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A Model Who Wants to be Normal Chapter 7
The next morning, Serena couldn't sleep too well and got up around 5am. She couldn't fall back to sleep and decided that she would make some breakfast. Standing in the kitchen, Serena realized that she was still wearing her gym clothes from yesterday. She didn't bother to change the night before, if she had the energy she would put on her comfy pants and a tank top, but she was just so exhausted that she didn't care and went straight to bed when she and Amy came home. Serena knew that she probably looked like a mess, but she just didn't care.
Looking through the frig, she spotted a couple of eggs and decided to have an omelet for breakfast. She rummaged through the cabinet, looking for a frying pan, but trying to be as quiet as she could, so she wouldn't wake up Amy or Luna.
The pan was on the stove; she turns up the stove and cracks an egg on the side of the pan. She was thinking, 'Poor Ames. The poor thing is so sheltered from the real world. I can definitely understand where she's coming from, but at the same time, I wished that my parents would try to protect me from the world as well. But then again I really do appreciate that they didn't. I know that I promised Amy that we would talk to her parents about maybe letting her go to school with me... but I don't know anymore. There's definitely a side of me that wants her to go, but the other is saying that Amy isn't ready to handle going to school with people, it could get difficult and be dangerous. Okay... if she does go to school, how are we going to cover up her hair? That's one of signature looks... maybe we could get fake jewelry and make it seem that she's just a hard core chick? That could work... but I don't know if she would do that? Maybe we could get her a wig to cover up her hair or get colored contacts to hide her eyes. Yeah! That should work, one of those would definitely cover up some parts of her that no one would notice her.'
Just then the room started to fill the smell of eggs and Luna came out of her room, very messy and looked like a train wreck. Her hair long mahogany black curly hair was astray; her face was pale and looked like she didn't get enough sleep. She was wearing gray sweat pants, on one side it said Oxford, and she had got it at Oxford when she visited the college in England. Luna was wearing a light blue t shirt that was too big for her, plus her fleece baby yellow bathrobe. Luna mumbled, "...Ser...rena... whaaat arrrre yooou doing up so eeearrrlllly? Do I smell coffee?" Serena giggled and nodded that she had made coffee, while Luna walked over to the cabinet and brought 2 mugs down and filled them with coffee. She took a sip of her coffee and didn't speak for some time.
About 20 minutes of silence, Serena had a feeling that it was okay to speak, so speaks up, "Auntie, thanks for letting Amy spend the night. Amy wasn't feeling up to go home last night."
Luna was awake enough to answer and to be spoken to, "You know sweetie, that she can stay here anytime. I think that she's sweet child, and I know that you girls go through a lot. I think that she just needs some down time." Sitting at the counter that over looked the kitchen and apart of the living/family room, she also asks, "Serena, did you call that Shields boy or Mina back?"
Serena was just finished with the eggs and put the omelet on a plate and handled it back to Luna to eat, "Yes and no, I called Darien back last night, but I didn't have enough time to call Mina. By the time that I got home I was too tired and Amy was here too. So I was thinking about calling Mina in a bit." Serena was already back at the stove making another omelet. "Auntie..." asked Serena.
"Yes dear?"
"I'm wondering what should I do about Amy, because last night I told her that maybe me and you could talk to her parents about maybe letting her go the same school as I do this year. But I don't know if it was my place last night to offer that. What do you think?"
"Well... honestly... maybe you should have discussed that with me first, but since you did... I don't think that it would hurt to talk to her parents about that idea. I mean it's not like her parents can shelter her forever, you know? Plus it would be a good opportunity for to experience the teen years, like you."
"Thanks Auntie, you helped me on this one, but what are we going to do with her once I'm at school today? I think that she should stay here a little longer and think about things and calm down, from last night's disputes with her father.
"Yes sweetie, I'll keep her company. I'll show her around town and then she and I could have a little talk about last night and tell her that I will also be speaking to her parents about going to high school with you."
"Okay, that takes care of that... but after school I'm suppose to meet Darien at the library to work on our creative writing project. Do you think you could keep her company while I'm at school? I'll come back at lunch to check up on her. I could take her home after school as well. I'll just tell Darien that I will be a little late."
"So... I'll be expecting you for lunch. You should go take a shower and I believe that Amy should be up by the time you get out of the shower, or you could go check on her now to see if she's okay."
"Alright, just let me finish my breakfast and then I'll go check up on her." Serena sat down at the kitchen table and continued talking with Luna while she ate her breakfast. 20 minutes rolled by and Serena placed her dish in the sink and headed towards the guestroom where Amy was staying in.
