C H A P T E R 6: FIANCEE
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"Serena..ity!" screamed Miss Robins hurrying towards Mr. Harrison. Mr. Harrison was carrying her unconscious body in his arms and he gently placed her in the sofa.
Miss Robins touched Serenity's forehead. "She has a high fever, Mr. Harrison. Please get me a bucket of warm water." she said hurriedly.
Mr. Harrison ran towards the kitchen and searched for a kettle with shaking hands. "Serenity..." He whispered again. "Why does her name seem so familiar?" He asked his self.
Meanwhile, Miss Robins was stroking Serenity's golden hair and whispered in her ear. "Oh Serenity, I would never hate you unless you try to kill yourself." she cried silently.
Serenity opened her eyes slowly and she closed them again. Since she had a hard time opening her eyes at least, she had no problem with opening her mouth. "Miss Robins" she said groggily. "I...I'm so sorry."
Miss Robins sobbed and hugged her. "It's all right, child! It's all right." The old woman whispered again and continued to stroke her hair.
A few minutes later, Mr. Harrison arrived and placed the bucket of warm water in front of Miss Robins. "I'll be in my room." He said quietly without any hint of emotion in his voice and left them alone.
Miss Robins took a small towel from one of the kitchen drawers and dipped them into the warm water. She squeezed it tightly and wiped it in Serenity's forehead. Suddenly, tears dropped from Serenity's closed eyes.
"What is it, my dear?" Miss Robins asked with a voice filled with concern.
"Why does he have to be so mean? He doesn't care about me. Not one bit." Serenity said sadly.
Miss Robins looked at Serenity and smiled. "You feel something special for Mr. Harrison, my dear?" she asked with a sly smile.
Serenity opened her eyes and stared at Miss Robin's face. Her vision was blurry and she couldn't see anything. Her head began to throb and she fell into a deep sleep again.
"Believe me, child. He cares a great deal about you." said Miss Robins even though she knew that Serenity couldn't hear her anymore.
Morning...
The sunlight spilled into Serenity's room. She opened her eyes and thought about the dream she had.
She dreamed that Darien was lost and he was saying things like, "Don't stop searching. Don't stop. You'll find me."
Tears came out of her eyes and she tried to wipe them away but something was holding her hand.
She looked at the strong hand holding hers and gazed at Mr. Harrison's beautiful sleeping face beside her. She gasped and quickly slid out her hand.
"Mr. Harrison." Serenity said while shaking his shoulders. "Mr. Harrison, are you all right?"
His eyes shot open and he suddenly sat up straight. He stared at Serenity as if confused and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Harrison, are you all right?" Serenity asked again. "Huh? Oh! Of course! I'm fine!" said Mr. Harrison and like always, he stood up and left the room.
"He does care a little about me." Serenity said to herself and she smiled happily.
During breakfast, Serenity told Miss Robins about her life as an orphan and her life as a princess.
"Wow! And you had amnesia?" Miss Robins asked with open eyes.
"Yes but now, I have recovered 80% of my memory." Serenity said.
"Tell me about the prince?" asked Mr. Harrison all of a sudden.
Serenity looked at Mr. Harrison and wondered if he was really Darien pretending to be another person but he looked so sincere.
"Well, the Prince was a loving, kind and warm-hearted man. He...always protected me even if it would harm him." Serenity said sadly.
"You know, Mr. Harrison. As what Serenity told me before, you look like the Prince. Are you sure your not the Prince?" Miss Robins asked in a joking manner.
He sighed frustratingly and said, "Miss Robins, I'm Richard Harrison and I was born in America."
"What was your childhood like, Mr. Harrison?" Serenity asked curiously.
Mr. Harrison stared at Serenity for the longest time. "I'm afraid I don't remember anything from my childhood." He said.
"How is that?" Miss Robins asked as curious as Serenity.
"You see..." Mr. Harrison said slowly. "I have amnesia."
"What??!" Serenity asked with a dazed expression on her face.
"Small world." Miss Robins giggled.
"Prince Darien Endymion!" Serenity yelled crazily. She was now a little sure that somehow, Mr. Harrison has got to be Darien.
