AN: I felt that I was headed in a typical Darien and Serena Story line plot, so I'm changing this story a little…. Let's see where it goes because even I don't know at this point
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Chapter Ten
The morning after:
Serena awoke the next morning to a loud piercing noise, which was her alarm. She hit it once and rolled over holding her head, it was pounding and she starred at her ceiling remembering every tear, every word, every moment.
She sat up but her head was killing her.. 'ARG….BUT I Need to get up'… she mentally pushed herself
She hopped in the shower hoping the water would wash away the pain that her head was causing her at the moment, not to mention the pain in her heart but that was a matter that she wanted to leave alone. She needed to get to her photo shoot before she was SHOT..
She rushed on her clothes and threw her partially wet hair up… 'they'll do what they want with it anyways'… she chimed while frantically searching for aspirin and when she found it, she nearly jumped for joy.. she popped two and was out the door
Once she entered into the loft studio she was immediately bombarded with people rushing to get her ready
"Sere your late!".. . the voice behind her shouted in pure fluff
She turned to look at Sapphire.. "please", she pouted, " Not right now my head is killing me"
When Sapphire saw that she appeared a bite pale he grew concerned and went to her and checked her head, she was running a slight fever… "Your slightly warm", he told her and Serena looked at him and tired to cover her pain up with a bright smile
"Don't worry Sapph… I got this… Now I'll be ready in two hours."… Serena said with a lie in her smile
Sapphire shrugged his shoulders and got the cameras ready and when Serena was finally finished she stepped onto the white tarp hung for her and shouted… "Lets start"
Sapphire was amazed at her resilient heart… "Okay now Pose natural"
Sapphires commands came one after another and the hours slowly passed and the wardrobe changes dragged on continuously… all the while Serena felt faint And her head still pounding away
"Okay Sere sweetheart this is the final round of shots and we are all done"
She nodded okay, feeling like she was going to pass out any second but she kept face and during the middle of the snap shots Serena her world began to spin and she stumbled forward and landed on her knees, holding her head
"Sere Oh My God"… Sapphire shouted running to her from behind the camera. Once in his hands he felt that Serena was burning up and that her face was covered in a cold sweet
"Someone call the ambulance"… Sapphire shouted to the people looking around
Serena wanted to respond but her mouth was too dry to speak and the room was spinning. She only gripped Sapphires shirt, he hands shaking, which let him know that she needed him to be with her and that she was scared
At the lounge Andrew was attending a customer and Raye ran to him frantically… "Drew I need to talk to you."
Andrew turned around to give her the "GO AWAY EYES"… but once he saw the frightened look on her face he immediately excused himself from the customers and went to see what it was that Raye wanted…
"This better be Good Raye", Drew said with slight annoyance
"Andrew the hospital called. They admitted Serena about an hour ago and you were on her emergency contacts. They want a family member to go and see her."
Andrews's whole body went numb and he ran out the door and to the hospital
Meanwhile Darien was at his desk numbly typing away at his computer when Kunzite walked in.
"Hey Dare are you busy?"
Darien looked up and thought it weird that Kunzite would come to him with such a bizarre question. It wasn't like Kunzite at all and so out of concern Darien focused his attention on Kunzite
"Yeah I got a minute. Why? Whats up?"… Darien tried to sound open and nonchalant
"Dare I think you should watch this."
At that moment Kunzite turned on the big flat screen and clicked on the local news station.
Darien sat stiffly when he saw why kunzite had come into the office. Darien sat coldly in his chair and Kunzite looked at him… " I thought that you should know. It was all over the news this afternoon."
Darien nodded… "Cover for me."… Darien asked in a daze
Kunzite smiled and nodded.. Glad to oblige his friend's request
Darien gathered his coat and keys and left the office and stormed frantically passed all the secretaries trying to hand him messages. His only focus was getting to the hospital. 'I'm coming Sere'
Andrew ran right into the hospital doors and to the receptionist desk … "Tuskino Please.".. he said in a huffed toned, trying to catch his breath
Once the nurse directed him what to do Andrew flew down the halls and before he got to her room he saw Sapphire pacing back and forth in a waiting room, Andrew slid to a stop and called out to him
Sapphire saw him and his eyes flew open and he embraced Andrew and Andrew stood stiff knowing the position it put both of them him… "Um Hi Sapphire"… Andrew said while gently breaking Sapphires hold… "How Serena" Andrew asked
Sapphire just shook his head… "I don't know the nurses just took her from me and when I asked questions they wanted the next of kin and I just mentioned you."
"I'll go find out.".. with that Andrew left and went to her room. He opened the door slowly and saw that there was a nurse that was standing over her. He looked to the bed and tears started to well up in his eyes… "Sere sweetheart"
He ran to her side and the nurse looked at him.. "are you her husband?"
