Hey pplz,
I know, I know. I haven't updated since like the ice age and all the rotten fruit is appreciated. Well here's the next chappy, and let me know what yea think of it.
^Serena's POV^
The racing season has been over for a few months with Serena walking away with a little over $4.56 million, Lita having $2.87 million, Amy having $80 thousand, and Mina with no more than $15 thousand.
"Sere, what are we planning on doing for Christmas?" Lita asks as she speeds up on the treadmill. "I was thinking somewhere warm. Maybe..New Zealand.Australia..somewhere near Greece..or maybe one of the houses on the Balearic Islands." Serena thinks aloud as she continues to pump her legs on the machine. "Yea, I like that one. We haven't been down their in eons!" Amy tells them as she comes up to them from her work out with her martial arts instructor.
"Well, we need to talk to Sams and Mina." Serena tells them as she brings the weights down and stands up, "Lits come and hold my bag." Serena tells her as she starts to walk over to the gyms punching bag.
~*****~
After they spent the whole morning and afternoon at the gym to get their bodies back in shape, they head their separate ways. Amy going to take her finals, Lita to work, and Serena to a small coffee shop that so far serves the best coffee, ever!
Seating down on a small love seat near a fire that's blazing, she begins to let her mind wander.
'Maybe it's time that I move onto another town.another life.another identity.' She starts to think as she watches outside at the little snow flurry that has started.
'No! I promised myself, NO MORE running. Not from my life, not from my friends, or my enemies!' she tells herself with defiance and a slight nod of her head.
She continues to curl up on the couch, gazing outside, and sipping from her tall Amaretto. 'I wonder if I should start Christmas shopping now or just wait until we get to wherever we decide on. Umm.I should probably get a few things.' Serena finally decides.
Getting from her warm and comfortable spot on the couch, walking out the shop and getting into her new 2004 MX-5 Miata, and driving off to the mall.
~^**^~ ^Darien's POV^
"Raye! Why are we here again?" Darien asks in a huffy manner. "Because I'm Christmas shopping and I wanted you to come with me." Raye explains for the millionth time to him as she pays for something for her mother, Darien's stepmother. "Why couldn't we just buy all of this stuff off the internet? That would be less time consuming and also multi-tasking." Darien replies grumpily as he folds his arms in defense as he eyes all the bags with obvious distaste. "No, you just want to stay all stuck up in your office obsessing over Serena." Raye bites back as she gives Darien 3 bags to carry while she walks out the door with only one.
'God damnit! Every year, she ropes me into doing this! Every god-forsaken year! Why can't we just order all of this damn stuff off the internet? 'Oh no, it wouldn't be the same', she says.' Darien grumbles to himself as he trudges behind Raye who has just walked into Media Play. "Great! Now I'll never get out of here in time for my meeting." He tells himself as he pulls out his cell phone and starts to dial a phone number by memory.
"Hello" is said over the phone in an offhanded tone. "Hello Mr. Woodsen, I'm sorry to inform you that I'm going to have to reschedule our meeting for another time." Darien tells him in his most polite and demanding voice, he could muster in his current mood. "Really? What has suddenly brought on this sudden cancellation 2 hours before the actual meeting?" is asks in a curious sounding voice. "Well you see sir, my sister has insisted that we go Christmas shopping today of all days and sir, you just don't want to argue with my sister." Darien replies as he walks into the store to try to find his aforementioned sister who he was pretty sure would be in the music section. "Darien my boy, that's women in general and I understand completely. My wife is having me go shopping with her tonight when I get home." The gruff voice replies with something sounding like affection with the last part. "I'll have my secretary call you and reschedule as soon as time permits." Darien tells him as he looks over Raye's shoulder to see her holding 'Instrumental Christmas'.
'Great!' Darien grumbles to himself as he rolls his eyes and hangs up his cell phone. "Raye lets get something a little more...modern." Darien tells her as he picks up a 'Now! That's What I Call Christmas' c.d. "But Darien, this would make it feel more of a traditional Christmas." Raye tells him in her commanding tone. "Well, at least buy a few other varieties beside just that." Darien tells her as he looks around him at the different selections that are surrounding him. "I'll see" Raye replies as she continues to browse over the c.ds in front of her. Rolling his eyes at his sister, he walks away from her and into the area where all of the movies are.
