Chapter 3:
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Serena woke up at the crack of dawn. It was bright out, and she raced to the bathroom. She hopped into the shower, and washed her hair. It didn't take her so long, and she loved the fact that she could have 5-minute showers.
"Hurry up!"
Serena turned off the taps. And pulled on her robe.
"It's yours!"
Grady opened the door.
"Aren't you happy today!"
Emma beat him into the bathroom.
"Ha!"
Serena walked to her room, and got dressed. She pulled on her cow-print panties and bra, and then slid into a pair of black jeans. She straightened her light blue tank top, and pulled on a pair of white socks. Walking over to the mirror, she dried her hair, and brushed it. Emma knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
Emma walked in wearing the same colors as Serena, but her top was one shade darker.
"How are you going to do your hair?"
"I think I'm going to leave it down…you?"
"The same."
"Great!"
Emma glanced at the clock. It was 7:05.
"We have time to go for a ride…if you want to."
"Let's eat breakfast first."
"Good idea!"
Emma and Serena walked down the stairs. Savannah was sitting at the table.
"Savannah?"
"Yes Serena?"
"Do you remember last night when you mentioned that I could bring out a friend…can I do it?"
"Sure! I'd love to meet one of your friends!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! How about in 2 weeks?"
"SURE! YOU'RE THE BEST!"
Serena got up and flung her arms around Savannahs neck.
"Thank you Serena…"
Serena and Emma wolfed down their breakfast, and raced outside.
"OK…I'm going to saddle up our horses…you run inside, and grab our schoolbags. Tell mom to tell Grady that we're going to ride to school…"
"You mean…we're going to ride…the horses?"
Emma laughed.
"Yeah! You see, that's the god thing about living in a small town!"
"Uh…ok."
Serena did as Emma asked, and returned with both of their schoolbags.
"Savannah said to ride carefully."
"Let's go! I'm sure if we hurry, we can get to the pass just in time to meet Luke, Andrew, Becca, and Mark."
"Ok!"
Serena got onto her horse, and waited until Emma was up so she could hand her the bag.
"Thanks! I'll race you!"
"Ok…hang on…"
Serena placed her book bag on her back.
"From where to where?"
"Ok…we'll start that the barn, and you see the forest? You see the little clearing? There."
"OK!"
"Ready…set…GO!"
They both kicked their horses into a gallop. They raced neck in neck, Emma's brown mare Ginger going full speed.
"I'll see you there!"
Serena kicked Guardian into her full speed. Emma watched in disbelief as Serena galloped faster, and passed her with ease.
"That's one hell of a horse!"
Serena slowed down, just as they reached the pass, and let Emma catch up with her.
"Ok…Ginger is no match for Guardian…"
"I'm glad you think that…and had the guts to admit that!"
They both laughed.
"Emma!"
Emma turned around, and they both saw 4 figures riding towards them.
"Hey! We beat them!"
Emma hopped off, and Serena did the same.
"Hey guys!"
Serena glanced at the people. They all looked really friendly.
"You guys…" she started once everyone was off of their horses. "I'd like you to meet Serena Moon. Serena, this is Luke, Becca, Mark, and Andrew."
"Hey!"
"Hi!"
"You're looking good."
"Well Serena… I didn't think that I'd see you here!"
Serena looked up, and into the face of Darien's best friend.
"Uh…hi." She blushed.
Emma looked at them in disbelief.
"You two know each other?"
"Yes."
"How?"
Serena walked to her horse and brushed back her hair.
"It's a long story."
"Come on Serena. It's not that long…"
"Andrew. I don't know what you're doing here but you weren't there when it happened."
Andrew never saw Serena look like this. She looked so lost… so hurt.
"Hey bunny… what happened?"
"Darien and I broke up."
"WHAT!?"
"Yeah…"
"What happened? When? Why?"
"It… doesn't matter."
"Yes it does! He's my BEST friend!"
Emma then understood. Serena didn't want to tell him because of the fact that he was her ex boyfriends' best friend.
"Serena… I think we have to get to school now…"
"We'll ride with you guys."
They all mounted their horses. Everyone talked, asking Serena all kinds of questions. And she answered them.
"Well…here's the school…here's where we leave our horses…"
Serena got off, and followed Emma. She fastened her horse beside Emma's and walked into the huge high school.
"This is the only high school for a good couple miles around. So there are a lot of people. That's why it's so big. Now let's go get our schedules."
Emma led Serena to the office.
"Hi Mrs. Jones! We're here to pick up our timetables!"
"Well Emma Taylor. I thought you'd be done by now."
"Nope! Last year!"
"Are who is that?"
"Serena Moon."
"Ok… now Serena, I know that this is your first year here, and that you're an exchange student, so we've made your timetable the same as Emma's…"
"Great!"
