Author Notes: HELLLLLOOOO PEOPLE! You guys must be wondering... "where is she!" I'm so sorry! I seriously thought I would get this chapter done in July, but with all the traveling, and relaxing in the summer time, I didn't have enough time. Okay...I did have time... I was just lazy! So sue me! Truly sorry that this chapter wasn't out sooner, I just couldn't know how to end it. It was the most annoying thing ever! Just to let you guys know, I probably won't be able to update as much this year, or well this semester. I got all of the science this semester, and it's so confusing, and hard...yes VERY hard! Well, I will try to update as much as possible, so don't worry that much! I also want to say...THANK YOU to ALL of my reviwers! You guys are the BEST! Okay here you go...chapter 4!

Disclaimer: I heard Sailor moon was selling their characters... ooohhhh I get Darien! Hehe!

Let Me Hold You

Serena strode down the busy streets to her destination: the mall. Her hips swayed with her every step, in her flimsy, almost see-through, skirt that barely skimmed her knees. It was a cream colour, with flower patterns scattered throughout the fabric. She had on a pale yellow tank top that bared her soft shoulders, and her long swan like, neck. It had a v-neck collar that showed a view of her cleavage, and seeing that it was a little small, it showed a few glimpses of her small, flat stomach. She walked in a pair of yellow sandals, which had small gold jewels placed along the strap, and only added an inch to her 5' 5 height.

As she increased her speed, men couldn't help but drool at her image. It was as if, the woman from their fantasy had popped up into their reality. Serena watched the men, from the corner of her eye, and started to groan. ' Where's Andy when I need him,' she mused as she ignored the mens loaming eyes that roamed across her small body.

She slowed down her walk to a slow skip, as she drank in the surroundings. After the weeks living here she had learned to get used to the crowded streets, noisy cars, and the rude people of the big city. She sighed, ' Even though this place is growing on me, I still miss home.'

A short ringing interrupted her thoughts. She looked down at her beige purse that was slung over her shoulder. She unzipped in, and searched throughout the small purse. Once she was done she pulled out a sliver flip-phone that was ringing to the tune of "Slow down" by Bobby Valentino. (With words mind you!) She flipped the phone open, with a flick of her wrist, and held it to her petite ear.

" Hi, it's Sere," she chirped into the phone, as she waited for the unknown person to replay.

" Why aren't you here yet," the voice hissed in a whisper. Serena raised a perfect eyebrow at the noticeable hiss in his voice.

" Well I'm fine, thanks for asking Andy," Serena replied sarcastically. She mentally giggled, as she could almost feel Andrew's anger grow through the phone. " Are the guys with you?"

Andrew sighed into the phone, "Unfortunately, yes."

" Oh, Andy! Don't worry, my plan will work," Serena proudly smiled as she thought about her matchmaking plan. Today was the first step, The Introduction. She made Andrew bring the guys over to meet her, at the mall, to do a little shopping. What the guys didn't know, expect Andrew, was that she was going to bring the girls to the mall at the same time. They would meet, talk, hang out, and maybe, just maybe sparks would fly between them.

" You and your stupid plan! It's not going to work Sere! Just face it," Andrew's annoyed voice came through the phone, butting into Serena's thoughts. Serena merely rolled her eyes.

" Oh, ye of little faith! Like I said before, don't worry! Everything will work out smoothly. Well Andy I have to go. I'm close to the mall, so I'll see you in a bit. Okay bye," Serena closed the flip- phone, before Andrew could add anything else.

She heightened her speed, and before she knew it the mall came into view. She looked around, her eyes scanning for her friends. She stopping searching, as she heard a familiar voice.

" Damn Sere! You're looking hot today!" Serena whipped her head towards the voice, and chucked as she saw Jed advancing over to her. He gave her a sly smile, and wiggled his eyebrows as he came close to her. She just laughed at his antics, and gave him his usual peck on the cheek. She looked him over and gave a whistle.

" Your not so bad yourself Jed," she stated. He had his blond curls actually combed and away from his face, so any pretty women could see his dashing smile and enthralling blue-green eyes. " Spin," she demanded. Jed just chuckled and obliged.

" Good for you?"

" Perfect!" She looked at either sides of Jed, and gave him a puzzled look.

