Thanks to our reviewers:
-/ Raven /- : You'll find out more about the goddesses in future chapters. As for Darien falling in love with Serena, read this chapter and find out. ^_^
-/ Hot Cuttie /-
Black Tide
Chapter 4
A Frozen Kiss
"Beep. Beep..." Serena slammed her hand down on her alarm clock so that the annoying sound wouldn't continue. She groaned as she pulled herself out from under the covers.
Serena quickly pulled her uniform out from her dresser and changed in the washroom. When she got to the kitchen she noticed that she was going to be late. She grabbed her toast and her backpack and rushed out the door.
"Bye!" She yelled to her dumbfounded mom as she rushed past her. Serena ran down the street. Not paying attention to the traffic lights, she walked right in front of a speeding car.
A piercing scream escaped her lips and she closed her eyes tightly. Then she felt hands push her out of the way. When she opened her eyes again, she saw Darien lying in front of the car. He'd been hit. He saved her. She rushed to his side to see if he was okay.
"Darien?" She got scared when she didn't get a response, "Darien are you okay?" She wanted to help him, but she didn't want to move him and make his injuries worse.
"Oh my gosh! Is he okay?" The driver of the car came to see if he had killed the young man. Darien shifted a little bit. He groaned as he felt pain coming from his head. He checked to see if it was bleeding. When he didn't find any blood, he tried to sit up.
"Darien your okay", Serena said as a wave of relief rushed through her. She noticed him trying to get up and helped him into a sitting position.
"Do I need to call a ambulance?" Asked the man who was driving the car that had almost killed him.
"No, I'm fine", Darien replied, moving to get up off the street and let the traffic that they were blocking to start to flow again. Serena grabbed his hand, helping him to stand on his own feet.
"Are you sure your okay?" Serena asked. He nodded yes, "Thank you for saving my life... again".
Darien smiled a little, but then his eyes closed quickly in pain. He fell down onto the sidewalk, and Serena quickly knelt beside him.
"You need to rest. Here, I'll take you to my house." She grabbed his arm and helped him up.
They slowly made their way to Serena's house. Serena knocked on the door, but there was no answer. Mom must have gone shopping... She thought as she took out her keys. Serena then laid Darien down on the couch.
"I'm going to get you some ice. Just wait here." She rushed to the kitchen and wrapped some ice in a cloth. When she came back to Darien, he was trying to sit up.
"Don't move", Serena said to him as she placed his head back onto a pillow. "We should have called an ambulance. There could be internal bleeding. You could be really hurt." Her words held kindness and compassion, but most of all worry.
Darien let out a small laugh. "Don't worry, I can handle it." Serena stared into his eyes. She could see pain hidden in those dark navy pools.
"Darien, I just don't want to see you hurt. It's all my fault..." Darien watched as tears formed in Serena's closed eyes.
"It's not your fault. I wouldn't dream of blaming you. And I'll be fine!" He watched as her tears began to drop. He held her chin and wiped the tears away.
"It should have been me. I would have been fine. It would have been better that way..." She trailed off and stared at the floor. Darien looked shocked.
"You... You don't mean that!" He said and her tears multiplied.
Serena made an attempt to leave the room, but Darien held her hand tightly.
"Serena, don't worry about it. It's over now. I'm just glad that I was able to ensure your safety." He smiled a small smile. "I should go. You probably need to get to school."
Serena sat down next to Darien and ran her fingers through his hair. He reminded her so much of someone else... "Darien..." Her tears slowly stopped and she moved her face closer to his.
"You should stay, don't worry about school. I'm usually late anyway, remember?" She smiled and kissed his forehead.
She pulled her lips away from his forehead. He put his thumb and index finger on her cheek, cupping her face. His eyes were staring right into hers. She has really beautiful eyes, they seem so familiar. He thought to himself. They were just sitting there and all he wanted to do was kiss her. He leaned forward, his lips just barely grazing hers, when the sound of the front door opening broke them apart.
"It's my mom", Serena said in a panicked voice, "Quick, you need to hide!" She dragged him to the closest closet. "Sorry", she looked at him apologetically before she closed the door.
"Hello? Is there someone here?" Serena's mom asked from the front hall. "Serena is that you?"
"Yes mom, it's me", Serena walked over to her mother.
"Serena why aren't you at school?" Her mother became upset.
"I forgot something." She quickly said, "My math book, and I needed it, but you weren't home." Oh please let her believe me.
