Haven't you had enough? Chapter 14, a sailor moon fanfic

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1) Remember when we all were hating Darien for been a classic jerk and wanted him to have a blackeye...yes it's happening...but I'm afraid it won't be the last one (upps!...I shouldn't have said that)

2) Serena and Darien are getting together...sooner than you all think...what you should be asking yourselves is if it will last (yes I'm mean and cruel)

3) I will be making some changes in the cast...cause I need Jeremy Piven for something else...which carries me the question...if I want him to play a small part as Entourage's Ari Gold, should I be posting this as a crossover? I doesn't make any sense to me to post it as one, I just want a special appeareance of my favorite agent. If anyone knows could you be so kind to answer me?

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Chapter 14 More than songs

Around 6:30 that evening Serena returned home. It was the first night she had had dinner with her family. She didn't say much during dinner though; Sammy was still mad at her and the name calling was getting a bit worse now. Serena hadn't told him that Darien was tutoring her, that would just simply increase the level of drama, and of course her parents were totally clueless about her boy troubles…she was mostly hiding that tiny fact; having a flirting/dating situation with Dominic, being Seiya's love interest and worst of all, having a weird and almost not possible to even begin to describe relationship with Darien, whom I may add is her Algebra tutor; so her father wouldn't start a witch hunt around town.

She draged herself back to her room and sat in her chair just near her desk. She took out from her back-pack her English notebook and Moby Dick and started reading her notes.

"Call me Ismael" read Serena out load. She kept reading her notes about the plot and Herman Melville's background, the characters, the symbolism and some other stuff. It was around ten that she closed her books and turned on her small stereo that was sitting in her desk. There was already a CD there but she didn't even cared to changed it for another…it was a mixed CD…the SAD (sad, angst and depressed) Collection of every song known to men that simply made you wanna cry.

Serena started to think about how complicated her life had become since the day of the crash with the sound of Piano Sonata No.14 in C Sharp Minor Op.27 No.2 of Beethoven performed by Kerri Kavanavich (wow, long name there). Her thoughts were everywhere, some in the Pequod, some at Blue Bear Mountain, some at the Detention Hall that afternoon, some at the Lovers Lake, some were questioning Ahab's hatred, and some were questioning her kiss.

'Don't think about that' she thought each time she saw Darien's lips approaching hers, or each time she felt the tingling in her knees when she remembered the softness of his lips.

'What an idiot am I, Darien is thinking that it was because of him that he had no friends by his side. What have I done?' she kept on thinking, and some other random things about how sometimes she felt just like Ahab…incomplete. 'Darien is what's missing' she continued but he was also fixated with the idea that he wanted to be with Annaleigh…his perfect…sometimes in the verge of crazy, girlfriend. He wanted to be with her, what could Serena do? She had missed her opportunity. And I'm not talking about when Annaleigh offered, I'm talking about when she decided to leave Darien alone, when she decided that it was best for him not to have people that reminded him of the past that he once had but couldn't remembered.

Ever since that day at the hospital when Darien opened his eyes again and couldn't remember Serena, she decided that she couldn't face seeing him like that…or more accurately would be to assume that what she couldn't face was the fact that after everything that had happened, Darien couldn't remember her…and all because of her stubbornness. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it was Serena's fault that Darien's parents passed away or that he had amnesia; but I do think it was her fault that he couldn't remember her. She could have been by his side, he needed her…then more than ever…but what do I know?…I'm only narrating the story.

Broove by Heartbeats started playing and the first tear fell from her eyes.

'Am I like Ahab? Am I obsessed with the idea of being forgotten that I can't see clearly anymore? Darien forgot me; Seiya left me…what is wrong with me? Why do I drive people away? What the hell is wrong with me?!' she continued thinking. (If you ask me, not that you have to take my word or anything, but she is obsessed alright)

Meanwhile in the other side of her bedroom Sammy stood outside listening to her sister cry. She was now listening to Eric Clapton…yes that song…one of the saddest songs ever.

Ikuko came out of her room with an empty cup of tea and she saw her son standing in front of her daughter's room. She went nearer him and asked: "Honey is something wrong with Serena?"

"Mom, everything is wrong with Serena. Don't you listen? She is listening to that stupid mixed CD of hers! Jeez! I swear to God I'm going to sue Eric Clapton for ever writing that song" said Sammy barging in Serena's room and turning off her stereo while it was in the middle of 'Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure and I know there'll be no more tears in heaven'.

"What the hell?" asked Serena whipping her tears and looking at her brother.

"Why do you keep listening to this? Stop this! Stop this now! Don't you see that you are hurting yourself, you stupid Meatball Head?" yelled Sammy at her sister

"What's up your ass, you moron? Turn it back on!" yelled Serena back

"I won't! Can't you see yourself? You are falling into pieces! You are crumbling down and I for once don't want to see that. Get over the fact that it wasn't your fault! The accident wasn't your fault!" said Sammy. (Great, add fuel to the fire).

