They've Met

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"Wow, Serena up early on the first day of school." A brown haired boy joked as a blonde walked into the kitchen.

"Are you feeling alright dear? Maybe I should check your temperature." A blue haired female said as she placed two pancakes on a plate in front of the blonde.

"Come on mom. You have to give me at least a little credit." The blonde said after taking a bite. "I mean I'm not that bad."

"She's right Ilene. She was up early on the last day last year." A male reading a news paper told the blue haired lady.

"But dad that was the last day of school…of course she was up early." The brown haired boy said.

"Well I thought it was time for a change." The blonde stated.

"I bet it won't last longer then a week." The boy smirked.

"WHY YOU LITTLE!" The blonde yelled getting up to chase her younger brother. "SAMMY, GET BACK HERE!"
"MOM! DAD! HELP ME BEFORE SHE KILLS ME!" Sammy cried.

"Serena, stop chasing him and come finish your breakfast." Ilene called.

"Some things never change…" The male sighed.

"You can say that again Ken." Ilene stated.

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"SERENA!" A blue haired girl called.

"AMY! How was your summer in America?" Serena asked.

"It was so much fun, but I missed you and the other girls." She said after hugging Serena fiercely.

"It's okay, they all left me anyways. Lita went to some cooking thing in Germany, and Mina went to London for some summer modeling."
"What did you do all summer then?"
"Hung out with Andrew at the Crown."

"I swear, you two should just start going out already." Amy said as they headed towards Serena's locker.

"Amy, how many times do I have to tell you? Andrew is like my brother, and he considers me his sister. It'd be plain weird if we were dating."
"How is he doing anyways?"
"Good. He said he met someone at the Crown at the beginning of summer. He just moved here and will be coming here. He's a senior like Andy."

"That all you know?"
"Yup. Haven't met him yet. Andrew said he always came in in the mornings. I always missed him by like a half an hour or something."

"Well if he's friends with Andrew, he'll become popular in no time….and we'll know everything about him." Amy laughed.

"True, very true. But I'm so bummed that Andrew is graduating this year." Serena sighed.

"Yah."
"We'll have to track him down and find out his lunch…just because we don't have it together; maybe he'll have it with one of us." Amy thought.

"Are you crazy? Freshmen don't hang out with seniors…especially the most popular ones."
"I hate high school clicks." Serena sighed.

"Hey Serena, Amy!" A male voice called.

"Guess he doesn't care though." Serena laughed.

A sandy blonde walked up and gave the two a hug.

"Andy, don't you care about the fact that we're freshmen?" Serena asked.

"No. You and the girls are like my best friends…plus I'm leaving this year. I don't care what grade you are in."
"I'm glad." Serena said. "So when do I get to meet Darien?"

"Funny, he asked the same thing about you. Apparently, my conversations about him were mostly about you." Andrew laughed.

"And this summer, he's been your number one topic."

"Well he should be here somewhere…" Andrew said as he felt a tap on his shoulder. Andrew turned to face a tall man.

"Hey Drew, what's up?" The black haired male asked.

"Not much. Perfect timing." He said taking a step back so Serena and the man could see each other. "Serena, Amy, this is Darien. Darien these two are Amy and-"

"Meatball head?" The man introduced as Darien said.
"Jerk?"
"He's/She's the one you've been talking about all summer?" Both Serena and Darien asked at once. (A/N: Hence the He's/She's)

"I can't believe she's the one you consider your sister. Especially witnessing what she does to her real brother."

"Well at least I'm not a self absorbed jerk!"
"And at least I keep my shoes on my feet!"
"How many times did I have to say I was sorry? I aimed for my brother!"
"You should be more careful next time!"
She placed her hands on her hips. "I have better things to do then hang around a zero personality jerk! I'll see you later Andy." She said before heading in the opposite direction.

"SERENA, WAIT!" Amy called after the retreating blonde. "See you guys later. Nice to meet you Darien!" She said before running off.

"So you two have met?" Andrew asked.
"Unfortunately."

"Why do you say that?"

"Well it was right after I left the Crown when I first met you. I was walking towards my apartment and a little boy ran by me. Then out of no where, a show connected with the back of my head."

"She's always chasing Sammy. He is such a pin to her. She always complains about him. But that doesn't explain why you dislike her so much. She's always so kind…she probably apologized right away and felt really bad. I've never heard her talk to anyone like that before." Andrew said as they walked to his locker.

"I don't know. She did apologize and feel really bad. But something just made me start making fun of her. I told her to watch her aim."

"So she's the one you've been complaining about?"

