The Move
The Move CHAPTER ONE "But Mom, I don't want to move, it is not fair, it is my senior year, I should be able to stay and finish it off."  Serina wined to her mother, Carrie.  Her mother turned to her and frowned. "I'm sorry but we are not going to leave you here, your father has already found a job and the plane leaves in one week.  That gives you plenty of time to say good-bye to all your friends, if there was a way you could stay then we would let you but there is none."  She picked up another dish and placed it in the box.  "Now go and pack your room."  Serina turned and ran to her room, her long blond hair moved behind her.  All Carrie could hear was the door slam.  Serina grabbed a box from her closet and neatly packed her pictures of her and her friends.  She then packed a pillow on top of them so that they would not break.  Tears slowly fell from her blue eyes and ran down her soft cheeks.  She grabbed her stuffed dog that she had since she was two and held it close to her heart.  "It's not fair!"  She yelled.  "I am almost seventeen, I should be trusted to stay.  It is just not fair."  She cried herself to sleep. The next week went by to fast for Serina's liking, she cried almost everyday, saying bye to her friends and teachers.  She was the most popular girl in the school; everyone loved her, now she had to start all over.  The airport was busy, people rushing to their flights, and meeting their loved ones at the gates.  Carrie walked in front of Serina, begging her to stay with her so she would not miss the flight.  Serina's father was already in Georgia, in the new house and is already working.  "Serina, here is our gate, now will you please get on the plane without making a scene?"  She nodded and handed the gate attendant her ticket; they were sitting in first class.  It was no new news that her family had money, even though her father had just retired from the navy after being in for twenty years.  "Mom, I am sorry for the way I have been acting the last week, I know that it was hard for you too, but I love it here, and I don't want to have to start all over again."  "I know sweetheart, I know."  She hugged her daughter, she knew that she would come around sometime or another. Once the plane took off Serina grabbed her C/D player and began to listen to it until she fell asleep.  When she awoken she was already in Georgia. During the ride to their new house, Serina refused to talk to her father.  They pulled up to the giant house.  It was three stories high, and was painted white with green trimming.  There were only about five houses on the street, and the one next door looked exactly the same as theirs.  "So…what do you think Sere?"  Her father asked as he gave her a key.  She just walked away and went into the house.  She walked to the second story and found a room with her stuff in it.  "Serina, come on, I know you don't like this, but you can't just not talk to me."  Her dad walked in the room.  He was medium height and had brown, thin hair.  "Why not?  I already don't like it here!"  She rushed out of the room, grabbing her purse and keys to her red sports car convertible that had gotten there before she did.  She drove out of the driveway and around the city for almost two hours, trying to clear her head.  She walked back into the house around midnight and walked straight into her room. Monday came around and Serina drove to the school, and walked up to the office.  She had all her papers from her last school in her hands and carried her small black purse on her shoulder.  "May I help you?"  Serina turned to see a small lady, about forty, with short blond hair in a desk at the front office. "Yes, I need to register to the school.  I am new here, and I brought all my papers from my last school here."  She handed the lady the papers and waited patiently while she looked through them.  "Serina Coodwell, 4.0 student, moved form Washington."  She looked up at Serina who was wearing a black mini skirt and an orange top, with a leather jacket on top. "Yes ma'am."  "Well, if you just give me a second I can quickly put you in the computer and have you all settled, if you would have a seat in a chair, I shall be done in a sec."  Serina did so, and in less then fifteen minuets she had her schedule in her hands.  She looked down at it.  First period, Literature, second was history, third was ceramics, forth was science, fifth was math and sixth was French 1.  This should be easy; I already took my required French.  She smiled at the office worker and walked out of the door.  School had started ten minutes ago so she had a pass to get into the class. She walked down the large halls, luckily there were signs on the different halls showing which classes were in each one.  