Serena knocks gently on the door to see if Amy was awake. She didn't hear anything and slowly opened the door. She sees that Amy was still asleep, Amy looked like a little china doll in the bed with the blankets pulled right up to her chin. Serena didn't want to disturb Amy, so she just closed the door and went to her room to take a shower.
Serena got in the shower like she had done before, but once she got out of the shower she went to her closet to pick out today's outfit. She couldn't decide what to wear, so she called, "Auntie! I don't know what to wear today! Can you help me?"
She didn't know that Amy had gotten up while she was the shower. Amy timidly said, "Hey Serenity, I think I might be able to help pick something out for you."
"Hey that's great! Come on! I don't have too much time left before I have to go to school, so why don't you pick out 1 to 2 outfits while I finish putting my make up and dry my hair. I'll be out in a minute."
"Okay." Just then the 2 girls go back to Serena's room; Serena headed to the bathroom and continued with her daily routine, while Amy picked a black wife beater with a V cut in the front with a string tied in the front, with a pair of LEI jeans, and pair of black sandals. The other outfit was a black and white polka dot tube top dress that was too dressy, nor too casual, a long black sleeve see through shirt, with a pair of black sandals with an inch high.
Serena came out and saw her choices; she was very shocked that Amy had picked out some chill outfits. But she didn't believe in wearing skirts or dresses to school, not unless it was really hot outside, but since Amy made a good choice, she decided to go with the dress and black top.
After Serena got dress, she and Amy went to the living room to chat before she went to school. Amy started asking Serena questions about school and Serena gave her some answers, but Serena tried not to give too many details about the real life of school, because she didn't want to scare Amy off with the real things that go on, the fights, the yelling and etc. but she did tell Amy the good parts of school.
Luna yelled to the girls, "Girls! Serena you better get to school before you're late and Amy you should call you parents to tell them what you're going to do today."
"Alrighty then, Amy I have to go, but I'll be back around noon, but I'll call you before I come home. Try to stay out of trouble and don't forget to a scarf around your head you leave the house," said Serena.
"Okay Mom," replied Amy teasing Serena. "Don't worry I'll be good."
"Late," said Serena as she walked right out the door. Since she gave Lita her usual car that she drove, today she decided to be spontaneous and took the Z8 out. It was black with a silver maui flower on the trunk of the car.
Serena drove to school and once again parked next to Lita's car. Lita and Mina were leaning against the car waiting for her to come to walk to their classes. Most of the seniors didn't come to first period because most of them didn't have a first, so many of the seniors were hanging out in the senior parking lot. Some of the senior guys were tossing a football or throwing and Frisbee around, until they heard an engine roar, they turned and saw the Z8 turning into the parking lot and was parking next to the other bmw, where Lita had parked. Most of the guys were murmuring about who was driving the car and that the new chick must be loaded.
Darien turned his head and saw that Serena had finally arrived at school. Now that he and Andrew had their inside bet, he turned to the guys and said that he was going to talk to her about their project. Then walking in her direction.
"Sere, where were you last night?" asked Mina, "Why didn't you call me back!?!?! I was waiting for your call because I really needed to talk to you." Mina started fidgeting, looking as if she was befuzzeled by something.
"Sorry, Mines but I had practice," said Serena, as Mina caught up on what she was talking about.
"Ohhh that kind of practice, I get it. No worries, but now that you're here we can all talk about it," replied Mina, "Come on girls why don't we go to the Quad area? So we can discuss my little problem," turning to Lita, "Since you know my problem Lita, let me fill in Serena as we walk. Lita, promise me, you won't say anything until I finish telling her everything about it!"
"Okay Mina, I promise... but I have to say that I don't really like him," said Lita.
Now, Serena knew and felt that she definitely missed out on something. Lita and Mina grabbed both arms and linked them together while walking to the Quad. Serena didn't notice that Darien was heading towards her and the girls, but kept on walking, while Mina was explaining her dilemma, until someone called, "SERENA!" turning around, Serena saw that Darien was running up to catch up with them.
"Serena, I want to know if we're still on meeting at the library after school and I wanted to know if you wanted to go see a movie this weekend with me?" asked Darien.
