Chapter 3

New Friends

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Serena came in through the main entrance alongside her mother. This was going to be her first time taking Chemo and from what she heard 'pleasant' was not exactly a word to descibe it. She was already starting to feel nauseus.

"Name, please." requested the secretary by the front desk.

"Tsukino. We're here for Chemotherapy," her mother answered.

"Chemotherapy? Take Elevator B to the tenth floor."

"Thank you." her mother gestured Serena to start walking. As she looked around the huge hospital, She groaned inwardly. This was going to be absolute torture.

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Dr. Shields finished examining Serena after the first round of Chemo.

"How do you feel?" She asked. From the looks of it, she already knew the answer.

"Couldn't be worse." Serena groaned in response. She spoke tersly, hoping she didnt' vomit all over the doctor. Dr. Sheilds put her hand reassuringly on Serena's shoulder.

"It'll all be over soon and you'll be back to regular life." She gave Serena a comforting smile and turned to leave.

"Oh, I have an idea. To your luck, just today, my son and daughter are in the building. I'll tell them to come over here and keep you company. How's that?"

Serena smiled genuinely." I'd like that a lot. Thanks."

"Well, they'll be here soon. Take care of yourself." Doctor Sheilds said as she left the room. Serena just hoped her children would be just as kind as her. Her nausea was already starting to dissapear.

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Twenty minutes later, the two siblings knocked the door to Serena's room. "Come in," she called

"Hi there," said the boy cheerfully." Sorry we're a bit late. Amy here," the girl cast an annoyed glance as he spoke. He smirked and continued, "insisted on finishing up an extra credit assignment for Physics. She made me wait for her. I'm Darien by the way."

" Hi!" Serena said. She couldn't help but notice how handsome Darien was. Hair that was darker than night. Deep midnight blue eyes and a perfect face. "Are you guys really siblings? You don't look at all alike!"

Amy laughed. " If you're wondering about my hair, it used to be black. Well that was before my friend put permenant blue dye in my shampoo as a prank."

Serena gasped with a laugh, "You must've totally freaked out!"

Amy laughed again. "Ask Darien. I was screaming for days and I wouldn't look in the mirror for weeks. I mean, blue?! Come On!"

Darien rolled his eyes. "Girls and their hair. Hey, no offense, but your hair looks like a pair of meatballs " Darien said, turning to Serena.

"Excuse me?" her eyes narrowed.

"Sorry. Sorry. My bad. Pretend I didn't say anything." He immediatly realized that she wouldn't have her hair for too long.

"Darien, keep your mouth shut." Amy slapped him playfully on the back

"Oww! Watch it!" he cried. Serena laughed. All her anger dissapearred. She couldn't stay mad at them for too long.

"So tell us about yourself," Darien said.

"Well, My name is Serena Tsukino. I'm a Junior at Crossroads High School. I was pretty much a normal girl until three weeks ago, when I was diagnosed with Cancer. I have three best friends, Mina, Rei and Lita. That's pretty much it."

"I'm Amy Sheilds. Well, you know that already. I'm a Senior at Tokyo High. I'm planning on becoming a doctor like my mom, so I'm probably going to Tokyo university next year. If I get in, of course."

Darien snorted." You can get into any college you want."

Amy reddened slightly, "You're also one of the top at your college."

He rolled his eyes then smiled at Serena. "I'm Darien Sheilds. I'm a med student at Tokyo University. Also, planning on becoming a doctor. I guess we'll be in comepetition, Ames."

Amy smiled mischeivously, " I'll win like I always do when it comes to these things."

"Don't bet on it. With my looks, I'll get all the girls. And besides it's me who always wins."

"Show-off," muttered Amy.

Serena burst into laughter." You guys are the funniest pair I've ever seen."

"So," Amy asked, "Is is taking Chemo really that bad?"

"Worse than you can ever imagine," Serena said with a frown.

