Serena was up, showered, and dressed in a half hour. The phone rang again. Again she ignored it, not wanting to talk to Darien. Again the phone rang, and Serena finally gave in. "Hello?" "Serena? Oh thank goodness you answered!" "What is it Darien?" "It's, it's an, accident. I-knew I had to tell you." "Darien, what happened?!" Serena was surprised Darien wasn't mentioning the previous night. "Crystal, she was involved. It sounds bad." "Oh." Serena held back the oncoming tears with all she could. She couldn't let Darien hear her crying over Crystal. "Should I pick you up?" "Sure." "Ok. I'll be right over." Serena hastily hung up and cried her eyes out, praying Crystal would be okay. *********************************************************************** The princess broke into uncontrollable tears. It turned out that Crystal had a twin sister, rarely ever seen. The princess looked upon the mangled and torn body of her most trusted advisor, her best friend, Crystal. The lifeless eyes stared out at her, as if begging her to help. "Murdered." the prince whispered, almost unbelievingly. "Find the killer, and bring him to me!" the princess ordered. "But, princess, in a muder as bad as this, the police should really handle it." the prince tried to convince her. "I want him brought to me!" the princess ordered again, flipping her head around while tears flew around her face. ******************************************************************** Serena answered the door, trying to dry her eyes before Darien saw. She opened the door and attempted a smile. But she couldn't and burst again into tears, falling into his arms. He held her close while she cried in his arms. "I need to get there." she managed through tears. Darien led her to the passenger side of his Mustang and closed the door. He climbed in and painfully listened to Serena's tears all the way there, fearing their destination even more. What if Crystal was dead? Serena would never be the same. He couldn't stand to see her like this. They arrived at the crash, but it was mainly blocked off. Serena made her way through with much difficulty, finally seeing only the ambulance driving away. "Damn!" she cursed. She ran back to Darien and said "Follow the ambulance." She climbed in the car and closed the door harshly. Darien didn't complain as he raced after it. They arrived the Tokyo National Hospital, and Serena almost burst into fresh tears. People only came here when it was serious. "Oh gods." Darien heard her say under her breath. Without any more hesitation, Serena got out and headed for the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Where is Crystal Forty's room? She was just brought in." Serena asked the desk attendant as soon as she walked in. "Forty? She's in the ER right now. Are you a relative?" Serena glanced at Darien as he chose to nod at her. "I'm her sister." Serena said, trying to sound truthful. "Okay. Name? You should be on her family record." Serena almost panicked had she not that instant remembered Crystal's twin, who she never saw. "My name is Cassidy." "Okay Cassidy. Go to the waiting room. It shouldn't be long." Serena had to go sit by Darien and hold back more tears. Darien took her in his arms, wishing her pain away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two hours later, the same clerk came into the almost empty waiting room and said, "Cassidy?" It took Serena a minute to remember that was her name for now. "Oh, yes?" "She's ready to be visited. But, she, well, I'll leave that to the doctor to tell you." Serena entered Crystal's room to see a vision much like the one in her dream. Crystal lay there motionless, and didn't even seem to hear Serena enter. "Cassidy. It's been so long." Serena's heart broke. She believed her sister had really come to see her. "Um, it's Serena. I said I was Cassidy to get in faster, they never would have let me in. I'm sorry." "Serena? Oh my gods! I'm so happy it's you and not that rat of a sister! I'm so glad to see you!" Serena was surprised. "Oh gods Crystal! Are you okay! I can't take the fact that you were in the ER for two hours! Gosh I was so worried!" "It was a head-on collision. I was in the passenger seat. It hurt alot, but I blacked out almost immediatly. I was asleep the whole time I was in the ER, so I didn't feel anything. The doctor said I-I might not make it Serena! I don't want to die! I need someone by my side-please! Help me!" Serena cried again, this time in the arms of Crystal. "I'll- find you someone. I can't let you die Crystal! I'll do anything!" "Oh gods! Thank you Serena!" They burst into tears in eachother's arms. When finally Serena left, she cried harder into Darien than before. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When they arrived back at her house, Serena made a huge decision in the blink on eye. Her mind was set suddenly. She needed love, and she would make no longer. "Want to come in?" she asked suddenly, trying to still sound bummed and teary. "Sure. Anything Serena." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien was wishing sadly there was something he could do to cheer Serena up. She made tea, just like the night before. "Dance with me. I need to see my dreams." Serena demanded. Darien obeyed. He was prepared to bow to her every command tonight, he promised himself of that. She let her dream take over instead of her reality. ******************************************************************** "We've found the culprit your majesty. Here he is." They threw a tired and poor-looking man at her feet. "Oh my." the princess whispered. "Did you murder Crystal?" she asked honestly. "No! I swear. I was her lover! I came here to bring her back. She is not dead, not forever! I can bring her back! Please! Please let me bring her back!" The princess nodded without thought. "Bring her back. I know you can." her warm smile flooded him with relief. Darien shooed the guards away. She led the man to the grave of her best friend. ******************************************************************** "Darien." "Yes Serena?" "I want to love you." "Don't you already?" "No, I want to make love to you." "Serena, you've been through a lot tonight, are-are you sure?" "Yes!" She kissed him quickly, before any protest escaped his mouth. "Serena, I don't think-" "Don't think. Just act on passion and love tonight." Darien , despite himself and his guilt, felt a painful bulging in his pants. Serena would not let him escape. She unzipped his pants and grabbed his member playfully. "Oh-" he gasped. She ripped off his shirt and got off the couch. She began a strip show for him, not thinking about her actions in the least. Darien fought with all his might to zip his pants back up and put his shirt on to rescue her from her decision before she made a horrible impulse mistake. He almost stayed as she threw her shirt at him from behind her back and her bra quickly after. She approached him with her eyes closed, hoping for him to kiss and hold her full breasts, but Darien got out of the situation before her bra was even off. She heard the door as approached where he had been. She opened her eyes and tried to chase him, her top gone, out the door to convince him by her appearanc to come back. "Darien!!! I need you! Please come back!" Darien did get an eyeful as he pulled out though. Angrily Serena went back inside. He had gotten away, she wanted so bad for him to give her love that night. She sighed and though of her dream. Someone had come for Crystal. A secret lover. She would ask Crystal when she visited the next day. It was all she could do as she pulled her bra and shirt back on. 
