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"Can you stop that?" asked a very irritated Raye. Serena rolled her eyes.

"Okay"

A while later.

Tab. Tab. Tab. Tab. Ta-

"Serena!"

"Okay, okay. Do you wanna hear a joke?" It was Raye's turn to roll her eyes.

"No"

"Okay, so the professor goes like 'People forget the things they don't want to remember-

"I thought I said no" interrupted a very annoyed Raye. Serena pouted.

"As I was saying, people forget the things they don't want to remember. It's basically amnesia. So a student raises his hand. The professor goes like 'Yes Jake'. Jake says 'If that's true, why doesn't everybody have amnesia?" Serena giggled, smacking the table.

Raye sighed.

"That's not funny" she said coolly.

"I thought it was funny" Danny told them as he and Chad took a seat at their table. Raye rolled her eyes yet again. "Of course you do, you're practically in love with her" she muttered quietly so that only Chad who sat right next to her, heard her. He suppressed a chuckle, opting for a shake of the head.

"Did you say something?" Asked Serena.

"Nope"

"So what are you guys doing?" asked Chad. "Well-" started Raye, "I was trying to read, but Serena has this thing where she not only doesn't like reading herself, but she makes it impossible for the people around her to read too" she gave Serena a dark look. Serena smiled sheepishly. Danny grinned.

"You ladies want anything?" asked Andrew as he came to their table. "Nope" Serena and Raye started giggling when they realized that Danny and Chad had said that.

"Uh I mean. . ."

"You know. . we uh. ." they said at the same time again. Andrew nodded sarcastically.

"Surrre, whatever you say. . ."

He took a couple of steps towards the counter.

". . . ladies"

Serena and Raye burst out in laughter.

"That's not funny" Chad repeated what Raye said earlier. "Oh come on, I bet if something embarrassing happened to me you would be rolling on the ground laughing at me, you shouldn't be so unfair" Serena scolded Chad. Chad rolled his eyes.

"Okay Mom" he said playfully. Serena grinned. Oh but it wasn't because of Chad.


"All right, so you went to the party hoping to make things better between you two, this girl Serena and you, but in the end you ended up insulting her" Darien nodded. "And she answered all of your questions when she was talking to someone else." Patrick rubbed his jaw.

"I really don't see the problem in this" Darien sighed. "Patrick I love her" he said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Okay, but what if you just think you love her?"

"Fine, fine, I get it there is absolutely no use in talking to you" Darien closed his eyes, the images of his beautiful Serena still in his mind.

"No, I'm just saying. It wouldn't hurt to look and date other women so you can determine if she's really the one you love" Patrick explained.

"That's what got me in trouble in the first place" he muttered. "Okay, okay so you slept with another girl and she caught you or did you tell her?" Patrick asked. This was all so confusing.

"Nope, she thought that we only kissed, I denied that. She believed me but at the end of the night Anne found me and we started arguing. She was listening and she found out" He put rubbed his face. "I-I didn't know that and she just ran out of there" Patrick bit his lip.

"Man, you messed up biiiiig time" Patrick stated standing up and walking to his door. He stopped and turned around. "Just one question though, why did you sleep with her? I don't need to know, you do because you clearly don't" and he walked in his room shutting the door quietly.


"So Mom, are you going to be mean to Mal's girrrrrlfrrrrieeend?" she said stretching the word.

"Depends" was her mom's short answer. "What do you mean depends, like if she treats you bad you'll treat her bad?"

Ilene chuckled. "No, as in if she treats my boy badly, I'll eat her alive" she said turning the page of her book. "Oh"

"What about you?" Ilene asked glancing at Serena. "Well, if Mal didn't get me a lot of presents and she's the cause, well let's just say there are some very interesting bugs in our yard" Serena smiled innocently at Ilene's shocked expression.

Ilene laughed "That's um really immature" she said to Serena. Serena pouted then sighed. Ilene looked at her troubled daughter.

She closed her book and turned to Serena.

"What's wrong honey?" she asked softly. Serena shook her head. "Nothing" she said smiling. Ilene sighed.

"Is something wrong between you and Darien" Ilene didn't tell that she saw Serena wince at the mention of Darien.

"N-No" she said shakily. Serena tried smiling again, but it felt like someone froze her cheeks and all Serena could do was wince.

"Honey, I know what it feels like when you're having trouble with someone you love, and I especially know what it feels like when you keep all of that inside you" she explained softly. Serena nodded.

"We broke up" she murmured. "What was that?" asked Ilene. "I said we broke up" Ilene nodded, somewhat shocked.

"Well, did you disagree on something or don't you feel anything for him anymore?" she asked touching Serena's shoulder.

"He slept with another girl" Before Ilene could close her open mouth and try to sooth Serena's pain, the door bell rang.

"Wha?" Ilene said in confusion not quite comprehending that the door bell rang. Serena smiled weakly, that was exactly what had happened to her. "I'll answer it" she said standing up.

"MALACHITE!!!"


"Minako, there's nothing to be nervous about. My family will love you" he said for the 100th time today. Minako nodded and tried fixing her appearance.