"Here you go girls!"
"Thanks!"
Emma looked around.
"Ok…we've got 10 minutes to get to our lockers…and then to first class…"
The day went by uneventful; Serena had to introduce herself in every class, and was thankful when the lunch bell rang.
Thank you…thank you thank you thank you
Serena pulled Emma out of the classroom, and to their lockers.
"It's lunch. We have a spare after this, so why don't we walk to town?"
"Actually. I was wondering if I could borrow Serena…"
Serena turned around and saw…Andrew.
"Sure! I guess you both have a lot to talk about, so…I'll catch you later 'Rena!"
Serena was about to plead with the girl to stay, when Emma ran off.
"Well Serena. Let's talk…"
"I have to go check me email. We can go to the library…"
"Fine with me."
Andrew led Serena to the huge library, and sat her down at a computer, and sat at the one
next to hers.
"So talk. What do you want to know Andrew?" she asked while she signed into her email
account.
"I want to know why you and Darien broke up."
"You'd have to ask him…"
"I have a strong feeling you did it…"
"So?"
"Tell me…"
"FINE!"
"Keep your voice down…"
"Darien and I broke up because…he didn't want to talk to me after a fight that I had with
the scouts. I hurt Mina and Ami, totally accidentally, and Ray must have talked to Darien
before I got the chance to talk to him…because when I went to his house, he turned me
away, saying that I was nothing but a spoiled brat, that has to run to him after there was a
fight between the inners and me. It always happened. I think Ray lied to him. Saying a lot
more than what happened…"
"So you just broke it off with him?"
"Yup."
"Are you proud?"
"If you're meaning if I don't hurt…then no. I'm so sad…and lonely…"
Serena signed up for the MSN messenger in her hotmail account, and added Mina. Then,
Mina signed on.
Venus Princess: Serena?
Moon Bunny: Mina?
Venus Princess: OMG! It IS you!
Moon Bunny: of course…
Venus Princess: So?
Moon Bunny: you can come out here in 2 weeks…
Andrew knew that she was talking to Mina by the way her face lit up.
Lost: hey Andrew…
Andrew: hey Darien! Guess what?
Lost: what?
Andrew: just guess…
Lost: I don't know…you have a new girlfriend?
Andrew: *laughs* no… try again.
Lost: *sighs* I'm in no mood for mind games…
Andrew: I'm going you give you a hint.
Lost: …ok
Andrew: "found"
~~~
Serena woke up at the crack of dawn. It was bright out, and she raced to the bathroom. She hopped into the shower, and washed her hair. It didn't take her so long, and she loved the fact that she could have 5-minute showers.
"Hurry up!"
Serena turned off the taps. And pulled on her robe.
"It's yours!"
Grady opened the door.
"Aren't you happy today!"
Emma beat him into the bathroom.
"Ha!"
Serena walked to her room, and got dressed. She pulled on her cow-print panties and bra, and then slid into a pair of black jeans. She straightened her light blue tank top, and pulled on a pair of white socks. Walking over to the mirror, she dried her hair, and brushed it. Emma knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
Emma walked in wearing the same colors as Serena, but her top was one shade darker.
"How are you going to do your hair?"
"I think I'm going to leave it down…you?"
"The same."
"Great!"
Emma glanced at the clock. It was 7:05.
"We have time to go for a ride…if you want to."
"Let's eat breakfast first."
"Good idea!"
Emma and Serena walked down the stairs. Savannah was sitting at the table.
"Savannah?"
"Yes Serena?"
"Do you remember last night when you mentioned that I could bring out a friend…can I do it?"
"Sure! I'd love to meet one of your friends!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! How about in 2 weeks?"
"SURE! YOU'RE THE BEST!"
Serena got up and flung her arms around Savannahs neck.
"Thank you Serena…"
Serena and Emma wolfed down their breakfast, and raced outside.
"OK…I'm going to saddle up our horses…you run inside, and grab our schoolbags. Tell mom to tell Grady that we're going to ride to school…"
"You mean…we're going to ride…the horses?"
Emma laughed.
"Yeah! You see, that's the god thing about living in a small town!"
"Uh…ok."
Serena did as Emma asked, and returned with both of their schoolbags.
"Savannah said to ride carefully."
"Let's go! I'm sure if we hurry, we can get to the pass just in time to meet Luke, Andrew, Becca, and Mark."
"Ok!"
Serena got onto her horse, and waited until Emma was up so she could hand her the bag.
"Thanks! I'll race you!"
"Ok…hang on…"
Serena placed her book bag on her back.
"From where to where?"
"Ok…we'll start that the barn, and you see the forest? You see the little clearing? There."
"OK!"
"Ready…set…GO!"
They both kicked their horses into a gallop. They raced neck in neck, Emma's brown mare Ginger going full speed.
