Author's Note: I'm sorry it took so long to put up a second chapter…I've
been busy with my sister getting married and all. Well here it is, stay
tuned for the next chapter…I have some ideas for this story that I'm going
to start adding in soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything mentioned here that hasn't come from my own mind.
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Serena couldn't concentrate at all that day. She sat through her classes rather impatiently, which most of her teachers just thought of her acting like a normal teenager. When she tried to play her cello, her bow just scraped along the strings, making a hideous noise. After school got out Serena found Collin and went home.
When she got home, Serena instantly started to bake cookies as she often did when she was stressed. Before she knew it she had baked two dozen cookies and had run out of milk. Crap, she thought. She sat down and gave Wally one of her peanut better cookies.
Serena was just about to go practice her cello when she could just tell that she wasn't alone. "Collin? Jimena? Who's there?" Serena yelled. Suddenly she saw her tarot cards sitting on the table, and she decided to try to figure out what was going on. Every time Serena tried to grab the cards they just seemed to fall and scatter all over. After many attempts at gathering the cards, Serena just gave up and went to something else.
She sat around before finally deciding that she had to write. She put her favorite CD's, one she had recently burned and "Breaking the Silence", into her CD player, blasting the songs throughout the house, and she pulled up her notepad. Suddenly a poem rushed to her. It said:
I know we can't be together
But we cannot be apart.
Everyday without your face
Simply breaks my heart.
We are meant for each other
Meant to be a pair.
We are meant to live each day
With the other there.
Now we are apart;
There's no more we can do.
We cannot be together.
I shouldn't be loving you.
1 But I can't get you out of my heart
Or your face out of my head.
When I'm with you I am so alive
Now without you I feel dead.
Many times I try to sleep
But I can only cry.
Without you I only have strength
To just lay down and die.
Please leave me all alone now.
I don't want to see your face.
Our love was meant for another time
And another place.
You remind me of what I give up
But what my heart wants more.
Yours is a love like no other
You're the one I'm searching for.
When Serena finished her poem she decided that since it was Tuesday night, she should start getting ready for Planet Bang. She needed to stop thinking about Stanton and the only way to do that was to spend time with the other goddesses. She got ready quick and was dressed to impress by the time that Collin got home and was ready to go pick up Jimena.
Arriving at Planet Bang the girls searched hard for the others. It looked as though Catty and Tianna had made it and that Vanessa was already up on stage singing her heart out. The song wasn't familiar to Serena, but as soon as she heard the lyrics she knew the song very well. It was about teenage girls hoping to just be normal, but finding out that no matter how hard they try, no matter how much they fit in, they never could be…the song was about the five of them.
Not able to handle standing alone any longer, Serena broke out onto the dance floor. It was rare that she danced alone, but Jimena seemed too occupied with Collin while Tianna and Catty were too busy flirting with all the hot guys to actually start dancing. Serena knew that once they really wanted to impress the guys that Tianna and Catty would join her on the dance floor, but for now she was fine alone.
Soon the song was over and the band was headed into a slow song. Serena departed silently from the dance floor. She knew that all of her friends were busy—Tianna and Catty had sure started to impress the guys and had many that wanted to dance with them, Vanessa was wailing up on stage, and Jimena was with Collin. More than ever Serena started to miss Stanton.
"Hey," called a voice from behind her. Stanton. What was he doing here? Serena remembered when Stanton could often be found hanging around Planet Bang with a few of the Followers, but with his new role as Prince of Darkness, he rarely showed his face around the place.
"Stanton!" Serena exclaimed, hardly able to contain her shock and her joy at seeing Stanton. As instantly as the shock had overcome her, Serena regained her natural coolness. "What are you doing? I thought you'd be off somewhere. Why are you here?"
"I came to see you, Serena." Stanton said, looking down at her.
"Stanton, I already . . ." Serena looked straight into Stanton's eyes, which she realized too late that could have been a big mistake.
Grabbing Serena's chin, Stanton said, "Serena, stop. I know that you think we can't be together, and even though it pains me, I truly do respect that decision as I don't wish to cause any more pain to you than I already have. I just came to check on you. I'm really worried about you after what you told me this morning."
"Stanton, I know you worry, but I'm a big girl. If I can survive around here, I can take care of myself. Plus I have the other goddesses, and you know that they won't let anyone touch me, Stanton."
"Serena, I know that. I just…I'd just feel safer if I knew who this guy was and what he wants. I trust your friends, and no offense to them, but I can protect you better than the four of them can. I've been around a long time. I know how to handle whatever you come up against."
