Later, Diamond came down, followed by his 'glee club'. Again, he asked me, "are

you going to abandon your friends trust and be free?" he paused with a devilish gleam in

his eye. "Or stay here to rot?!" his eyes were flaming, and he ripped the tape off, sending

off a whimper from my throat.

My voice quivered, but it had some strength behind it, and I said, "Never." I

paused, with half-tears in my eyes, and Diamond looked as if someone put a hot iron on

him. He never dreamed that I would say no. "I'll be loyal to here forever. I know that you

will have to let me out sometime. If I told you, she will never trust me again!"

Diamond raged back in response, "If you don't tell me I'll hurt you Lita!"

I shot back in response, "is that how it is? You're full of petty words Diamond.

But is that all they are? Petty words? You wouldn't hurt a fly!"

Diamond was quivering like mad, and looked as though he was going to slap me,

so I prepared myself for the hit. He also looked as if I had slapped him, and amazing

enough, turned to the gang and told them, "Go home. I'll call if I need anything." As they

opened the door, I noticed that no sunlight pored in. it was dusk. The gang, including

Sapphire, turned and dispersed.

Diamond came right up to my face and said, surprisingly calmly, "Do you want to

know why I like Serena? Or do you just want to ruin my life?"

I told him just as calmly, "Let me call Serena, and I will ask her if I can tell you,"

as I eyed the phone.

He looked in my eyes, and seeing the mistrust coming out from me, and said,

"Later. We need to talk about other things now."

Before he could go on, I asked him why he liked Serena so much. "Why her, and

not the most popular girl in school?" I asked.

Diamond looked shocked. He turned away and blushed. He confessed, "Her

golden blonde hair is like a sunrise in the morning! Her radiant blue eyes are like the

oceans with all of its tropical fish in it! Whenever she smiled, the light shining from the

smile makes me need to wear sunglasses! Her heart is golden, and so is she." Tears of

sweetness started to pour out of my eyes.
I mumbled to myself, "So the beast's heart isn't all evil." Diamond eyed me with

confusion, and I shook my head. I said softly so that it wouldn't hurt him, "Tell her how

you feel about her. That's what she wants." I needed to touch his soul. It would save him

from himself. Unfortunately, I couldn't reach him.

He exclaimed, "that would leave me friendless! The guys would tease me and

drop me like a hot potato!" I smiled to myself at the thought of Diamond dropping like a

'hot potato'. He interrupted my thoughts, saying, "Do you know what its like without

friends? Tell me what she wants!" he was starting to slowly fall apart.

I said, once again, "Call her and tell her how you feel about her."

Diamond said, with evil gleaming in his eyes, "Fine. If she goes out with me, I'll

let you go. If she doesn't, then you will have a new permanent address her." Then he

came over to me with a new piece of tape in his hand and covered my mouth again, so I

couldn't yell out to Serena. He dialed her number. I was starting to persperate and stink. I

hadn't told him the truth. He was going to lose his friends, but it served him right,

kidnapping me like this. I tried to stop him by trying to shift in my seat, but I was tied too

tightly.

Diamond said into the phone, "Can I talk to Serena, please?" suddenly, the door to

the basement came crashing open to reveal.!