Mr. Harrison looked at Serenity and his eyes gentled. He cupped her face with his hands and said slowly, "Princess, I'm sorry but I'm not your prince."
"But you've got to be!" Serenity cried.
Mr. Harrison embraced the fragile girl in his arms and tried to sooth her pain. "Shh! You'll find him one day." He said.
"I love him so much. I'll die if I won't find him." Serenity cried. "Please, if your Darien and your just pretending. Please stop it already." She sobbed.
Mr. Harrison caressed her back. "Please don't cry, Serenity." He said and he suddenly felt the ache in his heart again. He looked at the pretty girl in his arms and he felt a tear in his eyes.
"Why am I crying?" He asked his self.
Serenity stopped crying and she gaped at him. "You...you!" She stuttered. "Your really Darien, are you not? He said the exact same words to me! You are Darien! You are Darien!" repeated Serenity.
"No, please stop misunderstanding me. I'm not the Prince." He sighed but then he found a certain relief whenever Serenity called him Darien.
"Knock! knock! knock!"
"I'll get it." Miss Robins said and when she returned, her face was very pale.
"It's Berly, master."
Mr. Harrison released Serenity and stood up rigidly. His eyes returning to it's normal icy gaze.
A minute later, a beautiful red haired beauty came in wearing the latest in London and she smiled attractively at Mr. Harrison.
"Richard darling! Even though I've been gone for only a week, I feel like I've been separated from you for a thousand years or so." The beautiful woman said.
"Miss Beryl." Mr. Harrison said.
The red haired woman raised her eyes towards Serenity and she raised a brow towards Mr. Harrison.
Mr. Harrison sighed. "Miss Beryl this is..." He looked at Serenity. "This is Serena Robins. She is Miss Robin's niece."
Beryl glared at Serenity.
He looked at Serenity and he felt like weeping. "Serena" He said slowly. "This is Miss Beryl Analeigh Brozwik."
"And?" Beryl asked sweetly.
Mr. Harrison sighed. "This is my fiancée."
Serenity gasped silently and she lowered her head. She couldn't let that obnoxious fiancé see her crying.
She cleared her throat. "Excuse me but I've been feeling quite sick. I'll be going now." She said and ran all the way to her room.
Mr. Harrison watched Serenity with a heavy heart.
"Darling, is something going on between you and that peasant girl?" Beryl asked sarcastically while fixing her hair.
"She is not a peasant, Miss Beryl. She is quite refined." Mr. Harrison said.
"Oh yeah? How come? She is only your servant or maybe a whore." Beryl said again but with an acid voice. She pursed her lips and sat in one of the chairs.
"That is enough!" Mr. Harrison roared and began to leave.
"Wait! I beg of you, my love! Please forgive me! I was just insanely jealous but I shouldn't be, right? Because I know you love me and you'll marry me because I'm your fiancée." Beryl cried pathetically.
"Miss Beryl, you may be my fiancé but you're not my wife." Mr. Harrison said icily.
"Darling! I'm so sorry! Please! I love you. You would throw it away for that girl?" She asked desperately while hugging his chest fiercely.
Mr. Harrison smiled. "No, I wouldn't, okay? Don't worry." He said and tugged Beryl's hair.
She laughed femininely and she kissed his lips. "Of course, my love." She said.
Miss Robins turned away from the couple and made a disgusted face. "That girl is so indecent, she could be a whore!" She thought angrily and stormed out the house.
Days passed by and days turned to weeks and everyday was like the same routine for the Harrison household. Miss Robins would go out in the afternoon and Beryl arrived early morning and Mr. Harrison would go out with her. Serenity reads a book in the library or just lay around feeling miserable but one day...
It was a beautiful Saturday morning and the weather was unforgivable for it was raining heavily outside.
"I guess that fiancée of yours won't be coming today because of this weather." Miss Robins said happily.
"I hope so." Serenity thought and looked at Mr. Harrison longingly. She really hoped to spend some time with him but Beryl was so persistent.
"Yes, she won't be coming. That girl is allergic with rain." Mr. Harrison said but later a grin appeared on his face and then a little later, he laughed.
"Nope not only rain but she's also allergic with the sun's rays." Miss Robins declared while laughing.