"Get the hell out of my room now!" yelled Serena and in that moment Ikuko entered the room

"Calm down both of you! Sammy could you be a dear and take this to the kitchen for me please?" asked Ikuko offering Sammy her empty tea cup, which he took before storming out of Serena's room. Serena simply put her head back to her pillow and looked at the ceiling.

"Mom, I want to be alone please" said Serena

"Sweetie, your brother is right. You can't keep doing this to yourself. Maybe is time to go and talk to a counselor" said Ikuko sitting next to Serena and brushing a couple of strands of hair away from her face.

"Mom…please…I want to be alone" said Serena shedding more tears

"Serena, why don't you talk to me about it? You used to talk to me all the time. Please love, I want to help you" said Ikuko but Serena simply closed her eyes, letting herself sob a bit.

"I don't want to talk about it" said Serena between tears

"I know it has to do with boys honey…Maybe the new tutor?" said Ikuko making Serena's eyes open from shock (maybe they weren't so clueless as I thought).

"I know it's not Greg so don't even try to deny it…I've wasted too much time thinking that you are going to come out of this on your own" said Ikuko, last part mostly to herself

"Mom…don't be silly, my tutor is Greg, Amy's friend from calculus" said Serena sitting up

"No he is not, I bumped into Amy today at the grocery store and she told me that she was busy studying for some fancy academic competition and that her boyfriend Greg was studying with her at her house later this afternoon, both of them were excused form school until they finish with the competition." said Ikuko

"Boyfriend?" asked Serena incredulously and adding in her mind to her To do list, 'Kill Amy' on top of it.

"Yeah…she told me it only happened last night and that she was very exited" said Ikuko with a smile "But sweetheart, don't change the subject. Who is your tutor and why have you been coming home so late?" Serena let out a big sigh

"It's Darien" she whispered

"Well that explains the tears" she said brushing again Serena's hair

"I kissed him…or he kissed me…I don't really know" said Serena

"You kissed Darien?!" her mom asked in shock

"Well…one thing led to another and yeah…we sort of kissed" said Serena

"But what about Annaleigh?" asked Ikuko

"Oh great! Thanks for reminding me, mom!" said Serena and led out another sigh

"Oh sweetie, I know that you are a good kid" said Ikuko pulling Serena to her side so she could give her a hug. "But you need to decide what it is that you want to do about this. You can't spend your whole life running. You can't escape from what surrounds you."

"I can't tell Darien the truth. He is going to hate me…I can't deal with that. I can't handle him hating me…because it's what I deserve"

"Serena…please, it wasn't your fault"

"Mom…don't you see! If I hadn't wanted to said good bye to Seiya none of this would had ever happened!"

"Serena, it wasn't your fault"

"Yes it was! And worst part is that I left him alone! I left him alone because I was so mad at him! I was mad that he had forgotten me! What a stupid brat! I'm such a Meatball Head! How could I've been mad at him! I should have stayed with him! I should have been there!"

"It wasn't your fault, honey. We are in this world in borrowed time. We can't predict when our time is going to end. It simply was James and Elizabeth's time. And I actually agree that you weren't mature enough to endure seeing Darien like that. Serena, I see what Darien's rehab had done to Silvia and John…they have suffered a lot through it. You weren't prepare for it…you weren't strong enough"

"I should have been…I should have been braver"

"Serena, there is nothing wrong in been afraid. But if you feel so strongly about everything then you should try and be his friend" at this comment Serena turned to see her mother. "Well don't look at me as if I was crazy. You said that you regret not been there, well there is nothing holding you back to do it now. An extra friend never hurt anyone and I'm sure that being his friend again it's what he needs. Be his friend"

"You really think that I could be his friend?"

"Sweetheart if I know anything, is that you two kids were born to be friends…maybe even best friends. You have missed him…and I'm sure that he has missed you too even if he doesn't exactly remembers. I'm sure that in his heart there is a void that only you can fill" this made Serena shed more tears so she hugged her mom and in that hug she let her know how grateful she was that she had such a wonderful mother in her life. "Now…no more depressing music. Understand?"

Serena chuckled, "Yeah…no more depressing music"

"Well just to be sure I'm taking the CD with me"

"Mom!"

"Oh, don't mom me, missy" and then Ikuko took out the CD from Serena's little stereo and left the room after turning off the light.

