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After a silent meal of Ramen, Serena wasn't quite filled up and she craved something sweet. She got up to look in her refrigerator. All Darian heard was her mumbling something about desert. "Oh," she said, peaking her head up from the regrigerator. "Did you want anything else too?" she asked Darian.

"No thank you," he replied. He picked up his empty bowl and got up to put it in the sink. He turned to see Serena grab a spoon and dip it into a container of Chocolate Frosting. He almost laughed out loud. She put the lid back on and scooched past him to put the spoon in the sink. When she turned around, Darian spotted a small smudge of frosting still on her upper lip. On instinct, he reached over and wiped it off with his thumb.

Serena jumped as Darian's thumb touched her lip. She stared up at him, shocked, and her eyes full of longing. She saw Darian looking as surprised as she was at his actions.

Before Serena could register what was happening, Darian crushed his lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he lifted her off the floor.

After their kiss ended, Darian leaned down with her in a hug. "I love you," he whispered in her ear.

"Sorry," Darian said as he moved his hand away from her lip.

"Huh?" Serena asked, shaking her head slightly. Then she realized she had daydreamed his kiss. With a heavy sigh she walked past him and into her room to take a shower. "I won't be long," she informed him.

"I'm gonna run to my place to shower and change. I'll be back soon," he said as he walked out her door.

Serena's head connected with the wall, rather hard. "Idiot," she mumbled to herself. She went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror.

"Serena, you're nothing but a coward. You could at least apologize and try to make it right."

The hot water poured over her body, from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet, washing the tears away. She didn't know what to do, and it was slowly eating away at her. Serena knew she should just walk straight up to him and tell him everything she feels, but the ever present fear of him rejecting her makes her cower away again.

With a deep sigh, she turned off the water and stepped out of the tub. She grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body. She wiped her hand across the mirror and looked at herself. The tears started falling down her face again. She wished she were braver.

True to his word, Darian was back pretty fast and picked Serena up and drove back to the hospital. Not a word was spoken between the two the entire way there and during the walk up the stairs to Rei's room.

"Serena!" yelled Mina as she ran up to the blonde and hugged her.

"Hey Mina," Serena said in a low voice. "How is she?"

"If not for the bandages, I would swear nothing had happened. She keeps talking about how hot her doctor is and it's been driving me CRAZY!"

Serena and Darian laughed. That was Rei.

"I'm gonna go in and see her," Darian said and he walked away from the 2 girls and went into Rei's room.

"What the hell was that about?" Mina asked.

"What was what about?"

"Oh please Serena. Don't you try to play dumb with me. There was enough tension between you two to cut with a butter knife."

"It's a loooong story-" Serena started before Mina interrupted her.

"I've got time."

Serena walked into Rei's room, a smile on her face. "How are you?" she asked.

Rei just looked at her, making her feel uncomfortable for some reason. Serena saw Darian stand up out of the corner of her eye and he made his way to the door.

"Sit down Darian," Rei commanded.

With a grimace and a sigh, he did as he was told. There was no getting away from Rei when she was in one of her moods.

"What's going on?" Serena asked.

"Oh, come on Serena. Everyone knows. It's not like you two can hide it from the people that know you best. We are all happy for you. You two were happier than I had seen you in years." Rei paused and sighed. "And now you both just suck the happiness out of any room you walk in."

"Look, Rei-"

"Stop Darian. I don't want to hear it. Whatever the problem is, fix it."

"But-" Serena started.

"No! Fix it!"

With a sigh Serena's eyes wandered over to Darian as he left the room, the door slamming behind him. She slumped down into the chair, the tears forming in her eyes again and threatening to fall.

"Serena-" Rei began.

"Don't Rei, please. Just don't. I don't think I can take much more of this." With that Serena stood up and ran out of the room, ran past her friends, ran past Darian sitting in a chair down the hallway, his head in his hands, and she ran down the stairs into the daylight.

3 Weeks Later

"I can't beleive I'm playing babysitter with a spoiled brat," Serena muttered under her breathe as she made her way back into Rei's kitchen to get her more ice cream. She hadn't said a word or even seen Darian since that day in the hospital, and all her time the last week had been spent in her apartment, waiting on her hand and foot.

BRRRINNNGGG!

Serena sighed. "Don't worry, I'll get it." She walked over to the phone and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey Serena."

"Hey Mina, what's up?"

"Well,. I figured that since Rei said she was feeling better I would take her out. The Mall is having a super huge sale and I don't want her to miss it."

"I don't know," Serena said. "She shouldn't be doing anything that requires to much physical strain right now."

"Oh please Serena. That's what wheelchairs are for. They rent them out at Customer Service."

"Well...I guess so. It would give me a chance to have my apartment back and regain my sanity for a few hours."

"Great, I'm almost there. Later."

Serena hung up the phone and walked back into the living room to tell Rei.

"Hey Rei, Mina's on her way over. She says there is a huge sale at the Mall today and she wants to take you. She said she'll be your personal bitch and even wheel you around in a wheelchair for it."

"Oh my god! Shopping! How I have missed it!"

Serena's laugh was cut off by the doorbell.

"I'll get it, it's probably Mina."

"All right, I'm gonna go put on some decent clothes."

Serena opened the door, a smile on her face. The smile quickly faded away when she was confronted with Darian instead of Mina. "Oh, hi," she said.

"Hey, I'm here to check up on Rei."

"Darian! Come in!" Rei yelled coming out of her room as she was slipping a red sweater on over her black tank top.

Serena stepped back and allowed Darian wide berth to enter her apartment.

"I was getting ready to go out with Mina," Rei informed Darian as she gave him a hug and he planted a kiss on her forehead.

"You sure you're up to that?"

"Oh I'm fine. Mina! Hey!"

Mina walked through the still open door with a giant grin on her face. "Hey Rei, hope you're well rested. It's gonna be a long day."

"It better not be too long," Serena warned.

"Oh Serena. Stop being a mom and relax. I'll be fine." With that, Rei grabbed her purse, kissed Darian on the cheek and walked out the door with Mina, closing it behind her.

Serena stared at the door a few seconds before realizing that Darian was standing in the room with her, the same bemused expression on his face. They looked at each other, neither one saying a word.

"So..."