A.N: I'm sorry that I left you guys at a cliffhanger. That seems to be my specialty. LOL
Well enjoy chapter 32!
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Chapter 32: Confused
Darien walked out of the elevator, and stepped unto their floor. Walking away from Serena was hard, but he didn't want to talk to her when she was like that. She needed to calm down and register in everything, and think about what he's told her. And kissing her…. What was I thinking! He thought as he remembered their kiss in the elevator just moments ago. He was just so frustrated with her, then all of a sudden he was kissing her.
Darien arrived in his dorm room pretty quickly, wanting to yell at Andrew and blame him for everything that's happened.
When Darien came into the room, he saw that Andrew had fallen back asleep on the couch with the television still turned on. Darien looked around the room for something to throw at Andrew, and behold! A cup of water was conveniently sitting on top of their study desk, waiting to be used. Darien walked over to the desk, and grabbed the cup of water, then he walked over to Andrew, looked at him, and dumped the cup over water on Andrew's face. Andrew immediately shot off the couch.
"Ahh! Wh…what the hell is going on!" he yelled wiping the water off of his face, looking bewildered.
"You! You made me and Serena get in a fight! All because I listened to your dumbass advice," Darien scolded, pushing Andrew back down on the couch forcibly.
Andrew fell back on the couch, confused, and soaked. "What are you talking about, man?"
"I'm talking about you telling me to go talk to Rory! She kissed me! She practically threw herself on me! And guess who happened to see the whole ordeal. SERENA! She saw Rory kiss me! And it's all because of you!" Darien yelled, pacing the floor. "She ran away as soon as I saw her, and she tried to hide in the women's bathroom. I went in after her and tried to explain everything, but she wouldn't listen. Then she ran into the elevator, where I also got her. I pushed in the emergency button, the elevator stopped, and then the next thing I know, I'm kissing Serena! After that, I pushed back in the emergency stop, and the elevator door opened and it was on our floor, luckily. Then, I walked away from her," Darien finished, obviously shakin' by what he'd done and what he'd just experienced in the last hour.
"You left Serena in the elevator?" Andrew asked, looking up at Darien.
" I didn't know what else to do! She's so stubborn! She wouldn't listen-" as Darien was about to finish his rant, his cell phone started to vibrate. He took it out, hoping it was Serena, but it was an unknown number. Darien looked at the phone and frowned.
"I'm not finished with you," Darien pointed at Andrew, and picked up his cell phone. "Hello?"
"Darien?" a girl's voice came at the other end.
"Yeah... who is… R.. Rory? How... how'd you get my number!" Darien yelled in the phone. Then he looked at Andrew," How did she get my number!"
Andrew looked scared as he answered. "She stopped by a little earlier and she said that she needed your cell number. She said it was an emergency! I gave it to her…"
"You GAVE her my cell phone number!" Darien yelled at Andrew, looking at him with threatening eyes.
Andrew flinched," I didn't know, Darien! Don't hurt me!" he screamed, covering his face with his hands.
Darien went back to the phone. "What do you want, Rory?"
"I… I didn't know that your girlfriend was there, Darien… otherwise I wouldn't have kissed you like that. I don't know what came over me," she tried to apologize.
"Look Rory ,I've moved on and-"
"I know," she cut him off quickly," I'm sorry if I did anything to jeopardize you and Serena's relationship. I hope you'll forgive me, and that we can still remain friends."
Darien paused for a little while, thinking about it, then he answered her," Yeah, friends."
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Rory hung up when she was finished, and sat down on her couch, smiling to herself. Perfect, she said to herself.
While they were talking earlier in the cafe, she had admitted to Darien that she was in love with him, or still was for that matter. He zoned out, obviously shocked by her news. While he was zoned out, she heard a familiar peppy voice, turning around, she saw that it was none other then Darien's new girlfriend. This was the perfect opportunity for her to do something about Serena, so she got up, went around the table, and kissed Darien. She knew that little blonde was going to see them eventually, and luckily, she did. Darien chased after her. Knowing that it'd take them awhile, Rory went up to Darien's dorm room and asked Andrew for Darien's cell phone, telling him it was an emergency. Andrew gave it to her with little hesitation. She found out their room number because of the lady that workedin the lobby. Rory had went up to her and told her that she was a cousin of Andrew's, and the lady gave her the room number without even glancing at her.
I'll get him back, Rory thought to herself, smiling smugly as she looked out of the window. Yes. It's only a matter of time.
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Serena was back in tears, as she crumpled to the elevator floor, hiding her face behind her knees and hands. She understood what Darien had told her, but she didn't want to accept it. Seeing Rory kiss him pained her beyond belief.