"No!".. Andrew exclaimed.. "I'm her brother"… he said automatically without hesitation
The nurse nodded.. "Ill go get the Doctor then."
Andrew held Serena's hand and she stated to groggily open her eyes… "Drew".. she whispered out
Andrew leaned forward and kisses her forehead… "Sere are you okay?"
Serena smiled sweetly before the doctor came in…
"Good evening…I'm glad you're awake. I will have the nurse come in a take your vitals again after I leave"
They both looked over to see the Doctor holding a chart, Andrew was growing nervous… "So will she be fine to leave later today?"
The doctor overlooked her chart and took in a deep breath and exhaled.. "Mrs. Tuskino when is the last time that you saw your doctor?"
Serena looked nervously around, then at Drew, before finally looking at the Doctor…. "I stopped going."… Was her defiant statement
"I see Mrs. Tuskino." The Doctor said lifting his eye glasses off his face with obvious concern for the blond in the bed… "Then you are aware of your condition?"… the Doctor asked
"Condition?"… Andrew barked out looking at the Doctor then to Serena
Seeing that her brother had no clue about her 'condition' the Doctor took this as good time to leave… "I will be expecting you back here for follow up in about a week. Your personal life is going to have to hold if you want any chance to live a healthy life."
At that the doctor left
Andrew turned his gaze to Serena who looked at him with guilty eyes and threw her head back on her pillow… "Please Andrew I wasn't trying to hide anything from you but if you knew you would have never let me live my life."
Andrew just sat there perplexed… "Serena If that would have been my reaction, then it would have only been because I love you, like you're my real little sister. I care about you but Serena I can't help you or support you if I don't know what's going on."
Serena sat up, her head feeling much better. She took Andrews hand… "Andrew I have leukemia."
Andrew sat there holding Serena's hand not knowing what to say. A tear fell down his face and Serena started to tear up… "Please Drew I've had it for a very long time now. I've cooped with it. I hide when I was sick by saying I was going on vacation but I would be at the hospital getting treatments. I never wanted anyone to see me weak like that. I guess since I started this whole new lifestyle I haven't been taken care of myself the way I use to but I will now ."… She looked at Andrew… "Drew please say something to me.."
Andrew wiped his tears… "Is it fatal Serena?"… he paused looking into her eyes for the truth… " Please Bunny tell me."…was his last plea to her
Serena smiled trying to hide the years of fear… "I'm living my life and that is all that matters.."
Andrew got upset at her nonchalant attitude about HER LIFE… "Serena you can't take this so lightly."… he shouted at her
At that moment a loud thump was heard and Darien barged in with a loud halt to an obvious run. His forehead dripping with sweat, his eyes intense with fear… he looked at Serena and then at Andrew… "I came when I heard.".. was all he said
Andrew looked at Serena… "We'll talk about this later."
Serena glad for the intrusion only nodded with a heavy sigh and Andrew got up and walked out the room. Darien noticed the tears and the shell shocked look that plagued his face and then turned his attention to the one person that could tell him why… "Serena what happened."… he almost slightly demanded
"You know after last night you're lucky I haven't thrown you out yet or called security so I wouldn't barge in here demanding answers from me."… Serena spat out in defense of Darien's demand
Darien nodded… " I just needed to know that you were alright."
Serena sat there in her bed and almost blushed to know that he cared but turned her head in another direction… "I'm fine Dairen just overworked myself was all."
Darien saw how her words came out in a formulary lie… "I would think that after last night's honesty session that you wouldn't lie to me so blatantly"… Darien spat out
Serena looked at him… "I'm fine."… Was her final answer and Darien saw the bitter fire in her eyes and thought it better that he not press for more answers. She was right when she told him he had no right to even be there
"Well I'll be going then."…he said in a defeated tone and walked out and Serena let her tears run down her face. Oh how she wanted him to stay but her pride was all that she had left and she wasn't going to let him know just how feeble she really was
At that moment Drew came back inside… "Sere is everything alright?".. He asked sincerely seeing her puffy red eyes
She turned and looked at him… "Don't tell Darien "… was her humble request before she broke out in tears and Drew ran to her side and held her
"Sere, you can't hide this forever."…
Serena knew in her heart that with her recent complication that it would only get worse. Her condition was deteriorating and had been for years and her treatments had no effect on her, they only made things worse for her…. But how do you tell the ones you love… 'I want to live out life till I die with my dignity in tack'… they would do what anybody else would do… force her to do the treatments and try to survive for them…. She just cried more into Andrew's shoulders
"Andrew promise you won't treat me any different than before today. Don't put boundaries where there were none before. I want things to be the same.".. she said into his sleeve while the tears trickled down her face.
Andrew only nodded unsure what he was agreeing to but the weak women in his arms could not be denied anything…."Sure anything you want Sere."…
To be continued…..
I'm updating soon because the writing is just flowing right now….. Review and don't throw tomatoes at me just yet… YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN…