Part 2
I visited the hospital everyday that week. Each day
Serena looked better. A lot of the bruising had gone
down, and she was more hyper then the first time I
saw her. It was still a big question on where she
was going after her stay at the hospital, but no one
ever brought it up around her.
Today was her one-week "anniversary" at the hospital
and I was coming to see her as usual. On my way I
walked pasted Dr. Anderson's office. As I walked by
I over heard her talking about Serena. Thinking it
might be important I stopped just to see what was
going on. Looking through a crack, I saw Dr.
Anderson talking to another woman. Listening I could
hear what they were saying.
"I know Serena is special to the girls. But there is
nothing I can do about it. Nobody here can take her
in. That's why I called you. Can you take her in at
your organization?"
"Of course. We have plenty of room for Serena at
Blossom Lane Children's Home. It's not a problem at
all. When should we be expecting her?"
"Well around the middle of next week I think. But we
will call you a few days before hand to confirm a
date. Thank you so much for coming over here. Now I
just need to inform everyone. Thanks again."
Before they could open the door I moved down the
hall and waited for Mrs. Anderson to go her own way.
After a few minutes the woman left and I approached
Dr. Anderson.
"Oh Darien I wanted to talk to you…"
"I can't believe you would send her to an orphanage.
Do you know what it is like in those places? She
would never fit in. You can't do that to her. Isn't
there anyone else who can take care of her?"
"I'm sorry Darien. I don't know how you found out
but it is our only choice. No one here can take her
in. There's nothing we can do. Besides she won't be
there for long. It won't be that bad for her."
"She'll never get used to it though. No one coming
from a family ever gets used to it. It will be too
hard on her. She doesn't need that!"
"What else are we going to do? Have you got any
other ideas? If so I would like to hear them. I
would rather not have to send her to an orphanage if
it could be avoided."
Before I even thought about what I was saying it
came out of my mouth.
"Yes I do have a better idea. She can stay with me,
in the spare room in my apartment. It is defiantly
better then an orphanage. I should know I came from
one."
I looked over at Dr. Anderson to see what she
thought of my idea but her face was unreadable.
"Are you sure Darien? Do you really mean it?"
It was not a pleading question. It was more like a
life or death question. "Yes" I thought to myself,
"It is a life or death question"
"Yes I'm sure. I mean it. She can live with me. It
won't be a problem."
"Well then I guess it is up for Serena to decide on
where she rather go. Come one. Lets go talk to her
about it now. She needs to chose."
We walked down the hall to the regular hospital
rooms where Serena was staying. Opening her door we
walked into a colorful room full of cards, and
balloons from friends of hers. There were also
several stuffed animals added into the scene. On the
table in the corner were her schoolbooks Amy had
brought over, untouched and unnoticed by anyone.
Serena was sitting up on her bed looking out the
window with her usual dazed look on her face. But
when she heard the door close she looked towards us.
"Mrs. Anderson, Darien hi. What's up?" she said with
her usual cherry voice.
"Serena,' said Dr. Anderson. "We have come to see
because you need to make an important decision. It
turns out none of your friends can take you in after
you get out of the hospital. We have been discussing
this the whole week. Today a representative visited
me from Blossom Lane Children's Home. They have
informed me they have the room to take you in. So
you can go there or…"
"An orphanage? You're not serious? Wait did you say
or? Or what?"
"Or you can live with me," I said plainly. I wasn't
going to stumble around with the words. She had to
know what her choices were.
"So your are saying that I can either live in the
orphanage or with Darien? Where is this place
anyways?"
At first I couldn't believe it. Was she actually
considering the orphanage? No, no one would want to
go there on there own free will. But I with held my
argument till she was finished asking questions.
"Well it is a few hours north from here," stated
Amy's mother.
"A few hours? I would be so far away from everyone,
everything I know. I don't think I could do it. I
miss everyone so much. But…" she turned and looked
at me.
"Darien, do you really mean it? Your not just doing
this to pity me, are you? This isn't some cruel joke
is it?"
Looking into her eyes how could I have possibly lied
to her?
"Of course I mean it meatball head. I wouldn't have
offered an opinion if such a big decision if I
didn't mean it. This is something I would never joke
about."
I said that last part with seriousness. I wanted her
to totally believe me. I couldn't have her not
trusting me. She had to see I was dead serious about
this. I watched her as she sat and thought about it.
You could see she was running the choices and
consequences through her head over and over. After
about 10 minutes though, Dr. Anderson finally spoke
up.
