No Pain No Gain
Day 41 + Month
Sammy settled himself properly on Darien's lap as those present sat in the living room discussing one of his favorite people. As soon as Darien, Luna and Artemis arrived at their house, the baby seemed to almost attach himself to Darien, and while the adult may not understand the behaviors of children, Sammy felt that Darien had the same essence as his sister whom he missed so much. Listening to them talk about Serena, he did not understand but his head would pop up every time they mentioned his sister's name. He wished they'd just show him where his sister was but obviously they preferred to talk in codes than take him to see his sister. Sad at the thought, he closed his eyes, trying to keep the fading picture of his sister clear in his mind. Exhausted by the exercise, Sammy slowly fell asleep, dreaming of a reunion with a sister he knew but could no longer picture. His face twisted with the agony he felt inside.
"Sewena." He said aloud as he slept, drawing the attention of the adults on his sleeping figure. Mrs. Tsukino, the former goddess of Crescent Moon Private Academy smiled sadly at his son; she knew he missed his sister. With that as the deciding factor, she finally gave into Darien's probing to go to the school and help her daughter. She didn't know what was causing the fainting spells on Serena; she suspected it but wanted to truly confirm it for what it was. But first, she needed a little more information.
"Darien, can you remember anything at all that could have caused her to faint as she did?"
"No mam. We were in class and we had a few minutes of break. We were just talking and boom, she fell over."
Mrs. Tsukino was confused. Other than exhaustion or serious illness, people don't just fall down in a dead faint and remain sleeping for three days! She was starting to believe the doctors theories about it being emotional and mental pain but if so, what was strong enough to cause her stubborn, strong minded daughter to surrender to the darkness of a coma? What…there was something strong enough to cause such a damage and yet fervently hoped that was not the case.
"Darien, you said you guys were talking, what was the talk about?" she finally asked. Darien sighed, reviewing in his mind all that was said.
"Well we first discussed council duties, talking about who we should choose to be in charge of the on coming projects. Like the prom, senior nights, the assemblies, the flower bearers and so on and so fort. After that I began to reading, leaving the girls to talk about boys and who they will be taking to the prom. At the time, Mina had not been with us but she suddenly burst into the classroom and yelled, "Seiya is expecting his first child! There was a lot of awe in the room with people asking her how she had come about the information. Mina is originally from England, all her families are there and her father holds a prestigious position in the royal court. It is not a surprise that she would be aware of classic information before it gets to the public. There was frenzy…."
"Stop." Mrs. Tsukino interrupted, not needing to know anymore. She had already gotten the answer she sought.
"I now know what caused her to collapse like that, and the doctors are right. She is suffering from emotional and mental scars."
The other three stared at her in surprise. None of them had noticed anything that would indicate that Serena was suffering fro many emotional….no, they had noticed they realized now. There had been many signs of her inner struggles with the biggest sign being her sudden obsession to keep busy at all times, yet they had not understood. They had seen a change in her, her whole atmosphere had been cold or distant yet they had not questioned it. But if she was suffering emotionally, what could have happened at the school that no one knew about? Had someone hurt her? Had something bad happened that they didn't know about?
Darien felt ashamed now that he hadn't forced her to rest, to make her confide in him. He should have tried harder instead of letting her do as she pleased. What a rotten friend he had been. Feelings of guilt and pain danced in his stomach as he tried to swallow the idea that he had been useless to Serena.
"Don't beat yourself over it Darien. Serena is exceptionally skilled in hiding her feelings. This time she was facing the reality she hadn't wanted to face before which was too much for her so she retreated to unconsciousness where she could feel nothing. It's not your guilt; it's about time she grew up." Mrs. Tsukino's voice was laced with tight anger. She was tired of her daughter's dramatics, her delusional fantasies and her high and mighty ways, it was time she was brought down a notch.
"Lady Serenity, by any means can you tell us what caused her emotional and mental scars?" Luna asked. Mrs. Tsukino sighed. She looked in their eyes, seeing the debt of love and worries these individuals had for her daughter. Serena needed to open up but she would never take the initiation.
"Seiya." She simply answered. They all stared at her, not comprehending her meaning.