"It's just , you know? With other boyfriends I didn't care much 'cuz they weren't serious, but with you, I mean we do have plans" she said quietly, her head bowed. Malachite smiled softly. He put his arms around her small waist, and whispered in her ear. "Tell you what, If I see any sign that they don't like you, I'll make chocking sounds while eating dinner so you can 'save' me , huh? How about that?"

Minako giggled happily. "I love you so much" she said dreamily. "I love you too; now let's love my parents, okay?" She nodded. Taking a deep breath, she waited for the door to open when Malachite rang the bell.

Minako didn't expect a beautiful young girl to open the door and jump straight into Malachite's arms. She stood there, shocked and frozen, and watched as both the girl and her boyfriend crashed on the cement.

"MALACHITE!"


Serena walked to the door all the while thinking about her moms shocked expression. Yup, her mom liked Darien alright. He was always nice and polite to her, maybe that's why.

Turning the front door doorknob Serena pulled the door only to freeze. A beautiful smile lit her face and she jumped in her brother's arms . "MALACHITE!"

Malachite could only say "oof" before Serena and him were crashing down. He laughed at her strong grip and at her teary eyes. "Why are you crying buns?" he asked smiling cheekily. She giggled happily, sniffing after. "I can't believe you're back Mal, I missed you so much!" she said hugging him again.

Malachite glanced at Minako, only to laugh at her shocked expression. "Uh, Serena can we do this hugging thing oFF the ground?" he asked tugging her hair. She nodded happily and got off him. Serena smiled when she saw Minako. "You must be Minako" she said hugging the frozen girl. Minako nodded. "I. . . am"

After everyone was done hugging Serena remembered that her mom was still inside. "Malachite why are we waiting here?" she asked turning to him. He shrugged and picked up their bags to bring them inside. Serena smiled at Minako. "Let's go" she said waiting for Minako to go in before she went in herself.

They went inside just in time to see very blue Malachite, being hugged to death by Ilene. "Mom, I-I can't breathe" Malachite complained like a 5 year old. Ilene giggled and let him go. Her gaze fell on Minako and she smiled kindly.

"Well, Hello. You must be Minako, am I correct?" Minako nodded, shaking Ilene's outstretched hand. "Nice to meet you Mrs. Tsukino" Minako told her politely.

"Oh, just call me Ilene, Mrs. Tsukino makes me sound so old and old fashioned " Minako nodded. "Okay, Ilene" Ilene smiled.

"Well stand together you two" she told Malachite and Minako. Minako looked at Malachite in confusion, while Mal just grinned. He put an arm around Minako's shoulder. "Oh, how adorable you two look together" Ilene commented. Minako blushed.

"Mom, where are Dad and Sam?" he asked looking around. "Oh, they went to get some wood, your dad is building Sammy a tree house." she shook her head smiling.

"Wouldn't stop annoying us about it" Serena muttered under her breath. Malachite grinned while Ilene just looked at her a little sternly. "What?" Serena asked innocently.

"Anyways, they won't be back until dinner, so why doesn't Serena show Minako her room and you guys could nap until they come? I'm sure the jetlag is hitting you guys pretty bad by now, huh?" Ilene advised.

"Okay" Mal shrugged. "So which guest room is Min getting?" he asked his Mom smirking. Minako blushed and pinched Malachite's arm. Ilene rolled her eyes, "the one on the second floor next to Serena's room" she told him smirking also. Malachite pouted.

"All right young man, bring Minako's bags to her room so she can change into something comfortable" Malachite nodded taking the bags upstairs. Serena smiled at Minako. "Come on; let me show you your room"

Minako followed a very excited Serena upstairs.

"So this is your room" Serena explained opening the door. Minako looked in awe, it was beautiful. She looked at Serena suspiciously. "Are you sure this isn't your room" she teased. Serena shook her head smiling. "Nope, all yours"

"Seems like Mal put your clothes in here already" Serena commented seeing the discarded bags of Minako. Minako smiled and nodded. "Guess so"

"Soooooooooo" Serena started. "How old are you?" Minako blinked. Then laughed. "What?" a confused Serena asked. "Nothing, I just thought you would be either really shy around me or threaten me and all of that" She explained.

"Threaten you? Why?"

"You know, "don't hurt my brother or I'll hurt you" or "Don't make my brother unhappy I'll make you unhappy" Serena started laughing but stopped suddenly.

"Did Mala Poop bring me a lot of Presents?" Minako chuckled. Mala Poop?

"Yes, A lot" she commented shaking her head. "Good. . ." Serena started. ". . Then you don't have anything to worry about"


Serena was so happy. Her brother had brought her a LOT of presents, and she was opening them right now with Sammy.

Ilene shook her head in distaste. "Serena, Sammy how were you able to spend your brothers money when you weren't even there?" Everybody laughed. Serena turned red while Sammy just shrugged.

"So Malachite tells me that you're from Japan?" Ken asked Minako. "Well, I was born there and lived there for about 13 years then we moved to England." she told them.