Serena's mom looked skeptical about the idea, but she gave in. "All right, you better hurry and get it. You're almost half an hour late. If you need anything before you go, I'm upstairs". Her mom climbed the stair case to the upper level. Serena glanced up to see if her mother was out of sight,
"Phew", She let out a sigh. Now, to get Darien out of here without my mother noticing.
Serena went over to the closet, when she opened it she saw Darien rubbing the side of his head. She was in such a rush before, that she must have pushed him hard and he bumped his head again, "Sorry." She apologized, "Are you going to be okay to walk?"
"Yeah", He started to walk out, "Did your mom leave?"
"No, she's still here. You... We have to leave before she finds out you were even here", She ushered him to the front door, quietly opening it. She walked with him down the street. When she thought that they were safe, she talked to him again. "I'm sorry that I pushed you in the closet. I didn't mean to hurt you... again", She hung her head down shamefully.
"I'll be fine", He said with a slight smirk on his face, "Why didn't you want your mom to know I was there?"
"Well, for one thing, your a guy. She'd think I was skipping school for you." Serena stated matter-of-factly. "My family is very protective of me. I thought you'd understand that. What would your parents say if they saw you and a girl on a couch at home, when they are supposed to be at school?"
Darien's smirk was replaced by a frown. His eyes became distant. "I should go." He started walking away. Serena stared after him confused. She shook her head and ran up to him.
"What's wrong with you? Why don't you want to be my friend?" It hurt her feelings that he'd just walk off on her without saying good-bye. She cared about him, but he seemed void of any emotions at the moment.
"Just go to school Serena." His words were cold. What had she said that made him act this way?
"Don't you walk away from me Darien! I want to know what's going on. I care about you, believe it or not." His eyes softened. He stopped walking and looked at her.
"I just don't know how to explain..." Serena also stopped and motioned for them to sit on a bench.
After they sat down, Serena began to speak, "Just say whatever comes to your head. It will all come easily after that."
He sighed. "You were talking about parents..."
"Yes, so what made you upset? Your parents aren't divorced, are they?" Serena placed a hand on
top of Darien's.
"No, they weren't divorced... They..." His eyes glistened and Serena waited patiently for him to continue. She could sense his emotions. She felt his pain; his hope; his hatred.
"My parents were killed in a car crash when I was four. I was the only one that survived. I can't remember anything of my past. I grew up in an orphanage. I lived there until I was old enough to get my own place. So when you started talking about parents..."
"I reminded you that you had none." She finished for him. "I'm so sorry Darien, I didn't know." The tears from before returned. Her heart wrenched in pain. "I'm sure they loved you very much."
After hearing that sentence, Darien smiled. The first time he'd ever smiled when discussing his parents. He felt relieved, as though a huge burden had been lift from his shoulders. He knew his parents loved him, because Serena told him so. That made everything better. He still felt sad, of course, but felt he no longer needed to worry. He had someone who cared about him. Someone worth fighting for...
Serena felt bad for bringing up old, painful memories, but when he smiled again, she couldn't help but smile with him. Then realization hit her like a ton of bricks. She was really, really late for school and she missed her meeting with the scouts! Rei was going to kill her. She went to Darien's arm and pulled up his sleeve to look at his watch. She was an hour late.
Darien noticed that she was looking at his watch, "Your really late aren't you?" He said, trying to hide the sadness. He didn't want her to be late, but he didn't want her to leave.
"I'm sorry, I really have to go. I'm almost a hour late and my mom will be angry at me", She didn't want to leave. She felt so comfortable with him, so safe.
"It's okay. You should really get to school", He stood up, then gave her his hand to help her.
"Are you sure your okay?" She said, running her hand over the bump on his head. He was staring intently into her eyes the whole time.
"I'm fine. You need to go", He wrapped his hand around her hand that was still in his hair. He gently stoked it with his thumb.
She blushed, "I'm going to go to school", She stepped back from him, still looking him in the eyes. She turned around to leave.
"Oh, and Serena", he called back to her.
"Yeah?" She turned around.
"We should do this again sometime", He said. She looked at him confused, "I mean talking." He ran his fingers through his hair, "You know, without the near death experiences."
She smiled, "Yeah I'd like that."
Serena arrived at school with a goofy smile plastered on her face. Nothing could ruin this day. Not even detention or Rei yelling at her. She walked over to the attendance office and got a permission slip for class.
