* Hey everyone! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! I can't believe how good it turned out to be! It's amazing what a little club music could do for a girl, right? Well, I'm all fired up for this chappy cuz I've had a chocolate brownie frappichino, I've got a music video downloading right now as I type, and I've got my music on! I'm raring to go baby! Hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last!
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Chapter 5: Time for Revenge
As soon as Serena stepped through her apartment, she slammed the door and fell back against it to the floor. She sighed as she rubbed her neck in the places that Darien had held her by and closed her eyes as she recalled the moment. She remembered how angry his face looked, but his eyes showed signs of pain and sadness. It was as if he could be as pissed as hell, and yet never seriously hurt a fly.
'If he really wanted to kill me, he would've done so in an instant. What held him back?' Serena wondered as she opened her eyes and noticed there was a message on her answering machine. Serena slowly stood up and made her way towards the machine and pressed the 'listen' button.
"Hey Bitch! Why the hell haven't you called me lately?" Serena automatically realized that the voice belonged to her best friend, Mina.
"Yeah, we miss you a lot!" came a voice that sounded as pure as rain, also known as Ami's voice.
"Jesus, Serena. You'd think that every since you joined the Catholic school, you were better than us or somethin'." Raye's voice was the easiest to distinguish, since she always seemed to accuse Serena of everything in her tone.
"Anyways, just haul your ass over to my place. We're having an overnighter for exams and decided to invite you. I'm baking a shitload of good food and I need you to eat it. Later." Lita's voice was the last to be heard before the loud beep from the answering machine.
Serena silently cursed to herself for forgetting to stay in touch with the only people who ever meant anything to her. 'They're the only friends I have. Why am I neglecting them?' she thought to herself as she headed towards her closet and pulled out a medium sized blue duffle bag. She quickly threw some clothes into the bag and began to head to the door. On her way out, she grabbed her switch blade and tucked it into her plaid skirt, forgetting to change out of her school uniform.
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"You really shouldn't have lost your temper like that back there, Darien. You could've gotten into a lot of trouble by the headmaster."
It was after school and Darien hadn't said a word since first period had began. Andy was doing everything to try and get him to talk.
"And what's the point of getting expelled over a fancy lighter?"
Andy's question was immediately answered when Darien punched him in the stomach and he crumpled to the floor in pain. Although his eyes were squeezed shut, he could sense Darien's body tower over him and feel the tearful expression on his face.
"It's not just some fancy lighter," Darien huffed. "It was the last gift I bought for my father before he was shot to death."
As Andy slowly opened his eyes, his suspicious were confirmed as he saw Darien leaning his head against a wall, crying. He was shocked that Darien would show this sentimental side of himself in front of him, let alone in the middle of the city. Andy didn't know what to do except what any friend could do: comfort him. It was about 2 minutes of tearful silence when Andy chose to speak.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Darien wiped away the rest of his tears and composed himself. "No. I don't know what came over me. Andy, do me a favor and don't tell anyone about this."
Andy smiled and made it appear as if he closed his mouth with a zipper. "My lips are sealed."
"Thanks." Darien's demeanor took a different direction as he started heading farther into the city.
"Hey, where are you going?" Andy asked confused. "I thought you said your apartment was back this way."
"It is." Darien said as a glint of mischief streamed through his eyes. "But I have a favor to return."
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As Serena pressed the doorbell outside Lita's apartment, she could loud giggles coming from behind the door, followed by huge thumping noises pounding on the floor. The door opened and the smell of fresh chocolate chip cookies wafted in the air into Serena's nose and welcomed her to her haven. Ignoring Lita's cheerful greeting, Serena headed straight to the kitchen, where a fresh batch of cookies sat to cool. Serena reached out to grab a cookie, which was soon denied by a hard smack from Lita's spatula.
"No way, bitch. Not until they've cooled and you've given all of us a hug." Lita stated.
Before Serena could respond, she was surrounded by four girls, all squeezing her and demanding reasons to why she hasn't kept in touch with them.
'This is the only place where I'm actually cared about.' She thought as she was led to the living room where dozens of other freshly baked goodies were sprawled over the coffee table.
Since Serena had finally arrived, the girls began to divulge into the treats and began sharing the latest gossip, like they used to, before Serena was transferred to Taryn Brothers Catholic School.
"So Serena, how many times have you been sent down to the headmaster since we last saw you?" Raye asked with grin on her face, knowing that it was going to be more than she could count on both hands, since it had been well over 3 months that they last met.
"Actually Raye," Serena began with a proud smile, "You'll be shocked to know that it has only been 23 times."
"That's a record." Ami said as she took a calculator and typed in an equation. "That's about 7 times a month which is about twice a week on average. Very impressive Serena."
"Why so low Serena?" Mina asked, with a disappointed look on her face.
Serena was hoping that Mina wouldn't ask that. She didn't want to give Raye the satisfactory of winning the bet they had at the beginning of the school year.
"Well, because….I was…uh" Serena mumbled while looking down at her feet.
"Because what Serena?" Raye asked, with an expression of pure joy when she already knew the answer to the question.
"You know damn well Raye." Serena accused, while standing up and facing the raven haired girl. "It's because I was suspended for a month! You happy?"
"Perfectly." Raye replied while taking a long swig from her coke.
The other girls watch the erupting argument. It wasn't unusual for the two girls to be arguing, and with all the time they had not seen each other for, they had a lot to catch up on.
After a couple hours later, the girls were all caught up in each other's affairs and Serena was in the middle of telling them about Darien, the Wonder Dick.
"Damn Serena. He actually threw you up against a wall?" Mina asked, surprised that her friend was overtaken so easily.
"Yeah. I can't believe the bastard went that crazy over a fuckin' lighter." Serena said. "I mean, sure it was a nice lighter and all, but come on, a guy's gotta have some self control."
"That's kind of a hypocritical statement isn't it, Serena?" Raye asked with her arms folded across her chest.
"Fuck off, Raye!" Serena retorted as she flipped her off.
"That was kind of harsh, Serena." Mina stated. "I mean, what if it had some sort of sentimental value to it or something'."
"Yeah, come to think of it, he did have a look of sadness in his eyes when he was strangling me." Serena admitted as she took the last cookie from the plate. "But that doesn't ignore what he did to my only jacket!" She added, losing all signs of sympathy for the jerk.
"I don't know Serena." Ami said with a worried tone to her voice. "From the way you described it, it sounded like he was pretty pissed."
"Puhhleeaaassseee." Serena said as she took the last swig from her third beer. "What can he 'hiccup' do to me?"
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As Darien led the way down a dark and narrow alleyway, Andy followed closely behind him wondering one thing. "Who is this Anthony guy he keeps asking for?"
* Oh my god! What the hell is Darien doing looking for Anthony?! Well, maybe you'll have to wait for the next chapter in if you want to find out, which will probably be in a couple days. I just wanted to show the other scouts' personalities and try to work them into the plot. And I also wanted to show that Serena isn't as heartless as she seems. I'm sorry this chappie is soooo short, but it's 3am and I'm out of fuel a.k.a. caffeine. I promise I'll get right to work on the next chappie tomorrow. But at least I got this chappie out tonight. I mean, come on, I had to not do my ab workout tonight because I was typing this. Aren't I nice? Instead of looking hott in a bikini, I'm going to settle with cute in a 2 piece just so you guys can read what's going to happen next. But for you guys, it's totally worth it! Keep reviewing and I love y'all to pieces! -Neo Crystal Angel