~^**^~ ^Serena's POV^
She continues to window shop with a smile on her face; she always gets like this around this time of year. 'I don't know why but I always love this time of the year! Especially all the baking, shopping, presents, food, drinking, partying.this is defiantly my favorite holiday.' Serena tells herself as she sighs with contentment and enters her favorite music shop for some Christmas music and music for Amy.
Looking through all of the Celtic stuff that Amy is into and picking out two c.ds that she doesn't remember being in her collection the last time she looked, walks over to her favorite..the classical area. Humming to herself a song that an old friend taught her as she goes through all of the composers, pianist, violinist, and all the other 'ists their are in music. Picking out three c.ds that have a variety of composers and whatnot on it she goes over to the Christmas selections.
Finding a Christmas c.d. that looks new this year, she picks it up and listens to a few tracks on the headphones station. Swaying her head to the music to the simple tune and old favorite. 'I think I'm gonna get at least this one.' She thinks to herself as she pulls the headphones off her head carefully and sits them down back on their perch. "Serena?" is whispered behind her; she turns around and comes face-to-face with Raye. She hasn't seen her since that awful night at the apartment. "Hello Raye" she replies with a smile as she puts the c.d. with the others.
"How have you been?" Raye asks with look of complete and utter shock on her face, as if she wasn't expecting to see Serena today of all days. "I'm in a really good mood today. Just doing some early Christmas shopping before we head off to wherever we're going for Christmas this year." Serena tells her with a glowing 100-watt smile on her face as she continues to flip through the c.ds and taking a few here and their as she goes. "That's good, where are you all going?" Raye asks curiously, as she continues to look Serena up and down. "We haven't decided yet. Australia, Greece, New Zealand, one of the Balearic Islands?" Serena tells her animatedly. Laughing at her antics, "Basically somewhere warm?" Raye replies as she finally pries her eyes away from Serena and continues her search for good Christmas c.ds. "Yea, basically. I hate the cold weather, can't stand it really." Serena tells her with a shiver as she stands back up right. "Well, I'm gonna go and check out the box sets. See-yea around, maybe we can hook-up before we leave for.wherever." Serena tells her in a contented tone as she walks over to where they have huge blow-up size pictures of various movies, shows, and actors and actresses. "Hmm..I think Sammy would like this one, maybe getting Lita this one, and Mina this one." Serena mumbles to herself as she grabs three different sets off the self, one being the 007 pack, Highlander and a Soul Food Season 1.
Grabbing a basket from a nearby stand, Serena puts the movies, c.ds, posters, and a few books in their. Heading into the closest and shortest checkout line which was only one other person with a few scant things. Thinking of going to the photo shop next and then maybe the Black Mineral Market.
^Raye's POV^
As she looks around, hoping to catch a sight of Serena's head of golden hair she continues to scan the room for her pain in the ass brother. 'Where the hell did he disappear to? The one time I actually want to find him I can't!' Raye exclaims in utter exasperation. "What's wrong Raye?" Darien's voice asks coming from behind her after Raye stood in the same place for a few minutes scanning the room. "Their you are! I was just looking for you!" Raye replies as she drags him to a checkout lane that's right next to Serena's. "Tomorrow I'm going out of town." Darien tells Raye as he looks at all she has in her arms. "Where to and for what?" Raye asks as she glares at him. "Well.It's for..business" Darien tells her quietly as he waits for her to check out. "Sure and I was born yesterday along with the rest of the human race." Raye tells him with dripping sarcasm and rolling her eyes. "It is, but I won't be back until after Christmas." Darien tells her meekly. "You WHAT!!!" Raye exclaims as she finally reaches the register. "Yea, well it's a major business merger of a few small businesses into mine." Darien explains.
'I can't believe this! The one year my mom actually agrees to come and spend Christmas with us his going to leave!' Raye tells herself.