She finally made it to the second hall where her literature class was.  The class was the second from the entrance.  On the door was 'Mrs. Smith' that was her new teacher.  She opened the door and walked into the classroom.  Everyone turned around to look at her.  "May I help you?"  Asked Mrs. Smith, who had red short hair and wore a long blue dress. "Hi, I am your new student, Serina."  The teacher motioned her to come forward; the eyes of the students followed her, especially the guys.  Serina handed the teacher the papers and schedule.  "Well I am I guess your new teacher."  She smiled, knowing that Serina was nervous.  "Why don't you tell the class a little about you." "Sure, but I am warning you, I haven't done this in a long time."   She smiled and walked to the front of the room.  All of the guys were smiling as they saw her skirt, and of coarse her face.  "I feel like I am back in Elementary School."  She smiled and let out a little laugh, relieving some of her nervousness.  "Well my name is Serina Coodwell, I just moved here from Washington State, where I lived for almost ten years.  I now live in some sort of cove." "Wilson City Cove?"  Asked someone from the back. "Yes, that is it, anyway, I am the only child, and um… well I guess that is about it."  She turned to Mrs. Smith who was smiling at Serina's politeness.  "Thank you Serina, why don't you take a seat in the third row next to Darien."  Serina quietly moved through the rows to her new seat.  Once she sat down she got a good look at Darien.  He had jet-black hair and was totally hott.  He smiled when he saw her jaw drop slightly.  "Hi I am Darien, I will be happy to show you around the school."  "Thank you, it took me so long to find this room and these halls are so confusing."  "Here let me see your schedule, that way if there is a class nearer to one of my friends I can get them to take you so neither of us will be late."  She handed it over, still not over how gorgeous he was.  "Well there is no problem with any of these, I have these same classes, except French 1 and Trigonometry, I am taking Geometry.  My best friend has those others so I guess you will be stuck with me every until fifth, oh and you do live right next to me."  She looked blankly at him.  "You do have the nice red car right?"  She nodded.  "Yes, I lie in the house with the white Porshe." "You have a Porshe?" "No, that is my dads, my car is a black corvette."  He smiled as her jaw dropped again, they sure did have a lot in common, and it was so weird. At lunch Darien walked her to the lunchroom and grabbed her a chair to the table.  She smiled and sat down; Darien took his seat next to her. "Hey Serina, do you happen to know trig really well?"  She nodded.  "Well we are doing that in geometry and I am having a hard time with it." "Darien, if you ever need help in math you know where I live, why don't you drop by today and I will help you out."  She grabbed a bottle of water and took a sip. "Thanks, if I fail this test then I will have my car taken away.  Then I won't be able to show you around this weekend."  He smiled, knowing that he hadn't asked her if she wanted to go.  "Well you better study and pass that test, cause I don't know my way around."  She took another sip of her water.  "Oh, where are my manners, this is Michelle, Isabelle, and Dixie."  Michelle had short blackish brownish hair; she stood about 5-7 1/2 and had hazel eyes.  Isabelle had long brown hair, which was put up in a small clip; she had green eyes and was about 5-6.  Dixie had short red hair that was curled around her face. "Hi." They all said at the same time.  Serina nodded. "And these guys are their boyfriends, the one by Michelle is John."  He nodded.  "Beside Isabelle is Andrew, he has your next few classes with you.  And lastly behind Dixie is Travis." Andrew had blond curly hair and was only a few inches smaller then Darien.  They all said their hellos and continued to talk.  Each one was totally cute but Darien was just gorgeous. Andrew walked Serina to her next class, which was math and introduced her to her new teacher, Mrs. Davis.  She was very excited to see that she had a new student, especially that Serina had a 98 percent in that class from her old school.  The rest of the day went smoothly. She staid with Darien all day, she sat next to him in every class she had with him and even made friends with all of his friends.  Not to mention all the girls that came up and talked to her about how lucky she was to be hanging out with Darien.  She just had to laugh when someone did that.  