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Now, to be perfectly clear, Darien will get what he rightfully deserves... a black eye, but be patient, it will be given in the most unbelievable circumstance.
In the mean time, enjoy my newer chapter...
Chapter 4 Maid in the middle of chaos
About a week later not only did the gossip tuned down a little but the parts for the play were also assigned. The girls were walking from school to The Crown to try to cheer up Serena a bit with a triple chocolate milkshake; she definitely was in desperate need of one right now.
"So… maid. That's kind of cool" said Lita not really knowing what to say to Serena
"I'm sure Mr. and Mrs. Lambert thought that you needed some extra time to study for the midterms, Serena" said Amy to what she just responded to with an undecipherable murmur.
"Don't beat yourself too much about it Serena, I heard that Mina rocked her audition and she just got to be Annaleigh's understudy as well as secondary role in the play" said again Lita and Serena responded again with another unrecognizable mutter.
"Serena what's gotten into you?" said Lita, then another mumble came from her
"Serena snap out of it!" screamed Rei. Serena looked very confused, troubled and uncertain of where exactly she was in that precise moment.
"I'm sorry" said Serena and she sighed "Where are we going again?" she asked
"To The Crown" said Mina softly to her "Would you prefer for us to accompany you to your house?"
"Why?" Serena asked very confused
"Sweetie, you don't look good" said Mina with a concern face
"Can I asked you something?" asked Serena
"Go ahead" said Mina
"Would you guys date me?" asked Serena so innocently that she looked like a little puppy; however, her look did not change for a minute the expression of bewilderment in the girls faces. Would they date Serena? What kind of question was that?
"Do you care to elaborate on that question?" asked Mina whom with every second would become more and more confused
"Do you know Matt from our biology class?" asked Serena
"Yes, he is very cute, what about him?" asked Mina
"Well, up until now he was my biology lab partner. He asked today to Mrs. Lara to reassigned him to someone else" said Serena
"Well, maybe he just wanted someone who actually does well in the class to be his partner" said Rei
"Rei, seriously, you are pushing it" said Serena
"But it doesn't make sense, why now? Then at the cafeteria John and Mike gave up their spots in the line so they wouldn't even be near me. No one is talking to me. Correction, no boy would talk to me, I don't get it" said Serena feeling very frustrated
"Do you think it's still about the rumors of you and Darien?" asked Amy
"I don't see why; he and Annaleigh spend an awful lot of time making out in front of their lockers. I don't see why someone will continue believing in the rumors after seeing them lock lips. It doesn't make sense! And what is worse is what happened just after the bell rang" said Serena with water in her eyes
"What happened?"asked Mina
"Well, next week is the Valentine's Day dance and is ladies choice, right?" said Serena
"Yes, we all agree to ask our dates last week. You said that you had already asked someone" said Lita
"We thought you already had a date" said Rei
"Well, I couldn't just ask someone out with all the rumors flying out about me and Darien and Annaleigh, so I waited for them to be over, and I asked someone out today. First time ever that I do and I had my hopes really high about it" said Serena whipping out a couple of tears as she spoke.
"Serena, what exactly happened? Maybe you will feel better after telling us" said Lita
"I asked Dominic Colton out" said Serena, and everybody was surprised and their mouths fell open
"Dominic Colton as in Dominic Colton the cutest guy in our class!!!!!" asked Mina in shock
"Yes I asked him, he has always been nice to me, and I believe that we flirted sometimes, up until today of course" said Serena with her disappointed voice again
"Why? What happened?" asked Rei
"I went to his locker to ask him out, 'cause Molly told me that no one had asked him yet, so I went and he was putting his books away, I asked and he saw me, he saw something else and then he laughed and said no" finished Serena, sadder by the second
"So he just said no?" asked Mina surprised and shocked by the words that came out of Serena's mouth. She knew Serena the least, but she did care a lot for her and, because she was "the goddess of love in Earth", she also notice a thing or two about how normally guys reacted to Serena and this wasn't normal behavior, specially coming from Dominic Colton who she knew, from a very good source, had a crush on Serena since a couple of months ago.
"No, I believe his exact words were: Keep on dreaming, then he just laughed and left" said Serena really anguished
"Well next time you see him; tell him to bugger off, that idiot, who does he think he is? Don't worry we are going to get revenge" said Mina
"What for?" asked Serena
"Well, to show him that you are not weak" said Mina
"It really doesn't matter, I'm not going anyway to the dance" said Serena with a very gloomy look in her face
"Oh come on Serena, you need to light up, no wonder no one has asked you out yet in general. You need to look more approachable, less blue. You have looked all week long as if a family member just died" said Mina
"I don't think the horrible face she has carried around this week is what is repealing all men or living creature around her" said Rei in her snooty little way
"Rei" yelled everyone to shut her up, Serena really didn't need this right now
"I'm sorry but I'm right, I think something fishy is up. I mean Serena isn't that pretty, I know but she could have found a date who said yes by now. Unless you are still hanged-up by Darien Shields" said Rei
"It is unbelievable how many different ways you find everyday to insult me" said Serena very annoyed by Rei's comment.
"Listen, I'm sorry Serena, I know you are upset but you have to let this go. Now, we have to prepare for exams and at least you have the smallest part in the play so you can concentrate more in trying to pass the semester" finished Rei with a hint of a smile in her lips
"Was that just you trying to cheer me up? Cause you really sucked at it" said Serena "Listen girls, I'm fine, I'm just… I want to be alone right now"
"No! And I can't believe I'm saying this but what you need right now is to be with friends that love you and will share with you an order of extra large fries and a big milkshake" said Amy hugging Serena warmly
"Thank you Amy" said Serena returning the hug
Then they all continued to walk to The Crown very quietly, not wanting to say something to upset Serena even more.
