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Darien's eyes softened. "So you do actually understand how I feel right now." Serena nodded. "How did it happen?"
"I was a hot shot soccer player. My team was in the finals playing to be number one. We were playing in the last game competing for the number one team. I had begged my parents to come to the game to see me play..."
FLASHBACK
"Way to go Tskunio!" A tall brunette said high fiving the blond. "I thought we were toast for sure but you totally saved the game as always," the brunette whose name was Lita said referring to the goal Serena had made in over time, winning the game for the Shooting Stars.
As the brunette walked away to join the rest of her teammates Serena scanned the crowds in hope that her parents had been able to make it. The blond sighed. They weren't there.
"Tskunio!" A deep voice boomed. Reluctantly Serena trotted over to join the rest of her teammates and her coach to pose for a picture for the newspaper. After the photographer snapped a picture or two everyone boarded the school buss they were using for transportation. Exhausted Serena plopped into the first empty seat.
As the bus made its way back home Serena gazed dejectedly out the window wondering why her parents hadn't come to the game. 'They knew this game was important so why didn't they-' her thoughts cut of abruptly when she saw a totaled black sedan with a license plate the read "TSKUNIO" in gleaming black letters to the side of the bus. The police were rapidly blocking off the area from oncoming traffic.
The blond felt her entire body go numb from shock for a moment as reality hit her hard. 'My parents!' she thought frantically. The blond leapt to her feet. "Stop this bus!" she shouted. Everyone was looking at her as if she had gone mad but she didn't care. The bus driver stopped the bus and the doors opened. Serena ran as fast as she could to the accident sight. Her lungs felt as if they might explode when she finally reached to sight.
"I'm sorry miss but you can't go in there," a police officer said putting an arm out to block her.
"My parents," she said ducking the man's arm and running to the wreckage. She looked around wildly, searching for her parents. The blond spotted her mother's body being loaded unto an ambulance and then her father's. She rushed over to the ambulance. "Are they going to be alright?" She asked the man who was loading them.
"Are you their daughter?" the man questioned. Serena nodded her head. The man gave her a pitying look. "Their...dead."
"No!!!!!" Serena cried falling to her knees.
END OF FLASHBACK
"I blamed myself for a while after that," the blond said her eyes watering at the horrible memory. "I thought that if I hadn't been so selfish and so adamant about them coming that they would still be alive. I was so upset that I couldn't even bring myself to go to their funeral. I even quit the soccer team. Everyone would always give me these pitying looks and tell me they knew what I was going through when they really had no idea. It wasn't until I spoke to someone who actually had gone through the same thing that I reached a closure. I realized that it wasn't my fault that it was meant to happen, it was fate and that my parents wouldn't want me to spend the rest of my life miserable and blaming myself," Serena said a tear rolling down her smooth cheek.
After hearing Serena's story Darien felt some-what comforted knowing that he wasn't the only one who ever felt this way. Serena and Darien spent hours talking until Darien no longer blamed himself for his parents' deaths.
Serena caught a glimpse of the clock. "Whoa! I didn't realize it was this late. I have to meet a friend soon so I really got to go." Serena said hopping down from her seat on the side of Darien's bed. The blond was hurrying to the door and stopped in her tracks. The blond spun around. "I know its short notice and all but I ...arranged for your parents funeral to be tomorrow. It'll be just you and me because I had no idea who your parent's friends were. Are you going to come? I'll understand if it's too soon and you would rather not go..." the blond trailed off.
Darien shook his head. "I-I'll be there." Serena walked over to him and gave the ebony man a friendly hug. "Hang in there." Caught by surprise it took Darien a few seconds to realize that she was hugging him. Darien slowly wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back.
Serena pulled back. "I'll arrange it so that you can leave the hospital tomorrow. I'll come and pick you up okay?" Darien nodded his head. "Bye." The blond called as she disappeared through the doors.
Darien leaned back into his pillows and smiled. He finally felt at ease about the whole crash. 'Not that I don't still feel a bit guilty and upset about the whole ordeal but an engine failure is not something that I could predict or control and I know my parents they would never want me to be miserable for the rest of my life.'
Darien felt his eyelids drooping and becoming heavy. For the first time since the crash Darien had a peaceful nights sleep.
