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Serenity's POV:
As it was noted, aunt Alice had given me the keys to the Ferrari, which were then taken away by aunt Rosalie and were replaced between either the wrangler or the M3. As much as I loved uncle em, I chose to ride with aunt Rosalie, and decided to stay with the safe topics of clothing, fashion, and make-up. Followed by more surprises, my dad wasn't kidding when he said aunt Rose needed to talk to mom about the "mini- vacation".
"but…but who's going to take me to school?" I sputtered out in disappointment. Finally acknowledging that I was there, jasper spoke. "she does bring up a good point." dad looked thoughtfully in my direction, then nodded to him self as he came up with a conclusion, ready to sentence the verdict. "Emmett could you drive her to school?" I sighed loudly, my hopes coming to a crashing end. Dad kissed the top of my forehead like he did when I was younger, mumbling against my hair. "it'll only be a little while." Then I was off with my uncle to school.
On the way there, I debated on telling him about Miranda and decided against it, if any thing I was waiting for the last two weeks of school for the tricks I had up these innocent sleeves. My very wise uncle raised an eyebrow in suspicion as we sped down the streets at 120mph. "you look like you have a plan. What has our little angel come up with this time?" flabbergasted, I looked everywhere but at him. "I, uh, um… cant say?" I replied sheepishly unsure what my features must have hinted at. Pulling up to the gates of the school, he suddenly stood up in the wrangler, both hands still on the wheel, and shouted at the cloudy gray skies. "I'm king of the world!" could this day get any worst? I smacked my forehead with the free palm of my hand before gathering my things together.
Miranda's POV:
Another boring Thursday and still no sign of her. That's like what, two weeks in a row? A new car pulled up to the school. No scratch that, not a car. Nope, not even close, and it certainly didn't even look new. if anything,it was dingy and some thing cousin Shane would use for his hunting trips. Ugh. Shuddering, I pulled my white fur lined parka closer to my body, wishing that the 20°s weather would go away. Some weird kid stood up in the jeep and shouted, "I'm king of the world!" no you're not, king of losers maybe. My reaction was the same as everyone else's. "who the hell?" it trailed off, my eyes brightening when they caught who was coming out of the vehicle.
Serenity's POV:
Getting off as quick as I can, my eyes combed the crowd in wonder as they rested on a certain marsh mellowed blonde with green eyes. I went on like nothing happened, as if I weren't absent for two weeks now, and found Julian several feet away from where we were parked. As soon as he saw my approaching form, his blue eyes blazed. Eyes like a blue kindling fire. "I missed you." he said when I was closer. "as I have missed you too." I replied. Quickly he started to shed his long thick leather jacket off, I didn't understand why he was doing this until he placed it over my shoulders. Casually I shook it off and handed the coat back to him, wanting him to desperately understand that I wasn't all that affected by the cold. Before he could look crestfallen, hastily I added, "you should keep it, besides you need it more than I do." and pulled him close, my arms quickly linking themselves around his body.
He pulled me closer to him self in an attempt to protect my body from chilly November air around us. I was hardly cold, but raidient warmth pulsed from him in waves sending familiar shocks through my system. Quietly we walked to the door, my body still being shielded from the cold wind until we were under the safe canopy that caught and held back most of the melting snow. Miranda came up behind us, her feet stopping short of the roof and slushy remains and as she walked closer until she was directly underneath, and very subtlety I stomped my foot down. Miranda shrieked in both surprise and furry as the slush came down on her, her arms flailed about as if a rabid animal were placed on her shoulder. Julian swiveled his head as a smile secretly slayed its self across my lips.
The bell rang sending every one one to their classes, as we both walked across campus Gina looked as if she would start running when we called over to her. As she came closer her eyes widened, her stress of being late forgotten as she asked, "where have you been?" I had to laugh. The smile from earlier glowed proudly on my lip glossed lips. Not in that much of a hurry anymore, we walked languidly to class a question forming as I wondered what it was like for my friends while I was gone. We all chatted quietly while role was taken, both Julian and Gina catching me up to speed as they told me what I'd missed in the course of half a month.