"I'll see you there!"
Serena kicked Guardian into her full speed. Emma watched in disbelief as Serena galloped faster, and passed her with ease.
"That's one hell of a horse!"
Serena slowed down, just as they reached the pass, and let Emma catch up with her.
"Ok…Ginger is no match for Guardian…"
"I'm glad you think that…and had the guts to admit that!"
They both laughed.
"Emma!"
Emma turned around, and they both saw 4 figures riding towards them.
"Hey! We beat them!"
Emma hopped off, and Serena did the same.
"Hey guys!"
Serena glanced at the people. They all looked really friendly.
"You guys…" she started once everyone was off of their horses. "I'd like you to meet Serena Moon. Serena, this is Luke, Becca, Mark, and Andrew."
"Hey!"
"Hi!"
"You're looking good."
"Well Serena… I didn't think that I'd see you here!"
Serena looked up, and into the face of Darien's best friend.
"Uh…hi." She blushed.
Emma looked at them in disbelief.
"You two know each other?"
"Yes."
"How?"
Serena walked to her horse and brushed back her hair.
"It's a long story."
"Come on Serena. It's not that long…"
"Andrew. I don't know what you're doing here but you weren't there when it happened."
Andrew never saw Serena look like this. She looked so lost… so hurt.
"Hey bunny… what happened?"
"Darien and I broke up."
"WHAT!?"
"Yeah…"
"What happened? When? Why?"
"It… doesn't matter."
"Yes it does! He's my BEST friend!"
Emma then understood. Serena didn't want to tell him because of the fact that he was her ex boyfriends' best friend.
"Serena… I think we have to get to school now…"
"We'll ride with you guys."
They all mounted their horses. Everyone talked, asking Serena all kinds of questions. And she answered them.
"Well…here's the school…here's where we leave our horses…"
Serena got off, and followed Emma. She fastened her horse beside Emma's and walked into the huge high school.
"This is the only high school for a good couple miles around. So there are a lot of people. That's why it's so big. Now let's go get our schedules."
Emma led Serena to the office.
"Hi Mrs. Jones! We're here to pick up our timetables!"
"Well Emma Taylor. I thought you'd be done by now."
"Nope! Last year!"
"Are who is that?"
"Serena Moon."
"Ok… now Serena, I know that this is your first year here, and that you're an exchange student, so we've made your timetable the same as Emma's…"
"Great!"
"Here you go girls!"
"Thanks!"
Emma looked around.
"Ok…we've got 10 minutes to get to our lockers…and then to first class…"
The day went by uneventful; Serena had to introduce herself in every class, and was thankful when the lunch bell rang.
Thank you…thank you thank you thank you
Serena pulled Emma out of the classroom, and to their lockers.
"It's lunch. We have a spare after this, so why don't we walk to town?"
"Actually. I was wondering if I could borrow Serena…"
Serena turned around and saw…Andrew.
"Sure! I guess you both have a lot to talk about, so…I'll catch you later 'Rena!"
Serena was about to plead with the girl to stay, when Emma ran off.
"Well Serena. Let's talk…"
"I have to go check me email. We can go to the library…"
"Fine with me."
Andrew led Serena to the huge library, and sat her down at a computer, and sat at the one
next to hers.
"So talk. What do you want to know Andrew?" she asked while she signed into her email
account.
"I want to know why you and Darien broke up."
"You'd have to ask him…"
"I have a strong feeling you did it…"
"So?"
"Tell me…"
"FINE!"
"Keep your voice down…"
"Darien and I broke up because…he didn't want to talk to me after a fight that I had with
the scouts. I hurt Mina and Ami, totally accidentally, and Ray must have talked to Darien
before I got the chance to talk to him…because when I went to his house, he turned me
away, saying that I was nothing but a spoiled brat, that has to run to him after there was a
fight between the inners and me. It always happened. I think Ray lied to him. Saying a lot
more than what happened…"
"So you just broke it off with him?"
"Yup."
"Are you proud?"
"If you're meaning if I don't hurt…then no. I'm so sad…and lonely…"
Serena signed up for the MSN messenger in her hotmail account, and added Mina. Then,
Mina signed on.
Venus Princess: Serena?
Moon Bunny: Mina?
Venus Princess: OMG! It IS you!
Moon Bunny: of course…
Venus Princess: So?
Moon Bunny: you can come out here in 2 weeks…
Andrew knew that she was talking to Mina by the way her face lit up.
Lost: hey Andrew…
Andrew: hey Darien! Guess what?
Lost: what?
Andrew: just guess…
Lost: I don't know…you have a new girlfriend?
Andrew: *laughs* no… try again.
Lost: *sighs* I'm in no mood for mind games…
Andrew: I'm going you give you a hint.
Lost: …ok
Andrew: "found"
