Author's Note: Serena is going to be out of character through most of this story. So is the rest of her family. Bear with me on this story.

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Warning: Depression and cutting is involved as well as a few other things.

Chapter 11

Molly grabbed her wrist and Serena snapped her hand back. Serena really didn't want her to find out that she was cutting herself. That would not be a good thing for her. She noticed that her sleeve was turning red. Serena didn't bother cleaning her cut last night and she hadn't gone home. Molly saw the red on her hand and looked up at Serena.

"S-Serena," Molly said giving her a wide stare when she noticed it was blood. She tried to grab Serena's wrist again, but she jumped back. That surprised Molly a little bit. She's never seen Serena react like that before. What was Serena trying to hide?

"I'm fine, Molly, it's nothing," Serena responded. She really didn't want Molly to find out. It was hard enough that she didn't actually feel anything at all anymore except for pain. She felt no one cared except for maybe Sammy and Molly. She didn't feel loved either.

"S-Serena, I know you're lying. I've noticed that you have been changing a lot lately. You don't talk in school anymore. You sit by yourself at lunch. When your friends try to talk to you…you don't respond to them. Are you alright, Serena? I need to know you are. Please, talk to me," Molly said softly.

Serena didn't say anything for a few minutes. She just looked down at the ground with tears rolling down her cheeks. Serena was happy that someone finally noticed that there was something wrong with her. When the girls talked to her they never asked what was going on. They just asked if she was doing alright. She would never respond because she would just lie to them. She would tell them she was fine although she really wasn't. She just wanted someone to notice…and now someone has. She just didn't think she could open up about what was happening to her.

"I-I'm fine, Molly, really. I should probably get home. My parents will be worried if I don't get home soon. They don't know I left actually," she responded. Serena picked up her bags and ran as fast as she could out of the mall. She had more tears running down her cheeks. She didn't want to lie to Molly too, but she didn't think she could bring herself to tell her. She didn't want her to know what her father has been doing to her…it was too painful to talk about.

She wasn't paying any attention to where she was going. She ended up bumping into someone and fell to the ground. The person she ran into helped her stand up. She looked up to see that it was Darien she had bumped into. He had a worried look etched on his face.

"Serena, are you okay," he asked her. Serena just glared at him. She didn't want to deal with Darien right now.

"Leave me alone, Darien! We're not even together anymore. You don't care what happens to me. You just care about yourself and the other scouts. I was never truly important to you. You only claimed to love me because of our destiny. You didn't love me for the person I was…you never did. I guess I was never special to you," Serena responded. More tears falling down her cheeks. She wanted to run, but she couldn't bring herself to move.

"Serena, that's not true at all. I love you for the person you are. I don't love you just because of our destiny, sweetie. We were meant to be, Serena. I care about you deeply. Please believe me," Darien responded.

"If you truly loved me or cared…you wouldn't have started to distance yourself from me. You wouldn't have turned me away. I really needed you that night. You just started acting cold towards me. You told me no…" Serena responded crying harder. Darien tried to pull Serena into his arms, but she just backed away from him. She ran away after that.

Darien knew he needed to get to the bottom of this. He wasn't going to leave Serena alone until he knew what was wrong with her.