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Serena was lying in her bed, just thinking about the last couple of days. She shut her eyes & remembered the feeling of happiness when Darien had hugged her. The spark in his eyes when he called her meatball head. She blushed when she remembered him smiling at her, with a smile that looked to be shared by lovers.

"Why am I even thinking about that? He's 18, for crying out loud! Plus, I like him as a friend…right?" she asked no one.

Sighing, she listened to the rain fall on the roof. She smiled when she remembered her papa's face when she arrived at the door, soaked to the skin with an equally soaked Darien. She giggled remembering the way her dad tried to be intimidating, but fell just a few inches short of Darien's 6'2" height. If her mother hadn't had intervene, they might still be glaring at each. Well, her father was at least.

Giggling again, she opened her eyes & just listened to the rain. 'This is nice. I'm in a nice warm bed & it's dark & rainy outside.' She closed her eyes & tried to sleep. When it didn't work, she groaned & rolled over to her side. "I need sleep. Must sleep." she told herself, but it was no use. She wasn't going to sleep anytime soon.

Letting out a breath, she thought to herself, 'I'm going to be such a witch in the morning.' Without trying, her mind went directly to Darien. 'I wonder what he's doing right now? Thinking about me?' She blushed deep crimson red, cursing herself for even thinking about that.

Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded & Serena let out a little yelp as she threw the covers over her head. "I hate thunderstorms! I hate them, hate them, hate them!" her muffled screams sounded.

She heard a meow & peeked above. Smiling, she reached out & rubbed Luna. "Hey, Luna. My life is so hectic right now."

Luna began to purr, but she had a look in her eyes as if she was listening. Serena shook that feeling off. 'She can't understand me.' she thought, but went on. "Well, I've meet five new people in the last two days! That must be a new record for me!" She giggled as Luna purred.

"Lets see, first I meet Darien Shields. He's Andrew's best friend & don't tell anyone, but I think he's hot!" She giggles again. "As if you could tell anyone. Then I meet three new girls, Amy Anderson, a really smart girl who's mom actually treated my back; Lita Kino, a really cool girl that stood up to some bullies for me & Raye Hino, a really pretty priestess. They all seem really nice."

Luna purred in agreement. "I'm glad you approve." Serena teases. "Then I meet Jay. He's a friend of Darien's & he's really cute, too, but in a different way. I don't know how to describe him." She thought about it for a moment. "I guess you could say I feel safe with him most of the time, but some times I feel like he's evil." She laughs again. "Like someone evil is after me."

Thunder claps again as Serena jumps in fear. Luna jumps as well. Serena smiles at her. "Don't worry, it's fine to be afraid. At least that's what Darien told me." Yawning, Serena laid back down. "I better get to sleep." Smiling at her cat as she curled up next to her, Serena whispered. "Night, Luna." If she had shut her eyes a moment later, she would have seen something glow on her cat's forehead.

The next morning, Serena was awakened by her mother shouting at her to get up. "Momma, I have an hour." the blond complained.

"More like 20 minutes!" Ikuko shouted back as she opened Serena's curtains. "It's raining cats & dogs." Turning, she groaned at her oldest child. "If you had gotten up on time, you might have gotten a ride from your father, like Sammy did. But now you have to walk. Get up, Serena!" She shouted as she walked out of the room.

Moaning, Serena threw the covers back. "What is she mumbling about?" she rubbed her eyes, then looked at her clock. "AAA! I only have 20 minutes left!" She jumped out of bed, shocking her poor cat.

"Sorry Luna!" Serena shouted as she hurried to get dressed. She put her hair up in her trademark buns & grabbed a jacket & her backpack. "Bye Luna!" She shouted as she sprinted downstairs.

"No time for breakfast, Momma! I'm late!" she shouted as she put on her shoes, then her galoshes. She put on her jacket, grabbed an umbrella & her backpack & opened the door.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Ikuko asked, walking out of the kitchen.

Frowning, Serena checked herself. "No…" Then she turned to see her mother holding her lunch. "Oh, thank you Momma!" She grabbed the lunch, kissed her mother on the cheek & ran out the door. "Bye Momma!"

Just as she shut the door, she moaned. "Great, why does it have to rain now?" She was ready to run down the street when she noticed a red sports car in her driveway. Frowning, she walked up to it & knocked on the window.