"We'll talk about this later!" Raye snaps at him as she pays the frightened young man. "Okay, but you'll need to make it brief." Darien mutters to her. "Do what?!" Raye glares at him, "I'll make it as long as I'll damn please!" she tells him darkly.
^Serena's POV^
When I finally reach the cash register, I hear someone yell 'What!' and I could swear that it sounds like Raye.
'It would be hilarious if that really is Raye and she's chewing out Darien for something.' Serena thinks to herself as the casher rings up her last item, which is for her best friend.
As she walks through the entrance of the store, I see Raye glaring down at a man that's more than likely Darien. Serena beings to laugh evilly inside. 'I need to stop being so mean and feel a little sorry for the poor bastard.Naw, this is too much fun!' she tells herself as she goes onto the next store which just so happens to be a liquor store.
~*****~
After spending, the rest of her time at the mall until it closed and she was practically thrown out with a few many others.
'Well, I guess I could stop by and get something to eat.' Serena tells herself, picks up her cell phone out of her purse, and dials her home number.
'Hello' is asked over the line from a small timid voice. 'Hey Mika, let me talk to Sammy.' Serena tells Sammy's high school sweet heart. 'Sure, wait a minute.' Mika tells her and then silence is heard. 'What's up?' Sammy's voice finally comes on suddenly. 'I was thinkin about stopping for something to eat.' Serena tells him as she pulls out the mall parking lot and onto the busy highway. 'Well, theirs only me, Mika, and one of your friends.' Sammy tells her. 'Which friend?' Serena asks suspiciously. 'Umm.she has long black hair and' 'I know who it is Sams, tell Raye I'm stopping for something to eat and ask her if she wants anything.' Serena tells Sammy as she cuts him off. 'Okay,' and then silence is on the line while Serena begins to fiddle with her c.ds and finally deciding on the somber tone of Smile Empty Soul. 'She says not to worry about her.' Sammy replies in his usual happy-go- lucky voice. 'Alright, I was planning on getting Chinese. Anything special?' Serena asks as she turns into 'Chinese Zodiac'. 'I want..Sesame Chicken and the Generals Chicken with fried noodles and white rice. Mika wants Sweet and Sour Shrimp with fried rice that has the chicken in it.' Sammy tells her as she gets out her car and goes into the Chinese take-out restaurant. 'Alright, I should be home in about 30 minutes.' Serena tells him and then hangs up.
She then walks up to the counter.
~^**^~ ^Raye's POV^
As Raye seats down in Serena's living room with a bottle of Fuze, some kind of fruit energy drink the young girl around her early 20s that has black dyed hair with purple and blue stripes in her hair and those jaguar cat eye contacts.
'This can't be Sammy's girlfriend. She's almost the exact opposite of him.' Raye thinks as she watches them and feels like she's about to throw-up as she listens to Sammy tell his order to Serena on the phone. 'At least I'm positive that those two are related. God! Only them two could eat that much and still asks for seconds.' Raye tells herself as she takes a timid first sip of the purplish liquid in the glass bottle.
After what felt like forever, Serena finally walks into the door and saves me from feeling like I wanted to scream, 'Get a goddamn room!' to the two fucking lovebirds. 'I'm in such a fucking bad mood! To think, I was in an actually good mood this morning.' Raye tells herself as she helps Serena spread the food over the table in the kitchen. "So, what brings you all the way over here?" Serena asks, breaking Raye from her inner tongue whippings. "Well, I was wondering what you had decided to do for Christmas." Raye replies as she watches Serena. "I'm not sure yet. I haven't talked to the others." Serena tells her as begins to rummage around in a drawer. "Alright, I was just wondering since Darien wasn't going to be here for Christmas if you'd like to stay and have Christmas with my mother and I." Raye tells her as she sets out the silverware that Serena was rummaging for. "Raye, I'm sorry, but none of us really like the cold weather all that much. Thanksgiving is one thing here, but Christmas is almost unbearable." Serena says to her as she looks her in the eye.
'Damnit! I really don't want to have a lonely Christmas. Not again anyways.' Raye tells herself desperately.
