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Darien leaned against his locker. He watched as the hall filled with students and teachers. He laughed at the sight of the new freshmen scurrying around, trying to find their classes. It was his last year at Mountgate High School. His final year stuck inside these blue and white walls. This was his year. He was quarterback of the football team, had the hottest girl in school, top of the class, and to finish it off; he had the greatest friend any guy could ever hope for. He glanced down back his watch. Serena was going to be late as usual. He sighed. He would have to see her at lunch. He scanned the halls again looking for her blonde head. No sign of her yet. Just like Serena to be late on the first day of senior year. Then, something hard and round come in contact with Darien's right arm. He angled his head only to be greeted by Andrew's goofy smile and dusty blonde hair.

"Sup, bro?" Andrew asked as leaned next to Darien against the row of lockers.

"The next time you punch me, I'll beat your ass," Darien warned as a joking smile plastered across his face.

Andrew laughed and shook his sandy head. "You lookin' for Sere?"

Darien nodded. "Yeah, but I don't see her anywhere." He shrugged his shoulders.

Andrew raised his arms and sighed. "Typical Serena. She'll always be late for school."

Darien nodded again. He wondered inwardly how long that bad habit of hers would last. No way would she be able to sustain a job, if she was always running into the office late. But then again, he knew Serena wouldn't be working at a desk job. She would have her own studio and spend her days painting and sculpting. Leave it to her to actually follow her dreams. Darien smiled slightly, Serena was always encouraging him to do something with his life that he loved and had a passion for. She had the most life and spirit out of anyone he knew, and best of all could out run and tackle any guy he knew as well.

"So, Dare… You see the new girl?" Andrew questioned raising an eyebrow.

"Nope," Darien's reply was solid and firm. Typically, new girls had always sparked Darien's interest but not this time.

Andrew smiled. "Dude, she is bangin'! Her name is Minnie or Manny...Whatever something like that. But man, let me tell you! She is set." Andrew finished by rolling his hands, sculpting the outline of an hour glass.

"Details, Andrew." Darien demanded as he adjusted himself to face Andrew face to face.

"Okay, she is strawberry blonde. Well, more blonde then strawberry. She's tall. I would guess around five-seven, five-eight. Cute as hell man! She has these huge green eyes. I'm tellin' you, dude. Bang-able." Andrew placed special attention to the last word, by over punctuating it.

Darien chuckled and slapped Andrew's arm. "Go get it. Sounds like your type of girl." Andrew needed a girlfriend after what happened with him and Rita. This blonde sounded like just the chick for him. Darien, on the other hand, already had Beryl. And, he highly doubted that this new girl could match Beryl. Darien loved her dark auburn hair and hazel eyes. This new girl sounded like the equivalent of peach pie. Let Andrew have her. Darien already had the best of both worlds, sexy girlfriend: Beryl, and down to earth best friend; Serena. Yeah, Darien had it made. He smiled to himself as the bell for class rang. They parted ways, heading towards the opposite ends of the hall.

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"Serena! Where the HELL am I going? Trying to find the right classrooms in this place is harder than figuring out the subway system!" Mina whined. Serena rolled her eyes. She should have known better. This wasn't going to be easy. She quickly grabbed Mina's schedule out of her hands. She scanned it over, and they had first and last period together. Serena nodded to herself. She was definitely going to have to sketch out a map of the school for Mina. She turned around to face Mina, who happened to be flirting with a group of baseball players. This was going to get really old, really fast.

She tapped Mina on the shoulder, "Mina, we have first period together…" she began but was then cut off by her cousin.

Mina faced Serena with a beaming smile. "That's just great, Sere. But, let me introduce you to my new friends. This is," Mina began to point to each male, but Serena held up her hand to silence her.

"I already know them, Mina. Alex, Zach, Tim and Matt," she stated as she pointed to each guy. She was annoyed that they didn't recognize her. But then again, how could they? The boys faces' had puzzled looks of confusion concerning the mysterious blonde in front of them.