Serena then turned on the light of her bedside lamp and changed into her pink pajamas. She took her ipod from her bag and put her earphones on. She searched for a playlist in particular and started listening while been laying down on her bed. She was listening to Demi Lovato's "Catch me"

Before I fall too fast
Kiss me quick, but make it last
So I can see how badly this will hurt me
When you say goodbye

Keep it sweet, keep it slow
Let the future pass, and don't let go
But tonight I could fall too soon
Into this beautiful moonlight

But you're so hypnotizing
You've got me laughing while I sing, you've got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I'm falling, but please don't catch me

See this heart won't settle down
Like a child running scared from a clown
I'm terrified of what you do
My stomach screams just when I look at you

Run far away so I can breathe
Even though you're far from suffocating me
I can't set my hopes too high
'Cause every hello ends with a goodbye

But you're so hypnotizing
You've got me laughing while I sing, you've got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I'm falling, but please don't catch me

So now you see why I'm scared
I can't open up my heart without a care
But here I go, it's what I feel
And for the first time in my life I know it's for real

But you're so hypnotizing
You've got me laughing while I sing, you've got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I'm falling so please don't catch me

If this is love, please don't break me
I'm giving up so just catch me

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Darien never made it to Annaleigh's, instead he walked around the park until he found himself standing in front of the Tsukino Residence. He stood there for almost an hour looking at the front balcony's light. He didn't know how he knew, but he knew that that was Serena's light.

He walked to his apartment. He was very tired and very hungry. His aunt greeted him and she told him that dinner was in the fridge. He took out the plate that his aunt had arrange for him previously and proceeded to heat it in the microwave. He then took it out and sat with his dinner in one of the stools of the kitchen counter-bar. His aunt entered the kitchen and asked him what he wanted to drink and he said that he wanted some juice. Silvia poured him a glass of apple juice and put it next to him on the counter while sitting next to him.

"Darien, I wanted to talk to you about something" said Silvia

"What is it?" asked Darien with genuine interest in his expression

"Sil, I'm home!" yelled John, from the front door

"We are here in the kitchen!" yelled Siliva back to her husband. John came through the door taking off his tie and putting his briefcase on a free kitchen stool. "I'm glad you are here. Did you had a good day at work?" asked Silvia

"I met some new clients today. They were interested in opening a new store outside town. They want to import all kinds of ingredients to make their business" said John looking for something to eat in the pantry.

"There's food in the fridge, I made four cheese lasagna. And what do they want to make?" said Silvia

"They are chocolatiers. So they are going to need a big place to put the machinery" said John taking out his plate and a bottle of beer.

"Wow, that must be cool. Having a good candy shop near town" said Darien

"They said that they would bring me a sample on Monday. I will bring you two some …if I manage to stay away from it the rest of the day" said John and with him Darien and Silvia chuckled.

"Well you better bring us some" said Silvia menacingly

"Anything for you my love" said John who he winked at his wife stilling from her a smile

"Well I'm glad that you came early, 'cause I wanted to talk to Darien about what we discussed on Sunday" said Silvia

"What is it?" asked Darien to his aunt and uncle who were staring with a sad expression at his nephew.

"Darien, we are concern that maybe your episodes… are a symptom of something far worse" said John taking his seat and ignoring the beep of the microwave, he took a sip out of his bottle and continued. "You are 18 now, and we can't legally force you to have any kind of test now"

"What are you talking about?" Darien asked with concern

"We wanted to take you to a neurosurgeon for an examination, maybe have a CAT-scan and an MRI" said Silvia quietly

"But those things are really expensive" said Darien

"Money is not an issue here, we can run it on our insurance so don't worry" said John "Plus, we have the business…if anything happens…that money is suppose to help in an emergency" he added

"John, don't even think about it. That money is yours, it's your business" said Darien

"That's a family business Darien. Your father built it. One day it will be yours…for anything that you might need" said John with a smile

"What we wanted to tell you is that right now, we are more concerned with your health sweetie. We just want to make sure that there is nothing wrong" said Silvia

"But…aren't you overreacting…I mean…it just happened twice" said Darien

"Twice!" said Silvia and John at the same time.

"When was the second?" said Silvia grabbing his nephew by the shoulder so he was facing her when he spoke.

"Well…it was Monday…maybe" said Darien, a little bit of fright showing in his eyes while he spoke. He swallowed and kept staring at his aunt. "I think it was while I was with Serena" Darien added.

"Serena? Serena Tsukino?" her aunt asked not believing what she was hearing.

"Yeah…Serena Tsukino. You do know her, right? I mean…I'm a 100% sure that I knew her from before the accident" said Darien looking at his uncle now.

