Hey ppelz, I'm sorry for not updating in such a long time. That cursed
Writers Block has struck me dead, but don't worry I'm over it and have
finally gotten out a new Chappy for you. I have also started a new story,
don't worry I will eventually update all of my other stories. Anyways
please enjoy this Chappy and check out my other story if yea want.
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I also want to thank all of the reviewers who have reviewed this story so far and I'm glade you all like it.
^Serena's POV^
"Serena!!!!! Get your ass up!!!!" comes a voice.
"Wha-" Serena begins to say but is then fluttering her eyes open and coming face to face with a very pissed Lita and a giggly Mina.
"What time is it?" Serena asks groggily. "Oh, about 8:30" Lita replies offhandedly. "Do what!!!!!!!" Serena yells as she bolts up from her bed and grabs a pair of tight fitting black leather pants with a cat on her ass and the word 'Sexy' stitched on her left leg and 'Kitten' stitched on her right leg and then takes out a gray tank top.
"Come on!!! What are you guys waiting for?" Serena yells as she runs into her bathroom and hurriedly puts her hair up into a tight, messy bun and just grabs her make up and goes into the kitchen.
"Ready yet, Sexy Kitten?" Lita mocks as she stands up from the table. "FUNNY! Get your asses moving!" Serena tells them as she grabs her cell phone and keys from the table. "See-yea lata, chickes!" Serena tells them with a wave of her hand and rushes down to her Lexus.
"I'm going to be so fucking late at this rate I'm going!" Serena mumbles to herself as she hurriedly applies her make-up as she pulls out the parking lot and rushes down the street.
~Little while Later~
"Excuse me Miss, but you can't go in there unless you've registered." Says a young brunet in front of her.
"I am registered Miss. I'm Serena Hart, racing a Lexus SC." Serena replies politely. "Oh, okay. Have a good race." The brunet replies giddily. "Thank you" Serena replies with a false smile.
"God, such bubble heads here!" Serena mumbles to herself as she begins to install the 3 NOS canisters. "Serena, is that you?" asks a voice behind her. "Excuse me?" Serena asks confused as she looks around for the voice. "Serena, it's me Nick." Says a man coming from behind her. "Oh, hey Nick! I'm glad you've made it!" Serena tells him as she gives him a hug. "I wouldn't miss you racing the new Lexus for anything." He replies as he looks over the car.
" Of course. Zoc should be arriving soon with the last 2 canisters of NOS." Serena tells him as she seats down on the top of the Lexus. "How many are you racing with?" Nick asks wryly. "Only-----" Serena mumbles under her breath. "How many Serena?" Nick asks as he glares at her. "Fine, 5" Serena replies meekly as she begins to look around. "5 CANISTERS!!!!" Nick yells. "Yea? Is that a problem?" Serena asks innocently. "Let's see. The last time you raced, a canister of NOS was engaged somehow and you end up having to flip your White Speedster in a pile of sand to stop you from blowing yourself up!" Nick replies as he steadily regains his stature. "Fine, fine. I get where you're going at with this, but I'm a big girl daddy. I don't need to be babied!" Serena tells him as she jumps down from her car and walks away towards a now crowded area.
"How come everyone always has to go trying to look out for me? I'm a big girl and don't need nobody to look out for me!" Serena mutters under her breath as she walks around and ends up bumping into someone.
"I'm sorry" Serena says through gritted teeth. "It's okay Serena." Replies a now very familiar deep voice. "Oh Darien, I've got to go." Serena tells him and quickly leaves the crowd.
"Wait Serena, what's wrong?" Darien shouts after her as he walks behind her, just as quickly. "I'm just tired of everyone trying to baby me! Nick, the girls, Zoc, Jade and even Micheal are trying to baby me!" Serena exclaims as she stomps her foot. "And that little performance isn't being babyish?" Darien asks with a raised eyebrow. "I know but it's the truth!" Serena retorts. "Come on, let's go over to your car and do a manual check on the engine or something." Darien tells her as he leads her back towards her car. "Fine, but if I see Nick still there, I'm gonna give him a piece of the little baby." Serena replies as she follows.
"Serena, I'm sorry about what I said. I didn't mean to become to over protective!" Nick exclaims as he goes over to her. "Yea, yea Nick. Save it! When are you going to deliver my cars?" Serena asks as she waves her hand at the previous subject. "Umm, I'm pretty sure tomorrow" Nick replies. "Nick, you know I don't take pretty sures. Call up whoever and give me a date and time within the next 30 minutes or I take my business else where!" Serena tells him as she seats back up on her previous seat.
"Um, Serena. What are you talking about and why are you talking to my partner like that?" Darien asks in complete confusion at the scene in front of him. "Well he owes me 3 new Lexus SC's and what do you mean by him being your partner?" Serena asks with a raised eyebrow. "Nicholas Miles is my partner at Galaxies Rose." Darien tells her as he continues to watch Nick call all of the head departments in the company.
"Okay, okay Serena! I've got a date and time for you!" Nick exclaims as he puts his cell phone in his breast pocket. "And it is?" Serena asks with a roll of her hand. "I've got Tuesday at noon for you and yes, all 3 of the cars will have all of the special features you like." Nick tells her calmly. "Okay, thank you." Serena replies with a beaming smile.
"Okay ladies and gentlemen, if you could please go to the benches and get ready to watch Serena Hart, Andrew Murrey, Bryan Keys, and Jason Shaw." Comes a bubbly voice over the speaker system.
"See-yea guys later!" Serena replies happily as she slips into her car and then speeds off to the starting line.
^Darien's POV^
"Nick, how do you know Serena?" Darien asks as he grabs his arm so he couldn't go anywhere. "We met at the Racers circuit in the last town she was in." Nick replies as he snatches his arm out of Darien's grip. "Hmm, okay." Darien says as he begins to think over what had just happened.
"Darien," Nick begins a few minutes later. "Yea" Darien answers as he begins to walk over to the benches. "What is your deal?" Nick asks very carefully and begins to walk behind Darien. "Nothing," Darien replies and then seats down beside Raye.
"Hey, Darien! I can't wait to see what happens in this race!" Raye says happily. "Yea, me too" Darien replies offhandedly.
^Raye's POV^
*I wonder how come Darien has become so... I don't know the word..detached lately. It has to be something concerning Serena I'm certain, but I don't know what.*
Raye continues to think to herself as she watches Darien from the corner of her eye with her violet eyes but still fully attentive at the race that's about to start in front of her between some of the best racers in this city's circuit.
"Thank you all for coming out to the racing today and we have an estimated 15-20 police cars set up on this race track. We'll be starting the races momentarily so please just seat still for a few more minutes." Says a high- pitched female voice over the speakers.