"Rise and shine!" A female voice rang. Darien slowly opened his eyelids. The first thing he saw a fuzzy outline of a blond beauty leaning over him. His first thought was that she was an angel and that he was still dreaming but as she came into focus he saw that it was only Serena. Darien smiled and propped himself up against the pillows.
"I didn't know if you wanted to wear whatever you were wearing when you got here or a suit so I brought a suit just in case." Serena said laying a coal black suit across the end of the bed.
"Thanks." Darien said. "My clothes got pretty messed up and I had no idea what else I would wear." Darien leaned forward and brought the suit toward him, the name on the tag caught his eye, Armani. Darien drew in his breath. 'This is one very expensive suit!' he thought. The ebony man looked at Serena and then the tag again.
Serena caught him starring at the tag in disbelief. "My parents were pretty wealthy." Serena explained.
"This was your-"
"Dad's?" Serena finished. "Yes." Serena said quietly.
The two remained quiet for some time. "I should get dressed." Darien said breaking the silence.
"Yeah, you should." Serena said but she made no movement to leave. Darien swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up wobbly at first, then gradually regaining his balance.
"Are you going to leave or would you like to stay for the show?" Darien asked smirking, feeling more like his self now that he was no longer confined to the hospital bed. His grin became even wider when Serena turned a dark shade of red.
She opened her mouth to say something but closed it with a snap as she thought better of it. Grinning to herself she walked out the door.
lobby
Serena walked into the lobby grinning. She had been tempted to say that she wanted to stay for the show when she saw the playful smirk on Darien's face but had thought better of it. She hadn't realized how tall and well built Darien was until he stood up because he was always covered with the blanket. If he hadn't been in an accident and mourning the deaths of his parents she probably would have gone after a hunk like him but he was so she was not planning on doing that.
Darien walked into the eerie quiet graveyard following Serena. Serena led him through a series of twist and turns before she stopped. There in front of them lay two polished wooden coffins and two freshly dug graves. Any signs of Darien's happiness from earlier had disappeared and were replaced with remorse.
Darien walked apprehensively to the closed coffins and lifted the lid; inside lay his mother's lifeless body, her skin was as white as chalk, her cheeks no longer held the rosy ness that they had once held, he bright pink lips now a dull shade of pink. He walked over to the second coffin and saw the same with his father. Darien placed a hand on each coffin; gazing first at his mother and then his father. Both of the people he had loved more than anything had left him.
Not only did Darien feel sad, he now felt a need for someone to love and love him back so Darien reached out to the person closest to him; Serena. Darien reached for her hand and pulled her so that she was pressed against him. Before he knew what he was doing he was kissing her. Serena put a hand against his chest to protest but her protest died as she melted into his kiss.
Their bodies pressed against each other, there lips moving together in perfect rhythm. Darien pushed against her lips with his tongue until she allowed him to enter her mouth. His tongue danced along the inner regions of her mouth and caressed her own tongue. He nibbled on her bottom lip and layed a butterfly kiss on it before resuming his exploring. The feeling he got while kissing her was to hard to put into words; it sent shivers down his spin at the intensity. Darien groaned in disappointment as she pulled away from the totally out of this world kiss. Her kiss lingered on his lips and he had wanting for more because while he had been kissing her he had felt at ease and seemed to have no worries.
"Wow!" Darien exclaimed once he pulled away. "I mean.......no wow doesn't even begin to sum it up." Darien said. He looked up at Serena and saw her reaction was not quite the same as his, it was awed but there was something else there too. "I'm sorry-" the ebony man began.
"I-" Serena began. She paused. "I'm not quite sure what to think of that kiss. I'm not going to lie to you, it was wonderful and under any other circumstances I would I have no problem with it but...at the moment your probably feeling very vulnerable and feel a need for someone to love you. I'm not going to take advantage of you in this situation. Maybe eventually we'll be a couple but right now..." Serena trailed off.
Darien nodded his head. "I understand." He grabbed her hand. "Friends?" He asked.
"Friends." Serena confirmed.
Darien and Serena watched as the grave diggers returned and lowered the coffins into their graves. Darien watched as his parents' graves were covered with dirt. At that moment he knew that even though Serena and he might not ever be a couple his life would continue, not everything would be the way it used to be but it would continue. Instead of his parents' there by his side they would be watching him from up above.