When the window shield went down, she gasped at who was sitting in the driver's seat. "Darien, what are you doing here?" she asked, confused.

"I just thought I might give you a ride." he said, grinning. "But if you don't want it…" But Serena wouldn't let him finish.

"No, thank you so much!" She opened the door & climbed in. She put on her seat belt & nodded to him. "Ready."

He nodded & they drove off. They drove in silence for a while, when Serena finally broke it. "I meet you friend Jay."

Darien's eyes registered confusion. "Jay? What did he look like?"

Serena was confused that he didn't know his own friend, but decided she wouldn't ask. "He has blond hair & blue eyes. He looked about 18 & said he was studying rocks & gemstones, like jadeite."

Serena watched as Darien's face went from confusion to shock to anger to worry. She kept in her laughter at his many face changes. She looked at his knuckles on the steering wheel & was surprised.

"Um, Darien. Are you OK?" she asked, lightly covering his hand with hers.

He nodded. "Sure. I'm fine." He drove up to her school & turned to her, smiling. "Well, you better go."

Serena nodded. "You realize this is the first time I've been on time for a while? I think my teacher might have a heart attack." She laughed & Darien smiled.

"Well, I can drive around the block one more time if you really want me to…" he teased.

"It's fine. I'll survive." Serena reached for the door, then hesitated. Darien noticed & scrunched his face up in concern. "Serena, you OK?"

She nodded, took a deep breath & kissed him on the cheek! Not waiting to see his reaction, she opened the door & bowed to him. "Thank you, Darien." Then she turned & ran inside.

Darien watched her run, hand on the cheek where he kissed her. Smiling, he drove away to his own college.

Serena ran into class, heart beating fast. "I can't believe I did that!" she cried to herself, walking to her seat & sitting down. "I must be delirious."

"Why?" Molly asked as she sat down.

Serena looked up. "Hey, Molly. I kissed this guy on the cheek."

Molly's eyes bulged out. "Wait, you're dating a guy & you didn't tell me? Best friends share everything!" she pouted.

Serena shook her head in her defense. "I'm not dating anyone. It's this guy I meet."

Molly leaned forward. "Well, details! Name, age, how cute is his butt?"

Serena blushed, thinking about Darien's butt. "No, it's not like that. He's a friend."

Molly smirked. "Sure." But then Miss H came in. "We'll discuss this later." Molly whispered as she leaned back into her seat.

"Good morning, class." Miss H greeted as she received her "Good morning, Miss Haruna." back.

"Well, we have a new student teacher today. Please come in." She told someone standing outside the door.

Everyone's eyes were on the man as he walked in. Every girl stared at him, including Serena, but not for the reason you might think. It was because their new student teacher was Jay! Her mouth fell opened & she blushed when he smiled at her.

Molly saw that & looked at her, the look on her face. Serena knew that look too well. Holding her groan inside, she knew she was going to be grilled.

Jay smiled at the whole glass, blue eyes hidden by glasses. "Hello, class. My name is Jay, but you can call me Mr. Jay."

"OK, Mr. Jay." All the girls sighed dreamily, especially when he flashed his smile again.

Miss H was 'swooning' as well, but kept her dignity. Clearing her throat, she walked next to Mr. Jay. "Class, Mr. Jay will be teaching you in the mornings. Treat him as if he were me." Then she paused. "On second thought, treat him nicer." She waited as a few teacher pets laughed at her joke. The rest of the class just sweat dropped. Groaning, Miss H went to sit at her desk, mumbling something about 'immature teenagers.'

Mr. Jay recovered as well & opened his briefcase. "Well, lets get to work."

When class was let out, everyone got up to go, but Mr. Jay called for Serena to stay. Ignoring the look Molly was shooting her, she walked up to his desk.

"Hello again, Serena." He smiled as he put his stuff away.

"Hello, Mr. Jay." she teased him.

"Please, just Jay when we're alone." He snapped his briefcase shut & sat on the desk. "So, how have you been?"

"Fine, but why are you teaching when you said you were studying rocks & gemstones?" Serena tilted her head in confusion.

Jay smiled. "This is another choice of mine, in case the rocks & gemstones don't work out."