"God, I wish they would hurry up and start the racing!" Darien mutters. "Darien." Raye says to he brother beside her. "Yea" he replies. "Are you going to race in this Highway?" Raye asks, turning to look at her brother. "I don't know, maybe" Darien utters as he just gazes at the Start line.
*What is his goddamn problem! It's driving me crazy, normally nobody could stop him from racing, but ever since he started helping Serena his.just kind of..stopped, or maybe I'm just overreacting over nothing and it's just a phase. God, his going to give me gray hairs before I'm even 30!*
Raye exclaims to herself as she just stares at Darien's facial features as if trying to find her answers some how.
^Serena's POV^
*What's taking everybody so long!*
Serena asks herself as she listens to the static of the communication lines.
She pulls out her cell phone and pushes a simple number.
"Hello" comes an irritated voice.
"Hey Jade, what in the hell is taking so damn long!" Serena asks in a calm voice that's on the verge to screaming.
"Sere, it's just taking a little longer than normal. Just calm down and listen to music or something and it'll be starting really soon." He replies just as calmly but Serena knew he was picking his words very carefully.
"Okay, just please let it start soon!" Serena tells him and then shuts the phone off.
*Damn it! I need to let out this pent up energy somehow!*
Serena tells herself as she drums her fingers against the steering wheel with impatience.
"Sere" come a voice over the communication system.
"Yea" she replies, hoping it's some word about the race.
"The race should be starting soon" the voice tells her.
"Okay" she replies.
Then the line goes quiet.
*I'm about to lose it if they don't start the race soon!*
Serena thinks to herself as she pops in her newest Linkin Park c.d. and turns the volume almost all the way up.
^Raye's POV^
*This is driving me nuts! Darien's not acting his normal self, Serena's acting on edge and something's up with Nick. Something is up with them, I just wish I could figure it out.*
Raye muses to herself, as she gazes up at the sky, until the crackling of the speakers snaps her out of her thoughts and rants.
"Hello, once again. I'm sorry for such the long wait, but we are ready to commence with the race. So, if all of you racers would start your engines we can get under way." the high-pitch voice from earlier says.
Suddenly the air is filled with 5 loud engine roars.
"Okay, since the racers seem to be very impatient we'll be starting the race. So, 1.2..3, GOOOOOO!" the voice exclaims,
The cars race off with dust and dirt coming up into the air in clouds where the cars were just at.
^Serena's POV^
"Finally!" Serena breaths as she races onto the on coming bridge.
"Sere, where are you at?" comes a calm and collective voice.
"I just got onto the first bridge." Serena replies as she looks around at the forest that's ahead of her.
"Ames, what are the states on the other 3 racers?" Serena asks as she continues to gaze around at her surroundings.
"Well, we're 25 minutes into the race, 6 cops have been successfully ditched, Andrew has 3 cops on his tail, Bryan has 1 cop, Jason has 2 and wait..his just gained one of the other ditched cops." Ami tells her in her higher-than-all voice.
"Okay, thanks." Serena mutters as she puts the communicate away from her mouth which is still on.
"Excuse me Miss." Says a deep male voice from behind her.
"Yes?" she asks innocently although she already knew what he was.
"What are you doing out on this bridge?" he asks politely.
"Just enjoying the view, what else?" Serena replies, still using her innocent angelic voice.
"May I please see your license and registration Miss.." "Just call me Macy." Serena interrupts as she gets back into her car and begins to dig through her glove compartment. Minutes later, she emerges back out with the items in her hand.
"Here you go officer." Serena says to him as she hands the items to him.
"Thank you." He tells her as he takes out a computer gadget and begins to do something with it.
"Okay, thank you Miss. Macy" the officer replies, "You might want to go scene gazing else where for the time being though, since there is a, illegal race under way and we still have to find the last racer." He adds as he hands the items back to her.
"I will do." She tells him as she begins to smirk as he walks away back to his car.
"I will do," she mutters under her breath as she shoves the stuff back into her glove compartment and starts back up her engine.
"That was way to close for comfort." Another voice retorts on the communicator.
"No shit" Serena replies as she drives the way she came only to have 4 cops swing out in front of her.
"Mother fuckers!" Serena exclaims as she puts the car back into reverse and stops once she is on the other side of the bride with the cop cars steadily coming.
"Bye bye!" mouths to the cops as she waves her hand at them and speeds her car down the steep hill to land on top of another cop car.
"Fuck!" Serena mutters as she steps on the accelerator and speeds off the car.
"What did you do Sere?" Lita's voice asks dully, "or should I be afraid of the answer?" Lita adds.
"Well Lits, you know the steep hill on the side of the bridge I was on?" Serena asks meekly as she drives on the grass beside the road.
"And?" Lita asks drolly.
"Well, I went down it, but when I landed.I kinda accidentally landed on a cop car, BUT! I'm fine, the car's fine and I'm pretty sure the cops fine." Serena explains as she finally spots the car that's in the lead.
"God Sere! You really need to start-" "Sorry Lits, but I gotta cut you off!" Serena exclaims as she switches the system off, blasts her music all the way up and pulls up to the side of the car.
"Hey...Andrew right? Well, anyways byedebyebye!" Serena exclaims happily, as she rams his car into the wall of the hill and speeds off with a grin plastered on her face.
"That was fun!" Serena replied to her self as she pushed a few strands of her silvery-golden hair behind her ear that had gotten free of the bun.
~The Finish Line~
"That was one of your best races yet!" exclaimed an excited Mina as she jumped up and down giddily.
"Thanks Mina." Serena replied as she pushed her way out of the still growing crowd around her.
"Do you have any complaints as of yet?" Nick asked as he stood in front of her with his shoulder length wild dark brown hair blowing around him as he had a smirk that just shouted chauvinistic.
"Don't get to cocky Nick. The breaks might need a little work, along with the a few simple things and guess what! I only used 2 NOS canisters for your info!" Serena said with a smirk on her face.
"What's wrong with the breaks?" Nick asked as he took out a notepad from his breast pocket.
"Well it takes at least 3 extra seconds to get a response from them and stop time on them is the poorest yet." Serena explained as she examined her nails in boredom.
"I'll look into it." Nick replied as he snapped the pad closed and put it back in his breast pocket.
^Raye's POV^
*She just stands their in front of one of the most powerful men in the car business as if his nothing and he treats her like she's royalty and yet they give each other a cocky attitude but still respect at the same time. This is soo very confusing for me and I still have to figure out Darien's little 'thing'!* Raye exclaimed to herself as she rubbed her temples as if to clear out all of the thoughts.
"Raye! Did you see her? She was awesome!" Mina exclaims as she jumps in front of her with a giddy grin on her face.
"Yea, she was great!" Raye exclaimed with a fake grin plastered on her face and in fake enthusiasm.
