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Forever

by Maya Kitajima

Moving In

Serena opened the refrigerator and saw green.

"Yuck! What are these stuff, Darien?"

"That's called vegetables, my dear."

"Ew!" She exclaimed as she explored the whole thing for anything that suits her taste. "Don't you have any 'real' food here?"

"Correction, Serena! THAT'S real food. The ones you're looking for are called JUNK food."

"Whatever you call it Dare, it's still delicious."

"But it's bad for you."

"Don't start." Darien sighed.

"Fine. It's in the cupboard." Serena beamed and searched the whole cabinet until she found some potato chips. She threw herself at the couch beside Darien and started eating.

"So, what's new, Serena?" She glanced at him and thought for a moment.

"My parents called the other day."

"Really? How are they doing?"

"Fine, as usual. They're having a little problem with money, though. They realized that life in Japan is not better than here. If I were them I'd go back here."

"You miss them?"

"Yeah. It's been a year already since they left… And I'm all alone in my apartment. Anyway, how about you? How's your father and his family?"

"They're okay, too. They're rich you know, so they won't have any problems." Serena smirked.

"I know you're grateful they're rich! Tell me, how much is your monthly allowance?"

"$1000." Serena almost fell out of the sofa.

"WHAT? I can't believe it! I only get $400 a month and you get a thousand! It's not fair!" She crossed her arms.

"Well, some people just get all the luck, don't they?" She threw a pillow at him.

"Stop boasting! Well, if you are so lucky tell me about your love life. So who's the unlucky one?"

"Love life, Serena? Come on, you know I've married my arrogance a long time ago. I have no time for girls. Besides, love and Darien just don't fit together."

"But so many girls are dying to be your girlfriend, Dare! Can't you at least give them a chance?

"N-O. No."

"Humph! You know, at least someone is interested in you…" Darien glanced at her. This time, he can't find anything to return to her. Serena, however, didn't notice.

"Get me a coke, Dare." His grave face vanished. He shot his eyebrows at her.

"Go get one yourself."

"I thought your mother taught you how to be a gentleman."

"My mother's resting in peace. Don't disturb her."

"Fine!" Serena threw her hands up and get a soda herself. Darien was surprised when she handed her one.

"Oh, someone's blissful today."

"Don't judge. That's just saying thank you."

"For?"

"For pushing the Laurent girl off my tracks today."

"Oh…well, she deserves it…for hurting my best friend." He smiled at her sweetly and she returned it. She moved closer to him.

"Wow…you sure like your best friend. But she would appreciate you even more if you take her home tonight." He chuckled.

"Fine." He grabbed her arm and pulled her up. "Come on."

R-I-N-G! R-I-N-G! R-I-N-G!

Finally! I thought this day would never end!

Serena sighed and stood up from her seat.

"Ms. Thompson." She looked up and saw that it was the teacher who called her.

"Yes, sir?"

"May I talk with you for a minute?" She stared at him for a second before she went her way towards him.

"Ooh…what did you do, Thompson?" Candice asked her sarcastically. She frowned at her but didn't say anything.

"Sir," She said as she reached his table.

"Serena, this is a serious matter that I'm going to talk to you about, so please listen very carefully." She nodded. "Cambridge High School is a very good school. It offers a great education to all its students and teaches them to become a well-rounded person. We, the teachers and administrators, have been striving hard so that all of you would reach your goals in life. We teach you with all our heart and mind for your good sake…so that when you grow up you'll be successful in your own field. We…" Serena couldn't take it anymore. It took all her will not to cover her ears and say 'SHUT UP!'.

What is this guy saying! I gotta stop him or I'll really burst!

"Now, according to rule no. 334 in our student handbook, the mission of this school is…" Serena glanced sideways and saw that the classroom is vacated except for them.

"S-sir! Wait! Wait." At last, the teacher stopped.

"Yes?"

"Sir, I know all of these. You don't need to tell me anymore. I just want to ask you, sir…w-what's your point?" The teacher adjusted his eyeglasses.

"Your grades are dropping, Miss Thompson." If this was a cartoon, Serena might have dropped to the ground in seconds.

"That's it?"

"What do you mean that's it? This can change your life forever. If you don't study harder, your future will be…"

"Okay. Okay." Serena shook his head. She had gone through a lot of this when she was in junior high but this teacher is making matters worse.

"Sir, I'm sorry. I promise I'll try my best to make my grades go up. I'll study harder."

"Good. Well, I've got to go now. Have a meeting to attend. Good day, Miss Thompson." And he left hastily, leaving Serena behind. After taking a deep breath, she went out of the classroom and found Darien waiting for her.

"Darien!" He grabbed her wrist and pulled her. "What are you doing?"

"I'm taking us home."

"What about basketball practice?"

"Cancelled." She frowned as she was starting to get annoyed by his seriousness.

"I can go home by myself, Dare. Thank you."

"No, I'm taking you at my place."

"What? Why?"

"You are going to study your lessons for the rest of the day."

"What? Are you joking, Dare?"

"No."

"You know, I was really looking forward to being with you after school today…just to find out you're making me study. I'm sick of studying, Dare!"

"Didn't you listen to your teacher? You are failing, my God! How can you be so carefree?"

"You heard it?

"Yes."

"Well, I've been through that my whole life at middle school. And I survived."

"I'm not taking that for an answer, Serena. You are letting me tutor you whether you like it or not." Serena's head snapped at him.

"You're going to tutor me?"

"Yes."

Serena shut her book close and sighed heavily.

"Finally! We're done!"

"See, Serena. If you only listen to me like that, everything will be okay. Look, we ended early."

"I couldn't do anything except to listen to you, could I? I mean, you were so harsh on me!" She complained.

"Oh…am I?" He asked as he patted her head.

"Yes." She pretended to look hurt. But Darien smirked.

"Well, my lady, don't complain now co'z I'm planning to continue this for the whole year." Serena's eyes popped.

"What!"

"And you can't say no. Actually, when you were solving that Math problems, I was thinking that maybe I should take you in already."

"Huh?"

"You're moving in this house, sweetie." This made Serena's jaw drop, though she wasn't able to say anything. "Since I'm tutoring you and you'd be going here everyday, I thought that you should live here then."

"B-but I can't do that! Who'll live in my condo?"

"No one. When you need it, it'll just be there."

"B-but what will the people say? A boy and a girl under one roof…Oh! I can imagine it already! We'll die answering all their questions why I'm living here!"

"Then we'll just not tell anyone."

"What if someone finds out?"

"Well, that's good. Let's give them something to think about other that themselves."

"Fine. But wait! Why here? Why can't YOU move to my house instead?"

"Common sense, my dear! First of all, my condo is bigger than yours. I have a spare room, you don't. You're not thinking we'd sleep in one bed, are you? Second, this is closer to our school. And third, I'M the one giving you a favor so YOU should move here." Serena was stunned.

"You have a point there, Darien. But still…" She lowered her eyes. Darien eyed her and finally realized what's wrong. He placed his arm around her.

"Hey…I'm not going to do anything to you, Serena. I'm your best friend. You've got to trust me." She studied him for a few seconds before she smiled and put her arm around his waist.

"Okay, Darien. I trust you." He broke into a grin.

"Alright! Now come on, I'll treat you dinner."

"Huh?"

"It's Friday night, Rena. It's best friend night." Serena remembered that they had agreed that every Friday, they'll eat dinner together at a restaurant. They'd been doing it since she was in junior high. It's a way so that they'll not lose in touch with each other.

"Oh, right! Come on!" She exclaimed happily. That moment, she felt that she was the luckiest girl, having a great best friend…although Darien IS too pushy sometimes.

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