"How about this!" Sammy's girlfriend says, interrupting the conversation. Serena just nods to the enthusiastic girls. "Why doesn't Raye and her mother come with us!" Mika says as she bounces around the kitchen and grabs a Fuze out the refrigerator. "Mika, how many have you had of those?" Serena asks carefully. "Oh, only about..5." replies the overly hyper girl. "Then you don't need anymore and put that one back. You'll be drinking water." Serena tells her in her 'don't-even think-about-arguing-with-me' voice. "Fine, fine." The girl replies and then plops into a chair. "Sams, come on and eat!" Serena yells. "Raye, you are more than welcomed to stay and eat." Serena tells her quietly, with a smile.
~*****~
~*^^*~ ^Serena's POV^
"Serena, are you sure about this?" Lita asks as she takes a sip of her soda. "Exactly, I mean..what if this is just a trick." Mina asks as she lies down on the couch with a pillow in her arms. "Umm, guys. Raye isn't Darien." Amy tells them quietly as she continues to scribble quickly in a notebook. "Girls! This is Raye, and she is coming with us along with her mother. We just need to figure out where we're going this year." Serena tells them firmly. "What are the choices?" Mina asks as she watches Amy. "Greece, Australia, the Balearic Islands, or New Zealand." Lita tells all of them. "I vote for Greece." Sammy says in a gravely voice as he walks into the living room, having just woken up. "No way! New Zealand!" Mina replies as she shoots up from the couch. "I'll go for Balearic Islands, we haven't been their in a long time." Amy replies, closing her notebook. "I'll go for either Australia or Balearic Islands." Lita tells them as she stands up from the floor and walks into the kitchen. "It don't matter to me." Mika tells them as she walks in to the living room. "What do your parents think?" Serena asks Mika, as she looks at the hyper young girl that now has contacts in that are fire red. "They say as long as you and the 'other' girls go." Mika replies with a smirk. "Okay" Serena says as she curls up in her chair and then looks at everybody, "I vote for..the Balearic Islands." Serena tells them with a smile. "When will we be leaving?" Amy asks as she looks up at Serena." "Probably the day after tomorrow." Serena tells them as she looks at everybody that's in the room. "Nooo! That's not enough time for me to pack and.and do the other stuff!" Mina tells them as she begins to wave her arms in the air for more dramatic effects. "Mina, calm down! Their will be plenty of time to pack, you'll have the whole day tomorrow to pack." Serena tells her gently as she tries to hold in a laugh. "Oh yea, your right. I totally forgot about that." Mina says with a slight blush on her cheeks as she calms down.
Serena gets up from her comfortable spot in her chair and walks over to the phone in the kitchen. Picking it up and dialing a number that is written on a piece of paper that has been stuck above it. "Hello" says an overly cheerful voice on the other line. "Hello, can I please speak with Raye?" Serena asks as she leans against the wall. "Yes, just wait one minute." The voice replies and then the line goes quit.
After a few minutes have passed, "Hello, may I please asks whose calling?" Raye's voice asks. "Hey Raye, it's me Serena." Serena tells her with a little smile. "Oh, hey Serena. What's goin' on?" Raye replies with a little concern in her voice. "Nothing really, I was wondering if you and your mother would like to go to the Balearic Islands with us this year." Serena responds simply. "Do what? I-We wouldn't want to put anybody out or anything." Raye responds with a little more excitement in her voice. Laughing, "You wouldn't be putting anybody out at all, in fact with the extra people that we'll be meeting up with their we'll even have extra rooms left over. So what do yea say? We'll be leaving the day after tomorrow." Serena tells her simply. "I'll need to get a hold of mother, but I'm sure we would be happy to come with you guys." Raye responds as Serena could hear her snapping off orders left and right. "I'll talk to you later." Serena replies and then hangs up. ~******~
Well I think that's it for right now, even though I did wanted it longer but I also wanted this chapter out before Christmas got here. I'm soooo sorry for not updating in such a long time. Hopefully that wont happen again, anytime soon.
