Author's Notes: Hehe.....I love my sporadic updates in the middle of the
week.....rolls eyes But, then, I have a tendency not to update for a
really long time. I hope this isn't the case this time O.O.....that would
make me feel REALLY bad again....I get so mad at other people for not
finishing their stories and then I go and do it myself....I'm such a
hypocrite, heh.
Title: Take Care
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG
Chapter Five: Nightmare
With the shopping escapade over and the running around through, Serena believed it was time for a nap. Darien seemed to agree on this point because he disappeared into his bedroom and hadn't come out for about an hour.
The young blonde yawned, as she finally laid herself out on the couch. She pushed one of Darien's comfy pillows under her head and snuggled into it. Her eyes eventually drifted shut. A few minutes later, she was overcome by that lovely sensation called sleep.
~~~~~~(Chapter's over!......yeah....right....=^.^=)
A loud noise caused the slumbering blonde to jump into an upright position in record time. She had no idea what had caused her to do such a thing, but she listened for the noise of the phone or the doorbell, thinking that such things might have snapped her away.
Instead, she heard a plea from down the hall. "You're LYING!!"
Serena arched her brow in confusion as she stood up and slowly made her way towards Darien's bedroom. "Darien? Is everything alright?"
She heard no reply, but didn't stop moving toward his door. She stopped and stared at the door made of mahogany. No noise came from inside. She sighed lightly, thinking it was all in her mind. She turned to walk back to the couch, but heard a whimper from behind the door.
"Please.....you have to be lying. She can't be dead," Darien whimpered from behind the door.
"Darien?" Serena called again, lightly knocking on the door.
"Serenity?" Darien responded, slightly awakening from the knock, but not fully coming out of his dream. "Is that you?"
Serena didn't know what to expect and she wasn't sure if she had heard him correctly. "Darien? Can I come in?"
"Yes, of course you can," he said, staring intently at the closed door as he sat up, partially awake.
Serena opened the door slightly and peered in through the inch size opening. The room was dark, seeing as it was dark and no lights were on. She couldn't see Darien or his bed, which meant that it was behind the door. 'I really hope he's okay. He's starting to creep me out,' she thought, inhaling a deep breath and readying herself to fully open the door.
She exhaled and slowly opened the door the rest of the way before stepping into the dark bedroom. She glanced around the room and turned to her right to see Darien, sitting on his bed and staring at her like she had just come back from the dead. "Darien? Are you okay? I mean....I heard you yell and then....it just didn't sound like you at all. I was sleeping on the couch until you yelled. I mean, you woke me up from a dead-"
"Sere....is it really you?" he asked the young blonde standing next to the door facing him. He closed his eyes shut tightly and shook his head completely clear of the dream.
"You....you think I'm Serenity, don't you?" Serena murmured, stepping closer to the bed.
Darien reopened his eyes and appeared to regain control. "Serena? What happened? There was Serenity....and then....there wasn't...it happened again. She died and it was my fault. I killed her again," he trailed off, putting his face into his hands as he laid back into his pillows.
Serena, completely confused to his ramblings, moved over to the light and flicked the switch to turn it on. As the room became bathed in light, Darien sat up again. Serena then realized that his arm was out of the sling and the was placed in the chair next to Darien's bedside. The blonde wandered over to the sling, picked it up, and then turned to the ebony haired doctor.
"Look.....I know you're a doctor, but it appears that you don't know well enough to judge how good your health is. You aren't supposed to take this sling off until your cast comes off. Your shoulder won't heal properly," Serena growled, slightly angry with him.
"I'm sorry, Serena," Darien replied, truthfully as he stared at his hands in his lap.
The woman then realized that she couldn't stay mad at him. She sighed as she sat down on the bed next to him, the sling in her lap. She then placed a hand on his good shoulder, which was closest to her, and placed her head on her hand. "Want to talk about what just happened?"
"Not really," Darien muttered, still staring at his hands.
"Mind telling me who Serenity is and why you thought I was her. I mean, I know she looks sort of like me," Serena rambled, sighing lightly.
"A little like her? You look almost identical....had I not known that Serenity had no sister, then I would've guessed you could be her twin," Darien murmured, a small smile appearing on his face. "How did you know that you looked like her?"
"Well....aside from the fact that you've accidentally called me by that name a couple of times, kissed me for no reason, and given me these longing looks when you thought I wasn't pay attention, I found a picture," Serena fessed up, pulling herself away from Darien and playing with the bottom of her shirt anxiously.
"You what?" Darien asked, not so sure he heard her correctly.
"I found a picture," she repeated, still nervously playing with the hem on her shirt.
"You invaded my privacy?!" he nearly yelled, slightly outraged.