She opened the door to her homeroom and quietly stepped inside. "Hello Serena, so glad you could finally join us. Although I'm afraid you'll be receiving a detention because you are an hour late." Serena just nodded, still smiling.
"Here's my slip Ms. Haruna." She handed over the permission slip and took her seat. Lita and Ami stared over worriedly at their friend. She was never this late before. What was going on?
Ms. H continued with the lesson she was teaching before Serena had come in. "Serena." Lita said quietly. It wasn't getting her attention, so she tried it again, "Serena, psst, Serena!" Lita whispered.
Serena snapped out of her little world when her name was called again for the third time, "What? Huh?"
Lita passed a note over to her. Serena opened the folded piece of paper.
*Lita's note*
Serena where were you this morning? We were worried about you! Rei is so pissed. You better have a good excuse.
*end Lita's note*
*I'll tell you about it later.* She wrote down and carefully gave it back to Lita. She watched as Lita read it, then Lita nodded in agreement.
The final bell of the day rang. The class quickly got out of their seats and made their way out of the door. Serena was about to join them when Ms. H stopped her. "Serena, remember you have a detention with me".
Serena groaned and slumped down into her seat, "Yes I remember".
Ms. H slapped down an assignment in front of her, "I expect this to do done by the end of your detention", with that she walked back to her desk. She pulled out a magazine and started reading it.
Serena looked at the paper. *Write a 5 page essay about time management* This looks like fun. Serena picked up her pen so she could begin to write. I wish I could write about something more interesting.
Serena stared at the paper for a few minutes before she began to write. I shouldn't have to do this. It wasn't my fault I was late. She sighed and looked at the sentence she just wrote. She was about to erase it and start over, when it erased itself. Then it began to write on its own. Serena took her pen and pretended to write, so as not to cause suspicion from her teacher.
After another half hour she raised her hand slightly.
"Yes Serena?" Ms. H asked from her desk.
"I've finished." She replied and then stood up to bring over the paper. Ms. H looked it over stunned.
"You... You may go." Her eyes never left the paper as Serena grabbed her books and left to meet the scouts.
Serena figured that the scouts were either at the arcade or at Rei's temple. Serena pushed open the door, the bell jingling as it opened. She saw the girls sitting over at their regular booth. "Hey guys", she slightly waved.
"Hey! I thought you had detention", Mina said sliding over to make room for her.
"I finished my assignment, so Ms. H let me leave early", she replied quietly because Rei was giving her death glares.
"Where were you this morning Serena?" Rei got straight to the point.
Serena gulped at the question. "Is it really any of your business where I go?" Rei shot her yet another glare. "I was at home. I'm sorry, but I left my math book at home and had to get it."
Rei didn't believe it for a second, but everyone else took Serena's word. She had no reason to lie to them.
"My mom dropped my punishment yesterday, so she said I could hang out after school. How about we head over to the temple and have our meeting?" I asked quickly. It would be best if we could leave the arcade before a certain someone arrived. Too late.
The bell could be heard, signaling someone's entrance. "Hey Meatball Head!" He winked at her and sat down at the counter. Serena knew he was trying to be nice, so let him get away with calling her Meatball Head. The scouts stared confusedly at their leader.
"So?" Serena pressured, and the scouts shook out of their daze.
"No, we should just stay here. Grandpa isn't feeling well." Rei said as she took a sip of her coke.
"We've been talking about these goddesses that gave Rei and Lita their new powers", Said Ami.
"Do we have any idea where they came from?" Serena asked, her gaze slightly slipping to Darien sitting at the counter.
"I've been putting a lot of time into researching them, but I've come up with nothing", Ami replied.
"I guess it's safe to assume that there is more of them", Mina replied, she noticed Serena looking every once and a while at Darien, and then when she wasn't looking Darien looking back at her.
Serena's interest in the conversation became less and less apparent. She couldn't stop looking at him. She kept remembering them back on the couch...
"Serena? Are you even listening?" Lita asked as Ami shook her shoulder.
"Yah, I'm just not feeling too well." Serena lied. She hated having to do this, but how could she explain what was going on? Mina stared at her, a sad expression on her face.
"Serena, I was asked to give this to you." Andrew had just come up behind me and handed me a note. He winked and walked off.
"Who's that from?" All the scouts asked at the same time.
"I don't know..." Serena replied as she carefully opened it.
*Note*
Dear Serena,
I'd like to thank you for helping me out today. I was wondering if you'd like to go out to dinner tonight at 8?
