Chapter Thirty
Where's Serena?
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Previously
"Guess what!" Serena was jumping with excitement.
"What?" Yella asked.
No response.
"Serena?" Yella waited a minute confused.
No answer.
...Beep Beep Beep...
Maybe we were disconnected. Yella dialed Serena's cell.
...RING...RING...RING..."Hi, Serena's cell here..." Yella hung up the phone. Weird.
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What the hell. Was that supposed to be a joke? But if it was, she would have answered. She decided to try calling again.
...RING...RING...RING..."Hi, Serena's cell here. Please leave some love, cuz I love all you!" BEEP.
"Haha, very funny Serena. Anyways please call me back soon. Yella." She hung up the phone and decided to call Raye.
"Hello?" Raye picked up her phone.
"Hey Raye, its Yella."
Raye got a weird look on her face. The others shot her questioning glances, but she ignored them. "What's up?"
"Well I was just talking to Serena and her phone cut out or something. I called back twice but got her voice mail.
"I'll call you back in a minute." Raye said into the phone.
"Okay."
"I'll be right back." Raye told the group as she closed her phone.
"Everything okay?" Kevin asked.
"Yah, be right back." Raye lied.
"Me too." Darien said. Something was up, and he could feel it had to do with Serena.
They were about to the door when Darien spoke.
"What's wrong?" Darien asked.
"Yella called and said she was disconnected with Serena. She called back twice, but Serena didn't answer. So I'm gonna see what's up." She informed.
"Where would she have gone?" Darien asked, trying to keep cool.
"I don't know."
Darien walked out the front doors ahead of Raye. He saw no Serena, but heard a noise at his feet. He picked up her phone, the source of the noise, and looked at it. "Raye, I found her phone." She was receiving a text. The title was 'About Serena' He started to worry. Serena's phone was on the ground with her nowhere in sight, and the title worried him even more. He decided to read the text.
'I've got her. She ruined my family, so I ruined hers. I didn't get the pleasure of killing her brother, but we can't all have what we want. Now it's her turn to suffer.'
Darien stood there in shock, absorbing the words he just read.
"Darien, what is it?" Raye asked, seeing the shock in his face.
He didn't say a word...he couldn't, so Raye took the phone.
In the Cafe, the rest of the group peeked out the window where they saw Darien staring blankly at a phone they recognized as Serena's. They then saw Raye snatch it from him then fall to her knees. At the sight of that they knew something was wrong. They rushed out to see what it was.
"What happened?" Kevin asked.
"Wh-where's Serena?" Amy stuttered out, afraid of the answer.
Neither Raye nor Darien could say a word, so Raye just handed the phone to Amy.
The group gathered around as Amy took the phone. They all read the message, each girl on the verge of tears.
"'She ruined my family'" Stephen quoted. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" He asked, very upset.
"We've lived here a few weeks. We hardly know anyone other then you guys." Lita said, leaning into Zac for comfort.
He responded by wrapping his arms around her, allowing her to sob into his chest.
Kevin had lifted Raye off the ground and she started weeping.
Soon all the girls were in tears, leaning to their boyfriends for comfort. But Darien, he squeezed his eyes shut and lowered his head, holding back the tears that wanted to poor out.
"I've got to get out of here." He mumbled before running off. After a few minutes of running, he sent her a plea. 'Serena, can you hear me at all?' "SERENA!" He shouted after receiving no reply.
Kevin went to run after him, but was stopped by Raye.
"He needs his space." She told him.
Kevin just sighed and nodded.
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"Why her, why that poor innocent girl?" Darien asked himself aloud. 'Serena, please, if you can hear me at all.'
'I can hear you.' She thought.
'Where are you?'
'I-I don't know, in a vehicle of some sort.'
'Why…How?'
'Someone injected something in me that made me unable to move. Then a lady blindfolded me and drug me to this vehicle.'
'It's okay, I'll find you.'
'Be careful.'
'You too.'
He had been searching for some time and walked himself to the park. Serena had always loved to sit by the fountain and just listen to the water fall.
'Darien, where are you?' She pleaded.
'I'm still looking, what's wrong?'
He received no reply.
'Serena, please, answer me. Are you okay?'
'I can't talk to you. I'm sorry. I'm fine. I love you.'
'What why?'
He didn't get an answer again.
'Just know that I love you too.'
"I'll always love you Serena, always" He whispered.
He sat there for a good hour before he decided to head home. There was nothing else he could do at this point.
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He walked in the house, seeing the guys on the couch. They appeared to be waiting for him.
"Hey." Darien said, half heartedly.
"You okay?" Kevin asked.
"OF COURSE I'M NOT OKAY, MY GIRLFRIEND, THE ONLY WOMAN I'VE EVER LOVED, WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. WHY THE FUCKING HELL WOULD I BE OKAY?"He shouted, tears threatening to come streaming out. He resisted the urge to cry in front of them.
They were silent. Both by the sudden outburst and because they weren't sure of what to say.
"That's what I thought. If you need me I'll be in my room." He said, walking off to his room.
Darien hadn't cried since the death of his parents, that was until that day.
'Serena, I love you. I don't know where you are, but you must know I'll always love you and only you.'