Forever
Chapter 4
Serena sat down by the lake in the park, an ice cream cone in hand. She gazed over the lake remembering the horrific events that took place in it. Poor Jimena, she shook her head, she had to loose her love not once but two times and now she was fighting with Collin. Jimena was angry with Collin for being too protective. Collin was always protecting, having to watch over for Serena since their mom left them. And Jimena was always a trouble maker, having no parents, joining a gang when she was about 12, she wasn't used to anyone caring about her and visa-versa, her attitude is: everyone is on their own. Serena knew they'd both have to make sacrifices to make their relationship work.
Her attempt to keep thinking about other people didn't work, soon her thoughts returned to unwanted areas. First it was Vanessa, her mind was like a stone wall and Serena had a terrible feeling she was keeping something hidden on purpose. Was Vanessa feeling that bad, she wondered if she knew it wasn't her fault. Second it was Catty, it had been her boyfriend and herself that drew the regulators attention in the first place. So in a way it was her fault.
Suddenly her head shot up, the hairs on the back of her neck prickled, someone was watching her. Who was it? She looked around sharply a rustle of leaves from behind her made her twist around. There, she saw something, a swift quick movement. She sprinted after it throwing her ice cream to the ground.
The figure pushed through the woods trampling to get through, she stayed on their tail jumping and swerving here and there. The woods came top an end and the figure ran out onto the street cars honked but the figure, which she could now tell as male, ran through the busy street. Serena refused to let him get away she ran onto the busy street also. Jimena's house was near here; she never tried before to send a message to someone she couldn't see. Serena's latest training was, since she mastered zapping, sending other people her thoughts. She wasn't that good at it but she needed someone else's help especially if it was a follower. Jimena, Jimena, she concentrated as hard as she could while still following the man, I'm on Main street following a guy who was spying on me, cut him off by Jerald's Jewelry now. Doing like she hopped the man cut into Welsh street if he stayed on this street Jimena could cut him off. The man in all black and a ski mask ran along the street but up ahead the road was cut off for road construction. The yellow tape reading 'caution' circled around a rather large hole, to large for the man to jump over, he had nowhere to go, he was trapped. Serena smiled wickedly but her face immediately dropped as the man ran on breaking the caution tape. But that wasn't what shocked her, what shocked her was when he jumped over the hole that was at least 20 feet wide in diameter with ease. She stopped dead in her tracks gapping at the hole. How had he done that and landed perfectly on his feet? He couldn't be human, he couldn't be. She watched him disappear from view as he sprinted down the street, soon he was completely gone. She sighed and turned away and walked towards a pay phone to call Jimena.
Serena trudged up her stairs exhausted, all she wanted now was her bed and Wally. She opened the door and immediately froze.
"Stanton?"
Stanton looked up at her his eyes not being able to conceal his longing. "Serena" he breathed out as if meeting her for the first time. Serena shut her door quickly, keeping an eye on Stanton the whole time.
"You're-"
"On business," he said as if trying to convince himself more than her
"Business?" Serena raised her eyebrows and tilted her head with playfulness; he didn't show any sign of weakness & merely narrowed his eyes.
"It's important," he looked around, "I need to know what Jimena's seen"
"Seen?" Serena shook her head confused, "I don't-"
"Premonitions, Serena!" he said loudly loosing patience
"Jimena hasn't had any premonitions," she tried to explain but he shook his head and began to pace
"Their planning something, and Jimena was there, she had a premonition about it hasn't she?" he grabbed her by the shoulders and began yelling fiercely, "Hasn't she?"
"Stanton you're hurting-"
"Tell me Serena!"
"Stop," it came out more as a whimpering plea instead of a screaming demand like she intended it to be. Angrily he shoved her down and gave her a menacing sneer, "I'll find out, Serena, mark my words, I'll find out". With that he disappeared and within seconds there was no sign of him. Serena's head spun, what was he talking about and what did Jimena have to do with it? Of course her 'seeing something she wasn't supposed to would definitely explain why she couldn't get a hold of her after the mysterious figure chasing. Pushing off her exhaustion she threw on her jacket and flew down the stairs to figure out what the heck was going on.
Dum dum dum…what is Stanton talking about? Has Jimena had a premonition? If so, why hasn't she told Serena? Why was Stanton freaking out when he's always the calm one? Who's planning what? When will I shut-up? Find out in the next chapter (and perhaps some after that too) of Forever
Authors note: review please! And I'm still waiting on what you people think of Vanessa and Stanton so bring in the reviews please!