"Darien…" said John but was interrupted by Darien before he had a chance to finish his sentence

"Please tell me the truth. I did knew her, right?" asked Darien urgently

"Yes…you knew her. You were friends with her and her twin brother" said John

"She has a twin brother?" asked Darien who couldn't believed his ears

"She does" said Silvia

"What else have you kept from me?" said Darien standing up from his sit

"What are you talking about?" said John

"I'm talking about why I didn't had any friends after the accident!" said Darien raising his voice with every word

"Honey calm down! Remember that we told you that we didn't lived in 10th City before the accident, we lived in New York. We flew first thing once the hospital in Connecticut informed us that you had been in an accident near Blue Bear Mountain" tried to say Silvia but Darien kept shaking his head in disbelief

"I want you to tell me everything again, and don't leave any details out" said Darien taking again his seat, Silvia let out a deep breath and said to John "Could you get me one of those?" signaling the beer bottle. John stood up and went to the fridge and gave it to his wife.

"Thank you" she said and let out another breath. "Ok…let's start from the beginning. Elizabeth called John; I think that it was on the 17th of June to let us know that you had finished school and that the next week you were going with some friends to the camp. They told us about two weeks later that they were having a vacation and that they were staying at a Chalet near the camp. The 8th of July she called us again letting us know that they were leaving soon because…well…something about an airport. Next thing I remember was the police contacting us…John was your father's other emergency contact. We took the first flight available… you were already in the hospital…" said Silvia until she couldn't continue.

"What happened to me?" asked Darien looking at his empty plate. Silvia didn't want to remember so John took her place as the story teller.

"We arrived a day after the accident. The doctors told us that you had a deep laceration in your head, which cause you to fell unconscious. You had some damage internally; you know…broken ribs, broken leg…and you had a piece of glass incrusted in your leg" said John

"I don't remember any of that" said Darien raising his head to see his uncle in the eye

"You were on a coma for a month" said John

"And in that month…what happened exactly?" asked Darien with a little bit of anger in his voice

"You already know that your mother…" started Silvia

"I already know that my mother died in the crash! I already know that my father died in the ER. I already know that I also got this scar during the crash" said Darien signaling his forehead "Which just makes me look more and more like freaking Harry Potter" (orphan living with his aunt and uncle 'cause his parents got killed in a car crash leaving him with a scar in the forehead…yeah…it does sound a bit like it) said Darien now seemingly very frustrated. "I want to know if someone gave a damn about me…or did no one even came to visit me"

"How could you even think that? Your grandparents came down to visit you, my parents did, my sister…" said Silvia but Darien interrupted again "Silvia…I'm talking about my friends…the kids I supposedly went to the camp with. Where were they? Or did I do something that shity that left me with no friends?"

"Darien, what are you talking about? Serena and her family visited you every single day while you were in a coma. Your friends from school did too." said Silvia, water starting to gather in her gorgeous blue eyes.

"Then why when I woke up they never came back?" asked Darien in a low voice, his head buried in his hands. Neither his aunt nor uncle knew what to say. They looked at each other, Silvia shedding tears and John looked as sad as her.

"They did Darien…but you didn't recognize any of them" said John walking towards his nephew and putting his hand on Darien's shoulders. "Your friend Serena had a…melt down of some sort…she was very young as the rest of your friends so your psychologist suggested that it was best for you and the rest of your friends to not push your limits. He said that been near them could do more damage than good" finished John

"That's why…she never came back?" asked Darien

"She was very affected…we all were…but I think she was the one who took it the worse" said Silvia whipping away a couple of tears that threaten to leave her eyes. Darien never said anything back. After ten minutes of complete and award silence Darien left his sit at the kitchen counter and headed to his room. As soon as he walked through the door he slammed it as hard as he cold. He started pacing in his room and then, out of the blue, he took his alarm clock and slammed it to the wall across the room.

Saying he was mad was probably the understatement of the year. He wanted to punch someone in the face so he could watch someone else be upset and in excruciating pain. He wanted to scream for all what he was hiding, he wanted to scream so loud, he wanted to be heard all around the world.

After watching his alarm clock hit the wall he crumbled to the floor and cried. He wanted to be with his parents, parents that he didn't even knew, but wanted to be with them nonetheless. The best thing that he knew as parental love was the love of his uncle and aunt, but still wasn't the same. He wanted to be near someone he could call mom. He wanted to cry on his mother's shoulders and wanted to hear his father's advice, but that wasn't going to happen.

Silvia came through the door and sat on the floor next to Darien. She simply pulled him to a hug and he let loose of all the emotions that he had tried to hide for God knows how long. Silvia stayed hugging him and whispering words of comfort until he fell asleep. She then woke him up and told him and get into bed. He went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth and changed into his pajama pants and washed his face with cold water trying to calm his still angry nerves. His uncle knocked the door and asked through the door if he was feeling any better. Darien apologized for losing his temper and said that he was feeling a lot better now. Darien left the bathroom and walked to his back-pack and searched for his black ipod. Then he went to his bed and laid there listening to very loud music, nothing in particular.