"If you like, we could leave you to think about for
the day. You don't need to decide right now."
"No, that won't be necessary. I have made up my
mind."
"Are you sure Serena?" she asked. "This is a big
decision for you."
"I know. But I already know where I would rather be.
I want to be here with my friends. They are all I
have left. How could I possible leave, and move so
far away from Mina, Amy, Raye, Lita, Andrew and
Darien. I mean this is where I belong. If I left who
would Raye and Darien fight with? Who would Amy have
to always nag at about studying? I mean if I left I
wouldn't have Lita's cookies everyday to eat, and
Mina is like a sister to me. Besides, Andrew would
lose one of his best customers."
I listened to she say all this in a slight shock. It
wasn't that anything she said didn't make sense, but
she had even said that she didn't want to leave me.
After everything I have done to her, she still
thought of me as a friend.
"Yea besides if you left who would I call meatball
head?" I added for the fun of it. But instead of her
usual insult back she said something I wasn't
expecting.
"That's right. If I left everyone would miss me.
Even Darien. So I can't go." She turned to me,
"Darien, is it still alright if I stay with you?"
"Of course. Your are welcomed to stay with me."
I could tell if her leg weren't broken, right there
and then she would have been jumping for joy. But
instead we got one of the brightest smiles I had
ever seen.
"Well, since this matter is settled with you I now
got to call Blossom Lane and tell them your are not
coming. Darien, please come with me so we can get
this all worked out. Serena, is I am not mistaken
the girls should be here soon to visit, and I know
you are going to want to inform them of your big
news."
With that Dr. Anderson and I walked down the hall to
her office on the way there we pasted four gloomy
girls walking down the hall. I could tell they were
upset about not being able to take in Serena, but as
I passed them I gave them one of those I know
something you don't know looks and kept walking
behind the Dr. I caught up with Mrs. Anderson and
whispered in her ear.
"When she tells them, the whole hospital is going to
hear their reactions."
She gave a slight nod and a smile as we entered her
office to make a few phone calls. 5 minutes later 4
loud "What's!!" filled the halls and I couldn't help
but smile. I spent a good hour and a half talking to
Mrs. Anderson. I answered all her questions, filled
out Serena' release forms for the hospital, and
confirmed a hundred times that it was no trouble,
and that I did have to room. Finally she let me go
and I made my way back to Serena's room. Two doors
down I could already here them still bugging her
with questions. Opening the door I stepped in
unnoticed till Serena looked up and saw me.
"Darien will you please tell them that I am not
lying? They still can't believe you offered me a
home."
"She is right you know. I did say she could stay
with me if she wanted. Is that really so hard to
believe?"
By the looks on their faces, I could tell they still
weren't to sure. It was Raye who broke the silence.
"I say ten bucks they kill each other in a week."
"Raye! How could you?" asked Lita. "Only a week? I
would give them at least two."
"Your on."
I couldn't believe this. They were sitting there
making bets over us? I turned to Serena to see what
she thought of this but she just sat there like this
was perfectly normal.
"Great, now I can win the ten I lost last time.
Remember Lita? It was when she had had that really
bad, bad day, and then Darien came along and
insulted her. I could have sworn that she was going
to hit but you were right. It was only the usual
outburst."
The girls all started laughing, forgetting I was
even there.
"I remember that," said Serena. "I was so mad. I
thought about it but I just couldn't do it. I never
did like fighting like that."
"That's because you never got a good taste of it
before," laughed Lita.
"You know Lita, you still scare half the kids in our
school. They still think you are going to beat them
all up," said Mina.
It was then I started to realize what I had gotten
myself into. This is defiantly going to be an
interesting arrangement.
I stayed and listened to them talking for a while. I
never really heard whet they were saying till Serena
called my name.
"Darien. Hello you there?"
"What? I'm here. What did you say?"
"I asked if you wouldn't mind driving the girls to
my house for me. They offered to pack up some of my
stuff for me to take to your place, that way we
won't have to worry about it when I leave."
"Sure I don't mind. I am free today. When ever you
are ready to go."
"We can leave now," said Amy. "That way it is all
packed up, and we could help bring over to your
apartment today before it gets late."
"Ok then. Lets go. See you later meatball head."
After the girls had said their goodbye's they
followed me out to the parking lot to my car. I
wasn't sure where I was heading, so I let the girls
direct me down the streets. After 35 minutes of
driving, we stopped in front of a two-story house.
The girls got out and headed to the front door.
