Know what, Sandra? Kat? Shut up. Just shut up. I will live vicariously just fine in my stories, thank you!
Chapter 12:
"What the hell was that?" Serena muttered, staring down at the flowers in her hands. She didn't even notice Katherine stepping out of her room, and managing a glance at Ryan walking away.
"What was that about?" Katherine asked from down the hall. "And where the hell is my conditioner?"
"Ryan… just came over…" Serena mumbled. She blinked and looked up, seeing Katherine coming towards her. Her thoughts immediately went to Will, wisely hiding behind the door again. "It… It was nothing. He just came over to give me some of today's notes…"
"And the flowers are?"
"The notes came with flowers, I guess," she shrugged. Katherine raised an eyebrow.
"Look… I know I'm the one always telling you to stop thinking about what you're doing and to go with the flow… But when it comes to Ryan, you become a MAW-RON. This time, you think about what he's done and what he can do to you again…" Katherine advised.
"I know… Yea… I know…"
Katherine just shook her head, seeing that familiar haze that went into Serena's eyes whenever Ryan came to her attention and was on her mind.
"I'm leaving for the week, Kat…" Serena muttered putting the flowers down on the table next to her. "I'm off to my Aunt's house. I need the privacy for awhile."
"Does this have to do with Mr. Cheating Asshole?"
"No.. No! I was planning to leave long before he decided to play his reappearing act…" Serena rolled her eyes and forced a smile on her face.
"It better not have anything to do with it… Or me, Yemi and Sandra will have something serious to say about it," Kat threatened.
"Don't worry… Completely different guy, I'm moving for," Serena laughed.
"Same one as this morning?"
"One and the same…"
"G'luck with that."
"Yea…" Serena was about to turn and close the door again, when Katherine stopped her.
"And my conditioner?"
"Still at Rite Aid?" Serena shrugged sheepishly.
"Damn it… My hair will never be conditioned, will it?"
"Not anytime soon," Serena closed the door behind her, grinning. Suddenly her laughter died away, seeing the flowers beside her. This time, Will was holding them up as he smelled their sweet fragrance.
"From someone special, I gather?" Will asked, masking his expression closely.
"You can say that…" she murmured. She plucked out one white rose and looked at it thoughtfully. "We had a bit of a falling out half a year ago… I never quite got over him…" Serena gathered the roses and tied them securely to one of of her bags but Will grabbed her shoulder, slipping the roses off of the bag again.
"Do you want my advice?"
Serena didn't answer for a moment. She wasn't really sure if she wanted advice from a four hundred year old man but she nodded.
"You don't need him or anyone else," Will said, his voice cold and unmoving. He threw the roses into a waste basket and Serena looked at him wide-eyed, surprised at his angry demeanor.
Will didn't say much else. He just gathered his bags and walked out the door, waiting for Serena to follow after.
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