"Hey! At least let me explain!" Serena retorted, jumping up from the bed and placing her hands in front of her, slightly in defense. They stared at one another for a few minutes before Darien sighed. "Well, you had wandered off to sleep. Now, bear in mind that this was a while ago." Serena began to pace as she told the story of how they argued and how he left for a nap. She then went shopping, came back, and decided to clean. While cleaning, she discovered the picture underneath the desk and just never told him about it, thinking it was nothing.
"Are you lying just to save your hide?" he asked, finally turning to look at her.
"Why would I lie? I'll go get the picture to prove it!" Serena retorted, sitting back down on the bed.
"It's alright.....somehow, I already know you're telling the truth," Darien muttered.
"So, who's Serenity?"
"She's my dead wife.....," Darien replied. "It happened about 3 years ago. She.....had this dream. She always wanted to be an actress and go to faraway places. I knew eventually that I would have to let her go and send her off despite the fact that I knew I would destroy myself by doing so. Well, she had been doing small jobs, being extras and small commercials for uprising companies. One day....a man called...."
~~The Time of Serenity~~
The phone rang continued to ring even as Serenity stepped through the door. She set the bags down as fast as she could get them off her wrists and out of her hands. She then charged at the phone, but twisted her ankle running for it on her sandals. She looked up at the phone from her sprawled spot on the floor, her hair about her, just as the answering machine came on.
"Hi!" she heard her own voice chime. "You've reached Darien and Serenity Shields. Leave your name and number and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks!"
"Hello Serenity Shields. This is Aki Raey. I'm a producer and I'm creating this new film. I'm going to recommend you to the casting crew as an actress. I want you to get back to me on this. Please call me at 818-555- 7685." Then the phone clicked out.
Serenity could hardly believe her ears. She had gotten a job! A REAL job! Not a stupid commercial appeal, not another extra job, a REAL front stage acting job!
The silvery blonde haired girl flipped off her sandals and jumped up off the beige carpet. She began jumping around hysterically and screaming a chorus of yes! yes! yes! over and over again. She then twirled around, her hair spinning about her, until she got dizzy and fell back into something warm. Light blue met midnight blue.
"Darien!" Serenity exclaimed, hopping up and out of his arms only to wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him passionately. He stood there, stunned.
"What was that for?" he asked, after she had pulled away now a smile spread on her face.
"I got a gig, Darien! A real, live gig!" Serenity replied, giggling. She began to dance around the room again, her hair glistening in the sun.
~~Darien and Serena~~
"A couple of hours later she called the producer of the production. She had to go to Europe for the filming. She wouldn't be back for a year. As soon as she found that out she didn't want to go, but I persuaded her that I would be fine and that it was her time to go. That was the last time I saw her alive. She completed the production through the course of the year and then was on her way back, but.....the plane crashed over the seas. Something about an up-welling storm. They never found her body or the plane," Darien said, sighing. By the time he had finished his story, his voice had gotten low and his face was in his hands.
"Is that why you don't have any pictures?" Serena asked.
"All the pictures I had.....were of her or of her and me. I couldn't stand to look at her because I had killed her," Darien responded, shaking his head.
"You didn't kill her," Serena replied, firmly. She reached her hands out and took his in hers. He looked up at her, pain evident in his eyes. "You were doing what you believed best for her. You let her follow her dream and I'm sure that if she were here she be thankful."
Darien looked surprised to say the least. He shook his head to clear his thoughts before glancing down at their hands. He smiled slightly before looking back up at her. 'She so much like my lost Serenity....,' Darien thought, sighing again.
"Feel better now?" Serena questioned, a small smile on her face.
"Something like that," Darien answered, leaning in closer. He touched his forehead to hers and closed his eyes, inhaling her scent. 'Just like Serenity....' "Thank you."
"Y-you're welcome," Serena responded, blushing. Darien opened his eyes when she stammered and smiled when she blushed.
"You're so cute when you blush," Darien muttered, pulling the sling out of her lap and putting it back on. He then looked back up to her. "But no where near as cute as me."
"You conceited jerk!" Serena yelled, throwing one of his pillows at him and walking out of the room.
Darien just smiled at the closed door. Life was definitely more interesting with Serena around. 'I can't fall in.....not until I let go of Serenity....but, I need a sign,' Darien thought, closing his eyes and falling back onto his pillows.
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Yay! That chapter is finished and it's much longer than normal! Yay! Well, actually it is more like how much I write normally.....sorry for all the short chapters....hope you like this one! This story is almost finished! Oh yeah! And I'm not a doctor....I'm not even studying to be one or a nurse, but I love science and I'm actually going to be a forensic scientist some day, I hope -_-;
Stay Tuned for Chapter Six: Signal from Serenity......Darien gets the sign he needs, but it may be to late, seeing as Serena's time is up....Work gets back to normal and a certain ebony haired man finds himself missing a certain blonde....Celia Miller (The head nurse, remember?) walks back into the picture!!