" Where are the rest of the guys," Serena questioned as she peered over Jed's shoulder. Jed shrugged at her, and then looked behind him.

" They were right behind me, but I don't know where are they are now," Jed affirmed, his face filled with confusion as he looked for his friends. " Hey, they're over there!" He took Serena's hand and started to run towards the guys. She yelped in surprise, but ran with him. They had finally caught up with the guys, and Serena gazed at each of them.

Nathan was wearing a muscle shirt that was forest green, that bared his strong arms. His khakis were a pitch-black that brushed his ankles, barely, and they showed off his white and black Nike shocks. His long chocolate locks were tided in a small, low ponytail, with wisps falling out.

Zach had on a white Oxford button down shirt, and light blue jeans. He had a blue pendant around his neck, which shimmered in the sun's bright rays. Serena soon found herself mesmerized with the object, but immediately snapped out when she saw Zach smirk at her. She abruptly averted her eyes from him, and looked up at Kevin

He had on a navy blue polo shirt that brought out the colour of his striking eyes, and it also showed the muscles on his chest that made every women swoon in his presence. He had on some light beige khakis, and a pair of black Reebok sneakers. His light blond hair was up in a neat, high ponytail.

Serena's cornflower blue eyes travelled to the last man, and her breath caught. Even after trying to forget about him, for the past few weeks, she was still stunned by his beauty, his strength, his perfection. She mentally sighed his name, 'Darien.' She loved they way the name rolled off her tongue. The name was mysterious, handsome, so romantic. Her eyes roamed around his body starting with his shoes which were a pair of white k-Swiss sneakers with navy streaks placed on the sides. Her eyes travelled up legs and discovered he was wearing comfortable, dark blue jeans. ' The same colour as his lovely eyes' she mused while her eyes lingered on the black broadcloth shirt. It had silver buttons running down the from of the shirt, and two on each cuff. The first two buttons, on the top, where open, and Serena could see the few glances of his strong, chiselled chest. Her eyes snaked up to his face, and a found herself in his distraught, cobalt blue eyes. She felt hypnotised by them, and could almost feel her soul being showered on by his eyes. She snapped out of her trance when she saw his ebony strands fall in front of his eyes. He looked so boyish cute, when his hair was in eyes, it made her smile.

" Ahem...AHEM," Andrew coughed trying to get his sister's attention, but no avail. " For crying out loud Sere! Look at me!"

Serena eyes widened as she heard her brother's voice. She turned herself towards him, and giggled. His face had turned a beat red, from his shouts to her. " Man, Andy! Calm down! I actually think steam was coming out your ears a second ago. I don't think that's very romantic, right Rita?"

Her head turned to Rita, and beamed at her. She was wearing a cream coloured blouse that had a low v-neck collar that showed a bit of her cleavage. She had on a violet skirt that reached mid-thigh, which showed off her long shapely, tanned legs, and her feet were placed in black, classy, thong sandals. Her chestnut coloured hair was up in a messy bun with wisps of her hair falling in her face.

Rita returned her smile, and laughed at Andrew's red face. " Andy, honey, I gotta agree with your sister. A red face, and steam aren't the most romantic." She chuckled as Andrew's face went pink with embarrassment.

Andrew looked at his sister, and his girlfriend and groaned in defeat. " You guys are so funny. You should seriously think about going into stand up," He replied sarcastically, giving both girls the evil eye.

" Really, Andy! I didn't think we were that good," Serena cheekily smiled at her brother, as he rolled his eyes at her.

" Whatever, sister dear," he sneered at her. " I really need to talk to you. Now!"

Jed heard the annoyance in his friends voice, and frowned. He walked over and slung an arm around his neck. " Hey what's up with the tension between the siblings today?"

" Oh, no tension here, Jed. Just pretty boy's bad mood," Serena winked at Rita, as she giggled. Andrew just growled, and Rita put a smoothing hand on his shoulder.

" Serena, I ready need to talk to you," he asked in the most pleasant voice he could muster. Serena raised a perfect eyebrow, but gave in, and nodded for him to continue.

" Alone, Sere"

"Alright," she agreed, then turned to the guys. " We'll be one minute okay?" She received a few grunts and took them as a "yes."

Serena allowed Andrew to pull her away from the guys, with Rita in toe. When they finally stopped, they were seeing distance from the guys, but not hearing.