"Thank you Raye." Serena exclaimed as she joined the group.
"Let's go and celebrate!" Lita exclaimed.
"Go ahead girls, I'm just gonna head home." Serena replied as she began to walk back to her car.
"Sere, you okay?" Ami asked as she came up to her.
"Yea, just tired and really sore." Serena replied with the wave of her hand.
"How about I meet up with you at your house and the others can go out and get drunk and call us?" Ami asked with a smile.
Giggling, "You got it. I just need to stop by the store really quick and I'll meet you their." Serena replied with a real smile on her face as her and Ami departed.
~The Store~
"Where is the damn aspirin?" Serena muttered to herself as she searched the medicine shelves as she also muttered a few extremely colorful words to herself.
"Are you looking for these?" asked an all too familiar voice behind her.
Serena turned around and came face to face with..Dylan.
"What the hell do you want?" Serena asked in a low but still pleasant voice.
"Shopping. What else?" asked a tall, auburn hair, green eyes and Indian tanned man standing now in front if her with his hand outstretched with the bottle of aspirin she was looking for in it.
"If you knew what was good for you, you would put the hand by your side and walk away." Serena told him as she finally found the bottle she was looking for and grabbed it from the shelf.
"Well, if someone isn't in a bad mood." He replied in a mocking voice.
"Well, if someone isn't a jackasses mother fucker." She replied in the same mocking tone he used and walked away.
*Damn, why now of all times do I have to run into him!* she screamed to herself as she slammed the plastic door closed as she clutches her bottle of water.
"What's wrong?" asks an concerned all too familiar deep voice to the side of her.
"Fuck off!" Serena tells the voice and walks away.
"Serena!" the voice exclaims as it runs after her.
"What do you want now!" Serena tells him in a deep menacing growl as she turns around to look in navy-blue eyes.
"Oh! Darien, I'm sorry! I thought you were someone else." She exclaims with surprise as she looks around trying to see if she could catch a glimpse of auburn hair, green eyes, or the all too perfect Indian tan.
"It's okay, but what's wrong? Shouldn't you be celebrating?" Darien asked still concerned with worried etched on his all to perfect chiseled face.
"I'm okay and I'm just not in the mood. I'm just going to meet Ami at my apartment and just hang out until the girls call us to pick them up because they got to drunk." Serena explains to him with a fake smile.
"Okay," Darien replied but not in a believing tone.
"I'll see-yea around." Serena told him as she walked away in search of some deli sandwiches.
"Finally!" Serena replied to herself as she retrieved a chicken, cheese, and mustard sandwich from the stack and walked away a little happier than earlier and snatched a bag of Doritos Cooler Ranch and Potato chips from a display and goes to the cash register.
"Seems you still haven't learned how to cook," says a deep voice behind her.
"Dylan go fuck your whore a leave me the fuck alone" Serena replied still in her pleasant voice but just brought it down a few notches.
"I'm okay right now, but might later." Dylan responded unfazed.
"Whatever" Serena replied with a wave of her hand as she gave the cashier a 20 for her food and walked away with her bag in hand, as she headed for her car.
"Tut-tut" she heard behind her with a clucking of his tongue.
"Dylan, I'm just going to cut to the fucking chase! What the hell do want!" Serena replied as she put her bag in the passenger seat.
"Well, seems someone has finally grown a backbone" Dylan commented as he leaned up against her silver Lexus.
"Get up from my car and either answer me or good-bye!" Serena replied in a low menacing growl.
"Okay, I'm willing to take you back." Dylan replied in a seductive voice.
"Oh really!" Serena replied in a fake giddy voice, "Thank you, but fuckin hell no I'd ever go back with YOU!" Serena added and finished it with her low menacing growl.
"Just you wait and see, I'll have you. You'll be begging me to take you back once I'm done with you." Dylan responded in a threatening voice.
"Oh and I'm really going to go back to you after you just talked to me like that? You have got to be doing something that has gone bad. Baby, I'll give you a little piece of advice, get a new dealer and go and get a fucking life." Serena replied as she disappeared into her car and speed off.
~Serena's Apartment~
"I swear! You the hell does he think he is? I have the right mind to just go and show him who the hell I am!" Serena muttered to herself as she stumped up the stairs.
"Hello Ms. Hart" came a pleasant voice in front of her.
Serena looked up and came face to fact with a kindly looking 60-year-old fully white hair, and a few wrinkles here and there woman standing in front of her with a ugly floral house coat and faded pink house shoes on.
"Hello Mrs. Richardson." Serena replied with a little smile.
"I need to talk to you about something." The old lady explained to her as she walked towards Serena.
"Talk away" Serena tells her as she pushes a few strands of hair from her face.
"Well, you are exactly 2 months behind on your rent" the lady began.
"Say no more, Mrs. Richardson. Here's half now and I'll give you the rest later." Serena replied as she gave the landlady the rest of her money.
"Okay dear, looking forward to seeing you later." The lady responded as she Serena stepped into the elevator and pushed the button for her floor.
"Damn! Everybody is after me all of a sudden!" Serena exclaimed as she punched the metal with her fist.
Elevator dinged just then and opened the doors to her floor, which Serena walked on to and made her way to her door and opened it and saw Sammy their with Mika in the living.
"SAMMY HART!" Serena yelled at seeing the scene-taking place in front of her.
"Oh shit!" he replied as he jumped up.
"Is nothing going to go my way today!" Serena muttered under her breath.
"SAMUEL BENJAMEN HART! I'M ABOUT TO KICK YOUR ASS OF MY APARTMENT!" Serena yelled as she began to shot daggers at him with her mind.
"Se-Ser-Serena! Let me explain!" Sammy squeaked.
"What did I fucking tell you time and time again about? What did I tell you- " Serena began but was cut off when she heard the elevator ding again on her floor and turned around and closed her still opened door.
"Sammy, I'm going to tell you this now." Serena tells him in a soft voice, "I'm not in the mood to put up with this shit!" Serena said as she turned around and looked dead at Sammy.
"Serena, I'm sorry! Really! We didn't even mean- I mean we just came in here to watch a movie and then one thing led to another and well.." Sammy explained as he sat still as a piece of grass in the wind, shaking with nerves.
"Sammy, I suggest" but was cut off with a knock at the door.
"DAMNIT!" Serena screamed in frustration.
"What the hell do you want!" Serena asked as she opened the door.
"Umm.Serena" Darien said a little unsure of what he was wanting to say.
"Darien, I'm not really even in the mood to talk to you right now, and Samuel if you get out of that seat, I will take you up on my offer." Serena said through gritted teeth as she turned around and saw Sammy standing up, still as a statue in fear.
