Serena was walking towards the arcade when someone from behind her screamed, "SERENA!!!!!!!!!!" in a sing-songy voice. She groaned. "Raye. Whatever it is you're about to critisize me about, tell Amy and get her to tell me later. I'm not up to it right now."
"Why? What's the matter Serena?" she asked.
"I'm tired, I feel sick, I can't deal with monsters at 3 am on school nights and be perky like the rest of you guys. I NEED SLEEP!"
"Sorry. A little ill today? Are we not?"
"Shut-Up."
They continued walking toward the arcade. Serena slipped into her seat. This had been her seat since she was eleven. She was now 14.
Soon after she and Raye had sat down, Mina, Amy and Lita walked in. Lita exclaimed, "AHHHH!!!!! What is Serena doing here early? For a meeting?! Oh no!! The end is near!! The end of creation as we know it is going to burn into an oblivion! Probobly caused by a very angry Raye shooting fire at people but that's beside the point."
The girls all laughed, even Serena who didn't think it was particularly funny at first. The part about Raye... that was funny. What was scary... is that Raye may actually get really aggrivated one day and do that. But whatever.
The scout meetings were never anything. They started off serious. But they always seemed to get gossiping after 10 minutes at the most. They were talking and laughing when the door opened to the arcade. Serena came here everyday so she knew most of the people who come in here. But...this guy? She'd never seen him before. He had jet black hair and bright blue eyes. Very tall. Serena felt if she looked at him too long her neck would hurt. OH WELL! THAT'S THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR EYE CANDY!!
Mina's mouth was hanging open. "Hey Mina. You may want to wipe up any tell-tale drool. He may think you have a pedigree and eat Puppy Chow." Raye stated. Mina wasn't listening. She was staring. And wasn't even trying to be discreet.
He sat down and started to talk to Andrew.
Mina couldn't take it anymore. She got up and walked towards him. Serena groaned, "Oh... not again!"
She walked up to him, stuck her hand out and said, "HI! My name's Mina. What's yours?"
"Mamoru. Well...that's my name in Japanese anyway. That's what everyone calls me though."
She was looking at him. Again. "Oh. You want to meet my friends?" Did he have a choice? Mina grabbed him by the arm and drug him over to the girls. "Hey everybody! This is Mamoru! Mamoru... this girl's name is Amy, hers is Raye, hers is Lita, and hers is Serena." she said pointing at the appropriate people when she said their names.
All of a sudden he looked kind of sad. "What's wrong?!" Mina asked him. She obviously didn't like to see him upset. Either that or she felt like she'd done something wrong.
"Nothing really...it's just that...I have a friend named Serena. But I don't every see her."
"Oh! I'm sorry!" said Serena, feeling like everything was always her fault.
"It's o.k. I'll be fine."
The girls (well actually Mina but the girls had no objections) asked him to sit down with them and chat a while. They talked about this and that and whatever that came to mind for the next hour. He especially got along with Amy. They talked about stuff that left Serena confused. 'Smart people stuff.' she concluded.
After about an hour he realized what time it was and said he really had to leave. He walked out. Serena and the rest of the girls all had dreamy looks on their faces.