The last bell rang and the halls flooded with students.  Serina was loaded with books and papers.  Darien took some of the books from her so it would be easier to carry.  He walked her to her locker and after walked her to her car, which wasn't too far from his.  "I guess I will see you in a few minuets."  He smiled and walked away so that she could leave.  Before she could pull out Isabelle and Michelle stopped her.  "Hey Serina, I was just wondering if you would like to do something with us this weekend, you know the whole girl thing, mall, movies, and all that junk."  They each pulled out a business card, which only had their names and numbers on it.  "If you ever want to talk or anything, we are always available."  Serina took the cards and smiled. "Thanks, I will let you know about this weekend."  She waved and pulled out slowly and left the school.  "Yo Darien, whatcha think of Serina?"  Darien turned to see his best friend standing there.  "Hey Andrew, She is great, much different from the other girls here."  Andrew sat there and watched his best friend swoon over a girl; he just had to laugh.  "How so?" "Well…for one thing, she isn't throwing herself at me."  Andrew laughed. "That's true."  He smiled.  "Well hey bud, I have to get home and make sure that Isabelle is not there yet, we are going to "study" for the test in history tomorrow."  He winked and walked away leaving Darien to get into his car and leave himself. Serina parked her car behind her mothers and locked the doors.  She walked up the cement walkway to the door, passing all the flowers that were planted.  She came upon the porch and opened the double glass doors and walked into the house. The foyer was large, almost as large as her last bedroom.  Once you walk out of the foyer there was the living room, with a large fireplace.  Then there was then entryway to the kitchen and pantry and utility room with bookshelves.  That led to the four-car garage.  On the second floor was the five bedrooms, each were as large as the living room.  Two of them had a bathroom attached to them and all had walk in closets.  On the third floor was the party room.  It had a pool table, bar, dart board and a separate room, which is a mini kitchen. "Mom, where are you?"  Serina called from the front door.  Carrie came out of the kitchen with oven mitts on her hands.  "How was your day honey?"  Serina dropped her stuff on the counter, and walked into the kitchen with her mom. "It was wonderful, I met a lot of really nice people and a totally hot guy, Darien, he is in four of my classes.  He is also single."  Serina blushed.  "Darien actually lives next door, and is suppose to come over so I can help him with his math since he don't get it."  She let out a sigh.  "He is so dreamy, mom you wont believe it till you see him.  I mean like wow!"  Her mom just laughed. "Well go dream about your man in your room while you finish unpacking all your stuff.  Oh and your desk and computer came in while you were at school, it is set up for you already."  Serina rushed to her room, which was the first door to the right in the hall upstairs.    Serina got out her box with her pictures and started to decorate her new desk with them.  She then set her phone on the desk and her other phone on the nightstand that was next to her sleigh bed.  Her walls were colored red, which was kinda cool, but she hasn't decided if she likes it or not.  Just as she plugged her phone into the wall, it rang. "Hello?" "Hey Sere, how is everything out there."  Said a cheerful voice on the other line. "Ashley!  OMG!  Oh I miss you already, everything is good."  Ashley was her best friend in Washington.  She had long blond hair like Serina, and most of the time they would wear the same clothes, not on purpose.  "Girl, calm yourself down.  Take a deep breath."  Serina just laughed. "Oh, you would love it here Ash, I mean there are so many hott guys."  Serina lay down on her bed with the phone to her ear. There was a knock on the front door; Carrie walked over to answer it.  When she opened the door she saw a very cute young man. "Hello Mrs. Coodwell, my name is…" "Hello Darien, Serina is in her room, it is up the stairs and the first one on the right."  She smiled at his confused face.  "Um… Thank you."  He walked over to her room and knocked slightly.  It wasn't closed all the way and he could hear Serina on the phone. "Oh and there is this really cutie, Darien, he is in most of my classes.  He is so nice, but one thing is that every girl wants him.  It is quite funny." "I think you will be the one to get him." "Whatever, like he would ever go out with me.  