Lalala. almost done revising. I'm gonna stay up all night today cause I have to leave at 4:30 *AM* to go snowboarding. Sigh. The crazy things I do that rock the house. Lol. That made no sense. ANYway, enjoy this new and completely revised chapter.

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NEW GIRL IN TOWN

CHAPTER 3/ Acting With The Movies

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"Hello princess," a breath tickled her ear as someone whispered hotly into it. He could never leave her alone, could he? She let out an angry breath as she turned around to give him a piece of her mind.

"Look Seiya, when I beat your ass to Pluto and told you to stay there, I meant it!" She narrowed her eyes and tightened her fist in his face. He just smirked at her angry expression and closed his own hand around hers.

"Princess," he said, rubbing his thumb over her knuckles. "I know you don't mean that." He continued soothingly as he slowly lowered her fist. When she didn't say anything and was only staring at him with hatred evident in her eyes, he maliciously smiled and leaned over, whispering something in her ear: "Meet me tomorrow after school, here in the auditorium." She pulled back, searching his face before cautiously agreeing.

"Alright, what it is about?" She asked curiously, having a feeling deep down that this might be bad news. Before he was able to respond, Ms. Haruna broke in.

"Serena! Seiya! When you two are done flirting, will you please pay attention to the stage! And Darien, sit down already!" He nodded, ignoring Serena completely as he joined his friends in the row behind her. To her disbelief, he sat right behind her, next to Seiya. She groaned out of embarrassment and annoyance. Everything was oh so perfect. Now she had the only two people whom she didn't want to see, sitting right behind! Oh yes, life couldn't get any better. She tried to focus her attention ahead on stage, but it was hard to when she could feel Darien's breath on her neck and him playing with her hair.

"Do you mind!" She whispered fiercely three minutes later, as she gave Darien a hard look. He disregarded it once again and smirked at her instead. A smirk that Serena found she liked a lot better than Seiya's supposed smirk and that she noticed seemed to fit Darien's handsome face. God dammit! She was trying to avoid him! She had no clue how to talk to him after. after that kiss that went on between them. How could he pretend that nothing happened? She stared violently at the back of the in front of her, scorching it in her imagination. Her life was so damn confusing!

Serena herded out along with the rest of the class. At last her first day was over! It hadn't been all that bad, Serena reflected. She actually enjoyed all the drama that was happening. Her mind randomly drifted towards Mabel and she hoped that Mabel would at least talk to her, she knew what it was like to be Mabel.

"So Princess," Seiya's damn annoying voice brought her out of her reflections.

"What?" She asked in a bored tone, knowing it would piss him off. It did. She could see him trying not to murder her.

"You could at least be nice to me," he hissed into her ear. "I am after all going to tell you a little something that could change your life!" And with that, he turned on his heel and disappeared into the crowd. 'What the hell is he talking about?' Serena wondered as she stared off into the space where he retreated, a bad feeling forming at the bottom of her stomach. She was unaware of Mina waving at her from the end of the hallway until Mina actually bounded up to her.

"Hey Serena! You totally didn't see me waving to you did ya? Maybe ya should get glasses." She giggled, ignorant of the fact that Serena was listening to her. "Anyway, me and the rest of the gang are going to the movies later today, ya wanna come? I mean I know you probably still have to unpack." Serena nodded absentmindedly and Mina shoved a piece of paper and a pencil into her hand. "Great! Here, right down your address." Serena glanced at the paper and scribbled an address down, still a little hazed. For some reason, she couldn't stop thinking about Seiya. She handed the paper back to Mina. "Cool, thanks! Seven o'clock! And I bet I know whose on your mind!" She winked and jogged off down the hall to join the others, just as Serena snapped out of her revue.

"Hm, what happened? Damn, can't remember why I gave Mina my address." She stared at the ceiling, trying to remember, but then gave up and shrugged. "Oh well, I'm sure I'll find out somehow knowing Mina."



"Shit Mina! I'm not letting you get anymore directions!" The brunette called back to the blonde in the back seat of her green convertible. "Now we are lost!"

"Hey! Don't yell at me," Mina stuck out her lower lip defensively. "I didn't write down the directions, Serena did."

"Lita, I think this is the right house," Amy gently said as she glanced at the address again.

"Yea right that Serena owns this house. I doubt it!" Scoffed Raye, still grouchy that she pulled a longer stick than Amy and was stuck sitting in back with Mina.

"I think it is because the addresses match," While Amy examined the map again, a blue convertible pulled up to the green one.

"Well?" Andrew asked as Darien put the car in park. "Is this house it or what?"