"That only means one thing." Serenity added. "She's allergic to everything!"
Miss Robins laughed some more.
"but!" continued Serenity. "She is not allergic with her 'Richard darling!'" Serenity said imitating Beryl's voice and her accent.
"Exactly!" Miss Robins said while nodding her head.
"Miss Robins, if ever she would really come despite this horrible weather. Please do tell her to leave. I'm awfully tired today from all those excursions we had." Mr. Harrison said and he left them alone.
"Finally, Mr. Harrison has finally come to senses that the woman he is about to marry is an obnoxious, unconceivable wench!" Miss Robins hissed.
"Woah!" Serenity said. "That's quite a bit too much!" "You know, when I first met Beryl. I thought I saw the devil!" Miss Robins said in an angry voice.
"You're joking?" Serenity asked.
"No, I'm not! I thought I saw Lucifer in the form of a seducing woman." Miss Robins said so loudly.
"Shh! Mr. Harrison might hear you." Serenity warned but she was happy that Miss Robins felt the same hate she had for Beryl.
"I do not care, my dear. I know that he doesn't like Beryl but he is just forced to. Sometimes I think that this is forced marriage but Mr. Harrison said his parents died a long time ago." said the Miss Robins who was busy looking at the clock.
"You really think so?" Serenity asked in a longing voice again.
Miss Robins looked at Serenity and kissed her forehead. "My dear child, if what I see is really true. I'm sure that Mr. Harrison is more in love with you than he is with that obnoxious fiancé of his." she said gently.
"Then why doesn't he break their engagement?" Serenity asked while crossing her arms.
"That I cannot answer."
"Miss Robins! Please help me over here!" Mr. Harrison yelled.
Serenity looked at Miss Robins' bewildered face and the both of them ran towards his room.
When Serenity looked at Mr. Harrison's bleeding face. She almost fainted.
"Miss Robins, it's happening again." Mr. Harrison said calmly.
Serenity closed her eyes. "It's happening again? So this is not the first time." She thought.
Miss Robins rushed towards the bathroom and came back to his bed and wiped his bloody forehead.
"Why do you suffer this bleeding, Mr. Harrison?" Serenity asked with a worried gaze.
Mr. Harrison looked at Serenity. "You see, I was shot by the head and because of that I don't have any memory of my past."
Serenity's head began to throb and her eyes watered. "You're really Darien! He was last shot by the head!" Serenity yelled at Mr. Harrison.
"I'm sorry, Serenity. I'm not really Darien, please." Mr. Harrison said.
"Oh yeah? Then how did you know your name? How did you know where you lived?" Serenity asked angrily while tears dropped from her eyes.
Mr. Harrison was quiet.
"Please answer me." Serenity cried and she kneeled in front of Mr. Harrison. "Please answer me!" she said sadly.
"Beryl told me so..." Mr. Harrison said.
"And you believed everything she told you?" Serenity asked sadly.
"She took care of me. Of course I trust her." Mr. Harrison said simply.
Serenity's head began to throb again and her vision blurred and she fell to the floor. "Serenity! Serenity!" was the last thing she heard.
FLASHBACK...
"You stupid girl! You are just a common ordinary wench! The Prince has certainly commited a mistake!" The woman screamed.
"Please release me!" Serenity begged unable to see because she was blindfolded.
Then the woman's hand slapped her hard on the face.
"I will release you if you leave the castle and never show your face again!" The woman demanded.
"I...I can't!" Serenity sobbed.
"You simply can't understand anything, you little bitch! He was my fiancé before you came and snag him from me!" The woman screamed in her ears.
Serenity winced from the pain and cried some more. "I didn't mean to and I didn't know he was already engaged." she cried.
"You didn't know?!" The woman screamed again. "What a terrible excuse!" Serenity was slapped again.
"I'm the one who is worthy of him! I'm the one with a royal blood! A countess and who are you? You are an orphan! A nobody!"
Suddenly Serenity heard a clicking sound. A gun and it was pointed directly at her head. "I'm going to count from one to five and if you won't agree with me. You die!" The woman said harshly.
"One!"
Serenity fidgeted and tried to escape but she was tied up to the chair.
"Two!"
"Please! I beg of you. Please!" She begged.