"Seiya?" Artemis asked with furrowed brow.
"The pop singer?" Luna asked. Darien just sat there stupidly.
"Yes." She told them of how the two had met, how they became engage and six months later Seiya blocked all contacts with their family.
"Do you understand now? The first she fainted was when she heard news about Seiya's marriage. The Second time, just a month after the marriage he is expecting his first child. I suspect even when she heard he was married, she was in denial which explains her need to keep busy. But hearing about his coming baby, she could no longer lie to herself but neither wanting to face reality, her brain shut down."
They all sat silently, thinking of the information they had heard.
"Wow, I would have never suspected this!" Luna said with wide eyes.
"If that's true, isn't Seiya the only capable of undoing this damage?" Darien asked.
"Yes but he wouldn't be undoing anything. Because after she wakes up, he will leave to be with his wife. There would be no healing, nothing. We have to help her accept reality and hope for a happy future." Lady Serenity said.
"But how do we do that?" Artemis asked.
"I'm not certain but I will return with you all tomorrow to the school. Hopefully with all of us working together, we will be able to achieve something."
They spent the whole night talking and discussing how they should proceed but nothing concrete was formed.
By noon the next day, they were on their way back to the school.
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It had been three days since Darien left to Chicago and now they were expecting him back any moment.
Serena's group of friends, expecting some kind of miracle dramatically all packed themselves in the small clinic room. The tension, the expectation and the waiting was as thick as pounds of cheese. Impatience though soon followed as the day dragged on and they had yet to hear from Darien.
In the door way trying not to be seen, Molly stood staring at the mob surrounding Serena. It had always been like this, every since they were kids. People just naturally flooded to Serena like a moth to a flame. Serena been popular all through grade school and middle school and Molly had been too but only because she had been Serena's best friend. Without that she would have never fit in. she had a weird ascent, she had freckles and wore braces, the three often times categories used to isolate people. But thanks to Serena, she had fit in just fine and managed to make few friends but still, she had been jealous of Serena's charisma, her beauty and the power she had that draw people to her so easily. She had been at this Academy far longer than Serena yet she had never managed to catch the eyes of the council members and her friends were only from the club she was in which was the research club. But Serena just showed up and whopty do, the boundaries between the council and students becomes non-distinguishable.
At first, Molly had been angry but since Serena first collapsed, her anger washed out of her. It was no being angry at her, Serena could not help what she was born with. Coming to conclusion, Molly realized how petty her reasons for hating Serena were, and even more stupid her betrayals of her best friend. She felt so ashamed and really wanted to apologize to Serena but she was terrified of the encounter. Would Serena shun her? Would she be forgiven? Or would Serena walk away from her as she had done to her? Now watching her on the bed, she felt this was the time to apologize to her even if everyone had to hear, even if Serena would not remember when she woke up. Taking in a deep breath, she approached the crowd in the room.
They all turned to her, surprise at her entrance.
"Oh hi Molly. I'll be outside soon." Rita, leader of the Research club, who thought Molly was looking for her said. No one knew any sort of relationship between Serena and Molly existed.
"Urg…no. I'm here to talk to Serena." She said nervously play with her hands. They all blinked.
"Serena hasn't woken up yet." Amy said sadly. Molly sighed.
"I know, that's why I can only have the courage to tell her now than when she is awake." She said looking pained, she was a coward. However her words caught their attention and they all wondered what it was all about. Slowly she approached the bed and knelt by Serena's left side. She gently took the motionless pale hand of the sleeping girl and squeezed it tightly, looking at Serena's deathly pale face.
"Do you remember the promise we made when we were little? 'Friends until death do us apart' wasn't it? Back then, when we said it the other kids thought we were getting married which led to a whole host of trouble but it didn't matter to us. We would laugh in the face of those who were disgusted with us thinking we were more than just friends. They were right, we were more than just best friends, we were sisters." Molly said, tears forming in her eyes. Her words shocked those in the room, they had never even known Molly and Serena were friends, let alone knew each other in the past.
