Crossing the Boundaries

A/N: I've at least written 3 new chapters today. I hope this makes up for my writing block I had the other day. I'm just trying to let out all of my creativity before it all flows away. So please keep those reviews coming. And to all my fans I'm sorry but Andrew is really gone. But I promise the story gets better than this

Chapter 13: Where do we go from here?

Mina slowly walked over to the waiting room. She felt really low. In these moments she felt she really needed Andrew then she realized that he was gone. And she didn't even know if Serena was all right.

"How are you keeping up?" Lita asked as she sat beside her.

Mina bowed her head and tried to keep the tears from flowing down her cheeks. "I miss him so much Lita."

Lita placed a reassuring hand on Mina's hand. "We all do. I'm not going to tell you not to cry. You should. It's better to let it all off your chest."

"Andrew's mom called my cell-phone. She was so sad. I didn't know how to comfort her. I can't even comfort myself." Mina sobbed.

Lita hugged Mina and let her cry into her shirt. She placed her hand through Mina's hair and let her cry her heart out. She hated seeing her friend suffer. Even she was suffering herself deep inside. Andrew meant a lot to everyone

"It's so unfair." Mina sobbed.

Darien entered Serena's room. He smiled upon her as he saw her lying on the bed. She was looking at the television screen, which was blank.

"Hey, how are you?" Darien asked.

Serena turned and faced Darien. Reality struck her and she realized what she had said to him when she felt like she was dying. She told him she loved him. She loved him. "Hey." She responded meekly.

"I thought I was going to lose you. I mean we thought we were going to lose you." Darien stuttered.

"How's Mina?" Serena blurted out. She wanted to avoid the awkward topic.

Darien looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"How is she?" Serena asked again.

"She's not so good. I have some bad news. Serena… Andrew is dead." Darien sat beside her and looked down at her hands. They shook slightly.

"It's so hard to believe. Andrew out of all people. Darien, he came to me." Serena finally spoke out.

"What? Andrew died right in front of me how could he have? Wait, you mean his ghost?" Darien asked.

"I don't know if it was his ghost or a dream. But he told me to take care of Mina. And to tell her that he loved her. That he hoped they would have shared the rest of their lives together." Serena replied.

Darien silently wept. "He was my best friend. I just…" Serena pulled him close and hugged him.

"I miss him to Darien. Life is just so crazy. The unexpected turns it will take is the things that make life so difficult." Serena kissed Darien's head and hugged him like a child. He wept silently, yet painfully.

A WEEK LATER

Mina pulled out the black dress she had hanging in her closet and laid it upon her bed. Today was Andrew's funeral. It had taken Mina so much time to at least stop crying but every night she sobbed. She cried so hard that she felt like her soul was going to escape her. She picked up a picture of Andrew that laid on her dresser and all the bottled up emotions seemed to rush out of her.

"Why did you have to leave? I loved you Andrew." Mina touched his face lightly. "Now all I have is your memory. I want you, I miss you." She sighed and placed the picture back down. There was no use. He was gone and there was nothing that she could possibly do.

Darien pulled out his black tuxedo. He had sat up all night dreading today. It was Andrew's funeral. It was official now that Andrew was gone. The image of the bullet going through Andrew's head kept replaying itself in Darien's mind. It was so hard to erase that image. He continued to blame himself for his best friend's death.

"Maybe if I never fell in love with Serena it wouldn't end up this way. Maybe you'd still be alive Drew." Darien sighed deeply.

He grabbed his towel and walked over to his bathroom. Maybe if he never met Serena tings would still be okay.

"I'm so glad you're here Mina." Andrew's mother Hikashima hugged Mina close. "My baby boy loved you Mina. He really did. You made him so happy." Hikashima whispered.

"I loved him to Ms. Takeuchi." Mina replied. She held white rose in her hand and she squeezed it tightly. She held back her tears and looked around the funeral. And her eyes landed on the coffin. She could barely look.

"Go on Mina." Hikashima ushered.

Mina slowly walked over to the coffin. Her heart was beating so hard that she could have sworn that everyone in the room could hear it. Her palms got sweaty and when she reached the coffin she closed her eyes. She dreaded to open them she was so scared. Finally she opened them and a wretched sob escaped her.