*End Note*
Serena smiled and giggled slightly. Why does he make me feel this way? She thought. The scouts looked at her strangely and Serena stood up.
"Sorry guys, but I have to get ready for a date tonight." She left the arcade quickly and rushed home. Darien heard what she had said and smiled.
Mina looked at the other scouts and shrugged. Maybe she was actually looking at Andrew? But didn't Andrew have a girlfriend?
"Aren't you going to eat any more of your dinner?" Serena's mom asked her, when she looked at her daughter's still full plate.
"No, I'm not that hungry", She moved her fork around her plate." May I be excused from the table?"
"Sure", Serena's dad replied.
"Thank you", She quickly walked up the stairs to her room. It was 6:30. She had only an hour and a half to get ready to meet Darien. She couldn't help but get this giddy feeling every time she thought about him. What am I going to wear? She ruffled through her closet until she came upon something she liked.
Luna watched Serena carefully from the bed. I wonder what that girl is doing? She decided to ask her. "Serena? Why are you picking out clothes?"
Serena forgot about Luna. She mentally smacked herself, "Oh, I'm just picking out something to wear this weekend".
Serena placed her clothes on her bed and grabbed a towel. She headed into the bathroom to take a shower. After she was squeaky clean, she blow-dried her hair, got dressed and put on some make up. By this time Luna had fallen asleep on her bed. Good she's asleep, now just how to get out quietly without anybody noticing. She carefully pried open the window so she could slip out. She swung her legs over the ledge and grabbed a near by tree branch. She carefully climbed down to the safety of the ground.
She looked around nervously at first, then quickly fixed her outfit. She began walking in the direction of the place she was to meet Darien. After a few minutes of walking in the dark, she reached a restaurant.
"Hello. I'm here to meet Chiba Darien." The waiter nodded and Serena followed him to a table. Darien wasn't there yet. /That's a first./ She thought with a smile.
"Sorry, I didn't keep you waiting long did I?" Darien arrived only a few minutes after Serena.
"No, I only just arrived myself." Darien smiled at this and then blushed as he realized what Serena was wearing. She wore a white gown with a pinkish tint. It was strapless and came down in waves at the bottom.
Darien sat down and took off his jacket. "Did you order already?" He picked up the menu to look through it.
"No, I just ordered a drink. I decided to wait", She replied and smiled, also picking up her menu. The waiter came and put down a cola in front of her, then he filled two glasses with water.
"Are you ready to order yet?" Asked the young man, pulling out his note pad from his pocket.
"You go first Serena", Darien did the gentlemanly thing to do and let the lady order first.
"All right, I'll have the caesar salad and barbecue steak." She then nodded towards Darien and he began to make his order. A silence stood between them until the food arrived. Then Serena gained enough courage to begin talking.
"So, did you go straight home after leaving my house?" She smirked slightly and Darien sighed.
"Actually I did, but couldn't stay home all day. I had an exam later on that I couldn't miss." The conversation stayed light and cheerful, and they kept to questions about each others day. Serena let out a loud laugh at one of Darien's jokes, but it couldn't be heard over the rumbling of the floor. Her laughter stopped abruptly and fear crossed her features.
The vibrating from the ground became worse and worse. Plates and glasses fell off tables and onto the floor smashing on impact. People started to panic. They didn't know if it was an earthquake of not.
Serena needed to get in touch with the scouts. But how? She thought. Darien had wrapped his arms around her waist to keep her safe. The rumbling started to stop, people mistook it as a sign that it was ending. Little did they know things were just beginning.
Serena balanced herself after the shaking stopped. Darien let go of her and she blushed. The people in the restaurant became calm. *Smack!* An older man came hulling down towards the right wall of the restaurant. Random people started flying in all different directions. Darien tried to see the monster that was doing this, but he didn't want to leave Serena. "Serena?" He turned around, she was gone.
Serena had run towards the washrooms and pulled out her communicator. "Ami, Rei, Lita, Mina. There's a monster down at the Chez Folurtine. Come quick." She closed her communicator and turned to see Darien standing behind her.
"What's going on?" He asked, obviously confused. Did he hear my conversation with the scouts? Serena thought worriedly.
"I... I was just trying to get away from whatever that thing is." She said, trying to sound as fearful as the other people.
"Okay, but who were you talking to?" Darien moved closer towards Serena. She had been caught. Now what could she say?
"I was... um..." She backed away slightly as he advanced towards her. " I was talking..." She was so torn. She didn't want to lie to Darien but she knew she couldn't tell him the truth.