" Alright Andy, what did you wanna talk about to me so much," she drawled as she eyed her sandy, haired brother.

" This stupid plan of yours! It's already been three weeks since you started this plan, and nothing has happened," Andrew declared to Serena, who smiled at him.

Rita lifted an eyebrow, and then stood beside Andrew. She had been told about the plan from Andrew, a few days after Serena told him about it. Even though she thought that the guys need to go on a few dates, she had to agree with Andrew. It just wouldn't work. Zach, Nathan, and Kevin were not up to blind dates, especially Kevin. Jed would probably go out with the girl Serena had picked for him, then grow bored of her in a few days.

" Sere, after spending time with these guys you must know that they don't like blind dates much. It's just not their thing." Andrew continued.

" Okay I'll agree with you on that Andy, but who said I was gonna just put them on a date right away? I'm thinking that they'll get introduced to each other, then hang out, then go out on dates. But I'll assure you that it will be along time till the first dates," Serena reasoned.

" You know Serena, I think this just might work. If they get to know each other they might start to like each other. And they would probably just do it for Serena, seeing that they act like her older brothers. They have a soft spot for her, right Sere?"

Serena smiled up at Rita, and nodded her head. " Well Rita is in the plan, are you Andy?"

Andrew sighed. " Well...Okay! I'm in," he grumbled. Serena gave a high pitched squeal, that caught the rest of the guys attention, and threw her arms around Andrew's neck. She gave him a big bear hug, and held him there for a moment. Andrew started to pry his sister's arms off him, when he felt he needed his oxygen back. Serena finally let go, and beamed at her older brother.

" Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You're the best Andy," she chirped, as she leaped up and down in happiness. The guys suddenly surrounded the pair, and gave then all confused looks.

" Babe, why you all lovy-dovy towards your bro today? You guys, well more so Drew, were at each other's throats a few mins ago. What's up," Darien asked, the first one coming out of confusion after seeing the siblings smother each other.

Serena tensed as she heard Darien's suave voice; she could have melted right there. After learning that he had a girlfriend, she wanted to get over him. The infamous plan kept her mind away from the 'Darien subject,' but one look into his cobalt eyes and her defences would be broken, instantly. She looked up, then looked down again, when she noticed that Darien was only a few inches from her and Andrew.

"Hey babe, you listening," Darien questioned, amusement in his voice, as he waved a hand in front of her face. Serena looked up right when Darien brought his hand away from her face.

Blue met blue.

'Damn it,' Serena mentally swore. 'God, I wasn't supposed to look in his eyes! Stupid Serena, Stupid! Ok Serena, just look away. Easy as that! Alright on three. One...Two...Three! You didn't look AWAY!' Serena felt her defences fly away, as she gazed into Darien's eyes. 'But why look away, he has such great eyes. So blue.' She sighed in content, as she stopped her attempts to look away.

At the same time, Darien stared into Serena's attractive cornflower eyes, and felt himself forget what he had been asking. He glanced down as her wardrobe. Both her tank, and her shirt clung on to her body like a second skin, the showed all her curves perfectly. ' I can't complain,' he chuckled mentally. He was startled out of his thoughts when he saw Serena's lips move. The soft, full lips moved with every word she talked. They kept him in a trance, as he tried to stop every muscle in his body not to move forward and kiss her senseless.

" Darien! Are you listening," Serena hollered at him, which brought Darien out of his trance.

" Huh? Oh sorry Babe, could you repeat that," he smiled sheepishly.

Serena just rolled her eyes, irritated that he hadn't been listening to word she had been saying. "I was just asking you where Lauren was? She is you girlfriend, but I never see when all of us hang out? What's up with that?"

" Oh ya Lauren is busy a lot. She is like the only one out of all of us that has a lot of family around here. She usually has to stay home to help out, and stuff. I won't go and say her whole life story, but you can ask her, I guess, when you see her next," he shrugged his broad shoulders, and gave Serena a smirk.

" Oh I will as-,"

" Leave me alone you jerk!" The unknown scream interrupted Serena, which caused all of their heads to turn towards the noise.

" Leave you alone. You didn't want to be alone at the club last night, what changed baby," the gruff man asked, and grabbed the girls hand before she could get away. The man had on a black polo shirt, and light blue jeans. His brown hair was wild, and fell into his face which covered his eyes. His face features that weren't covered, were strong and handsome, but his presence was dark and menacing.

