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Darien explained everything to her as he did to Sammy (see chapter 8) everything, why he did it and all. Serena sat there and listened occasionally sipping her coffee. Andrew had come back over and was listening and he winced and hurried off too phone help. Darien finished and waited under Serena's emotionless gaze.

She set down her empty coffee cup and stood, walked the few feet over to Darien, and slapped him. "What the hell was that for?" he demanded, "YOU FUCKING EMOTIONLESS JERK! ALL YOU DID WAS TELL ME WHY THE HELL YOU DID IT AND A PITIFUL APOLOGY MERELY FOR TRYING TO GET ME ON YOUR GOOD SIDE!

YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT THE HELL YOU PUT ME THROUGH AND WHEN YOU DO MAYBE I'LL THINK ABOUT IT BUT UNTIL THEN, FRY IN FRIGGIN HELL!"

She raised her hand to deliver a more harder blow when a calm hand stopped her, "leave Serena, he's had enough" Malachi stated softly.

Serena looked at the trying hard but not succeeding to look innocent Andrew, to calm Malachi, to hurt Darien, she wrenched her wrist out of Malachi's grasp and said in a low tone, "burn in fucking hell, all of you", and with that said she picked up her helmet and left slamming the door.

They heard a motor gun and a scream of a pedestrian as Serena raced by not a foot from the person out onto the street. Malachi looked at the two guys, "this is going to take awhile so can I get a triple thick chocolate milkshake Andrew."

Andrew nodded and started making it. Malachi turned to the depressed Darien, "what did I do? I explained why I did it and even groveled. Why did she blow up?"

Malachi took a long look at him then spoke carefully, "When Serena first came to us in L.A she was as pissed as pissed could be. She nearly killed the boys we put in charge of our apartment. We finally got there and sat her down to explain.

By the end of the explanation Serena was crying into Z's chest. I felt for her but was smart enough not to show pity or sympathy. Everything she had here in Tokyo was crushed when the girls betrayed her, her mother died, her father beat her, and you beat her and humiliated her everyday. She slit her wrists,"

Andrew gasped and Darien's eyes grew wide, "and threw all her emotions onto a canvas. That was how she had dealt with it, slashing her wrists and painting. She eventually came to us.

Over the years she hid the anger and rage she felt to everyone whom had been involved in her life. She locked it away so she didn't have to feel anything from the past and live the happy life she was living with us in L.A with the gang.

Then circumstances arose so she had to return. She doesn't want to be here but the circumstances require it. She's putting up with it as best as she can. When you gave her that copy of an apology you got from Sammy her control snapped.

Serena doesn't lose control easily but false apologies are one of the very few things that snap her control. Had Andrew not seen the warning signal's you would have ended up dead. I don't mean that metamorphically I mean that literality.

Serena carries six daggers. two in each shoe, and one up each sleeve. She's nearly killed before and I'm dead sure that she wouldn't haven't have hesitated to go through with it.

Consider it, Darien, if you want her to forgive you, you are going to need more than an apology from someone else. Now that we are off that subject can we talk about something else?"

It was twilight and Serena was strolling in the park. The whole day she had ridden or walked in a desperate attempt to get a grip on her temper. Darien had really pissed her off. Her head snapped up at the sound of soft whimpering.

She walked a little farther too see Lita at the edge of the lake, silent tears running softly down her face as she skipped rocks. Her heart went out to her, over coming the resentment she felt towards the scout so she walked over and sat down beside her. Lita didn't look up but said,

"Look Raye I told you I wouldn't go in there and cut out Serena. I was stupid to listen to you and kick her out, now go to hell and leave me alone." Serena smiled, "you have no idea how long I have wanted to hear you say that" Lita snapped her head up to Serena's calm smiling face, "Serena?" she choked, "shhh I forgive you"

It was too much for Lita. She buried her head in Serena's loose hair and cried. Serena hugged her close and gently stroked her hair. She felt Lita relax into sleep on her shoulder so she pulled out her cell and called.

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