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Everyone.I am soo sorry I haven't posted sooner. I have been so busy with schoolwork and everyone was over for thanksgiving. I will write as soon as I can I'm so sorry you had to wait so long. My apologies.
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Chapter 2: Stanton's Secret
Another strong and painful memory came to Serena. It was of a meeting that had taken place between her and Stanton earlier that day. Stronger tears pushed through her eyes. She blinked hoping to clear up her vision. Soon she was lost in the memory.
**flashback**
Serena had had another bad day in school. She failed her algebra test and orchestra practice had been a mess for her. She couldn't stand anymore so she had cut last period. She had decided to go and hang out at the park. Maybe she could gain control of herself. When she had gotten to the park, she sat on a bench and cried. Maggie was gone and would always be gone. She didn't know who to tell about who and what she heard Maggie trying to communicate to. She didn't have the answers that she needed. Jimena knew something was wrong with Vanessa, Catty, Tianna and herself. As much as Serena hated doing it, she had to lie to Jimena about it. Plus she hadn't seen Stanton and she was worried about him. She also had a feeling that he knew and could give her answers about what happened to Maggie.
Sunset was arriving and she was just about to leave when someone grabbed her hand. She whipped around and found herself face to face with Stanton. Fireworks exploded in her heart. She was overcome with joy despite her previous feelings. She couldn't contain her joy at seeing him. She looked into his deep blue eyes. They had a concerned and sad look in them. She tried to go into his mind to see what was wrong, but he stopped her.
"Serena," he said a smile creeping onto his face.
"Oh Stanton I missed you so much!," and she threw her arms around him.
He pulled her closer and held her tight. She looked up into his alluring blue eyes, and he looked into he expressive green eyes. He didn't need to be a mind reader to see Serena's joy at seeing him. Their breath mingled, and they kissed. The feeling was electric for Serena. She felt a pleasant shock. His tongue traced over hers and she slipped her hand up his back pulling him closer. Finally they broke apart and looked at each other. Stanton took her hand and led her to the bench she had been sitting on previously.
He put his arm around her and pulled her to him. He breathed in her sweet perfume. They looked at each other and began sharing kisses.
They stopped and Serena said," Stanton, I'm so glad you're here. I missed you so much. So much has happened and I've been so alone. I feel so lost, I don't have any of the answers I need and I don't know what to do anymore. My life has been a living hell for the past two weeks, I'm just so glad you're here now. When my world is upside down.you can make everything better for me."
Stanton looked down at Serena. She had tears welling up in her eyes. His heart beat painfully. He could feel her pain and he wished he could make everything better for her and take all that pain away.
"Serena, baby, I missed you too. I was dying to see you and talk to you again. It was eating me up from the inside. I'm here now so everything is going to be ok." Stanton's heart tightened with the thought of what he was going to have to tell her.
Serena looked up at him with shock and despair in eyes. She pulled away from him. In an instant, she knew he had been in his mind. Anger ripped through him even though he knew it wasn't her fault for going into his mind. She had probably just wanted to see what he had been up to. He pulled her back to her, but she stood up abruptly.
"I can't believe this. I trusted you. Do you know how much pain you put me through?! Do you know what you've done to me?" Tears spilled out of her eyes. "After everything we've been through, now is when I find out? You don't even have the decency to tell me? How long were you planning on keeping it from me? How much longer were you planning on hurting me like this?!"
"Serena, please hear me out. Its not what you think," Stanton said trying to calm her down.
"I don't want to hear anymore lies from you, Stanton"
"Serena, I never meant for you to find out like this. Please just give me a chance and listen to me," he said. "I never wanted to hurt you or Maggie or your friends because I knew how much it would hurt you. Please just let me explain. I owe you an explanation, let me give it to you."
"I can't trust you. Why should I listen to you?"
"Serena, you didn't see the whole story. I don't want to leave anything out, please give me a chance to explain what you saw. You need and want explanations. I can give you what you've been looking for. Please just listen to me."
Serena looked hesitant. Stanton took her hand and pulled her to sit down on the bench.
