Authors Note: Thank you so much for reviewing. I will try to update everyday so long as I get reviews. I hope ya'll are enjoying the story so far. Trista is going to stick around for a while so we'll see what will happen to the future.

After the girls and I had settled down to party eaten the majority of the pizza we fell into a lull of silence. I looked over at Trista who was standing in the corner with a concerned look in her eye. I smiled over at her and said, "Sorry if I'm messing up the time stream to much Trista."

She looked at me and smiled saying, "You know I can't reveal anything about the future. But I will say I'm proud of you for standing up for yourself. We will just have to watch and wait what will happen. Every second can change the future for the better or for the worse. Right now it can go in many different paths. Most of which depends on you and Darien. What will happen I honestly cannot say right now. Right now there are just too many variables to know what track we are on right now. We are still many years away from anything major. Right now to tell you the truth I am just enjoying reliving the moment when Amara punched him in the nose."

I gasped and looked at Amara. "You punched him?!"

"Yes I did and I'd do it again to if I had the chance. Please tell me I have the change meatball head. Besides you should have seen Raye give him a lecture."

"Raye?!"

"What he deserved it he was being a jerk to you. He has been acting like a jerk for a long time. It's about time you stood up for yourself. The only thing I'm mad about is that you didn't say anything about being on your own. Or that Darien didn't write or call. I feel like we failed you as friends not to realize that something was wrong."

"It's not your fault Raye I didn't want to say anything because I had to prove to myself that I was strong enough to survive on my own. I wrote him every day and didn't say a word about the Galixia attacks or the Starlights to not worry him. I figured he just didn't care. Of course now I know that it was because his starseed had been stolen. But I figure he still wouldn't have written me anyways." I started laughing at myself. "I feel so foolish having chased after him with stars in my eyes. He was my family in many ways to me. I chased after him to win him back. I've gone to an asteroid and risked everything to save him and the world. But he never did anything for me. More and more towards the end of the dark moon circus he just didn't show up at all. I'm lucky that I started taking those gymnastics classes to work on my balance and the karate classes to work on my fighting."

Lita looked at me and said, "I was wondering why you weren't klutzing out as much. But why didn't you come to one of us for help?"

"Well not to sound mean or anything but you girls were mostly to busy chasing after the Starlights then anything else. In many ways I was on my own with everything for a good long while now. But its ok it was nice to see everybody acting star crazy for a change. Plus I was able to concentrate more on my studies. My average is nowhere near Amy's yet but I've caught up to Lita on the posted test scores. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. I wanted to show Darien how much I had matured when he got back. But without him around now maybe I can crack down better. I've got all my homework done already for the night did it during lunch hour, and the rest during my break at the arcade. Used to be that I would put it off or just not do it but I've gotten into the habit of actually doing it. My writing has even gotten better. I want to change for the better."

"Well it sounds to me like you have Serena." Michelle said with a smile. "I believe everybody here is proud of you in so many ways. Every day you are growing up more and more into the queen you will be someday. Whether you have Darien by your side or not we will remain on your side."

"Thanks Michelle. Now how about we get onto those makeovers."

Everybody started getting excited about doing the makeovers Amara was even going to get involved. They tried to get me to go first but I didn't really want to right at that moment. So we started with Amy, then Lita, Mina, Michelle, Hotaru, Trista, and Raye. It came down to Amara and me and we looked at each other. Everybody was looking great and I decided that I was tired of the same old same old. The best way to help me seem more mature would to change my looks.

My parents for whatever odd reason had never let me cut my hair, dye it, or do anything at all to alter it in any way. My head was aching all the time from how heavy my hair was. Completely down it was dragging on the ground just about. I thought about it and said, "Could somebody get me a ruler and a pair of scissors please?"

"Why?" Mina asked me curiously.

"I am going to donate my hair to Locks of Love."

"WHAT?!"

"I'm going to cut my hair and donate all of it to Locks of Love. I've always wanted to do it and now seem like the perfect time. It has to be six inches per ponytail so let's get the ruler and start cutting."

"Are you sure?" Raye asked.

"Never been more so in my whole life." I said.

They pulled my hair down and slowly started measuring and cutting until my hair was a little above my shoulders. When I stood up I got dizzy with my head being so lite. I knew exactly what parlor to take my hair to the next day that took donations. They had been asking me to do it for a couple of years now. Everybody was gasping in shock and Mina started crying halfway through the second cut. I was fine with it though. Never felt better actually. We gently put all my hair into separate bags to make sure that they wouldn't get mixed together and messed up.

It was weird seeing my hair in bags on the side and knowing that it was no longer attached to my head. I really am fine with it though. Really I am. Ok yea I admit it I started crying after it was over with. I was happy but scared my hair had been long since I was little. Now it wouldn't even fit into a ponytail any more. They all comforted me but I was proud of myself and my hair was going to go to charity which was even better. Luckily enough Michelle was talented enough to know how to style hair. So she fixed it up for me into a cute little bob that fell halfway down my neck and it was in multiple layers. After that we left my hair alone and did my makeup.