"Back then, we were so happy, everything was so simple. We would have sleep overs every day, the weekdays at my house on the weekends at yours. I can still remember when you dad would tickle us into tears and laughter, you brother would chase us for our mischief and how your mother would grab us into her arms for a warm hug. I felt so happy then, safe, protected and loved. We were inseparable as twins, always at each other's beck and call. You always protected me from being teased because of my ascent and even though you were always popular, you never once left my side. Because of you I made a lot of friends, because of you I never had a dull moment in my life. You were, are my best friend, you are the personified meaning of a friend. But I wasn't satisfied with that." The tears tracked down her cheeks and the others listened on in silence.
"I was so jealous of you, of your incredible beauty, of your charm, your laughter like bells which always warmed people, your smile that was always there for everyone. I was jealous of your charisma, of how easily you drew people to you. All the boys liked you and if the girls weren't bristling with jealous anger, they faun over you like some precious diamond. And even though you showered me with lots of love, made it so everyone would recognize me as your best friend, as your sister, I was not satisfied. Serena I wanted to be you, to be the one everyone loved, to be the one everyone saw. But nothing I did made any difference. I lost sight of what the two of us together were capable of doing, I lost sight of the love, laughter and happiness you and your family gave me. And in one cruel chance of fate, I betrayed you, ruined your life, and smeared your reputation with permanent marker that would never be able to wash away. Because of me, because of me…you were expelled from our school." Molly cried and the others gasped at the revelations. Molly had given them vivid images of Serena as a child. They had tired to see how that image had turned to the sour girl she was now but they couldn't. But with Molly's last words, they began to understand. They understood why Serena didn't trust people, why she didn't want friends in the first place and why she treated people with indifference. But Molly was not finished.
"I hurt you so much with my foolish jealousy. Because of a boy, I destroyed what we had. The promised to never let anything come in between us was forgotten. And I am so sorry for it. Back then I loved Melvin so much. I always thought he was different from the other boys, that he was always looking at me instead of you. But I was wrong, dead wrong. I should have known that he being the popular boy in the school would want the popular girl and there were so many signs the pointed at him crushing at you but I did not see it. All I saw was my own desire for him, my fantasies that he returned my feelings. When he wrote me a letter to meet him after school, I was so excited thinking he was going to confess to me, but when I got there, all he wanted me to do for him was get him closer to you. I was devastated and instead of taking my anger out on him, I let it fested in me until all I could see when I looked at you was a monster out to take everything that was mine." Molly was quiet for a little while but the tears just kept flowing. Reviewing the past, she saw how silly and completely stupid she had been and the shame of it doubled in her heart. She had been the biggest fool and she deserved Serena's hate.
"I then went and sort out all those girls who were jealous of you, hated you and we formulated a plan. I had never meant for you to be expelled, I did not even think of the consequences of out actions, all I knew at the time was that I wanted to punish you, humiliate you so you could loose all your followers. So you won't be seen as the goddess of the school anymore. So we put the plan in action. Naomi who was already known to cutting herself on occasion cut herself on her arms; we just cut ourselves a little and poured our blood on her. Then I called you to the bathroom, pretending I needed to powder my face. And as I expected, when we got there, you rushed to Naomi's side, holding her, taking the knife away from her. The blood was all over you, the evidence we needed and I backed against the wall pretending to cry." The disgust in her voice was heard but the disgust the others felt at the scene she had vividly described was even worse.
"And then the teachers appeared, with you standing over Naomi when you tried to put the knife away, how did that looked to the teachers? And with my and the girls tearful testimonies that we found you cutting Naomi, what else did the teachers needed to believe our story. Back then I was so proud of myself, the horrified face you made staring at me as I smirked as the teachers took you away, I remember even up to now. We made sure to spread the story all over the school. With parents demanding that you be removed from the school or they will take their children from the school, even the teachers who believed you had not been at fault could do little for you. I played the sympathetic friend to people, saying that your jealousy that Naomi would take your place as the popular girl had made you angry. And that if you had been in your right frame of mind, you would not have done that. The others saw me as a defending friend except Melvin. He seemed confused and would not believe anything. That day when it was announced that you were expelled, the girls and I celebrated but the cold, hateful look Melvin gave me made me realize what I had done. He had not bought the story, he strongly opposed the motion to expel you, until the very day all your things were out of the school, he continued to beg the teachers for you to stay. He was so sure you were incapable of what we framed you for, so sure and he hated me to the core of his existence. As soon as you left the school, he transferred as well. Later I heard he was going to the same school as you."