"How are we supposed to get in?" I asked as I caught
up with them.
"Serena's family keeps a key taped inside the
mailbox. We can use it to get in. Come on in," said
Lita. I hadn't even realized that the other were
already inside the house. Just as I was stepping in
a small black thing shot past my feet and jumped up
onto Amy's shoulders.
"Luna! Oh no. We total forgot about you. Have you
been out side this whole week?" but the only answer
Amy got for an answer was a loud "meow" from Luna.
"Come on girl. I'll get you some food and water. You
seemed to be doing ok. Lets go," said Amy heading
out of the hall to what I guessed was the kitchen.
"I didn't know Serena had a cat," I said.
"That's right. She has Luna," said Mina. She turned
to look at me. "She can keep her can't she?"
"I guess. But it might be a little hard for her. I
live on the 10th floor of my building. It's not like
I can open the door to let her out."
"Well Luna isn't a complete outdoor cat. Serena has
her inside most of the time. She must have been out
side when they left. And well since no one was here
the past week she had to stay out."
With that she headed upstairs. I followed her down
the hall and into a room. Walking in I thought I
would never come out. Inside was the biggest mess I
had ever seen. Toys, papers, books, and clothes were
thrown all over the place. "How could anyone live in
this?" I wondered.
I didn't really know what to do so I just stood to
the side as the girls went through everything
gathering stuff Serena might need. It took them
almost two hours to get everything. When we were
finally ready I helped them pack up everything in
the trunk, except Luna who Amy held in her lap. It
was a 15-minute drive to my place, and I when I
parked in the garage of the building I got out and
opened to trunk.
"You live here?" asked Raye.
"Yes. Why?"
"It's just this place is so, oh I don't know it's
fancy I guess. Just not the place I could see you
living in."
I knew what she was talking about. This was one of
the nicest apartment complexes in the city. It was a
very expensive place to live.
"Come on. Do we have everything? And Amy, please
hold onto the cat. I really don't need her getting
lost here, ok?"
"Don't worry I got her."
I led them into the lobby. The man at the front desk
gave us a funny look but seeing me he said nothing.
I led them to the elevator and pressed the 10
button. I watched the girls looking around as we
walked in and now they were discussing what they
saw. At the tenth floor we exited. We walked down
the hall to one of the end rooms. I unlocked the
door and went inside. Flicking on the light switch
as I passed I headed towards a small hallway.
Halfway down I realized the girls weren't with me.
Quickly I walked back and there I found them
standing in the living room looking around.
"Aren't you coming?" I asked.
"This place is pretty big," said Raye.
"But it needs more color. Wouldn't you agree Lita?"
asked Mina looking around. "Lita? Hey where did you
go?"
"Over here. Just checking out the kitchen. It's
pretty nice. Hey Darien you are defiantly going to
have to stock up on food. There is barely anything
here!"
"That's because I don't cook much. I usually eat
take out. Now come on and stop snooping. Her room is
this way."
Turning around I again walked down the hall to her
room. Opening the door, I turned on the light. I
really didn't need the room, but I liked having it
anyways. Inside there was a bed, a desk, a closet,
and a small dresser. Nothing much. The ways were
painted a soft blue and it have a dark gray
carpeting that had specks of blue and raspberry in
it.
"You can put her stuff in here."
Walking out I left the girls to do what they wanted.
10 minutes later they came out and I was sitting in
the living room.
"This place is going to be neat to hang out in,"
said Lita.
"Defiantly. But it is a little further for us to
go," said Mina.
"Yea, but its more downtown. Think of the shopping
advantages," explained Raye. "We are much closer to
the stores here."
"Oh you guys. Serena doesn't even live here and you
people are already making plans on what to do here,"
said Amy quietly.
I sat there speechless. Not was I only going to be
living with Serena, I was going to be living with
her whole group.
"Oh boy," I mumbled.
"What did you say Darien?" asked Amy.
"Nothing. I was just thinking about how this is
going to really change my life. That's all."
Mina, glancing at her watch informed us that it was
getting late and they had better go. I dropped them
all off and headed home. Opening my door I was
greeted by a black fur ball jumping onto my
shoulder. Realizing what it was I clamed down a
plucked the cat off me. Holding Luna in my arms I
carried her over to the couch and set her down.
"You can sleep here cat. Goodnight."
I then headed to my room. Changing into my
nightclothes I got into bed and fell asleep. The
last words I remember were "What have I gotten
myself into?"