" Well at the club; first I was drunk, and second it was dark. Though right now I'm sober and it's daytime, so I can see. But I feel sorry for my eye sight because all it sees is some ugly ass fucker! Man, I must have been really tipsy that night to find you attractive," the women gave him a cold stare, and turned to where Serena and the guys where. While the guys were busy letting out low whistles, and a muttered "burn" under their breaths, Serena was busy giving the women a look over. She had on a black cotton tank, and over it was a black, glittery, mesh camisole. She also had blue jeans, and suede heels in a forest green. Her chestnut hair was down, and straighten to reach past her shoulders. Her face had more of a oval shape, and she had pouty, pink lips with gloss applied on them, and her eyes were outlined in black which made her emerald eyes look bigger.

'She looks familiar, but where have I seen her before,' Serena thought to her self as she watched the women, and man make a large commotion. ' Beautiful green eyes, chestnut hair but it looks different down. If it was up she would look just like...' "Lita," Serena screamed as her friend was slapped by the burly man.

Lita reeled back from the slap, and a pink mark could be seen from where he hit her. The man started to laugh at Lita, who got more enraged at the man in front of her.

" You bitch! What do you think? That you're better then me! Ha! Your just some common slut. I can have any girl I want; you should be more then happy to even be in my presence," he cackled at her. Lita just clenched her fist, as his rant ended.

" Big enough ego there. Who does he think he is, what an ass," Darien snubbed as he continued to watch the man yell at the brunette.

" Hey Dare, its not far off from yours," Jed stated in mirth, as Darien rolled his eyes. He was about to speak, but Serena caught him off.

" You guys, that's my friend Lita. That guy might hurt her! I gotta help," She hollered as she started to run to Lita, but Darien caught her in his arms. She started to thrash around, not knowing who was holding her.

" Babe, you might get hurt to, and I wouldn't allow anybody, especially some jack ass, to hurt you," he whispered into her ear. Serena stopped moving as she heard the protectiveness in Darien's voice. ' He cares for me! But is it how a older brother cares for his sister, or how a man cares for his love.' She thought, but soon remembered Lita.

" If I can't go, you guys gotta go! She might get hurt, please you have to help her," she asked with the guys, and smiled as there faces soften.

" I'm no slut! And which self-respecting girl would go out with loser like you? Huh, Vince," She screamed at him. Vince narrowed his eyes, and slapped Lita harder on the same cheek before. During the argument he slapped her several times, which now caused a large red hand imprint on her delicate cheek.

" You Japanese bitches are all the same. Thinking your to good for us. Why don't you go back to your own country, we don't want you here," He screamed at her as his eyes narrowed into slits. Lita eyes blazed when he talked trash about her culture.

"How dare you saw anything about my culture you jerk! It bad enough you say anything about me, but about my culture, that's low!" She gave him a dark look, as she finished speaking.

" What you gonna do about it, little girl," he snicked, as she clenched her fists tighter.

" This," she replied, and before Vince could say anything, Lita side-kicked in the stomach, with her heels still on. Vince hunched forward, and grabbed his stomach. He quickly recovered, and twisted Lita's wrist, and pulled her to him. She gave a yelp of surprise as she found herself locked in Vince's embrace, with her back touching his chest.

" Don't you ever hit me again, princess. Or I may have to hurt you," her hissed in her ear. Lita gave him a innocent smirk, before bringing her arm up, and elbowing him in his lower regions. He immediately let go of Lita, who hurriedly got out of his grasp. She turned to him, and laughed at the pained man. She mad a fist out of her hand, and used it to punch him in th nose, hard. The man gave a pained yell, and fell to the pavement. Lita was about to kick him the stomach, but a shrill scream stopped her.

" Lita, how did you learn to fight like that," Serena asked, eyes wide. Lita chuckled as she watched her blond friend who was still shocked. She peered behind Serena, and found six men following her. She gazed at the men, and had to mentally fan herself.

She leaned into Serena, and mumbled in her ear, " Serena where did you meet these hot guys!" Serena just gave her an innocent smile, while the guys caught up with her.

" Hey are you alright?" Lita looked up, and stared into a pair on concerned emerald eyes, just a shade darker then hers. She sighed, as her eyes roamed around his muscular body in awe. ' Wow, he's strong!' She smirked at him, and was about to speak when another man stopped her.