There was absolute silence. They stared at Molly as if she was the worst thing that had ever been born; truthfully they were afraid of her. None could see the soft spoken Molly they had come to see capable of what she had done before. Rita was in denial of the confession, had she been working all this time with such a cold hearted b****? If she was capable of doing that to someone much like sister to her, then who was safe from her manipulations? It was something none of them could swallow.
"I hated myself, so much so that I begged mom to transfer me to a school that would have no reminders of my shameful act and that is how I got to this school. While you were suffering, I was here pretending to be a good person, hiding this secret and praying no one would ever find out. Even when misfortune hit your family, when your father died, when your brother ran away, when your mom fell ill and you were left alone to deal with it all and take care of your little brother, I stayed away. I am this world's biggest fool and I have no words that can describe how much I hate myself. then you came to this school, I was chilled at the core. You made friends so easily and I knew if I were to lie again, no one would believe me. I also knew if you were to tell them what happened, this entire school would hate me. I was so frightened that I tried to stay away from you in other so your mind would not be on me. Yet from the sidelines I watched you make friends easily even with the council members and was even accepted into the council. I was upset again but after you collapsed, all the jealousy, negative feelings, anger and hate I felt for you all vanished. It was as if I had been set free and I could finally come to terms with how wicked I am. I am so sorry, for every." She cried hard.
"I'm so so sorry, please Serena, forgive me. Forgive me, I'm sorry." She sobbed hard and loud as she held Serena's hand. They all felt sorry for her; obviously she had been hurting for a long time even if she hadn't been aware of it herself. Seeing her completely break down, none could hold a grudge against her. Many of them in the room knew the strength jealousy had, if they hadn't been at the burnt of it they had been under the manipulation of jealousy themselves. And while they could not take credit for being as stupid as Molly, they all knew that once that dangerous emotion passed away, one was left hallow and hurting.
The felt more so sorry for Molly, because her heartfelt confession would never be heard by Serena who slept soundly. Her tears would not be seen; her sobs would not be heard. Would she be able to find the strength again to confess such dark secrets to Serena when she was conscious? They wouldn't be able to….
"Serena?" Molly said sharply and all their eyes turned to the girl on the bed. Her eyes were twitching as if trying to open. Their jaws dropped and their breaths held in anticipation. The twitching continued and they all leaned forward unconsciously.
"S..serena?" Molly said again, this time nervously. Serena's eyes opened like a butterfly opening its wings. The all gasped, seeing her blue eyes again. She moved her head slightly to where Amy sat still as a statue with her eyes bugging out before turning her head to where Molly was at. She stared at Molly, as if trying to comprehend that her childhood friend was sitting there holding her hand. After a while, tears fell from her eyes.
"Molly…" she rasped and stopped, taking in a deep breath. "I'm sorry too, sorry that I made you feel less than you are. I'm sorry I made you hate yourself."
She was sorry!??! She who had been the victim!? The others couldn't understand but Molly who had known her longer knew the pure heart Serena possessed. She should have expected this, Serena always took the blame. Molly cried, throwing her hands around the girl on the bed. Slowly Serena' brought her hand over Molly's shoulders and the two cried for each other's pain. Those in the room also cried with them, understanding what it meant to be friends, to forgive. They were proud of Serena and Molly.
And this was the scene Darien with his escorts came upon.
"Serena." He breathed before a happy smile light up his face.
"Hey." She replied softly and his heart jumped to his throat. It was painful to watch her and at the same time painful to turn away. Her mother came behind him.
"Mom!" Serena screamed. She was shocked to see her mother but seeing her broke the tides and the tears of pain she held back for the entire month broke through. On the bed she covered her face and sobbed. Those who did not know the cause sat helpless, not knowing what to do. They watched, awed, as Serena's mother walked up to her and folded her daughter in a soothing embrace.
"It's alright darling, everything is over. Shh…no more tears." She comforted her daughter. From the door, Luna entered the room. Seeing a flash of Serena's gold hair, Sammy began to wiggle out of Luna's hand.
