Serena and Darien walked with each other around the park the whole afternoon (and taken photo booth pictures!), and they started to grow close to other another. The day went by quickly and soon enough, the weather was getting cold and the sun was coming down.
Serena was shivering from the coldness. They had just been on a water ride, and unluckily for her, Serena was all wet. However, Darien had hardly a drop on him.
"No fair, Darien. Next time, YOU could sit in the front."
"Hahahahhaah. Look at you, you're SOAKED!"
Darien noticed that she was shaking. He took her hand and put it in his pants pocket, along with him hand. Serena started blushing like crazy. Darien brought her closer to him, and he could feel her coldness.
"Darien!", Darien turned around to see who was calling him. It was a group of people around his age. There were 3 guys and 2 girls.
"Uhhh.. I'm going to use the restroom", Serena said.
"Okay. I'll be over there." Darien walked to the group.
"Hey, guys!"
"Hi Darien," a girl said, "What have you been doing all day? Were you by yourself?"
"No, Sagi. I was with a friend." Darien said with a smile, as he thought about her.
"Oh, and who's that" Darien's friend, Matt, asked him.
"Somebody I met. She is in the bathroom right now."
"Hey Matt, let's go on one last ride before we leave this place," his other friend, Chris said.
"You guys go on ahead. I'm so tired. I'll just stay here with Darien." Matt said.
"Alright. We'll call you when we're done."
"Bye Darry!" Sagi called out to him.
A few minutes later, Serena walked out of the bathroom. She spotted Darien talking with another good-looking guy. 'But nobody's as good-looking as Darien'
"Hey, Darien!"
"Hey Serena."
"Sorry I took a long time. The line was killer."
"Haha. Oh! This is my friend, Matt."
"Hi, Matt" She said as she put out her hand.
"This is Serena, the girl I was telling you about."
"Hey." Chris said, while shaking her hand. "So, Serena. You're going to 9th grade, right?"
"Yea."
"Freshman year was pretty bad. I had the worst teachers ever." Darien said.
"Oh lord. Remember Mr. Siyer?" Chris said, before bursting out into laughter.
"He was SO bad, Serena. He would always be coughing and spelt horrible!"
"I had a teacher like that once." Then, Serena's cell phone rang. She reached into her pocket and said, "Hello?"
"Oh. Hi mom. One second," She faced the two guys. "Its my parents. Hold on."
She walked a little bit away from them.
"Hi Serena. How was
you day?"
"GREAT!"
"That's good, hunny. Are you ready to go home?"
"umm.."
"Good. Meet us at the front gate in five minutes! Bye!" Then her mom hung up.
She walked back to where Darien and Matt were sitting.
"I have to go." She said, disappointingly.
"Already?" They said surprised, and simultaneously.
"Well we gotta get back to check in at the hotel."
"Oh. I see."
"It was great meeting both of you!"
"The pleasure was ours, Serena." Darien said. "So this is goodbye?"
"Uh.. maybe we could meet up again before I leave California."
"That'd be great. Call me." Darien said, before giving her a piece of paper with his number. Serena hugged Matt, and then she hugged Darien. Neither of them ever wanted to let go.
"Bye, guys!"
"See ya, Serena."
Serena walked to the front gate and thought about Darien. As she put her cell phone back into her purse, she felt something in there. It was the pictures they had taken in the photo booth. Serena grinned as she looked over the pictures for the hundredth time. Darien was such a great guy. 'I hope we could meet up. I really need to see him again.'
One year later.
"Serena! Get down here!" Her mom yelled at her.
"Mommm.. just five more minutes."
"No. NOW! I need to talk to you about something very important."
"Okay okay. Hold on," Serena said tiredly.
Serena tied back her hair in a ponytail and brushed her teeth. She observed herself in the mirror while doing so. Serena hasn't changed Drastically in the last year, but she grew taller and her apperence was beautiful. Serena and Darien didn't get to meet again like they wanted to, but Serena had the pictures as a token of their friendship. She hasn't heard from him in a whole year, but she remembered him perfectly.
