Author: Serenita
Title: A heart's pain
Rating: PG
Chapter Six
Chapter Six

Darien sat in a chair. He had been sitting there
for over a day. Only moving when he absolutely had
to. She lied there looking as beautiful as ever. Even
though there were IV's on her and tubes in her she
looked as dazzling as ever just lying there. Her
eyelids were shut in a peaceful like sleep, her
breathing was normal. The doctors said that she had
a concussion and was in a coma. They were unsure of
when she was to wake up, if ever. Darien leaned
forward and gently kissed her eyelids. When he sat
back tears were in his eyes as he remembered what
happened.

~Flashback~

"Serena! Look out!" he called. She looked at the car
coming for her and gasped in horror. He saw her
stand up and close her eyes, waiting for it to hit her.
It was torture for him. It was like watching the end of
the world. And technically to him, it was. She was his
world. He saw it hit her, her go flying, and then...
nothing. All he could remember was running to her.
It could have taken seconds, minutes, hours, he
didn't know. Time practically stopped for him. His
only focus was reaching her. When he did he gently
picked her up and held her in his arms. He started
rocking whispering to her, 'I'm sorry.' over and over.
Then the paramedics came. They took her away form
him, put her on a stretcher and started to leave. He
grabbed one by the sleeve.

"Please, can I go with you? I have to be with her." He
looked at him.

"Are you family?" he asked. Darien thought for a
moment. Was he? Did she mean that much to him?
Did he mean that much to her?

"Yes." He said. The man nodded and Darien hopped
in the back of the ambulance. The whole time he
stared at her gently stroking her face. When they got
to the hospital they took her away. He couldn't go
with him. His angel left his sight. He begged the
front desk into letting him go. Even when he said he
was a doctor in training they said no. So, drearily, he
walked over and sat in a chair in defeat. Soon Raye,
Amy, Lita, and Mina came followed by her family.
Her mom and dad immediately went to the front
desk. The girls came over to him.

"Hi, Darien." They said.

"What happened?" asked Raye. Darien looked at the
ground. Serena probably told them about their fight.
He was ashamed to tell them what happened.

"No." was all he said.

"Please Darien." Amy said with tears.

"We need to know." He sighed.

"Serena came to my apartment. Caroline was there
and she was... putting moves on me. I told her no
and didn't think anything of it. I was too busy
thinking about our fight. Serena and I. Caroline took
me by surprise. She pushed me down on the couch
and kissed me." They all gasped at that. " Just then,
before I could do anything, Serena walks in, with out
even knocking. So she took off thinking I was
cheating on her. I went after her. She was too far
ahead. She ran into the middle of the street and
tripped. A car was coming right for her. I was too far
away to do anything, so I called out to her. She saw
the car, stood up, and braced herself for the impact
that was coming. It hit her and..." Darien had to
stop. Tears were falling from his eyes, rapidly. The
girls hugged him as they cried too. Irene and Ken
Tsukino walked out. There were tears in their eyes.
They saw the group of teens huddled around a
Young man. They were all crying. Ken finally
realized that Darien wasn't a threat to his daughter
and that he truly cared about her. Just by looking at
him he could tell. The girls saw them coming and ran
up to them. Darien sat in the chair, his head in his
hands, crying. "How is she?" they asked worriedly.
They motioned the girls to come with them as they
walked to where Darien was. He deserved to know
too.

"Darien?' asked Irene. He looked up to she her
smiling at him through her own tears. He looked
embarrassed and wiped away his own tears.

"The doctors say she has a concussion. Right now she
is in a coma and... they don't know when she will
wake up or even... at... all." It was hard to get those
words out. She watched the young mans face turn to
horror, worry, and then indescribable sadness.
Sadness she had never seen on anyone's face before.
He started to cry again, even harder than before.
Irene felt desperate sorrow for him. She decided to
leave him be. They saw Serena already. They soon
left. The girls, however, stayed as long as they could.
They were right by her side the whole time. They left
around midnight. Darien wanted to stay with her
until she woke up. So once they left he went to her
room. It was unbearable. The way she looked there
was indescribable. He pulled up a chair and sat
down.

~End Flashback~ and that was where he was for the
past 36 hours, getting very little sleep. He was
staring at her beautiful face. Just watching
her. If only he hadn't said those things. If only he had
known... It was his fault she was here. It should be
him on that hospital bed. Not her, HIM. The rest
were out in the hallway, sleeping. They were there
since yesterday. But he was by her side the whole
time. Once one of the doctors asked him to leave the
room and he was ready to slug the guy. He suddenly
saw her stir. He jumped up and stood over her bed.
Her eyes fluttered open. He smiled with happiness.

"Amy! Raye! Lita! Mina! EVERYONE! She's Awake!"
he called. They all rushed in.

"Oh! My BABY!" Mrs. Tsukino said as she rushed to
hold her daughter. The whole time Serena was
staring at Darien. Almost looking right through him.
The doctors came in and checked her. They thought
she would be able to go home in the next three days
but she would have to be off of school for about two
weeks. That made her very happy. Her parents left to
leave her alone with her friends and Darien. Raye
rushed up to her and threw her arms around.

"Oh! I'm so happy your Okay!" She said through her
tears. Serena hugged her back.

"I'm glad too, but..." she said "who is that?" They all
looked at her.

"Who is who?" asked Darien. She stared at him.

"Who are YOU!?!"