Blood Bond With Love 19
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"Morning Neo" Said the seven-year-old Serena who was rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"Morning honey, did you sleep well?" Asked Neo as he put the morning paper aside.
"Yes, thank you"
"How's your back?"
Serena bent over to her side gently. She felt a sharp pain on the middle of her back. It had been 11 months since she'd been shot and her back still hurt like hell every time she did certain movements.
"Better. where is everyone?"
"Oh, Trinity took Faith out to do some last minute shopping for the baby"
"She's almost here"
"Yes she is" There was a certain pride in his voice as he said it. Serena sat down on the chair beside his.
"Have you though about what you're gonna name her?"
"We thinking either Luz, or Mira"
"I like Luz better"
Neo chuckled.
"So do I... I think we'll go with Luz"
Serena smiled happily. After being sure to have at least half awaken she poured some milk into her glass.
"So have you thought about what you'd like to do for your birthday? It's next week you know"
Serena grinned and nodded.
"Something really small. Just having everyone here would be nice"
"You can ask for anything Sere, anything you want"
Serena looked into the man's dark brown eyes, smiling at him with all the tenderness she could manage and yet with pain in her eyes.
"I know, thank you. I think I just want to spend it with my family, all of you"
Serena kicked herself mentally after realizing she had said 'family' she remembered Faith's harsh words. 'Don't get your hopes up Bunny, for all you know they could send us to a foster home before we could say "family" and then that would be another heart break for you and me' Then again that had been almost 10 months ago.
She figured why would they keep them around if they didn't want them? Morpheus and William were in England after all.
"Hey, what do you say of we go get ice cream after breakfast" Suggested Neo, the blonde's eyes glowed gloriously at the sound of ice cream.
"Yes!"
Maybe it was the excitement of going out for ice cream or the fact that she realized how beautifully the sun was shining that morning. That caused her hand to accidentally move to the wrong side, knocking down the half empty glass of milk. Her eyes watched in horror as the glass fell on the tile floor, spilling the milk.
Tears began to form at the back of her eyes, she sobbed as she saw the mess she had caused. Neo bent down immediately to pick up the glass, miraculously it hadn't broken, it didn't even have a scratch on it.
"Wow. not a scratch" Said Neo half amazed as he placed the glass on the table.
"You ok Se."
He stopped when he saw her face. Tears were running down her cheeks, eyes watery and sobbing quietly. He quickly placed a hand on her cheek.
"Hey, honey it's all right. Nothing happened, its just milk."
"I. I'm so. sorry." Sobbed the blonde. Neo stood up, kneeling beside her chair.
"Sere, look at me" She obeyed and was surprised to find a warm comforting smile on the man's face.
"I'm sorry"
"What you sorry about? Accidents happen, it's ok"
Unfortunately it only helped to quiet down the sobs but the tears kept coming. Neo saw the spilled milk, an idea suddenly popping in his mind. Sitting on the floor he began to run his finger on the spilled milk, leaving small canals behind. Serena saw questionly as he made a happy face in the milk. Interested at the new art work the tears stopped.
"Want to try it? It's fun, C'here" He lifted an arm toward her she quietly kneeled down. Neo kept his arm around her shoulder and instructed her to make a happy face like the one he had in the milk. She did as he said, the smile coming back to her face when she realized how fun this actually was.
Minute's later laughter filled the dining room
~*~*~*~ Serena's closed eyelids tightened as the setting changed.
"Momma! Are we having a picnic!" Yelled Serena happily as she saw her mother carefully setting plates and glasses into a basket.
"Yes honey, to celebrate papa's new job offer!" Ikuko saw as her four and a half year old daughter jumped up and down in the kitchen.
"Serena honey could you please pass me the milk bottle"
"Sure momma"
She skipped toward the fridge, taking out the half empty milk bottle. The bottle was wet, causing it to fall and shatter. Ikuko turned around as she heard the loud crash and then looked at her daughter. She had tears in her baby blue eyes and was staring at the milk.
"SERENA! Look at that mess! C'mon help me clean that up before it runs all over the floor!!" yelled Ikuko angrily, she knew it was an accident but it still didn't take away the fact milk wasn't cheap.
~*~*~ The setting changed again, this time to a park.
Serena laughed as her dad began to chase her around the picnic cloth. After a few times of running around Ken finally decided to catch her, lifting her up on the air as he did so. The small blonde girl laughed joyously as saw the clouds getting closer. She squeaked of excitement before her father put her down. She ran to her mother and gave her a big hug.