He started listening a lot of heavy metal, then there was Kiss, some Metallica, some Iron Maiden, some Guns n' Roses, AC/CD and while he was on his highway to hell he put special attention to the lyrics of a song by R.E.M.

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone

Even if the song was telling him that he wasn't alone, he certainly felt alone. Everybody did hurt and everybody did cry. But maybe it was time to let that go…stop being so alone, and start getting close to the abysm that he still felt. He was going to try to get close to his past by getting close to those he knew that knew him once.

Of course it was scary…he still felt…incomplete.

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By 12 o'clock that same night both Serena and Darien still were listening to their respective ipods, still neither could fall sleep. At the same time they lifted their left arm so it was holding the back of their heads while they were looking at the ceiling. Then at the same time Serena turned to her right while Darien turned to his left. If they were sharing the same bed they could have been able to look at each other's faces. Then, at that moment both their ipods started tuning "More than words" by Extreme.

The lyrics of that song made possible for them both to imagine the person they most wanted to be with.

Serena could see perfectly the midnight blue eyes covered by some bangs of raven hair. She could see his face, still innocent, still holding a serene expression. She could see his body, how he was breathing, she could see him inhale and exhale easily her aroma and how each time he sensed her nearer him he kept smiling even more. She could see him approaching her to an unending hug. She could see him, and he could see her. Her ocean deep blue eyes, her golden untied hair, her beautiful face that guarded the meaning of love and purity in it. He could see her button nose, rosy cheeks, her red lips which she kept licking from time to time when she felt that they were dry, he could see her hands and the way that she was holding them between her face and pillow. He could see how she kept closing her eyes and losing her fight to sleep. He could see her, and there weren't needed any words to describe how much they both wanted to be together through the rest of that song, and forever after that. But they couldn't, they couldn't until those words were spoken. There was still so much left to be spoken from behalf of them both that impeded what they most wanted right then.

Darien wanted to hear from Serena all those things that she was keeping from him and Serena wanted to have the strength to tell Darien all those things that she was keeping from him. Like all of those adventures they had as little kids, how much they cared for each other, how much they loved each other. She wanted to tell Darien about the accident, she wanted to tell the truth, but she couldn't, because she was selfish. She felt selfish, because if not telling Darien the truth that he wanted to hear, kept him near her, then she would kept it from him, so she could have the insurance that she needed; that he would stay with her. She couldn't be away anymore, that kiss had told her that. She couldn't stay away anymore. And maybe if they couldn't exactly be together for the time being, then, they would be friends.

Serena needed to say the truth, and Darien needed to say to her that he forgave her; those were the words.

Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
Its not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
Cos Id already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words

Now I've tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
Cos Id already know

More than words

When the song finished they both pulled away their earphones and fell asleep. Until further notice saying "I love" was the unspoken truth.

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Next day they were both filling a lot different. For once Darien couldn't wait to see Annaleigh, and Serena was actually really excited about the pep rally that evening. They showered, had breakfast and got ready for school.

When Serena was brushing her teeth Sammy got in their shared bathroom and when he saw Serena, he left immediately. Serena called him back.

"Sammy wait, come here for a sec" and so her twin brother entered again the bathroom hesitantly. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for the past five years that I have been a classic Meatball. I'm sorry for keeping you away from a person you felt was the cool, older brother that we never got. I'm sorry that I had been so afraid that I haven't given any of you the chance of getting back again on our lives and I'm particularly sorry for just been a bad sister. I love you, I really do. You had never let me down…but I have. I'm sorry" said Serena

"It's about time you realize what an awesome brother you have" he said winking at her and walking further into the bathroom. He still was wearing just his blue robe; he still hadn't changed into his uniform so Serena took this as a chance. Sammy bended down and opened the cabinet that was under the sink; he was looking for his mouthwash (you know…gotta have a fresh breath for the girlfriend). Serena picked up the glass that they used to keep their toothbrushes and she filled it with water and threw it all to Sammy. Before he could react to the particularly cold water she put down the glass near the sink and run for her life.

"Oh, you are so dead!" yelled Sammy from the bathroom. Serena run to her room and tried to close her door behind her but Sammy was fast and sneaked into the room before she could close the door. He tackled her into her bed and started tickling her. She started to cry from all the tickles and she couldn't even breath, Sammy wasn't playing nice.

"Stop, stop, stop. God please stop it" said Serena between tears and giggles.

"That will teach you Meatball Head" said Sammy standing up from Serena's bed but just then she called him…by Elena's pet name

"Come on Chicken Little, was that the best you got?" asked Serena still laid in her bed trying to breath (oh no she didn't, oh yes she did)

"Why would you call me that?" asked Sammy shaking his from one side to the other, still wearing a smirk in his face.

