A Love That's Ment To Last
Part Two: Forgive Me
Chapter One
Five years later...
"Are you sure you don't want me to go with you and help you get settled in, Sere?" Samuel asked. "I will be fine Samuel, you don't have to baby me anymore, I am a big girl." She said with a smile. "I know, I still can't believe you are off to college." He said sadly. "I know it feels good and I feel like I can take on the world." She said proudly. He smiled at her. "I wish you would reconsider and go to college around here." He said. "I know, but I can't. I need to get away, too many painful memories here." She said as her smile faded and her mind thought of him, her first and only love. "I know why your doing this Serena. I still don't think running away is going to make it better." He said. "I know, but it might help." She said as she hugged him. "I'm going to miss you." She whispered. He hugged her tightly. "I'm going to miss you too." He said sadly. She smiled and pulled away. "Well I better be going." She said. He nodded and opened her car door. She got in and he closed the door. "You better call me when you get there and settled in." He said. "I will." She said as she started the car. "I love you, Sis." "Love you too." She said as he backed away from her car. She backed up her car and drove away...
The drive was a long one, but she finally reached New York City. She pulled up to the university and got out of the car. She took in a deep breath as she closed her eyes. Change was going to be good for, she just knew it. She walked up to the university and signed in. "Will you be staying in one of our dorm rooms?" The receptionist asked. "No, actually my parents set me up with an apartment, not to far from here." She said sweetly. "Alright dear, its good to have you here at NYU and we will be seeing you Monday." She said softly. "Thank you." Serena said as she walked out of the building. As she walked towards the parking lot she looked down at her upcomming schedule. She continued to walk into the street, she didn't even see the car that was speeding through the parking lot. She heard a horn honk and felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist and pull her out of the path of the car. She lost her balance bringing them both to the ground. "Are you alright." A deep voice asked. Still stunned, she turned and looked over at him. Pain flashed in her eyes as she stared into his. He looked at her closely and his eyes widened with joy. "Sere?" He asked excitedly. "Darien.." She choked out. He helped her up to her feet. "It's been a long time." He said with a smile.
Tears started to form in the corners of her eyes as anger started to rise. "A long time?" She yelled. He stared at her with a confused look on his face. "Was it something I said?" He asked innocently. She let out a sigh. "No, try something you forgot..." She replied hatefully. "I don't understand, Serena..." "Seriously? Why don't I lay it out for you?" She began as her anger got stronger. "You left and forgot about the girl you supposedly 'loved'. Does that ring any bells for you?" She asked hatefully. He reached for her and as he began to speak. "Serena...I.." He started as she pulled away from him. "Darien save it, it doesn't matter.." She said as tears started to fall down her cheeks. "Yes it does matter, it wasn't like that, I never forgot about you, things just happened and I am sorry for that." He said softly as he moved closer to her. "Then why did you stop writing me? Stop calling me?" She asked as she felt the anger subsided. "I didn't, you stopped writing me..So I stopped calling." He said. "No I didn't, I wrote you everyday, even after your letters stopped coming." She said. He stopped and thought about it for a moment. "Hmm..I never got them Serena. I even wrote you a few times after yours stopped comming and asked you why you had stopped." She stared at him for a moment. "I never got a letter saying anything like that." She said after a while.
"I have to go." She said as she started to walk away from him. "Serena, wait." He said softly as he took her hand. She stopped and looked at him. "What?" She asked softly. "Can we talk about this?" He asked. "I don't know Darien.." "Please...Sere, I still love you...you're the only one who has my heart." She looked up into his eyes. "I can't Darien, not right now." She said as pulled away from him and walked towards her car. He stood there watching her leave. When she was out of sight he walked over to his bike and got on. He started the bike and sped away.
She walked into her knew apartment and tossed her book bag into the corner of the room. She looked around the apartment, there was a white sofa in the living room with a glass coffee table and two glass end tables. She had an entertainment center with a 32' flat screen tv sitting on it. She made her way to the kitchen and saw a small round oak table with two chairs and a box of dishes sitting on the counter, next to an a note. She walked over to the counter and picked up the note...
Serena,
Your mother and I are very proud of you and we hope you like your new apartment. Until you get a job, we have given you a credit card for your everyday household needs. Remember there is a limit on it so use it wisely. If you need anything, you now you can call us. We love you and have a wonderful semseter.
Love Dad
She sat the note down and saw an enevlope. She picked it up and opened it, to find the credit card inside. She smiled brightly at the card.
Later that night she layed on her bed and pulled out her cell phone. She flipped through her contacts till she found her brothers name. She pressed the talk button as it began to ring. "Hello?" A voice asked tiredly. "Hey Sam, its Sere...were you sleeping?" She asked. "Oh hey Sere, no not yet, how did everything go today?" He asked. She fiddled with her hair for a moment before she spoke again. "It went alright, got somethings for my apartment and signed it at school." "That's good, how are you doing?" He asked. "I'm okay, you'll never believe who I ran into today." She said as voice began to crack. "Who?" "Darien..." She whispered. There was a long pause before he spoke. "How did that go?" He asked softly. "I don't know, I am having mixed feelings about everything." "What do you mean?" "Well when I asked him why he stopped writting me, he said he didn't until sometime after my letters stopped coming to him." "Do you believe him?" "I don't know, thats whats got me confused...Sam you should've seen the look on his face when I snapped on him about forgetting about me and the letters. He was puzzled by it." "Well Sere, did you talk to him abou it?" "Not really, everything is just happening so fast, part of me wanted to leap into his arms and another part of me wanted to keep yelling at him." She said as tears began to fall down her cheeks. "Well Sere...just take things slow and try talking to him about it, if that's what you want to do. Everything will turn out the way it suppose to in the end." He said softly. She smiled through her tears, how she already missed her brother. "Thanks Sam, I don't know what I would do with out you." "Your welcome, Sere..Well I hate to cut this short, but I need to be getting to bed." "Okay, love you." "Love you too, good night." "Nite."
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