THE END
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Darien's eyes softened. "So you do actually understand how I feel right now." Serena nodded. "How did it happen?"
"I was a hot shot soccer player. My team was in the finals playing to be number one. We were playing in the last game competing for the number one team. I had begged my parents to come to the game to see me play..."
FLASHBACK
"Way to go Tskunio!" A tall brunette said high fiving the blond. "I thought we were toast for sure but you totally saved the game as always," the brunette whose name was Lita said referring to the goal Serena had made in over time, winning the game for the Shooting Stars.
As the brunette walked away to join the rest of her teammates Serena scanned the crowds in hope that her parents had been able to make it. The blond sighed. They weren't there.
"Tskunio!" A deep voice boomed. Reluctantly Serena trotted over to join the rest of her teammates and her coach to pose for a picture for the newspaper. After the photographer snapped a picture or two everyone boarded the school buss they were using for transportation. Exhausted Serena plopped into the first empty seat.
As the bus made its way back home Serena gazed dejectedly out the window wondering why her parents hadn't come to the game. 'They knew this game was important so why didn't they-' her thoughts cut of abruptly when she saw a totaled black sedan with a license plate the read "TSKUNIO" in gleaming black letters to the side of the bus. The police were rapidly blocking off the area from oncoming traffic.
The blond felt her entire body go numb from shock for a moment as reality hit her hard. 'My parents!' she thought frantically. The blond leapt to her feet. "Stop this bus!" she shouted. Everyone was looking at her as if she had gone mad but she didn't care. The bus driver stopped the bus and the doors opened. Serena ran as fast as she could to the accident sight. Her lungs felt as if they might explode when she finally reached to sight.
"I'm sorry miss but you can't go in there," a police officer said putting an arm out to block her.
"My parents," she said ducking the man's arm and running to the wreckage. She looked around wildly, searching for her parents. The blond spotted her mother's body being loaded unto an ambulance and then her father's. She rushed over to the ambulance. "Are they going to be alright?" She asked the man who was loading them.
"Are you their daughter?" the man questioned. Serena nodded her head. The man gave her a pitying look. "Their...dead."
"No!!!!!" Serena cried falling to her knees.
END OF FLASHBACK
"I blamed myself for a while after that," the blond said her eyes watering at the horrible memory. "I thought that if I hadn't been so selfish and so adamant about them coming that they would still be alive. I was so upset that I couldn't even bring myself to go to their funeral. I even quit the soccer team. Everyone would always give me these pitying looks and tell me they knew what I was going through when they really had no idea. It wasn't until I spoke to someone who actually had gone through the same thing that I reached a closure. I realized that it wasn't my fault that it was meant to happen, it was fate and that my parents wouldn't want me to spend the rest of my life miserable and blaming myself," Serena said a tear rolling down her smooth cheek.
After hearing Serena's story Darien felt some-what comforted knowing that he wasn't the only one who ever felt this way. Serena and Darien spent hours talking until Darien no longer blamed himself for his parents' deaths.
Serena caught a glimpse of the clock. "Whoa! I didn't realize it was this late. I have to meet a friend soon so I really got to go." Serena said hopping down from her seat on the side of Darien's bed. The blond was hurrying to the door and stopped in her tracks. The blond spun around. "I know its short notice and all but I ...arranged for your parents funeral to be tomorrow. It'll be just you and me because I had no idea who your parent's friends were. Are you going to come? I'll understand if it's too soon and you would rather not go..." the blond trailed off.
Darien shook his head. "I-I'll be there." Serena walked over to him and gave the ebony man a friendly hug. "Hang in there." Caught by surprise it took Darien a few seconds to realize that she was hugging him. Darien slowly wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back.
Serena pulled back. "I'll arrange it so that you can leave the hospital tomorrow. I'll come and pick you up okay?" Darien nodded his head. "Bye." The blond called as she disappeared through the doors.
Darien leaned back into his pillows and smiled. He finally felt at ease about the whole crash. 'Not that I don't still feel a bit guilty and upset about the whole ordeal but an engine failure is not something that I could predict or control and I know my parents they would never want me to be miserable for the rest of my life.'
Darien felt his eyelids drooping and becoming heavy. For the first time since the crash Darien had a peaceful nights sleep.