"I could ask you the same?" said Serena sitting up

"Call it even then?" asked Sammy walking away

"I'll have to get you back later with that one" said Serena loud enough for her brother to hear; whom was walking to his own room; Serena moved away from her bed and walked to her closet to change into her uniform. First she took off her pink fluffy robe and put on her white tights. Then she put on her white button down shirt and then her gray high waist-pleaded skit which had a line of black buttons in the front. Then she tied her red tie in front of her full length mirror and approached again her closet to look for her black ballerina style flats and then she grabbed the black blazer jacket of her uniform. She looked out the window and noticed that the sun was shining particularly bright that Friday morning so she decided against wearing her black over coat; it wasn't needed, the weather was warming up.

She quickly tied her hair in her usual buns and finished applying some chapstick and gloss to her lips. After a quick "Secret Crush" splash she was ready.

"Ready?" asked Sammy who was popping his head through her door.

"Yep" said enthusiastically Serena to her brother. She grabbed her bag and run to meet him downstairs. Already downstairs near the door her lunch was waiting, prepared by her loving mother.

"Bye kids, please be careful" said Ikuko stepping out from the kitchen to wish their children goodbye. "What time are you getting home?" she asked to them.

"I have practice" said Sammy

"I have rehearsal" said Serena

"Children, I need time not excuses for why are you going to return late" said Ikuko

"About 5:30, I think" said Sammy

"What about you Serena, are you going to stay late from tutoring" asked Ikuko

"I don't think so, I think I'm going to arrive earlier so I can get ready for the party" said Serena not really thinking about what she was saying

"What party?" asked Sammy and Ikuko at the same time.

"The pep rally. Dominic invited me, I'm going with the girls" said Serena

"The pep rally?" Sammy and Ikuko asked at the same time again and with the same incredulous tone (like mother like son).

"Yeah…it's no big deal" said Serena

"Serena, honey, you told me how mean those cheerleaders were with you and Mina. Why do you want to expose yourself to that kind of abuse?" asked Ikuko

"Mom! It's just a party…It's in the Crown so Andrew and Lizzie will be there, the girls are going with me so there is nothing to worry about; ok?" said Serena whose annoyance was almost palpable in her tone.

"If you say so" said Ikuko

"Just trust me, ok?" said Serena giving her mom a kiss in the cheek and waved her goodbye. Serena left first home and in that moment Elena arrived to the Tsukino Residence. From the house's entrance she waved Ikuko and waited for Sammy to say goodbye to his mother.

"So, should I be worried about this party…and this Dominic?" asked Ikuko who offered Elena a wave back.

"If you want me to, I can go as well to the rally" said Sammy

"I thought you hated that sort of thing?" said Ikuko looking at her son

"I thought Serena hated it also. If there is one thing I love about tennis is the lack of pompoms. But it won't be as bad if the girls go. I'll make sure nothing happens to her" said Sammy stepping outside from the house to the front porch.

"Awwww, aren't you the protector brother" said Ikuko rapping her arms in Sammy's shoulders and pulling him to a big kiss in the head.

"Mooooooommmmmmm!" said Sammy pulling away from his mother. He rolled his eyes and waved goodbye and went to meet his girlfriend with a quick kiss on the lips.

"What was that all about?" asked Elena to Sammy

"Nothing…it's just that we are going to the rally tonight at The Crown" said Sammy who was still a bit annoyed by the very fact.

"Why? I thought we hated that kind of stuff?" said Elena

"My thoughts exactly…I'll fill you in later" said Sammy who simply took Elena's hand in his own and walked quietly to school.

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Darien was just cleaning up the mess he did the night before from his room when Silvia knocked on the door and stepped in. Darien was just picking up from the floor all the bits and pieces left from the poor alarm clock.

"Good, now I know what to get you for your birthday" said Silvia sitting down on Darien's bed

"Very funny" said Darien picking up what used to look like the screen of the clock.

"Sweetie, we made an appointment for you" said Silvia waiting for him to turn around and look at her, but he never did. Darien simply nodded and continued picking up what was left of the clock and disposing it all in a garbage bag. "It will be in a couple of weeks" said Silvia

"It's ok. I really hope it's nothing serious" said Darien looking at the closed bag he was holding in his hands. Silvia moved to take the bag away from him.

"You'll see, it will be nothing. It's just to prove to John that there is nothing wrong with you" said Silvia with a smile.

"But, what if there is something wrong with me? What if I lose my memories again? I can't start again! I don't want to lose everything all over again!"

"You won't! Let's just have a little faith, ok? Everything will be alright" said Silvia

"Thanks Sil, for everything. I know I'm not the most grateful kid ever, but I really appreciate everything you and John have done for me" said Darien giving his aunt a big and meaningful hug.