"Mika, sweetie. I strongly suggest you head home right now. Sammy and I have a little talk we need to have." Serena said in a sickly sweet voice as she turned toward a brown hair, brown eyes young girl who looked very disheveled.
"Ye-Yes ma'am." The young girl stuttered out as she grabbed her keys from the coffee table and ran past Serena and Darien and disappeared through the open elevator.
"Darien, can you please come back later?" Serena asked as she sighed and began to rub her neck in frustration.
"What's going on Serena? You look like shit and you should be excited." Darien tells her as he hugged her out of concern.
"I'll talk to you later Darien, right now! I need to have a nice long talk with Samuel!" Serena responded as she detached herself from his embrace and turned around and looked menacingly at Sammy.
"Sis, come on. We didn't even do anything!" Sammy exclaimed fearfully.
"Only because I walked into the door! You have it in your best interest to go to your room for the time being." Serena exclaimed to him as she pointed down the lighted hallway.
"Okay" Sammy responded in a tone that reminded you of a prisoner going to the electric chair.
"Damn!" Serena muttered as she walked into her kitchen with Darien behind her.
"Darien, what are you doing here?" Serena asked as she began to put everything she bought away and grabbed her water.
"Well, I saw you out in the parking lot." Darien began "Darien, don't even get me started! I'm stressed out way beyond my limits right now and all I want to do is take a nice hot shower and curl up on the couch, wait no in my chair and just watch reruns of some NASCAR races." Serena replied as she opened up her bottle of aspirin and gulped down 4 pills.
"How about if you go and take that shower and I'll fix you some nice relaxing tea." Darien responded as he went up behind her and starts to massage her shoulders somewhat.
"As nice as that sounds, No thanks. I still have to take care of Sammy and also call up Micheal." Serena tells him as she gets out of his touch, once again.
"Serena," Darien asks in his normal low voice.
"What?" Serena asks as she swallowed the rest of her water and threw into the trashcan.
"How come yo still don't trust me?" Darien asks looking at her.
"Damnit" Serena muttered to herself under her breath, "Darien, it's not that I don't trust you. It's just.arggg!" Serena exclaimed in frustration. "Not now!" Serena muttered.
"Serena, please tell me what's wrong." Darien tells her in a concerned voice.
"It's not the simple. It's.it's.I don't know." Serena explained exasperated as she stomps her foot on the kitchen tile and thrust her hands into her now almost freed hair in frustration.
"Serena, you're going to burn yourself out if you keep this up." Darien comments, still looking into her frustrated clear-blue eyes.
"I'm already burned out. I'm just going on exhaust fumes and little pushes." Serena retorted with a snort as she walks to her bedroom.
"Serena, you can trust me. I'm not going anywhere." Darien tells her retreating back.
"Don't pull that shit on me." Serena says through gritted teeth as she twirls around and becomes face to fact with Darien's worried face.
"I'm not trying to pull anything on you Serena. I just want you to trust me and talk to me." Darien replies as he looks into Serena's eyes as if trying to search for answers.
*How come I'm getting the feeling that he can see straight through me and to my already cracking soul?* Serena asks herself as she stares into Darien's worried eyes.
"Darien, I might have told you my life story but I haven't told you shit about my soul." Serena tells him as she turns around and goes into her room and slams the door shut behind her.
"FUCK!" Serena screams. "How come all of this shit has to fall on my lap now! WHY?" Serena screams and lets the last words out in more of a whisper as she slumps against her closet door and just begins to cry out everything that has happened in past 2 hours.
^Raye's POV^
"Girls, I'll catch up with you guys later." Raye yells to the bodies outlined in the fluorescent lights.
"O-OKAY!" Mina yells as she waves.
*I really shouldn't leave them, but I'm getting a bad feeling from Serena.* Raye tells herself as she walks to her red VeilSlide.
"I hope she's alright." Raye mutters to herself as she turns on the car and speeds down the streets of downtown and onto the freeway to Serena's Apartment Complex.
~*^^*~
"Why's Darien's Black Jaguar here?" Raye asks herself as she walks up to the complex with her high-heeled shoes clicking behind her.
"That woman needs to keep her temper under control sometimes!" muttered an old woman as she shuffled past Raye in an ugly floral housecoat and faded pink slippers.
Raye just shook her head in bewilderment as she pushed the call button for the elevator.
A few minutes later the elevator dinged and slid open its doors. Raye stepped into the little space and pushed the button for Serena's floor and the elevator closed its doors and began the short ride up to the floor.
*Something's got to be going on. Why would Darien be here? He should be at his car garage getting his car ready for the race tomorrow.* Raye tells herself as she walks out the elevator and to Serena's door.
As soon as she goes to knock on the door, its flown open with Darien's pissed off face staring back at her.
"What are you doing here?" they ask each other in unison.
"I came to see Serena." Raye answers him, "What's wrong Darien?" Raye asks.
"Nothing," Darien replies as he brushes past her and goes to the elevator.
*Now I know something is going on.* Raye confirms to herself as she walks into the deadly quite apartment and closes the door behind her.
"Serena" Raye calls into the apartment.
"Yes" comes stifled answer from Serena's room.
Raye walks hurriedly to Serena's bedroom door.
"Serena, are you okay?" Raye asks with concerned.
"It's funny. I used to wish for someone to ask me that, but now I'm constantly being asked that." Comes a laughed reply from the other side of the door.
"Will you please open the door for me?" Raye asks quietly.
"Fine" comes a relented reply and seconds later the door opens.
Raye walks into the room and sees a puffy eyed Serena seating on the edge of her bed.
"Shouldn't you be out partying with the other girls?" Serena asks as she sniffs back a sob.
"I was going to but I just decided to over here and hang with you instead." Raye tells her as she seats beside Serena.
"What has gotten you so upset?" Raye asks soothingly.
"Everything! First, I meet Dylan, then Darien. Not to mention what today is!" Serena replied as she swiped at the remaining tears.
"What's today Serena?" Raye asks as she looks at Serena.
"The day.the day.my parents died. I didn't really want to race today, but I wanted to prove to myself, to everyone that I wasn't afraid so I put it behind me and did it anyway." Serena answered as she curled herself up into a little ball.
"Oh Serena. I didn't know." Raye exclaimed quietly as she put a hand to her mouth as if to stifle a gasp.
"It's okay Raye. I guess everything has just finally caught up to me finally. I'm sorry to have broke down like this." Serena apologized as she sat up and gathered herself together.
"You don't need to apologize Serena. We're friends and I like to be their for my friends." Raye replied as she watched Serena.
"You sound just like me and the girls, who are probably drunk off their ass." Serena tells her as she goes over to her closet and pulls out a pair of running short and a white spaghetti strap shirt.
"I really need a hot shower right now, I'll be out in a minute." Serena explains as she leaves the room.
