Life Is But a Game --- Chapter 3
On the third floor of the Fortress of Desolation...
"Yes!" the knight said. "Princess! I've finally found you!"
The princess's smile was more of a smirk. She began to fade, "You really think so?" her voice became deeper and deeper. "Think again." Defixio appeared where the princess stood. He waved his wand...
Back at the arcade...
"Awww man!"
"It's okay Serena, I'm sure you'll beat that nasty wizard some day." Andrew was sure she was going to start wailing at anytime. "You know what they say, if at first you don't succeed, try and try again."
Instead of whinning Serena only smiled, "It's okay Andrew! I'll come back and try again tomorrow!" Then she skipped out of the store.
Andrew stood, with his broom in hand, staring at the door. She should be crying...or at least yelling... After scratching his blonde head in confusion, She didn't even trip out the door!, he went back to sweeping.
Next day in Juuban High around lunchtime (Serena's favourite time of the day)...
Everyone was of course still whispering about Serena and her raven-haired Seiya. In fact, the topic became even hotter after yesterday's little episode. And of course Serena, being Serena, was totally oblivious to the fact that she would have made the Juuban High School Paper headlines, if there was a school paper...
"Hey Mina!" Serena plopped into the chair next to the blonde with the bed red bow in her hair. "Earth to Mina!" The enraged Mina only turned the other way. "Amy! What's wrong with Mina?"
At that moment, Melvin popped out of nowhere to stand between Mina and Serena, "Wait, I've got something to say!" he exclaimed.
"She's mad at you." Molly cut in before Melvin could continue.
"Why?!?"
"I have something to say!" Melvin exclaimed again.
"Serena, what happened to you yesterday with Seiya?" Amy asked matter-of-factly.
"What? How do you guys know about that???"
"Hello?! Someone?" Melvin exclaimed, AGAIN, but nobody acknowleged him.
Mina only pushed Melvin's abnormally large head out of the way. "The whole school knows! Not only did you NOT introduce me to him, you didn't even tell me what happened!" Mina huffed and turned away from the shocked Serena once again.
"Mina! I called you yesterday over and over again but you weren't home!"
Mina quickly faced Serena again, "I was SOO at hom...Oh yea...I was at..."
"...at?" Amy prompted.
"Uh...well Serena! What do you have to say about this Seiya person? I hear he's sooo cute! He asked you out right? Oh my god this is so unfair!" Mina hurriedly attacked Serena with questions in hopes of changing the topic.
"How do you guys know all this??" Mina's little plan worked, "You weren't there spying on me were you?"
"Well actually...the whole school saw what happened...and well you know how news travels..." Amy replied.
Serena couldn't help but blush, "What?? You people have no respect for privacy!! Ahhh! The whole school must be talking about this!!!" She put her head in her hands to hide her embrassment.
Molly started patting one of Serena's meatballs, "It's okay Serena, not everyone knows. I'm sure this will die down soon."
"No it won't! Ahhh!!!"
"Come on Serena, you're not that important!" Mina reasoned.
"What???"
Before the two could start arguing, Melvin slammed a few textbooks on the table to get everyone's attention.
"What did you do that for?!" Molly scolded.
"Like I said before, I have something to say!!!"
Mina was about to yell at Melvin but Amy, feeling for a fellow nerd, said, "Just let Melvin say what he has to say."
"Thank you Amy." He gave Amy a little nod. Then pushed his glasses up his nose, "From the information that I have gathered, I have come to the conclusion that this...person's name is Seiya Kou. He has black hair, a po..."
"I know all that already! Remember? I was the one that talked to him??" Serena was getting fed up with this.
"I'm not finished yet! Where was I? Oh, oh...he has a pony tail and has brown ey..."
"Just get to the point Melvin!" Amy was starting to regret letting Melvin talk.
"Fine, fine! I just wanted to ease into the topic!" He quickly went on before one of the girls could interrupt again. "I asked around and checked with the office. There is NO Seiya Kou enrolled in this high school. And NO guy with a ponytail either. In other words, your little stranger, Serena, is a complete boogus! Or, or, " He took a breath and rattled off his crazy ideas, "he could be a stalker, or a serial killer, or a crazy maniac, or a..."
"But he goes to this school! He said he got 27% on the last test!"
"The one where you got 38% on?" Amy was surprised at the fact that someone could score lower than Serena.
"Maybe he's a ghost!" Mina chirped, she seemed a little too excited at the idea.
"You're all crazy!" with that, Serena got up and left the cafeteria, deciding that she had had enough of her crazy friends. Besides, they were distracting her from lunch!
"Ahhhhhh!" Serena collided with a solid wall of muscle.
"OUCH!" Darien rubbed his offended chest. "Watch where you're going Meatball Head!" Darien was especially gruff that day.
"I'd say sorry, Darien poo-poo face, but you bumped into me!"
"I did not! You walked into me! All that time you spent with Mr.27 musta rotted your brain some more, assuming you had one to start with!" He chuckled.
"You meanie!" Serena ran away from Darien. Before he could call her back, she was down the hall and outside. She was so angry she threw her LUNCH to the ground. Now that was new.
"What's wrong darling?" Seiya walked up to Serena.
"What? Oh...what are you doing here?"
"I'll always be around for you." He smiled another heart-melting smile and even offered Serena a box of cakes, "Want some?"
Serena's eyes twinkled and greedily went after the cakes. After filling her mouth she decided she had to ask and turned to look at Seiya, "They say you don't go to this school..."
"Oh?" he smiled again, "Of course I do. Someone must be mistaken."
"I knew it!" Serena exclaimed, spewing cake out of her mouth. She realized what she did and laughed nervously, "Sorry."
"Don't worry, it's nothing." And handed Serena a tissue.
Unbeknownst to the cake eating couple, Darien had followed Serena and was currently hiding behind a tree. And boy did he not look happy!
Wow and they thought Seiya was the stalker! Stayed tuned to see if anyone can stop Darien - Teen Spy!
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
~Joan Crawford