"Yah. I've always called her meatball head, so I never knew her real name."
"Why?"
"Have you seen her hair style? It looks like two meatballs with noodles hanging from them."
"I've never looked at it that way before."
"You made her seem so nice before, but you were talking about meatball head." Darien sighed.

"Well if you give her a chance, she's the nicest person you'll ever meet."
"Yah, yah. Anyways, when does class start?"
"You're best quality…changing the subject. Ten minutes."
"Okay. I still need to go to my locker. I'll see you at lunch." Darien said as he walked away.

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"Wow Serena, I've never seen you talk to anyone like that." Amy said after she caught up with her blonde friend.

"He's been rude to me since the moment we met. I accidentally threw my shoe at him. When I apologized, he said I should watch my aim and he came up with 'meatball head.' I hate that nickname so much!" She cried in frustration.

"What nickname?" A brunette asked from behind the two.

"I don't want to ruin my dog anymore by talking about that conceited jerk. How was your cooking thing Lita?" Serena asked.

"It was sooo much fun! I have new recipes I have to try out on you guys."
"You could try them out at our first study session." Amy suggested.

"Have either of you seen Mina?" Serena asked.

"No, but I know she has my lunch. What do you guys have?" Lita asked.

"B." Serena said.

"C." Amy said.

"Guess you're eating alone Serena. The three of us have C." Lita commented.

"Awwwwww. Come on."
"Did you ever ask Andrew what lunch he's got?" Amy remembered.

"No, I was too mad at the conceited jerk to remember to ask."
"He must have done something to anger you so." Lita said

"I don't even want to relive that day."

…DING…DING…

"See you guys later." Serena called.
"See you." Amy and Lita said.

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"I really don't see the point in this freshmen seminar." Serena sighed as she took a seat.

"But hey, at least I'm stuck in here with you." A male voice said from behind her.

"What?" Serena looked behind her. "Andrew? This is freshman seminar. Why are you here?" She asked after giving him a hug.

"I'm a mentor for this class."
"YAY! I'm so happy!" She said giving him another hug.

"Just promise you'll be civil towards the other mentor." Andrew sighed as a tall black haired male walked into the classroom.

"Why wouldn't I be? But I promise."
"Thank you."
"Hey meatball head." The male said.

"That's why you asked me isn't it?" She asked Andrew.

"Uh-huh."
"Hello conceited jerk."

"Cut it out you two. I don't want to spend this year making sure you don't strangle each other.'
"Just keep him away from me, and I'll be fine."

…DING…DING…

"Really quick, what lunch you got?" Andrew asked.

"B."
"Great. I'll meet you by your locker."
"Okay."
"Hey Andrew!" Serena called as the sandy blonde approached her.

"So how's your day going?"
"Okay. How many girls have asked you out?"
"Five." He sighed.

"Every year. Just tell them you have a girlfriend already."
"How could I prove that? They'll want some sort of proof…"
"Say she's in another country…I don't know."

"I'll figure it out. Anyways. So why exactly do you hate Darien so much?"
"I actually wouldn't say I hate him. It's more of he gets on my nerves so much. With the nicknames and all. You've yet to witness one of arguments."
"Can't wait. Just don't make a huge scene at lunch please."
"I guess I'll be civil."
"Thank you Rena."
"Sure. Just tell him the same thing. He's usually the one that starts it anyways."
"Okay. I'll tell him."
"Thank you." He said. He draped an arm carelessly around her shoulders as they walked in the cafeteria.

"You have something to tell us?" Darien asked.

"Have you not figured out that he's like my brother? You are so dense."
"Darien, I need to talk to you over here for a minute."
He, Serena, and Darien walked away from the table.

"What's up?"
"Look, Serena is one of my best friends as you are. Can you please be civil during school hours."
"Ruin all the fun."
"I'm serious."
"Okay, okay. I'll try."
"Thank you."
"So you two aren't dating?"
"NO!" Serena cried.

"Serena is practically my little sister. I'm not dating her. I could never date her…no offence to you Rena."

"None taken. Just like I could never date you. Too much like my older bro."
"Won't you get trashed for hanging out with a freshman? Some of the guys at the table were saying how you aren't worried enough about your rep. People won't love you as much if you hang with a freshman."
"I really don't care. They know who she is and that she hates them. That's why they're saying that. They only care about their reps. Besides, she looks more like a junior. Even if I did care, not many people would say anything."
"A senior asked me out in the hall earlier. He thought I was a senior."

"I do have to admit you looked like a senior that day I met you, and I thought such until I met you again earlier."
"I guess I'll take that as a compliment."
"You should."
"See, it's not so hard being civil."
"Shut up Andrew." Both said at once.