"I almost touched the moon mommy!"
Ken and Ikuko laughed with their daughter as the food was served.
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Her eyes snapped open when she heard her alarm go on. Followed by a light walking weight on her stomach that meowed. She saw Luna's big eyes right in front of hers.
"Luna! Why are you waking me up so early?"
"Serena you have to report for work. it's your first day remember?"
"No!! I want to sleep until I'm 20"
"You know perfectly well how ridiculous that is so get up!" Commanded the black cat one final time.
"After all I had to go through last night you'd think I would get to sleep"
"Rini told me you were going to talk to your parents last night. How did it go?"
Serena sat on her bed, rubbing her eyes.
"It went ok. I finally got some answers, I'll tell you when we meet the girls"
"Very well, but hurry up. otherwise I'll be forced to use my claws on you"
"Ok, ok yeesh"
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Serena, Amy, Lita, Mina Rey, Rini Artemis and Luna arrived in front of a tall building. They gazed in awe at the beautiful entrance of the arts school. The whole front were glass windows, a beautiful garden surrounded it. It looked fancy; at first glance it was hard to imagine it was an arts school. It looked more like a business building.
"Wow, it's beautiful," Said Mina surprised.
"And big." Added Artemis.
"Very. and we'll be working here?" Asked Lita amazed.
"C'mon, we better get going" Ordered Serena walking ahead of the group.
"You girls go ahead Artemis and I will be around, we'll come back at 3" Said Luna as she pushed Artemis the opposite way.
"Why don't you stay?" Asked Rini.
"I don't think cats are allowed in there." Said Artemis.
"We'll see you later then" Waved the girls as the two cats left.
It wasn't the first time Serena had seen the building. She'd actually seen it at least once a month for the last five years. She didn't find it particularly new.
The girls walked faster to catch up with Serena.
"What's wrong Serena, why are you walking so fast?" Asked Lita softly.
"It's just I want to hurry up before it gets too late"
"What do you mean?"
The question was long forgotten when they saw the long line of people at the entrance.
"What's going on?" Asked Rini.
"It's public audition day today" Informed Serena, she continued walking to the door, completely ignoring the stares she was getting from the people standing in line.
"All these people are here to audition?" Amy observed the long line that went all around the entrance.
"Wow, and I thought I wanted to sing badly" Mina thought aloud, she heard some agreeing "uh umm" from her friends.
"Serena wait!" Rey yelled, as she saw the blonde approaching the door in great speed. The girls ran again to catch up to her. Expecting the scary guard at the door to stop her. The tall mean broad looking man in a guard's uniform stood beside the entrance, Serena stood in front of him and smiled.
"Hi Tewami"
"Oh hey Serena! What are you doing here?"
"Ms. Tokatura told me and my friends to come in today. They're gonna be working here" She answered easily.
"Oh great, nice to meet you girls! I'm Tewami" He said warmly and bent his head gently just enough to show politeness.
"Nice to meet you too" They answered in chorus.
"Come in Serena, oh by the way Tank has been asking for you all day. He asked me to tell you to meet him in the plain when you got here"
"Tank? What is he doing here?"
"Ms. Tokatura hired him to help the dancers I think. Pretty nice guy"
'Yeah nice when he wants something' She thought.
"Oh thanks Tewami" Said Serena a bit surprised at the message.
The girls eyed her with questioning eyes. Tewami hold the door open for the girls.
"What was that all about Serena?" Asked Rey once they were in, not being able to hear what she had told the guard.
"That's what happens when you're the owner's niece," She said with mischievously.
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The girls stood in front of Airine's desk waiting patiently as she yelled at someone on the phone. After a few minutes she hanged up, giving them her attention. Serena recognized the office; it was Niobe's office. Her eyes set on the small space beside the window where two large couches, with a coffee table in the middle were located. She smiled as she remembered the countless times she had laid there staring at the window or ceiling while waiting or listening to her aunt work.
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Serena stared at the ceiling with UN normal interest. William on the other couch lay on a similar position. Niobe looked up from her papers to the two siblings glued to the couch looking at the ceiling.
"The building is strong you know. It's not going to collapse any time soon" She said, a hint of amusement in her statement.
"Mom we're bored to death" Stated William completely lacking his accent.
"Honey I'm sorry but there's a pretty bad storm out there and with my car not working and the building empty we have to wait for your father to come pick us up" Niobe sighed, pushing back her chair. She was ready to burst out herself. She would kill Morpheus when he got here for taking so damn long.