Amy suddenly looked at her watch. "Oh no! I'm going to be late to my computer class. It's in fifteen minutes. Sorry Serena. Gotta go now."

"Well, bye then," Darien said as he turned. "We'll try to come back soon. Sorry we coudn't stay so long."

"Thanks for coming!" Serena called.

"No problem" said Amy. "Bye!"

Serena smiled happily. Maybe they would ease the pain a bit if they did come back and visit.

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A few days later, Serena was still in the hospital. The Chemo was taking a hard impact on her body so Dr. Shields wanted her to stay as an inpatient until she was feeling a bit better.

"Hi!" came a deep voice from the door. Darien walked in with a huge smile on his face. "So how's it going? Chemo, I mean." Serena stared at him as he flashed his brilliant white teeth in her direction.

"Helloooooo! Earth to Serena! You in there?" Darien called, waving his hands in her face. Serena shook her head vigorously.

"Oh, I get it!" Darien teased with his crooked smile." You staring at my handsome face, aren't you?!"

"N-N-No. Of course not." she said nervously

Darien laughed." That's okay. All the girls at my college stare at me too. I'm used to it."

"Oh? So, who's your girlfriend?" Serena asked. " I'll bet she's amazingly pretty!"

"No. I don't have one." he said offhandedly .

"WHAT?! Are you serious? Someone like you not having a girlfriend?" Serena said incredulously.

"Why? Do you want that title for yourself?" he teased. " Don't worry millions of girls have confessed to me before. But I don't go for looks. I like someone who has a great personality."

"Oh, you idiot!" she laughed as she threw her pillow directly at him.

"Hey!" he laughed as he threw the pillow right back at her. Serena picked up another pillow and threw it halfway across the room. As Darien went to pick it up, three girls walked into the room. They looked a bit confused.

"Are we in the wrong room?" Rei asked, looking at him.

"Hi guys! I'm right here." Serena called.

"Oh hi, Serena. We thought we came to the wrong room for a second. Who's this?" Mina asked curiously.

"This is Darien. Darien, this is Mina , Rei and Lita." she said. pointing at each one as she spoke.

"Hi!" he said flashing them one of his dazzling smiles. Lita clearly wasn't listening to anything that was going on.

"He looks just like my old boyfriend." she said dreamily.

Serena groaned. "Oh, Lita. You never change."

"Come on." Rei said. "Let's introduce ourselves. I'm Rei. I don't go to the same school as Serena, Lita and Mina, but we're still best friends. We met last year at--"

"My turn," Mina interrupted. "You're taking too long." Rei muttered something under her breath. Mina continued. " I'm Mina. Expert of Love at your service. And I say that you and Serena are the perfect couple."

"Mina!" Serena said, blushing a deep red. They all laughed.

"I'm Lita. I take martial arts. I live by myself so I basically tend to myself and I love to cook. Serena and I have been best friends since Middle school."

"Darien Sheilds. I'm studying at Tokyo University to become a doctor. In fact, my mother is Serena's doctor. That's how we met."

"You're studying to be a doctor?" Rei asked, " That is so cool!" Darien nodded with a smile.

The group talked for a while later until Darien had to leave.

"Bye, Dar," Serena called after him.

"Bye Serena, Lita, Rei and Mina." As soon as he was out of sight, the three burst at Serena with bombarding questions.

"Serena, you're sooooo lucky!"

" He's soooo dreamy."

"Did you see those eyes? And that hair"

" Are you two a thing yet?"

"SHUT UP!" Serena shouted. The room grew silent. "He's not my boyfriend, 'kay?! though I wish he was." she muttered those last words so low that only she could hear them.

"He's mine!"

"Are you kidding? He'd never fall for you"

"I think he likes me already!"

Serena groaned and rolled her eyes at the ceiling.

Outside the door, Darien stood listening with a smirk clear on his face.

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AN: REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW. BTW, the story as a whole is finished. I just need to fix up the chapters a bit and I'll post the next chapter.