"Wena, Wena, Wena." He cried, hearing the familiar sound, Serena's head lifted up sharply to her brother's face.
"Sammy!" she stretched her hands automatically and Luna walked forward and handed the baby over to her. She hugged her brother closely.
"Sewena!" he baby brother said excited and "awwwww" came from almost everyone in the room.
"Oh dead Lord, I've missed you greatly." Holding her brother, she looked from one face to another before she smiled at them all.
"Thank you for worrying about me. I will be alright from now on and I am sorry for all the trouble I've caused you." she said sincerely.
"Stupid." Amy said, crying and rubbing her eyes. Serena opened one hand for her blue haired friend who up and rushed to hair, crying all the while. After that, one by one they all came in for a hug, threatening her that if she faints again they would bury hair alive.
Soon they departed to give Serena privacy with her mother.
"Serena…" her mother began.
"It's alright mother. I am alright now. I have come to accept thing as they are, I wont hold myself back anymore." She said and her mother embraced her. Darien hiding at the corner of the door sighed.
"Welcome back Serena."
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Serena's mother stayed for a month as she was introduced from one class to the other. The goddess of the school was back for visitation. The students contacted their parents and told them of Serena's mother's presence in the school. The parents whom knew her quickly came for a visit so one day was used as visitation day. Serena was shell shocked at the many people who knew and loved her mother. But she was not happy, with people coming to see her mother who kept introducing her to her old friend; she had to dress up nicely. Mina and the others used this time to tease the living day light out of her and she promised them that hey would pay once her mother was gone.
Finally Serena, her mother, her grandmother and Sammy sat together for Dinner. Issues were resolved and the chairwoman apologized for her cruelty to her daughter. In the end, they managed to convince Serena to finish school there. When this was announced, there was so much cheering that Serena sighed. While outwardly she looked unhappy, inwardly she was happy.
Finally, her mother and little brother left but she was not worried. They would return to live by the school within another month so she could leave the school grounds on weekends to go see them.
With things finally calmed down, the routine they had developed picked up again and everything went back to normal. Though on the upcoming days, tension brewed throughout the school as Exams was on its way, seniors would be graduating and people prepared to return to their homes for summer vacation. The rest of the school year passed on with no more incidences.
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The week after the seniors' graduation was filled with sorrow and goodbyes. Darien, Michelle, Amara, Jayden, Andrew and Rita would all be leaving the school. Their responsibilities as council members were in the process of being shifted over to those best fitted for the positions. Those who wanted Darien's position ran campaign for it, in the end Serena was chosen again without her consent. She bristled with annoyance; she wanted a school life where she could relax, not piled with work!
No argument she came up with would dispel the position given to her. Darien was particularly happy that Serena would be taking over his position and he used that as an excuse to take her out to a café on a date. Well to him it was a date; to her it was getting information on how to be a council president.
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"Seriously? That happened." Serena asked.
"Of course it did! He passed out as soon as the doctor said 'Her head is out now.' You should have seen his face, it was priceless!" Serena and Darien howled with laughter. Darien was telling Serena what had happened when her brother's child was being born. The scenes Darien depicted to her was hilarious, she had been laughing so hard her sides were hurting.
"Did he wake up fast enough to continue to assist with the pregnancy?" Serena asked. Darien's eyes brightened even more.
"Oh he got up alright. But as soon as he steered and tried to sit up, the doctor said 'You're doing well. Her hands are out now, push!' And thud to the floor he passed out again." People in the café turned to stare at the hysterical hyenas as the two appeared to be laughing their ass off.
"You had…better…have a video…of this!" Serena said in between gasps.
"Oh we do and we never let him live it down."
"Wow Troy. He had the courage to run away with her but not enough to bare with his babies child."
"In the end, I took over in helping Rose give birth." Serena shook her head at her brother's unmanly conduct.
"Wonder how Rose liked THAT."
"Oh she promised to castratize him so he wont pregnant another and not have the stomach to watch his child's birth." Serena laughed.
"That is so like Rose."
"It sure is. Sometimes she even scares me and I don't scare that easily."
