Serena closed her eyes, but never stopped listening to the beep of
the heart monitor. Praying to God that it wouldn't stop.
Serena held his hand and prayed. "God, please. I know that I'm not the best of people, but don't let him leave me."
She felt Darien's hand tense and she flung open her eyes. He was still sleeping and his hand returned to normal, but she took it as a sign. He'd be back to her. Someday, he'd return.
The scouts watched Serena from the clear window. They weren't allowed in, but they had Kleenexes outside. They cried and prayed like Serena. Destiny depended on Darien's return.
Darien had just remembered the day his parent's had died. Inside he was crying. His whole life had been lonely until... Until Serena.
The world lurched into a motion again and he was flung into another memory of long ago in an hospital.
Darien sat crying on his bed. Another one of his friends was leaving him. He was all alone in this world at the age of six. He'd learned the way of life already. He wouldn't attach himself to anyone ever again. It was a new rule for survival. If you didn't feel love, you couldn't feel sad.
"What's wrong?" a small voice said.
Darien looked up to see a small blonde girl with the weirdest hairstyle he'd ever seen. He rubbed his nose on his shirt sleeve and sniffled.
"Nothin's wrong."
"But you're crying."
"So?"
"So you have to be sad."
"Maybe I am."
The little girl scooted up onto the bed next to him. She handed him a rose. "For you."
He took the rose. "Thank you."
She smiled and he couldn't help, but return it. For the first time in a long time he didn't feel completely and utterly sad. The loss in his life still hung over him, but for this brief second he was happy. This girl was a ray of sunshine in the darkness he was lost in.
"Serena?" a voice called. A man appeared in the doorway. "Oh hello."
"Hello," Darien said.
"Who's this?" he asked Serena.
"Umm..."
"I'm Darien, sir."
"Well Darien, I guess can let Serena stay with you awhile, but will you make sure she gets to her mother's room soon."
"Yes, sir."
The man nodded and disappeared.
Serena picked up a ball that was sitting in the corner and bounced it towards Darien. He caught it and bounced it back. They continued to do so in a rythym of bounces, and a melody of laughter. A nurse came in and told Serena she had to go.
"I'll visit you again," Serena said as she left.
Darien waved as she disappeared.
She never visited him again and Darien's life plunged deeper into the darkness. He started to forget about the blonde girl and only remembered sadness as he got flung into home after home. Until he turned sixteen and was released. He made a life on his own, living on government money, until he got a job and met a girl. A girl with blonde hair.
Serena had fallen asleep. She hadn't meant to, but she'd been up for almost twenty hours with only three cups of coffee. She snapped her eyes open quickly when she realized the sound that had woken her up was Darien's heart monitor. It was stuck on one long continuous bleep.
She stood up and pressed the nurse call button. She grabbed Darien's hand.
"No, don't do this Darien! Don't leave me!"
The doctors rushed in and an nurse had pull Serena away. Her fingers clung to Darien's clammy ones.
"No! Darien!" she shrieked. No one saw the silver sparks that came from her fingers and wrapped around Darien's hand. "Please don't leave!"
They got her out of the room and closed the door. The scouts all quickly stood around her and held her shoulders. She pressed her hands against the glass and watched the doctors do CPR and manually make Darien breath. She watched them try and shock his heart back into beating. She watched through tears as the nurse shook her head slowly back and forth.
"No!!!" she yelled as they started for the door. "No!"
Author's Note: Maybe it's a little short, and I know it took a long to update, but I was working on A Slave of His Heart so much I almost forgot this one. Please review if you want to read more.
Serena held his hand and prayed. "God, please. I know that I'm not the best of people, but don't let him leave me."
She felt Darien's hand tense and she flung open her eyes. He was still sleeping and his hand returned to normal, but she took it as a sign. He'd be back to her. Someday, he'd return.
The scouts watched Serena from the clear window. They weren't allowed in, but they had Kleenexes outside. They cried and prayed like Serena. Destiny depended on Darien's return.
Darien had just remembered the day his parent's had died. Inside he was crying. His whole life had been lonely until... Until Serena.
The world lurched into a motion again and he was flung into another memory of long ago in an hospital.
Darien sat crying on his bed. Another one of his friends was leaving him. He was all alone in this world at the age of six. He'd learned the way of life already. He wouldn't attach himself to anyone ever again. It was a new rule for survival. If you didn't feel love, you couldn't feel sad.
"What's wrong?" a small voice said.
Darien looked up to see a small blonde girl with the weirdest hairstyle he'd ever seen. He rubbed his nose on his shirt sleeve and sniffled.
"Nothin's wrong."
"But you're crying."
"So?"
"So you have to be sad."
"Maybe I am."
The little girl scooted up onto the bed next to him. She handed him a rose. "For you."
He took the rose. "Thank you."
She smiled and he couldn't help, but return it. For the first time in a long time he didn't feel completely and utterly sad. The loss in his life still hung over him, but for this brief second he was happy. This girl was a ray of sunshine in the darkness he was lost in.
"Serena?" a voice called. A man appeared in the doorway. "Oh hello."
"Hello," Darien said.
"Who's this?" he asked Serena.
"Umm..."
"I'm Darien, sir."
"Well Darien, I guess can let Serena stay with you awhile, but will you make sure she gets to her mother's room soon."
"Yes, sir."
The man nodded and disappeared.
Serena picked up a ball that was sitting in the corner and bounced it towards Darien. He caught it and bounced it back. They continued to do so in a rythym of bounces, and a melody of laughter. A nurse came in and told Serena she had to go.
"I'll visit you again," Serena said as she left.
Darien waved as she disappeared.
She never visited him again and Darien's life plunged deeper into the darkness. He started to forget about the blonde girl and only remembered sadness as he got flung into home after home. Until he turned sixteen and was released. He made a life on his own, living on government money, until he got a job and met a girl. A girl with blonde hair.
Serena had fallen asleep. She hadn't meant to, but she'd been up for almost twenty hours with only three cups of coffee. She snapped her eyes open quickly when she realized the sound that had woken her up was Darien's heart monitor. It was stuck on one long continuous bleep.
She stood up and pressed the nurse call button. She grabbed Darien's hand.
"No, don't do this Darien! Don't leave me!"
The doctors rushed in and an nurse had pull Serena away. Her fingers clung to Darien's clammy ones.
"No! Darien!" she shrieked. No one saw the silver sparks that came from her fingers and wrapped around Darien's hand. "Please don't leave!"
They got her out of the room and closed the door. The scouts all quickly stood around her and held her shoulders. She pressed her hands against the glass and watched the doctors do CPR and manually make Darien breath. She watched them try and shock his heart back into beating. She watched through tears as the nurse shook her head slowly back and forth.
"No!!!" she yelled as they started for the door. "No!"
Author's Note: Maybe it's a little short, and I know it took a long to update, but I was working on A Slave of His Heart so much I almost forgot this one. Please review if you want to read more.