Geri and Serena stayed for about an hour chatting with the girls. Then, Serena rememeberd the note Darien gave to her. It said he needed to talk to her, badly.
Serena looked at Darien, and did a head movement towards outside. She and Dairen excused themseleves.
"We'll be back." Serena said.
Outside, neither of them spoke, till Serena said something. "Why'd you stop loving me, Darien?" Serena said, looking into his eyes.
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about…I never stopped loving you Serena. It was just, I was having these horrible horrible nightmares, about you being killed. Then, a voice said to me 'Stay away from Princess Serena. She will die if you don't.' Do you know how hard it was, watching you DIE everynight? So, I decided to listen, and stay away." Darien said. Serena looked at him, but not in a good way.
"You put me through all of that, because of some nightmare?? And you didn't have the nerve to talk to me about it? You doubted our love, Darien. I don't know what to say now." Serena trailed off.
"I want you to forgive me, and take me back. I love you Sere." Darien said, grabbing her hand. Serena snatched it back.
"I'll forgive you Darien, but I won't take you back. Not yet anyways. You hurt me in no way imaginable. I can't take you back, not yet anyways. Im sorry." Serena said, walking back into the room.
"I'll wait for you forever." Dairen wispered to himself, and followed her.

"Geri, we must be going. Simon and the girls are going to wonder what happened to us." Serena said.
"Alright. Goodbye girls, it was nice talking with you." Geri said, getting up.
"Bye Geri! It was nice meeting you!" they all shouted back.
"Bye Girls. I'll call you all tomorrow. Bye Dairen." Serena said, walking out the door with Geri.
"Bye Serena!" the shouted after her. Raye waited until Serena and Geri were long gone to ask Darien a question.
"Did you tell her about Rini?" she asked.
"I couldent. She said she said she woulden't take me back." Darien said, looking down at Rini.
"Don't worry, Daddy. I'm still here, so you know she'll be back. Sooner or Later." Rini said comforting her father's past self.


The girls decided to release "Wannabe" on Monday, July 8 1996 in the UK. The single, in some areas of the UK was being played at least 6 times a day, not bad for a first single.
By the second week in July, everything focused in the charts. That Sunday, Geri invited the girls to Geri's friend, Karen's, house to listen to the Top 40. They set a picnic rug out on thye lawn and had a bottle of champagne ready and waiting.
"This is the ost exciting moment of all," Geri said. "The hoping. The expectations. Remembering how we got here. And now it's all come down to this."
The mid-week chart had put "Wannabe" at number six Could they go higher?
They did. They got to number 3. They had more promotional work back in Japan in a couple of days. Serena called the girls, Darien, her aunt, uncle, Sammy, and Rini to come to the hotel, for alittle party in the lounge. Victoria coulden't get over how much Rini looked like Serena.
Then, Camillia, the girls PA walked in, with a smile on her face. "Simon has a message for you all. He says you should crack open a bottle of bubbly."
"Why?" Geri asked.
"Because 'Wannabe' is number one." The girls mouths dropped, then there hollers and whoops broght the hotel to a standstill as people truned to look at them hugging each other.
"Congradulations Sere!" Amy said, giving her a hug.
"I want to get pissed," said Mel B., ordering champagne.
"We have to be up at eight." Mel C. said
"So what! We're NUMBER ONE!" Geri yelled.
"Come on! There is a Chinese resturant here. We'll treat you all to dinner." Victoria said. Everyone agreed.

Around 12:00 everyone went home. Geri, Mel B., and Mel C. went to bed, while Victoria and Serena stayed up and talked.
"Serena, have you ever reilsed how much Rini looks like you?" Victoria asked.
"Yeah, it's weird, isen't it? I mean, I used to ALWAYS wear my hair like that. "She might be from the Moonkingdom…" Serena trailed off, reliseing the mistake she made.
"What??" Victoria asked wide-eyed.
"oops" Serena said.
"Serena, what are you talking about?" Victoria asked her.
"I'm not supposed to tell anyone! I just made a huge mistake! Victoria, if I tell you, can't tell anyone about it, promise on your Spice ring?" Serena said.
"I would never tell." Victoria said.
"okay, it all started 1000 years ago in a time period called the 'Sliver Millaniume..'"