'What the hell is keeping him? He said a meeting not a ceremony! It's been two hours already and the kids are turning into vegetables.' She thought annoyed.
She focused on Serena for a while; she looked completely out of it.
"Serena honey are you still flesh and blood?"
"Yes aunty. I think. did you know that of you stare into to ceiling long enough you can see through it," Said the blonde amazed.
"Ok that's it! You can turn into zombies when Morpheus gets here but not now. I'm telling you a story" Stated Niobe while she walked closer to them. Then she began to drag the coffee table out of the way.
"C'mon lazy heads get up and help me move the couches together" Ordered Niobe. After a few seconds of protests from both parts she finally got the living vegetables to move. They pushed the couches together, making it look like a bed. Niobe settled herself on it, using the armrests as her pillows. Serena and William followed, surprised at the good idea.
"Hey this feels pretty good" Said William surprised.
"Yeah it does, great idea aunty"
Niobe smiled, she laid in the middle, an arm around each of the kids.
"Yes it was, so what story you want to hear?"
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She smiled warmly at the memory, closing in on the couches as she heard her friends talking to Airine. The older woman stopped talking when she saw the blonde walking closer to the couches.
"You recognize it I suppose?" She asked intrigued.
"I used to sit there and look out of the window while waiting for my aunt" Serena ran a hand down the silky couch material as inviting as ever.
"It's a lovely office"
"Thank you Amy, but I haven't dared change a thing, it's all Ms. Anderson's decorating"
Serena smiled brightly and sat herself on the couch. 'Still as delicious as ever' She thought. She met Airine's eyes and smiled.
"Thank you Airine for not changing anything"
The woman a bit taken back by the comment, but she just returned the smile.
"So girls where do you want to work?"
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"What are the plains Serena?" Asked Lita, her hands on the back of her head as they let the blonde lead the way.
"It's like a gym, but instead it's a training area for dancers."
"So they'll be people dancing?"
"Yep, even famous people that are coming to the festival will be practicing here"
"So what is that to us? We want to sing remember?" Said Mina.
"This is the safest way to get you an audition. Unless of course you want to do the line up out there."
"Ok, ok" Said Rey annoyed.
Serena pushed a big wood door open revealing a gym like place. The floor was all polished wood floor. Some high benches on the side much like a basketball court's. The place was packed, not a square inch empty, people practising, dancing, and talking. The girls stared in awe but Serena just walked through it like nothing was wrong.
'She's really used to this. She's acting like she knows the place so well' Thought Mina, as she struggled to get past all those people without bumping into them.
"Tank!" Yelled Serena.
A dark haired guy, tanned skin boyish looks and very well defined muscles turned around. He looked a few years older then her, maybe Darien's age. He smiled warmly at the group as he walked closer to them. The girls stared at him in a dreamlike state.
"Hey sugar, I've been looking for ya all day. Where ya been?"
"Tank, I want you to meet my friends, girls meet Tank, my cuz"
"Yep, best damn cuz around and owner of the gym this goldilocks had been spending so much time on till her good old bro came" Said Tank, hint of complaint in his voice.
"Nice to meet you" They all said.
"Well sorry but my brother only comes once a year at the most." Said Serena.
"So you girls working here?"
"Thanks to Serena we are" Said Rey shooting a death glare at the blonde.
"Rey wanted to go for the vocal room" Explained Serena.
"Oh no! You don't want to go there, trust me on this one. The guy in charge of it is nuts. He'll really work you twice as much than what you're paid for. Plus if you're here you can meet the cool people and have a better chance of auditioning"
Rey blushed. "Thanks"
"No prob, say Sere you ain't signing for dance?"
"No way"
"Why?"
"Cause she can't dance for hell!" Said a rough male voice from behind her.
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Cliff-hanger? Yes No? Maybe? I dunno you tell me. So what do you think? I know this chapter has a lot of flashbacks. (I love writing them) but its not only cause of that, it's because I wanted to put in a nice memory of Serena with her Ken and Ikuko and her relationship with Neo before she started calling him dad.
Remember that flashback was before Luz was born! And the next one with Niobe she was older. I wanted to show the relationship with her aunt. I hope you review! It helps me a lot; I know sometimes people get lazy. hell I get lazy! But trust me chapters come a lot quicker that way. I'll stop now. don't you just hate it when the author's notes are longer than the chapter? ^.^
Love ya all!