"That's what your mom would have wanted me to say to you" she said with teary eyes "Plus, you don't have to apologize to me. I'm with you…you are like my own son. I love you"

"You really are like a mom to me. You are the only one I know" said Darien with a chuckle "and by the way, you are going to be a hell of a mom one day. Don't stop trying" said Darien to her while leaving his room with his black uniform jacket in one hand and his back-pack in the other. His red tie was a little messy but that just made him look a lot hotter than he already was. Darien climbed down the elevator and started walking to school.

Just as he reached the school grounds he spotted Serena talking to her friends. He stayed there for a bit, remembering last night. Then all of the sudden he realized that she was looking at him as well. She smiled at him and waved him, but just as she was about to walk to talk to him the first bell rang and Mina shook her back to reality and took her in direction to the school Theater. He then decided to actually make an appearance in soccer practice for a change. The second he entered the boy's locker room he changed into his soccer practice uniform and waited for Andrew to do the same.

Both of them headed to the soccer field and waited for Coach Collins to arrive.

"Morning Nate, morning Dominic" said the coach as he moved in front of his team with a new kid behind him. "Listen ladies, this is Seiya Kou" this statement made Darien very curious. He also noticed that the Kou kid was looking right at him. Word was that he used to know him from before the accident. Maybe he would give him an easy chance in the field if he wanted to try out for the team, so that he could give his spot to him and not to Dominic-dream girl stiller-Colton. "He is trying out to make the team today so let's show him what we got. Furuhata, Colton, Summers, Smith, Ramirez, Blackmoon, Brady, Geller, Benton and Carter! All of you go with the Kou kid! Mitchell, Orlish, Rashid, Thermopolis, Solis, baby Blackmoon, Peters, Robbins, Sullivan and Fernandez! You'll go in the other team. The other ladies will do bench for now" finished the couch and send everyone to warm up. "Shields" the couch yelled to Darien who was about to go do a couple of laps around the field. He looked at Andrew, who in exchange shook his head not knowing what the couch wanted to talk about.

"Yes couch?" said Darien to Mr. Collins the second he got nearer him

"Nice of you to show up. Did you know the team has a match on Sunday?"

"So that's why the pep rally was tonight. I was beginning to wonder" said Darien with a smirk

"Listen kid, if you don't want me to erase that smirk out of your face you will show up to practice. Understood?"

"Yes" Darien whispered

"I didn't hear you!" yelled Mr. Collins into Darien's ear

"Yes Couch Collins" yelled Darien to the ground

"Good! And you are on Mitchell's team today" said Mr. Collins

"What? But you always put me and Andrew together" said Darien furrowing his eyebrows

"You have missed practice ever since that ridiculous play started" Mr. Collins hissed to Darien "And you actually thought that I was going to let it easy for you? Kid there would be scavengers on Sunday's game! You future…" but Darien didn't let him finish

"I'm glad that there would be scavengers on Sunday, Couch; but I thought that I made myself clear when I told you that I wasn't going to spend the next four years of my life playing soccer. I've been already accepted into…" this time Mr. Collins interrupted him

"Listen kid, we all know what a genius you are. But let me ask you something; how are you going to pay for Harvard? The Ivy's are not free Shields, and I'm glad that your orphan ass hasn't had to work two or three jobs growing up so the family could have enough to pay for food and rent; I'm really glad. Some of us had. So you better be on your best game on Sunday or I swear to God that you'll be out of the team, Captain. The Headmaster can quote me on that" said Mr. Collins with anger all over his face (what an "whj*"!!!!)

"Do I still carry the honor, Couch?" hissed Darien to Mr. Collins

"Yes" Mr. Collins hissed back "And you better show up for practice from now own"

"Sir, I have the play rehearsal" tried to say Darien

"Don't give me the fairy tale again Shields. Practice or you are out. Now go!" just about the moment Darien was going to do his normal 5 laps around the field Mr. Collins spoke again. "And after the practice you'll stay here and do 20 laps for each day you have missed, Captain".

Just as the rest of the team finished their laps, Mr. Collins called Diamond and Seiya.

"Blackmoon, you told me that you had kind of a misunderstanding with Shields, aren't I right? Well, why don't you work it out…in the field while I go grab a cup of coffee?"

"For real couch?" asked Diamond

"If you have a problem just tell Mitchell to handle Furuhata. You have a problem with that kid?" asked the couch to Seiya who couldn't believe what was about to happen. His friend, his childhood friend, the guy he looked up as a brother was about to get his ass kicked…literally.

Seiya couldn't help but to look back into all those times that Darien had played soccer with him. Darien was the one who taught him, since his older brothers weren't into sports. I mean if it wasn't for Darien he wouldn't be here…he would have stayed home…with Serena…Darien was the one who took his Serena away. If it wasn't for Darien…Serena would still trust him, would still love him.

