A/N hey love all the reviews that you have sent me. They mean so much to me because without them I couldn't write as much as I have so far.

Chapter 9- December 23 late afternoon

"Mrs. Moore what happen to make Serena get a fever so fast?" Darien asked looking over at the sleeping blond hair girl. Serena was lying on the couch with many layers of blankets on top of her.

"Darien do remember we don't know how long she was out in the snow before you found her-"

"Yeah then why didn't she get a cold sooner?" Darien asked almost yelling.

"Well it just took awhile for the cold to infect her immune system." Mr. Moore said.

"Look at her. She looks so helpless and she keeps muttering things." Darien said trying not to sound overly worried.

"Whatever she is saying is the result of Serena's fever and once the fever brakes she should be fine. I also think that someone should stay awake tonight with her." Mrs. Moore said.

"I will stay awake with her."

"You don't have to if you don't want to."

"I want to, I could have found another place to get us out of the cold. Or could have found her sooner."

"Darien, stop blaming yourself." Mr. Moore said resting his hand on Darien's shoulder. Darien took a deep breath and sat down on the other couch.

"If you need anything from us just come and get us. And if she gets worse then she is now come and tell us."

"I will Mr. Moore." Darien said looking at the fire. Darien heard them leave and let out a deep sigh.

'Serena… you look so helpless lying there on the couch how am I suppose to help you. We are suppose to be enemies but I never consider you my enemy. Just someone who I teased but even my teasing I never meant to do. It's probably do to how we met. But when I met you it felt as if I had known you forever. That is impossible because I had never seen you before.'

"NO! Stop don't hurt them. It's me that you want leave them alone!" Serena cried out jerking Darien from his thoughts.

Darien jumped to Serena's side. "Serena it's okay you having a dream."

"No don't hurt them!" Serena cried out in pain at the vision that she saw that was caused by the fever.

"Serena wake up. It's only a vision that is caused by the fever. What ever you are seeing is not real." Darien said trying to wake Serena. Serena's eyes opened but they had a distanced look in them. But there was a look of horror in her eyes. "Serena wake up. You are fine and so are the other people that you are talking about."

"I'm the only one left. They are all gone. I can't fight on my own. Come BACK!" Serena whispered and cried out as tears started forming in her eyes.

"You are not on your own…" Darien said but before he could say any more Serena's eyes closed and he knew it was no use Serena couldn't hear him. For now Serena was sleeping peacefully and Darien was relieved. "Good night Serena," Darien whispered pulling the blanket up to her chin and tucking her in.

'Serena you are so much like a goddess sleeping there on the couch. I hope you feel better tomorrow. And what did you mean by fighting on your own. You never fought with anyone besides me. And you have always fought with me on your own. What fighting could you possibly do? It sounded as if you need who ever that you were talking about.'

Darien sat there all night watching Serena and continued wondering why everything was happening like it was and what Serena had said while she slept, because of the fever.

A/N hey sorry for the delay. Too much homework and the coming week I have semester exams so it will be awhile before I update again. I hope you liked this chapter!