Demetri's POV:
"two straight weeks," I murmured as my brother pulled into the student parking lot, our usual spot still empty and waiting for us while Alec parked the mustang. "you are talking about serenity, correct?" he asked wistfully, his old English accent that he some times forgot to keep in check, slightly laced his words as he spoke. I nodded sure that he knew of exactly who I meant; my heart ached as it always did when I thought of her when Alec replied, "hmm, call it far fetched, but I do believe she might be here." my hopes rose with the idea, my mind willing her to magically appear out of the thin air. "what makes you say that?" I asked while still searching the parking lot for her and he sighed tiredly shaking his head at me.
"Miranda's looking a little put out today, don't you find that odd?" he mused casually while I shook my head. finally after tearing my gaze from the empty lot, I looked in his direction through a window seeing Miranda sit in her seat with an anxious expression as she stared at the white board. "and you say this because...?" my voice trailing off into a question, which was then rewarded with one of my brother's outraged looks that he was notorious for. "honestly! Am I the only person that notices these things or are you just blind to what's around you?" he returned leaving me on my own to figure out what he was trying to get at.
When I didn't answer, Alec took that as his Que to continue. "usually she gets that look at lunch you know. Let's say... when she's brooding over the boy that's always with Serenity?" I stiffened but other than that, he poked my sided when he mentioned her name. "Seren," I corrected. Alec rose his eyebrows at me as if I had spoken to him with a native Albanian tong. "she perffers being called Seren." I clarified. "so I've noticed brother."he said dryly, small amounts of impatience dripping into his sarcasm. Almost like a breaking point, I suddenly couldn't stand to be in the car with him any longer. I needed fresh air like a fish needed water or who knew what would happen to me if I did break.
"I'm going to class if you don't mind, I'll see you at lunch." I said, getting out of the car and slammed the door shut. "again brother, you must learn to pay attention to your surroundings. And its sooner than lunch that we see each other." Alec shouted at my retreating figure. His voice still echoed in my ears long after the bell rang, dismissing third period to make way for fourth. I still went to the office making the common excuse for Alec and I as I grabbed my pass and started walking to the gym. Coach martin was out sick and coach Clapp subbed in, filling his old place before the forced retirement the school implemented. While he took role I handed him the pass and walked to my number, my eyes dancing with joy when they took in serenity's familiar figure. She didn't look at me when I approached, instead her attention was focused on the snow that fell in drifts and flurries out the gym window.
Serenity's POV:
he came and my heart gave an unfamiliar jump as I avoided eye contact by starring out the window. Things were never going to be the same again. While each delicate flake fell out side, my mind played tempting images against my eyelids, fantasies of crushing my lips against Demetri's. I shivered involuntarily thinking that things in PE were about to become quiet awkward. Clapp was making us run the gym, no partners, only the physical exercise that would keep us warm in this weather. No problem. Wait, Huston? We have a problem. As every one waited for the whistle Demetri walked towards me, a smile lighting his perfect features while his lips moved, his voice coming out like silk. "race you?" I nodded eagerly wanting nothing more than to prove my self that last time was a fluke and that I could resist him.
"wouldn't want it any other way." I replied competitively. He nodded towards the open door, his brother catching on, more in-tuned to what was going on and took advantage of the competition. no one ever noticed we were gone, we were just that good. the rules were then laid out, our track went from around the school to the treaty line, and each round to the finish mark we would mark our own personal tree, the one with the most marks on their tree by the end of the period, won. Before staring Alec asked some thing that threw me completely off guard and caught me by surprise. "how's your sister doing?" Guarded, almost protective. Interesting...
AN:yes, this is about to get more confusing, i wanted to give u guys just a small taste of miranda's most inner thoughts and no she's not my most fovorite character, but she does make things intresting. about the last few chs. i didnt kno wht else to do about jake, sure she loves him, but a little hartbreak tends to make ppl stronger, right? and the surprises do keep on comming, so review if you wanna kno wht goes on next chappie :) lots a luv from the DarkAngel.