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Here yea go guys, I hope yea liked it and please review for me and let me know how it was.
Ja na and until next time
~*~*Princess2000204~*~*
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I also want to thank all of the reviewers who have reviewed this story so far and I'm glade you all like it.
^Serena's POV^
"Serena!!!!! Get your ass up!!!!" comes a voice.
"Wha-" Serena begins to say but is then fluttering her eyes open and coming face to face with a very pissed Lita and a giggly Mina.
"What time is it?" Serena asks groggily. "Oh, about 8:30" Lita replies offhandedly. "Do what!!!!!!!" Serena yells as she bolts up from her bed and grabs a pair of tight fitting black leather pants with a cat on her ass and the word 'Sexy' stitched on her left leg and 'Kitten' stitched on her right leg and then takes out a gray tank top.
"Come on!!! What are you guys waiting for?" Serena yells as she runs into her bathroom and hurriedly puts her hair up into a tight, messy bun and just grabs her make up and goes into the kitchen.
"Ready yet, Sexy Kitten?" Lita mocks as she stands up from the table. "FUNNY! Get your asses moving!" Serena tells them as she grabs her cell phone and keys from the table. "See-yea lata, chickes!" Serena tells them with a wave of her hand and rushes down to her Lexus.
"I'm going to be so fucking late at this rate I'm going!" Serena mumbles to herself as she hurriedly applies her make-up as she pulls out the parking lot and rushes down the street.
~Little while Later~
"Excuse me Miss, but you can't go in there unless you've registered." Says a young brunet in front of her.
"I am registered Miss. I'm Serena Hart, racing a Lexus SC." Serena replies politely. "Oh, okay. Have a good race." The brunet replies giddily. "Thank you" Serena replies with a false smile.
"God, such bubble heads here!" Serena mumbles to herself as she begins to install the 3 NOS canisters. "Serena, is that you?" asks a voice behind her. "Excuse me?" Serena asks confused as she looks around for the voice. "Serena, it's me Nick." Says a man coming from behind her. "Oh, hey Nick! I'm glad you've made it!" Serena tells him as she gives him a hug. "I wouldn't miss you racing the new Lexus for anything." He replies as he looks over the car.
" Of course. Zoc should be arriving soon with the last 2 canisters of NOS." Serena tells him as she seats down on the top of the Lexus. "How many are you racing with?" Nick asks wryly. "Only-----" Serena mumbles under her breath. "How many Serena?" Nick asks as he glares at her. "Fine, 5" Serena replies meekly as she begins to look around. "5 CANISTERS!!!!" Nick yells. "Yea? Is that a problem?" Serena asks innocently. "Let's see. The last time you raced, a canister of NOS was engaged somehow and you end up having to flip your White Speedster in a pile of sand to stop you from blowing yourself up!" Nick replies as he steadily regains his stature. "Fine, fine. I get where you're going at with this, but I'm a big girl daddy. I don't need to be babied!" Serena tells him as she jumps down from her car and walks away towards a now crowded area.
"How come everyone always has to go trying to look out for me? I'm a big girl and don't need nobody to look out for me!" Serena mutters under her breath as she walks around and ends up bumping into someone.
"I'm sorry" Serena says through gritted teeth. "It's okay Serena." Replies a now very familiar deep voice. "Oh Darien, I've got to go." Serena tells him and quickly leaves the crowd.
"Wait Serena, what's wrong?" Darien shouts after her as he walks behind her, just as quickly. "I'm just tired of everyone trying to baby me! Nick, the girls, Zoc, Jade and even Micheal are trying to baby me!" Serena exclaims as she stomps her foot. "And that little performance isn't being babyish?" Darien asks with a raised eyebrow. "I know but it's the truth!" Serena retorts. "Come on, let's go over to your car and do a manual check on the engine or something." Darien tells her as he leads her back towards her car. "Fine, but if I see Nick still there, I'm gonna give him a piece of the little baby." Serena replies as she follows.
"Serena, I'm sorry about what I said. I didn't mean to become to over protective!" Nick exclaims as he goes over to her. "Yea, yea Nick. Save it! When are you going to deliver my cars?" Serena asks as she waves her hand at the previous subject. "Umm, I'm pretty sure tomorrow" Nick replies. "Nick, you know I don't take pretty sures. Call up whoever and give me a date and time within the next 30 minutes or I take my business else where!" Serena tells him as she seats back up on her previous seat.
"Um, Serena. What are you talking about and why are you talking to my partner like that?" Darien asks in complete confusion at the scene in front of him. "Well he owes me 3 new Lexus SC's and what do you mean by him being your partner?" Serena asks with a raised eyebrow. "Nicholas Miles is my partner at Galaxies Rose." Darien tells her as he continues to watch Nick call all of the head departments in the company.
"Okay, okay Serena! I've got a date and time for you!" Nick exclaims as he puts his cell phone in his breast pocket. "And it is?" Serena asks with a roll of her hand. "I've got Tuesday at noon for you and yes, all 3 of the cars will have all of the special features you like." Nick tells her calmly. "Okay, thank you." Serena replies with a beaming smile.
"Okay ladies and gentlemen, if you could please go to the benches and get ready to watch Serena Hart, Andrew Murrey, Bryan Keys, and Jason Shaw." Comes a bubbly voice over the speaker system.
"See-yea guys later!" Serena replies happily as she slips into her car and then speeds off to the starting line.
^Darien's POV^
"Nick, how do you know Serena?" Darien asks as he grabs his arm so he couldn't go anywhere. "We met at the Racers circuit in the last town she was in." Nick replies as he snatches his arm out of Darien's grip. "Hmm, okay." Darien says as he begins to think over what had just happened.
"Darien," Nick begins a few minutes later. "Yea" Darien answers as he begins to walk over to the benches. "What is your deal?" Nick asks very carefully and begins to walk behind Darien. "Nothing," Darien replies and then seats down beside Raye.
"Hey, Darien! I can't wait to see what happens in this race!" Raye says happily. "Yea, me too" Darien replies offhandedly.
^Raye's POV^
*I wonder how come Darien has become so... I don't know the word..detached lately. It has to be something concerning Serena I'm certain, but I don't know what.*
Raye continues to think to herself as she watches Darien from the corner of her eye with her violet eyes but still fully attentive at the race that's about to start in front of her between some of the best racers in this city's circuit.
"Thank you all for coming out to the racing today and we have an estimated 15-20 police cars set up on this race track. We'll be starting the races momentarily so please just seat still for a few more minutes." Says a high- pitched female voice over the speakers.
"God, I wish they would hurry up and start the racing!" Darien mutters. "Darien." Raye says to he brother beside her. "Yea" he replies. "Are you going to race in this Highway?" Raye asks, turning to look at her brother. "I don't know, maybe" Darien utters as he just gazes at the Start line.