" You look alright to me, but man you're one strong chic! The girl verison of Nathan here," the blond man pointed to the man Lita was looking at before. ' Nathan. Nice name'

" Here let me check that wrist, he grabbed you pretty hard," a strong voice stated, as his smooth hands lifted her wrist for him to check. She looked down at the ebony haired man, who was looking at her wrist. He brought his head up to face, and Lita's breath caught. ' Tall, dark and handsome. Damn is this man hot! I should hang out with Serena more often if she has friends like this,' she mentally giggled. It didn't really matter who was Serena's friends were. Serena was a genuine person, and she loved hanging out with her. The hot guys were only a plus.

" Looks like nothing is wrong, but it might be a little bruised. Just put a little ice on it, and don't apply a lot of pressure on it and it will okay in a few days." Darien let go of her wrist, and smiled at her.

Serena felt a jolt of jealously run through her, but brushed it away. She more impotent matters to deal with. She had just saw a spark when Lita and Nathan gazed at each other. Nathan was still gazing at her, but Lita was getting side tracked because of Darien. 'Damn Darien and his hot looks,' she mentally exclaimed with mock anger. ' But now I found my last pairing, Lita and Nathan. This is gonna be perfect! They look perfect,' she mentally squealed.

" Alright give her some room guys," Serena demanded, as she lightly pushed Darien back. She then turned to Lita, and gave her a quick hug. " Lita are you really okay! When I heard you screaming, I was like 'it sounded like Lita,' but when I saw you I didn't recognize you. You usually have your hair up, but it looks gorgeous down!" Serena started to babble on, but a moan from Vince interrupted her. Lita looked down at him, and kicked him, with the tip of her heel gauging his stomach. He gave a groan, and then started to whimper.

" That's what you, get you racist jerk," Lita hissed then looked up at Serena. " I'll answer your questions once we get away from this jerk, Sere." Serena nodded and dragged Lita to where her and the gang were before. Once all were there, Lita found herself in front of the Maple Wood Mall. She then turned back to Serena, and shrugged.

" Well to answer your questions, Yes I'm fine. Vince just ruffled me up a bit. And thanks for the compliment Sere, I just wanted a change to for today, so I put my hair down," she beamed at Serena, as she threaded her fingers through her smooth hair.

" Well it does look nice. But hey Lita, what was up that guy, umm, Vince, that's his name right," Serena questioned.

" Yah that his name. I met Vince at the club downtown, Angle's Greed. The club was okay, not as good as some others if been to, but it was still good. Well the night was going well, then Vince came along and asked me to dance. I said yes, and we danced for a while. We then went to the bar and got some drinks. I knew he was trying to get me drunk, so he could take me to his place. After a few drinks I felt little tipsy, so I told him I didn't want any more. He got all mad at me, and almost forced me to drink the glass he had in his hand, which ironically was spiked with X. I slapped the drink away, and seeing that he was already drunk, I hit him in the face. To my luck he passed out right there. I told the bartender to look after him, and just left," Lita explained.

" Well that fight between you and him was intense. Where did you learn those moves," Nathan asked still stunned by her fighting skills.

" Uh, well I did Karate for seven years, and now I'm in a kick boxing class," Lita replied.

" Really? I'm doing kick boxing right now to, have been doing it for four years now. And I've been boxing for nine years. I really wanted to join Karate, but I had a busy schedule. No time to squeeze it in," Nathan stated. 'Wow this girl is hot, and knows how to fight! Wow, a girl after my own heart!'

" Too bad, Karate wa-"

"Sorry to interrupt this lovely conversation, but I wanted to ask you something Lita," Serena waited for Lita to nod which she eventually did. " I didn't know you were Japanese?"

" Yah, you don't look Japanese. No offence," Kevin declared, his first sentence he had spoken throughout the whole conversation.

" None taken," Lita waved her hand like the question was asked to her several times. " My mom is Japanese, and my dad is Irish. My looks come from my dad's side, so that's why I don't look very Japanese." Serena, and Kevin nodded in understanding, as Lita finished explaining.

Serena looked at Andrew, and saw that Rita wasn't beside him. " Andrew where's Rita?"