Ens Part 2
I visited the hospital everyday that week. Each day
Serena looked better. A lot of the bruising had gone
down, and she was more hyper then the first time I
saw her. It was still a big question on where she
was going after her stay at the hospital, but no one
ever brought it up around her.
Today was her one-week "anniversary" at the hospital
and I was coming to see her as usual. On my way I
walked pasted Dr. Anderson's office. As I walked by
I over heard her talking about Serena. Thinking it
might be important I stopped just to see what was
going on. Looking through a crack, I saw Dr.
Anderson talking to another woman. Listening I could
hear what they were saying.
"I know Serena is special to the girls. But there is
nothing I can do about it. Nobody here can take her
in. That's why I called you. Can you take her in at
your organization?"
"Of course. We have plenty of room for Serena at
Blossom Lane Children's Home. It's not a problem at
all. When should we be expecting her?"
"Well around the middle of next week I think. But we
will call you a few days before hand to confirm a
date. Thank you so much for coming over here. Now I
just need to inform everyone. Thanks again."
Before they could open the door I moved down the
hall and waited for Mrs. Anderson to go her own way.
After a few minutes the woman left and I approached
Dr. Anderson.
"Oh Darien I wanted to talk to you…"
"I can't believe you would send her to an orphanage.
Do you know what it is like in those places? She
would never fit in. You can't do that to her. Isn't
there anyone else who can take care of her?"
"I'm sorry Darien. I don't know how you found out
but it is our only choice. No one here can take her
in. There's nothing we can do. Besides she won't be
there for long. It won't be that bad for her."
"She'll never get used to it though. No one coming
from a family ever gets used to it. It will be too
hard on her. She doesn't need that!"
"What else are we going to do? Have you got any
other ideas? If so I would like to hear them. I
would rather not have to send her to an orphanage if
it could be avoided."
Before I even thought about what I was saying it
came out of my mouth.
"Yes I do have a better idea. She can stay with me,
in the spare room in my apartment. It is defiantly
better then an orphanage. I should know I came from
one."
I looked over at Dr. Anderson to see what she
thought of my idea but her face was unreadable.
"Are you sure Darien? Do you really mean it?"
It was not a pleading question. It was more like a
life or death question. "Yes" I thought to myself,
"It is a life or death question"
"Yes I'm sure. I mean it. She can live with me. It
won't be a problem."
"Well then I guess it is up for Serena to decide on
where she rather go. Come one. Lets go talk to her
about it now. She needs to chose."
We walked down the hall to the regular hospital
rooms where Serena was staying. Opening her door we
walked into a colorful room full of cards, and
balloons from friends of hers. There were also
several stuffed animals added into the scene. On the
table in the corner were her schoolbooks Amy had
brought over, untouched and unnoticed by anyone.
Serena was sitting up on her bed looking out the
window with her usual dazed look on her face. But
when she heard the door close she looked towards us.
"Mrs. Anderson, Darien hi. What's up?" she said with
her usual cherry voice.
"Serena,' said Dr. Anderson. "We have come to see
because you need to make an important decision. It
turns out none of your friends can take you in after
you get out of the hospital. We have been discussing
this the whole week. Today a representative visited
me from Blossom Lane Children's Home. They have
informed me they have the room to take you in. So
you can go there or…"
"An orphanage? You're not serious? Wait did you say
or? Or what?"
"Or you can live with me," I said plainly. I wasn't
going to stumble around with the words. She had to
know what her choices were.
"So your are saying that I can either live in the
orphanage or with Darien? Where is this place
anyways?"
At first I couldn't believe it. Was she actually
considering the orphanage? No, no one would want to
go there on there own free will. But I with held my
argument till she was finished asking questions.
"Well it is a few hours north from here," stated
Amy's mother.
"A few hours? I would be so far away from everyone,
everything I know. I don't think I could do it. I
miss everyone so much. But…" she turned and looked
at me.
"Darien, do you really mean it? Your not just doing
this to pity me, are you? This isn't some cruel joke
is it?"
Looking into her eyes how could I have possibly lied
to her?
"Of course I mean it meatball head. I wouldn't have
offered an opinion if such a big decision if I
didn't mean it. This is something I would never joke
about."
I said that last part with seriousness. I wanted her
to totally believe me. I couldn't have her not
trusting me. She had to see I was dead serious about
this. I watched her as she sat and thought about it.
You could see she was running the choices and
consequences through her head over and over. After
about 10 minutes though, Dr. Anderson finally spoke
up.