*What is his goddamn problem! It's driving me crazy, normally nobody could stop him from racing, but ever since he started helping Serena his.just kind of..stopped, or maybe I'm just overreacting over nothing and it's just a phase. God, his going to give me gray hairs before I'm even 30!*
Raye exclaims to herself as she just stares at Darien's facial features as if trying to find her answers some how.
^Serena's POV^
*What's taking everybody so long!*
Serena asks herself as she listens to the static of the communication lines.
She pulls out her cell phone and pushes a simple number.
"Hello" comes an irritated voice.
"Hey Jade, what in the hell is taking so damn long!" Serena asks in a calm voice that's on the verge to screaming.
"Sere, it's just taking a little longer than normal. Just calm down and listen to music or something and it'll be starting really soon." He replies just as calmly but Serena knew he was picking his words very carefully.
"Okay, just please let it start soon!" Serena tells him and then shuts the phone off.
*Damn it! I need to let out this pent up energy somehow!*
Serena tells herself as she drums her fingers against the steering wheel with impatience.
"Sere" come a voice over the communication system.
"Yea" she replies, hoping it's some word about the race.
"The race should be starting soon" the voice tells her.
"Okay" she replies.
Then the line goes quiet.
*I'm about to lose it if they don't start the race soon!*
Serena thinks to herself as she pops in her newest Linkin Park c.d. and turns the volume almost all the way up.
^Raye's POV^
*This is driving me nuts! Darien's not acting his normal self, Serena's acting on edge and something's up with Nick. Something is up with them, I just wish I could figure it out.*
Raye muses to herself, as she gazes up at the sky, until the crackling of the speakers snaps her out of her thoughts and rants.
"Hello, once again. I'm sorry for such the long wait, but we are ready to commence with the race. So, if all of you racers would start your engines we can get under way." the high-pitch voice from earlier says.
Suddenly the air is filled with 5 loud engine roars.
"Okay, since the racers seem to be very impatient we'll be starting the race. So, 1.2..3, GOOOOOO!" the voice exclaims,
The cars race off with dust and dirt coming up into the air in clouds where the cars were just at.
^Serena's POV^
"Finally!" Serena breaths as she races onto the on coming bridge.
"Sere, where are you at?" comes a calm and collective voice.
"I just got onto the first bridge." Serena replies as she looks around at the forest that's ahead of her.
"Ames, what are the states on the other 3 racers?" Serena asks as she continues to gaze around at her surroundings.
"Well, we're 25 minutes into the race, 6 cops have been successfully ditched, Andrew has 3 cops on his tail, Bryan has 1 cop, Jason has 2 and wait..his just gained one of the other ditched cops." Ami tells her in her higher-than-all voice.
"Okay, thanks." Serena mutters as she puts the communicate away from her mouth which is still on.
"Excuse me Miss." Says a deep male voice from behind her.
"Yes?" she asks innocently although she already knew what he was.
"What are you doing out on this bridge?" he asks politely.
"Just enjoying the view, what else?" Serena replies, still using her innocent angelic voice.
"May I please see your license and registration Miss.." "Just call me Macy." Serena interrupts as she gets back into her car and begins to dig through her glove compartment. Minutes later, she emerges back out with the items in her hand.
"Here you go officer." Serena says to him as she hands the items to him.
"Thank you." He tells her as he takes out a computer gadget and begins to do something with it.
"Okay, thank you Miss. Macy" the officer replies, "You might want to go scene gazing else where for the time being though, since there is a, illegal race under way and we still have to find the last racer." He adds as he hands the items back to her.
"I will do." She tells him as she begins to smirk as he walks away back to his car.
"I will do," she mutters under her breath as she shoves the stuff back into her glove compartment and starts back up her engine.
"That was way to close for comfort." Another voice retorts on the communicator.
"No shit" Serena replies as she drives the way she came only to have 4 cops swing out in front of her.
"Mother fuckers!" Serena exclaims as she puts the car back into reverse and stops once she is on the other side of the bride with the cop cars steadily coming.
"Bye bye!" mouths to the cops as she waves her hand at them and speeds her car down the steep hill to land on top of another cop car.
"Fuck!" Serena mutters as she steps on the accelerator and speeds off the car.
"What did you do Sere?" Lita's voice asks dully, "or should I be afraid of the answer?" Lita adds.
"Well Lits, you know the steep hill on the side of the bridge I was on?" Serena asks meekly as she drives on the grass beside the road.
"And?" Lita asks drolly.
"Well, I went down it, but when I landed.I kinda accidentally landed on a cop car, BUT! I'm fine, the car's fine and I'm pretty sure the cops fine." Serena explains as she finally spots the car that's in the lead.
"God Sere! You really need to start-" "Sorry Lits, but I gotta cut you off!" Serena exclaims as she switches the system off, blasts her music all the way up and pulls up to the side of the car.
"Hey...Andrew right? Well, anyways byedebyebye!" Serena exclaims happily, as she rams his car into the wall of the hill and speeds off with a grin plastered on her face.
"That was fun!" Serena replied to her self as she pushed a few strands of her silvery-golden hair behind her ear that had gotten free of the bun.
~The Finish Line~
"That was one of your best races yet!" exclaimed an excited Mina as she jumped up and down giddily.
"Thanks Mina." Serena replied as she pushed her way out of the still growing crowd around her.
"Do you have any complaints as of yet?" Nick asked as he stood in front of her with his shoulder length wild dark brown hair blowing around him as he had a smirk that just shouted chauvinistic.
"Don't get to cocky Nick. The breaks might need a little work, along with the a few simple things and guess what! I only used 2 NOS canisters for your info!" Serena said with a smirk on her face.
"What's wrong with the breaks?" Nick asked as he took out a notepad from his breast pocket.
"Well it takes at least 3 extra seconds to get a response from them and stop time on them is the poorest yet." Serena explained as she examined her nails in boredom.
"I'll look into it." Nick replied as he snapped the pad closed and put it back in his breast pocket.
^Raye's POV^
*She just stands their in front of one of the most powerful men in the car business as if his nothing and he treats her like she's royalty and yet they give each other a cocky attitude but still respect at the same time. This is soo very confusing for me and I still have to figure out Darien's little 'thing'!* Raye exclaimed to herself as she rubbed her temples as if to clear out all of the thoughts.
"Raye! Did you see her? She was awesome!" Mina exclaims as she jumps in front of her with a giddy grin on her face.
"Yea, she was great!" Raye exclaimed with a fake grin plastered on her face and in fake enthusiasm.
"Thank you Raye." Serena exclaimed as she joined the group.
"Let's go and celebrate!" Lita exclaimed.