"Yea, mom?"
"Serena, sit down," her mom ordered her. "Okay. You know how that boy just got killed at your school?"
"Yes…" she answered cautiously.
"I think it's best if you don't go to that school anymore."
"What!" Serena screamed. "Then where the heck do you want me to go?"
"Well that's what I wanted to talk to you about." Serena had a feeling that this conversation was going somewhere she wasn't going to like.
"Go on, mom."
"I applied you to a prestigious high school academy."
"mom, this better not be what I think it is."
"It's in Arizona, and it's called Iramida Academy. I think it would be best for you if you started going there."
"Mommmm…"
"Your dad thinks it would be good for you, too."
"So you want to ship me away from you as far as possible?" Serena said, half-jokingly.
"No. It's not like that, hunny."
After an hour of arguing, Serena thought about how much she owed her parents, and how much they supported her throughout the years. And Serena finally gave in.
"Okay mom."
"What?"
"I'll go."
"Really!"
"Yea. Unless you don't want me to, that is."
"That's my girl. Now go pack."
"When do I leave?"
"Tomorrow."
"What!" Her mom stared at her sternly.
"Okay. Im going, im going."
"Hello?"
"Hey Ami!" Serena
said.
"Serena, is that you? Hey!" Ami said,
cheerfully.
"Hahaa, hi! One second, let me 3-way Luna."
"Hey, Serena." Luna said in a happy tone.
"What the.. how did you know it was me?" Serena was confused.
"Oh. I just got Caller ID!" Luna said, laughing.
"haha okay. OMG guys. I have something important to tell you."
"Okay. Shoot." Both of her friends were curios to what she had to say.
"I'm going to an Academy in Arizona."
The line was quiet for many seconds.
"You're kidding me, Serena."
"Nope!"
"WHAAAAAAAAT! How am I going to live without you?"
"Serena! You cannot leave us here."
"My parents are making me leave."
"Aw.. Serena. When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow afternoon. That's why I called you. We need to hang out today. BAD."
"Heck yea! Mall in 10 minutes?"
"see you there, guys."
"Bye!" They hung up and Serena got ready to go to the mall with her two friends.
"Hey Serena! I CANT BELIEVE YOURE MOVING!"
"Well, yea. My parents are still going to be here."
"Oh! That's awesome. You will have your own life and stuff."
"yea. I guess. I really don't wanna go, though."
"We don't want you going either," Luna said with a frown. "We love you, Serena."
"Yea, Serena. We'll miss you SO MUCH." Ami added.
"Don't make me cry just yet. Come see me off at the airport tomorrow, please?"
"We wouldn't miss it for the world."
"I'll help you pack tonight."
"Yea! I'm sure you need a lot of help, Serena."
"HEY! What are you implying?"
"You're not the hottest packer in the world, girl." Ami laughed.
"Okay okay. I admit it." Serena turned the corner and bumped into a guy.
"Sorry!"
"It's alright. I don't mind bumping into beautiful girls."
Serena blushed like mad. Ami and Luna started laughing.
"uhh. My friends like laughing at me."
"Haha. How about you and I get together sometime?"
The guy was pretty cute, and Serena agreed (even though she was leaving tomorrow)
"Sure!"
"Here's my digits. Give me a call sometime…."
"serena."
"Okay. My name is Tim."
"Alright. I'll see you soon, Tim."
"sooner than you think." He winked at her and walked away.
Serena was still blushing.
"The second you finally find a guy to settle on in the academy place, you gotta call us right away."
"What are you talking about Ami? Serena's crazy about her 'Darien' man."
Upon hearing his name, she smiled.
"See? She still has a crush on him, even though YOU HAVENT SEEN OR SPOKEN TO HIM FOR A YEAR!" Luna said.
"Well, I can't help it."
"You really need to get over him. Look at all the guys lining up to go on a date with you."
"Well you can't blame them." A familiar voice said from behind them.
"Haha! Hey Greg!"
