Oct 2000
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, I'm just borrowing them. The story,
however, is mine.
It Matters To Me.
Chapter 4
"Hey, you awake girl?"
"Yes, Raye, I'm awake. Where am I?"
The raven haired priestess came into view as Serena turned her head.
Her friend looked better than the last time she'd seen her and her hair cut
was a little strange but, as Mina has said, it would grow back. "You're
still at Mina's, we just moved you to her room because it's bigger. Amy,
Lita and Mina are downstairs commandeering the TV and VCR. How are you
feeling?"
Serena raised one hand to her head, wincing. "Terrible. What day is
it?"
"Still Saturday. We're all crashing at Mina's cause her folks aren't
around and we can't really go out the way we are. Too many questions would
be asked. Not to mention your parents would flip seeing you like this.
Woah, don't move, you'll start to bleed again." Raye slid her hands over
Serena's shoulders and held her down to the mattress, "We all heal really
fast, it's true, but you are depleted from healing the lot of us yesterday.
It's a good thing that happened Friday night, or you would be out of school
this next week. As it is we can keep this quiet and away from your house
until Monday and when we got back you'll be stiff and sore and still healing
but the wounds won't look or feel nearly as bad."
"How long you figure until I'm alright to fight again?"
"You should be completely healed by Sometime next Wednesday. At least,
that was Amy's prediction. I can't believe what you did, Serena, we almost
lost you." Raye perched herself on the edge of the bed, brushing the feather
soft bangs out of her face with gentle fingers, "Don't you ever scare us like
that again, alright? No matter what's happening with you, nothing right now
is worth loosing your life over."
Serena turned her eyes away from her friend, "I can't promise that. I
don't know what to do, Raye, I feel so... empty. I fight and there's no
passion behind it but keeping you guys safe, I go to school and promise
myself to be strong and learn my lessons in hope that he'll see how smart and
diligent I'm becoming. And he doesn't notice. I fight my heart out and try
to be brave and willing of him and he doesn't notice! I let him go without a
thought because if you love something you're supposed to let it go, right?
But as proof they're supposed to come back and he hasn't! He says he doesn't
love me and it makes me want to die. How can he hurt me so badly, Raye, when
I know he still loves me even if he says otherwise?"
Raye hugged her, stroking her hair gently, "Let it out, Sere, don't
bottle it up. I know you love him, that's why this still hurts and it
probably will hurt until you get an answer from him. I know it's hard but we
need you, I need you, you're the heart and soul of the scouts, surely you
know that."
Serena felt tears slide down her cheeks, "The heart bit is bruised,
battered and shattered, Raye. I don't know if it will ever recover. And the
soul of this group is friendship, you guys could beat anything we come up
against without me if you believed you could."
"No we couldn't. Even together we wouldn't have been powerful enough to
kill Beryl, we needed you for that. Same with Alan and Ann. Only you could
have healed them, the rest of us were useless against the tree."
"That was two months ago, Raye. And the last two weeks have been agony.
I got a month and a half with him. A month and a half! There is no justice.
I was happy and look what happened. My grades were slowly improving, my
teacher was becoming impressed and my parents were starting to be more
lenient, no monsters and now, Bam! Blackmoon and another evil try to come
back, my grades have plummeted, my life is in shambles and my family is ready
to disown me. Not to mention my parents found out about Darien the day we
broke up and my dad is seriously looking at buying a shot gun!"
Raye held Serena as she burst into tears. She looked up as the door
opened and Lita walked in Carrying the TV, Mina came in behind her with the
VCR and Amy with a couple of bowls of snacks. They froze inside the room,
watching Raye hold Serena as sobs, heart breaking sobs, ran through her body.
Lita quickly placed the TV on the stand they'd erected for it before walking
back over to the bed and laying a gentle hand on the top of Serena's head.
Amy and Mina joined them, each touching a shoulder and arm of their friend as
she cried.
Finally Serena pulled away from Raye and looked at her friends,
squeezing Amy's hand who was in hers, "Thanks guys," she sniffed. "So what
are we watching tonight?"
Lita held up three movies, "Your choice Sere. We've got Liar Liar, Ever
After or Mystery Science Theater 2000."
"The last one. I need to laugh."
"The why not Liar Liar? It's funnier than Mystery Science Theatre."
Serena looked away, "Because I feel like Darien is a liar right now.
Please, just put the movie on Leets."
Without further questions, Lita turned to do as her friend asked,
setting up the VCR and TV with the help of Raye as Mina and Amy arranged the
snacks, leaving Serena a lone for the moment. None of them noticed the death
grip she had on the covers covering her or the sparkle of renewed tears in
her eyes as she closed them and fell into a light, healing slumber.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, I'm just borrowing them. The story,
however, is mine.