"Do you remember when we met at Planet Bang that night?"
"Yes," Serena said, tears silently rolling down her cheeks.
"Please don't cry," Stanton said wiping one of her tears with his finger.
She batted his hand away and said, "Just keep going"
He looked at her hoping she could see how sorry he was. "Anyway, the night before, I had met with the Atrox. He had gained human form. He had told us that he had formulated a plan that might bring down the Daughters of the Moon. He didn't tell us what the plan was though. I didn't know what he was going to do. I had no idea he was going to go to Maggie, I swear I didn't know. I don't know what happened before I was taken. I had no idea that he might go to her. I just knew it was going to be bad. That's why I went to Planet Bang. I wanted to make sure you were okay. I knew I wasn't going to be able to check on you again for awhile. That's why I told you I was going to be busy. I didn't want you to worry about me on top of looking out for yourself. If you don't believe me I could show you."
"No. I just want to know what happened. I know there is more so just tell me everything while I'm giving you the chance to."
He was surprised by her tone, but he continued. " I didn't find out what the plan was until the Atrox had left. I hadn't been around, so he told someone else to tell me. I went to Maggie's house and I saw you going inside. I knew what you would find. I knew you would be upset. I knew that me being there would have made things worse. I learned that you needed time when that happens when you lost Catty. I didn't want to make the same mistake twice. I cared about you too much to ruin everything. I was defeated. I didn't know what to do next. So I just decided to walk around. I knew you would soon need answers. I only stayed away this long to give you time. Then I was planning on telling you everything. You went into my mind before I had a chance to tell you anything."
"Are you blaming this on me?" Serena asked defensively.
"No of course not. I know you were just seeing what I had been doing. Just let me finish. Please," Stanton said his tone somber.
Serena just glared at him so he decided to continue anyway.
"Please Serena. Don't be mad at me. I swear to you that I didn't know what the plan was. Serena, I love you with all my heart. I can't live without you. Don't you remember everything I said to you at Planet Bang? I had this bad feeling that something really bad was going to happen. I just wanted you to know how much you mean to me and that I was being sincere."
He paused to look at Serena, He was relieved to see her expression had softened. He was upset thought that she had now started crying.
Stanton said," I hate seeing you hurt so much. It tears me up from the inside. I can't stand to see you hurt or cry and go through so much pain. "
Serena started talking, "Stanton, the thing is, I can't trust you. You're a part of the Atrox, the force that killed Maggie. Its because I don't have Maggie anymore that I'm in this mess. Do you know how much losing Maggie hurt me? You're a part of evil. I mean, damn Stanton, you're not just a part of evil, you're high up there in position too. I mean you're the Prince of the Night for goodness sake. You're going to be the next to have the throne of the Atrox is anything were to happen to."
Serena stopped dead and just looked at him, here eyes wide with shock. "Please tell me it's not true. Stanton, please tell me that what I'm thinking is not true."
Stanton just looked at her, eyes somber.
"Serena said," No Stanton, I hope it's not true. You don't understand even though I'm mad at you, I need you in my life. I need you to be with me. I will be lost without you. Please don't do this to me. Please don't leave me. I don't want to lose you."
Stanton interrupted her," Serena, what are you talking about? You're not going to lose me. I'm right here and I'll always be here for you, no matter what. I'm not leaving you and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon."
"Stanton, you don't understand. We represent two completely different forces. Now, you are the head of evil. I have to fight evil. I have to fight you. That's my duty to everyone. I have to protect them from people like you. I have to protect my world. Stanton, no matter what I can't be forced to choose between my duty and you. My duty is to be a Daughter of the Moon. If I have to make a decision between my duty and you, my heart can't have any part in it. I will be based on what I know is right."
"But Serena," Stanton said," this is love and its real. You can't change the way you feel no matter what. I thought we shared something special. Now you're just going to forget about me after everything we shared? I didn't think you would let your stupid destiny get between us," Stanton finished, his anger rising.
"Stanton look at me," Serena said. "We've always shared something special, and we always will. I will never forget the feelings shared between us, but I can't live my life with evil. I don't know what's going to happen."