"Three!"
Serenity sobbed and prayed that Darien wouldn't marry this woman when she died.
"Four!"
A sudden movement was heard.
"Five!" The woman screamed maliciously.
Serenity heard someone run and it seems like there was a fight between the harsh woman and another person. "No!" screamed the woman.
"BANG!"
Serenity winced with pain and she fell in the floor together with her chair. Her blindfolded slipped away from her face and she looked at her bleeding shoulders.
"Serenity!" Darien shouted and before she knew it. The gun was raised towards her again.
"BANG!"
Serenity closed her eyes but Darien suddenly blocked her and he was shot near the head. Serenity screamed and looked at the woman.
She looked at her with this evil expression on her face and smiled. "I'll be back!" The woman said and ran away.
She watched her wavy red hair bounced in her shoulders as she ran towards the door. "I'll be back!" She said again except louder this time.
END OF FLASHBACK!!
"Beryl!" Serenity screamed as she sat up straight in her bed. She was trembling violently and her body was covered with sweat.
"Serenity, what's wrong?" Mr. Harrison asked her.
Serenity looked at him with open eyes. "Please listen to me!" She asked him in a desperate voice while tears flow from her aquamarine eyes.
"What is it?" Mr. Harrison asked gently. "I'll listen."
"Be...Beryl is not to be tru...trusted! She tried to kill me but the Prince protected me and so he was sho...shot in the head!" Serenity cried.
Mr. Harrison hugged Serenity with a tight embrace. She looked at him in her tears brimmed eyes. "Please..." she said sadly."Believe me."
He wiped away her tears and something in Mr. Harrison's eyes changed. He cupped Serenity's face and said, "I believe you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Additional info: Fiancée if it refers to a woman and Fiancé if it refers to a man. What a small world it is, neh?! Well stay tune everybody next chapter is "Bittersweet" Hahaha! Well love you all again and please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fanfiction rocks and so are all of you readers out there!!!!! Matta ne!!!)))))(((((ooooooooo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hello to one and all!!!=) First of all, I want to thank you for the reviews and supporting me with this story. Sniff! Sniff! This chapter is quite a long one but I enjoyed making it and I hope you enjoy it too! Love you all and don't forget to review!! Ciao! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Serena..ity!" screamed Miss Robins hurrying towards Mr. Harrison. Mr. Harrison was carrying her unconscious body in his arms and he gently placed her in the sofa.
Miss Robins touched Serenity's forehead. "She has a high fever, Mr. Harrison. Please get me a bucket of warm water." she said hurriedly.
Mr. Harrison ran towards the kitchen and searched for a kettle with shaking hands. "Serenity..." He whispered again. "Why does her name seem so familiar?" He asked his self.
Meanwhile, Miss Robins was stroking Serenity's golden hair and whispered in her ear. "Oh Serenity, I would never hate you unless you try to kill yourself." she cried silently.
Serenity opened her eyes slowly and she closed them again. Since she had a hard time opening her eyes at least, she had no problem with opening her mouth. "Miss Robins" she said groggily. "I...I'm so sorry."
Miss Robins sobbed and hugged her. "It's all right, child! It's all right." The old woman whispered again and continued to stroke her hair.
A few minutes later, Mr. Harrison arrived and placed the bucket of warm water in front of Miss Robins. "I'll be in my room." He said quietly without any hint of emotion in his voice and left them alone.
Miss Robins took a small towel from one of the kitchen drawers and dipped them into the warm water. She squeezed it tightly and wiped it in Serenity's forehead. Suddenly, tears dropped from Serenity's closed eyes.
"What is it, my dear?" Miss Robins asked with a voice filled with concern.
"Why does he have to be so mean? He doesn't care about me. Not one bit." Serenity said sadly.
Miss Robins looked at Serenity and smiled. "You feel something special for Mr. Harrison, my dear?" she asked with a sly smile.
Serenity opened her eyes and stared at Miss Robin's face. Her vision was blurry and she couldn't see anything. Her head began to throb and she fell into a deep sleep again.
"Believe me, child. He cares a great deal about you." said Miss Robins even though she knew that Serenity couldn't hear her anymore.
Morning...
