Runaway
Chapter Eleven
Serena's Little Secret
When Serena finally woke up again, she was back in the hospital bed with a sea
of concerned faces surrounding her.
"Serena?" a gentle voice asked. "Are you okay?"
Ignoring them, she sat up and pushed aside the people hovering over her bed.
Darien was standing by the door, his face ashen. Noticing her awakening, he
started to shove his way through the immense crowd.
*Where did all these people come from?* Serena wondered. She hadn't thought
she knew this many people anymore. She let her eyes rest on their faces before
returning her eyes to Darien's form, which was quickly closing in on her, and
gasped. In the room was pretty much everyone she'd ever known. Serena hadn't
seen or heard from most of them in the year since she'd left. There was her
mother, her face streaked with concerned tears. There was her father, sending
a death glare to the nearing Darien. Her old best friend, Molly stood next to
her longtime boyfriend, Melvin, her face buried in his shoulder. She appeared
to be crying. Next was her little brother, Sammy, who was slouched in a chair
and pretending that he didn't care that his sister was lying in a hospital bed,
though his face was pale and his eyes looked suspiciously shiny. Her own
daughter, Rini, was sitting in his lap and whispering in his ear. Even Andrew
was there, loosely hugging his sad-looking girlfriend, Rita.
"H-hi, everyone," Serena stammered. Darien had reached her side and was holding
her hand as he stared down at her, his face emotionless and unreadable.
"Why do you all look so sad?" she questioned when no one spoke, just gazed at
her with faces she couldn't comprehend.
"Serena," her mother began bravely, but quickly turned her face away and buried
it in her husband's broad shoulder. Everyone else looked away. No one wanted to
be the one that told Serena that she had...
Darien's grasp on her hand tightened, and he sat down next to her on the bed.
Kenji's eyes bulged, but he wisely kept his big mouth shut for once in his life.
"Bunny..." the young, dark-haired man said, looking at her with unreadable eyes.
"You...You have..." his voice broke, but he cleared his throat and started to
go on courageously. "Bunny, you.-"
"Serena, you have cancer!" Mina blurted, her blue eyes wide with pain. She
buried her face in Andrew's shoulder, who coughed in surprise and patted her
shoulder.
(AN: Do you think cancer is a little extreme? I have an idea for it, but I'm
thinking maybe it should just be anorexia. I mean, that could be why she keeps
fainting. What do you think? Please review. If the majority of you say anorexia,
I'll change it.)
"I...What?" Serena whispered, dropping Darien's hand. "I-no!" she burst out
suddenly. "It can't! He promised it wouldn't come back-he-he *promised!*"
As everyone in the room gaped at her, Serena started to sob and she let her
head fall heavily into her arms. Darien withdrew his hand from the blankets.
"Serena," Ikuko choked. "What do you mean, *can't come back?!* And who promised?
Sere!" she flew at her daughter and began to shake her. "Tell me! What happened
in New York?"
Reluctantly, her husband and Darien pulled her off. But everyone's eyes remained
locked on Serena's hunched form. What would she say?
Kay, so, anorexia or cancer? It's your vote. Review and let me know. I have to
say I'm sorry to Princess. Shantel was at my house and she was chatting on my
MSN while I watched Passions-she got bored. She got a lot of people mad at me-
Kayla almost tried to kill me the next day because she thought Shantel was me-
and now I'm trying to find out everyone she talked to and say I'm sorry. So...
I'm sorry! Puh-lease for give me? Come on, you're my best. Forgive me?
Chapter Eleven
Serena's Little Secret
When Serena finally woke up again, she was back in the hospital bed with a sea
of concerned faces surrounding her.
"Serena?" a gentle voice asked. "Are you okay?"
Ignoring them, she sat up and pushed aside the people hovering over her bed.
Darien was standing by the door, his face ashen. Noticing her awakening, he
started to shove his way through the immense crowd.
*Where did all these people come from?* Serena wondered. She hadn't thought
she knew this many people anymore. She let her eyes rest on their faces before
returning her eyes to Darien's form, which was quickly closing in on her, and
gasped. In the room was pretty much everyone she'd ever known. Serena hadn't
seen or heard from most of them in the year since she'd left. There was her
mother, her face streaked with concerned tears. There was her father, sending
a death glare to the nearing Darien. Her old best friend, Molly stood next to
her longtime boyfriend, Melvin, her face buried in his shoulder. She appeared
to be crying. Next was her little brother, Sammy, who was slouched in a chair
and pretending that he didn't care that his sister was lying in a hospital bed,
though his face was pale and his eyes looked suspiciously shiny. Her own
daughter, Rini, was sitting in his lap and whispering in his ear. Even Andrew
was there, loosely hugging his sad-looking girlfriend, Rita.
"H-hi, everyone," Serena stammered. Darien had reached her side and was holding
her hand as he stared down at her, his face emotionless and unreadable.
"Why do you all look so sad?" she questioned when no one spoke, just gazed at
her with faces she couldn't comprehend.
"Serena," her mother began bravely, but quickly turned her face away and buried
it in her husband's broad shoulder. Everyone else looked away. No one wanted to
be the one that told Serena that she had...
Darien's grasp on her hand tightened, and he sat down next to her on the bed.
Kenji's eyes bulged, but he wisely kept his big mouth shut for once in his life.
"Bunny..." the young, dark-haired man said, looking at her with unreadable eyes.
"You...You have..." his voice broke, but he cleared his throat and started to
go on courageously. "Bunny, you.-"
"Serena, you have cancer!" Mina blurted, her blue eyes wide with pain. She
buried her face in Andrew's shoulder, who coughed in surprise and patted her
shoulder.
(AN: Do you think cancer is a little extreme? I have an idea for it, but I'm
thinking maybe it should just be anorexia. I mean, that could be why she keeps
fainting. What do you think? Please review. If the majority of you say anorexia,
I'll change it.)
"I...What?" Serena whispered, dropping Darien's hand. "I-no!" she burst out
suddenly. "It can't! He promised it wouldn't come back-he-he *promised!*"
As everyone in the room gaped at her, Serena started to sob and she let her
head fall heavily into her arms. Darien withdrew his hand from the blankets.
"Serena," Ikuko choked. "What do you mean, *can't come back?!* And who promised?
Sere!" she flew at her daughter and began to shake her. "Tell me! What happened
in New York?"
Reluctantly, her husband and Darien pulled her off. But everyone's eyes remained
locked on Serena's hunched form. What would she say?
Kay, so, anorexia or cancer? It's your vote. Review and let me know. I have to
say I'm sorry to Princess. Shantel was at my house and she was chatting on my
MSN while I watched Passions-she got bored. She got a lot of people mad at me-
Kayla almost tried to kill me the next day because she thought Shantel was me-
and now I'm trying to find out everyone she talked to and say I'm sorry. So...
I'm sorry! Puh-lease for give me? Come on, you're my best. Forgive me?