7. "I promise," I said as I talked with Darrell, "I'm fine." I knew he had smiled. "Okay, bye!" I hung up the phone. "I'm going to go see Darrell," I told Serena, not noticing Darien much.

"I'm glad you two are so happy together." Darien turned and smiled at me. I nodded. "He is actually very happy with you, maybe to happy!" Darien laughed. I waved and walked out the door. As I walked to Darrell's house, which was not far away, I worried if he would notice my change in attitude since Michael came over the other day.

"Hey, sweetie." Darrell called from his front yard. I waved to him and slowly walked up to him and gave him a hug. "How have you been?"

"Fine, I guess." I said slowly. I was really uncomfortable for some reason and I didn't know what to say. Darrell gave me a look and he knew I wasn't telling him everything. I frowned.

"You know you can tell me anything, right?" I nodded. "So you're fine? Because you don't look to well." We sat on the couch and I smiled at him.

"My ex, Michael, wants to get back together," I started. I ended up telling him everything, and I felt so much better. Darrell smiled and gave me a hug. Then my cell phone rang.

"Hello?" The voice responded angrily. It was Michael. "What do you want? You want to know where I'm at? I'm with my boyfriend, Darrell. Do you have problem with that?" I yelled. I then hung up on the phone, Michael was screaming back with rage. I didn't expect what he would do the next day.

I lay in my bed, a book on top of the comforter, still on page one. I didn't get much sleep that night, still thinking of Michael. I looked at my book and frowned. I had just grabbed a book that night so I didn't know what it was. The title was in bright gold and stood out. "The Death of My Boyfriend," was the title. I was into the horror type books, not the true ones though. I threw the book under my bed, hoping to never see it again.

"Ami, are you awake? Telephone!" I ran out into the kitchen and grabbed it from Serena. She sat back down at the table and sipped her coffee slowly. I ran back into my room with the phone. If it was Michael, I wouldn't want Serena to know.
"What do you want, Mike?" the voice sounded surprised when I said that. Yes, it was Michael. "Where are you?" I asked, worried when he mentioned Darrell's name. "Leave him alone!" I screamed as I hung up and ran out of the room. I was afraid he might find Darrell, but never this quickly if he did. I ran out the door of the apartment. Serena stood up and followed me into the yard but I ignored her. She knew something was going on.

**Sorry, this is sort of like 2 chapters in one**