We stayed up the rest of the night talking and having fun. It was great my mind didn't drift to Darien and everything that had happened hardly at all. I looked to my friends who had become family to me in the few years that I had known them and felt contentment.

Finally a little after midnight everybody started to fall asleep. I couldn't sleep there was too much going through my mind. I thought about a lot of things. Mostly about how I should go about making Darien understand that I wasn't going to come back at a snap of his fingers. I looked around my room and at all of the things in there that he had given to me. The glass slippers, yes he got me another pair, should I give those back? I realized exactly what I needed to do.

The next morning everybody was awake and I told them exactly what I was going to do. They looked shocked mostly but I thought it was the best course of action and they supported me fully. They took the bags of hair to deliver it for me and then after they left I quickly went around and gathered everything that I had gotten throughout our relationship. So basically a few pictures, one of his everlasting roses, those glass slippers, and as I walked out I remembered one more thing and threw it into the box as well.

As I got to Darien's apartment building a few minutes later I took the elevator up to his apartment. I took a deep breath before I knocked on the door wondering if I really was doing the right thing. Maybe I overreacted? I mean his dream was to become a great doctor. He just never thought to talk to me about our relationship having to be long distance for four years. But then again what kind of boyfriend does that and seems to not even care? What kind of boyfriend pushes you away unless another girl is harassing him?

I knocked firmly on the door and I heard him rummaging around and then coming to the door. I had butterflies in my stomach and once again started to reconsider. I mean what about the future? What about our love or at least my love? Could I go through with this? The door knob turned and the door slowly opened up to reveal Darien standing there in blue jeans, his black form fitting t-shirt. His hair was a disheveled mess like he had just woken up and he was completely barefoot.

We stared at each other for a few moments and then he opened his mouth. "Well I was wondering when you'd get here. That was some speech yesterday." He turned to go into his living room expecting me to follow him.

"Umm it's Saturday and I have an early shift today Darien. I was just dropping by to give you your stuff back."

He turned back around and he looked at me and then the box in my hands. "Oh come on Serena. You've proved your point I'll act more like a boyfriend in public. Are you happy now? Can we get everything back on track?"

"You know I really was starting to reconsider breaking up with you. But listening to you just now I realize that you never have respected me have you? You bring me along only because you can't back out of it or because you want me to hold the girls off of you. You don't really give a care about anybody but yourself Darien. And because of that you will never have love. You will never know true happiness. You are materialistic, uncaring, unsympathetic, and a jerk. And worst of all I actually fooled myself into believing that you loved me. You haven't even noticed my hair have you. So concerned about making sure the future stays on track. Well let me tell something to you Darien. I don't think I could even love you after this. I hate you Darien. You finally succeeded in pushing away the one person who really cared for you." I knew I was being spiteful towards the end but I didn't care. I didn't care that the whole building probably heard me yelling at him.

Darien was pale and silent for a few moments. I walked up to him and said, "Here take this stupid box. I don't have anything over here. You never let me bring any of my 'childish things' over. Don't call me. Don't text me. Don't talk to me." And with that I stormed out and went to work.

Darien's P.O.V.

I stood in shocked silence for a moment. Well I guess her tantrum hasn't ended yet. Oh well she'll be back before I have to leave tomorrow on the plane to America. I went and sat down on the sofa and started pulling out the stuff she had bought over. I pulled out one of my roses. Ok that's fine she doesn't really want it anymore I can give her another one later when she comes back. The picture of us together in her bunny frame. So immature that her frame had bunnies all over it. I'll just keep it on the side to give it back to her. The glass slippers. That hurts I was almost destroyed because of these stupid things. Not to mention her slapping me. I put them to the side as well and got up to make myself some coffee.

As I went into the kitchen I heard a familiar tune start playing. I stopped in my tracks and turned around and ran to the box. I looked down into it and noticed a gold glimmer in the dark corner of the box. I reached in and quickly dropped it back into the box. It was the gold star locket. The symbol of our love on the moon. The one thing that broke me out of the control of Beryl just barely over two years ago. This is serious. What have I done? No she's still just trying to prove a point. She must figure this would get to me. I admit it. It does a little but I mean come on. She won't throw everything away just because I didn't discuss things with her right? Then another thing hit me she cut off all of her hair. What does this mean?

Authors Note: I think that will be a good way to end it for the day. I know Serena cutting her hair is somewhat played out. But I always wanted it short long hair can cause headaches and everything else. I figured though that the only way she'd do it would be to give it to charity. So what do you think? Do you think Darien has realized it's really over? Please leave a review and tell me what you think.