Andrew, startled out of his conversation with Darien, turned to Serena. " She saw a high school friend of her's so she wanted to catch up," he explained, and then looked behind him. " Hey, there she is!" The gang looked behind Andrew to see Rita approaching them in a fast pace

" Sorry guys, but I saw my old school friend and...Lita," Rita shouted in shock, and ran froward to hug Lita. Lita let out a yip when Rita gave her a bear hug. She shuffled out of Rita's embrace, and looked at the girl who just hugged her.

" Rita, what are you doing here! If you lived here, you should have told me," she screeched at Rita, who just laughed in glee.

" Um, do you guys no each other," Andrew asked, confused by the affection the girls were giving each other.

" Oh sorry, Andy! This is my younger cousin, who I haven't seen in so long," she gave Lita a mock glare, and then both girls went of to a fit of giggles.

" Wait, I'm confused. Rita your Japanese," Jed stated in shock. He started to look Rita over, from head to toe, and then gave her a sad look. " Why didn't you tell us you were Japanese? We're your friends, how could you not tell us?" He gave a few sniffles through out his speech, and looked up at Rita with teary eyes. " Why Rita? Why," he gave an anguish scream, and then dropped his head on Kevin's shoulder, who was looking down at Jed with disarray splashed on his face.

" Jed... Oh, come on!...Jed...JED STOP CRYING," she hollered, as she rolled her eyes. " I'm not Japanese! I'm her cousin from her Dad's side! Okay!" Jed stopped his whimpering, and started to laugh.

" Okay, Okay Rita! I was just joking around, don't blow up," Jed chuckled as his laughter finally subsided.

" Jed, your such a loser"

" O, you wound me fair maiden," Jed spoke in his fake English accent. He was about to say something else, but a yell stopped him.

" Serena! I'm so sorry I'm late," the blond girl yelled to Serena, as she stepped up to the group. She was wearing a lavender tank top that was made from a satin material. She also had a black cotton shirt that brushed her fair knees, and she had on a pair of light violet sandals. Her purse was a dark violet, and the trimmings were black. She had minimal make-up on, minus the lilac lip gloss, a light violet eye shadow, and a light blush. She had her blond tresses up in a messy bun, with a few tendrils in her face. She gave everyone in a group a slight smile, and then zeroed in on Serena. " Hey girl, what's up? I hope you weren't waiting for long."

Serena shook her head, no, " No, it's okay. We weren't here for long, but I'm good how... Raye! Amy! Over here," she screamed to Amy and Raye, which startled Mina. The two girls started to stroll over and join the group.

Raye was wearing a Chinese type shirt, in a black colour with red designs and trimming. The whole shirt was a satin fabric, like Mina's. She was wearing black cotton Capri pants that went a little below her knees. And to give her outfit a splash of colour, she had on a pair of deep red heels. Her purse was the was the same colour as her shoes, and had a black butterfly on it. She had a light red blush on her cheeks, and her lips were painted a dark red. She put her hair up in a high, sleek ponytail but she left a few pieces of hair to fall near her face.

Amy was wearing a white t-shirt, where the selves were pulled down so her slightly tanned, shoulders were bare. She had dark blue, denim, Capri pants on and a stylish pair of navy sandals. Her purse was kept carelessly in the crook of her arm, and it was the same colour of her shoes. Her short blue hair had a dazzling white clip in it, and she left her look natural with only a light pink blush to bright her look up.

The two girls walked up to the group, and then noticed the other people, namely the men, that joined Serena. The girls awkwardly greeted them, and then turned to Serena with confusion painted on their faces.

Serena smiled back at them, and then turned back to the group. 'First step about to commence in 5... 4...3...2...'

"Well since everyone is finally here, I guess introduction are in order! But before I begin I just wanna say that, I hope all of you guys will be able to be friends. Okay? For me at least," she pouted as the girls nodded, and the guys melted into submission.

" Well, okay! Let's start with the girls! The one with the blue hair here, is Amy Anderson. She's 19 years old, and wants to become a doctor.

The dark haired one is, Raye Harris. She's 19 years old, and wants to become a fashion designer, but her life long dream is to sing."

" Why is Serena making this like a dating service show," Mina whispered in to Lita's ear. Lita raised a perfect eyebrow, and shrugged.