"Tell me" He said, then he brought his voice down, "Tell me please".
She needed to get out of this, she could reveal to Darien that she was Sailor Moon, "It was... Darien look out!" She screamed as the monster flung him away.
"Darien!" She tried to get to him, but the monster was blocking her path. Noticing that there was no one except her and the monster, she decided to take a big risk and transform into Sailor Moon right in front of it.
"Moon Prism Power!" Serena chanted and transformed right there. Darien stared in shock. I can't believe she's Sailor Moon! He though as he quickly pulled out a rose from his jacket pocket.
A light surrounded him and when it faded he stood as Tuxedo Mask. Serena almost fainted, but reminded herself that there were people in danger. I hope the scouts come soon. She thought and as if on cue, they burst through the restaurant doors.
"Stop right..." The scouts were about to introduce themselves when the monster started charging towards them. The monster, who was in the form of a woman, ran straight for them. She had no face, it was a blank smooth surface. "Mars... Fire... Ignite!" Rei tried to stop the monster before it reached them. The monster jumped from the incoming fire balls. She turned back towards Rei, mimicking her attack, throwing fire balls at the girls. "What's going on?" Mina yelled as they jumped away from the fire.
"I don't know but we've got to take her down", Lita got ready to do her attack, "Jupiter... Thunder... Crash!" The monster only held out her hand and copied Jupiter's attack. The two attacks met in the middle, both fighting for dominance, but neither could win because they had the exact same amount of strength.
Mercury then decided it was her turn. "Mercury... Bubbles... Blast!" The woman stopped the bubbled in mid air and took the moisture from them. Then, she blasted water at Sailor Moon. At first Sailor Moon felt nothing, but then she realized she was being frozen. She couldn't move, couldn't speak. Everyone just stood and watched in horror.
Tuxedo Mask and Luna rushed to her side. She was completely frozen by now. Luna had tears in her eyes and licked the ice slightly, as though it would bring comfort to the girl trapped inside. As she moved to back away, she realized her tongue was stuck to the ice. She fought to try and break free and no one came to help her because they couldn't see her.
"Serena..." Tuxedo Mask whispered, so no one would hear. Luna's eyes widened at this. /She told him?!?!?!/ He moved closer to the frozen girl's body.
"Mars, can you unfreeze her with your fire?" Mina asked, turning to face the woman with no face. She glared at her angrily.
"No, it might to more damage then good. I can't take the chance." The scouts turned to face the woman once again. "We'll just have to beat this monster."
Tuxedo mask held Serena's frozen arms. How can it be you? After all this time... Tears came to his eyes and he quickly wiped them away. "I'm so sorry..." He leaned in and kissed her cold blue lips. Serena's hands began to move slightly, and Darien moved back to look at her. She was still frozen. He leaned in and kissed her again, this time with more passion. It just felt, right. Her arms began to warm up and he could feel her kiss him back.
Serena melted into Darien's embrace (lol pun). Mercury tried to think of a way that they could stop this mimicking monster. The room fell silent. It changed into some kind of a frozen palace. Mercury's friends, who once occupied the room, were gone. A young woman about twenty or twenty-one sat in front of Mercury. "Hello Ami", She motioned for Ami to sit in the seat opposite from her. Ami sat down, by this time she realized that she too was getting a visit from these alleged goddesses.
"What's your name? You seem to know mine, it only seems right that I know yours", Ami knew she didn't want to small talk but she wanted information about them.
"I am Chimari", Replied the woman. Her hair, like Ami's, was blue. She seemed to really fit into the surroundings.
"Why have you been helping us?" Ami inquired.
"That you will find out soon enough. I see your friends have already forgotten how to use their new powers." Chimari sighed. "Once the princess is revealed, you will all gain back all knowledge from your past, including the knowledge of who us goddesses are." Chimari stood up, followed by Ami.
"I still don't under..." Chimari raised her hand to shush Ami and turned to face her.
"You must never forget your purpose. You must keep the scouts together." With that she was gone, and so was all the scenery. She was back in the restaurant and time was back to it's normal pace.
The monster was head to head with Sailor Juptier and Sailor Venus. Ami was standing right behind it. She had found herself the right opportunity, the monster was vulnerable. She got ready to attack, " Mecury... Water... SHARDS!" Little diamond looking water droplets shot from her hands. As the reached the very much shocked monster, they became bigger and trapped it.
