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Chapter 2

It had been 10 months since Darien had heard those words that had broken his heart in two. The day Serena was buried; he felt one part of his heart was buried with her. He wasn't sure that he could ever love again, at least not the way that he had loved, and still loved Serena.

Darien walked into the arcade where he met with his friend Andrew and his newest friends Raye, Chad, Lita, Kevin, Ami, Greg, and Mina. "Hey, what's going on?" he asked, taking his place at the counter.

"Not much, Andrew's going to get his coat and then we'll go to the movie. I'm so excited to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2! (Yes, I did go see it, it was awesome, and I love it!)" Squealed Mina, Andrew's new girlfriend. They had been going out for about 7 months.

"Okay, are you guys ready?" Andrew asked as he walked out of the back room.

3 hours later

"Now that was a good movie," Raye said, as they walked into Darien and Andrew's apartment.

"Totally, Keira Knightley is so hot!" Kevin grunted as Lita jabbed her elbow into his stomach. "I was only kidding!"

"Come on guys, I'll make some drinks and we can sit in the living room and talk about how dumb Kevin is to have said that in front of his girlfriend." Darien said, gaining a laugh from his friends.

"Well, you know, Dare, your free and as far as we know Kiera Knightely's free. Now all you have to do is meet her." Lita laughed, only half joking.

"Yeah, Dare, when are you going to find yourself a good girl?" Greg asked. Everyone had been concerned about Darien. They all heard about Serena, but it had been a while, and from what they knew about Serena, they knew the she wouldn't want him to be single forever.

"I know, I'm just not ready." Everybody remained silent at his admittance.

"It's okay Dare, we don't want you to rush into any…" Andrew started, as his gaze went to the couch.

Darien turned his head to look at what he was looking at. "Serena," he gasped.

He ran to the couch where a blonde meatball-headed girl laid, silent. Darien didn't touch her, afraid that she would break or disappear.

Andrew came up beside him and felt for a pulse. "She's really pale but there's a weak pulse."

Ami, a doctor, came up beside them. "Can you flip her on her back?"

Darien helped Andrew, as they slowly moved Serena from her stomach to her back. Mina turned her head, and Lita and Mina gasped at the sight they saw. There was blood on her shirt, from a gunshot wound to the stomach.

Darien stroked Serena's soft cheek, afraid that he was witnessing the scene from 10 months ago again. "Don't leave me, not again, Serena," He softly whispered. "I love you, do you hear me, I love you."

Serena's eyes slowly opened, "Darien… he's… back." She whispered.

"Darien, we have to get her to the hospital," Ami stated.

"No," Serena grabbed Darien's hand. "I can't go there, he'll… he'll be waiting for me." The last of Serena's strength left her and she fainted.

"Can't you do something here? I don't know what she's talking about, but I don't want to lose her again." Darien begged.

"Sure," Ami said, going against everything her mother, also a doctor, had taught her. "I'm going to need hot water, scissors, some gauze, tape, and my doctor's kit. Greg, will you run home for that? But hurry, I'm not sure how much time we have."