A/N: Hiya! Thx to Sabrina for emailing me for the next Chapter and all of you fans out there who have so patiently waited for this story to progress. I'm sorry it took so long but I'm starting to run out of ideas, unfortunately. However, I would try my best to keep this story up since it is one of my best… heh….Chapter 9 is up!! Enjoy!!
From Last Chapter:
"Um… Where's Serena?" His question was faced with a long silence. The girls certainly were holding their breaths. None of them wanted to be the one to tell Darien the bad news, especially when they had just met him after such a long time. However, they couldn't just let the silence stretch forever, or at least Amy thought 'cause she decided to reply.
"Well… We're really not sure about that…." Darien stood there trying to comprehend what Amy had just said. Everyone continued to hold their breaths as he absorbs the information, anticipating a very nasty blowout from Darien. And, so they got that.
"WHAT??!!!!!"
Goodbye, My Love- Chapter 9
The girls and Darien sat in Rei's living room, pondering over what to do. Darien had just been told of the truth. He had learned that the girls hadn't been able to find Serena. He had also learned that his Serena had been living with a guy called Max the whole time. And yet, they couldn't find her.
So, as the girls ponder over their next move, Darien ponders on what kind of relationship Serena has with Max. He thinks about his encounter with Serena at the
café across the street from his office.
'She said that she had a boyfriend……. Is it true? Oh god, please don't let it be true. Please don't be so cruel. This can't happen. Not when I finally am willing to tell her the truth. This can't be true… it can't…. it can't!!!!'
"IT CAN'T!" The girls literally jumped a mile as this suddenly flew out of the mouth of the one and only most desirable young man anyone in Japan would want. The said young man covers his mouth just as quickly as he opened it, and turns into a shade of bright red.
"Sorry…." Darien mutters. The girls just look on with faces full of understanding and pity. Knowing what he was putting him self through, they left him alone after saying that they all had stuff to do. Darien barely nodded, knowing their real intentions. To let him think about everything alone. As the girls, one by one left the room, closing the door, Darien sunk his face into his hands, bending his back forwards in pain and remorse. How sorry he felt for leaving her in the first place.
'What do I do Serena? What do I do to get you back? Will you ever come back to me? Why is this happening? Someone tell me?!!! Why?!! Does this world hate me so much….. Why must I suffer like this……. I can't take this anymore… If you don't come back soon, I don't know what's gonna happen to me, Serena…. So, please come back please…..'
As the young man raises his head, we can see that he is crying, crying soundlessly. Tears drip from his chin, leading up to rivers of salt water. Again, a girl has made Darien cry. And, the same girl for that matter. Shifting position, Darien sinks into the sofa, slowly falling asleep.
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The girls were once again searching for a way to contact Serena. This time, they had come over to her room. Her family had been nice enough to actually let them rummage through her room when they had explained the situation to them. So far, there was no luck. The bunny's room disclosed no clue to Serena's whereabouts.
They were just about ready to leave when Amy suddenly shrieked with what seemed to be joy. The other girls rushed over to find Amy holding a piece of paper with "Max" and a telephone number on it. Faces of despair immediately dissolved into ones of happiness. One hand holding the piece of paper and the other holding a cell phone, Amy starts to punch in the telephone number. After doing so, she puts it on speaker phone mode.
The girls hold their breaths as 4 rings pass. Finally, on the 5th ring, a man's voice could be heard.
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Max was just out of the shower when his cell phone rang. Serena was sleeping at the moment, so Max had to head out of the bathroom, with a towel wrapped around him, in order to answer the phone.
Shivering, he stumbles into his room, just in time to answer the phone on its last ring.
"Hello?" No reply was heard and Max was afraid that the person, who ever it was, had hung up.
"Hello? Hello?" This was repeated several times before he heard an answer.
"Hi, is this Max?" It was a woman's voice. One that seemed timid and calm, one that seemed to elope Max into a state of peacefulness.
"Yeah… Who is this?"
"Max, is… Serena there?" This was once again a different voice. The question was asked hesitantly as if scared of the answer.
"Yeah… she is… she's sleeping…. right next to me…" Max says uncertainly. A group of gasps could be heard and Max realizes how his statement might sound. (Sleeping next to her... oooo… maybe he should sleep with me…. Haha…. Jk…)
"No!! I don't mean it that way! I meant… She's… She's sleeping on the couch at the moment….." By this statement, relief sounded through the phone.
"So… uh… could you wake her up? We have something important we need to talk to her about."
"Sure. Wait up." Max puts the phone face down on the table and proceeds to wake up Serena.
"Hey, Serena…. Wake up. You have a telephone call, pretty important from the sound of it…." He starts to shake Serena. Serena opens one eye slowly to find Max's confused face in front of her. She blushed unknowingly at the close proximity of their faces as well as the fact that he wasn't wearing anything but a towel on the half of his body.
She could smell the fresh scent of soap he used and the jasmine flavored shampoo he had just used. Most of all, she could see his chest and his perfectly broad shoulders. Serena knew she was staring, but she couldn't help it. His body just seemed so…. mesmerizing… Max, finally realizing that he wasn't in right attire of clothes, blushes too.
"You have a call," Max says, remembering the reason he had waken her up. Serena snaps out of her daydream and looks at him in confusion. Max stares right back with his own confused gaze. After a minute, she stands up, walks to the phone and picks it up. Max retreats into the bathroom to put some clothes on. (You don't need to…. )
"Hello?"
"Serena. God it's nice to hear your voice again….." Serena gasps as excitement builds up in her. She couldn't believe it. Rei was on the phone, she was talking to her! Rei, Amy, Lita, Mina….. It seemed so long ago that she had last talked to the girls when it had only been a few weeks ago she left them. God she missed them so much it hurt. She almost wished she could just fly back to Japan right then and there. Almost….. But she couldn't leave until things where right between her and Darien.
"Omg…. Rei! I can't believe how long it feels since I last heard or saw any of you! I miss you guys so much! Do you believe what happened to me in the past few weeks? I met him! I met him so many times I almost think that god is setting us up. I mean coincidence can only be for so many times, right? I mean what's with all the crazy meetings? "
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Rei smiled as she heard her best friends voice, even if Serena was just babbling. Hearing it, she remembers the first time she had met Serena. It was such a classic. They were fighting before they even laid eyes on each other. (I actually don't know what did happened when they first met since I practically didn't see any of the beginning episodes of SM, but well….. just bear with me… it's my story… lol)
She could still picture the scene like it was yesterday… However, her smile vanished at the thought that she would have to be the bearer of bad news. Rei sighed tiredly and began to fill Serena in on the happenings of Tokyo and what their next step should be in protecting the world.
The End….
LOL…. JK I'm just being weird…. Neway…. Plz review!!! I won't start the next chapter until I get a decent amount of Reviews!!! Ok… Laters
-Teenslayer
