Chapter 4 Puppet girl

The next day Serena made her way down the dreaded hall. She was on her way to English class, her favorite class of the day. The rest of her friends didn't quiet like it all that much, but Serena enjoyed it. When they had a poetry assignment it allowed her to have creativity, to express how she felt, and have someone perceive it differently from what she meant by it.

"Well guys, I want to give you 15 minutes to write whatever you feel like. Tell me what's on your mind" Ms. Crista said as she stood in front of her class.

"GO!" She said as Serena looked down at the blank piece of paper. It was her canvas, something she could turn into a work of art, but first she had to think. She closed her eyes as she heard the pencils writing on the paper. She saw it then. It hit her like daggers. She saw the blood, she felt the pain, she saw it burn in the back of her head, it was the ghost that haunted her, it was the rain cloud that wouldn't leave her alone. She felt the cold edge on her skin and opened her eyes in terror. To her surprise no one had noticed, she was still in her small desk with a blank page in front of her. She put the pencil on her paper and continued to write…

Puppet Girl on her strings

Make her dance, make her sing

Make her cut make her bleed

Pull the string to make her smile

Beat her while she stands on stage

Lock her up in a puppet's cage

Put her in the dark where she can't see

Then put her in the spotlight to make her be what you want to her to be

Let her cry then tell her to shut up and wait for her to die

Never let her be herself, just hide her in the corner on the shelf

Make her disappear with one pull of the curtain and make sure she gone for certain

Make her life a living hell, scream at her and yell

Tell her that she's worth nothing

That she doesn't know anything

Abuse her and use her

Make her be what your eyes want to see

You know that she's dying

But just ignore

You know that when she dies, she'll be a puppet girl no more

When the 15 minutes was up she turned her paper over and passed it up with everyone else's. Ms. Crista gave the next assignment as the room was once again silent.

Over at her desk, Ms. Crista was interested to see what her students had written. Some was about how hungry they were, others about flowers and happy shit like that, but then came a striking poem that was full of anger. She read it as her eyebrows scrunched up to see that the words were really written there. She got done with it and graded a big A on the paper. Serena had definetly written what was on her mind.

After class, Serena grabbed her books and was making her way out the door when Ms. Crista stopped her.

"Serena, could I talk to you for a minute" Ms.Crista said in a happy, glowing face. Ms. Crista always had a great personality, and always taught her students that there was always a brighter side to things.

"Sure" Serena said as she told Darien to wait for her at his car.

"Well I want to talk to you about your poem" Serena knew that she would probably be sitting at a shrinks chair next month saying why she does the things she does.

"It was beautiful Serena, but may I ask you were such depression comes in, who the puppet girl is, if you don't mind" She said with a lipstick smile and motioned for Serena to sit down in the plastic chair next to her.

"Well, a lot has been going on at home and college is looking prettier than ever" Serena said as Ms.Crista gave a slight chuckle.

"Well if you ever need someone to talk to I'm here" She said with another smile.

"Thanks Ms.Crista" Serena said with a smile hugging her teacher. Ms.Crista was one of the people who she could confide into. Before she ever stepped foot in the counselors office she went to Ms. Crista.

"Hey, what did Ms.Crista want from you" Darien asked as Serena walked towards his direction.

"Oh she just wanted to talk about what I wrote" Serena said nonchalantly.

"What did you write…" He was soon cut off as a jeep with Rei, Lita, and a few other guys in it came up.

"Hey Sere, come on wanna ride with us" Rei asked as she had a beer bottle in her hand. Serena looked at Darien and then at Rei. The angel said "Go with Darien" and the devil said "Come on go have some fun" Serena thought about it for a while, but some habits never change, and she ignored the angel.

"Come on Darien lets go with them" Darien thought about it and knew he wouldn't be apart of it.

"You can go, but I've got a lot to do. I'll see you later, alright, just don't fuck up anything" He told Serena as she looked at him. She nodded and gave him a kiss on the cheek before getting into the car with Rei and Lita.

They drove down the road before stopping at the local skate park for a smoke. It was an exilerating thrill every time Serena was with Rei. She smoked, she sniffed coke, she got high, and she drank, and she even prostituted herself to make money. Rei had been to juvy and had been poor all her life. Serena always felt bad for Rei, but the way Rei described her life it was a thrill. Multiple times Rei came over to Serena's house, either because she needed a place to stay, or she was trying to get away from her molesting father. That was probably the hardest part of her life.

"Hey Sere" Rei said drunk, but sober enough to ask for what she needed.

"I need to stay over your place tonight ok"

"Ok" Serena said as she took a puff of weed and passed it back over to one of the guys. Serena could see Rei was beginning to look wasted.

"I think we really should get her home" Serena said to one of the guys who was helping the sleeping Rei up from the bench, as Lita went over to her boyfriend Thomas.

As they tried to get Rei to the car they heard a loud noise behind them.

"Lita you want to cheat on me" Thomas said after he slapped Lita in her face. She was red and was now in tears.

"Thomas I didn't mean to it just happened" Lita said crying out hystrically.

"You fucking slut" He said as he hit her more. Serena ran over to them, trying to save one of her best friends.

"You get away from me too, you slut" As he hit Serena with a heavy blow, making her fall to the floor. Lita ran over to help her friend as Serena tried to get up off the ground.

"You fucking whore" He said as he bulled out a piece of steel that would change Lita's life.

"BOOM" The sound made its way out of the park and through the neighborhood. Serena's eyes went wide as she could feel a warm substance on her hands and lower body. It was Lita's blood. She had been shot. Lita collapsed on her friend as the guys came over to help her out.

"HELP, HELP, GOD PLEASE!" Serena said as her best friend laid on top of her bleeding. The ambulance came and took Lita away as Serena held her friend's hand as they did all they could to save her.