It Matters To Me.
Chapter 4
"Hey, you awake girl?"
"Yes, Raye, I'm awake. Where am I?"
The raven haired priestess came into view as Serena turned her head.
Her friend looked better than the last time she'd seen her and her hair cut
was a little strange but, as Mina has said, it would grow back. "You're
still at Mina's, we just moved you to her room because it's bigger. Amy,
Lita and Mina are downstairs commandeering the TV and VCR. How are you
feeling?"
Serena raised one hand to her head, wincing. "Terrible. What day is
it?"
"Still Saturday. We're all crashing at Mina's cause her folks aren't
around and we can't really go out the way we are. Too many questions would
be asked. Not to mention your parents would flip seeing you like this.
Woah, don't move, you'll start to bleed again." Raye slid her hands over
Serena's shoulders and held her down to the mattress, "We all heal really
fast, it's true, but you are depleted from healing the lot of us yesterday.
It's a good thing that happened Friday night, or you would be out of school
this next week. As it is we can keep this quiet and away from your house
until Monday and when we got back you'll be stiff and sore and still healing
but the wounds won't look or feel nearly as bad."
"How long you figure until I'm alright to fight again?"
"You should be completely healed by Sometime next Wednesday. At least,
that was Amy's prediction. I can't believe what you did, Serena, we almost
lost you." Raye perched herself on the edge of the bed, brushing the feather
soft bangs out of her face with gentle fingers, "Don't you ever scare us like
that again, alright? No matter what's happening with you, nothing right now
is worth loosing your life over."
Serena turned her eyes away from her friend, "I can't promise that. I
don't know what to do, Raye, I feel so... empty. I fight and there's no
passion behind it but keeping you guys safe, I go to school and promise
myself to be strong and learn my lessons in hope that he'll see how smart and
diligent I'm becoming. And he doesn't notice. I fight my heart out and try
to be brave and willing of him and he doesn't notice! I let him go without a
thought because if you love something you're supposed to let it go, right?
But as proof they're supposed to come back and he hasn't! He says he doesn't
love me and it makes me want to die. How can he hurt me so badly, Raye, when
I know he still loves me even if he says otherwise?"
Raye hugged her, stroking her hair gently, "Let it out, Sere, don't
bottle it up. I know you love him, that's why this still hurts and it
probably will hurt until you get an answer from him. I know it's hard but we
need you, I need you, you're the heart and soul of the scouts, surely you
know that."
Serena felt tears slide down her cheeks, "The heart bit is bruised,
battered and shattered, Raye. I don't know if it will ever recover. And the
soul of this group is friendship, you guys could beat anything we come up
against without me if you believed you could."
"No we couldn't. Even together we wouldn't have been powerful enough to
kill Beryl, we needed you for that. Same with Alan and Ann. Only you could
have healed them, the rest of us were useless against the tree."
"That was two months ago, Raye. And the last two weeks have been agony.
I got a month and a half with him. A month and a half! There is no justice.
I was happy and look what happened. My grades were slowly improving, my
teacher was becoming impressed and my parents were starting to be more
lenient, no monsters and now, Bam! Blackmoon and another evil try to come
back, my grades have plummeted, my life is in shambles and my family is ready
to disown me. Not to mention my parents found out about Darien the day we
broke up and my dad is seriously looking at buying a shot gun!"
Raye held Serena as she burst into tears. She looked up as the door
opened and Lita walked in Carrying the TV, Mina came in behind her with the
VCR and Amy with a couple of bowls of snacks. They froze inside the room,
watching Raye hold Serena as sobs, heart breaking sobs, ran through her body.
Lita quickly placed the TV on the stand they'd erected for it before walking
back over to the bed and laying a gentle hand on the top of Serena's head.
Amy and Mina joined them, each touching a shoulder and arm of their friend as
she cried.
Finally Serena pulled away from Raye and looked at her friends,
squeezing Amy's hand who was in hers, "Thanks guys," she sniffed. "So what
are we watching tonight?"
Lita held up three movies, "Your choice Sere. We've got Liar Liar, Ever
After or Mystery Science Theater 2000."
"The last one. I need to laugh."
"The why not Liar Liar? It's funnier than Mystery Science Theatre."
Serena looked away, "Because I feel like Darien is a liar right now.
Please, just put the movie on Leets."
Without further questions, Lita turned to do as her friend asked,
setting up the VCR and TV with the help of Raye as Mina and Amy arranged the
snacks, leaving Serena a lone for the moment. None of them noticed the death
grip she had on the covers covering her or the sparkle of renewed tears in
her eyes as she closed them and fell into a light, healing slumber.