Serena knew all the gossip about Darien and Mina told Serena that Darien was the school's playboy and he wasn't worth waiting any time with him. "Yes, we're still on, but I'm afraid I might be running late, so don't mind me being a few minutes late. But I do have to say that I'm busy this weekend. So I don't have any time to spend with you. But don't sit around waiting for me. I know that you probably have better things to do with your time than doting on little ol' me." Giving Darien her innocent look that implied that she didn't want anything to do with him, and the project that they're working on was going to be the only time for the them to be working together.
Darien was thinking, 'Damn! That chick has spunk! But I know that she wasn't giving me the shaft.' Knowing that later he will win her over and Andrew will take the whore to prom this year. "Well then, I know I'll see you later then, but I we'll be getting to know each other a lot better," smiled Darien.
"Whatever you may think," said Serena leaving Darien standing by himself, while she returned to the girls and were walking off.
'Sooner than you may think,' thought Darien, smiling and returning to guys.
Andrew just winked at Darien, once he returned to the group. The rest of the guys were looking really confused, but Andrew and Darien both told them not to worry about it, but continued tossing the Frisbee back and forth. Darien whispered to Andrew, "Let the games begin."
Then the class bell rang for 2nd period and they all headed for their first class. Soon after that the day went by fast and it was already lunch time. Serena told the girls that she had to take care of some business at home and that she would see them later. Serena went home; she found that Amy and Luna were playing a game of monopoly. As she entered the house she heard Amy, "YES!!! FINALLY I get the boardwalk!"
Serena was hanging up her purse on the coat rack, and spoke in a mocking tone, "Thanks you guys, not waiting for me. I'm just soo disappointed in you 2 for having this much fun without me." Serena just laughed and flopped onto the couch asked, "So, did I miss anything today?"
Amy replied, "No Serenity, nothing much went on after you left, all we did was walked around town, talked, got some coffee, came home and whipped out the monopoly set." While moving her car just passed the Go spot on the board, "Can I have my $200 now please." Smiling that she had earned $200 more dollars, even tho in real life she was making much more money than that.
"Sere, I want to make sure that you called your parents back," said Luna, she was concentrating really hard on the dice, making sure she didn't land on one of Amy's properties.
"Thanks for reminding me Auntie, I think I'll go call them now since I have the extra time and I should get going after I call them."
Serena then left for her room to call her parents. She jumped onto the bed laying face down on the pillows, just resting her head for a few minutes. She reached for the phone and dialed her parents' house number. It rang a couple of times and got the answering machine, "... reached the Moon residents sorry we missed your call, but leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can, oh yeah if this is Serenity, we love you dearly and we'll see you in a couple of months for our usual visits. We're really proud of you..." the message kept going on awhile of how her parents loved her and was so proud of her. Finally it came to the part that she could leave a message, "Hi Mum, Daddy. I'm just calling you back and I'm sorry for calling you back so late, I was in a rehearsal for a show last night. I bet that you guys are sleep right now, but I'm just calling back and to tell you that school is great. I'm making a lot of friends and I think that I might actually finish one year at a school. I miss you guys terribly and I can't wait until you come out..." rambling on for a few more minutes, "...I'm sorry to make this message short, but I do have to go and get back to school, lunch will be over soon, so I'll try to call again this weekend when I have the time. Goodbye, lots of love, kiss kiss."
Serena hung up the phone and walked back to the living room saying that she was leaving and she'll be back to pick up Amy around 2:20ish. She left and went back to school.
She got back to school in just enough time before 5th period had started. Walking towards Mrs. Galliano's room, she saw Darien walk through the door, she wasn't sure if she should call his name and tell him that they would be working together, but decided not to. She was going to wait until Mrs. Galliano was going to tell him that they would work together.
She walks in and saw that Darien had already started grading papers. Mrs. Galliano saw her and told her, "Serena, I have a job for you, while Darien's grading papers why don't you enter the grades in the grade book. Here just let me set up the computer." She headed the computer, sat down and started typing somethings, while telling Darien, "Hey Darien, this is Serena and she'll be a TA for this period as well, I don't know if you know her, but she's new."
Darien looks up from the papers that he was grading and smiled, "I believe that we have met," acting so sly, "Ms. G is Serena going to help me grade papers or go make copies of something?"
"No, Darien, you'll be grading papers while she enters the finished papers. I didn't have time to enter the graded papers from last week's assignments, so she'll be on the computer."
"That's not fair! I have been your TA for 2 years and a student of yours all 4 years and you still won't let me enter the grades! How come she gets to do that and I don't?"
"Like I told you before, you're a student in my class and I don't want you changing any grades or helping other students. Plus I believe that Serena will the enter the grades and not change anyone's final grade."