The sunlight spilled into Serenity's room. She opened her eyes and thought about the dream she had.
She dreamed that Darien was lost and he was saying things like, "Don't stop searching. Don't stop. You'll find me."
Tears came out of her eyes and she tried to wipe them away but something was holding her hand.
She looked at the strong hand holding hers and gazed at Mr. Harrison's beautiful sleeping face beside her. She gasped and quickly slid out her hand.
"Mr. Harrison." Serenity said while shaking his shoulders. "Mr. Harrison, are you all right?"
His eyes shot open and he suddenly sat up straight. He stared at Serenity as if confused and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Harrison, are you all right?" Serenity asked again. "Huh? Oh! Of course! I'm fine!" said Mr. Harrison and like always, he stood up and left the room.
"He does care a little about me." Serenity said to herself and she smiled happily.
During breakfast, Serenity told Miss Robins about her life as an orphan and her life as a princess.
"Wow! And you had amnesia?" Miss Robins asked with open eyes.
"Yes but now, I have recovered 80% of my memory." Serenity said.
"Tell me about the prince?" asked Mr. Harrison all of a sudden.
Serenity looked at Mr. Harrison and wondered if he was really Darien pretending to be another person but he looked so sincere.
"Well, the Prince was a loving, kind and warm-hearted man. He...always protected me even if it would harm him." Serenity said sadly.
"You know, Mr. Harrison. As what Serenity told me before, you look like the Prince. Are you sure your not the Prince?" Miss Robins asked in a joking manner.
He sighed frustratingly and said, "Miss Robins, I'm Richard Harrison and I was born in America."
"What was your childhood like, Mr. Harrison?" Serenity asked curiously.
Mr. Harrison stared at Serenity for the longest time. "I'm afraid I don't remember anything from my childhood." He said.
"How is that?" Miss Robins asked as curious as Serenity.
"You see..." Mr. Harrison said slowly. "I have amnesia."
"What??!" Serenity asked with a dazed expression on her face.
"Small world." Miss Robins giggled.
"Prince Darien Endymion!" Serenity yelled crazily. She was now a little sure that somehow, Mr. Harrison has got to be Darien.
Mr. Harrison looked at Serenity and his eyes gentled. He cupped her face with his hands and said slowly, "Princess, I'm sorry but I'm not your prince."
"But you've got to be!" Serenity cried.
Mr. Harrison embraced the fragile girl in his arms and tried to sooth her pain. "Shh! You'll find him one day." He said.
"I love him so much. I'll die if I won't find him." Serenity cried. "Please, if your Darien and your just pretending. Please stop it already." She sobbed.
Mr. Harrison caressed her back. "Please don't cry, Serenity." He said and he suddenly felt the ache in his heart again. He looked at the pretty girl in his arms and he felt a tear in his eyes.
"Why am I crying?" He asked his self.
Serenity stopped crying and she gaped at him. "You...you!" She stuttered. "Your really Darien, are you not? He said the exact same words to me! You are Darien! You are Darien!" repeated Serenity.
"No, please stop misunderstanding me. I'm not the Prince." He sighed but then he found a certain relief whenever Serenity called him Darien.
"Knock! knock! knock!"
"I'll get it." Miss Robins said and when she returned, her face was very pale.
"It's Berly, master."
Mr. Harrison released Serenity and stood up rigidly. His eyes returning to it's normal icy gaze.
A minute later, a beautiful red haired beauty came in wearing the latest in London and she smiled attractively at Mr. Harrison.
"Richard darling! Even though I've been gone for only a week, I feel like I've been separated from you for a thousand years or so." The beautiful woman said.
"Miss Beryl." Mr. Harrison said.
The red haired woman raised her eyes towards Serenity and she raised a brow towards Mr. Harrison.
Mr. Harrison sighed. "Miss Beryl this is..." He looked at Serenity. "This is Serena Robins. She is Miss Robin's niece."
Beryl glared at Serenity.
He looked at Serenity and he felt like weeping. "Serena" He said slowly. "This is Miss Beryl Analeigh Brozwik."
"And?" Beryl asked sweetly.
Mr. Harrison sighed. "This is my fiancée."
