Chapter 3
She was staring straight at the guy from her dream! She couldn't believe it! She tried to look away, to keep her eyes down, but she didn't want to seem rude. She looked up into his eyes and found that her heart was pumping in her chest. He was even more handsome in real life than he was in her dream. She could see everything out of her dream so clearly that she almost thought that she had fallen asleep. "Um, hi. My name is Darien; I'm the new resident here in the building. My friend Raye sent me here to see if you're alright. You do know Raye, don't you?" he asked cautiously. He thought that the girl was about to faint. Her eyes had puffy bags under them and she was swaying a little as she stood. "I'm fine. I'm sorry for making you come up here. I'll kill Raye when I next see her. Um, I know this sounds rude after you came up here to see if I was okay, but I have a lot of reports to do, so I have to get to work. I'm really sorry, but they're due tomorrow. Thanks for coming and maybe I'll see you sometime later," Serena answered very quietly before she almost slammed the door shut in Darien's face. Once the door had closed she leaned back against the door and just sat there with her head down and tears pouring silently out of her eyes.
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When the door shut in his face he felt offended. "She probably hasn't forgiven me for making her playing time shorter. Hmmm. she had to do reports, she must be a teacher of some sort," he thought as he walked back downstairs to his room. It then occurred to him that he didn't even know her name. He sighed as he entered his apartment and picked up the phone to phone Raye. "Hello, Raye speaking," Raye's voice came over the phone really bright and cheerful. "Hi Raye, it's Darien. I went over to your friend's place today and got brushed off rather rudely," he explained to her what had happened. "That's not like her to be rude like that. Are you sure that she's okay?" "Well, she said she was, but she didn't look that well to me. She looked as if she was going to collapse. I honestly was readying myself to catch her she looked so unstable." "I'm going to have to go over there soon then. Thank you very much for going there for me, I didn't have much time. I'm sorry she was so rude to you, Serena's not usually like that." "That's okay Raye; it isn't your fault that she is rude. That's her problem. She didn't even tell me her name. Anyway, I'll talk to you later." He hung up. He couldn't believe that Raye was sticking up for such a rude person. No, he was being unfair. Serena, that girl, could be sick. She had looked very pale and looked about to fall. She had also looked as if she hadn't slept for weeks. Even though she looked really sick, to Darien she had still been the most beautiful thing in the world. * * * * * * * * * * * *
Raye walked up to the door of Serena's apartment and knocked quietly. She waited a few minutes, but there was not a sound coming from inside the apartment. She was worried. She was certain that Serena was home, so there were only 3 reasons why she wasn't answering the door. One: she couldn't hear the knocks on the door. That was unlikely because Raye was knocking quite loudly and there was no noise inside the apartment. Two: she might not want to answer the door. This was possible because she had acted so reluctantly when answering the door to Darien. Three: she could be unable to answer due to being injured. That last made Raye get out the keys to Serena's apartment. She had been Serena's ex-roommate before she had moved in with Chad and now Serena trusted Raye to keep a spare set of keys for her. Now she took those keys and opened the door to find a big mess. Serena was never a person who kept things neat, but even she would have cleaned up this mess. There were clothes all over the place, they absolutely covered the floor. The only things that were neat were her flute things; all of her flute books and her flute were all neatly put on her music stand, her flute unpacked. As she moved into the room she saw that Serena was asleep on the couch with a book on her knee. She looked very tired and pale, so Raye wasn't sure if she was just asleep or unconscious. Serena moved and started to wriggle as though she was caught by something and she seemed to be having trouble breathing. Tears started to pour down Serena's cheeks and Raye moved quickly to her side. "Serena! Serena can you here me?" she tried to shake the girl awake. Serena woke with a start. She stared up at Raye's face with tears spilling down her cheeks. Raye just held out her arms and Serena gratefully hugged her best friend.