"So can you still speak Japanese? I mean it has been a long time since you lived there, has it not?" Serena gaped at him. "Daad!" Ken just shrugged. "Well it has, at least been 5 years, right?" Minako couldn't answer because she was trying to suppress her laughter. Malachite shook his head.

"Minako still visits Japan. And yes she can still speak Japanese and it hasn't just been 5 years it has been 7 years."

"You do? Do you have any relatives there?" Minako nodded. "My Uncles live there and a few cousins" Ken nodded. "How many cousins and uncles do you have there?" Ilene interrupted before Minako could answer.

"Ken, don't you think that's enough?" she asked raising an eyebrow. Minako shook her head. "It's alright, um I have about 3 uncles there. Of course they have children there; um I have about 4 cousins in Japan. My aunt moved to England one year after my mom did, so we still visit Japan." Ken nodded "Really important to keep in touch" after a second he added "You never know when you're going to need a favor" Minako giggled while Ilene just shook her head.

"So do you have a brother?" asked Sammy. Minako smiled. "No, but I do have a sister about 1 or 2 years younger than you" Sammy's face screwed up. Malachite grinned. "What? You're too good for her?" he patted Sammy on his head ignoring the dirty looks from him.

"She's a girl" was all Sammy said before he started setting his new Play Station 3 up.


"That was an interesting night" Ilene commented as she climbed into bed. Ken set his book down, nodding. "You think she's right for him?" he asked his wife, taking is glasses of and putting them on the nightstand.

"I want her to be" Ilene stated arranging her pillows. "I mean, she's a sweet girl. She smiled with us unlike Erica, She laughed with us unlike Jenny, and she didn't think she was better than us unlike Molly, well-" Ilene paused. "-we don't know yet, I mean it's not like she called her friend right away to complain about us and how poor we were" Ken chuckled.

"Boy, Molly sure was something"

"And then, the Mom, like, washed the dishes herself and all. And I was, like, where is the frigging maid, ya know? Like, the kid brought me to the poorest family there it, like so frigging unbelievable!" Both Ilene and Ken said in union in high pitched tones and with a lot of attitude.

"You think Malachite told Minako about her?" Ilene asked Ken. Ken shook his head. "I think not my wife"

"Why is that my husband?" Ilene asked playfully.

"Well, for starters, that would mean that Malachite brought home every fluzzy he found of the street, you think she'd like to hear that?" Ilene thought about it. "Nah"

"Me neither, but it felt as if Minako was holding a lot back and she was acting around us?" Ken asked rubbing his shoulders.

"You really think so? I mean we don't know this could be her real self" She asked, helping him rub his shoulders. "Thank you, I mean she's not showing us her true face." he explained patting her hands, indicating that she could stop now. It was Ilene's turn to get her shoulders rubbed.

"What if she's just like Molly, but we're going to see that face later on?" he asked worried. Ilene laughed. "That. . . .that would be something" she said sighing.

"You know I like her though" Ilene confessed after a few minutes. "She seemed open to me, I guess we are expecting another Jenny or Molly that's why we're so . . .uh what's the word for that?" she asked Ken.

"Uh, worried maybe?" he answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Ilene smacked his arm. "You know I didn't mean that!" she accused. Ken laughed.

"But seriously Ken, where did that boy find all of those girls?" she asked baffled.

Ken shook his head. "I don't know, but if he had brought another …you know, I would've brought him to a hospital and made them check his brain" he told Ilene. Ilene giggled.

"Good thing we didn't, God knows what's going on in there"


Serena smiled all the way walking home thinking about Raye. The way Raye had glared at her when she had playfully scolded Chad. Uhhhhh she's sooooooo jealous! That means she soooooooo likes him! She thought grinning.

Serena stopped walking. Right in front of her was Darien, staring intently at her. Serena turned around quickly and started walking back the way she was coming from just now.

"Serena wait!" Darien yelled, running to catch up with her. Serena stopped, her heart beating fast. Noo, what are you doing? GO! Her mind commanded her, but her body wouldn't listen. Serena knew she couldn't always run away, because neither one of them weren't moving anywhere and she couldn't imagine herself running away from him 20 years from now.

Serena turned around slowly and waited for Darien to catch up with her. She made sure to look neutral. Finally Darien caught up with her. She watched him for a minute as he tried to catch his breath.

"What do you want Darien?" she asked coolly. Darien looked at her. "I-I want you to listen to me and really listen" he said. Serena stared at him in awe. "Oh my god! We tried that like a hundred times already! It doesn't work!" she told him.

Darien sighed. "It never works because you keep interrupting me or you don't want to listen because you're afraid!" he shot back. Serena gaped at him. "Why would I be afraid to listen to you, you jerk!?"

"Because you're afraid that once you listen to me, and once you find out what really happened, that you're going to believe me and want me again!" he yelled furiously.


Will she finally listen to him? Will he finally tell her why he did it?

Find out next chapter in My Head In My Hands!

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Oh and by the way, I named the father Ken. If I had named him something else in the previous chapters please correct me. I was too lazy to go and check because the other chapters are on the other computer and I didn't fell like checking on my accound.hehe