Serenity gasped silently and she lowered her head. She couldn't let that obnoxious fiancé see her crying.
She cleared her throat. "Excuse me but I've been feeling quite sick. I'll be going now." She said and ran all the way to her room.
Mr. Harrison watched Serenity with a heavy heart.
"Darling, is something going on between you and that peasant girl?" Beryl asked sarcastically while fixing her hair.
"She is not a peasant, Miss Beryl. She is quite refined." Mr. Harrison said.
"Oh yeah? How come? She is only your servant or maybe a whore." Beryl said again but with an acid voice. She pursed her lips and sat in one of the chairs.
"That is enough!" Mr. Harrison roared and began to leave.
"Wait! I beg of you, my love! Please forgive me! I was just insanely jealous but I shouldn't be, right? Because I know you love me and you'll marry me because I'm your fiancée." Beryl cried pathetically.
"Miss Beryl, you may be my fiancé but you're not my wife." Mr. Harrison said icily.
"Darling! I'm so sorry! Please! I love you. You would throw it away for that girl?" She asked desperately while hugging his chest fiercely.
Mr. Harrison smiled. "No, I wouldn't, okay? Don't worry." He said and tugged Beryl's hair.
She laughed femininely and she kissed his lips. "Of course, my love." She said.
Miss Robins turned away from the couple and made a disgusted face. "That girl is so indecent, she could be a whore!" She thought angrily and stormed out the house.
Days passed by and days turned to weeks and everyday was like the same routine for the Harrison household. Miss Robins would go out in the afternoon and Beryl arrived early morning and Mr. Harrison would go out with her. Serenity reads a book in the library or just lay around feeling miserable but one day...
It was a beautiful Saturday morning and the weather was unforgivable for it was raining heavily outside.
"I guess that fiancée of yours won't be coming today because of this weather." Miss Robins said happily.
"I hope so." Serenity thought and looked at Mr. Harrison longingly. She really hoped to spend some time with him but Beryl was so persistent.
"Yes, she won't be coming. That girl is allergic with rain." Mr. Harrison said but later a grin appeared on his face and then a little later, he laughed.
"Nope not only rain but she's also allergic with the sun's rays." Miss Robins declared while laughing.
"That only means one thing." Serenity added. "She's allergic to everything!"
Miss Robins laughed some more.
"but!" continued Serenity. "She is not allergic with her 'Richard darling!'" Serenity said imitating Beryl's voice and her accent.
"Exactly!" Miss Robins said while nodding her head.
"Miss Robins, if ever she would really come despite this horrible weather. Please do tell her to leave. I'm awfully tired today from all those excursions we had." Mr. Harrison said and he left them alone.
"Finally, Mr. Harrison has finally come to senses that the woman he is about to marry is an obnoxious, unconceivable wench!" Miss Robins hissed.
"Woah!" Serenity said. "That's quite a bit too much!" "You know, when I first met Beryl. I thought I saw the devil!" Miss Robins said in an angry voice.
"You're joking?" Serenity asked.
"No, I'm not! I thought I saw Lucifer in the form of a seducing woman." Miss Robins said so loudly.
"Shh! Mr. Harrison might hear you." Serenity warned but she was happy that Miss Robins felt the same hate she had for Beryl.
"I do not care, my dear. I know that he doesn't like Beryl but he is just forced to. Sometimes I think that this is forced marriage but Mr. Harrison said his parents died a long time ago." said the Miss Robins who was busy looking at the clock.
"You really think so?" Serenity asked in a longing voice again.
Miss Robins looked at Serenity and kissed her forehead. "My dear child, if what I see is really true. I'm sure that Mr. Harrison is more in love with you than he is with that obnoxious fiancé of his." she said gently.
"Then why doesn't he break their engagement?" Serenity asked while crossing her arms.
"That I cannot answer."
"Miss Robins! Please help me over here!" Mr. Harrison yelled.
Serenity looked at Miss Robins' bewildered face and the both of them ran towards his room.
When Serenity looked at Mr. Harrison's bleeding face. She almost fainted.
"Miss Robins, it's happening again." Mr. Harrison said calmly.
Serenity closed her eyes. "It's happening again? So this is not the first time." She thought.
