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TEARS IN THE WIND
CHAPTER ONE: Tears in the Rain
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Serena watched the rain drops dance across the taxi's window, leaving their shiny sleek paths.
All that could be heard was her gentle breathing and the rain drops drumming their tune on the taxi's roof. As she stared out the taxi's window at the word around her, her reflection stared back at her with the same sad expression. She watched all the familiar building and places she grew up to love fly by her like she was riding the wind. She felt hot tears roll down her face with the pain of knowing she would be not seeing them again for a very long time.
"15 minutes, little miss 'till we reach Tokyo Airport", said the old taxi driver. He was bald on top with little tufts of white hair going around his circle shaped head. He had an bushy mustache, along with dark blue-gray eyes with so many wrinkles that look like they could tell you some interesting stories. And when he spoke he sounded like he grew up with out an education along with 3 front teeth that were missing. But all she did was nodded her head in response. She could smell the taxi's pine air fresher and old cigarette smoke in the taxi's seats. The smell made her sick to her stomach, it continued to twist and turn. She leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes.
**Flashback**
"YES! An 97 average! I knew that if I studied harder I could bring my marks up! And the best part in that no one knows! I will surprise them all when I tell the scouts, especially Rei and how she gets on my case, man will I make her eat her words!" said a cheerful Serena, " I will go and drop off that book I bought for Darien and show him first, he will be so proud of me!"
**End of Flashback**
But that seem pointless now. She wanted to get away from it all, she thought that she was not strong enough to face them, she wanted to get away from them. Only her parents knew that she got accepted to the school in New York as an exchange student. She had made them promise not to tell anyone where she was because she didn't want to explain anything to anyone, especially the man who broke her heart, Darien. She watched this one couple in the local café, just drowning in one another. Her upset stomach got worse. More tears began to fall down her cheeks, dripping on to her green coat. She began to sob quietly, how could he do that to her? They were suppose to be together forever, the loved each other. And what about Rini? Serena thought about the little pink haired princess, that she had grown to feel a great connection to.
" Oh my baby!", she whispered to herself .But before she could think about it more, the taxi stooped at a red light. What horrible timing. Her mouth dropped with pain and anger. There was Darien and Rei sitting at Andrew's arcade in the front window seat. They seem to be in deep conversation about something and both looked pretty upset. But Serena didn't care. She didn't want to even want to see them, let alone together by themselves. Then the image of them bed , ran in her head. Serena threw her head in her hands and more tears fell from her crystal blue, broken hearted eyes. She felt like she was going to be sick, and her heart was sinking in to her chest deeper and deeper. She found it hard to breath.
" Please hurry to the airport!", she cried out at the taxi driver with such pain and anger that he gave pity on this young girl. He nodded his head at her and soon as the light turned green, he speeded away. Serena sank further into the taxi's seat. It felt old and tired with many cigarette burns in it. She mindlessly played with her finger in one. She then wiped the tears away with her coat sleeve and composed herself and tried to act like nothing had happened. The rain continued to come down harder. She watched people running in to stores to get out of the gloomy weather that seem the have the essence of darkness in the air.
"We are here little miss", the man spoke softly trying not to scare the all ready jumpy Serena. Her face was still read and tear stained, and had looked like she was going to break down. She was surprise that he had gotten her there so fast. She was trying to hold back her tears but was seeming to lose the battle.
"How much do I owe you?", she sniffed while pulling out some cash.
"It is on the house little miss, looks like you could use a break,", he smiled at her trying to get her to cheer up, She tried smiling back but all she could give was a small grin.
"Thank you so much sir", she said great fully at the kind old man. She got out of the taxi and got her luggage out of trunk and walked to the airport doors. She waved him goodbye while she walked in.
As she walked in, her back straight, telling herself to be brave over and over and over. She walked over and sat down in a empty row of some pale blue seats by the window. She pulled a picture out of her pocket. It was wrinkled and one corner was dogged eared. It was a picture of her and Darien.
"Who am I kidding? I will always love you, Darien, forever no matter what but I know if I stay the pain will be too much, so that is why I have to leave", she cried more tears as they ran down her face and hit her picture.
"I love you SO MUCH, What am I going to do? No matter what I will but it will always hurt inside." She just sat there crying but then folded the picture back up and placed it into her pocket once more. She stared out the window at the sunset because the rain had stopped mysteriously. All this memories flooded back to her. Like when her and Darien kissed so sweet and passionately at the lake. Heart sank more and more.
"No wonder he chose Rei over me! I am such a cry baby!", Serena with such pain and disappoint in herself. Heart was telling her that it was not her fault but her mind was blaming herself.
"Flight 2-27, for New York now boarding;" a cold un-emotional voice said over the p.a system. She got up out of her seat and dropped her luggage at the baggage drop off. She tried to walk with dignity and pride, but seem to have her head in the clouds. As she walked up to the gate to get on the plane and gave her ticket to the woman standing there taking tickets.
"Ticket please!", a perky cheerful voice said. She was tall with short brown hair and green eyes. "Wow I wish when I was seventeen I could have gone to New York!". She gave Serena a great big smile but Serena walked away with-out saying anything. She knew it was rude but she was not in the mood for perky people, not now anyway.
As she entered the plane, she said as she wiped away her last tear away,
"A new beginning, a new future, but I will never forget my friends or my love"
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.................... To be continued