"This is my ballet class!" Serena points at the building. She turns to Raye & Grandpa & bows. "Arigato."
Raye bows also. "You're welcome." She smiles at Serena. "Maybe we can hang out sometime."
Serena nods. "Definitely." She bows to Grandpa & runs inside.
She slowly opens the door of her ballet class to see her fellow dancers stretching & Miss Mackenzie clapping in tune like usual.
Serena's not sure how to react. She was so sure of what she saw, but everything looked normal. She decides to clear it out of her mind.
Melissa saw her peeking in & shouted. "Serena, you're late!"
Everyone, including Miss Mackenzie look toward the door. Serena, sheepishly, comes in. "Sorry I'm late."
Miss Mackenzie smiles. "That's fine. Get dressed & get ready to dance."
Serena nods enthusiastically. "OK!" She takes off her shoes & raincoat, grabs her bag & runs inside to change.
An hour later, Serena is waving to Melissa. "Bye!" she yells as Melissa runs to her mom's billet silver metallic SUV with ebony leather in it.
Melissa turns & waves. "Bye Serena!" She gets in the car & waves again.
Serena smiles & sits down on the steps, thinking. 'A lot of stuff has happened over this week.' She says out loud, "I've met 5 new friends, one of them is in the hospital, one is acting weird. And I found out I'm going to be a super hero in the future. And Miss Mackenzie turned into a monster." She groans, staring at the sky.
She hears, "Serena!" She looks up to see Amy running toward her with her mom.
"Hi, Amy!" Serena smiles, hugging her friend.
"What are you doing here?"
"Ballet class." Mrs. Anderson comes up. "Hello, Dr. Anderson."
Mrs. Anderson smiles. "Outside the hospital, I'm Mrs. Anderson."
Serena smiles. "Sorry, Dr…Mrs. Anderson." She turns to Amy. "What are you doing?"
"We're going ice skating. Want to come?" Amy asks.
Serena shakes her head. "I can't. I'm waiting for my mom."
Amy frowns. "OK, I'll see you Monday." She hugs her & drags her mother away.
"Goodbye Serena!" Mrs. Anderson calls out.
"Goodbye Mrs. Anderson!" Serena waves back. She hears a car come up. She turns to see her mother's blue water metallic SUV with beige leather drive up.
"Hi, mommy!" She waves, grabbing her stuff.
"Hi, sweetheart." Mrs. Tsukino smiles as Serena gets in. "Ready?"
Serena shuts the door & nods. "Yeah."
Mrs. Tsukino pulls out. Serena turns on the radio to Radio Disney & starts singing along with Hilary Duff's 'So Yesterday'.
Mrs. Tsukino smiles. "Are you hungry?"
Serena nods. "Can we get McDonalds?"
Mrs. Tsukino nods. "Sure."
She pulls into the drive thru, gets Serena a Happy Meal & 2 #1s for her & Dad. They drive home, when Mrs. Tsukino speaks up. "Serena, I have something to tell you."
Serena's eating some fries. "What?" she asks, with her mouth full.
"Serena, chew before you talk."
Serena swallows. "Sorry, what do you have to tell me?" she questions.
Mrs. Tsukino sighs. "Serena, you are going to be a big sister."
Serena stares at her mother. "Wha…?"
She smiles. "I'm pregnant."
Serena's mouth falls open. She thinks 'Then I won't be an only child no more.' "I don't want to be a big sister!" she exclaims suddenly.
Mrs. Tsukino frowns. "Serena Tsukino, you're going to be one whether you like it or not."
Serena pouts. "It's not fair."
Mrs. Tsukino sighs. "Life isn't fair, sweetheart."
Serena is quiet until they get home. She grabs her food & her ballet stuff & runs into the house. Her dad is sitting at the table. "Hello, sweetheart."
Serena stares at him, says nothing & runs upstairs. Mr. Tsukino watches with worry. When his wife comes in, he takes the food & kisses her on the cheek. "Hello, sweetheart. What's wrong with Serena?"
Mrs. Tsukino sighs. "I told her I was pregnant."
Mr. Tsukino nods. "I see. Well, let's let her cool off, then I'll try talking to her."
She nods. "OK." They sit down to eat.
Serena is up in her room, food untouched. She pouts by her window. "It's not fair. I don't want to share Mommy & Daddy with a stinky baby."
A little black kitten jumps into her room, scaring Serena. She jumps 3 feet in the air, screams & closes her eyes.
When she opens them, the poor kitten is shivering in a corner. Serena, feeling sorry for it, walks over. "It's OK, kitty." She reaches out to it, but the kitten slinks away. "I won't hurt you."
The kitten, cautiously, lets Serena rub it. "That's right, kitty. I'm a nice girl." The kitten begins to purr & Serena smiles. "Where'd you come from?"
The kitten curls up in Serena's lap & takes a nap. Serena smiles at it, "You're so cute. I'm keeping you." She reaches for her food & eats, while trying hard not to move too much.
Not too much action, but it's 11 at night & I'm tired. So, don't expect much from me! I'm sleepy. Goodnight. Zzzzzzzzzzzz……..just joking! I'm here. Okay, I'll update if you review. Tomorrow, cuz I'm going to bed.