The café they were eating lunch at was a small café with only five other customers sprawled at different locations. The register area of the café was like a bar station with tall chairs. Darien and Serena were the only two sitting at that part of the café. As they laughed and talk, CNN was on and three girls walked into the café. They paused, their eyes trailed to the figure on the TV screen.
"Hey Serena…" Darien began.
"Yeah?" Serena responded questioningly.
"Um...will you be my girlfriend?" he asked forwardly. Serena was taken aback though she had long expected. She just wasn't used to Darien's bluntness at times. Like the first time he had confessed to her. But back then, she had turned him down out of her own illusion that she was engaged to someone else. But she was a free woman now, free and not living in any illusions. And Darien was more special to her now that he had been at the time. She opened her mouth to say something but the words never came out.
"Poor Seiya" the short haired girl in the group of 3 that had just entered said, not very far away from Serena. Haven heard that, Serena's head came up sharp. She turned to the girls, wanting to know what they were talking about but seeing their eyes on the news, she turned to it as well. Darien followed her gaze and sighed, shaking his head. On the news, reporters were crowded around Seiya, cameras were flashing as questions were thrown at him.
"Can you turn it up please?" one of the girls asked the cashier who lifted the remote and turned the volume up.
By the side where Seiya was surrounded by the media, a woman was explaining the circumstances surrounding the media frenzy.
"This is the most shocking news of the century. Let's take a look at the facts from someone who has been in the thick of the situation. Christina, give us the scope." Half of the screen that was showing Seiya went off to be replaced by a middle aged woman with sandy blond hair.
"Thank you Grace. As it is now, the royal family has been apologizing and trying to calm Seiya's fans. It's not an easy task to do considering the fact that Seiya is a world class celebrity."
"Tell me Christina, what is the status of the marriage. Is it still on the course of a divorce?"
"Oh yes. Seiya has declared his intentions. In fact the divorce will be finalized next week Wednesday."
"Isn't this crazy? I mean to think that all this time, their dating which looked like a fantasy romance was anything but. I'm still very much unclear of things. Christina do you mind explaining everything? Fans worldwide are going crazy, the entire world is shocked at the foul play."
"Gladly. I am a Seiya fan myself so I can understand the outraged everyone feels towards the royal family for their underhanded conducts. Though it has not been proven that the rest of the royal family were in on it, it cannot be denied that Princess Kakyuu was in alliance with Seiya's own family in bringing to an end Seiya's bachelorhood and trapping him in a political marriage in which he can never escape. But as was said by an insider, Seiya has never once willing touched the child which we are not certain at this moment if it truly is his baby. The lab is still running DNA testing to be sure. I'm telling you Grace, the tension here is as stifling as a rope around a person's neck."
"Christina let me interrupt you for a second. What is the real story about the supposed 'Seiya's secret lover?' Has it been confirmed that indeed his rebellion against the marriage to the princess was because he had a secret lover?" Grace asked.
"I cannot say with certainty but an insider said that there was another girl yet no name or information was given. It seems Seiya has tightly guarded whoever that mystery girl is. Investigation however gives light on one issue, that the girl lived in the US."
"Woah! This is a shock. A love affair across the world, this seem almost like something from a book!"
"Well yes. It has been proven that once a month, Seiya would visit the US but this was not Seiya's original schedule. Maybe that once a year was his secret visit to his lover, if so then that girl must be something to be able to make the womanizer stop womanizing. But back to the subject at hand. Opps, it break time, we will return with the real story behind why our bachelor celebrity had taken the vows even though he had proclaimed that his bachelorhood was most important to him. CNN will return after the break."
To Serena it was as if the whole place had suddenly gone silent. Marriage? Divorce? Secret girl in the US. What was going on? She was ticked off that CNN now use the time to go on break. She pondered what she had just heard, trying to make sense of it but it did not register well in her head. It had been an arranged marriage? Did that even existed in this day and age? Serena answered her own question, confirming that half her own school population was being breed to accept arrange marriages. But then what was this underhanded conduct?
Darien watched the display of emotions on her face. What stood out most was her confusion. He had heard the news, well obviously but he had been watching the news for the past week and so knew Seiya would soon be getting a divorce. He had been unable to tell Serena for fear she would have hope to be with him again. Darien couldn't be sure if Serena still had feelings for him but he was too scared to find out.
