her like that.
"SILENCE" Ms. White yelled at them and the four remained sulking until they were permitted to enter the headmaster's office.
Even though she knew she should be the good girl and kept it to herself she couldn't. Heaven knows she tried, and tried as her anger consumed her, she tried to squeeze her hands but her anger got the best of her.
"I didn't leave, you left me" she said.
"Unbelievable" Darien whispered.
"What did you say?" Serena said.
"I said unbelievable" Darien yelled back.
Serena stood up in front of him, "Yes YOU left!"
In that moment the Headmaster chamber opened and a gray haired man, with moustache, tall and large appeared thorough the door.
"Enough, everyone" the headmaster said. "Inside, now" he commanded. When Serena turned over and took a look at him, her fear reappeared just as the first time she met him and at that moment when he looked at her eyes, Serena knew she was in trouble.
The four entered the room and the girl that Serena was assuming was Darien's girlfriend closed the door.
"Ms. Roberts what are you doing here? Headmaster said.
"I was asking myself the same thing Headmaster Carter. But I don't mind staying if Darien wants me to" she said.
"Actually Annaleigh, this is kind of private" Darien said to the girl. She looked dumbstruck at first, but recovered saying "Yeah, I get it. I'll wait outside" she took his hand and saw into Serena's eyes which were throwing daggers at her.
Annaleigh left the room and closed the door again.
"Well that was quick" Ms. White said and that was when the light bulb turned on in her head. "Claire, is the espresso machine still here?" Annaleigh asked. "Sure, it's on that table right there" Ms. White said.
Annaleigh moved to the table and prepared one of those individual coffee cups. "Is Irish Cream ok?" she asked.
"Yes, love it". Annaleigh then moved to Ms. White's desk with two cups and as she was handling the cup to Ms. White, Annaleigh pretended to trip and spilled one of the cups all over Ms. White's perfect crisp white bottom down shirt and black blazer.
"Oh my God! Claire I am so sorry, I didn't mean to" Annaleigh said searching for a Kleenex to try and help, Claire stood up from her chair immediately and made gestures with her hand that everything was fine, but left the office right away to go to the bathroom.
Annaleigh then moved Claire's chair and sat down. She looked for the intercom between her desk and the Headmaster's desk and pressed on in the one way bottom in order to let her listen to the other's conversation.
"So I hope you three are totally aware of the consequences of continuing with such actions. You cannot and will not put the name of our Academy in jeopardy. Do you have anything else to add? Ms. Thomas?" the serious voice of Headmaster Carter resounded in Claire's office space.
"I promise sir, this is the last time you'll have to encounter us, for I am willing to go back to my old school. I'm sorry, I know this is a nice school and everything but, I can't stay here. I know Sam and I would have never enrolled if we knew Darien was a student here." Serena said.
"So you are willing to waste your future, your brother's future for a silly misunderstanding?" Headmaster Carter said. "Sadly Ms. Thomas" he continued "if you decide to quit school, the partial scholarship on which you and your brother have been enrolled will be finished as well. You see the contract on which your parents agreed upon, determined that both you and your brother would finish high school here, in which case, your tuition would only represent a 25% of the real cost. But whenever either of you quit this academy, the scholarship will be removed and the lasting sibling would have to pay for the entire cost of tuition. It was a handsome deal that your parents made primarily because they felt that the two of you would like very much the opportunities this school presented.
We are talking about a large amount of money invested on your future" Headmaster Carter finished.
"We don't have to see each other" Darien whispered. "I can ask our History professor to change my schedule so I help him with another class."
"Oh my…the savior, you just can't help it, can you?" Serena whispered back. Since Headmaster Carter heard he rolled his eyes… Teenagers how insufferable they are sometimes he thought.
"Shall we call your parents then Ms. Thomas?" Headmaster Carter asked.
"No! Wait… This is Sam's future too" She said looking at his brother's eyes. "I know what it means to you"
"Not at this cost Serena, I rather train twice as much than see you suffer because of this idiot over here" Sam said.
"It's not worth it. Maybe I do have to get over this" Serena said with water on her eyes. "I'm not selfish, not to you. You deserve better" she finished. "Can we be moved from his scheduled?" she asked Headmaster Carter.
"Ms. Thomas, this is not a request to be made. The groups are formed by academic years, it's only proper you take the same classes as the rest of your peers" Headmaster Carter said.
"Please!" she begged, "You are already asking a lot out of us…you have to understand that this is not a common situation, you can't force me to deal with this right know!" Serena said.