Serena nodded. "I see." They stood in silence until Jay stood up, gathering his briefcase to him. "Well, you better go before the whole school thinks we are secretly having an affair." he teased her, grinning at how he made her blush. 'This is too easy. I think I'll have some more fun.' Turning to walk out, he smiled at her. "See you later, Serena." He walked out, leaving a very confused Serena.

When she finally made it out, she was bombarded by Molly & Brenda. "OK girl, spill!" Molly dragged her to their spot they sat in when it rained.

Serena held in a moan when she saw Lita sitting with Amy. Smiling, she stopped & walked over to them. "Hey guys!" She waved as she reached them.

Looking up, they were surprised to see Serena standing over them. "Hey, Serena." Lita greeted.

"Hello, Serena." Amy smiled.

Serena sat down. "So you guys going to become best friends & leave me out?" she teased.

"No not at all." Amy said.

"We would never do that." Lita added.

Serena laughed. "I'm joking guys!" Standing up, she smiled down at them. "Come sit with me & my friends. I'll introduce you, Lita."

The two girls exchanged glances & nodded. Gathering their stuff, they followed the blond haired girl.

"Sorry I left!" Serena shouted as she reached Molly & Brenda. Sitting down, she grinned. "What? No Melvin today?" she teased as she watched Molly' face redden.

"He has a computer club meeting." Molly mumbled, eating her sushi.

Serena giggled. "Guys, this is Lita Kino. She's new. Lita, this is Brenda Kayama & Molly Baker. And you remember Amy from yesterday."

Brenda smiled at the tall girl. "Nice to meet you."

Molly nodded. "Hello." Then she turned to Serena, grinning. "So, how do you know Mr. Jay?"

Serena blushed, then turned to her two friends standing. "Please sit down." She motioned as her two friends sat down & began eating. Turning back to Molly, she shut her eyes. "It's nothing. I just meet him yesterday."

"So that's the guy you meet!" Molly squealed.

"Spill! Details! How'd you meet?" Brenda pushed on.

Serena laughed awkwardly. 'Might as well use this to my advantage. For some reason I don't want to bring up Darien.' "Well, I took a walk in the park yesterday & I tripped & would have fallen, if he hadn't of caught me."

She paused as Molly & Brenda leaned in, hungry for more. Serena laughed. "Jeez, you guys have no lives."

"Just go on." Brenda said, ignoring the comment. Molly nodded. Serena sighed. "Well, we got to talking & then we went to Cherry Hill Temple."

For some reason, both Lita & Amy began to cough uncontrollably at the mention of Cherry Hill Temple. Serena turned to them, frowning. "Are you guys OK?" she asked.

The two girls nodded, tears in their eyes. "Sure…" Lita weakly wheezed.

"What does this Mr. Jay look like?" Amy asked.

"Well, he has blond hair & blue eyes. He looked about 18 & said he was studying rocks & gemstones, like jadeite." Serena explained, seeing the same mix of emotions she saw on Darien's go through theirs.

But before she could say anything, the two girls stood up. "We'll be right back." Lita said as they walked away.

Serena watched them go, curious. She tuned out her two friends talk excitedly about Mr. Jay, but Serena stared at her two new friends, thinking. 'You shouldn't go. It's not nice to eavesdrop.' she told herself. 'Oh well, I already know I'm gonna go.'

Turning to her friends, she said. "I gotta go to the bathroom. Be right back."

Her friends nodded & went back to talking. Serena smiled & stood up. She slowly made her way over to where she saw Amy & Lita go.

Seeing them, Serena pushed into the wall, trying to disappear. She slowly inched over until she heard the last end of their conversation.

"…playing dirty." she heard Lita said.

"We'll just have to watch more carefully now. He won't try anything in a school environment." Amy pointed out.

Lita sighed. "I guess, but we'll have to tell the others."

Amy nodded. "Of course, we'll tell them after school."

The two girls turned to walk back. Serena held her breath as they walked right past her back to the spot. Letting out a sigh, Serena bit her lip. "Wonder what they were talking about? Me maybe? No way, why would they want to talk about me?" Shaking her head, she laughed as she walked back to join her friends.

All right, I said Serena would meet Mina, but I didn't get that far. It's 3 in the morning & I gotta go to bed. I promise she'll meet Mina next chapter. Please RR