Serena was flustered. She made her way out of Catty's house without a word of goodbye to Kendra. "They can't possibly think that Jimena doesn't remember anything!" she mumbled, furious. "I'll prove to them what they can't see!" She grumbled and started to make her way home. She watched her feet as she walked until she saw a shadow looming over her. Serena looked up. It was Stanton.
Dressed in black like always, Stanton smiled at her but Serena waved her hand nonchalantly.
"I'm not in the mood to talk, Stanton." She continued to walk.
"Serena, wait—" Stanton began.
She broke out in a run. She didn't want to talk to anyone. She felt as if her friends had betrayed her and all she could hear was Maggie's voice ringing her head, telling her that Jimena couldn't be a Daughter anymore. Her heart was being pulled in two. Serena wanted to believe her friends but then she knew that there was something still strange about Jimena. She ran straight to her house and found Jimena's car sitting in the driveway but Serena saw Collin's car nowhere in sight.
Serena made her way into her house and dropped her stuff in the living room. She heard laughter from the kitchen and the squeaking of Wally and she knew that Jimena had already found her way into the house. Serena walked into the kitchen and Jimena looked up.
"Hey," Jimena said with a smile.
"What're you doing here?" Serena asked rather quickly.
Jimena raised an eyebrow. "What, you don't want me here?"
She shook her head. "I never said that… It's just that I saw your car but I didn't see Collin's and I – it's just that…" Serena was flustered, the words in a jumble.
"I don't come over here just to see Collin you know. I'd like to spend time with my best friend too. I let myself in the house since the door was opened… I figured that you wouldn't mind."
Serena nodded. "Right…it's okay."
"Are you okay, Serena?" her friend asked, standing up.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I should be asked you that… You scared me today."
"Oh," Jimena said, avoiding contact with Serena's eyes. "It was nothing…"
Serena made her way to the fridge and took out a soda, tossing one over to Jimena. Her friend nodded in thanks. "Hey, Jimena?"
Her friend looked at her. "Yeah?"
"You think we could talk for a moment?" Serena shut the fridge door.
"Sure…"
Serena made her way into the living room and grabbed her stuff. "Let's go to my room…" She and Jimena walked to her room and Serena set her stuff down.
"Are you sure you're all right, Serena?" Jimena asked.
"Maybe we should talk."
"All right…"
Serena sat down on her bed. "I know that this may sound really weird but do you ever get visions in your head?"
"Visions?" Jimena questioned.
"Like of things that you've seen or things that may happen…in the future…"
She was quiet for a moment and soon shook her head. "I don't know, Serena… I don't know what you're talking about."
Serena raised an eyebrow, unsure of her answer. "Oh… Well, it's just that I thought because today in school you seemed…out of it."
Jimena laughed. "Oh, Serena, I couldn't help it really. I was showing David around the school and I was focusing on helping him then I was on anything else."
How I wish I could tell you what's been going on… Serena thought. "Yeah, well, I guess that's a reason."
"You are positive that you're okay, Serena? You're telling me that I'm out of it when it really seems like you are."
She shook her head. "I'm okay, really. The girls and I have thought about going to Planet Bang. I just thought I'd tell you. See if you want to come."
Jimena smiled. "I'd love to go as always. I'll come over tonight okay? I have homework to do and I'm helping my abuela at home today. She thinks I should be helping around the house a little bit more. She says that I've been acting weird." She shook her head. "I think my friends and family have gone crazy."
Serena smiled slightly. "Yeah…"
Jimena jumped off of the bed and grabbed her backpack. "I'll see you later tonight." She swung out of Serena's room.
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I can't really be going crazy, can I? Jimena thought to herself making her way out of Serena's house. She wondered if Collin was still at the beach. She was hoping to catch him while at Serena's but she had no luck. Jimena climbed into her car and turned on the ignition, setting her backpack on the passenger's seat as she pulled out of the driveway and made her way home. She climbed out of her car and walked into her house. She made her way into the kitchen to find her grandmother sitting at the table with a cup of tea.
"Hey," Jimena said, grabbing a can of soda from the fridge.
Her grandmother looked up at her and smiled. "How was school?"
Jimena shrugged her shoulder. "Same as always…but there was this new boy in school that I showed around today… Oh, I got homework that I better get to. I'm going to Planet Bang with Serena and my other friends tonight. I hope that's okay."
Her grandmother nodded. "Just fine."
She smiled and kissed her grandmother. "Great." She made her way into her room and threw her backpack on the bed, unaware of the eyes watching her from her window.
Author's Note: Yeah, this is like super short I know, and I'm sorry. I just got book 11 and I'm reading it right now so I'll probably get into some of the action later on. Please review.