"Ms. Thomas, I am the Headmaster, therefore I make the rules. And I say, you three stay right where you are. So… this uncommon situation of yours would have to be dealt as adults…preferably outside school grounds. As a reminder, we will not accept improper behavior, outbursts of anger or any other little tantrums you children are accustomed to have. You may leave, all except Ms. Thomas" Headmaster Carter said.
"I'll wait for you outside" Sam said to Serena.
As Sam and Darien exited the room, Annaleigh closed the intercom line. She stood up from Claire's chair and waited for her boyfriend to exit.
"What did Carter want?" Annaleigh said to Darien.
"It's nothing, come on, we should get back to class." Darien said trying to pull Annaleigh out. But then, he paused to say "Sam, for what it's worth, I'm sorry. Please tell Serena that"
"Darien, do us a favor so we don't end up here so often. Leave her alone. It just hurts her more. She was getting better… let it be and mind your own damn business elsewhere" Sam said angrily.
"Hey, don't talk to Darien like that, I'm school body president, I can put you in detention for far less little squirrel." Annaleigh said hugging Darien's arm protectively in the process.
"You are president? Aren't school's presidents supposed to be nice instead of a complete…" Sam was about to finish his line when Annaleigh stopped him.
"Careful, I'm not known for my patience. So you better watch it. Come on honey" Annaleigh said and Darien and she exited the office.
Serena exited soon after, her face covered in tears. Sam turned and was at her side in the blink of an eye.
"What is it?" he asked.
"It's nothing…" she said brushing away the enemy tears.
"Sure you don't want to go home?" Sam asked
"No… I'll be fine" Serena said "I want to find a bathroom though…I feel sick in my stomach"
They found one neat the cafeteria, and Serena entered a bathroom stool. She cried a little and was thankful her mother made her eat that piece of toast; otherwise she would have felt really sick and probably would have thrown up in the process of her mealt-down.
What was she supposed to do right now? Leave knowing all of these facts and do nothing about it? She was supposed to watch him come and go without feeling anything inside?
Serena found out by Headmaster Carter that her parents knew Darien was a student there. What was she supposed to do with that knowledge? Should she confront them? Why was everyone pushing for her to face her past? Didn't anyone understood? She was absolutely destroyed once Darien woke up and didn't remember her. It was like watching her heart break right in front of her. What kept her going in her recovery was the possibility of him waking up…getting better and moving on, leaving forever happy… happily in love forever. And then that possibility was vanished.
The Darien in her head, he was a total different story. That guy would have come in bursting through the bathroom door to find her. The minute he heard her crying he would have knocked on the door. "Serena, are you alright?" he would have asked.
"No" she said
"Can I come in?"
"Yes" she whispered
He would have opened the door and she would have thrown herself into his arms to hug him.
"What happened Buns?"
"Oh Darien…this is just so much harder than I thought"
"Hey, don't worry. We will figure this out. I'm not leaving you alone"
"You promise?"
"Of course, I love you"
"I love you too" and as she whispered the words, the Darien in her head disappeared.
"I love you too" she said again and a last tear fell to the ground.
She washed her face and somehow she regain a little bit of confidence and she felt somehow able to return to class once again.
She exited the bathroom and there was Sam waiting for her. The only bad thing was that they had to return to History.
They entered the room again, all eyes on them. Serena could see how many of the mean girls were already talking about her, sending text messages, simply being high school idiots. And her stomach felt like lead… she wanted the Earth to crack open and swallow her alive.
"Good, you guys are back. Is everything alright?" Mr. Lexington asked.
"Yeah, super" Sam said sarcastically.
"Great" he said oblivious of the sarcasm, "Now perhaps Ms. Thomas can tell us about herself"
"Is it really necessary?" Serena asked.
"Please, this is History, humankind tend to understand better by the study of history. Now… you are new to us… let us learn about your own history" Mr. Lexington said.
"Well… there isn't much to tell" Serena said getting a bit exasperated. "Hi!" she waved "I'm the girl that knocked the plasma screen" and everybody laughed. "Also known by the name of Serena Thomas, I have a twin brother, so I'm also 16 years old… I love art; I'm here in the art program" in that moment Serena caught Darien's eyes. "And… I guess by now everyone has already visited my facebook page" she thought about what she was going to say. "And no… we are not related to Rob Thomas the musician. People ask that a lot" and everybody laughed again, her incomparable sense of humor saving her for now. "And that's it" she said and looked for her seat again.
