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After Dark

Chapter 3

Hours had passed and Andrew kept working wondering what the big secret was and why it was Darien's fault. Since Darien had left early that morning Andrew tried calling his apartment many times but with no answer he considered just closing the arcade down for awhile and going over there to make sure his friend was okay, when he heard the bell sound that he had customers.

Andrew had turned to see four familiar faces walk in with big smiles as they all came up to the counter and gave there hello's to Andrew.

Andrew smiled relieved to see the girls here. Maybe they were his way of finding out what was going on as he told them "hi girls how was school today, anything interesting going on"

The girls looked to Andrew as Mina spoke up "no it's just the same old boring routine"

Andrew wasn't to happy to hear that he was hoping to hear more information and by the look on his face the girls realized that as Rei asked him "is everything okay Andrew, you don't seem yourself"

Andrew looked to the girls and realized there were only four of them today, usually there was five as he asked them "where's Serena today"

The girls all looked to him now knowing there was something going on as Ami told him "we don't know, she wasn't in school today maybe she's not feeling well"

Andrew shook his head in agreement as he told them "yeah and she's not the only one"

The girls all looked at him again puzzled by the cryptic way he was speaking; they knew he wasn't speaking of himself, but who then?"

Rei looked to Andrew, she was getting tired of all of these games as she shouted out "okay Andrew what's going on. What do you know and are you going to share it with us or what"

Andrew looked to Rei as he told her "I don't know much, I was hoping maybe you knew more then I did"

Lita looked to him as she asked "Andrew we don't have the slightest clue what your even talking about, can you fill us in on what you know"

Andrew shook his head as he told them "okay I'll tell you Darien came into the arcade early this morning; he had cuts and bruises all over him, I told him to go to the doctor to get it checked out but he refused. Then I told him I would call Serena so she could help him, but he flat out refused and he said that she had been through to much I don't know what that meant but it didn't sound good"

The girls shook there heads in agreement as Amy asked Andrew "was there anything else Darien told you".

Andrew looked at her as he told her "yes there was, before Darien left he told me that it was all his fault"

The girls all looked to each other then back at Andrew as they asked "what was his fault"

Andrew looked to them as he shook his head telling them "I have no idea, I wish I did. I was going to go and close the arcade down and make sure Darien was alright myself but then you came in, by any chance would you girls do me a favor"

Mina smiled at Andrew as she told him "sure Andrew we'll go over to Darien's apartment and make sure he's alright"

Lita stepped in then saying "yeah and maybe we can get some more information out of him too"

Rei smiled at Andrew as she told him "we'll let you know what we find out"

Andrew shook his head in agreement and thanked all the girls as they walked out of the arcade.

After the girls left the arcade Rei stopped to look as she thought about all Andrew had told them as she asked the others "do you think Serena's alright"

They turned back to look at her as Mina spoke up telling her "I'm not sure, but maybe that should be our next stop after Darien's"

The girls all agreed as they quickly walked to Darien's apartment. They got up to his floor and knocked but there was no answer, so they tried knocking harder but still no answer.

Rei tried the door knob and then turned to the others as she told them "it's not locked should we just walk in"

The girls looked to each other then agreed as they opened the door and walked into the apartment to see Darien passed out on the floor.

They quickly ran over to him as Ami checked for a pulse, she found one as she turned to the others saying "he's alright, he's still breathing, help me get him on the couch"

The girls all helped pick Darien up and laid him on the couch as Rei turned to Ami asking "will he be okay"

Ami shook her head yes as she told them "go see if you can find some smelling salts or something to wake him up". The girls quickly went through Darien's cabinet to find something they could use when Mina ran over to Ami as she told her "I found a jar of nutmeg will that do"

Ami looked at her then took the jar from her hand as she told her "we'll have to try". Ami put the jar by Darien's nose hoping the scent would work as Darien jerked up and looked to see the four girls standing in his apartment as he asked them "what's going on, what are you doing here"

Rei walked up to him as she told him "that's what we would like to know. We just came in here to find you passed out on the floor and Andrew told us you were acting strangely at the arcade today. Darien what's going on are you alright is Serena okay"

Darien stood up from the couch a little wobbly on his feet he turned to the girls as he told them "I'm fine, thank you for coming by, but I'm alright"

Ami came up to Darien as she told him "Darien you definitely are not alright, we just found you passed out on the floor, you should go to the hospital"

Darien shook his head as he told Ami "there's no need, I'm okay now really, thank you for stopping by, now if you don't mind I'm going to go take a shower"

The girls looked to him as Rei told him "I don't think that's such a good idea, maybe one of us should stay with you Darien, just in case"

Darien looked at them trying to think of away to get rid of the girls quickly as he told them "No there's no need I just talked to Serena she said she would be over soon"

The girls all looked to Darien as Lita asked "you talked to Serena is everything okay with her"

Darien felt terrible about lying to the girls faces but at least they would stop asking him a million questions he wasn't ready to answer so he told them "yes I did, okay so don't worry about me I'm fine"

The girls all shook there heads in agreement then walked out as Mina told Darien "tell Serena to call me later okay"

Darien agreed then walked the girls to the door as he shut it behind them and locked it. He then walked to the phone as he picked it up and dialed Serena's number and as usual Mrs. Tsukino answered the phone. Darien took a deep breath as he said "hello Mrs. Tsukino may I please speak to Serena just for a moment"

Ilene told Darien "I'm sorry Serena can't come to the phone right now she's resting"

Darien took a deep breath as he told her "alright will you at least tell her that I called"

Ilene told Darien back "alright I'll give her the message good- bye" Ilene hung up the phone then turned to see her daughter sitting on the couch as she told her "Darien called again, he's worried about you"

Serena looked up to her mother with no expression, then got off the couch and walked upstairs.

Author's Note: I would like to thank all who reviewed and continue to read my stories. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and as always please read, review, and enjoy! Thank you Mars Light.