The café was buzzing with arguments on subject Seiya but hushed as soon as the news came on again.
"Breaking news, is in fact Seiya's child really his? And was he in deed trapped into the marriage? CNN is the news channel to go, it has the latest update, uncovers the truth and keeps you inform. CNN, your reliable news channel." A male voice said before the screen showed again the two women.
"Ok Christina, please take over."
"Thank you grace. As investigators digs deeper into the marriage, hidden truths come to life. As was said by Seiya himself, 'I did not agree to the marriage, I did not want to marry the princess. But when you father a child, especially if the bearer of the child is of royal birth, there is no longer a choice to be made. What I did not suspect was the foul play until now.' This was a recent comment made by Sieiya. At the beginning of the speculations, Seiya strongly protected his wife from criticism, now it seems he has turned hundred and eighty degrees around. I don't blame him, to be made a fool of is not a feeling anyone can handle without feeling angered or bitter. Now Mike who has been with the investigators and law discussion has a broader idea what really happened. Here is Mike Nekton."
"Thank you Christina. Now this issue concerning Seiya's divorce. Let's trace it to its root shall we? From what we know, Seiya had been against the marriage from the very beginning. Even when his father threatened to disown him, he still refused to marry the British princess. It was then he admitted to loving a mysterious unidentified girl. But his mother would not hear of it. The princess, not knowing that Seiya was against the marriage paid a visit to his house. She was his fan as well. It was her dream to marry Seiya, but when he personally told her had had no interest in her, insiders report she was devastated. And even more so to learn he was already in love with another. It was then that Seiya's parents and the princess who would do anything to have him concocted a plan. Now the plan, at least one part of it was to make Seiya jealous. So the princess took to flirting with Taiki, Seiya's cousin and coworker. Taiki, who didn't know that he was being used was genuinely in love with the princess. Yet because Seiya felt no jealousy, it was even more important that the second part of the plan work. Now the second part of the plan was in effect. Kakyuu had to sleep on several occasions with Taiki and everyday she was to check and make sure if she was or wasn't pregnant. As soon as she became positive she was pregnant which was two weeks after, she slept with Seiya. But why would Seiya sleep with her? Obviously he had no choice. His parents and the princess made him drunk, completely. And locked him in a room with the princess. Now whether he participated in the sex or not, or if it even ever happened, we don't know. What we do know was that two weeks later Seiya was told he had fathered a child on his supposed one night stand with the princess. As had been reported by several people, Seiya was seen crying his heart out at the river bank. Knowing the right thing to do, especially for the baby and the mother, he finally agreed to the marriage. Now I wondered why the marriage was rushed but when a month later it was reported the princess was pregnant, we all kind of knew why. "
"Mike, how did it come out that Seiya had been tricked into marriage?" Grace interrupted.
"Well it seems the princess told it to her best friend who came out in public with the story. Now we are one hundred percent certain the child is not Seiya's but Taiki's."
Serena paid no more attention to the news. It all finally made sense to her, why Seiya had cut all contacts with her. He had done so to protect her, protect her from the media and from anyone who might want to harm her. He had been tricked! He hadn't meant to abandoned her, everything had gone horribly wrong! She looked up and saw Seiya's profile, something about his eyes and his movements' dawn on her as odd. He looked…defeated. Tired…. As soon as she thought that one, Seiya on the TV collapsed. She jumped to her feet!
"Serena?" Darien said worriedly.
"I have to go."
"Go where?"
"Seiya, he needs me right now!"
"Serena no! Please, stay with me." Darien said, grabbing her hand. She looked at him sadly.
"I'm sorry. I need to go." Darien wanted to cry then. He let go of her hand and she took off running. Darien sat in the café and tears of frustration clouded his vision. It was over, from the beginning he had meant nothing to her. The finally rejection hurt more than anything he'd ever had to deal with.
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Truthfully, this is the worst chapter i've written. I wrote this when i was struggling to stay awake. but it was the only time i had, if i couldn't update now, i would have to update in two weeks time. So please forgive the mistakes and the rush in this.