Darien and Serena stared at her. Rini was starieng at Serena, eyes wide, face paled, and mouth open.

"Hey Ri, uhm..."

"What happened?" Rini asked, voice shaking.

"Serena was in a fight. Someone tried to rape her and she fought back. The guy ran away," Serena glanced at Darien and back at Rini.

"Uh...yeah. I didn't want you guys to see me like this..."

"Oh my God Serena. I'm calling mom,"

"NO!" Darien and Serena both shouted, or rather screamed.

"Why?" she asked. Serena noticed that Rini looked suspicious.

"Well, then they'd be crazy worried about me and I won't like that,"

"Did he get in you?"

"No," Rini frowned.

"Serena, theres something going on, isn't there?"

"No. Why?" Serena said.

"Well, you haven't been yourself lately. I heard mom and dad talking about it. Your barly eating and have a bad temper. You're losing weight. Are you starving yourself? Because I think your pretty," Serena couldn't help but smile.

"Thank you. I'm not dieting. I'm just...stressed. I have finals comming up and I need to study for them," Serena was hoping she would believe her.

"Is that why your in your room all the time?"

"Yes,"

"Are you sure your Ok?"

"Yes. Don't tell mom and dad though," Rini just looked at her.

"If you tell, we'll put that guy in jail," Rini replied

"Don't worry about it," I know shes hiding something. Rini thought. I'm going to find out what it is. I don't think I should say anything to mom and dad though. She gave Serena a final strange look.

"Whatever," she said, walking back into the house. Serena breathed a sigh of relief and jumped on the branch.

"Come on in Darien," Darien look at her for a moment.

"Sure," Darien climbed the tree and went into her room where he found her looking for clothes.

"I need to get more sweaters," she said, pulling out a turtleneck and jeans. "Sit anywhere you want. You can put on the T.V too," Serena went into her bathroom and shut the door. Darien did neither. He just stood in her room. The room had an ocean blue bed and a big billboard that was filled with pictures of her and her friends hung above it. She had a bookcase that was filled with romance novals and she had an entertainment center with a T.V and on were pictures she had taken of the ocean, shells, a couple of ocean scented candles, and a digital camera. On her desk was an algerbra textbook and underneath the desk was a mini fridge. In front if the desk hung a large mirror and next to the desk was a big comfy looking blue dome shaped chair. In the corner was a cabnet and the floor was a sandy color. Next to her bed was a white cat bed. On her windows, there hung two pale blue sheer curtains. Serena came out and she looked beautiful. She had a soft pink turtleneck with light blue jeans. she had cleaned the blood of so it looked like nothing happened. She brushed her hair out so it looked like a long river of gold silk. The pink brought out the blue in her eyes. She went to her desk and opened up the drawer. She pulled out a makeup bag, set it on the desk, and opened it.

"I'm guessing blue is your favorite color?" Darien asked.

"Yeah. I love the ocean so I decorated my room with it,"

"I honestly thought the ocean was more Amys type,"

"You'd be surprised. She has posters of New York, Chicago, and other big cities on her walls and on her entertainment center, she has glued pictures of all of us. Its pretty cool,"

"I never saw her as that kind of person. She always seems quiet and in control,"

"Are you kidding? I once tried to snag some of her German chocolate and she got mad so she shoved me in a closet,"

"So she acts diffrently around her friends?"

"Yeah. She was quiet and peaceful for the first year we were friends and now she never shuts up. Neither do Raye, Mina, Lita, or I. When we're together, we could be talking for hours nonstop,"

"Shouldn't we talk about what we're going to do? About him?"

"I know my sister very well. She knew I was lying and the last thing I need is her listening in,"

"Ok. Why do you wear makeup?"

"So I can look better,"

"You don't need it," Serena dabbed on some lip gloss

"Thanks, All I'll do is put on a litle mascara and..."

"You're already really pretty," Serena turned around.

"Ok dad, how about lip gloss?" Darien laughed.

"Fine,"

"Nevermind, I don't want to put on makeup,"

"Why? Did you figure out how pretty you are?"

"No. I just feel too lazy to put it on," Dairen laughed. "Want some Coke?" she asked, pulling out a Coke can from her mini fridge. "Sure. You're alot neater than I thought," he said, looking around her room.

"Thanks," Serena said as she tossed him the coke can. "Be right back," as soon as she shut the door, Serena went into her cabnet and pulled out the notebook she started. She opened it and grabbed a pencil. She quickly filled out the days events as she had done for the past week. Then notebook was almost done since she spent alot of the time recording the events, how she felt, and what she thinks of Micheal. She put it in the back where no one could find it and left the bathroom.

"Hey Dar, want to come with me to the mall? I want to get more sweaters and I wan't you to tell me how it looks on me,"

"Ok," They got up and left. Rini, who had been making herself a mini-pizza, saw them leave. She quickly finished it and ate it. Since Sam was in his room playing video games, she decided to look through Serenas room to see if she could find out what was wrong. She searched everywhere she could think of but found nothing.

"There has to be something," she said to herself. She saw the door to her bathroom was slightly open. There might be something in there, she thought. She dug through her drawers but still, nothing. She opened up her cabnets and pulled out all her things. When she looked there, in the back of the cabnet, was a notebook. Why would she have a notebook in her bathroom? she wondered. She quickly put everything the way she found it and took the notebook to her room. She opened it and began to read.

A/N: A little rushed but I think its ok. I'm writing the next chapter as you read this! Well, thanks for the awsome reviews! Enjoy!