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Serena's Return: School
As Serena viewed herself in the full length mirror, two perfect words popped into her head, sexy and dangerous. Her black leather skirt hugged her curves and a tight, white, sleeveless, wide strapped, tank top completed the ensemble. Terra was wearing her new soft brown tank in the same style as Serena's. Her skirt was different shades of green. Together they looked awesome.
"Hey, Selene," Terra called from outside, "ready to go? I got a bag you can use."
"Yeah, I'm ready. You have a bag? Thanks! You are so awesome!" Serena exclaimed as she stepped out of her room. The bag was made of black leather that matched her skirt. She pulled it on and she and Terra made their way to the door. Thought Terra was only a freshman, she was held back a year and could drive. So they jumped into the car and turned up the volume on the radio.
" You're going to have to help me out a bit. As I told you on our shopping trip, I am Japanese so you have to help me with English." Serena explained.
" Don't worry!" Terra reassured her, " your English is fine and I can help you with all that grammar and crap. You'll catch on in no time."
"Thanks, and by the way, have I told you how much I love you for letting me use all that stuff!!"
"Oh, stop it! Don't worry about that!" Terra replied as she pulled into the school parking lot, " I also found you a job. You're going to work with me!"
"What? Oh my gosh, you are so cool! Tell me all about it!" Serena said excitedly.
"Okay, but let's just wait until after school." They stepped out of the car and made their way toward the school. The first stop was the office.
" Hi, I'm new here and I need my schedule. I called yesterday, Selene Chiba." Serena told the woman as a wave of sadness engulfed her. 'Darien, my love, I will always keep a piece of you with me.' Serena had to force herself not to think about how she should be starting high school with her friends in Japan.
"Here you go," the woman handed her a card with her classes, " but I can't seem to find your file."
"Well, I transferred here from Japan so it might take awhile or it mostly got lost. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you."
"Oh well, it's not that big of a deal. Now get on to class!" the woman said smilingly.
Serena left the office and headed to her first class, homeroom. She hoped Terra could help her but her class was at the other end of the school. They only had biology, 4th period, together. When she entered the classroom, everybody turned to look at the latecomer. She hadn't realized that taking roll was already in progress.
"Hello, you must be Selene, right?" Mr. Smith inquired. With her nod, he continued, " Selene transferred from Japan. Why don't you tell the class a little about yourself."
'Oh crap,' Serena thought, ' what am I going to say?'
" Well, I guess I had a normal life in Japan but I am lucky here because we have no uniforms. We had to wear these really ugly ones. Also, before anybody asks, yes I do know karate." Serena sighed in relief when nobody laughed at her.
"Okay, any questions?" Mr. Smith asked the class. A few hands went up. Serena pointed at the boy in the back.
" Hi, I'm Seiya. I just wanted to know if you are free." This made Serena happy and sad at the same time.
"I'm free but unavailable for awhile," Serena responded. Some of the other boys laughed at his rejection. Three other guy's hands went down. There weren't anymore questions so Serena was glad when the bell rang and she found her first academic class, Math. She took a seat and prepared to take notes. Serena decided to prove her mother wrong and actually do good in school. Second and third period were just as boring as the first and she was asked out three more times but all three were rejected. Finally, in 4th period, Serena met up with Terra again.
" So, how is your first day so far?" Terra asked.
"It's been uneventful so far but I've been asked out like four times." Serena replied nonchalantly.
" What?!?!?" Terra exclaimed.
"Yeah, I know." Serena said.
The teacher called the classes attention…
The lunch room was crowded but Serena and Terra were able to find a few open seats. The lunch was nasty, meatloaf, or so the sign said. Suddenly, Serena was surrounded by guys all saying things like "hey, Selene," and "what's up Selene?" Serena just smiled and said hey back to them all. As the guys slowly trickled away, Terra stared at Serena in astonishment.
"Woah, you are really popular with the guys" Terra started. Serena just shrugged, "So what do you have next?" Terra finished.
"I have PE. What about you?" Serena inquired.
"Math, I hate Math." Terra wrinkled her nose.
"Don't we all," Serena smiled at Terra.
"You have to introduce me to your friends!" Serena exclaimed.
Terra looked at her plate sheepishly, "To tell the truth, you are my only friend."
Serena's face turned from sympathy to cheerfulness in a flash. " We can make new friends together!"
"Thanks, I would really like that." Terra said gratefully as the bell rang.
"I'll see you after school, ok?" Serena yelled over all the noise.
" Sure," came Terra's faint reply. Then they each headed in their separate directions.
PE was very different from Tokyo. Serena was surprised at the coed classes and the freedom the students had. 'Hmmmm, what should I do?' she asked herself, 'Baseball, track, volleyball, or practice my karate? Definitely karate. At least I won't fall over or hit somebody with a ball in that.' Very few of the student body knew karate but Sieya, Serena recognized him from homeroom, was pretty good. The other boy was obviously an amateur. Serena trotted over to the matted floor area and began sparring with an imaginary enemy.
"Hey! You want to spar?" Seiya asked. He had dark blue eyes and black hair pulled into a low small ponytail. Now, when Serena got a good look at him, she realized how similar to Darien he looked.
"Sure, but don't go easy on me because I'm a girl." Serena teased.
"Okay, so lets get started." Seiya said.
Then it began. Serena began with a punching combination. (AN sorry!! I now nothing about karate! But oh well…lol ^_^;) Sieya countered, then Serena faked a right punch while dropping down into a sweeping roundhouse kick. Sieya fell onto his back with a loud thunk. Serena looked around when she heard giggling and saw that the other students had formed a ring surrounding her and Sieya.
"I told you, don't go easy on my because I'm a girl." Serena whispered in Sieya's ear as she helped pull him up. Seiya nodded.
" Then they began again. They circled each other for a moment and then they burst into a flurry of arms and legs, both going into all out combat mode.
'All that training and sparring finally paid off! If only the scouts could see this,' Serena thought. All of her pent up pain and anxiety turned into anger and she began to put even more effort into her fighting. Sieya was beginning to weaken while Serena was still going strong. Serena dogged another punch and again attacked Seiya with another round roundhouse kick and he went down. She won. The kids began to applaud her as she reached to give Sieya a hand up.
"You're pretty good," Sieya admitted, " are you sure you don't want to go out with me?"
Serena thought about her anger during the fight and how she could never be with Darien. 'I need to move on,' she thought. Her answer was yes.