"So you and Darien now each other, what are you? like a couple?" a girl said sitting in front of the class, and other nice-mean girls giggling next to her looking at their phones made Serena feel really small.
"No… never met him… he must have think I was famous" Serena said holding her breath "There are a lot of Rob Thomas fans out there, who would have thought?" and with that she silence them.
Sam nodded making Serena feel brave. Everything was almost ok for now.
Mina turned around and said to Serena "You have to tell me everything"
"Mina, I'm telling you there is nothing to tell" Serena said "Mr. Lexington is going to notice you are talking to me" Serena tried to say so Mina would turn around again.
"Oh, forget Mr. Lex… tell me what happened with Darien" Mina said
"Oh… that's his name" Serena said innocently
"Look at the little liar… come on, tell me everything"
"What do you think happened?
"I don't know… you two know each other for sure"
"Oh my God Mina… we don't, not really"
"Oh but you do"
"Ok" Serena said rolling her eyes. "We were boyfriend and girlfriend, we loved each other but then a terrible accident happened and our parents separated us and then I took a poison so everybody would think I was dead and when he found me he killed himself, but then I woke up and killed myself so we could be eternally joined in love in the next life"
"Very funny" Mina said and with that she turned around, but then a second passed when she turned around again. "I didn't believe any of that"
"Good… because that's called Romeo and Juliet" Serena said to her.
"Uff" Mina said, "Just so you know, I will find out"
"Be my guest" Serena said.
But with that the bell finally ringed.
Darien approached her. "Serena, could he talk outside" and Serena's heart stop. Why couldn't he get it?
"No, guy I have never met in my life… we can't… I have Math Lab" Serena said.
"Actually we have Literature" Sam said taking Serena's arm and pushing her to the exit door.
"See? I have Literature, now excuse us" Serena said and then asked Mina "Where is Literature?"
Mina rolled her eyes, and said "Oh… right, come on. But so you three know… I will find out"
"I have no idea what you are talking about" Serena said innocently again.
"Serena please!" Darien said impatiently.
"Oh… there it is, I knew it… so you two do know each other" Mina said interestingly.
"No!" the three of them said at the same time.
"You guys are weird" Mina said. "Well come on then, or we are going to be late. Bye Darien we don't know" She said ushering them to their next class where fortunately for Serena, Darien wasn't the student assistant.
Before entering their next class Sam took Serena to a corner to talk to her. "Please know that you don't have to do this. Not for me"
"Sammy, it's not only because you deserve this. It's me… I have to let it go" Serena said.
"You could have chosen a better timing" Sam said
"Or our parents could have" Serena said, hurt in her voice.
"What do you mean?" Sam asked.
"That's what Headmaster Carter said to me when you left… mom and dad already knew that Darien was a student here… they kept that from me Sammy."
"What?"
"They did" and a tear showed up in her eyes. "They knew… it doesn't matter now"
"Serena, it does, we don't have to stay here. I don't want to be in this stupid school if it means you are going to be miserable"
"Sam it doesn't matter… it doesn't matter because life's a bitch. And this thing was going to catch up to me sooner or later. It doesn't matter"
"It does matter! You don't have to put yourself throw hell just because mom and dad think it's time. You don't have to!"
"Sam, I appreciate your support, but we have to face the fact that we are stuck here, whether we like it or not… We just have to" and with that Serena entered her classroom only to find the Literature student assistant to be Darien's girlfriend Annaleigh Roberts there.
"Oh, glad I see you both. Serena, Headmaster Carter wanted me to give you this" Serena took a piece of paper in Ananeligh's hand stating a time and place.
From: the Disciplinary Committee
To: Serena Irene Thomas
Detention Hall: 3:30pm
"What's this?" Serena asked. "I don't understand"
"You have detention this afternoon of course" Annaleigh said.
"What for?" Serena exclaimed.
"Inappropriate conduct in school corridor. We were all shocked that you managed to have detention on you first day, but well you are nothing if not shocking" she smiled and took her seat again, leaving Serena completely dumbstruck.
"Can you believe that?" Sam asked.
"I don't think I can" Serena said and proceeded to take a seat in the back of the class again. This was one hell of a first day so far.
This chapter is for someone how asked for a birthday present. Sorry it came so late but I kind of had to rush this in order to be published… But I hope you all like it. So let's all leave reviews because I like them
What did you all think of Annaleigh's return, is she everything you were hoping for?