Darien looks at Serena and whispers, "You must be really special, if she's letting you touch her grade book, she usually enters all the grades herself, while I do all the grading."
Serena wasn't too sure of what to think of the situation, but Ms. G was finished and instructed Serena how to enter the grades. After that Ms. G walked over to her chair in the classroom and began her lecture. Serena and Darien finished all their work by the time class was half way through. Darien asked Mrs. G if they needed anything else to do, but since she didn't have anything to do she let them leave early.
Serena was walking down the hallway towards the parking lot, when Darien said, "Since we got out of class early why don't we head towards the library to start on our project now?"
"I'm sorry Darien, but I have to do something first, why don't you go to the library and get settled and I should be there within a half an hour. How does sound?" asked Serena.
"Why I don't come along with you and get to know you better while you're running your errand?"
"Umm... here's the part where I have decline that offer and just meet you at the library. This is personal busy that I need to take care of, so I'll see you at the library at 3 for sure." Serena then continued walking to her car which wasn't that far. She got in and then Darien just got in from the other side.
"Darien what are you doing?!?! Don't you understand that I said it was personal busy?" demanded an annoyed Serena.
"Yes, but my car is in the shop so I was wondering if you would give me a ride to the library first," he said with puppy dog face, that he knew that no chick could resist.
Serena as the master of getting what she wants, wasn't sure of if she would give in just this once and drop him off at the library while she went to home to get Amy and drop her off. 'Oh what the hell? It won't kill me if I drop him off,' she thought. "Okay fine. I'll drive you to the library, but no, absolutely touching the radio! What's on stays on! Got that?" stated a fluster Serena.
Darien just laughed and got in the car. Then they drove off. Once they reached the library, which was a 10 minute walk away from the school, but a 2 minute drive. Serena felt tricked into driving him, but it didn't matter the longer she took her time getting Amy then the less time she would have to spend with Darien.
Darien was the first to speak, when they reached the library, "Okay so I'll see you in 20 minutes I guess. It shouldn't take you that long to complete whatever busy you need to attend. I will expect you to be here at 3 the latest if not sooner." Just like that he walked off, when he was done speaking.
Serena had believe that he was actually the arrogant jerk that Mina had told her about, but deep down she knew that there was something about him that made her fascinated with him.
*10 minutes later*
Serena arrived back at the house to pick up Amy, Serena didn't want to run up the flight of stairs to get her, so she called from her cell, "Auntie, it's me and I'm here now, so you can tell Amy that I'm here or walk with her down."
"Okay we'll be down in a few."
Serena hung up the phone and sat in the car listening to a mix cd that one of her best friends from London had made her. It was a mix of some of Zoiste's favorite bands, Switchfoot, Link 80, Linkin Park, 311, Bad Religion, Maroon 5, and Match Box 20. She was thinking about how much she missed her friends and brothers, who were her best friends. She was debating whether or not if she should have the come out during her spring break; they were all at least a couple years older than she was. There was Zoicite who was the same age as she was (17), he was her best friend since birth and his older brother Nephrite was a year older (18). There was Kunzite and his sisters; they were triplets, Sandy and Mandy (18). Jadeite was Serena's brother, who was 2 years older (19). Then there were Rita (17) and Kaitlin (18). They have known each other since they were really little and since Serena has been living in the States since adolescence and visited them from time to time when she was back in London. They have never came out to the States, but since most of them have finished school, and by the time spring break comes around then all of them would have graduated the high school proportion in London. So they could come out for awhile and stay with her.
Just then Amy and Luna had come down and hugged each other good bye. Luna told Amy that she was always welcome to come and stay with any time and promised her that they will talk to her parents in a few days, once things are settled between them.
Amy got into the car and Serena drove them to Amy's house. It wasn't too far from where they were. Amy's family owns a house in LA, but whenever Amy traveled her and her father would get the best hotel room at the best quality hotel. Once they reached Amy's house, Serena said, "Ames, I'm sorry that I have to make this quick, but I have to be back at school to work on a project. Call me later tonight and tell me how things go with your parents. Okay? You know if things don't go well, just give me a call and I'll come and get you. You're always welcomed at my place." Giving Amy a hug.
"Okay you know I'll call and let you know how things go. Thanks again for everything. You don't know how much it means to me," replied Amy as she waved good bye to Serena and walked into the house.
Serena then rushed out of the driveway and sped back to town to meet Darien for the project.