Serena stood up and said, " Stanton, babe, I will always love you and I hope you know that and always remember that. Your destiny is to destroy my friends and take all hope from the world. The truth is that you're the Atrox now. If your choice is to support that then I don't think we should be together anymore." Tears were now pouring down her cheeks, but she continued talking, " I am truly sorry. You don't know how hard it was to say that and you don't know how much pain this is causing me. I will always love you baby, and I hope you remember that. I will really miss you with all my heart."
After she said that she bent down, kissed him on the cheek and ran off. Stanton felt defeated. Everything Serena had said was true. He hated that she was right. He hated everything about himself. Defeated, he dissolved into a shadow and left. ~~~~~end of flashback~~~~~
Serena looked at the night sky and cursed her life. Why did things always have to be like this? She looked at her watch. It was 10:00 p.m. and everyone would be wondering where she had been. She hadn't been in touch with anyone since lunch. She sighed and started walking home. She didn't happen to notice two particular dense shadows gliding through the night behind her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**************************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What do u think? Worth continuing?? Yes? No? Corny? Good? Potential or no? Let me know what you think. Please review. Thanks to all my reviewers:
BloodDevil: thanks for reviewing. Hope u liked this chapter as much as the first one.
Prtychic-2007: thank you, thank you. Any criticism for this chapter? I like your stories.I've read most of them, but I think I only reviewed for 1.be patient I will review for all!!
Fallen_Destiny : thank u very much. I hope u like this chapter too. I will try to update as soon as I can
Jade: lol I agree with you 100%--stanton is sooo hott. I love him. I'm posting as often as I can. School has got me tied up rite now.
Alexis: thank you too.it is reviews that are good such as your that keep me going.
Nymbis: yea I put maggie in so it could be like the book after 10. I love your stories too.they r soo cool. Glad u liked it.please keep reviewing.
Jimena: I love u chica.ur the best. Thanks for reading ma story. hehe
REVIEW NOW PLEASE..hehe pretty please?
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Everyone.I am soo sorry I haven't posted sooner. I have been so busy with schoolwork and everyone was over for thanksgiving. I will write as soon as I can I'm so sorry you had to wait so long. My apologies.
(read and review!!!!)
Chapter 2: Stanton's Secret
Another strong and painful memory came to Serena. It was of a meeting that had taken place between her and Stanton earlier that day. Stronger tears pushed through her eyes. She blinked hoping to clear up her vision. Soon she was lost in the memory.
**flashback**
Serena had had another bad day in school. She failed her algebra test and orchestra practice had been a mess for her. She couldn't stand anymore so she had cut last period. She had decided to go and hang out at the park. Maybe she could gain control of herself. When she had gotten to the park, she sat on a bench and cried. Maggie was gone and would always be gone. She didn't know who to tell about who and what she heard Maggie trying to communicate to. She didn't have the answers that she needed. Jimena knew something was wrong with Vanessa, Catty, Tianna and herself. As much as Serena hated doing it, she had to lie to Jimena about it. Plus she hadn't seen Stanton and she was worried about him. She also had a feeling that he knew and could give her answers about what happened to Maggie.
Sunset was arriving and she was just about to leave when someone grabbed her hand. She whipped around and found herself face to face with Stanton. Fireworks exploded in her heart. She was overcome with joy despite her previous feelings. She couldn't contain her joy at seeing him. She looked into his deep blue eyes. They had a concerned and sad look in them. She tried to go into his mind to see what was wrong, but he stopped her.
"Serena," he said a smile creeping onto his face.
"Oh Stanton I missed you so much!," and she threw her arms around him.
He pulled her closer and held her tight. She looked up into his alluring blue eyes, and he looked into he expressive green eyes. He didn't need to be a mind reader to see Serena's joy at seeing him. Their breath mingled, and they kissed. The feeling was electric for Serena. She felt a pleasant shock. His tongue traced over hers and she slipped her hand up his back pulling him closer. Finally they broke apart and looked at each other. Stanton took her hand and led her to the bench she had been sitting on previously.