"If you like, we could leave you to think about for
the day. You don't need to decide right now."
"No, that won't be necessary. I have made up my
mind."
"Are you sure Serena?" she asked. "This is a big
decision for you."
"I know. But I already know where I would rather be.
I want to be here with my friends. They are all I
have left. How could I possible leave, and move so
far away from Mina, Amy, Raye, Lita, Andrew and
Darien. I mean this is where I belong. If I left who
would Raye and Darien fight with? Who would Amy have
to always nag at about studying? I mean if I left I
wouldn't have Lita's cookies everyday to eat, and
Mina is like a sister to me. Besides, Andrew would
lose one of his best customers."
I listened to she say all this in a slight shock. It
wasn't that anything she said didn't make sense, but
she had even said that she didn't want to leave me.
After everything I have done to her, she still
thought of me as a friend.
"Yea besides if you left who would I call meatball
head?" I added for the fun of it. But instead of her
usual insult back she said something I wasn't
expecting.
"That's right. If I left everyone would miss me.
Even Darien. So I can't go." She turned to me,
"Darien, is it still alright if I stay with you?"
"Of course. Your are welcomed to stay with me."
I could tell if her leg weren't broken, right there
and then she would have been jumping for joy. But
instead we got one of the brightest smiles I had
ever seen.
"Well, since this matter is settled with you I now
got to call Blossom Lane and tell them your are not
coming. Darien, please come with me so we can get
this all worked out. Serena, is I am not mistaken
the girls should be here soon to visit, and I know
you are going to want to inform them of your big
news."
With that Dr. Anderson and I walked down the hall to
her office on the way there we pasted four gloomy
girls walking down the hall. I could tell they were
upset about not being able to take in Serena, but as
I passed them I gave them one of those I know
something you don't know looks and kept walking
behind the Dr. I caught up with Mrs. Anderson and
whispered in her ear.
"When she tells them, the whole hospital is going to
hear their reactions."
She gave a slight nod and a smile as we entered her
office to make a few phone calls. 5 minutes later 4
loud "What's!!" filled the halls and I couldn't help
but smile. I spent a good hour and a half talking to
Mrs. Anderson. I answered all her questions, filled
out Serena' release forms for the hospital, and
confirmed a hundred times that it was no trouble,
and that I did have to room. Finally she let me go
and I made my way back to Serena's room. Two doors
down I could already here them still bugging her
with questions. Opening the door I stepped in
unnoticed till Serena looked up and saw me.
"Darien will you please tell them that I am not
lying? They still can't believe you offered me a
home."
"She is right you know. I did say she could stay
with me if she wanted. Is that really so hard to
believe?"
By the looks on their faces, I could tell they still
weren't to sure. It was Raye who broke the silence.
"I say ten bucks they kill each other in a week."
"Raye! How could you?" asked Lita. "Only a week? I
would give them at least two."
"Your on."
I couldn't believe this. They were sitting there
making bets over us? I turned to Serena to see what
she thought of this but she just sat there like this
was perfectly normal.
"Great, now I can win the ten I lost last time.
Remember Lita? It was when she had had that really
bad, bad day, and then Darien came along and
insulted her. I could have sworn that she was going
to hit but you were right. It was only the usual
outburst."
The girls all started laughing, forgetting I was
even there.
"I remember that," said Serena. "I was so mad. I
thought about it but I just couldn't do it. I never
did like fighting like that."
"That's because you never got a good taste of it
before," laughed Lita.
"You know Lita, you still scare half the kids in our
school. They still think you are going to beat them
all up," said Mina.
It was then I started to realize what I had gotten
myself into. This is defiantly going to be an
interesting arrangement.
I stayed and listened to them talking for a while. I
never really heard whet they were saying till Serena
called my name.
"Darien. Hello you there?"
"What? I'm here. What did you say?"
"I asked if you wouldn't mind driving the girls to
my house for me. They offered to pack up some of my
stuff for me to take to your place, that way we
won't have to worry about it when I leave."
"Sure I don't mind. I am free today. When ever you
are ready to go."
"We can leave now," said Amy. "That way it is all
packed up, and we could help bring over to your
apartment today before it gets late."
"Ok then. Lets go. See you later meatball head."
After the girls had said their goodbye's they
followed me out to the parking lot to my car. I
wasn't sure where I was heading, so I let the girls
direct me down the streets. After 35 minutes of
driving, we stopped in front of a two-story house.
The girls got out and headed to the front door.