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A Model Who Wants to be Normal Chapter 7
The next morning, Serena couldn't sleep too well and got up around 5am. She couldn't fall back to sleep and decided that she would make some breakfast. Standing in the kitchen, Serena realized that she was still wearing her gym clothes from yesterday. She didn't bother to change the night before, if she had the energy she would put on her comfy pants and a tank top, but she was just so exhausted that she didn't care and went straight to bed when she and Amy came home. Serena knew that she probably looked like a mess, but she just didn't care.
Looking through the frig, she spotted a couple of eggs and decided to have an omelet for breakfast. She rummaged through the cabinet, looking for a frying pan, but trying to be as quiet as she could, so she wouldn't wake up Amy or Luna.
The pan was on the stove; she turns up the stove and cracks an egg on the side of the pan. She was thinking, 'Poor Ames. The poor thing is so sheltered from the real world. I can definitely understand where she's coming from, but at the same time, I wished that my parents would try to protect me from the world as well. But then again I really do appreciate that they didn't. I know that I promised Amy that we would talk to her parents about maybe letting her go to school with me... but I don't know anymore. There's definitely a side of me that wants her to go, but the other is saying that Amy isn't ready to handle going to school with people, it could get difficult and be dangerous. Okay... if she does go to school, how are we going to cover up her hair? That's one of signature looks... maybe we could get fake jewelry and make it seem that she's just a hard core chick? That could work... but I don't know if she would do that? Maybe we could get her a wig to cover up her hair or get colored contacts to hide her eyes. Yeah! That should work, one of those would definitely cover up some parts of her that no one would notice her.'
Just then the room started to fill the smell of eggs and Luna came out of her room, very messy and looked like a train wreck. Her hair long mahogany black curly hair was astray; her face was pale and looked like she didn't get enough sleep. She was wearing gray sweat pants, on one side it said Oxford, and she had got it at Oxford when she visited the college in England. Luna was wearing a light blue t shirt that was too big for her, plus her fleece baby yellow bathrobe. Luna mumbled, "...Ser...rena... whaaat arrrre yooou doing up so eeearrrlllly? Do I smell coffee?" Serena giggled and nodded that she had made coffee, while Luna walked over to the cabinet and brought 2 mugs down and filled them with coffee. She took a sip of her coffee and didn't speak for some time.
About 20 minutes of silence, Serena had a feeling that it was okay to speak, so speaks up, "Auntie, thanks for letting Amy spend the night. Amy wasn't feeling up to go home last night."
Luna was awake enough to answer and to be spoken to, "You know sweetie, that she can stay here anytime. I think that she's sweet child, and I know that you girls go through a lot. I think that she just needs some down time." Sitting at the counter that over looked the kitchen and apart of the living/family room, she also asks, "Serena, did you call that Shields boy or Mina back?"
Serena was just finished with the eggs and put the omelet on a plate and handled it back to Luna to eat, "Yes and no, I called Darien back last night, but I didn't have enough time to call Mina. By the time that I got home I was too tired and Amy was here too. So I was thinking about calling Mina in a bit." Serena was already back at the stove making another omelet. "Auntie..." asked Serena.
"Yes dear?"
"I'm wondering what should I do about Amy, because last night I told her that maybe me and you could talk to her parents about maybe letting her go the same school as I do this year. But I don't know if it was my place last night to offer that. What do you think?"
"Well... honestly... maybe you should have discussed that with me first, but since you did... I don't think that it would hurt to talk to her parents about that idea. I mean it's not like her parents can shelter her forever, you know? Plus it would be a good opportunity for to experience the teen years, like you."
"Thanks Auntie, you helped me on this one, but what are we going to do with her once I'm at school today? I think that she should stay here a little longer and think about things and calm down, from last night's disputes with her father.
"Yes sweetie, I'll keep her company. I'll show her around town and then she and I could have a little talk about last night and tell her that I will also be speaking to her parents about going to high school with you."
"Okay, that takes care of that... but after school I'm suppose to meet Darien at the library to work on our creative writing project. Do you think you could keep her company while I'm at school? I'll come back at lunch to check up on her. I could take her home after school as well. I'll just tell Darien that I will be a little late."
"So... I'll be expecting you for lunch. You should go take a shower and I believe that Amy should be up by the time you get out of the shower, or you could go check on her now to see if she's okay."
"Alright, just let me finish my breakfast and then I'll go check up on her." Serena sat down at the kitchen table and continued talking with Luna while she ate her breakfast. 20 minutes rolled by and Serena placed her dish in the sink and headed towards the guestroom where Amy was staying in.
