Aw, I can't believe it's nearly over. You guys should really consider this as a last chapter cos the next chapter is going to be pretty short and not very eventful :(
Either way I hope you enjoy it!
- Marina
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Chapter Seven - End It With A Lie
"Serena, wake up" A light angelic voice said to Serena early that morning.
Serena knew it was Daisy. That was the only reason why she didn't want to open her eyes. She was still terrified of the doe-eyed lunatic. She thought back to the last night and she couldn't remember when she fell asleep. She remembered staring at the door for at least four hours. Neither Rhonda or Daisy came in. Somewhere along the night she must have dozed off.
"Serena?" Daisy's sweet but deadly voice came again.
Serena decided that she couldn't hide away forever so she opened her navy eyes and looked right into Daisy's golden colored ones.
"Good morning" Daisy said and smiled sweetly at Serena. Serena didn't return the smile. Daisy noticed this and tried to hide the look of hurt off her face. "Mrs Moonstall would like to see you in her office ASAP" Daisy said coldly. Then without another word she left the bedroom, she understood when she wasn't wanted.
Serena sighed. She had no idea what she was going to say to Mrs Moonstall. She could always just blame the whole thing on Rhonda, but what proof did she have? Rhonda was the top of all her classes, teachers loved her. She was practically untouchable. As for Serena, there was really only one teacher who liked her and he was likely to be fired sometime soon. There was really no way to get out of this mess.
Serena realized it hadn't been the first time she had thought that. She had thoughts like that many times before about many other stupid things that she had done in the past. The only difference was back then she had Blair or Chuck or Nate to help her. Then a great idea hit Serena, she was going to call one of them for help. She thought about which one but the choice proved harder then she thought. She ruled Nate out completely for obvious reasons, he probably wouldn't enjoy hearing about her sexcapades with her teachers. She considered calling Blair but realized Blair wouldn't want to help, not without a proper apology for not saying goodbye, and it was very hard to earn forgiveness from a scorned Blair Waldorf. So that left Chuck, to be honest he was the ideal person to call, he wouldn't judge her for her mistakes, if anything he'd praise her!
So Serena took out her phone and looked through her many contacts until she reached C. There he was, between Carter Baizen and Collin Stevens. Serena pressed the call button and hoped to God that he wasn't with a girl, those phone calls always tended to be awkward. The phone rang four times before Chuck's low seductive voice answered.
"Hello?"
"Chuck, I need your help" Serena said getting straight to the point.
"Well, well, if it isn't everyone's favorite it girl who's currently MIA" Chuck said, he sounded happy to be speaking to her.
"Chuck I don't have time for catching up" Serena said frustratedly.
"Alright, what's wrong?" Chuck asked.
"Well, I kind of made a stupid bet with my roommate and I won but I didn't really and now I'm probably going to be expelled if I don't think of something fast" Serena explained trying to give the least amount of detail possible.
"Wait a minute, what exactly did you do?" Chuck asked. He sounded more amused and curious rather then concerned for Serena.
"I slept with my English teacher and my roommate played a video of it at a school dance yesterday" Serena answered. She could almost see Chuck smirking from the other end of the line.
"Oh don't worry yourself about it S, you sleeping with a teacher was bound to happen" Chuck said.
"Chuck!" Serena shouted, she really needed help and he was doing what he did best. He was being Chuck Bass.
"Okay, this is an easy one" Chuck said, he was taking his time just to annoy her. Sometimes Serena thought Chuck was the annoying brother she never had, Eric was just too thoughtful to be annoying.
"Just pin it on the teacher" Chuck said.
"What? I can't do that!"
"Why not? He'll probably do it to you, you know seeing as you came onto him and his job is at stake" Chuck told her. He did make a lot of sense.
"What if they need proof?" Serena asked worriedly.
"Who would you believe, the innocent sixteen year old girl or the high school English teacher?" Chuck said.
"When did you get this smart?" Serena asked.