I mean, he don't even know me, besides he is too cute, I wouldn't be able to trust myself with him." "Girl, I know you have only been there a few days but you found your prince charming."  "I would just like to say, that you would have a very good chance with me."  Serina quickly turned around and saw Darien standing there at the doorway, smiling. "Sere, who is that?" "Uh… Ash, I will have to call you back, Darien just walked in." "K, bye babe."  Serina hung up the phone and jumped off her bed and walked over to Darien. "How much did you hear?"  She asked with a bright red shade on her face. "Just enough to hear, "He is way to cute for me, besides I doubt that he would even consider me."  I would just like to say, you are way to cute for me too."  He laughed and stepped closer to her.  "Relax, I get it all the time." "Yeah, but I don't."  She smiled and backed away.  "Here why don't you take a seat.  Then we can get started."  She pulled out an extra chair for him and they sat at the desk.  "Now, were did you need help?"  He opened his book to chapter ten, right triangles.  "I don't ever get when to use what method to do these things."  She got out a piece of paper and drew nine different right triangles and wrote down the nine ways to prove them.  She knew that the teacher never gave good notes.  When she was done she showed it to him.  "This should be easier for you to understand."  He took the paper from her hands, it was written in many different colors so he was able to tell which method went with each triangle.  "Wow, this is really great.  I think I could do this."  "Well why don't you do your homework here and I will help you if you need it, and there is a calculator in the top drawer."  She walked into her closet and started to organize her clothes into their color, and shoes according to their use.  A few minuets later he called out for her.  "Hey Serina, I'm done."  She walked over to him and leaned over him to see if he got it right.  Surprisingly he had every one correct.  "You have them all right, congratulations."  He stood up and walked over to her and gave her a hug. "Thank you Serina, I don't know what I would have done if I failed the test tomorrow.  If you need any help with anything I will be there."  She smiled, she felt so safe in his arms.  "Er… you're welcome Darien.  Anything I can do to help."  He let her go, and grabbed a sticky note from her desk and wrote down his phone number.  "Here, in case you need anything."  He stuck it on her desk.  She then wrote her number down and gave it to him. "In case you just want to talk or anything, just don't call after ten, my parents get upset if any one calls after then."  She smiled, knowing that he would call her later.  "Thanks, hey do I smell cookies?"  She nodded and they both ran to the kitchen and grabbed one. "Hey, kids!"  Carrie called as they ran through the kitchen.  They all laughed and ate their chocolate chip cookies.  Serina and Darien walked out to the front door, and walked outside.  "You know what Darien, it is like I already know you really well, like I've been here for a while already and not only a few days."  "I know."  He moved closer to her and whispered in her ear.  "Thank you for your help." "Anything I can do to help."  She smiled and watched him leave.  The next day at school Serina walked to her locker and grabbed her first two books she will need and started to walk to her class.  She felt a strong arm drape around her, and turned around to see whom it was.  "Darien, uh… hi."  She smiled, she felt so warm and safe like this.  "Hey, just wanted to say hey before I go talk to Andrew, see you in a few."  He traced her face with the back of his hand and left.  She watched him leave and smiled.  "Hey Serina."  She turned and saw Isabelle. "Hey Isabelle, what's going on?" "Nothing really." They walked together to their class and took their seats.  Only moments before the bell Darien ran into the room.  He quickly took his seat next to Serina and smiled.  "Hey Darien, what took you so long to get here?" "You would never believe it, I was stopped every second by all these people asking about you, they all wanted to know who the new girl was, what she was like, and all that stuff."  He took out a pen from his book bag. "What did you tell them?" "I simply told them you were a wonderful person.  And you were the only girl at this school I would even think of dating."   Her mouth dropped. "You didn't actually tell them that did you?"  He just laughed. "I added the last part."  He leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear.  "It is true, I can bet you one thing, I will have you by the end of the month." "Oh really?"  She replied seductively.  He nodded and they both smiled.