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An hour later, after Serena had finished telling Raye about her dream they were sitting down on the couch talking like they had done back when Raye still lived there. "Then, I saw the guy from my dream and, well. I fell in love with him right on the spot, but I can't do anything about it because of the dream. If the guy from the dream is real, then what if the dream is telling the truth?" Serena had decided to leave out the fact that the guy in her dream was Darien, as she didn't want Raye to know. Raye looked at her friend with pity deep in her heart. "Well, even if it's true it doesn't necessarily mean that he is going to be literally tortured; it probably just means that he's going to have a rough patch in his life. The same would thing might happen even if you don't marry him." "You don't understand! I've been having the dream for at least a month now and it gets worse every time I have it. Every time I fall asleep I get this dream, so I don't sleep if I can help it. It hurts me so much to see the same thing happen over and over again to him, I won't be able to take it much longer!" Serena looked up at her and made eye contact and Raye couldn't help thinking that they were the saddest eyes that she had ever seen. "Do you know who the guy is?" "Yeah, I told you that I met him the other day. He probably thinks that I am a spoiled, rude girl who he never wants to see again! And he doesn't even know my name," Serena answered sorrowfully. A conversation with someone came into her mind. "And she didn't even tell me her name!" wait a minute. hadn't that conversation been with. "It's Darien, isn't it?" Raye asked with a serious voice. Serena looked up from the magazine she had picked up and gasped. "He's been talking to you about me hasn't he? About how rude a girl I am. I knew it! I really shouldn't have answered the door, but then people would have worried and." "Don't worry Serena! He just told me that you never told him your name and that you were a bit rude to him. He probably thinks that you are still angry at him for cutting your practice time, or he thinks that you are sick, as he told me that he thought that you were going to faint," Raye interrupted. "I still made a fool of myself. I was so shocked that it was the guy that I almost fainted with shock. I was so rude to him because I didn't want to fall in love with him; I wanted to hate him with all of my heart. Unfortunately my heart had other ideas. As soon as I saw him my heart raced and now all I can think about is him and my dream. At least I can block out my dream when I play, but for some reason I can't stop thinking about him, even when I play. I must admit that a part of me wants to think about him, but the rational part of me knows that I shouldn't be thinking about him. Oh Raye, what should I do?" Serena was practically begging Raye to think of something, but she was at a loss. She had never seen Serena so passionate in anything other music. She now knew who she should try to set Serena up with at Lita's party. And the best part was that Serena had suggested him herself.
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He sighed as he got to the building. It was 5:00 and there was no music coming from inside. Even though he hated music, for some reason it bothered him that there was no music. He had gotten used to the sound of it when he came home from work. He worked from 8:00am till 4:00pm most days, as he worked at a hospital. Sometimes he worked different hours, but the hospital usually only needs him during these hours because he wasn't a surgeon and there were other doctors working the night shifts that were more qualified than him, he had to admit. When he arrived in his apartment he played his messages on his machine. One of the messages on the machine was from Raye, reminding him that he had promised to come to Lita's party that night. That was probably why there was no music coming from upstairs. Serena was probably getting ready for the party, like he was supposed to be doing. Raye had said that it was going to be a casual party, so he dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. The party didn't start for an hour so he decided to catch up on a bit of reading. It was then that the music started up again. She must have been ready already. He remembered the rumour that it took women about 3 hours to get ready for a party and decided that it didn't count for every woman. The melody wasn't the one that Serena usually played, this one sounded as if she was trying to tell someone about how she was in love with someone she couldn't love, or something like that. It was weird. Before she had played her usual melody quite a lot, but this melody sounded practiced, as if this was now her favourite. It was strange. Something in her life must have changed. He didn't really understand why he cared when she had been so rude to him, but for some reason he did. Sometimes at night he kept on remembering her eyes, they looked so deep and he felt like he could drown in those eyes and be happy. It was a weird feeling. When he had first seen Serena his heart had started to jump, as though he had done a lot of exercise. At the time he had dismissed it as being nervous at meeting a girl who looked as if she was going to collapse, but now he wasn't so sure. All that he knew was that this girl was a girl that he absolutely HAD to get to know. And soon.
End of Chapter 3.