"Blair and I thought of worst case scenarios for you and how to get you out of them, just in case" Chuck said. Serena smiled at hearing this.
"When did you do that?"
"After that banker's wife caught you making out with him" Chuck told her.
"I don't remember that" Serena said.
"Of course not, you were drunk out of your mind" Chuck explained to her, she could tell the smirk had spread to a smile from the reminiscing.
"Thanks" Serena said after a moments silence.
"Why did you leave?" Chuck asked.
"I can't tell you" Serena said. Chuck decided not to pry further, he knew when Serena wanted to talk, she would.
"Well, when are you coming back?" He asked instead.
"If I have my way, graduation" Serena answered.
"I'm sure whatever reason you ran away for isn't that bad" Chuck said.
"It is Chuck" Serena said to him.
"Right" Chuck said just to fill the silence.
"I better get going" Serena announced.
"You should call Blair" Chuck said practically ignoring what she'd just said. "Her dad just left her mom for a male model."
"Is she okay?"
"She's pretending to be, but you know Blair" Chuck said.
"Well isn't Nate helping her out?" Serena asked.
"Nate's been weird since the Shepherd wedding" Chuck said. He sounded like he was hinting at something.
"Well at least you're there for her" Serena said ignoring the Nate thing.
"You should be though" Chuck said. He wasn't trying to start a fight with Serena. He sounded generally concerned, like he wanted to help Blair.
"I have to go Chuck" She said instead of agreeing to it.
"Call her!" He demanded and Serena hung up the phone.
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Serena knocked on the door to Mrs Moonstall's red office. She waited for Mrs Moontsall to say come in or open the door. Serena had never waited before but she was too nervous to act like her usual rude self. She didn't know why she was nervous, she had it all planned out, she would simply blame it on Mr Powers. She felt wrong about doing it though, even though Chuck had made perfect sense in saying that Mr Powers would do the same. It just didn't feel like the right way to handle things. Either way she didn't have any time to think of another solution.
Mrs Moonstall opened the door and nodded for Serena to walk inside. Serena brushed her feet off the red carped nervously as she walked to the chair in front of Mrs Moonstall's desk. She sat and waited for Mrs Moonstall to waddle in front of her, she normally would laugh at the frog-like woman but for some reason she didn't find it funny this time. Serena realized there was a police man standing beside Mrs Moonstall's red bookshelf. Serena knew this was a serious problem but she didn't want to have to talk about it to the cops, she wanted to just blame Mr Powers and be done with it.
"So Miss Van Der Woodsen, I assume I don't have to tell you why you're here" Mrs Moonstall said.
Serena gave her a small nod.
"Serena this is a very serious matter, I need you to tell me exactly what happened between you and Mr Powers" Mrs Moonstall explained to Serena almost as if Serena was a little toddler.
"Mr Powers told me to do it" Serena said quietly hoping the police man wouldn't hear. He proved he didn't by taking a few steps closer.
"Yes go on Serena, tell me everything" Mrs Moonstall said understandingly.
"Have you told my mom about this?" Serena asked. Mrs Moonstall shook her head.
"Can you not" Serena begged.
"Serena this is serious, we have to alert one of your parents about this" Mrs Moontsall said.
"Well can you alert my father instead?" Serena asked. Knowing her cheating dad, he probably wouldn't care too much. He'd forget about it in the first five minutes and probably never tell Lily.
"Serena you need to tell us what happened" Mrs Moonstall insisted.
"Only if you promise me you'll only tell my dad" Serena said.
"Alright, I promise" Mrs Moonstall said.
"He blackmailed me" Serena lied.
"He told me that if I didn't do it then he'd lower my grades so that I'd get expelled." Serena didn't feel bed about telling her that, after all it was partly true. Mr Powers had technically done that, he'd just never put it to words.
"Did he use physical force to make you do it Miss Van Der Woodsen?" The police man asked. Serena wondered when he had gotten so close to her.