"Not at all" said Seiya back to the couch

"Congratulations kid, you just made the team" said Mr. Collins padding Seiya on the shoulder, the tyrant had a smirk on his sunburned face as he left Diamond's and Seiya's side.

Diamond simply nodded his head in acknowledgment to Seiya and headed to Rubeous Mitchell (hahaha, didn't saw that one coming, did you?) side and whispered to him his plan of action. Rubeous nodded as well.

The game started out fine…you know…I guess all of you have watched a soccer game before. Basically there are 22 guys running around a ball trying to make goals. (If you haven't I highly recommend The Champions League; the players are way hotter there…and then maybe you can all cheer for my personal favorite team: Real Madrid; believe me, there was a time when the hottest soccer players on Earth were there, Luis Figo and David Beckham included. They also play sort of good if you are into watching the sport).

A little after both teams had scored was when Diamond "accidentally" tackled Darien to the ground.

"You ok, Darien?" asked Diamond offering his hand

Darien didn't take it. He just stood up and glared at Diamond. The moment Darien was about to make his free kick Diamond said "You better look out…and take care of yourself" he added an annoying laugh that just made the whole thing a lot more sinister. Darien shuddered and made his free kick. A couple more fouls were made to him…all of them looked really innocent in fact and then it came.

If you all think about it; the penalty happened almost in slow motion. Darien had intercepted a pass from the other team and he was now running through the half line. He felt a hand grabbing his shirt from behind and then he decided to pass the ball to some other teammate. He passed it to Sapphire and he managed to take control of the ball just before it went out of the field but just then Diamond approached at top speed and stopped just right where his brother was starting to move and pushed his shoulder with all of his strength so it would made contact with Sapphire's back. This of course, made Sapphire fall to the ground and roll a couple of times.

"Diamond, you asshole! That hurt" the rest of the team heard Sapphire yelled from the ground.

"Shut up and take like a man, Sapphire" yelled Diamond to his brother.

"Shut the hell up Diamond" said Darien as he quickly moved to Sapphire's help. He helped him stand up and stood near him while he took air.

"You ok?" asked Darien

"Yeah… if someone didn't knew better they'll think that we are actually adopted" said Sapphire with a laugh as he put his hand in his tights and bent his body a little bit to grab more air.

"I thought you were adopted?" said Darien padding lightly his back

"We are" said Sapphire letting out a sigh. "I'm better now…thanks"

"Don't even mention it" said Darien. He then gave the ball to Sapphire so he could make a corner shot.

Darien was going to catch it with a header but then he felt someone else's hard head hit his. Darien fell immediately to the floor, rolled about three times until his body stopped and he was facing the ground. The pain was horrible but still bearable; weird pain attacks were much worse. He could hear fast steps approaching his side. He really thought that it was someone who would help him…not what really happened.

As the steps came nearer Darien decided to roll his body so he could face the sky; worse mistake ever. He opened his eyes and could see Diamond's face on top of his. Darien furrowed his eyebrows; he didn't like this… he didn't like this at all.

"Little help here?" said Darien to Diamond. Diamond simply smirk and made a quick move with one of his feet.

Darien simply felt something hit the left side of his face. After that everything went black. He didn't hear the big fight that Diamond's kick cause, he didn't felt when he was been lifted and taken to the Nursery. He didn't heard nor felt anything after that kick; he was just surrounded by a whole lot of darkness. He didn't felt the pack of ice that Betty, the school nurse, put on his head. He didn't heard Annaleigh's worried yells when she found out what had happened to him and mostly didn't hear himself call for Serena the second he felt Annaleigh's hand brush his hair from his face. Annaleigh didn't froze or worried herself as she was listening to her boyfriend call for someone else, she giggled.

"Betty, I'm calling Darien's parents, ok?" said Annaleigh to the nurse who was writing some things down in a chart.

"Sure, honey. Want me to stay with him while you are at it?" said Betty

"No…don't worry. I'll call a friend" said Annaleigh moving from the gurney.

Annaleigh stood outside the nursery for a couple of seconds until she let out a sigh and looked for Serena Tsukino. As it was the lunch break she looked for the blonde in the gardens, and there she was having a laugh with her group of friends.

"Hi girls!" said Annaleigh

"Hi Annaleigh!" greeted everyone at the same time, which made them look at each other and laugh even harder.

"May I interrupt? Serena I need you in the nursery" said Annaleigh politely

"Hell no! I already told Ms. Betty that I don't want to get the flu shot" said Serena crossing her arms.

"Serena this has nothing to do with swine flu…this is about Darien…his in the nursery" said Annaleigh while Serena's world crumble right there, her worst fear…Darien was hurt.

Bits and pieces of a song she hadn't heard in a while entered her head without her permission.

She nodded to Annleigh and headed with her to the school nursery.

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Also I should say that my finals are just a few weeks away...so...guess which one has to suffer...

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