He put his arm around her and pulled her to him. He breathed in her sweet perfume. They looked at each other and began sharing kisses.
They stopped and Serena said," Stanton, I'm so glad you're here. I missed you so much. So much has happened and I've been so alone. I feel so lost, I don't have any of the answers I need and I don't know what to do anymore. My life has been a living hell for the past two weeks, I'm just so glad you're here now. When my world is upside down.you can make everything better for me."
Stanton looked down at Serena. She had tears welling up in her eyes. His heart beat painfully. He could feel her pain and he wished he could make everything better for her and take all that pain away.
"Serena, baby, I missed you too. I was dying to see you and talk to you again. It was eating me up from the inside. I'm here now so everything is going to be ok." Stanton's heart tightened with the thought of what he was going to have to tell her.
Serena looked up at him with shock and despair in eyes. She pulled away from him. In an instant, she knew he had been in his mind. Anger ripped through him even though he knew it wasn't her fault for going into his mind. She had probably just wanted to see what he had been up to. He pulled her back to her, but she stood up abruptly.
"I can't believe this. I trusted you. Do you know how much pain you put me through?! Do you know what you've done to me?" Tears spilled out of her eyes. "After everything we've been through, now is when I find out? You don't even have the decency to tell me? How long were you planning on keeping it from me? How much longer were you planning on hurting me like this?!"
"Serena, please hear me out. Its not what you think," Stanton said trying to calm her down.
"I don't want to hear anymore lies from you, Stanton"
"Serena, I never meant for you to find out like this. Please just give me a chance and listen to me," he said. "I never wanted to hurt you or Maggie or your friends because I knew how much it would hurt you. Please just let me explain. I owe you an explanation, let me give it to you."
"I can't trust you. Why should I listen to you?"
"Serena, you didn't see the whole story. I don't want to leave anything out, please give me a chance to explain what you saw. You need and want explanations. I can give you what you've been looking for. Please just listen to me."
Serena looked hesitant. Stanton took her hand and pulled her to sit down on the bench.
"Do you remember when we met at Planet Bang that night?"
"Yes," Serena said, tears silently rolling down her cheeks.
"Please don't cry," Stanton said wiping one of her tears with his finger.
She batted his hand away and said, "Just keep going"
He looked at her hoping she could see how sorry he was. "Anyway, the night before, I had met with the Atrox. He had gained human form. He had told us that he had formulated a plan that might bring down the Daughters of the Moon. He didn't tell us what the plan was though. I didn't know what he was going to do. I had no idea he was going to go to Maggie, I swear I didn't know. I don't know what happened before I was taken. I had no idea that he might go to her. I just knew it was going to be bad. That's why I went to Planet Bang. I wanted to make sure you were okay. I knew I wasn't going to be able to check on you again for awhile. That's why I told you I was going to be busy. I didn't want you to worry about me on top of looking out for yourself. If you don't believe me I could show you."
"No. I just want to know what happened. I know there is more so just tell me everything while I'm giving you the chance to."
He was surprised by her tone, but he continued. " I didn't find out what the plan was until the Atrox had left. I hadn't been around, so he told someone else to tell me. I went to Maggie's house and I saw you going inside. I knew what you would find. I knew you would be upset. I knew that me being there would have made things worse. I learned that you needed time when that happens when you lost Catty. I didn't want to make the same mistake twice. I cared about you too much to ruin everything. I was defeated. I didn't know what to do next. So I just decided to walk around. I knew you would soon need answers. I only stayed away this long to give you time. Then I was planning on telling you everything. You went into my mind before I had a chance to tell you anything."
"Are you blaming this on me?" Serena asked defensively.
"No of course not. I know you were just seeing what I had been doing. Just let me finish. Please," Stanton said his tone somber.
Serena just glared at him so he decided to continue anyway.
"Please Serena. Don't be mad at me. I swear to you that I didn't know what the plan was. Serena, I love you with all my heart. I can't live without you. Don't you remember everything I said to you at Planet Bang? I had this bad feeling that something really bad was going to happen. I just wanted you to know how much you mean to me and that I was being sincere."