She was staring straight at the guy from her dream! She couldn't believe it! She tried to look away, to keep her eyes down, but she didn't want to seem rude. She looked up into his eyes and found that her heart was pumping in her chest. He was even more handsome in real life than he was in her dream. She could see everything out of her dream so clearly that she almost thought that she had fallen asleep. "Um, hi. My name is Darien; I'm the new resident here in the building. My friend Raye sent me here to see if you're alright. You do know Raye, don't you?" he asked cautiously. He thought that the girl was about to faint. Her eyes had puffy bags under them and she was swaying a little as she stood. "I'm fine. I'm sorry for making you come up here. I'll kill Raye when I next see her. Um, I know this sounds rude after you came up here to see if I was okay, but I have a lot of reports to do, so I have to get to work. I'm really sorry, but they're due tomorrow. Thanks for coming and maybe I'll see you sometime later," Serena answered very quietly before she almost slammed the door shut in Darien's face. Once the door had closed she leaned back against the door and just sat there with her head down and tears pouring silently out of her eyes.
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When the door shut in his face he felt offended. "She probably hasn't forgiven me for making her playing time shorter. Hmmm. she had to do reports, she must be a teacher of some sort," he thought as he walked back downstairs to his room. It then occurred to him that he didn't even know her name. He sighed as he entered his apartment and picked up the phone to phone Raye. "Hello, Raye speaking," Raye's voice came over the phone really bright and cheerful. "Hi Raye, it's Darien. I went over to your friend's place today and got brushed off rather rudely," he explained to her what had happened. "That's not like her to be rude like that. Are you sure that she's okay?" "Well, she said she was, but she didn't look that well to me. She looked as if she was going to collapse. I honestly was readying myself to catch her she looked so unstable." "I'm going to have to go over there soon then. Thank you very much for going there for me, I didn't have much time. I'm sorry she was so rude to you, Serena's not usually like that." "That's okay Raye; it isn't your fault that she is rude. That's her problem. She didn't even tell me her name. Anyway, I'll talk to you later." He hung up. He couldn't believe that Raye was sticking up for such a rude person. No, he was being unfair. Serena, that girl, could be sick. She had looked very pale and looked about to fall. She had also looked as if she hadn't slept for weeks. Even though she looked really sick, to Darien she had still been the most beautiful thing in the world. * * * * * * * * * * * *
Raye walked up to the door of Serena's apartment and knocked quietly. She waited a few minutes, but there was not a sound coming from inside the apartment. She was worried. She was certain that Serena was home, so there were only 3 reasons why she wasn't answering the door. One: she couldn't hear the knocks on the door. That was unlikely because Raye was knocking quite loudly and there was no noise inside the apartment. Two: she might not want to answer the door. This was possible because she had acted so reluctantly when answering the door to Darien. Three: she could be unable to answer due to being injured. That last made Raye get out the keys to Serena's apartment. She had been Serena's ex-roommate before she had moved in with Chad and now Serena trusted Raye to keep a spare set of keys for her. Now she took those keys and opened the door to find a big mess. Serena was never a person who kept things neat, but even she would have cleaned up this mess. There were clothes all over the place, they absolutely covered the floor. The only things that were neat were her flute things; all of her flute books and her flute were all neatly put on her music stand, her flute unpacked. As she moved into the room she saw that Serena was asleep on the couch with a book on her knee. She looked very tired and pale, so Raye wasn't sure if she was just asleep or unconscious. Serena moved and started to wriggle as though she was caught by something and she seemed to be having trouble breathing. Tears started to pour down Serena's cheeks and Raye moved quickly to her side. "Serena! Serena can you here me?" she tried to shake the girl awake. Serena woke with a start. She stared up at Raye's face with tears spilling down her cheeks. Raye just held out her arms and Serena gratefully hugged her best friend.