" The blond, that could pass of as my twin, is Mina Morgan. She 19 years old, and wants to be a hair dresser.

And the last but not least is Lita King. As you saw from the little display from before, you can see she's a strong chic. She's 20 years old, and wants to become a chef."

The girls blushed at the greetings the guys were giving them, and smiled politely back.

" Okay now to the guys. The one with the long blond hair is Zach Heaton. He's 21 years old, and wants to become a doctor.

The short blond is Jed Walker. He has a great sense on humour, and is majoring in Business Administration. He's the same age as Zach.

The rest of the guys are 22 years old, so I'm not repeating that over again. Okay? Well Nathan Wickham is the brunette. He's really into boxing, and fighting, and wants to become a lawyer.

The guy with the stone cold face is Kevin Ashford. But don't worry, Kevin might look cold, but he's a sweet little teddy bear," Kevin mock glared at Serena, who busy laughing at him.

" Andrew Conway, the sandy haired blond, is my brother. Unfortunately," she coughed, but Andrew caught it, and rolled his eyes. " Right beside his is Rita, his girlfriend, and Lita's cousin." Serena eyes met the last man to introduce, and sighed. ' What kind of things can I say for Darien? I can even joke with him! Uh...er...this is Darien Shields...um...and he has blue eyes? Oh his eyes, there so... NO SERENA! NO STOP! Okay, well here it goes.'

" Um, lastly with the black hair is Darien Shields. He wants to be a surgeon," Serena breathed out, in the sound of a whoosh, and watched as the girls nodded their heads in a welcome.

" No offence Darien, but your last name reminds me of someone," Amy spoke out of no where. "Shields...Shields...it's on the tip of my tongue! Oh... my... gosh, you're Darien Shields, son of Devon Shields," Amy exclaimed, putting the pieces together. Raye just scrunched her nose, and stared at Amy in confusion.

" So what?"

" So what," Amy almost screamed. " Devon Shields is the owner of D. Shields Corp., which is the biggest over-night success in, well, history!" Raye, Mina, and Lita's eyes widened to saucers, and Serena jaw, all but dropped to the ground.

" Is that true, Darien," Serena squeaked in question. She watched as Darien scratched the back of his head, in embarrassment.

" Well, ya, what Amy said was right. I just don't like to tell everyone that my Dad is rich," he smiled a boyish smile, and Serena swore she heard one of the girls sigh, dreamily.

Suddenly an award silence draped the gang. Serena gave a panicked look, and darted her eyes back and forth, between the groups of the men and women.

" Well now that everyone is finally introduced, can we actually go inside of the mall," Serena beamed, as the gang chuckled at her query, and started to head to the main entrance of the mall. 'My god, Serena! You deserve a pat on the back for that!'

They all arrived inside of the mall, and checked out their surroundings. Straight in front of them was a pearl- white pool of water. In the centre of the pool, water was being squirted in different patterns and heights, every few minutes. Therefore, memorising the shoppers. Black leather sofas, and couches were scattered around the hallways, of the mall. They were occupied by the elderly; who were reading the daily newspaper. Business men on their cell phones or laptops, and mothers giving their babies the scheduled bottle of milk.

Amy and Zach's eyes light up, as the came across a bookstore. Mina, Rita and Lita all gave a silent scream of excitement; as they saw a popular shoe store receiving a new shipment. The girls were about to start up in a run to the store, but Serena stopped them.

" Girls, chill. I was thinking that after two hours of shopping, you could all meet me back at the food court. That good," She asked. She received murmured 'okays', and 'whatevers'. "Okay, well le-"

She was caught of by a loud beeping sound from Rita's purse. She opened the purse up and switched off her alarm on her palm pilot. She read the message silently, and rolled her eyes.

" Sorry guys, but I gotta run. I have a macro economics class in 30 minutes," she sighed, and looked at the shoe store in longing. Lita just gave a chuckle at the look in her cousin's eyes.

" Don't worry Rit, I know your size."

Rita burst out in a warm smile, and hugged her cousin. " Thank you so much, Lita! Oh I just remembered I'm having a pool party this weekend. Not that big, just a few close friends. You guys want to come?"

" Isn't it kind of cold to have a pool party. Even though we are wearing tank tops, in the end of September, it will be getting colder. Eventually," Amy declared. Rita just nodded in understanding.