Princess
P.S. Don't forget to Review!!!!!!
I know, I know. I haven't updated since like the ice age and all the rotten fruit is appreciated. Well here's the next chappy, and let me know what yea think of it.
^Serena's POV^
The racing season has been over for a few months with Serena walking away with a little over $4.56 million, Lita having $2.87 million, Amy having $80 thousand, and Mina with no more than $15 thousand.
"Sere, what are we planning on doing for Christmas?" Lita asks as she speeds up on the treadmill. "I was thinking somewhere warm. Maybe..New Zealand.Australia..somewhere near Greece..or maybe one of the houses on the Balearic Islands." Serena thinks aloud as she continues to pump her legs on the machine. "Yea, I like that one. We haven't been down their in eons!" Amy tells them as she comes up to them from her work out with her martial arts instructor.
"Well, we need to talk to Sams and Mina." Serena tells them as she brings the weights down and stands up, "Lits come and hold my bag." Serena tells her as she starts to walk over to the gyms punching bag.
~*****~
After they spent the whole morning and afternoon at the gym to get their bodies back in shape, they head their separate ways. Amy going to take her finals, Lita to work, and Serena to a small coffee shop that so far serves the best coffee, ever!
Seating down on a small love seat near a fire that's blazing, she begins to let her mind wander.
'Maybe it's time that I move onto another town.another life.another identity.' She starts to think as she watches outside at the little snow flurry that has started.
'No! I promised myself, NO MORE running. Not from my life, not from my friends, or my enemies!' she tells herself with defiance and a slight nod of her head.
She continues to curl up on the couch, gazing outside, and sipping from her tall Amaretto. 'I wonder if I should start Christmas shopping now or just wait until we get to wherever we decide on. Umm.I should probably get a few things.' Serena finally decides.
Getting from her warm and comfortable spot on the couch, walking out the shop and getting into her new 2004 MX-5 Miata, and driving off to the mall.
~^**^~ ^Darien's POV^
"Raye! Why are we here again?" Darien asks in a huffy manner. "Because I'm Christmas shopping and I wanted you to come with me." Raye explains for the millionth time to him as she pays for something for her mother, Darien's stepmother. "Why couldn't we just buy all of this stuff off the internet? That would be less time consuming and also multi-tasking." Darien replies grumpily as he folds his arms in defense as he eyes all the bags with obvious distaste. "No, you just want to stay all stuck up in your office obsessing over Serena." Raye bites back as she gives Darien 3 bags to carry while she walks out the door with only one.
'God damnit! Every year, she ropes me into doing this! Every god-forsaken year! Why can't we just order all of this damn stuff off the internet? 'Oh no, it wouldn't be the same', she says.' Darien grumbles to himself as he trudges behind Raye who has just walked into Media Play. "Great! Now I'll never get out of here in time for my meeting." He tells himself as he pulls out his cell phone and starts to dial a phone number by memory.
"Hello" is said over the phone in an offhanded tone. "Hello Mr. Woodsen, I'm sorry to inform you that I'm going to have to reschedule our meeting for another time." Darien tells him in his most polite and demanding voice, he could muster in his current mood. "Really? What has suddenly brought on this sudden cancellation 2 hours before the actual meeting?" is asks in a curious sounding voice. "Well you see sir, my sister has insisted that we go Christmas shopping today of all days and sir, you just don't want to argue with my sister." Darien replies as he walks into the store to try to find his aforementioned sister who he was pretty sure would be in the music section. "Darien my boy, that's women in general and I understand completely. My wife is having me go shopping with her tonight when I get home." The gruff voice replies with something sounding like affection with the last part. "I'll have my secretary call you and reschedule as soon as time permits." Darien tells him as he looks over Raye's shoulder to see her holding 'Instrumental Christmas'.
'Great!' Darien grumbles to himself as he rolls his eyes and hangs up his cell phone. "Raye lets get something a little more...modern." Darien tells her as he picks up a 'Now! That's What I Call Christmas' c.d. "But Darien, this would make it feel more of a traditional Christmas." Raye tells him in her commanding tone. "Well, at least buy a few other varieties beside just that." Darien tells her as he looks around him at the different selections that are surrounding him. "I'll see" Raye replies as she continues to browse over the c.ds in front of her. Rolling his eyes at his sister, he walks away from her and into the area where all of the movies are.