"Stanton, just stay out of it, okay?" Serena walked away from Stanton. She couldn't handle this. If he was around her all the time, watching her, protecting her, she wouldn't be able to resist be with him. Couldn't he see that? Was he blind?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything mentioned here that hasn't come from my own mind.
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Serena couldn't concentrate at all that day. She sat through her classes rather impatiently, which most of her teachers just thought of her acting like a normal teenager. When she tried to play her cello, her bow just scraped along the strings, making a hideous noise. After school got out Serena found Collin and went home.
When she got home, Serena instantly started to bake cookies as she often did when she was stressed. Before she knew it she had baked two dozen cookies and had run out of milk. Crap, she thought. She sat down and gave Wally one of her peanut better cookies.
Serena was just about to go practice her cello when she could just tell that she wasn't alone. "Collin? Jimena? Who's there?" Serena yelled. Suddenly she saw her tarot cards sitting on the table, and she decided to try to figure out what was going on. Every time Serena tried to grab the cards they just seemed to fall and scatter all over. After many attempts at gathering the cards, Serena just gave up and went to something else.
She sat around before finally deciding that she had to write. She put her favorite CD's, one she had recently burned and "Breaking the Silence", into her CD player, blasting the songs throughout the house, and she pulled up her notepad. Suddenly a poem rushed to her. It said:
I know we can't be together
But we cannot be apart.
Everyday without your face
Simply breaks my heart.
We are meant for each other
Meant to be a pair.
We are meant to live each day
With the other there.
Now we are apart;
There's no more we can do.
We cannot be together.
I shouldn't be loving you.
1 But I can't get you out of my heart
Or your face out of my head.
When I'm with you I am so alive
Now without you I feel dead.
Many times I try to sleep
But I can only cry.
Without you I only have strength
To just lay down and die.
Please leave me all alone now.
I don't want to see your face.
Our love was meant for another time
And another place.
You remind me of what I give up
But what my heart wants more.
Yours is a love like no other
You're the one I'm searching for.
When Serena finished her poem she decided that since it was Tuesday night, she should start getting ready for Planet Bang. She needed to stop thinking about Stanton and the only way to do that was to spend time with the other goddesses. She got ready quick and was dressed to impress by the time that Collin got home and was ready to go pick up Jimena.
Arriving at Planet Bang the girls searched hard for the others. It looked as though Catty and Tianna had made it and that Vanessa was already up on stage singing her heart out. The song wasn't familiar to Serena, but as soon as she heard the lyrics she knew the song very well. It was about teenage girls hoping to just be normal, but finding out that no matter how hard they try, no matter how much they fit in, they never could be…the song was about the five of them.
Not able to handle standing alone any longer, Serena broke out onto the dance floor. It was rare that she danced alone, but Jimena seemed too occupied with Collin while Tianna and Catty were too busy flirting with all the hot guys to actually start dancing. Serena knew that once they really wanted to impress the guys that Tianna and Catty would join her on the dance floor, but for now she was fine alone.
Soon the song was over and the band was headed into a slow song. Serena departed silently from the dance floor. She knew that all of her friends were busy—Tianna and Catty had sure started to impress the guys and had many that wanted to dance with them, Vanessa was wailing up on stage, and Jimena was with Collin. More than ever Serena started to miss Stanton.
"Hey," called a voice from behind her. Stanton. What was he doing here? Serena remembered when Stanton could often be found hanging around Planet Bang with a few of the Followers, but with his new role as Prince of Darkness, he rarely showed his face around the place.
"Stanton!" Serena exclaimed, hardly able to contain her shock and her joy at seeing Stanton. As instantly as the shock had overcome her, Serena regained her natural coolness. "What are you doing? I thought you'd be off somewhere. Why are you here?"
"I came to see you, Serena." Stanton said, looking down at her.
"Stanton, I already . . ." Serena looked straight into Stanton's eyes, which she realized too late that could have been a big mistake.
Grabbing Serena's chin, Stanton said, "Serena, stop. I know that you think we can't be together, and even though it pains me, I truly do respect that decision as I don't wish to cause any more pain to you than I already have. I just came to check on you. I'm really worried about you after what you told me this morning."
"Stanton, I know you worry, but I'm a big girl. If I can survive around here, I can take care of myself. Plus I have the other goddesses, and you know that they won't let anyone touch me, Stanton."
"Serena, I know that. I just…I'd just feel safer if I knew who this guy was and what he wants. I trust your friends, and no offense to them, but I can protect you better than the four of them can. I've been around a long time. I know how to handle whatever you come up against."
"Stanton, just stay out of it, okay?" Serena walked away from Stanton. She couldn't handle this. If he was around her all the time, watching her, protecting her, she wouldn't be able to resist be with him. Couldn't he see that? Was he blind?