"Good job Mecury", Sailor Venus commented. "I guess you got a visit from a goddess too". Then she stopped to think, "Suddenly feeling left out".
"Ah hum", Mars coughed at the sight of Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon still in a heated embrace. They both broke apart blushing. "Sailor Moon, do you mind?"
Serena smoothed out her clothes and blushed even brighter, "Sorry". She turned to the monster trapped by Mercury's new acquired power, "Moon Healing... Activation!" Power flowed out of her wand and hit the monster, turning it back to it's original form of a human girl.
Serena watched from the corner of her eye as Darien left the restaurant through the back door. After making sure none of the scouts were looking her way, she ran after him. She was going to have a lot of explaining to do later. She quickly de-transformed and saw Darien back to his original self as well.
"So, you're Sailor Moon." He whispered.
"And your Tuxedo Mask." She blushed. How could she not have realized this before?
"Thank you." She added as an afterthought.
"For what?" Now it was Darien's turn to blush.
"For... that kiss. I... I enjoyed it." Serena looked as red a tomato and turned to face the other way.
"Serena, about that... Nothing can happen between us. See, I have this princess who needs me to save her. I mean, I have feelings for you, but..." He couldn't continue as he saw the sadness in her eyes.
"So, you don't like me after all?" It was more of a statement then a question. Serena ran home, hoping that this was all just a dream. Hoping that she hadn't really fallen in love with Darien.
Serena climed up the tree to her window. She tried to go in quietly, but she was still crying. She got in, shut the window behind her and went to go turn on her lamp. " Hello Serena", She jumped and turned around to see her mother sitting on her chair. "Where have you been?" Her mother was trying to stay as calm as possible.
"Mom, I can explain", Serena pleaded, her tears pouring down faster.
"Then explain it to me!" Her mother lost control. She got up from her sitting position. "First, you come home late! Then, I find you home from school telling me excuses about forgetting your math book", She walked closer to Serena, "Where were you this afternoon? Your teacher called me and told me when your detention was over, but you didn't show up until half an hour later."
"Mom, please!" Serena begged, "I can explain everything!"
"Explain! You better explain! Serena, I found blood on your clothes today when I was doing your laundry. I was worried, but now your sneaking out. What is going on? I demand you tell me right now." Her mother grabbed her by the shoulder, Serena was sobbing like crazy.
"Its..." Each time she spoke she paused to take a intake of breathe because she was crying so much, "not... my... fault... mom..."
"Not your fault! How can you say that, you are the one who chose to sneak out tonight," Serena kept on bawling. Her mother let go of her shoulders, trying to calm herself down, "Is it a boy Serena?" Her mother turned away from her, not wanting to look at her daughter. Serena didn't respond, all that could be heard is sniffling. Her mother looked back at her. "Serena answer me! Is it a boy?"
"No", She lied. She didn't know what else she could do, it seemed that lying was all she had been doing lately.
"Well than what is it?" Disappointment fell over her face, "Please don't tell me its drugs".
"No mom, it's not drugs. It's just..." Serena paused when she sensed another presence in the room.
"Serena, someone's on the phone for you." Her little brother walked into the room. He looked just as worried as her mother.
"Thanks Sammy." Serena moved towards the phone, but her mother picked it up first.
"Hello, Serena can't come to the phone right now. Who is this?" Serena stared angrily up at her mother.
"Alright, I'll tell her you called." Her mom hung up and turned to face her. "It's not a boy, huh? Then why was a certain boy named Darien calling you!" Serena stood up, afraid of what she might do if she were to stay in that same position.
"I can't deal with all of this right now!" She screamed. Sammy stared in shock. Never had he ever seen his sister like this. She looked so torn. She'd become so distant in the past few months and he was becoming more worried with each passing day.
"Serena, I'm really worried about you", Her mother tried to calm herself, "I want you to be able to tell me what's going on in your life".
"Mom... I just can't..." She tryed to explain it, but the words weren't coming out.
"Serena, I don't know what to do with you", Her mother paused, "I'm taking away all your privileges, no more TV or phone, and I'm getting you father to put an alarm on your window."
She looked at her daughter sadly, "I don't think I need to tell you how disappointed I am in you." With that her mother walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Serena fell onto her bed. She buried her face in her pillow, her blotchy make-up staining it. She let every emotion that she was feeling pour out of her. Everything was just so messed up right now, her life was such a jumble.
Luna looked at Serena. She wanted to have a talk with her, but she decided not to. The girl had been through a lot today, Luna didn't even understand the half of it.