"It is." Amy called over to the guys as she leaned across Lita. "I just made sure." Andrew looked at the other guys and shrugged. "So what are we waiting for?" he yelled. Lita shut the car off and got out.

"Nothing. C'mon girls." Together, the girls trooped up the elegant pathway, admiring the house and front yard at the same time. Serena's house was a large peach home with a gorgeous statue of a prince and princess dancing at the center of the front lawn. Surrounding the statue were small bushels of red roses, acting as protectors of the royalty. The elegant path separated the roses from the green pasture, and the other flowers that green along the fence. A balcony about the two pillars at the entrance oversaw the statue and the driveway.

"Ya know, I heard that Martha Stewart designed the garden out in front," Mina commented as she rang the doorbell a couple of times. Raye whacked her on the head, almost hitting the double doors with a large glass window at the top of each door. A few minutes later, a tired Serena opened the big door and cried out, "Mina! Oh my god! I knew I forgot something!" Mina looked her over and decided that Serena in her gray sweats with a silver line going down the side topped with glitter, and short, baby blue, spaghetti strap shirt with a picture of a glittery crown on it, was fit to go to the movies anyway. Her hair was pulled up in a simple, yet sexy, bun. She wore no make up except for some lip-gloss and her cheeks were tinted a slight pink from running down the stares.

"You look sexy, ok. Guys will fall for you in the dark so c'mon, let's hit the tree or we'll be late!"

"That's 'hit the road'" Amy corrected in Mina's ear. Mina blew a raspberry and she whispered back, "whatever!"

The guys had caught up with the rest of the gang and heard the last bit of the conversation.

"Serena, you look gorgeous! Now can we go?" Andrew said impatiently, and Serena stuck her tongue out at him. Darien caught his breath and then shook his head. Stupid disgusting thoughts! And to think that he actually saw what that tongue could do.

"Serena don't worry about, no one can see your pouty lips, which is probably a good thing. We can't have you seducing all the males? That just wouldn't do." Darien shook his head as a playful smile adorned his lips. Serena walked out the doorway and comfort of her home as she sauntered up to Darien.

"Now Darien," she said running her finger down his chest and Darien had an odd sense of déjà vu. "If I trusted what you thought was sexy and what wasn't, I'd be out here wearing a skimpy little thong all covered in mud." The rest of the gang hooted with laughter and Darien gave a twisted smile, his eyes though, were dancing with amusement.

"Oh don't worry, I wouldn't waste my exotic fantasies on you, you don't look half as sexy in a thong covered with mud as other girls do." He winked, "trust me."

"Trust him!" Serena sneered, trying to hide the jealousy that had sneaked up on her and started building up. "You know, already I've had some bets of how long it would take to get into your pants. The lowest amount was one day, but now I think it's going to take a lot less time, you won't be that hard. I'd say two hours. One hour to teach you how to fuck, and another hour to practice on a teddy bear." She gave him a taste of her own smirk and walked back in the house.

"Lemme get my keys, I'll only be a sec." she called over her shoulder as she searched the drawer by the coat hanger. As she was looking, the guys quietly punched Darien and laughed.

"She got you there!"

"Hahahahaha.."

"Shut up Andrew."

Serena found her keys and joined the rest of the group as she locked the door behind her. She dropped her keys in her tan purse which had straw woven in and out and with the rest of the group, walked to their cars, avoiding Darien again. She most certainly didn't want to face him after the things she said. It was different if you said things to the secretary, you probably wouldn't see her for a while and she'd forget, but Darien. she just didn't want to know how he was taking it. He was probably all upset that she could snap at him and actually had the guts to talk back to him and didn't melt at his feet as the rest of the girls did. She shook her head disgustedly and got into Lita's green convertible.

It took about 10 minutes to drive to the theater {without Lita and Darien driving it mostly likely could have taken longer) and they walked right in, having purchased the tickets online at Fandago.com [AN: heehee. Teeheee]

Coincidentally and not to Serena's amusement, she and Darien ended up sitting next to each other in the middle. It was actually much to her horror, and she did have half the mind to change seats, but the girls were all sitting next to their guys and she felt that she didn't know them well enough to yell at them. Hell, going to the movies was a bit unexpected and fast. She sighed and slouched back down into her seat as she stuffed a handful of popcorn in her mouth, thinking: 'After all, how bad can it be sitting next to Darien?'

Well, as they say, what you don't know can't really hurt you. Or something like that.



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Word stats [I just think that they're a fin lil' thing to know about this story ^_^;;]:

Before ~ grade level - 4.1 // reading ease - 83.4

After ~ grade level - 4.6 // reading ease - 82.7