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An hour later, after Serena had finished telling Raye about her dream they were sitting down on the couch talking like they had done back when Raye still lived there. "Then, I saw the guy from my dream and, well. I fell in love with him right on the spot, but I can't do anything about it because of the dream. If the guy from the dream is real, then what if the dream is telling the truth?" Serena had decided to leave out the fact that the guy in her dream was Darien, as she didn't want Raye to know. Raye looked at her friend with pity deep in her heart. "Well, even if it's true it doesn't necessarily mean that he is going to be literally tortured; it probably just means that he's going to have a rough patch in his life. The same would thing might happen even if you don't marry him." "You don't understand! I've been having the dream for at least a month now and it gets worse every time I have it. Every time I fall asleep I get this dream, so I don't sleep if I can help it. It hurts me so much to see the same thing happen over and over again to him, I won't be able to take it much longer!" Serena looked up at her and made eye contact and Raye couldn't help thinking that they were the saddest eyes that she had ever seen. "Do you know who the guy is?" "Yeah, I told you that I met him the other day. He probably thinks that I am a spoiled, rude girl who he never wants to see again! And he doesn't even know my name," Serena answered sorrowfully. A conversation with someone came into her mind. "And she didn't even tell me her name!" wait a minute. hadn't that conversation been with. "It's Darien, isn't it?" Raye asked with a serious voice. Serena looked up from the magazine she had picked up and gasped. "He's been talking to you about me hasn't he? About how rude a girl I am. I knew it! I really shouldn't have answered the door, but then people would have worried and." "Don't worry Serena! He just told me that you never told him your name and that you were a bit rude to him. He probably thinks that you are still angry at him for cutting your practice time, or he thinks that you are sick, as he told me that he thought that you were going to faint," Raye interrupted. "I still made a fool of myself. I was so shocked that it was the guy that I almost fainted with shock. I was so rude to him because I didn't want to fall in love with him; I wanted to hate him with all of my heart. Unfortunately my heart had other ideas. As soon as I saw him my heart raced and now all I can think about is him and my dream. At least I can block out my dream when I play, but for some reason I can't stop thinking about him, even when I play. I must admit that a part of me wants to think about him, but the rational part of me knows that I shouldn't be thinking about him. Oh Raye, what should I do?" Serena was practically begging Raye to think of something, but she was at a loss. She had never seen Serena so passionate in anything other music. She now knew who she should try to set Serena up with at Lita's party. And the best part was that Serena had suggested him herself.
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He sighed as he got to the building. It was 5:00 and there was no music coming from inside. Even though he hated music, for some reason it bothered him that there was no music. He had gotten used to the sound of it when he came home from work. He worked from 8:00am till 4:00pm most days, as he worked at a hospital. Sometimes he worked different hours, but the hospital usually only needs him during these hours because he wasn't a surgeon and there were other doctors working the night shifts that were more qualified than him, he had to admit. When he arrived in his apartment he played his messages on his machine. One of the messages on the machine was from Raye, reminding him that he had promised to come to Lita's party that night. That was probably why there was no music coming from upstairs. Serena was probably getting ready for the party, like he was supposed to be doing. Raye had said that it was going to be a casual party, so he dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. The party didn't start for an hour so he decided to catch up on a bit of reading. It was then that the music started up again. She must have been ready already. He remembered the rumour that it took women about 3 hours to get ready for a party and decided that it didn't count for every woman. The melody wasn't the one that Serena usually played, this one sounded as if she was trying to tell someone about how she was in love with someone she couldn't love, or something like that. It was weird. Before she had played her usual melody quite a lot, but this melody sounded practiced, as if this was now her favourite. It was strange. Something in her life must have changed. He didn't really understand why he cared when she had been so rude to him, but for some reason he did. Sometimes at night he kept on remembering her eyes, they looked so deep and he felt like he could drown in those eyes and be happy. It was a weird feeling. When he had first seen Serena his heart had started to jump, as though he had done a lot of exercise. At the time he had dismissed it as being nervous at meeting a girl who looked as if she was going to collapse, but now he wasn't so sure. All that he knew was that this girl was a girl that he absolutely HAD to get to know. And soon.
End of Chapter 3.