Miss Robins rushed towards the bathroom and came back to his bed and wiped his bloody forehead.
"Why do you suffer this bleeding, Mr. Harrison?" Serenity asked with a worried gaze.
Mr. Harrison looked at Serenity. "You see, I was shot by the head and because of that I don't have any memory of my past."
Serenity's head began to throb and her eyes watered. "You're really Darien! He was last shot by the head!" Serenity yelled at Mr. Harrison.
"I'm sorry, Serenity. I'm not really Darien, please." Mr. Harrison said.
"Oh yeah? Then how did you know your name? How did you know where you lived?" Serenity asked angrily while tears dropped from her eyes.
Mr. Harrison was quiet.
"Please answer me." Serenity cried and she kneeled in front of Mr. Harrison. "Please answer me!" she said sadly.
"Beryl told me so..." Mr. Harrison said.
"And you believed everything she told you?" Serenity asked sadly.
"She took care of me. Of course I trust her." Mr. Harrison said simply.
Serenity's head began to throb again and her vision blurred and she fell to the floor. "Serenity! Serenity!" was the last thing she heard.
FLASHBACK...
"You stupid girl! You are just a common ordinary wench! The Prince has certainly commited a mistake!" The woman screamed.
"Please release me!" Serenity begged unable to see because she was blindfolded.
Then the woman's hand slapped her hard on the face.
"I will release you if you leave the castle and never show your face again!" The woman demanded.
"I...I can't!" Serenity sobbed.
"You simply can't understand anything, you little bitch! He was my fiancé before you came and snag him from me!" The woman screamed in her ears.
Serenity winced from the pain and cried some more. "I didn't mean to and I didn't know he was already engaged." she cried.
"You didn't know?!" The woman screamed again. "What a terrible excuse!" Serenity was slapped again.
"I'm the one who is worthy of him! I'm the one with a royal blood! A countess and who are you? You are an orphan! A nobody!"
Suddenly Serenity heard a clicking sound. A gun and it was pointed directly at her head. "I'm going to count from one to five and if you won't agree with me. You die!" The woman said harshly.
"One!"
Serenity fidgeted and tried to escape but she was tied up to the chair.
"Two!"
"Please! I beg of you. Please!" She begged.
"Three!"
Serenity sobbed and prayed that Darien wouldn't marry this woman when she died.
"Four!"
A sudden movement was heard.
"Five!" The woman screamed maliciously.
Serenity heard someone run and it seems like there was a fight between the harsh woman and another person. "No!" screamed the woman.
"BANG!"
Serenity winced with pain and she fell in the floor together with her chair. Her blindfolded slipped away from her face and she looked at her bleeding shoulders.
"Serenity!" Darien shouted and before she knew it. The gun was raised towards her again.
"BANG!"
Serenity closed her eyes but Darien suddenly blocked her and he was shot near the head. Serenity screamed and looked at the woman.
She looked at her with this evil expression on her face and smiled. "I'll be back!" The woman said and ran away.
She watched her wavy red hair bounced in her shoulders as she ran towards the door. "I'll be back!" She said again except louder this time.
END OF FLASHBACK!!
"Beryl!" Serenity screamed as she sat up straight in her bed. She was trembling violently and her body was covered with sweat.
"Serenity, what's wrong?" Mr. Harrison asked her.
Serenity looked at him with open eyes. "Please listen to me!" She asked him in a desperate voice while tears flow from her aquamarine eyes.
"What is it?" Mr. Harrison asked gently. "I'll listen."
"Be...Beryl is not to be tru...trusted! She tried to kill me but the Prince protected me and so he was sho...shot in the head!" Serenity cried.
Mr. Harrison hugged Serenity with a tight embrace. She looked at him in her tears brimmed eyes. "Please..." she said sadly."Believe me."
He wiped away her tears and something in Mr. Harrison's eyes changed. He cupped Serenity's face and said, "I believe you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Additional info: Fiancée if it refers to a woman and Fiancé if it refers to a man. What a small world it is, neh?! Well stay tune everybody next chapter is "Bittersweet" Hahaha! Well love you all again and please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fanfiction rocks and so are all of you readers out there!!!!! Matta ne!!!)))))(((((ooooooooo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~