Chapter 2

Serena walked out of the airport and walked to the parking garage. She had just seen Darien off. It was hard, but she felt that she could actually manage. He did say not a day would pass by in which he wouldn't keep in touch with her. So that made her felt a little bit ok. However, that couldn't shake the feeling that she had. She finally reached her car and opened the door with her keys. She stepped inside, sat down and put the key in the ignition and turned it. The car purred to life, she backed out of the parking lot and started down the ramp and out to the highway. All the way home she still had an uneasy feeling. She just couldn't put a finger on it, but only on name came to mind…Darien.

Finally Serena pulled up to her house and pulled into the garage. It took her a little over 2 hours before she got home. Well, normally it would have taken her 1 1/2 hour, but she really got hungry and decided to go to town and get something to eat. Satisfied, she got back in the car and head for home. Now in front of her house she got out of the car. She was tired and happy to be home. As she put the key in the key hole and turned it, she opened the door. Suddenly she was met by a chorus of "Surprise!" Serena's eyes grew wide in surprise as she saw her 3 best friends standing at the foot of the stairs.

The girls ran to Serena and gave her a huge hug. Still surprised, Serena said, "What is this all about?"

"Well, we knew this was going to be a tough day for you." Leta said she lead Serena up the stairs and to her room.

"And we just wanted to be there for you." Mina added as she followed behind.

"So, we got together all of the necessary items for a fun filled night in!" Rai said as she opened the door to Serena's room and sat down on the floor near the foot of her bed.

The others followed Rai into Serena's room. Serena sat on her on a chair at her desk, Leta sat next to Rai and Amy and Mina sat on Serena's bed.

"So, how long have you guys been here for?" Serena asked as she looked at her friends.

"For a little over 2 hours, we knew that it was going to take you 1 ½ hours to come home meaning that you would have been home at about 10:30, considering traffic. However, now it's almost 11:45. What happened?" Amy asked.

"Well," Serena said sheepishly, "I got hungry and went to town to get something to eat."

"Go figure!" Rai said sarcastically, "It's just like you Serena!"

"What! I was hungry! I had to get up very early this morning to drop Darien off to the airport for him to catch his 9am flight. Did you know that you have to be at the airport at least 1hour before the time of the flight? I didn't even have time to eat breakfast! You know that I'm not a morning person. The only thing that I had was a cup of coffee and a donut!" Serena began to pout, "I would've died of hunger had I not stopped to eat."

"Well," Rai replied back, "Why couldn't you just call to say that you were running late? Your mother could have been worried sick."

"I had my cell phone, she could have called." Serena answered back.

"See! Look! That's just like you!" Rai said as she pointed to Serena.

"Huh?" Serena asked now confused

"You're so irresponsible! When are you going to grow up?" Rai snapped

"Uh oh…here we go!" Leta muttered under her breath as she shook her head from side to side.

"Irresponsible!" Serena said as she stood up and pointed to herself, "You're calling me Irresponsible?"

The two girls glared at each other in anger. Before either one could say another word Amy butted in. "Enough!" She spoke loud enough that it caught both girls attention and they looked at Amy. Serena sat back down on her chair and crossed her arms over chest and stared at the wall in front of her. Likewise, Rai crossed her arms across her chest and stared at the door in front of her. For a moment there was silence then Amy spoke again. "Now, we didn't get together to argue or fight. We came here to have a good time and hang out. Could the two of you for just one night get along? With out any arguments?" She asked that last question looking in Rai's direction.

Serena sighed, "Amy's right, you guys didn't come here to watch Rai and I argue. I'm sorry. Thank you so much for coming; I really did need the company."

"Yea, I guess we should focus on having a good time tonight." Rai agreed.

"Oh my gosh!" Mina cried out.

"What?" The girls asked in unison as they looked at Mina.

"Serena and Rai actually agreed on something! It's a miracle!"

The girls looked at each other and back to Mina, and then they all laughed.

After there fit of laughter, Serena was the first to Speak, "So what did you guys bring?"

"Movies, Food, Karaoke…" Mina said, "Just to name a few."

"Sounds cool, so what movie are we going to watch first?" Serena asked.

"I thought you would never ask!" Leta said as grabbed 3 VHS cassettes from her bag. "Witch one do you want to watch first?"

A few of hours passed and it was now was now around 9pm. The girls were watching the screen intensely. They were now watching a horror movie after first watching a comedy, then a drama/romance. Serena was partly covering her eyes with her hands. Amy's eyes were glued to the screen as she grabbed handful of pop corn from the bowl. Mina screamed a couple of times when the girl in the movie opened the door and there was no one behind the door. Leta and Rai must have been the only normal ones in the room because they neither had their eyes glued to the screen nor did they scream or covered their eyes.

They were so focused on the movie that they barely heard the knock on the door. Serena's mother opened the door and poked her head in. "Excuse me girls," She said. The girls' attention was now broken from the screen. Serena was sort of relieved, she could now breathe! However despite the room being dark, she could still see the fear on her mother's face. "Mom?" Serena asked confused, "Mom, what's wrong?"

She looked at her daughter with a look of disbelief, shock ness and sadness in her eyes. "Girls…" she said as she looked at them, but especially her daughter. "You have to watch the news…" Her voice broke off as she tried to hold back a sob. Serena could seriously tell that something was really affecting her mother. She got up and walked over to her mother.

