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your reviews. I'm sorry if any one thinks my chapters are to short, but

there the best I can come up with, without just babbling on about a lot of

boring things that in the long run, will just delay the good parts of the story.

For anyone who is interested I did start writing the sequel to the Taylor's

which will probably be posted in the next few weeks so keep a look out for

that. My thanks to everyone who continues to keep reading my stories and as

always please read, review, and enjoy! Thank you Mars Light.

After Dark

Chapter 10

Lita ran down the hall to catch up with her friends. She saw the three of them gathered by Mina's locker as Rei looked to Lita she told her "you're late"

Lita out of breath looked to Rei as she tried to tell her "I know, I'm sorry, but you'll never guess who I just ran into"

Rei looked to Lita not really interested. Figuring it was just another look alike of Freddy her ex boyfriend. As Lita told her "I saw Serena".

The three girls all looked to Lita with shocked faces as Mina asked her "you saw Serena, she's here"

Lita shook her head yes as she told them "yeah I ran into her as I was walking in the building"

Rei looked to Lita as she asked "well where is she, didn't she come with you"

Lita shook her head telling them "no, she said she wasn't feeling well and wanted to go sit down in class"

Mina looked to Lita as she asked "did she say anything about why she hasn't been in school"

Ami looked to the group as she told them "actually there's something I never told you guys"

The group all looked to Ami as Mina asked "what is it Ami?"

Ami looked to the girls as she told them "I saw Serena"

The girls all looked to Ami surprised as Rei asked "when"

Ami looked to Rei as she told her "The other day after school I went over to her house hoping to speak with her and her mother answered the door"

Mina looked to Ami as she asked her "and she let you see her"

Ami shook her head telling them "well not exactly her mother went upstairs to see if Serena would have any visitors, and then a few minutes later I heard Serena and her mother having a strange argument upstairs, and Serena came running down stairs she was definitely surprised to see me and then she practically threw me out of the house but here's the strangest part; Serena's whole hand was full of blood"

The girls all looked to Ami as Lita asked "blood how did it get like that"

Ami shook her head as she told Lita "I have no idea, she wouldn't let me stay long enough to answer. I think something is very wrong with our friend you guys"

The girls all looked to each other with worried faces as they heard the bell ring.

Mina looked to the group as she told them "I have first period with Serena maybe I can get her to open up some and tell me what's going on. I'll fill you all in later"

The girls all shook there heads in agreement as they all headed in their own directions.

Mina walked into her first class late as the teacher looked at her with a stern face as she told Mina "you have detention after school".

Mina wasn't really paying attention though because she was to busy looking for her friend as she wondered where she could be as she walked over and took a seat in her desk as the teacher began to take attendance.

She called out Serena's name as Mina raised her hand and asked the teacher "hasn't Serena been here already"

The teacher looked to Mina oddly as she told her "you know as well as I do Ms. Aino Serena hasn't been here all week"

Mina started to worry now wondering where her friend might be Lita said she came straight to class this morning. When another student rose there hand telling the teacher "I saw Serena this morning".

Mina looked to the student as she asked "where is she?"

The student shrugged his shoulder as he told her "I don't know she was running past me she seemed kind of freaked out"

Mina raised her hand as she asked the teacher "may I please be excused" but to her dismay the teacher looked at her as she told her "No you may not" then looked to the class as she told them all to open there text books to page 206.

Class seemed to drag by for Mina as she watched the clock tick by waiting for the bell to ring hoping her friend was alright.

Finally the bell rung and the class started to run from the room as the teacher yelled out the homework.

Mina quickly ran from the room as she hurried to catch up with the rest of the girls. She ran up to them out of breath as she shouted out "Serena's missing"

All the girls turned around stunned as Lita asked "what do you mean Serena's missing"

Mina began telling the girls "she wasn't in class. One of the boys said they saw her running down the hallway earlier. I tried to get out of class to look for her but I wasn't allowed"

Rei looked curiously at her friend as she told her "well obviously you can't just go wondering the halls after that meatball head. I f she wants to be by herself then I say fine let her be"

Ami looked to Rei as she told her "I don't think that's such a good idea Rei"

Lita joined in telling her "yeah and what if Serena really needs our help"

Rei looked to the rest as she told them "she hasn't tried to make any attempt to even talk to any of us. She pushed you away Ami and she lied to you Lita, saying she would be in class where she would see Mina. She obviously doesn't want to see any of us, so why should we bother with her"

Ami looked to Rei as she told her "because she's our friend Rei or have you forgotten that because you were to busy with Darien"

The girls all looked to Rei as Lita asked her "what is she talking about Rei"

Rei looked away as she told her "fine let's go find Serena" but Mina stopped her saying "no I want to know about you and Darien are you trying to steal him away from Serena"

Rei looked away from the girls as she told them "well she doesn't deserve him"

Lita came out and slapped Rei across the face as she told her "and you call yourself one of Serena's friends you should be ashamed. We'll find Serena without your help"

Rei watched her friends turn and walk away from her as she felt a shred of guilt overwhelm her, but she just pushed it back as she yelled back at them "good riddance, I don't need any of you, I'll be just fine on my own" as she turned and walked away.

She headed to the bathroom and walked in. She made sure her make up still looked nice and that it wasn't smudged or anything when she heard what sounded like a whimper as she turned around and asked "is there anyone else in here"

No one else answered but then she heard the whimper again and she looked to see blond hairs sticking out underneath one of the bathroom stalls and she questioned "Serena is that you?"

End chapter 10

Author's Note: I hope everyone enjoyed Chapter 10. Please stay tuned for Chapter 11 as things start to unfold. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and as always please read, review, and enjoy! Thank you Mars Light.