It wasn't until the brunette one, Matt, smiled. He shouted excitedly, "Holy shit! Serena, is that you?!" Serena bashfully nodded her head as she could feel her cheeks turning a pink.

Matt spoke up again, "Damn, Serena you look great! I mean...just stellar." He laughed lightly to himself, "Looks like you did some growing up this summer, haven't you?"

Serena playfully punched him, then shrugged her shoulders, "Well, you know… I decided to let Mother Nature take control." She added a small wink, which made the guys blush.

Then, Zach piped in, "Have you seen Darien yet?" Serena shook her head 'no'. Zach smiled, a little more confident and stepped forward, "Well, he is going to flip. You're gorgeous."

That was it. Her cheeks were on fire and she knew it. Serena laughed uncomfortably, "Well I can still kick your ass on the baseball field." She more or less stated the comment to herself for her own reassurance. The boys all laughed as Mina giggled to herself. It was then that Serena became all too aware of herself. Why shouldn't the guys be acting like this? She had changed, that's for sure but she didn't expect this reaction from them. She wore makeup and a skirt, which were things that she would never wear before. Mina had tried to convince her to wear heels but that was not to going to happen, not today at least. Recently, she just learned how to walk in the menacing predators. She wasn't going to take any chances today by falling or tripping in front of everyone. Instead she had on strappy sandals, which she deemed much more comfortable. "Well, Mina and I better get going to class. See ya later!" The guys all nodded and responded with 'laters' and 'yeahs'.

"See, Serena! I told you that people were going to flip when that saw ya!" Mina squeaked in a sing-song voice.

Serena laughed lightly as she trucked down the hall with an accompaniment of turning heads. Of course not to be outdone by pointing fingers and looks of surprise on her classmates faces. She grimaced to herself. 'It was going to be a long an awkward school day,' she thought internally. She should have expected this sort of reaction from her school mates because her own family had lost it when they saw her. Even her little brother, Sammy stated, "Wow Sere. You sure look a lot different. You actually look like a girl now!" She rolled her eyes at the confrontation of last night. Her mother cried with joy and her father shook his head, realizing that dating was going to become a distinct possibility for Serena. She mused to herself how many guys her father would threaten this year unlike years before.

She and Mina walked in to their first period class, before the bell rang. Serena smiled to herself. She was actually on time for once and on the first day of school to boot! She relished the moment with joy. This almost never happened. On lucky days, she could sneak into the class through back door or walk in while the teacher's back was turned. On her unfortunate days, she would come running into the room panting. Needless to say, she spent a lot of time after school in detention. That's where she first developed an interest in drawing.

They quickly walked over to sit in two empty desks next to the windows of the classroom. Serena leaned her head against the cool glass of the window and looked out. The sun was bright and the grass gleamed with the mid-morning dew. As unusual as the day might have felt, she did admit to herself that she kind of enjoyed it. It wasn't the attention. No, she was never one want to be in the spotlight. It was the recognition that she had finally grown up. After all this time, she had finally been able to flourish.

Shrilling voices interrupted her thoughts, but this only made her smile even more. Ami, Raye and Lita came rushing over to her with a series of "Oh my god", "Your hair!", and of course "You're in a freaking skirt!". Serena laughed and hugged her friends warmly, then introduced Mina to Ami. She didn't have to introduce Lita and Raye because they had met her two summers ago, when she visited Serena for a few weeks. And from that point on, they kept in touch with each other. The girls sat down next to Serena and Mina and continued to "oh" and "aw" over Serena's 'transformation' as Mina adoringly called it.

The second bell rang, which signaled the students to be in class. But that's not what stopped the five girls from chatting. It was the sound of an all too familiar tenor voice that belonged to sandy haired young man.

"Serena, is that you?" It came out a question, but was more a subtle demand.

Serena turned herself forward and looked up. Her sapphire eyes grew with happiness. "Hi, Andrew!"

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