~^**^~ ^Serena's POV^
She continues to window shop with a smile on her face; she always gets like this around this time of year. 'I don't know why but I always love this time of the year! Especially all the baking, shopping, presents, food, drinking, partying.this is defiantly my favorite holiday.' Serena tells herself as she sighs with contentment and enters her favorite music shop for some Christmas music and music for Amy.
Looking through all of the Celtic stuff that Amy is into and picking out two c.ds that she doesn't remember being in her collection the last time she looked, walks over to her favorite..the classical area. Humming to herself a song that an old friend taught her as she goes through all of the composers, pianist, violinist, and all the other 'ists their are in music. Picking out three c.ds that have a variety of composers and whatnot on it she goes over to the Christmas selections.
Finding a Christmas c.d. that looks new this year, she picks it up and listens to a few tracks on the headphones station. Swaying her head to the music to the simple tune and old favorite. 'I think I'm gonna get at least this one.' She thinks to herself as she pulls the headphones off her head carefully and sits them down back on their perch. "Serena?" is whispered behind her; she turns around and comes face-to-face with Raye. She hasn't seen her since that awful night at the apartment. "Hello Raye" she replies with a smile as she puts the c.d. with the others.
"How have you been?" Raye asks with look of complete and utter shock on her face, as if she wasn't expecting to see Serena today of all days. "I'm in a really good mood today. Just doing some early Christmas shopping before we head off to wherever we're going for Christmas this year." Serena tells her with a glowing 100-watt smile on her face as she continues to flip through the c.ds and taking a few here and their as she goes. "That's good, where are you all going?" Raye asks curiously, as she continues to look Serena up and down. "We haven't decided yet. Australia, Greece, New Zealand, one of the Balearic Islands?" Serena tells her animatedly. Laughing at her antics, "Basically somewhere warm?" Raye replies as she finally pries her eyes away from Serena and continues her search for good Christmas c.ds. "Yea, basically. I hate the cold weather, can't stand it really." Serena tells her with a shiver as she stands back up right. "Well, I'm gonna go and check out the box sets. See-yea around, maybe we can hook-up before we leave for.wherever." Serena tells her in a contented tone as she walks over to where they have huge blow-up size pictures of various movies, shows, and actors and actresses. "Hmm..I think Sammy would like this one, maybe getting Lita this one, and Mina this one." Serena mumbles to herself as she grabs three different sets off the self, one being the 007 pack, Highlander and a Soul Food Season 1.
Grabbing a basket from a nearby stand, Serena puts the movies, c.ds, posters, and a few books in their. Heading into the closest and shortest checkout line which was only one other person with a few scant things. Thinking of going to the photo shop next and then maybe the Black Mineral Market.
^Raye's POV^
As she looks around, hoping to catch a sight of Serena's head of golden hair she continues to scan the room for her pain in the ass brother. 'Where the hell did he disappear to? The one time I actually want to find him I can't!' Raye exclaims in utter exasperation. "What's wrong Raye?" Darien's voice asks coming from behind her after Raye stood in the same place for a few minutes scanning the room. "Their you are! I was just looking for you!" Raye replies as she drags him to a checkout lane that's right next to Serena's. "Tomorrow I'm going out of town." Darien tells Raye as he looks at all she has in her arms. "Where to and for what?" Raye asks as she glares at him. "Well.It's for..business" Darien tells her quietly as he waits for her to check out. "Sure and I was born yesterday along with the rest of the human race." Raye tells him with dripping sarcasm and rolling her eyes. "It is, but I won't be back until after Christmas." Darien tells her meekly. "You WHAT!!!" Raye exclaims as she finally reaches the register. "Yea, well it's a major business merger of a few small businesses into mine." Darien explains.
'I can't believe this! The one year my mom actually agrees to come and spend Christmas with us his going to leave!' Raye tells herself.