" It's okay. I have a indoor pool, so you guys coming or not?" She was bombarded by the unanimous 'yes' coming from each person. " Okay, you can get my address from Andrew or Serena. Okay bye," she waved as she headed to the mall exits. Andrew, and Serena followed her, and then stopped her.

" Rita, what's up with this pool party," Andrew asked. Serena nodded, and asked the same thing as her older brother.

" Well I was just helping out Serena out in this plan of hers. I was just thinking that this Pool party will get the guys and girls to 'know more' about each other," she emphasized the word with air quotes. Serena gave a excited cry and hugged Rita.

" I love you, Rita! You're so smart! Such a better partner in this plan then Andrew," Serena laughed as she saw the annoyed look appear on Andrew's face.

" Hey I'm still here you know," He screamed in annoyance.

" We know," They said in a monotone. Andrew gave mumble of frustration, and glared to the two women. Rita grabbed his face, with both hands, and gave him a long kiss, and suddenly let go.

" Bye Serena, bye Andrew. I love you," She yelled as she ran through the exit doors. Serena face broke out in a smile, as she saw the pink blush on her brother. They both walked back to the group; who still hadn't moved since they left. The girls gave Serena, annoyed looks. Showing her they wanted to shop. Badly.

" What are you guys waiting for," Serena beamed at the girls, who in return cocked an eyebrow. " Come, on guys! LET'S SHOP," She scream in joy, as she ran to the nearest store. The gang looked at her fleeting back, in shock. They soon snapped out of it, and the girls gave a startled cry. The guys just gave a chuckle, and both groups ran after Serena in mirth.

" Come on guys! You heard her! Now let's go shop," Mina hollered, giggling like a school girl, at the same time.

AN: So was it worth the wait? I hope it was, I took so much time writing it! 15 pages, that's pretty good for me, which compared to you other writers, 14 is nothing! Hey at least I'm getting my chapters longer, right? So how did you people like Lita, and the first meeting of the gang? Oh and f you guys have any suggestions about different ways of getting the scouts and the generals together..please tell me! OKAY Guys, please review!

Thanks to

PinkSpiderhsb- So happy that your enjoying the story, so far! I will try to keep up this kind of work, but with you always review, I know I will! Oh, thanks for wishing me luck on my exam, I did really good on it to!

ser- Yes I liked the twist to! Ya Darien with the bitch girlfriend, is very typical. I think it's always weird that he has a bitch for a girlfriend! Like come one Darien is not like that! Ya so I FOR SURE won't be making Lauren into a bitch!

whitey9h- SOO sorry, I spelled your name wrong! But thanks for saying my story is great!

silentslayer- I like your idea to, I think I will actually steal it! Hehe! Thanks for the suggestion, you're so nice! And yes, I gotta say your idea is funny!

ffgirlmoonie- did you ask your friend about my poem? If you didn't that's okay! Well I hope you post your chapter soon!

Elizabeth- Hope you love this chapter to!

Red-Rose18-Yes, I love how Andrew doesn't even know the advances his best friend, is putting on his baby sister! I think something bad will happen when he does find out! Haha!

PrettyPinkSugar-Ohh ya, Serena is really good at matching making!

CaLiFoRnIa HeArT- You seriously made me blush! You thin I'm s good writer! Seriously that says A LOT! Thanks so much girl!

Rockergirl1991- Yes I think in this chapter she feels much better, because she has a plan to fulfill!

UnknownBeauty- WOOPI DOODLE DOO!' HAHA I love that! About Serena falling in love, well she's not IN love. But if she actually spent time, and became Darien's girlfriend...than there may have been a chance!

samisweet- Your comments were wonderful! I'm happy that you noticing the detail I put in! Thanks A LOT! O and yes I do know where Bangladesh is! And I'm so happy that I found you here to! And don't worry about the eh thing, hell I make fun of it! O and I read your bio to, an I found you listen to rap/hip hop! That's so cool, cause I listen to it to! Hehe!

Phantasy Star- Thank you so much for even reading my stories! I love your stories to DEATH, and I was honored that you reviewed my story! I loved the Meow thing to! And I hope Sern'a plan does work!

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Jocelyn- SOO happy you find this hilarious! And I have you in suspense! WOW! That means so much! Thank you, thank you AND thank you!

Until next chapter guys!

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