"Whats up, Ladies?" Everybody hugged each other.
"WHAT! You're moving, Serena?"
"Yup."
"But I've known you before you met Ami and Luna over here."
"But we could still talk on AIM or something."
"Hm. True."
"Haha. I'll miss you, Serena."
"Yea. I'll come
visit real soon , though."
"You better! Or else." Greg gave
Serena a tight hug. They have known each other for so long because
their parents were best friends. They even dated a little bit, but
broke up because it wasn't working out.
"Bye, Greg"
"Keep in touch, Serena."
After shopping at the mall for some new clothes, the three companions went to Serena's house and packed all her stuff. The next afternoon, it was Serena's departure date, and her family and friends went to see her off.
"Bye Dad. Bye Mom!" Serena wasn't that sad to leave them, knowing they would visit her very soon.
"Sereeeenaaaaa!" Ami and Luna tackled her and they had the longest group hug.
"This town won't be the same without you."
"Tony won't have a competitor like you running for vice-president."
"Dely High School won't have to lose to you at Tennis."
"Hannah won't have you to baby-sit her."
"We're gonna miss you SOOOO MUCH serena."
"You have no idea."
"I think I do." Serena said with a smile.
"Here Serena, we bought you something."
"YOU DIDN'T!"
"Yes we did."
"I can't take it. I don't need anything, just your friendship is much more than enough."
"Come on Serena. It's just for you."
"Pleeeease" Ami shoved it into her hands.
They bonded for a few more minutes before finally releasing Serena.
"BYEEEEE!" Everybody yelled to her.
"Bye! I LOVE YOU ALL!" Serena shouted back with a sad smile.
As the plane took off, Serena looked down at her hometown and grinned. She loved that place, and hopefully this new academy will become an even better place to like in.
Serena remembered the wrapped package her friends gave her and opened the blue wrapping paper.
It revealed a large picture of them a 4th graders, running around a grassy field. Serena started crying. She loved her friends so much!
A couple of hours later, Serena's plane landed in Arizona and she found the bus that would be driving her to her new home. When the bus finally stopped, Serena got out of the bus and looked up at the buildings in front of her with awe. 'No wonder this place is so prestigious.' The building were well designed, and everywhere you could see was grass and flowers. It had such a nice comfortable feeling and Serena couldn't wait to meet and greet! Serena followed the sign to the office and met with a Mr. Thompson.
"Good Evening, Serena! Welcome to Iramida Academy!"
"Thanks, Mr. Thompson." He smiled at her. He knew she was going to be a student he would like.
"Now, I need to give you your dorm number and classes. You will start your classes tomorrow at 9."
"Nine! That means I could sleep more."
"yes It does, Serena." He chuckled. "Okay here is your dorm."
"Room 446? Where's that?"
"In that blue 5-story building over there. It's on the 4th floor."
"Okay. Do I have a roommate?"
"Yes. Yes you do. I believe it's a young man your age."
"A man!"
"You don't mind, you do? Everything is co-ed here on campus."
"No. I don't mind at all."
"good! Here's your classes. If you find any problem with them, just come to me."
"Okay, thanks!"
"Now, the tour guide is sick with a cold so I need you to find a friend that will show you around."
"That's fine."
"Okay. Well off you go!"
Serena put her key in the doorknob for Room 446. It wouldn't turn, so she knocked on the door. She heard loud music coming from inside so she banged on the door. The music stopped and she heard footsteps. The door opened and she came face to face with a boy a little older than her.
"Yes?" The guy said, eyeing her.
"Uhh.. i.." Serena said nervously.
He glanced at her luggage. "OH! You must be my new roommate." He smiled and opened the door wider. He helped carry her stuff into the room. Serena looked around and took everything in. The room was quite bigger than she expected. Serena looked at the guy again, and recognized him from somewhere.
"Why are you staring at me?" He asked her.
"Huh? Oh! Sorry. You just look so familiar?"
"Yea? You do too. Can't put my finger on it, though. Im Matt." He said with a smile.