"What's going on?" Amy asked

"Where's the remote?" Leta asked as she looked around.

"Mom…mom, what's wrong?"

"Channel 41…" Her mother managed to say.

"Here's the remote!" Mina said as she passed the remote to Leta's out stretched hand. Leta pressed the T.V. button on the remote and then turn the channel to 41.

Just then a news reporter appeared on the screen. It was light out were he was. He was standing in front of a building that neater one of the girls could tell were it was. The reporter answered their question. "Right now we are located at the London International Airport…"

Serena fell back to her seat. Her heart dropped…she knew that just about a couple of hours ago, Darien should have been there. She prayed that it wasn't what she thought it was. Again the reporter gave the answer to Serena inner most questions.

"Just a couple of hours ago, Flight 103 heading here from Tokyo experienced a malfunction with its landing gear. While at the last minute they managed to fix it, it proved to be too late. The plane, traveling at 60 miles an hour crashed to the ground with such a force that the front of the plane exploded. Of the 250 people on board, only 40 survived this horrific accident…."

Leta turned the TV. off. For a minute Serena's mother, Serena and the other girls sat/stood in the darkness of the room in silence. Mina reached over and turned on the light next to Serena's bed. The light reviled the shock, anger, disbelief, sadness and complete horror on everyone's face.

Rai turned to Leta and asked, "Why did you turn it off?"

Leta shook her head from side to side as she whispered, "I just couldn't bare to hear the rest."

"But what if they were going to mention the survivors? We need to know who survived!" Rai cried out.

Leta continued to shake her head, "No one could have survived that.

"Don't say that!" Mina scold Leta as tears ran down her cheeks. "He could have survived! He could have survived!"

"Mina is right," Amy said in a low almost calm voice. "There's a chance he could have survived."

"How on earth could you remain calm at a time like this!" Rai snapped at Amy. "Don't you care at all? Serena's boyfriend…our friend…is…or was…."Rai broke off as she started to cry.

Serena's mothers notice that her daughter was silent. "Serena?" She called to her daughter but no response was given her. "Honey?" She walked up to her daughter and put an arm around her. To her surprise and to the girls' surprise, Serena jumped out of her seat and away from her mother's touch. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed.

Everyone in the room looked at her in shock. They could not believe what they were seeing. All the commotion brought Serena's Father and brother into the room.

"What's going on?" Serena's Father asked as he rushed to the room followed by her little brother Sammy. Still shocked Serena's mother turned to her Husband and whispered in his ear what was going on. A look of disbelief came across his face followed by horror. Being brave he walked towards his daughter, but before he was able to reach any closer, Serena screamed again, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" No one in the room knew what to do. They all started crying themselves; each one handled the news in their own way. Serena was still standing in the comer of the room with her back towards everyone. Her shoulders were heaving up and down and they could hear her struggling to breathe. They all watch helplessly as she trembled shaken with grief. They have never seen Serena bent out of shape like this. Again to everyone's surprise she screamed but this scream was far worst then before. It was a scream of agony, lost, pain and sorrow. She screamed so loud that everyone in the room had to cover their ears. As suddenly as she started she finished; As soon as she finished, she collapsed to the ground.

London G.E. Hospital

"Of all the survivors of that horrific accident…" The Doctor said to himself, "I believe that this young man has a chance." The Doctor stood at the foot of the bed. He looked at the young man lying on the bed. He had bandages around the top of his head and he had IVs on his arm and breathing tubes down his throat.

Just then a knock came on the door. A young nurse in her early 20's with strawberry blond hair that reached above her waist poked her head in. "Doctor Preginne?"

"Yes?" He answered as he turned to face the young nurse.

"I was just wondering if you heard your name over the loud speaker? You were called to room 119 twice." Just then she notices the look on the doctor's face. "Is everything ok?"

"This young man," The Doctor nodded towards the young man on the bed, "He's got a long way to go. His vital signs are good, but he's in a deep coma, there's no telling when he would wake up." He paused then looked at the nurse. "Did you find out any further information about him?"

"No Doctor Preginne." The young nurse said as she shook her head from side to side. "All that we could find was what he had on him. Either some of his things were burned or they are missing. The only Thing that we have is a student ID card, a bracelet and an envelope with a note and picture inside."

"Good..." The Doctor said as he nodded. "Please put them in a bag for me, so that when he wakes up we can give it to him."

"Yes Doctor." The young nurse said as she step out of the room.

"It's a shame," The Doctor once again said to himself as he looked at the young man. "This is the time where he needs his family and friends the most. They must have seen the news and be completely worried. I wish there was something more that I could do." He shook his head as he walked away from the bed and headed towards the door.

A moment later, the young nurse came into the room. Slowly she walked towards the bed and stood by the young man's side. She looked down at him and grabbed his hand that was closest to her. "I pray and hope that you make it through ok." She whispered. "I read the letter and saw the picture that was on you. She's a real special girl. And the two of you look so much in love" She took a deep breath in and continued, this time she spoke a little louder and firmer, "Don't leave her like this! Hang on!" This was very emotional for her, working at a hospital she has come across many different persons. It hurt her to see their pain, but she was happiest when she helped others. "If you could hear me," She continued, "Please squeeze my hand." Just then the most amazing thing happened, he squeezed her hand. The young nurse smiled as she released his hand. "You will be fine." She said as she backed away from the bed and left the room, turning off the light and closing the door behind her.

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