Hello it's me again and I have yet another chapter to post I told ya that the chapter would be up quicker than last time. I hope you enjoy it you all deserve it for all your patience. So here it is

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Ch 8

There was a loud knock at the door of the hospital room causing Serena and Darien broke apart hurriedly and Darien walked over to answer the door. The doctor was standing there with some of his equipment.

"Hey Darien, I got your message saying that Serena was ready to have her check up. Can I come in?"

Darien smiled "Yeah Serena's anxious to get home. Thanks for getting here so quickly because I know you're probably really busy."

The doctor just brushed it off with an easy smile and walked into the small room over to Serena's bed.

"It's no problem at all. I'm always glad to see someone healed and ready to go home after such an ordeal. There's nothing more rewarding to a doctor than to know that his patient is going to be released."

The doctor smiled down at Serena, a smile that she gladly returned with full force.

"So Serena, how are you feeling? Glad to be going home after so long? I bet you are Darien are both anxious to get out of here." he said knowingly, still smiling.

"You bet! Some fresh air and sunlight will do us both good." Darien exclaimed

"Am I ever, I've been cooped up in a hospital bed for so long. I can't wait to get home and see my family." Serena beamed at the doctor.

The doctor let out a hearty laugh and clapped Darien on the back and placed a hand on Serena's shoulder. They all three laughed together for a few minutes.

"I bet you can't wait to see all your friends when you leave Serena." The doctor said happily.

Both Serena and Darien suddenly fell silent at the doctor's last remark their faces crestfallen. The doctor realizing he'd hit a touchy subject dropped it.

"I see…" the doctor said awkwardly, "I've touched a sore subject. I'll just remove my foot from my mouth, get on with the checkup and then get out of your way."

The doctor bustled around checking Serena's heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and all her stitching, bandages and casts from her surgery. He redressed all the bandages.

"Well Serena everything looks perfectly fine Serena. I don't see any problems so I think you're ready to be released. I'll take the two of you down to the registration desk to check out." The doctor said with a smile walking closer to Serena's bedside.

Serena and Darien exchanged smiles and Darien grabbed her hand in his. He looked at the doctor and then to Serena.

"You Ready?" he asked her with a charming grin.

"Oh am I ever!" Serena exclaimed enthusiastically nodding her head

This caused both Darien and the doctor to burst out laughing.

"Thanks again so much doctor. I owe you my life." Serena said gratefully taking the doctor's hand and pulling him into a small hug.

"And I owe you the love of my life." Said Darien with a humorous glint in his eyes

This caused both Serena and the doctor to laugh loudly.

"Hey," the doctor said with an easy, bright smile, "What are doctor's for. I'm perfectly glad to help anyone who needs it. You two wait right here while I go get you a wheel chair. I think you're going to be needing it for quite a while."

The doctor walked over towards the door and exited the room, down the hall.

Darien and Serena stayed in the room awaiting the doctor's return. "So Serena how does it feel to finally be able to leave and go home." Darien said holding a pretend microphone to her face like an interviewer.

"Well Mr. Shields," Serena began, going along with him, "it actually feels pretty good. Though I must be honest, the idea of a wheel chair leaves something to be desired. It'll take a lot of getting used to."

Darien dropped the act and grew serious noticing how her joking tone had disappeared in the end. He took her hand in his larger one, and began stroking her knuckles with his thumb.

"You'll have me and your family to push you around." Darien said seriously, looking into her eyes.

The light came back into her eyes at this statement. "Yeah, you'll have to take me wherever I want to go." She grinned mischievously.

"Ummm…." Was all Darien could say. He looked like a deer caught in head lights.

Just then they heard the sound of a wheel chair coming down the long hallway outside the door. There was a loud knock at the door and Darien opened it. The doctor wheeled in a hot pink wheel chair that ha d stuffed armrests, a fluffy seat cushion, an leg braces with foot rests to keep her broken leg from jostling about..

As soon and Darien saw it he smiled because it reminded him so much of Serena and obviously the doctor noticed that too. Darien noticed Serena's eye light up with excitement all the previous resentment of having a wheel chair long gone. Serena squealed with delight.

"It's so pretty!" Serena said giving the doctor a big hug.

"I thought you would like it," the doctor said with a huge grin.

"Well," Darien said, "let's get her in."

Darien and the doctor got on either side of Serena and linked their arms to form a make-shift chair and hauled Serena from the bed into her new wheel chair.

"Now you can wheel her down to the registration desk I have other patients I have to attend to so I can't go with you but I wish you the best of luck and a speedy recovery. I'll need to have you back in a few weeks for a follow up and a few X-Rays. Then we'll decide if you'll need any physical therapy when you're recovered."

Darien took the doctor's hand and shook it vigorously. "Thank you so much doctor. I appreciate everything you've done for Serena."

Serena took the doctor's hand in her good one and pulled in down into a hug. "Thank you for everything."

The doctor smiled. "Well I have to be off now. See you in a few weeks." He walked out the door and down the hall, whistling happily.

Darien grabbed the handle bars of the wheel chair and pushed Serena out the door and to the registration desk. Once they were at the desk the receptionist smiled warmly at them.

"Ready to go are we," she said as if she had been reading their minds.

"Yes ma'am," Darien answered with a smile fidgeting with his excitement to finally be leaving.

She smiled back at Darien and Serena. "I'll need to see your wristband," she said motioning to the orange band on Serena's wrist. Serena tried to take it off her self but struggled to do so. Darien noticing her trouble reached down and helped her remove it then handed it over to the receptionist. After a few moments of pounding away at the keyboard, the lady looked back up at the couple, again smiling pleasantly.

"All done. You're free to go."

Serena let out a relieved sigh of content, and sank back in her wheel chair. Darien ran his finger down through her hair and then pushed her over to the door and outside into the sunlight. They were finally out of the hospital for good.

A/N Another chapter completed. Wow I think this is the longest chapter so far for those of you reader who wanted longer chapters I hope this length is to your liking. I just got typing and couldn't stop. But now its getting late and I still have homework so I have to stop here for now. Enjoy.

Here's something I haven't done before but there's a first time for everything. A preview of the next chapter.

Ch9 Darien and Serena go to the arcade and tell all to Andrew but do the scouts slowing realize that they were wrong about what Serena said? What's going to happen? Will the scouts see the error of their ways or not realize that they made a mistake.