"No he just blackmailed me, I didn't want to my grades to go down because I'd be expelled and I probably wouldn't get into any other school" Serena told him.
"When did this happen Serena?" Mrs Moonstall asked.
"A few weeks ago" Serena answered.
"Do you have an approximate number?" The police man asked.
"I don't know, about three or four. Why does it matter?" Serena asked. Neither Mrs Moonstall or the police man answered. He just took something down in a notebook while Mrs Moonstall stared at Serena pitifully.
"And how many times did it happen?" The police man asked.
"Once" Serena answered honestly.
"Did he try make you do it any times after that?" He asked.
"Yeah, once more after that" Serena answered. She figured if she was going to carry this around with her in her conscious then she might as well tell the most truth possible.
"Did he bring down your grades when you didn't do it?" Mrs Moonstall asked. Serena nodded.
She looked at the police man and he gave Mrs Moonstall and efficient nod.
"Alright Serena that'll be all" Mrs Moonstall said. Serena stood up awkwardly, a little unsure of what to do now, and walked out of the red office.
As She walked back to her room she walked by Mr Powers' old office. She saw some more cops walking out holding boxes of his stuff. On top of one of the boxes that a cop was carrying out she recognized a familiar graduation picture. She stopped in her tracks and stared at the almost empty office. She could hear whispers from people walking by her, she could tell most of them were staring waiting for her to do or say something scandalous. She didn't mind it, it was expected.
Suddenly some one hit into her causing her to snap out of her trance. She was so overwhelmed by it that she didn't notice who it was that was power walking away from her.
"Derek!" She called out after him and started running to catch up to him. Everyone around them stopped to see what would happen, most of them were hoping for another scene.
"Derek!" She called after him again as she started to catch up. He ignored her and tried to walk faster. She grabbed his arm but he wriggled it free.
"Don't touch me slut!" He shouted and kept on walking. Serena didn't follow. His words stung too much.
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That night Serena sat in her room staring at her phone. She didn't have anything to do or anyone to talk to. She considered doing what Chuck had said and calling Blair but she figured if Blair did forgive her she'd probably start asking for advice on how to deal with Nate and Serena didn't know if she could do that with her whole guilty conscious.
She lay back in her bed and stared at the top bunk. She saw a bottle of vodka hidden between Daisy's mattress and the wooden frame of the bed. Great hiding place Rhonda! She thought sarcastically to herself. She took a swig from the bottle and lay back down in her bed. Something tasted different. The vodka didn't give her the same burning sensation she usually got. Then Serena realized why.
"Bitch switched it with water!" She shouted angrily and flung the bottle to Rhonda's side of the room. It hit a wall and shattered into tiny pieces. Little shards of glass landed all over Rhonda's things.
"Holy shit Serena! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Mr Powers' voice said from near the window that Serena used to sneak back into her room late at night.
She turned to the window and saw him standing there. He was wearing an old shirt and a dirty jacket. He looked like he hadn't showered in days.
Serena backed away a little, she was worried of what might happen.
"What the hell are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in prison or something?" Serena asked nervously.
"Right because I blackmailed you into sleeping with me" Mr Powers said sarcastically.
"Well I had to tell them something!" Serena shouted defensively.
"How about the truth?! But I guess that's not really your thing" Mr Powers yelled angrily.
"I'm gonna call the cops if you don't get out of here" Serena warned him. She didn't have time for psychopathic teachers.
"Call the cops, it's too late to save me now. But Serena, you need to learn right from wrong and I'm not leaving this place until you do!" Mr Powers told her.
"What do you want me to do?!" Serena yelled.
"The right thing!" Mr Powers told her cryptically.
"Like I know right from wrong" Serena said frustratedly.
"Just make sure the real person at fault gets their punishment" Mr Powers explained to her.
"I'm hardly gonna punish myself" Serena said.
"Not you Serena" Mr Powers said.