He paused to look at Serena, He was relieved to see her expression had softened. He was upset thought that she had now started crying.
Stanton said," I hate seeing you hurt so much. It tears me up from the inside. I can't stand to see you hurt or cry and go through so much pain. "
Serena started talking, "Stanton, the thing is, I can't trust you. You're a part of the Atrox, the force that killed Maggie. Its because I don't have Maggie anymore that I'm in this mess. Do you know how much losing Maggie hurt me? You're a part of evil. I mean, damn Stanton, you're not just a part of evil, you're high up there in position too. I mean you're the Prince of the Night for goodness sake. You're going to be the next to have the throne of the Atrox is anything were to happen to."
Serena stopped dead and just looked at him, here eyes wide with shock. "Please tell me it's not true. Stanton, please tell me that what I'm thinking is not true."
Stanton just looked at her, eyes somber.
"Serena said," No Stanton, I hope it's not true. You don't understand even though I'm mad at you, I need you in my life. I need you to be with me. I will be lost without you. Please don't do this to me. Please don't leave me. I don't want to lose you."
Stanton interrupted her," Serena, what are you talking about? You're not going to lose me. I'm right here and I'll always be here for you, no matter what. I'm not leaving you and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon."
"Stanton, you don't understand. We represent two completely different forces. Now, you are the head of evil. I have to fight evil. I have to fight you. That's my duty to everyone. I have to protect them from people like you. I have to protect my world. Stanton, no matter what I can't be forced to choose between my duty and you. My duty is to be a Daughter of the Moon. If I have to make a decision between my duty and you, my heart can't have any part in it. I will be based on what I know is right."
"But Serena," Stanton said," this is love and its real. You can't change the way you feel no matter what. I thought we shared something special. Now you're just going to forget about me after everything we shared? I didn't think you would let your stupid destiny get between us," Stanton finished, his anger rising.
"Stanton look at me," Serena said. "We've always shared something special, and we always will. I will never forget the feelings shared between us, but I can't live my life with evil. I don't know what's going to happen."
Serena stood up and said, " Stanton, babe, I will always love you and I hope you know that and always remember that. Your destiny is to destroy my friends and take all hope from the world. The truth is that you're the Atrox now. If your choice is to support that then I don't think we should be together anymore." Tears were now pouring down her cheeks, but she continued talking, " I am truly sorry. You don't know how hard it was to say that and you don't know how much pain this is causing me. I will always love you baby, and I hope you remember that. I will really miss you with all my heart."
After she said that she bent down, kissed him on the cheek and ran off. Stanton felt defeated. Everything Serena had said was true. He hated that she was right. He hated everything about himself. Defeated, he dissolved into a shadow and left. ~~~~~end of flashback~~~~~
Serena looked at the night sky and cursed her life. Why did things always have to be like this? She looked at her watch. It was 10:00 p.m. and everyone would be wondering where she had been. She hadn't been in touch with anyone since lunch. She sighed and started walking home. She didn't happen to notice two particular dense shadows gliding through the night behind her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**************************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What do u think? Worth continuing?? Yes? No? Corny? Good? Potential or no? Let me know what you think. Please review. Thanks to all my reviewers:
BloodDevil: thanks for reviewing. Hope u liked this chapter as much as the first one.
Prtychic-2007: thank you, thank you. Any criticism for this chapter? I like your stories.I've read most of them, but I think I only reviewed for 1.be patient I will review for all!!
Fallen_Destiny : thank u very much. I hope u like this chapter too. I will try to update as soon as I can
Jade: lol I agree with you 100%--stanton is sooo hott. I love him. I'm posting as often as I can. School has got me tied up rite now.
Alexis: thank you too.it is reviews that are good such as your that keep me going.
Nymbis: yea I put maggie in so it could be like the book after 10. I love your stories too.they r soo cool. Glad u liked it.please keep reviewing.
Jimena: I love u chica.ur the best. Thanks for reading ma story. hehe
REVIEW NOW PLEASE..hehe pretty please?
***5 more reviews in order to continue***