Serena knocks gently on the door to see if Amy was awake. She didn't hear anything and slowly opened the door. She sees that Amy was still asleep, Amy looked like a little china doll in the bed with the blankets pulled right up to her chin. Serena didn't want to disturb Amy, so she just closed the door and went to her room to take a shower.
Serena got in the shower like she had done before, but once she got out of the shower she went to her closet to pick out today's outfit. She couldn't decide what to wear, so she called, "Auntie! I don't know what to wear today! Can you help me?"
She didn't know that Amy had gotten up while she was the shower. Amy timidly said, "Hey Serenity, I think I might be able to help pick something out for you."
"Hey that's great! Come on! I don't have too much time left before I have to go to school, so why don't you pick out 1 to 2 outfits while I finish putting my make up and dry my hair. I'll be out in a minute."
"Okay." Just then the 2 girls go back to Serena's room; Serena headed to the bathroom and continued with her daily routine, while Amy picked a black wife beater with a V cut in the front with a string tied in the front, with a pair of LEI jeans, and pair of black sandals. The other outfit was a black and white polka dot tube top dress that was too dressy, nor too casual, a long black sleeve see through shirt, with a pair of black sandals with an inch high.
Serena came out and saw her choices; she was very shocked that Amy had picked out some chill outfits. But she didn't believe in wearing skirts or dresses to school, not unless it was really hot outside, but since Amy made a good choice, she decided to go with the dress and black top.
After Serena got dress, she and Amy went to the living room to chat before she went to school. Amy started asking Serena questions about school and Serena gave her some answers, but Serena tried not to give too many details about the real life of school, because she didn't want to scare Amy off with the real things that go on, the fights, the yelling and etc. but she did tell Amy the good parts of school.
Luna yelled to the girls, "Girls! Serena you better get to school before you're late and Amy you should call you parents to tell them what you're going to do today."
"Alrighty then, Amy I have to go, but I'll be back around noon, but I'll call you before I come home. Try to stay out of trouble and don't forget to a scarf around your head you leave the house," said Serena.
"Okay Mom," replied Amy teasing Serena. "Don't worry I'll be good."
"Late," said Serena as she walked right out the door. Since she gave Lita her usual car that she drove, today she decided to be spontaneous and took the Z8 out. It was black with a silver maui flower on the trunk of the car.
Serena drove to school and once again parked next to Lita's car. Lita and Mina were leaning against the car waiting for her to come to walk to their classes. Most of the seniors didn't come to first period because most of them didn't have a first, so many of the seniors were hanging out in the senior parking lot. Some of the senior guys were tossing a football or throwing and Frisbee around, until they heard an engine roar, they turned and saw the Z8 turning into the parking lot and was parking next to the other bmw, where Lita had parked. Most of the guys were murmuring about who was driving the car and that the new chick must be loaded.
Darien turned his head and saw that Serena had finally arrived at school. Now that he and Andrew had their inside bet, he turned to the guys and said that he was going to talk to her about their project. Then walking in her direction.
"Sere, where were you last night?" asked Mina, "Why didn't you call me back!?!?! I was waiting for your call because I really needed to talk to you." Mina started fidgeting, looking as if she was befuzzeled by something.
"Sorry, Mines but I had practice," said Serena, as Mina caught up on what she was talking about.
"Ohhh that kind of practice, I get it. No worries, but now that you're here we can all talk about it," replied Mina, "Come on girls why don't we go to the Quad area? So we can discuss my little problem," turning to Lita, "Since you know my problem Lita, let me fill in Serena as we walk. Lita, promise me, you won't say anything until I finish telling her everything about it!"
"Okay Mina, I promise... but I have to say that I don't really like him," said Lita.
Now, Serena knew and felt that she definitely missed out on something. Lita and Mina grabbed both arms and linked them together while walking to the Quad. Serena didn't notice that Darien was heading towards her and the girls, but kept on walking, while Mina was explaining her dilemma, until someone called, "SERENA!" turning around, Serena saw that Darien was running up to catch up with them.
"Serena, I want to know if we're still on meeting at the library after school and I wanted to know if you wanted to go see a movie this weekend with me?" asked Darien.