They finally reached the doors of The Crown. This place was so cool. It wasn't just a regular dinner or a regular video game parlor. It was a very large place that was divided into different sections. First section placed in the first floor of the building was the dinner. The dinner was a themed dinner from the fifties. Every waiter would wear roller skates and the girls would wear beautiful poodle skirts to go with it. The guys usually would wear their hair Grease Lightning style and every now and then some customer would put on the jukebox the "Grease Medley Song" and every waiter would ask a costumer to dance along with the song. The food was even better, burgers and sundaes were their specialty and thanks to Serena they owned the recipe for the most delicious burger in town. You see, Serena special ordered it and Andrew found out that the mix of ingredients were a total hit. Bacon, white and cheddar cheese, mushrooms, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, pickles, jalapeños and the pattie was even better, it was a combo of chicken, sirloin, turkey and crab ground meet. It was a master piece.
The Crown also had a floor dedicated for video games and several computers used by local students to write school reports, chat, email and surf the Internet for more online games. It also had a couple of pool tables and many other fun games. This particular floor had a very modern and psychedelic feeling to it. Every single color exploded from the walls creating flowers and animals with them. Serena and Mina spent a lot of hours in this floor playing the Sailor Moon video game, they were obsessed with it. The last floor was almost a blank slate; Andrew called it the white room. In it parties were often held. So you can see, The Crown attracted all kinds of crowds including our group of girls making it their favorite place to hang.
So, they sat in their favorite table and Lita approach the bar table looking for Andrew or his younger sister Lizzie. She found him refilling the ketchup bottles.
"Hi Andrew" greeted Lita
"Hi Lita! How are you?" said Andrew with a smile in his face to the tall brunette
"I'm very good actually, is Serena who needs some serious cheering up right now" said Lita
"So you will need a cheer-up special I presume?" asked Andrew
"Make it a double" said Lita
"That bad?" asked Andrew
"Yes, she is not herself right now" said Lita "Would you bring it to the table?"
"Yes, of course. Say Lita… did you already asked someone to the ball?" asked Andrew with hopeful eyes
Lita shocked by Andrew's question opened her mouth completely astonished. "I… I…mmm… I I I mm, do ah, mmm, have I? What?!" Lita stutter
"I guess you've already asked someone" said Andrew with a hint of disappointment in his voice
"I… didn't…I did you, I, why? I mean what, I" said Lita very fast
With a smirk Andrew said: "I kind of hoped you would ask me out to the dance" and he laughed "But you are way to pretty for me, right?"
Lita laughed anxiously and didn't know how to answer to Andrew "No, of course I'm not, I mean… I… I didn't know… you were available for dates. I thought that you had a girlfriend or something"
"You have known me for…what? Almost a year and a half? When have you ever saw me with anyone?" asked Andrew
"Then… why didn't you just…" said Lita but she was interrupted again by Andrew
"Lita I'll talk to you later, I have to go serve Darien's table. He just arrived"
"Darien is here?!" said Lita loudly
"Yeah, just came through the door" said Andrew signaling Darien and Annaleigh
"Damn it" said Lita and rushed to the girl's table
"Serena why don't we just go to the ice cream parlor in Second Street? What do you think? A super banana spilt?" asked Lita a with her eyes made signs to the rest of the girls to notice Darien
"Yeah Serena, a banana split sounds really good!" said Rei
"Why? We just got here" asked Mina to Lita not getting the signs
"Mina ice cream is better for Serena right now" said Rei
"But Amy was right, I need you guys, and a milkshake, we can share the banana split tomorrow" said Serena with puppy eyes to Lita and Rei. They felt a bit defeated and stayed at The Crown.
Soon Andrew came to their table with the extra large order of fries and the triple chocolate milkshake for Serena. Serena began eating with her friends and all of them started talking and tried to avoid the Darien or Dominic subject. Serena didn't even notice Darien and Annaleigh in the next table; Serena was in heaven with her fries and shake. But of course Darien did notice her, and so he came to the girl's table.
"I'm sorry I've been such a jerk to you" said Darien "You reminded me of someone I thought I knew… I hope to see you tomorrow in rehearsal"
"So you can make fun of me in front of everyone, yeah, can't wait for it" said Serena bitterly
Darien laughed angrily and said: "You are unbelievable"
"Serena, the banana split really sounds good right now" said Mina now getting why the girls wanted to leave.
"I'm unbelievable?! What about you? I apologize for knocking you down but you had to pull that crap in Drama class. You have… you are just…" she stood up from her table and started to walk to the dinner's bar when Darien said: "Just a jerk, right?
"Yes, just a jerk" said Serena now facing Darien
Darien just laughed, went to his table and took Annaleigh's hand and helped her up. He then put an arm around her shoulders and left The Crown.
Serena was fuming. And to realized, all of her lines were with Darien, and she was a maid, Darien's maid for that purpose. She hated this; she just wanted to get off that roller coaster that was her life right now. And to think, she was missing the Valentine's Ball, no guy was talking to her, she was in the middle of a spat battle with the most popular guy in school and she needed serious help with algebra. Someone please help her! Worst part is that rehearsal started the next day and still didn't even know what her lines were.
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