It'll turn out all right

By Strawberry

Romance/Drama

Chapter 6

I don't own SM! Or scenes from gone with the wind or the dresses! Or the dresses descriptions!

Serena sat tiredly next the Darien, it was nearly morning, they had nearly been killed several times but now they seemed to be out of the woods. Mina's fever had broken and she was sleeping now along with Charles. The sun was rising, it was beautiful, and it looked as if the sky was on fire. It made it especially beautiful because all of the houses and buildings where black, adding to the beauty. Suddenly Darien stopped, he turned around,

"How are you feeling, Mrs. Wilkes?" he asked, she seemed to be asleep, he got down,

"Now what are you doing?" Serena asked,

"You don't want to kill the poor animal, do you? are you still planning on going home?" he asked, she looked at him, he looked rugged, wearing white now dirty pants and a shirt with sleeves rolled up, his tie (I'm calling it a tie I dunno what its called its like a bow but the fabrics really um thin and actual bow not a bow tie.) his jacket was around Serena since she had gotten cold before. She took it off,

"We can get through." She said

"You mean you can get through my dear." he said

"What?" she questioned

"I'm leaving you here, to go and protect your precious city from the rebels. Maybe I shall bump into Mr. Wilkes." He said

"I could kill you for joking at a time like this." She said,

"Oh but I'm not joking." he said

"You mean to say you're going to leave me all alone and helpless." She said

"Oh don't act so innocent, if anyone captures you heaven help them." He said

"You must be joking, you can't go!" She said, still sitting on the carriage, he came closer to her and leaned on the carriage,

"Selfish to the end. I'm going to save your friends and their homes and maybe your house." he said

"My homes not there." She spat

"When I really need you pack up and leave? When everything's over! Why Darien?!" She yelled

"Maybe because I'm ashamed of myself." He said

"You should be ashamed of yourself for leaving me here." she said, he didn't respond,

"You were in the army weren't you?" She asked

"Oh yes I was in the army, at the very end of the war, no one believes I was though my dear." he said

"But I didn't join for the recognition. Climb down here so I can say good-bye." he ordered, she remained sitting.

"No." she said stubbornly

"Climb down." as he picked her up and brought her down, he held her with one arm

"Oh Darien please don't leave me! I'll never forgive you if you do" She screamed

"I'm not asking you to forgive me. If a bullet hits me or a cannon ball I'll laugh at myself for being such an idiot for leaving such a beauty as you all by herself on a dark road." he said, he held her in his arms now, she struggled to get out but his arms were too strong.

"And well Serena, I love you. In spite of the crazy world going to pieces I love you. Because we're alike, both shrewd and selfish but able to look things in the eyes and call them by their real names." he said, he held her closer,

"Don't hold me like that." she said annoyed,

"Serena look at me, don't look away. I love you more than I've loved any other women and I've waited for you longer than I've waited for any women." He said, his face got closer, his lips and hers were not more then a millimeter apart, she looked away, trying to pull out,

"Let me alone." she said

"Here's a soldier of the south that loves you Serena. wants to feel your arms around him, wants to take the memory of your kisses as he goes away, Never mind about you loving me, it's a minor point, your sending a man to his death with a beautiful memory." he said, he bent down and kissed her, her heart pounded, harder than it did when Andrew and her kissed, so fast she thought he would hear. Her stomach churned, her palms got sweaty, and her lips tingled in excitement and her head felt light headed, she'd fear she would faint but maybe she wanted to faint in his arms, have him hold her til she woke. She was unfamiliar with this overwhelming feeling, she'd never felt like this. But she still pulled away, she pushed him away with her hands, when the kiss broke she was a little sad to see it gone, she pulled away from his grasp,

"You are a low-down, cowardly, nasty thing! You!" she screamed as she slapped him hard, again she couldn't read his face,

"They were right. Everyone was right, you, you aren't a gentleman." He said bitterly,

"Again, a minor point in this passionate love scene." he said, he went to the carriage and took his hat, he saw the jacket in the carriage,

"You can keep the jacket my dear." he said,

"Go on! I don't care if you go! I want you to go! And I hope a cannon ball lands straight on your head! I hope you blown to a million pieces, I hope..." She was cut of by him

"I get the idea, and I hope my dear when I am dead your conscious eats you alive." He said as he smiled, with that he walked off in the direction they came.

TBC