As she sobbed, she heard someone walk into the elevator. "Serena?" a girl's voice whispered softly, crouching down next to her.
Serena slowly lifted her teary face up, and saw Raye. Instinctively, Serena wiped her eyes, and inhaled deeply, trying hard to stop the infuriating tears.
"What's the matter? Are you alright?" Raye asked, looking deeply concerned and confused.
Serena nodded her head, lying. "I'm f-fine," she choked out.
"No you're not," Raye said, trying to get her up. "Come on, I'll take you to your room."
Raye escorted the sad, puffy eyed Serena back to her room. Ami opened the door, immediately walking Serena to the couch after one look at her.
"What's wrong, Serena?" Ami asked, trying to comfort her friend.
"Rory k-kised D-darien," she sniffled out, leaning her head on her friends shoulder.
"What a bitch!" Raye yelled, looking angry.
Ami looked at Raye, startled," Do you even know who Rory is, Raye?"
"No, but she sounds like a bitch already," Raye said quickly. Ami gave her a small smile and returned her attention back to the depressed Serena.
"Serena, it's probably not what it looked like," Ami said softly, trying to calm her friend down.
"Yeah," Raye chimed in," I mean… Darien is completely head over heels for you Serena, he would never have kissed the bitch."
Ami looked at Raye and frowned. "Raye… stop using that word! The bitch has a name," Ami said sternly.
Raye rolled her eyes.
"S-so I ran away f-from him but h-he caught up with me," Serena went on with her story, the other two listening intently. "Then I r-ran and hid in the women's r-restroom, but he followed m-me in there-"
"Dedication, that Darien," Raye said, smiling a little.
"T-then I ran from him again, this time to the e-elevator. Then he k-kissed me, and left me," Serena wailed her last sentence, starting to sob again.
Ami wrapped a comforting arm around her friend, cooing her quietly.
"Left you? What an idiot!" Raye yelled, looking shocked
All of a sudden, there was a loud knock on the door.
Ami looked at Raye, motioning her head towards the door. "Go get it," she said softly," It's probably Brett. He told me was going to stop by earlier."
Raye nodded and went to open the door.
"Hey there, Raye!" Brett said cheerfully, his hazel eyes twinkling with joy
"Shhh," Raye ushered him," Serena's in the middle of a crisis."
"Crisis?" Brett frowned, looking confused as he stepped foot into their room. As he made his way deeper into their room, he saw Ami looking sadly at her friend. Brett went over to Serena and sat down next to her. He glanced at Ami, trying to figure out what was going on. Ami started moving her mouth, trying to tell Brett to say something to Serena. He nodded. "Hi, Serena," he said gently, trying to take a peek at her hidden face. "What's the matter?"
Raye answered for her," Some girl kissed Darien and she saw. Then he chased after her, but she ran away, and then he kissed her and left her in an elevator," she said quickly.
Brett was even more confused then when he came in. "Okay… so… he kissed you, and shoved you into an elevator after some girl randomly kissed him?"
"No," Ami said, shaking her head and throwing Raye a mean look," She saw Darien's ex-girlfriend kissing him."
"Whoa! Ex-girlfriend?" Raye yelled, finding out this information for the first time.
Ami frowned at Raye, shaking her head.
Brett tried to talk to Serena again," Look Serena, maybe it was a misunderstanding of some sort. If you just go and talk to him, I'm sure you two could work things through."
Serena lifted her face off of her hands slowly, looking at Brett for the first time. "He's already tried," her voice was calmer now," But I pushed him away because I was hurt. He chased after me twice, but I wouldn't listen to him. He gave up," she said, her lips quivering.
"No… ," Brett reassured her," I'm sure he had another explanation for that, Serena. Just go talk to him, he's right across the hall."
"Yeah, come on Serena," Raye said, kneeling down on the floor close to her. "You're not gonna let some bitch ruin your relationship with Darien, are you?"
Brett looked at Raye, confused again.
"That's Raye's nickname for Rory," Ami answered Brett's questioning eyes.
Serena shook her head, gaining back some composure. I have such wonderful friends, she thought as she looked at their concerned faces. "I'll go talk to him…"
"Good," Brett said, rubbing Serena's back a little for some encouragement.
"But I'm not going to talk to him right now."
"What? Why not?" Raye asked.
"We both need to cool off for awhile," Serena answered. That kiss in the elevator was a reason for that thought.
"Alright. But you're going to talk to him before the day ends, Serena," Ami said, looking serious.
Serena nodded. "Before the day ends."