Ja ne!~ KaBunny
Title: Take Care
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG
Chapter Five: Nightmare
With the shopping escapade over and the running around through, Serena believed it was time for a nap. Darien seemed to agree on this point because he disappeared into his bedroom and hadn't come out for about an hour.
The young blonde yawned, as she finally laid herself out on the couch. She pushed one of Darien's comfy pillows under her head and snuggled into it. Her eyes eventually drifted shut. A few minutes later, she was overcome by that lovely sensation called sleep.
~~~~~~(Chapter's over!......yeah....right....=^.^=)
A loud noise caused the slumbering blonde to jump into an upright position in record time. She had no idea what had caused her to do such a thing, but she listened for the noise of the phone or the doorbell, thinking that such things might have snapped her away.
Instead, she heard a plea from down the hall. "You're LYING!!"
Serena arched her brow in confusion as she stood up and slowly made her way towards Darien's bedroom. "Darien? Is everything alright?"
She heard no reply, but didn't stop moving toward his door. She stopped and stared at the door made of mahogany. No noise came from inside. She sighed lightly, thinking it was all in her mind. She turned to walk back to the couch, but heard a whimper from behind the door.
"Please.....you have to be lying. She can't be dead," Darien whimpered from behind the door.
"Darien?" Serena called again, lightly knocking on the door.
"Serenity?" Darien responded, slightly awakening from the knock, but not fully coming out of his dream. "Is that you?"
Serena didn't know what to expect and she wasn't sure if she had heard him correctly. "Darien? Can I come in?"
"Yes, of course you can," he said, staring intently at the closed door as he sat up, partially awake.
Serena opened the door slightly and peered in through the inch size opening. The room was dark, seeing as it was dark and no lights were on. She couldn't see Darien or his bed, which meant that it was behind the door. 'I really hope he's okay. He's starting to creep me out,' she thought, inhaling a deep breath and readying herself to fully open the door.
She exhaled and slowly opened the door the rest of the way before stepping into the dark bedroom. She glanced around the room and turned to her right to see Darien, sitting on his bed and staring at her like she had just come back from the dead. "Darien? Are you okay? I mean....I heard you yell and then....it just didn't sound like you at all. I was sleeping on the couch until you yelled. I mean, you woke me up from a dead-"
"Sere....is it really you?" he asked the young blonde standing next to the door facing him. He closed his eyes shut tightly and shook his head completely clear of the dream.
"You....you think I'm Serenity, don't you?" Serena murmured, stepping closer to the bed.
Darien reopened his eyes and appeared to regain control. "Serena? What happened? There was Serenity....and then....there wasn't...it happened again. She died and it was my fault. I killed her again," he trailed off, putting his face into his hands as he laid back into his pillows.
Serena, completely confused to his ramblings, moved over to the light and flicked the switch to turn it on. As the room became bathed in light, Darien sat up again. Serena then realized that his arm was out of the sling and the was placed in the chair next to Darien's bedside. The blonde wandered over to the sling, picked it up, and then turned to the ebony haired doctor.
"Look.....I know you're a doctor, but it appears that you don't know well enough to judge how good your health is. You aren't supposed to take this sling off until your cast comes off. Your shoulder won't heal properly," Serena growled, slightly angry with him.
"I'm sorry, Serena," Darien replied, truthfully as he stared at his hands in his lap.
The woman then realized that she couldn't stay mad at him. She sighed as she sat down on the bed next to him, the sling in her lap. She then placed a hand on his good shoulder, which was closest to her, and placed her head on her hand. "Want to talk about what just happened?"
"Not really," Darien muttered, still staring at his hands.
"Mind telling me who Serenity is and why you thought I was her. I mean, I know she looks sort of like me," Serena rambled, sighing lightly.
"A little like her? You look almost identical....had I not known that Serenity had no sister, then I would've guessed you could be her twin," Darien murmured, a small smile appearing on his face. "How did you know that you looked like her?"
"Well....aside from the fact that you've accidentally called me by that name a couple of times, kissed me for no reason, and given me these longing looks when you thought I wasn't pay attention, I found a picture," Serena fessed up, pulling herself away from Darien and playing with the bottom of her shirt anxiously.
"You what?" Darien asked, not so sure he heard her correctly.
"I found a picture," she repeated, still nervously playing with the hem on her shirt.
"You invaded my privacy?!" he nearly yelled, slightly outraged.
"Hey! At least let me explain!" Serena retorted, jumping up from the bed and placing her hands in front of her, slightly in defense. They stared at one another for a few minutes before Darien sighed. "Well, you had wandered off to sleep. Now, bear in mind that this was a while ago." Serena began to pace as she told the story of how they argued and how he left for a nap. She then went shopping, came back, and decided to clean. While cleaning, she discovered the picture underneath the desk and just never told him about it, thinking it was nothing.