"Rise and shine!" A female voice rang. Darien slowly opened his eyelids. The first thing he saw a fuzzy outline of a blond beauty leaning over him. His first thought was that she was an angel and that he was still dreaming but as she came into focus he saw that it was only Serena. Darien smiled and propped himself up against the pillows.
"I didn't know if you wanted to wear whatever you were wearing when you got here or a suit so I brought a suit just in case." Serena said laying a coal black suit across the end of the bed.
"Thanks." Darien said. "My clothes got pretty messed up and I had no idea what else I would wear." Darien leaned forward and brought the suit toward him, the name on the tag caught his eye, Armani. Darien drew in his breath. 'This is one very expensive suit!' he thought. The ebony man looked at Serena and then the tag again.
Serena caught him starring at the tag in disbelief. "My parents were pretty wealthy." Serena explained.
"This was your-"
"Dad's?" Serena finished. "Yes." Serena said quietly.
The two remained quiet for some time. "I should get dressed." Darien said breaking the silence.
"Yeah, you should." Serena said but she made no movement to leave. Darien swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up wobbly at first, then gradually regaining his balance.
"Are you going to leave or would you like to stay for the show?" Darien asked smirking, feeling more like his self now that he was no longer confined to the hospital bed. His grin became even wider when Serena turned a dark shade of red.
She opened her mouth to say something but closed it with a snap as she thought better of it. Grinning to herself she walked out the door.
lobby
Serena walked into the lobby grinning. She had been tempted to say that she wanted to stay for the show when she saw the playful smirk on Darien's face but had thought better of it. She hadn't realized how tall and well built Darien was until he stood up because he was always covered with the blanket. If he hadn't been in an accident and mourning the deaths of his parents she probably would have gone after a hunk like him but he was so she was not planning on doing that.
Darien walked into the eerie quiet graveyard following Serena. Serena led him through a series of twist and turns before she stopped. There in front of them lay two polished wooden coffins and two freshly dug graves. Any signs of Darien's happiness from earlier had disappeared and were replaced with remorse.
Darien walked apprehensively to the closed coffins and lifted the lid; inside lay his mother's lifeless body, her skin was as white as chalk, her cheeks no longer held the rosy ness that they had once held, he bright pink lips now a dull shade of pink. He walked over to the second coffin and saw the same with his father. Darien placed a hand on each coffin; gazing first at his mother and then his father. Both of the people he had loved more than anything had left him.
Not only did Darien feel sad, he now felt a need for someone to love and love him back so Darien reached out to the person closest to him; Serena. Darien reached for her hand and pulled her so that she was pressed against him. Before he knew what he was doing he was kissing her. Serena put a hand against his chest to protest but her protest died as she melted into his kiss.
Their bodies pressed against each other, there lips moving together in perfect rhythm. Darien pushed against her lips with his tongue until she allowed him to enter her mouth. His tongue danced along the inner regions of her mouth and caressed her own tongue. He nibbled on her bottom lip and layed a butterfly kiss on it before resuming his exploring. The feeling he got while kissing her was to hard to put into words; it sent shivers down his spin at the intensity. Darien groaned in disappointment as she pulled away from the totally out of this world kiss. Her kiss lingered on his lips and he had wanting for more because while he had been kissing her he had felt at ease and seemed to have no worries.
"Wow!" Darien exclaimed once he pulled away. "I mean.......no wow doesn't even begin to sum it up." Darien said. He looked up at Serena and saw her reaction was not quite the same as his, it was awed but there was something else there too. "I'm sorry-" the ebony man began.
"I-" Serena began. She paused. "I'm not quite sure what to think of that kiss. I'm not going to lie to you, it was wonderful and under any other circumstances I would I have no problem with it but...at the moment your probably feeling very vulnerable and feel a need for someone to love you. I'm not going to take advantage of you in this situation. Maybe eventually we'll be a couple but right now..." Serena trailed off.
Darien nodded his head. "I understand." He grabbed her hand. "Friends?" He asked.
"Friends." Serena confirmed.
Darien and Serena watched as the grave diggers returned and lowered the coffins into their graves. Darien watched as his parents' graves were covered with dirt. At that moment he knew that even though Serena and he might not ever be a couple his life would continue, not everything would be the way it used to be but it would continue. Instead of his parents' there by his side they would be watching him from up above.
THE END
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