Another Cinderella Story

Chapter 13 (Edited)

Serena's POV:
I followed behind Ash as we walked back towards the music room. "So how has it been? Being an idol an all?" He ignored my question by walking faster in front of me. "How are your parents? It's been forever since I last talked with them! It's a faint memory but I recall always camping out, Gary and his family, You and your family, Calem and his family, My and family and I!" I smiled as I tried my hardest to remember the memory that had appeared in my dreams one night.

"I think we use to always have a camp out to celebrate basically anything, right?" I happily jumped foreword to try and match his speed but as I tried, with him being taller then I am, walked faster and continued to ignore me. "I'm sure he's just like this because he got hit in his head." I whispered lowly to MiMi so Ash wouldn't hear me.

"Hmm . . . Ah! I really want to thank you for helping me find MiMi! It's funny that whenever she's in danger I find you around!" I proceeded to match his footing, looking down only to see that we weren't. When he walked with his right foot I was walking with my left. He sighs as he abruptly stops walking to look at me, his head tilted back a bit in an annoyed matter. "I di-"

Before I knew it I was backed up against a wall, his right hand rested beside my head while the other rested near my waist. I gulped nervously and bit down on my bottom lip, unsure of what to do. My breath seemed like it was pushed out of me because I couldn't seem to breathe with him nearly so close to me, not to mention my heart was racing a bit too much for my liking.

When I accidentally made eye contact with him, his brown chocolate colored eyes bore into mine. "Tsk, I still can't believe they allowed you in the school?" He pushed himself off of the wall and continued walking as if nothing. "W-what do you mean?" I followed right after I had composed myself from the previous moment. He ignored me and just continued walking down the set of stairs that led down the basement and straight towards the music room.

"Serena!" I looked back to see Calem running towards me. His beanie was no longer covering his hair and every time he went down a step of stairs his fluffy hair would bounce. I giggled at this but it soon turn into a fit of laughter at how he finally came upon me with a flustered look.

Ash's POV:
"Serena!" The sudden loudness of a male voice startled me, turning to look back I see Calem running towards Serena. Out of no where she begins to laugh at how he ran down the stairs. Her laughter was something I haven't heard in years, it always brightened up my mood back then.

"Haha! You looked so cutely funny running down the stairs!" I noticed Calem turned red at her words, I let them be and walked back inside the music room but I was still able to catch some exchanging flirts. "You think I'm cute?"

"Of course! You remind me of a very fluffy bunny when you smile!"

"Remember that adorable puppy we saw at the park today?"

"Yeah?"

"You remind me of that adorable puppy!"

"Did you find Serena's kitten?" Gary greeted me with a facial expression I couldn't really read. An unknown female with brown fair skin, big brown eyes, brown hair that was set had two buns on top her head looked from Cilan, to Gary, to me, and back to Cilan. "Yeah, I butted heads with her and got hurt because of that fur ball." I answered still pissed over the whole ordeal I suffered while trying to get the cat back in it's place. "Great!" Cilan happily clapped his hands together. "Where is it?" I jabbed my thumb over my shoulder, directing it towards the door.

"Serena and Calem have it." I slid down a wall, my body aching from all the running, squatting, and ducking I had to do while looking for the missing feline. My head was tilted back so that it was leaning against the wall as well. My eyes were getting a bit heavy and I was going to give into temptation of sleep until I heard what Gary said next.

"How long have they been a thing?" I pretended to have my eyes closed, it truly wasn't none of my business and I didn't care it was just that they were here and I was still capable of hearing. "Serena and Calem?" The unknown girl began to laugh a bit at his question. "They aren't a thing, not yet anyways." She mutters the last part but due to the room being halfway empty her voice came out loud enough for everyone in here to hear her.

"What do you mean?" Cilan asked her intrigued with the information he was getting from the female. "I'm not sure myself but all I know is that Calem developed a crush on her back in middle school, thing is that Serena tends to push him away." I snickered at this but when I realized what I did I opened my eyes to see them all interested in their conversation. "Why is that?"

"It's not my place to tell I already spoke way too much!" She defended and I was kind of upset she didn't continue, kinda. The door opened and in walked in Serena and Calem with the cat now in Calem's arms. Gary flashed him a small hidden smirk but I could tell Calem noticed because he immediately turned bright red.

"Thank you again for staying back Iris! Cilan! It's good to see you again Gary! Thank you for looking for MiMi!" Serena smiled brightly while petting the fur of the feline in Calem's arms. Her smile causing her to reveal an eye smile just like Calem's.

"So Calem I was just wondering, I wanted to catch up with you!" Gary casually walked towards the said male and wrapped an arm around him with a smug smile, teasing him. "Any girls your interested in lately?" With that the male turned ten times redder and the girl who I now know as Iris facepalmed with a silent groan. "I-I . . . U-Uh um . . ." He coughed a bit before Serena gently pulled him away from Gary's grasp. I took notice in her cheeks that were slightly dusted with pink dust, her hand was lightly shaking not really noticeable for others to see.

"Oh! Serena!" Cilan called for her getting her attention as she was patting Calem's back. "Yes?" He showed her something that caused her eyes to widen but due to the fact both Iris and Gary were in the way I couldn't really see much of anything. "I know you told me I shouldn't do anything, I couldn't bite down my tongue! Even Gary knows because I was way too excited!"

She left Calem on a chair before slowly walking towards Cilan who was near the piano. After that it was impossible for me to hear anything because they began to whisper even Calem tried to find out what was happening but just ended up glancing my way with a questioning expression on his face.

"Ah! Thank you very much then!" She respectfully bowed at a certain degree with something slightly sticking out of her uniforms pocket. "Yeah, just take care of it! I know you can do great!" Cilan complimented with Iris cheering happily. "Now how about we head towards practice I feel like school is almost over!"

I didn't answer Cilan's question, too focused on the conversation Serena and Calem were having. "What was that all about?" Their knees began to touch when Serena turned on the seat she had taken, she leaned in close to his ear to whisper something and by that close proximity I saw Calem's ears turn red.

"Really?" He turned around quickly almost making contact with Serena's lips, from my angle it looked as if they had planted one on each other's lips. I guess they didn't seem to care about that because she just continued to whisper into his ear, a smile forming on her lips.

Finishing up her hands form fists and with a smile I get like she did actually meant what she said earlier. "I don't plan on giving up until the end!"

"How are you even playing the piano at an early age!"

"Hmfp! That's not fair, I can't learn to play the piano if your so great at it!"

"Don't worry Sere! Don't give up until it's over, okay? I will help you every single time!"

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