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"Morning Neo" Said the seven-year-old Serena who was rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"Morning honey, did you sleep well?" Asked Neo as he put the morning paper aside.
"Yes, thank you"
"How's your back?"
Serena bent over to her side gently. She felt a sharp pain on the middle of her back. It had been 11 months since she'd been shot and her back still hurt like hell every time she did certain movements.
"Better. where is everyone?"
"Oh, Trinity took Faith out to do some last minute shopping for the baby"
"She's almost here"
"Yes she is" There was a certain pride in his voice as he said it. Serena sat down on the chair beside his.
"Have you though about what you're gonna name her?"
"We thinking either Luz, or Mira"
"I like Luz better"
Neo chuckled.
"So do I... I think we'll go with Luz"
Serena smiled happily. After being sure to have at least half awaken she poured some milk into her glass.
"So have you thought about what you'd like to do for your birthday? It's next week you know"
Serena grinned and nodded.
"Something really small. Just having everyone here would be nice"
"You can ask for anything Sere, anything you want"
Serena looked into the man's dark brown eyes, smiling at him with all the tenderness she could manage and yet with pain in her eyes.
"I know, thank you. I think I just want to spend it with my family, all of you"
Serena kicked herself mentally after realizing she had said 'family' she remembered Faith's harsh words. 'Don't get your hopes up Bunny, for all you know they could send us to a foster home before we could say "family" and then that would be another heart break for you and me' Then again that had been almost 10 months ago.
She figured why would they keep them around if they didn't want them? Morpheus and William were in England after all.
"Hey, what do you say of we go get ice cream after breakfast" Suggested Neo, the blonde's eyes glowed gloriously at the sound of ice cream.
"Yes!"
Maybe it was the excitement of going out for ice cream or the fact that she realized how beautifully the sun was shining that morning. That caused her hand to accidentally move to the wrong side, knocking down the half empty glass of milk. Her eyes watched in horror as the glass fell on the tile floor, spilling the milk.
Tears began to form at the back of her eyes, she sobbed as she saw the mess she had caused. Neo bent down immediately to pick up the glass, miraculously it hadn't broken, it didn't even have a scratch on it.
"Wow. not a scratch" Said Neo half amazed as he placed the glass on the table.
"You ok Se."
He stopped when he saw her face. Tears were running down her cheeks, eyes watery and sobbing quietly. He quickly placed a hand on her cheek.
"Hey, honey it's all right. Nothing happened, its just milk."
"I. I'm so. sorry." Sobbed the blonde. Neo stood up, kneeling beside her chair.
"Sere, look at me" She obeyed and was surprised to find a warm comforting smile on the man's face.
"I'm sorry"
"What you sorry about? Accidents happen, it's ok"
Unfortunately it only helped to quiet down the sobs but the tears kept coming. Neo saw the spilled milk, an idea suddenly popping in his mind. Sitting on the floor he began to run his finger on the spilled milk, leaving small canals behind. Serena saw questionly as he made a happy face in the milk. Interested at the new art work the tears stopped.
"Want to try it? It's fun, C'here" He lifted an arm toward her she quietly kneeled down. Neo kept his arm around her shoulder and instructed her to make a happy face like the one he had in the milk. She did as he said, the smile coming back to her face when she realized how fun this actually was.
Minute's later laughter filled the dining room
~*~*~*~ Serena's closed eyelids tightened as the setting changed.
"Momma! Are we having a picnic!" Yelled Serena happily as she saw her mother carefully setting plates and glasses into a basket.
"Yes honey, to celebrate papa's new job offer!" Ikuko saw as her four and a half year old daughter jumped up and down in the kitchen.
"Serena honey could you please pass me the milk bottle"
"Sure momma"
She skipped toward the fridge, taking out the half empty milk bottle. The bottle was wet, causing it to fall and shatter. Ikuko turned around as she heard the loud crash and then looked at her daughter. She had tears in her baby blue eyes and was staring at the milk.
"SERENA! Look at that mess! C'mon help me clean that up before it runs all over the floor!!" yelled Ikuko angrily, she knew it was an accident but it still didn't take away the fact milk wasn't cheap.
~*~*~ The setting changed again, this time to a park.
Serena laughed as her dad began to chase her around the picnic cloth. After a few times of running around Ken finally decided to catch her, lifting her up on the air as he did so. The small blonde girl laughed joyously as saw the clouds getting closer. She squeaked of excitement before her father put her down. She ran to her mother and gave her a big hug.