Serena knew all the gossip about Darien and Mina told Serena that Darien was the school's playboy and he wasn't worth waiting any time with him. "Yes, we're still on, but I'm afraid I might be running late, so don't mind me being a few minutes late. But I do have to say that I'm busy this weekend. So I don't have any time to spend with you. But don't sit around waiting for me. I know that you probably have better things to do with your time than doting on little ol' me." Giving Darien her innocent look that implied that she didn't want anything to do with him, and the project that they're working on was going to be the only time for the them to be working together.
Darien was thinking, 'Damn! That chick has spunk! But I know that she wasn't giving me the shaft.' Knowing that later he will win her over and Andrew will take the whore to prom this year. "Well then, I know I'll see you later then, but I we'll be getting to know each other a lot better," smiled Darien.
"Whatever you may think," said Serena leaving Darien standing by himself, while she returned to the girls and were walking off.
'Sooner than you may think,' thought Darien, smiling and returning to guys.
Andrew just winked at Darien, once he returned to the group. The rest of the guys were looking really confused, but Andrew and Darien both told them not to worry about it, but continued tossing the Frisbee back and forth. Darien whispered to Andrew, "Let the games begin."
Then the class bell rang for 2nd period and they all headed for their first class. Soon after that the day went by fast and it was already lunch time. Serena told the girls that she had to take care of some business at home and that she would see them later. Serena went home; she found that Amy and Luna were playing a game of monopoly. As she entered the house she heard Amy, "YES!!! FINALLY I get the boardwalk!"
Serena was hanging up her purse on the coat rack, and spoke in a mocking tone, "Thanks you guys, not waiting for me. I'm just soo disappointed in you 2 for having this much fun without me." Serena just laughed and flopped onto the couch asked, "So, did I miss anything today?"
Amy replied, "No Serenity, nothing much went on after you left, all we did was walked around town, talked, got some coffee, came home and whipped out the monopoly set." While moving her car just passed the Go spot on the board, "Can I have my $200 now please." Smiling that she had earned $200 more dollars, even tho in real life she was making much more money than that.
"Sere, I want to make sure that you called your parents back," said Luna, she was concentrating really hard on the dice, making sure she didn't land on one of Amy's properties.
"Thanks for reminding me Auntie, I think I'll go call them now since I have the extra time and I should get going after I call them."
Serena then left for her room to call her parents. She jumped onto the bed laying face down on the pillows, just resting her head for a few minutes. She reached for the phone and dialed her parents' house number. It rang a couple of times and got the answering machine, "... reached the Moon residents sorry we missed your call, but leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can, oh yeah if this is Serenity, we love you dearly and we'll see you in a couple of months for our usual visits. We're really proud of you..." the message kept going on awhile of how her parents loved her and was so proud of her. Finally it came to the part that she could leave a message, "Hi Mum, Daddy. I'm just calling you back and I'm sorry for calling you back so late, I was in a rehearsal for a show last night. I bet that you guys are sleep right now, but I'm just calling back and to tell you that school is great. I'm making a lot of friends and I think that I might actually finish one year at a school. I miss you guys terribly and I can't wait until you come out..." rambling on for a few more minutes, "...I'm sorry to make this message short, but I do have to go and get back to school, lunch will be over soon, so I'll try to call again this weekend when I have the time. Goodbye, lots of love, kiss kiss."
Serena hung up the phone and walked back to the living room saying that she was leaving and she'll be back to pick up Amy around 2:20ish. She left and went back to school.
She got back to school in just enough time before 5th period had started. Walking towards Mrs. Galliano's room, she saw Darien walk through the door, she wasn't sure if she should call his name and tell him that they would be working together, but decided not to. She was going to wait until Mrs. Galliano was going to tell him that they would work together.
She walks in and saw that Darien had already started grading papers. Mrs. Galliano saw her and told her, "Serena, I have a job for you, while Darien's grading papers why don't you enter the grades in the grade book. Here just let me set up the computer." She headed the computer, sat down and started typing somethings, while telling Darien, "Hey Darien, this is Serena and she'll be a TA for this period as well, I don't know if you know her, but she's new."
Darien looks up from the papers that he was grading and smiled, "I believe that we have met," acting so sly, "Ms. G is Serena going to help me grade papers or go make copies of something?"
"No, Darien, you'll be grading papers while she enters the finished papers. I didn't have time to enter the graded papers from last week's assignments, so she'll be on the computer."
"That's not fair! I have been your TA for 2 years and a student of yours all 4 years and you still won't let me enter the grades! How come she gets to do that and I don't?"
"Like I told you before, you're a student in my class and I don't want you changing any grades or helping other students. Plus I believe that Serena will the enter the grades and not change anyone's final grade."