"Then who?" Serena asked. There was something weird about all this.
"Who do you think?" Mr Powers said sarcastically. "Who's idea was this in the first place?"
"Chuck?" Serena asked with a confused expression.
"No not Chuck! Serena listen to me, there's a reason you slept with me, what reason?" Mr Powers tried again.
"I made a bet with Rhonda" Serena said simply.
"Bingo!" Mr Powers shouted.
"Rhonda" Serena repeated as realization struck her.
Serena's eyes shot open. It had all been a dream, no vodka, no Mr Powers. When she looked around the room she realized there was no Rhonda or Daisy either. She realized she hadn't seen Rhonda since the dance. Where the hell was she? She got up off her bed and put on some shoes. She was gonna find the bitch.
She walked out of their room and started wandering the halls. There really wasn't many places either of them could hide. The search proved to be easier then she thought because Serena found them in the girls' lounge. The were both wearing black clothes like burglars and were graffiti-ing the walls with spray cans.
"What the hell are you doing?" Serena asked. Both girls turned around and hid the cans behind their backs on instinct.
"Well if it isn't Mrs Moonstall's favorite student" Rhonda began, "We thought that it was a little unfair that you didn't get expelled after the whole fiasco with Mr Powers so we thought it was our duty get you expelled."
"You were gonna pin this on me?" Serena asked.
"Yes we were" Rhonda answered.
"We?" Serena asked looking into Daisy's amber eyes. Daisy looked at her with her usual innocence at first but then it turned to a death stare.
"I'm not a freaky lesbian stalker" Daisy stated coldly. Rhonda smirked at that and gave Serena a challenging look.
"There's something wrong with both of you" Serena said and turned around to walk away although Rhonda wasn't quite finished with her yet.
"This coming from the world class whore who cries herself to sleep" Rhonda said. Serena tried to ignore her and kept walking.
"That's right Serena, we heard you" Rhonda continued, "We can hear your silly mumbles about Pete and Georgina and Nate and Blair, and you know what? I agree with you. You totally killed him. You're not just a home wrecker, you're a murderer!"
At that Serena turned around and gave Rhonda a warning glare.
"Oh no Daisy, looks like I made Killer Barbie angry" Rhonda said feigning fear. Serena gave her a warning look but Rhonda didn't take it.
"Come get me whore" Rhonda said and gave Serena a wink. At that Serena lost it. She ran up and jumped on Rhonda. It was a typical bitch fight. Both girls were pulling each other's hair. Rhonda was biting Serena while Serena was scraping Rhonda with her perfect nails. Daisy just watched in shock.
"Crazy bitch!" Serena yelled angrily and smacked Rhonda across the face.
"Idiot New York Skank!" Rhonda shouted back and kicked Serena's side.
Eventually Serena managed to get on top of Rhonda. Rhonda didn't give up, she kept slapping the blond while Serena tried to force her arms down to the floor.
"There bitch, I got you on your back, give up yet?" Serena said challenging Rhonda to keep going.
"Hey I may be on my back now but you're on your back practically all the time if you know what I mean" Rhonda shot at Serena.
Serena slapped her and Rhonda elbowed the taller girl off of her. Serena rolled over to the side and Rhonda jumped on her.
"Stupid, blond bimbo!" Rhonda shouted.
"Frizzy haired psycho!" Serena shouted back.
"What is going on here?!" Mrs Moonstall's frog-ish voice shouted.
Both girls stopped fighting. Neither of them had realized how loud they were until now. They saw most of the girls out of their rooms watching them and Daisy just standing there in pure shock.
"Miss Van Der Woodsen, Miss Kinseally and Miss Lewis my office. Now!" Mrs Moonstall shouted. She turned around and walked towards her office without giving the girls a second glance.
Rhonda got off Serena and straightened out her clothes. Serena brushed her hair into the proper place with her hands. They both glared at each other and walked onwards with Daisy keeping her distance from behind.