"I almost touched the moon mommy!"
Ken and Ikuko laughed with their daughter as the food was served.
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Her eyes snapped open when she heard her alarm go on. Followed by a light walking weight on her stomach that meowed. She saw Luna's big eyes right in front of hers.
"Luna! Why are you waking me up so early?"
"Serena you have to report for work. it's your first day remember?"
"No!! I want to sleep until I'm 20"
"You know perfectly well how ridiculous that is so get up!" Commanded the black cat one final time.
"After all I had to go through last night you'd think I would get to sleep"
"Rini told me you were going to talk to your parents last night. How did it go?"
Serena sat on her bed, rubbing her eyes.
"It went ok. I finally got some answers, I'll tell you when we meet the girls"
"Very well, but hurry up. otherwise I'll be forced to use my claws on you"
"Ok, ok yeesh"
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Serena, Amy, Lita, Mina Rey, Rini Artemis and Luna arrived in front of a tall building. They gazed in awe at the beautiful entrance of the arts school. The whole front were glass windows, a beautiful garden surrounded it. It looked fancy; at first glance it was hard to imagine it was an arts school. It looked more like a business building.
"Wow, it's beautiful," Said Mina surprised.
"And big." Added Artemis.
"Very. and we'll be working here?" Asked Lita amazed.
"C'mon, we better get going" Ordered Serena walking ahead of the group.
"You girls go ahead Artemis and I will be around, we'll come back at 3" Said Luna as she pushed Artemis the opposite way.
"Why don't you stay?" Asked Rini.
"I don't think cats are allowed in there." Said Artemis.
"We'll see you later then" Waved the girls as the two cats left.
It wasn't the first time Serena had seen the building. She'd actually seen it at least once a month for the last five years. She didn't find it particularly new.
The girls walked faster to catch up with Serena.
"What's wrong Serena, why are you walking so fast?" Asked Lita softly.
"It's just I want to hurry up before it gets too late"
"What do you mean?"
The question was long forgotten when they saw the long line of people at the entrance.
"What's going on?" Asked Rini.
"It's public audition day today" Informed Serena, she continued walking to the door, completely ignoring the stares she was getting from the people standing in line.
"All these people are here to audition?" Amy observed the long line that went all around the entrance.
"Wow, and I thought I wanted to sing badly" Mina thought aloud, she heard some agreeing "uh umm" from her friends.
"Serena wait!" Rey yelled, as she saw the blonde approaching the door in great speed. The girls ran again to catch up to her. Expecting the scary guard at the door to stop her. The tall mean broad looking man in a guard's uniform stood beside the entrance, Serena stood in front of him and smiled.
"Hi Tewami"
"Oh hey Serena! What are you doing here?"
"Ms. Tokatura told me and my friends to come in today. They're gonna be working here" She answered easily.
"Oh great, nice to meet you girls! I'm Tewami" He said warmly and bent his head gently just enough to show politeness.
"Nice to meet you too" They answered in chorus.
"Come in Serena, oh by the way Tank has been asking for you all day. He asked me to tell you to meet him in the plain when you got here"
"Tank? What is he doing here?"
"Ms. Tokatura hired him to help the dancers I think. Pretty nice guy"
'Yeah nice when he wants something' She thought.
"Oh thanks Tewami" Said Serena a bit surprised at the message.
The girls eyed her with questioning eyes. Tewami hold the door open for the girls.
"What was that all about Serena?" Asked Rey once they were in, not being able to hear what she had told the guard.
"That's what happens when you're the owner's niece," She said with mischievously.
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The girls stood in front of Airine's desk waiting patiently as she yelled at someone on the phone. After a few minutes she hanged up, giving them her attention. Serena recognized the office; it was Niobe's office. Her eyes set on the small space beside the window where two large couches, with a coffee table in the middle were located. She smiled as she remembered the countless times she had laid there staring at the window or ceiling while waiting or listening to her aunt work.
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Serena stared at the ceiling with UN normal interest. William on the other couch lay on a similar position. Niobe looked up from her papers to the two siblings glued to the couch looking at the ceiling.
"The building is strong you know. It's not going to collapse any time soon" She said, a hint of amusement in her statement.
"Mom we're bored to death" Stated William completely lacking his accent.
"Honey I'm sorry but there's a pretty bad storm out there and with my car not working and the building empty we have to wait for your father to come pick us up" Niobe sighed, pushing back her chair. She was ready to burst out herself. She would kill Morpheus when he got here for taking so damn long.