"How are we supposed to get in?" I asked as I caught
up with them.
"Serena's family keeps a key taped inside the
mailbox. We can use it to get in. Come on in," said
Lita. I hadn't even realized that the other were
already inside the house. Just as I was stepping in
a small black thing shot past my feet and jumped up
onto Amy's shoulders.
"Luna! Oh no. We total forgot about you. Have you
been out side this whole week?" but the only answer
Amy got for an answer was a loud "meow" from Luna.
"Come on girl. I'll get you some food and water. You
seemed to be doing ok. Lets go," said Amy heading
out of the hall to what I guessed was the kitchen.
"I didn't know Serena had a cat," I said.
"That's right. She has Luna," said Mina. She turned
to look at me. "She can keep her can't she?"
"I guess. But it might be a little hard for her. I
live on the 10th floor of my building. It's not like
I can open the door to let her out."
"Well Luna isn't a complete outdoor cat. Serena has
her inside most of the time. She must have been out
side when they left. And well since no one was here
the past week she had to stay out."
With that she headed upstairs. I followed her down
the hall and into a room. Walking in I thought I
would never come out. Inside was the biggest mess I
had ever seen. Toys, papers, books, and clothes were
thrown all over the place. "How could anyone live in
this?" I wondered.
I didn't really know what to do so I just stood to
the side as the girls went through everything
gathering stuff Serena might need. It took them
almost two hours to get everything. When we were
finally ready I helped them pack up everything in
the trunk, except Luna who Amy held in her lap. It
was a 15-minute drive to my place, and I when I
parked in the garage of the building I got out and
opened to trunk.
"You live here?" asked Raye.
"Yes. Why?"
"It's just this place is so, oh I don't know it's
fancy I guess. Just not the place I could see you
living in."
I knew what she was talking about. This was one of
the nicest apartment complexes in the city. It was a
very expensive place to live.
"Come on. Do we have everything? And Amy, please
hold onto the cat. I really don't need her getting
lost here, ok?"
"Don't worry I got her."
I led them into the lobby. The man at the front desk
gave us a funny look but seeing me he said nothing.
I led them to the elevator and pressed the 10
button. I watched the girls looking around as we
walked in and now they were discussing what they
saw. At the tenth floor we exited. We walked down
the hall to one of the end rooms. I unlocked the
door and went inside. Flicking on the light switch
as I passed I headed towards a small hallway.
Halfway down I realized the girls weren't with me.
Quickly I walked back and there I found them
standing in the living room looking around.
"Aren't you coming?" I asked.
"This place is pretty big," said Raye.
"But it needs more color. Wouldn't you agree Lita?"
asked Mina looking around. "Lita? Hey where did you
go?"
"Over here. Just checking out the kitchen. It's
pretty nice. Hey Darien you are defiantly going to
have to stock up on food. There is barely anything
here!"
"That's because I don't cook much. I usually eat
take out. Now come on and stop snooping. Her room is
this way."
Turning around I again walked down the hall to her
room. Opening the door, I turned on the light. I
really didn't need the room, but I liked having it
anyways. Inside there was a bed, a desk, a closet,
and a small dresser. Nothing much. The ways were
painted a soft blue and it have a dark gray
carpeting that had specks of blue and raspberry in
it.
"You can put her stuff in here."
Walking out I left the girls to do what they wanted.
10 minutes later they came out and I was sitting in
the living room.
"This place is going to be neat to hang out in,"
said Lita.
"Defiantly. But it is a little further for us to
go," said Mina.
"Yea, but its more downtown. Think of the shopping
advantages," explained Raye. "We are much closer to
the stores here."
"Oh you guys. Serena doesn't even live here and you
people are already making plans on what to do here,"
said Amy quietly.
I sat there speechless. Not was I only going to be
living with Serena, I was going to be living with
her whole group.
"Oh boy," I mumbled.
"What did you say Darien?" asked Amy.
"Nothing. I was just thinking about how this is
going to really change my life. That's all."
Mina, glancing at her watch informed us that it was
getting late and they had better go. I dropped them
all off and headed home. Opening my door I was
greeted by a black fur ball jumping onto my
shoulder. Realizing what it was I clamed down a
plucked the cat off me. Holding Luna in my arms I
carried her over to the couch and set her down.
"You can sleep here cat. Goodnight."
I then headed to my room. Changing into my
nightclothes I got into bed and fell asleep. The
last words I remember were "What have I gotten
myself into?"
Ens Part 2