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"What the hell were you two doing fighting at half one in the morning?!" Mrs Moonstall shouted at Serena and Rhonda. She'd brought the two of them in first and decided to bring Daisy in afterwards in case either of them lied.
"They were graffiti-ing and were gonna blame it on me!" Serena said glaring at Rhonda.
"No we caught you graffiti-ing and then you sprayed us to make it look like we were trying to frame you!" Rhonda said.
"I was graffiti-ing? Look at you! You're dressed like a burglar and you're covered in spray paint, I don't have any paint on me!" Serena countered.
"Well excuse me if some one is good at not getting paint on themselves!" Rhonda shouted.
"Excuse me if some one's a bad liar" Serena shouted back.
"Quiet!" Mrs Moonstall screamed. She was frightening enough to shut both girls up."Neither of you should have been out of your room in the first place so it doesn't matter what you were doing you're both in trouble already!" Mrs Moonstall yelled at them.
"What?!" Serena and Rhonda exclaimed simultaneously.
"So she's not gonna get in trouble for trying to frame me?!" Serena yelled.
"And she's not gonna get expelled for using up her final warning for like the third time in a row?!" Rhonda shot at her.
"If I was supposed to get expelled it was you're fault" Serena retorted.
"Shut up!" Mrs Moonstall screamed. Both girls went quiet again.
"Miss, if you let her off the hook again with just a minor punishment but you punish me for fake graffiti-ing without getting another chance then I'm going to sue" Rhonda told Mrs Moonstall. Serena rolled her eyes.
"Enough Miss Kinseally! Both of you go wait outside my office. I'll just get Miss Lewis to tell me what happened" Mrs Moonstall said frustratedly. Serena and Rhonda walked towards the door, shoving into each other childishly as they walked.
"She wants you" Rhonda told Daisy when they got out of the office. Daisy looked at Rhonda nervously.
"Just tell her Serena was the one trying to frame us" Rhonda ordered her.
"How?" Daisy asked with a panicked look.
"Improvise" Rhonda said as Daisy walked inside the office.
Once the door was closed Serena and Rhonda sat themselves on a waiting bench outside the office. They were quiet for a few minutes but it felt like hours, until Rhonda finally spoke.
"You're gonna tell her it was all your fault" Rhonda said with a smirk.
"And why would I do that?" Serena asked almost laughing at Rhonda's stupidity.
"Because I know more about you then you'd like" Rhonda said still smirking.
"Oh yeah, like what?" Serena asked confidently.
"Like you're quite the favorite of a gossip blogger called Gossip Girl."
Serena froze.
"And I know things about what you did with Pete and Nate and although I may not know who those people are, I'm pretty sure that whoever reads Gossip Girl does" Rhonda said. Serena didn't speak for a moment.
"You don't have any proof" Serena said.
"You're right. I only have proof that you slept with your English teacher" Rhonda said, smirk turning to grin. Serena went very quiet.
"What do I have to do?" Serena asked.
"Tell her that my story was the truth" Rhonda said.
"That's all?" Serena asked.
"Well you'll be out of here so I don't have anything left to ask of you" Rhonda replied.
"Okay" Serena agreed. Just at that moment the door opened to reveal a guilty looking Daisy.
"She wants to see you both" Daisy said nervously. Rhonda looked at Serena and gave her a nod. Serena got up off the bench, Rhonda stayed seated. Serena walked into the office and marched right up to Mrs Moonstall.
"It was me. I put graffiti on the wall, I tried to frame Rhonda and Daisy, I started the fight. It was all me" Serena said simply. Mrs Moonstall opened her mouth to say something but Serena just continued talking. "I'll go pack my things. I'll be gone by tomorrow morning."
And with that Serena walked out of the office. She walked past Daisy and Rhonda, ignoring Rhonda's claps and bravos. She just kept on walking till she got to room 629 for the last time. And once she was in, she just went to sleep.
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Coming Up...The End!