"Go ahead girls, I'm just gonna head home." Serena replied as she began to walk back to her car.
"Sere, you okay?" Ami asked as she came up to her.
"Yea, just tired and really sore." Serena replied with the wave of her hand.
"How about I meet up with you at your house and the others can go out and get drunk and call us?" Ami asked with a smile.
Giggling, "You got it. I just need to stop by the store really quick and I'll meet you their." Serena replied with a real smile on her face as her and Ami departed.
~The Store~
"Where is the damn aspirin?" Serena muttered to herself as she searched the medicine shelves as she also muttered a few extremely colorful words to herself.
"Are you looking for these?" asked an all too familiar voice behind her.
Serena turned around and came face to face with..Dylan.
"What the hell do you want?" Serena asked in a low but still pleasant voice.
"Shopping. What else?" asked a tall, auburn hair, green eyes and Indian tanned man standing now in front if her with his hand outstretched with the bottle of aspirin she was looking for in it.
"If you knew what was good for you, you would put the hand by your side and walk away." Serena told him as she finally found the bottle she was looking for and grabbed it from the shelf.
"Well, if someone isn't in a bad mood." He replied in a mocking voice.
"Well, if someone isn't a jackasses mother fucker." She replied in the same mocking tone he used and walked away.
*Damn, why now of all times do I have to run into him!* she screamed to herself as she slammed the plastic door closed as she clutches her bottle of water.
"What's wrong?" asks an concerned all too familiar deep voice to the side of her.
"Fuck off!" Serena tells the voice and walks away.
"Serena!" the voice exclaims as it runs after her.
"What do you want now!" Serena tells him in a deep menacing growl as she turns around to look in navy-blue eyes.
"Oh! Darien, I'm sorry! I thought you were someone else." She exclaims with surprise as she looks around trying to see if she could catch a glimpse of auburn hair, green eyes, or the all too perfect Indian tan.
"It's okay, but what's wrong? Shouldn't you be celebrating?" Darien asked still concerned with worried etched on his all to perfect chiseled face.
"I'm okay and I'm just not in the mood. I'm just going to meet Ami at my apartment and just hang out until the girls call us to pick them up because they got to drunk." Serena explains to him with a fake smile.
"Okay," Darien replied but not in a believing tone.
"I'll see-yea around." Serena told him as she walked away in search of some deli sandwiches.
"Finally!" Serena replied to herself as she retrieved a chicken, cheese, and mustard sandwich from the stack and walked away a little happier than earlier and snatched a bag of Doritos Cooler Ranch and Potato chips from a display and goes to the cash register.
"Seems you still haven't learned how to cook," says a deep voice behind her.
"Dylan go fuck your whore a leave me the fuck alone" Serena replied still in her pleasant voice but just brought it down a few notches.
"I'm okay right now, but might later." Dylan responded unfazed.
"Whatever" Serena replied with a wave of her hand as she gave the cashier a 20 for her food and walked away with her bag in hand, as she headed for her car.
"Tut-tut" she heard behind her with a clucking of his tongue.
"Dylan, I'm just going to cut to the fucking chase! What the hell do want!" Serena replied as she put her bag in the passenger seat.
"Well, seems someone has finally grown a backbone" Dylan commented as he leaned up against her silver Lexus.
"Get up from my car and either answer me or good-bye!" Serena replied in a low menacing growl.
"Okay, I'm willing to take you back." Dylan replied in a seductive voice.
"Oh really!" Serena replied in a fake giddy voice, "Thank you, but fuckin hell no I'd ever go back with YOU!" Serena added and finished it with her low menacing growl.
"Just you wait and see, I'll have you. You'll be begging me to take you back once I'm done with you." Dylan responded in a threatening voice.
"Oh and I'm really going to go back to you after you just talked to me like that? You have got to be doing something that has gone bad. Baby, I'll give you a little piece of advice, get a new dealer and go and get a fucking life." Serena replied as she disappeared into her car and speed off.
~Serena's Apartment~
"I swear! You the hell does he think he is? I have the right mind to just go and show him who the hell I am!" Serena muttered to herself as she stumped up the stairs.
"Hello Ms. Hart" came a pleasant voice in front of her.
Serena looked up and came face to fact with a kindly looking 60-year-old fully white hair, and a few wrinkles here and there woman standing in front of her with a ugly floral house coat and faded pink house shoes on.
"Hello Mrs. Richardson." Serena replied with a little smile.
"I need to talk to you about something." The old lady explained to her as she walked towards Serena.
"Talk away" Serena tells her as she pushes a few strands of hair from her face.
"Well, you are exactly 2 months behind on your rent" the lady began.
"Say no more, Mrs. Richardson. Here's half now and I'll give you the rest later." Serena replied as she gave the landlady the rest of her money.
"Okay dear, looking forward to seeing you later." The lady responded as she Serena stepped into the elevator and pushed the button for her floor.
"Damn! Everybody is after me all of a sudden!" Serena exclaimed as she punched the metal with her fist.
Elevator dinged just then and opened the doors to her floor, which Serena walked on to and made her way to her door and opened it and saw Sammy their with Mika in the living.
"SAMMY HART!" Serena yelled at seeing the scene-taking place in front of her.
"Oh shit!" he replied as he jumped up.
"Is nothing going to go my way today!" Serena muttered under her breath.
"SAMUEL BENJAMEN HART! I'M ABOUT TO KICK YOUR ASS OF MY APARTMENT!" Serena yelled as she began to shot daggers at him with her mind.
"Se-Ser-Serena! Let me explain!" Sammy squeaked.
"What did I fucking tell you time and time again about? What did I tell you- " Serena began but was cut off when she heard the elevator ding again on her floor and turned around and closed her still opened door.
"Sammy, I'm going to tell you this now." Serena tells him in a soft voice, "I'm not in the mood to put up with this shit!" Serena said as she turned around and looked dead at Sammy.
"Serena, I'm sorry! Really! We didn't even mean- I mean we just came in here to watch a movie and then one thing led to another and well.." Sammy explained as he sat still as a piece of grass in the wind, shaking with nerves.
"Sammy, I suggest" but was cut off with a knock at the door.
"DAMNIT!" Serena screamed in frustration.
"What the hell do you want!" Serena asked as she opened the door.
"Umm.Serena" Darien said a little unsure of what he was wanting to say.
"Darien, I'm not really even in the mood to talk to you right now, and Samuel if you get out of that seat, I will take you up on my offer." Serena said through gritted teeth as she turned around and saw Sammy standing up, still as a statue in fear.
"Mika, sweetie. I strongly suggest you head home right now. Sammy and I have a little talk we need to have." Serena said in a sickly sweet voice as she turned toward a brown hair, brown eyes young girl who looked very disheveled.