Darien looks at Serena and whispers, "You must be really special, if she's letting you touch her grade book, she usually enters all the grades herself, while I do all the grading."
Serena wasn't too sure of what to think of the situation, but Ms. G was finished and instructed Serena how to enter the grades. After that Ms. G walked over to her chair in the classroom and began her lecture. Serena and Darien finished all their work by the time class was half way through. Darien asked Mrs. G if they needed anything else to do, but since she didn't have anything to do she let them leave early.
Serena was walking down the hallway towards the parking lot, when Darien said, "Since we got out of class early why don't we head towards the library to start on our project now?"
"I'm sorry Darien, but I have to do something first, why don't you go to the library and get settled and I should be there within a half an hour. How does sound?" asked Serena.
"Why I don't come along with you and get to know you better while you're running your errand?"
"Umm... here's the part where I have decline that offer and just meet you at the library. This is personal busy that I need to take care of, so I'll see you at the library at 3 for sure." Serena then continued walking to her car which wasn't that far. She got in and then Darien just got in from the other side.
"Darien what are you doing?!?! Don't you understand that I said it was personal busy?" demanded an annoyed Serena.
"Yes, but my car is in the shop so I was wondering if you would give me a ride to the library first," he said with puppy dog face, that he knew that no chick could resist.
Serena as the master of getting what she wants, wasn't sure of if she would give in just this once and drop him off at the library while she went to home to get Amy and drop her off. 'Oh what the hell? It won't kill me if I drop him off,' she thought. "Okay fine. I'll drive you to the library, but no, absolutely touching the radio! What's on stays on! Got that?" stated a fluster Serena.
Darien just laughed and got in the car. Then they drove off. Once they reached the library, which was a 10 minute walk away from the school, but a 2 minute drive. Serena felt tricked into driving him, but it didn't matter the longer she took her time getting Amy then the less time she would have to spend with Darien.
Darien was the first to speak, when they reached the library, "Okay so I'll see you in 20 minutes I guess. It shouldn't take you that long to complete whatever busy you need to attend. I will expect you to be here at 3 the latest if not sooner." Just like that he walked off, when he was done speaking.
Serena had believe that he was actually the arrogant jerk that Mina had told her about, but deep down she knew that there was something about him that made her fascinated with him.
*10 minutes later*
Serena arrived back at the house to pick up Amy, Serena didn't want to run up the flight of stairs to get her, so she called from her cell, "Auntie, it's me and I'm here now, so you can tell Amy that I'm here or walk with her down."
"Okay we'll be down in a few."
Serena hung up the phone and sat in the car listening to a mix cd that one of her best friends from London had made her. It was a mix of some of Zoiste's favorite bands, Switchfoot, Link 80, Linkin Park, 311, Bad Religion, Maroon 5, and Match Box 20. She was thinking about how much she missed her friends and brothers, who were her best friends. She was debating whether or not if she should have the come out during her spring break; they were all at least a couple years older than she was. There was Zoicite who was the same age as she was (17), he was her best friend since birth and his older brother Nephrite was a year older (18). There was Kunzite and his sisters; they were triplets, Sandy and Mandy (18). Jadeite was Serena's brother, who was 2 years older (19). Then there were Rita (17) and Kaitlin (18). They have known each other since they were really little and since Serena has been living in the States since adolescence and visited them from time to time when she was back in London. They have never came out to the States, but since most of them have finished school, and by the time spring break comes around then all of them would have graduated the high school proportion in London. So they could come out for awhile and stay with her.
Just then Amy and Luna had come down and hugged each other good bye. Luna told Amy that she was always welcome to come and stay with any time and promised her that they will talk to her parents in a few days, once things are settled between them.
Amy got into the car and Serena drove them to Amy's house. It wasn't too far from where they were. Amy's family owns a house in LA, but whenever Amy traveled her and her father would get the best hotel room at the best quality hotel. Once they reached Amy's house, Serena said, "Ames, I'm sorry that I have to make this quick, but I have to be back at school to work on a project. Call me later tonight and tell me how things go with your parents. Okay? You know if things don't go well, just give me a call and I'll come and get you. You're always welcomed at my place." Giving Amy a hug.
"Okay you know I'll call and let you know how things go. Thanks again for everything. You don't know how much it means to me," replied Amy as she waved good bye to Serena and walked into the house.
Serena then rushed out of the driveway and sped back to town to meet Darien for the project.