"We'll talk about this later!" Raye snaps at him as she pays the frightened young man. "Okay, but you'll need to make it brief." Darien mutters to her. "Do what?!" Raye glares at him, "I'll make it as long as I'll damn please!" she tells him darkly.
^Serena's POV^
When I finally reach the cash register, I hear someone yell 'What!' and I could swear that it sounds like Raye.
'It would be hilarious if that really is Raye and she's chewing out Darien for something.' Serena thinks to herself as the casher rings up her last item, which is for her best friend.
As she walks through the entrance of the store, I see Raye glaring down at a man that's more than likely Darien. Serena beings to laugh evilly inside. 'I need to stop being so mean and feel a little sorry for the poor bastard.Naw, this is too much fun!' she tells herself as she goes onto the next store which just so happens to be a liquor store.
~*****~
After spending, the rest of her time at the mall until it closed and she was practically thrown out with a few many others.
'Well, I guess I could stop by and get something to eat.' Serena tells herself, picks up her cell phone out of her purse, and dials her home number.
'Hello' is asked over the line from a small timid voice. 'Hey Mika, let me talk to Sammy.' Serena tells Sammy's high school sweet heart. 'Sure, wait a minute.' Mika tells her and then silence is heard. 'What's up?' Sammy's voice finally comes on suddenly. 'I was thinkin about stopping for something to eat.' Serena tells him as she pulls out the mall parking lot and onto the busy highway. 'Well, theirs only me, Mika, and one of your friends.' Sammy tells her. 'Which friend?' Serena asks suspiciously. 'Umm.she has long black hair and' 'I know who it is Sams, tell Raye I'm stopping for something to eat and ask her if she wants anything.' Serena tells Sammy as she cuts him off. 'Okay,' and then silence is on the line while Serena begins to fiddle with her c.ds and finally deciding on the somber tone of Smile Empty Soul. 'She says not to worry about her.' Sammy replies in his usual happy-go- lucky voice. 'Alright, I was planning on getting Chinese. Anything special?' Serena asks as she turns into 'Chinese Zodiac'. 'I want..Sesame Chicken and the Generals Chicken with fried noodles and white rice. Mika wants Sweet and Sour Shrimp with fried rice that has the chicken in it.' Sammy tells her as she gets out her car and goes into the Chinese take-out restaurant. 'Alright, I should be home in about 30 minutes.' Serena tells him and then hangs up.
She then walks up to the counter.
~^**^~ ^Raye's POV^
As Raye seats down in Serena's living room with a bottle of Fuze, some kind of fruit energy drink the young girl around her early 20s that has black dyed hair with purple and blue stripes in her hair and those jaguar cat eye contacts.
'This can't be Sammy's girlfriend. She's almost the exact opposite of him.' Raye thinks as she watches them and feels like she's about to throw-up as she listens to Sammy tell his order to Serena on the phone. 'At least I'm positive that those two are related. God! Only them two could eat that much and still asks for seconds.' Raye tells herself as she takes a timid first sip of the purplish liquid in the glass bottle.
After what felt like forever, Serena finally walks into the door and saves me from feeling like I wanted to scream, 'Get a goddamn room!' to the two fucking lovebirds. 'I'm in such a fucking bad mood! To think, I was in an actually good mood this morning.' Raye tells herself as she helps Serena spread the food over the table in the kitchen. "So, what brings you all the way over here?" Serena asks, breaking Raye from her inner tongue whippings. "Well, I was wondering what you had decided to do for Christmas." Raye replies as she watches Serena. "I'm not sure yet. I haven't talked to the others." Serena tells her as begins to rummage around in a drawer. "Alright, I was just wondering since Darien wasn't going to be here for Christmas if you'd like to stay and have Christmas with my mother and I." Raye tells her as she sets out the silverware that Serena was rummaging for. "Raye, I'm sorry, but none of us really like the cold weather all that much. Thanksgiving is one thing here, but Christmas is almost unbearable." Serena says to her as she looks her in the eye.