"Ye-Yes ma'am." The young girl stuttered out as she grabbed her keys from the coffee table and ran past Serena and Darien and disappeared through the open elevator.
"Darien, can you please come back later?" Serena asked as she sighed and began to rub her neck in frustration.
"What's going on Serena? You look like shit and you should be excited." Darien tells her as he hugged her out of concern.
"I'll talk to you later Darien, right now! I need to have a nice long talk with Samuel!" Serena responded as she detached herself from his embrace and turned around and looked menacingly at Sammy.
"Sis, come on. We didn't even do anything!" Sammy exclaimed fearfully.
"Only because I walked into the door! You have it in your best interest to go to your room for the time being." Serena exclaimed to him as she pointed down the lighted hallway.
"Okay" Sammy responded in a tone that reminded you of a prisoner going to the electric chair.
"Damn!" Serena muttered as she walked into her kitchen with Darien behind her.
"Darien, what are you doing here?" Serena asked as she began to put everything she bought away and grabbed her water.
"Well, I saw you out in the parking lot." Darien began "Darien, don't even get me started! I'm stressed out way beyond my limits right now and all I want to do is take a nice hot shower and curl up on the couch, wait no in my chair and just watch reruns of some NASCAR races." Serena replied as she opened up her bottle of aspirin and gulped down 4 pills.
"How about if you go and take that shower and I'll fix you some nice relaxing tea." Darien responded as he went up behind her and starts to massage her shoulders somewhat.
"As nice as that sounds, No thanks. I still have to take care of Sammy and also call up Micheal." Serena tells him as she gets out of his touch, once again.
"Serena," Darien asks in his normal low voice.
"What?" Serena asks as she swallowed the rest of her water and threw into the trashcan.
"How come yo still don't trust me?" Darien asks looking at her.
"Damnit" Serena muttered to herself under her breath, "Darien, it's not that I don't trust you. It's just.arggg!" Serena exclaimed in frustration. "Not now!" Serena muttered.
"Serena, please tell me what's wrong." Darien tells her in a concerned voice.
"It's not the simple. It's.it's.I don't know." Serena explained exasperated as she stomps her foot on the kitchen tile and thrust her hands into her now almost freed hair in frustration.
"Serena, you're going to burn yourself out if you keep this up." Darien comments, still looking into her frustrated clear-blue eyes.
"I'm already burned out. I'm just going on exhaust fumes and little pushes." Serena retorted with a snort as she walks to her bedroom.
"Serena, you can trust me. I'm not going anywhere." Darien tells her retreating back.
"Don't pull that shit on me." Serena says through gritted teeth as she twirls around and becomes face to fact with Darien's worried face.
"I'm not trying to pull anything on you Serena. I just want you to trust me and talk to me." Darien replies as he looks into Serena's eyes as if trying to search for answers.
*How come I'm getting the feeling that he can see straight through me and to my already cracking soul?* Serena asks herself as she stares into Darien's worried eyes.
"Darien, I might have told you my life story but I haven't told you shit about my soul." Serena tells him as she turns around and goes into her room and slams the door shut behind her.
"FUCK!" Serena screams. "How come all of this shit has to fall on my lap now! WHY?" Serena screams and lets the last words out in more of a whisper as she slumps against her closet door and just begins to cry out everything that has happened in past 2 hours.
^Raye's POV^
"Girls, I'll catch up with you guys later." Raye yells to the bodies outlined in the fluorescent lights.
"O-OKAY!" Mina yells as she waves.
*I really shouldn't leave them, but I'm getting a bad feeling from Serena.* Raye tells herself as she walks to her red VeilSlide.
"I hope she's alright." Raye mutters to herself as she turns on the car and speeds down the streets of downtown and onto the freeway to Serena's Apartment Complex.
~*^^*~
"Why's Darien's Black Jaguar here?" Raye asks herself as she walks up to the complex with her high-heeled shoes clicking behind her.
"That woman needs to keep her temper under control sometimes!" muttered an old woman as she shuffled past Raye in an ugly floral housecoat and faded pink slippers.
Raye just shook her head in bewilderment as she pushed the call button for the elevator.
A few minutes later the elevator dinged and slid open its doors. Raye stepped into the little space and pushed the button for Serena's floor and the elevator closed its doors and began the short ride up to the floor.
*Something's got to be going on. Why would Darien be here? He should be at his car garage getting his car ready for the race tomorrow.* Raye tells herself as she walks out the elevator and to Serena's door.
As soon as she goes to knock on the door, its flown open with Darien's pissed off face staring back at her.
"What are you doing here?" they ask each other in unison.
"I came to see Serena." Raye answers him, "What's wrong Darien?" Raye asks.
"Nothing," Darien replies as he brushes past her and goes to the elevator.
*Now I know something is going on.* Raye confirms to herself as she walks into the deadly quite apartment and closes the door behind her.
"Serena" Raye calls into the apartment.
"Yes" comes stifled answer from Serena's room.
Raye walks hurriedly to Serena's bedroom door.
"Serena, are you okay?" Raye asks with concerned.
"It's funny. I used to wish for someone to ask me that, but now I'm constantly being asked that." Comes a laughed reply from the other side of the door.
"Will you please open the door for me?" Raye asks quietly.
"Fine" comes a relented reply and seconds later the door opens.
Raye walks into the room and sees a puffy eyed Serena seating on the edge of her bed.
"Shouldn't you be out partying with the other girls?" Serena asks as she sniffs back a sob.
"I was going to but I just decided to over here and hang with you instead." Raye tells her as she seats beside Serena.
"What has gotten you so upset?" Raye asks soothingly.
"Everything! First, I meet Dylan, then Darien. Not to mention what today is!" Serena replied as she swiped at the remaining tears.
"What's today Serena?" Raye asks as she looks at Serena.
"The day.the day.my parents died. I didn't really want to race today, but I wanted to prove to myself, to everyone that I wasn't afraid so I put it behind me and did it anyway." Serena answered as she curled herself up into a little ball.
"Oh Serena. I didn't know." Raye exclaimed quietly as she put a hand to her mouth as if to stifle a gasp.
"It's okay Raye. I guess everything has just finally caught up to me finally. I'm sorry to have broke down like this." Serena apologized as she sat up and gathered herself together.
"You don't need to apologize Serena. We're friends and I like to be their for my friends." Raye replied as she watched Serena.
"You sound just like me and the girls, who are probably drunk off their ass." Serena tells her as she goes over to her closet and pulls out a pair of running short and a white spaghetti strap shirt.
"I really need a hot shower right now, I'll be out in a minute." Serena explains as she leaves the room.
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Here yea go guys, I hope yea liked it and please review for me and let me know how it was.
Ja na and until next time
~*~*Princess2000204~*~*