'What the hell is keeping him? He said a meeting not a ceremony! It's been two hours already and the kids are turning into vegetables.' She thought annoyed.
She focused on Serena for a while; she looked completely out of it.
"Serena honey are you still flesh and blood?"
"Yes aunty. I think. did you know that of you stare into to ceiling long enough you can see through it," Said the blonde amazed.
"Ok that's it! You can turn into zombies when Morpheus gets here but not now. I'm telling you a story" Stated Niobe while she walked closer to them. Then she began to drag the coffee table out of the way.
"C'mon lazy heads get up and help me move the couches together" Ordered Niobe. After a few seconds of protests from both parts she finally got the living vegetables to move. They pushed the couches together, making it look like a bed. Niobe settled herself on it, using the armrests as her pillows. Serena and William followed, surprised at the good idea.
"Hey this feels pretty good" Said William surprised.
"Yeah it does, great idea aunty"
Niobe smiled, she laid in the middle, an arm around each of the kids.
"Yes it was, so what story you want to hear?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* End Memory~*~*~*~*~
She smiled warmly at the memory, closing in on the couches as she heard her friends talking to Airine. The older woman stopped talking when she saw the blonde walking closer to the couches.
"You recognize it I suppose?" She asked intrigued.
"I used to sit there and look out of the window while waiting for my aunt" Serena ran a hand down the silky couch material as inviting as ever.
"It's a lovely office"
"Thank you Amy, but I haven't dared change a thing, it's all Ms. Anderson's decorating"
Serena smiled brightly and sat herself on the couch. 'Still as delicious as ever' She thought. She met Airine's eyes and smiled.
"Thank you Airine for not changing anything"
The woman a bit taken back by the comment, but she just returned the smile.
"So girls where do you want to work?"
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"What are the plains Serena?" Asked Lita, her hands on the back of her head as they let the blonde lead the way.
"It's like a gym, but instead it's a training area for dancers."
"So they'll be people dancing?"
"Yep, even famous people that are coming to the festival will be practicing here"
"So what is that to us? We want to sing remember?" Said Mina.
"This is the safest way to get you an audition. Unless of course you want to do the line up out there."
"Ok, ok" Said Rey annoyed.
Serena pushed a big wood door open revealing a gym like place. The floor was all polished wood floor. Some high benches on the side much like a basketball court's. The place was packed, not a square inch empty, people practising, dancing, and talking. The girls stared in awe but Serena just walked through it like nothing was wrong.
'She's really used to this. She's acting like she knows the place so well' Thought Mina, as she struggled to get past all those people without bumping into them.
"Tank!" Yelled Serena.
A dark haired guy, tanned skin boyish looks and very well defined muscles turned around. He looked a few years older then her, maybe Darien's age. He smiled warmly at the group as he walked closer to them. The girls stared at him in a dreamlike state.
"Hey sugar, I've been looking for ya all day. Where ya been?"
"Tank, I want you to meet my friends, girls meet Tank, my cuz"
"Yep, best damn cuz around and owner of the gym this goldilocks had been spending so much time on till her good old bro came" Said Tank, hint of complaint in his voice.
"Nice to meet you" They all said.
"Well sorry but my brother only comes once a year at the most." Said Serena.
"So you girls working here?"
"Thanks to Serena we are" Said Rey shooting a death glare at the blonde.
"Rey wanted to go for the vocal room" Explained Serena.
"Oh no! You don't want to go there, trust me on this one. The guy in charge of it is nuts. He'll really work you twice as much than what you're paid for. Plus if you're here you can meet the cool people and have a better chance of auditioning"
Rey blushed. "Thanks"
"No prob, say Sere you ain't signing for dance?"
"No way"
"Why?"
"Cause she can't dance for hell!" Said a rough male voice from behind her.
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Cliff-hanger? Yes No? Maybe? I dunno you tell me. So what do you think? I know this chapter has a lot of flashbacks. (I love writing them) but its not only cause of that, it's because I wanted to put in a nice memory of Serena with her Ken and Ikuko and her relationship with Neo before she started calling him dad.
Remember that flashback was before Luz was born! And the next one with Niobe she was older. I wanted to show the relationship with her aunt. I hope you review! It helps me a lot; I know sometimes people get lazy. hell I get lazy! But trust me chapters come a lot quicker that way. I'll stop now. don't you just hate it when the author's notes are longer than the chapter? ^.^
Love ya all!