'Damnit! I really don't want to have a lonely Christmas. Not again anyways.' Raye tells herself desperately.
"How about this!" Sammy's girlfriend says, interrupting the conversation. Serena just nods to the enthusiastic girls. "Why doesn't Raye and her mother come with us!" Mika says as she bounces around the kitchen and grabs a Fuze out the refrigerator. "Mika, how many have you had of those?" Serena asks carefully. "Oh, only about..5." replies the overly hyper girl. "Then you don't need anymore and put that one back. You'll be drinking water." Serena tells her in her 'don't-even think-about-arguing-with-me' voice. "Fine, fine." The girl replies and then plops into a chair. "Sams, come on and eat!" Serena yells. "Raye, you are more than welcomed to stay and eat." Serena tells her quietly, with a smile.
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~*^^*~ ^Serena's POV^
"Serena, are you sure about this?" Lita asks as she takes a sip of her soda. "Exactly, I mean..what if this is just a trick." Mina asks as she lies down on the couch with a pillow in her arms. "Umm, guys. Raye isn't Darien." Amy tells them quietly as she continues to scribble quickly in a notebook. "Girls! This is Raye, and she is coming with us along with her mother. We just need to figure out where we're going this year." Serena tells them firmly. "What are the choices?" Mina asks as she watches Amy. "Greece, Australia, the Balearic Islands, or New Zealand." Lita tells all of them. "I vote for Greece." Sammy says in a gravely voice as he walks into the living room, having just woken up. "No way! New Zealand!" Mina replies as she shoots up from the couch. "I'll go for Balearic Islands, we haven't been their in a long time." Amy replies, closing her notebook. "I'll go for either Australia or Balearic Islands." Lita tells them as she stands up from the floor and walks into the kitchen. "It don't matter to me." Mika tells them as she walks in to the living room. "What do your parents think?" Serena asks Mika, as she looks at the hyper young girl that now has contacts in that are fire red. "They say as long as you and the 'other' girls go." Mika replies with a smirk. "Okay" Serena says as she curls up in her chair and then looks at everybody, "I vote for..the Balearic Islands." Serena tells them with a smile. "When will we be leaving?" Amy asks as she looks up at Serena." "Probably the day after tomorrow." Serena tells them as she looks at everybody that's in the room. "Nooo! That's not enough time for me to pack and.and do the other stuff!" Mina tells them as she begins to wave her arms in the air for more dramatic effects. "Mina, calm down! Their will be plenty of time to pack, you'll have the whole day tomorrow to pack." Serena tells her gently as she tries to hold in a laugh. "Oh yea, your right. I totally forgot about that." Mina says with a slight blush on her cheeks as she calms down.
Serena gets up from her comfortable spot in her chair and walks over to the phone in the kitchen. Picking it up and dialing a number that is written on a piece of paper that has been stuck above it. "Hello" says an overly cheerful voice on the other line. "Hello, can I please speak with Raye?" Serena asks as she leans against the wall. "Yes, just wait one minute." The voice replies and then the line goes quit.
After a few minutes have passed, "Hello, may I please asks whose calling?" Raye's voice asks. "Hey Raye, it's me Serena." Serena tells her with a little smile. "Oh, hey Serena. What's goin' on?" Raye replies with a little concern in her voice. "Nothing really, I was wondering if you and your mother would like to go to the Balearic Islands with us this year." Serena responds simply. "Do what? I-We wouldn't want to put anybody out or anything." Raye responds with a little more excitement in her voice. Laughing, "You wouldn't be putting anybody out at all, in fact with the extra people that we'll be meeting up with their we'll even have extra rooms left over. So what do yea say? We'll be leaving the day after tomorrow." Serena tells her simply. "I'll need to get a hold of mother, but I'm sure we would be happy to come with you guys." Raye responds as Serena could hear her snapping off orders left and right. "I'll talk to you later." Serena replies and then hangs up. ~******~
Well I think that's it for right now, even though I did wanted it longer but I also wanted this chapter out before Christmas got here. I'm soooo sorry for not updating in such a long time. Hopefully that wont happen again, anytime soon.
Princess
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