It'll turn out all right

By Strawberry

Romance/Drama

Chapter 5

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

The ride from where Darien left her was a quiet and lonely one; the carriage would surely break at any moment. But Serena didn't need a lot of time, an hour or so and she'd be home, but would there even be a home to go home too? Maybe Darien was right, maybe they did burn it. The moon was covered tonight, by the clouds, adding to the darkness. Serena road on. ~*~*~*~*~*~*

The carriage made it final turn to home,

"Home! We're home! Mina, wake up! We're home!" she yelled

"Have they burned it? I can't see anything?" She asked, the moonlight shown in, just for an instant to show her the intact house,

"They haven't burned it!" She squealed, she ran out of the carriage to her home, she didn't realize how much she missed and need it. She banged on the door

"Someone open up! It's me, Serena." she yelled, the door slowly opened to Sam, when she saw him her eyes lit up,

"Serena? It really is you?!" He said, she squealed and jumped into his arms,

"Oh Sam, I missed you." she said, his expression seemed to be rock hard.

"Tell me Sam, how is Amy and Mammy and Will, Jo, Suellen, Honey? Well Suellen or Honey didn't get it too did they?" She asked, he didn't respond, she looked into his eyes,

"Sam, are you sick?" she asked, he bit his lip back and let go of her,

"Serena." Mina said from the doorway, she took her eyes from Sam,

"Oh Mina, I'm sorry, you shouldn't have been up, we would have came, here let me take you upstairs, you and Charles can rest in my room." she said as she was helping Mina upstairs she looked back at Sam, he was staring at her, she got Mina to bed and put Charles with her then went in search of a blanket, she stepped into Mammy and Jo's room, there was a blanket on the bed, she picked it up and hurried back to her room to give it to Mina, when she was done she hurried downstairs, Mammy was there now, she held a single candle, the only light in the house. Serena slowly walked downstairs,

"Mammy." she breathed, she immediately ran downstairs and hugged mammy,

"Miss Serena, it sure is good to have you's back." She said

"Oh Mammy, how are you feeling? Is Amy all right? Will? Did the pneumonia pass?" She asked hurriedly,

"Miss Amy and Mr. Will ain't nothing but weak kittens. Miss Suellen and Miss Honey gots its too." Mammy spoke, she chose her words carefully

"And how are Suellen and Honey?" She asked,

"I gets better first, about the time Miss Suellen gots sick from Miss Honey, but I recon it was too late. Miss Honey, god rest her sole. She was too weaks to fight pneumonias." She started

"What do you mean Mammy?" she narrowed her eyes, the women had been crying, Serena could barley believe it, why the last time she cried was when mother… Mother? Her mother, Mammy last cried when her mother died…

"Mammy, where is Honey?" she asked, the women didn't reply, she looked around

"Last night she," She started, but just couldn't finish,

"Did Honey got sick too?" she asked, Mammy didn't say anything,

"Yes'm." she finally said

"Where is she now?" she asked, her voice trembled with fear at the inevitable, Mammy looked away,

"Honey!" Serena called, her voice echoed, she ran up the stairs, and into Suellens room,

"Where's Honey?" she asked out of breath, her sister narrowed her eyes at her,

"You! Why did you even bother coming back?" she questioned, Serena narrowed her eyes now,

"What do you mean?" she asked

"If you had come back maybe Honey and I wouldn't have to care for everyone in the house. Maybe then Honey wouldn't have gotten it." She said bitterly, Serena grabbed her younger sister's shoulders,

"Where is she?!" She demanded, in the dim candle light she could see the tears in Suellens eyes,

"She's dead. You killed her." she spat out,

TBC