"Are you lying just to save your hide?" he asked, finally turning to look at her.
"Why would I lie? I'll go get the picture to prove it!" Serena retorted, sitting back down on the bed.
"It's alright.....somehow, I already know you're telling the truth," Darien muttered.
"So, who's Serenity?"
"She's my dead wife.....," Darien replied. "It happened about 3 years ago. She.....had this dream. She always wanted to be an actress and go to faraway places. I knew eventually that I would have to let her go and send her off despite the fact that I knew I would destroy myself by doing so. Well, she had been doing small jobs, being extras and small commercials for uprising companies. One day....a man called...."
~~The Time of Serenity~~
The phone rang continued to ring even as Serenity stepped through the door. She set the bags down as fast as she could get them off her wrists and out of her hands. She then charged at the phone, but twisted her ankle running for it on her sandals. She looked up at the phone from her sprawled spot on the floor, her hair about her, just as the answering machine came on.
"Hi!" she heard her own voice chime. "You've reached Darien and Serenity Shields. Leave your name and number and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks!"
"Hello Serenity Shields. This is Aki Raey. I'm a producer and I'm creating this new film. I'm going to recommend you to the casting crew as an actress. I want you to get back to me on this. Please call me at 818-555- 7685." Then the phone clicked out.
Serenity could hardly believe her ears. She had gotten a job! A REAL job! Not a stupid commercial appeal, not another extra job, a REAL front stage acting job!
The silvery blonde haired girl flipped off her sandals and jumped up off the beige carpet. She began jumping around hysterically and screaming a chorus of yes! yes! yes! over and over again. She then twirled around, her hair spinning about her, until she got dizzy and fell back into something warm. Light blue met midnight blue.
"Darien!" Serenity exclaimed, hopping up and out of his arms only to wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him passionately. He stood there, stunned.
"What was that for?" he asked, after she had pulled away now a smile spread on her face.
"I got a gig, Darien! A real, live gig!" Serenity replied, giggling. She began to dance around the room again, her hair glistening in the sun.
~~Darien and Serena~~
"A couple of hours later she called the producer of the production. She had to go to Europe for the filming. She wouldn't be back for a year. As soon as she found that out she didn't want to go, but I persuaded her that I would be fine and that it was her time to go. That was the last time I saw her alive. She completed the production through the course of the year and then was on her way back, but.....the plane crashed over the seas. Something about an up-welling storm. They never found her body or the plane," Darien said, sighing. By the time he had finished his story, his voice had gotten low and his face was in his hands.
"Is that why you don't have any pictures?" Serena asked.
"All the pictures I had.....were of her or of her and me. I couldn't stand to look at her because I had killed her," Darien responded, shaking his head.
"You didn't kill her," Serena replied, firmly. She reached her hands out and took his in hers. He looked up at her, pain evident in his eyes. "You were doing what you believed best for her. You let her follow her dream and I'm sure that if she were here she be thankful."
Darien looked surprised to say the least. He shook his head to clear his thoughts before glancing down at their hands. He smiled slightly before looking back up at her. 'She so much like my lost Serenity....,' Darien thought, sighing again.
"Feel better now?" Serena questioned, a small smile on her face.
"Something like that," Darien answered, leaning in closer. He touched his forehead to hers and closed his eyes, inhaling her scent. 'Just like Serenity....' "Thank you."
"Y-you're welcome," Serena responded, blushing. Darien opened his eyes when she stammered and smiled when she blushed.
"You're so cute when you blush," Darien muttered, pulling the sling out of her lap and putting it back on. He then looked back up to her. "But no where near as cute as me."
"You conceited jerk!" Serena yelled, throwing one of his pillows at him and walking out of the room.
Darien just smiled at the closed door. Life was definitely more interesting with Serena around. 'I can't fall in.....not until I let go of Serenity....but, I need a sign,' Darien thought, closing his eyes and falling back onto his pillows.
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Yay! That chapter is finished and it's much longer than normal! Yay! Well, actually it is more like how much I write normally.....sorry for all the short chapters....hope you like this one! This story is almost finished! Oh yeah! And I'm not a doctor....I'm not even studying to be one or a nurse, but I love science and I'm actually going to be a forensic scientist some day, I hope -_-;
Stay Tuned for Chapter Six: Signal from Serenity......Darien gets the sign he needs, but it may be to late, seeing as Serena's time is up....Work gets back to normal and a certain ebony haired man finds himself missing a certain blonde....Celia Miller (The head nurse, remember?) walks back into the picture!!
Ja ne!~ KaBunny
