Serena slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was white. White walls, white ceiling, white sheets. The only non-white thing she noticed was a black shirt that someone was wearing.
She felt someone holding her hand. She looked down & smiled. Darien had fallen asleep holding her hand. She pushed herself up & whispered, "Darien. Darien. Wake up, sleepy head."
He stirred, but that was all. Serena sighed & tried again, louder. "Darien. Darien. Wake up."
He still didn't wake up. Serena groaned & literally yelled in his ear. "Darien! Wake up!"
He jumped up, awake. "What? What's going on!" He turned to Serena's laughing & let out a huge breath. "Thank God you're okay." He gave her a huge hug.
"Can't…breath…" Serena joked, but Darien took it seriously & let go abruptly. "Did I hurt you? I'm sorry." He was close to tears.
Serena was shocked. "Um…Darien…it's okay. I'm fine. Don't need to cry." She rubbed him on his back.
He took her hand & looked into her eyes. "I was just so scared when you passed out on the stage. I thought I lost you."
Serena smiled, "You can't lose me, silly. I'll always be in your heart." She leaned in & they kissed.
When they backed up, Serena remembered her 'dream'. "I wonder if it was real…" she mumbled.
Darien looked at her, strangely, "What was?"
Serena looked up, smiling, "Nothing. Just a dream I had."
Darien didn't look convinced, but let it go. "OK, I'll go let everyone know you're awake." He walked out of the room.
Serena watched him go & sighed. "What a dream." She heard a commotion outside her door & a voice that sounded strangely like, "Mina…?" Serena called out.
"Serena…" came a muffled voice.
Serena got up & walked to the door. She opened it to find Mina sprawled out on the phone, a cart turned over next to her. Serena withheld her laughter. "What happened?" She bent down to help Mina up.
Mina blushed. "Nothing. Just had a problem with a cart. Help me pick this stuff up." Mina started to clean up.
Serena bent down to help, "Mina, did you have the dream?"
Mina looked around, "Yeah, but I wasn't sure if it was real or not."
Serena nodded. "I could see how you would think that. But if 2 people had the same exact dream, it must be real then, right?"
Mina nodded. "It has to be."
There was silence, then the girls got up, hugged each other & started screaming, jumping up & down.
Everyone came running up. What they saw was interesting: a cart turned over & two girls, in hospital gowns, screaming & jumping up & down.
"Serena, what's wrong?" her mother asked.
They stopped jumping & screaming & blushed. "Well…you see…" Serena started.
"We thought we saw a spider." Mina finished.
Everyone, including Serena, stared at her.
"Okay…" Serena's mother said.
"Are you guys okay?" Amy asked.
Serena & Mina nodded. "Yeah, we must have just been under so much stress. We're much better now."
"You sure?" Andrew asked.
Mina blushed & Serena withheld her laughter barely. "Yeah, we're sure." Serena said, shoulders shaking.
Her dad mistaken her shoulders shaking as if she was cold & draped his jacket over her. "Well, maybe you should stay here a little bit more.
Mina's dad nodded. "I agree. We'll get a doctor to check up on you girls, then we'll see if you're fine. Now get to bed."
The girls sighed, "OK." They turned around & walked back to their respective rooms. But before they left, Serena saw Andrew tell Darien something & Darien's eyes widening.
What could have Andrew told Darien? Once again, sorry I haven't updated in a loooooong time. Please RR