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After Dark

Chapter 6

Darien hung up the phone with Serena's mother again as he sat on the couch and took a deep breath, he sat back and thought about Serena wondering how she was if she was thinking about him as much as he was thinking about her, did she need him, was she okay. Every time he called her mother always said she was fine but he knew better. He knew Serena wasn't fine, she needed him, but there was nothing he could do to help her. Darien stood up as he felt a sharp pain sensation on his chest as he sat down and saw that his wound had reopened and was bleeding through his shirt.

He stood up to go put a different shirt on when the door bell rang followed by a lot of knocking as he heard Rei's voice yell out "Darien if your in there you better open that door right now"

Darien took a deep breath he knew he wasn't ready to deal with this right now but there was no avoiding it either, he walked over and answered the door to see four faces staring back at him as Rei walked passed him into the apartment, she turned to him with a stern face and told him "you have a lot of explaining to do Darien".

Darien turned to Rei as he told her "did I say you could just come in here Rei, I'm not exactly in the mood for company"

Ami smiled at Darien telling him "I'm sorry Darien but we just had a few questions and then we'll go and let you be"

Lita walked in next to Rei as she turned to Darien and told him "yeah and this time we want the truth"

Darien turned to face the girl's as he asked "okay so what is it that you want to know"

Rei walked up to him asking "why did you tell us that Serena was fine, when she's not."

Darien turned to her with a worried face as he asked her "what do you mean, have you seen Serena, is she okay"

Mina walked over to Darien telling him "no we weren't able to see her. We went to school and she wasn't there so we decided to go to her house and Serena's mother said she wasn't feeling well and that she was resting"

Lita came up beside Mina asking him "what's going on Darien what do you know, why are you lying to us"

Darien turned away as he told them "I don't know anything really"

Rei walked up to him as she asked "Serena didn't come over your apartment the other day did she"

Darien kept his back to the girls as he told them "no she didn't, I just said that so you all would leave and I could get some rest okay. I'm sorry but I wanted my privacy and that's the only way I could think to get it."

Ami walked over to Darien asking "Darien please tell us the truth what do you know is Serena alright. When we saw Andrew he mentioned that you told him Serena had been through to much and that you blamed yourself"

Mina walked up to him and asked "Darien what happened to Serena and why do you blame yourself"

Darien walked over to the window as he stared out and then turned to the girls he told them "I don't know anything, I haven't seen Serena in a few days"

Rei walked over to Darien and got up into his face as she started to yell "that's crap and you know it, there's something going on and you know what it is so start talking"

Darien sat back on the couch as he told the girls "I haven't seen Serena, her parents won't let me near her if there is anything going on I don't know. Her parents won't even let me talk to her over the phone"

Mina looked to Darien as she asked "is this true Darien, what happened why are Serena's parent's acting this way"

Darien shook his head as he told them "Serena's mother doesn't think I should come around anymore"

Lita walked over to Darien as she told him "that doesn't make sense why would she say that"

Rei walked up beside Lita as she asked him "yeah and that still doesn't explain what happened to Serena and why you blame yourself"

Ami walked up next to Rei as she said "it also doesn't explain the blood stain on your shirt and how it got there"

Darien backed off from the girls all the question were becoming to much for him as he screamed out "because I did it, it was my fault I put her in danger and now she's paying for it"

The girls all looked at each other as Mina asked Darien "what do you mean she's paying for it? Darien what happened to Serena"

Darien looked at the girls realizing he had said to much as he told them "I think it's time for you all to go; there's the door now please go and don't come back. I just want to be left alone. Without Serena I'm nothing and I want to stay that way"

Rei walked up beside Darien as she told him "your not nothing, what ever happened I know was not your fault; one way or another I will find out what happened, but for right now I'm going to take care of you, you can complain all you want, but I'm not leaving you here by yourself to be swallowed up in guilt. So come on we're going to the doctor so you can have that cut looked at"

Darien walked away as he told her "that's really not necessary"

Ami walked up to Darien as she got a better look at his wound she told him "of course it's necessary we don't want it to become infected"

Mina walked up to him with his jacket as she helped put it on she told him "that's right so put on your jacket and where taking you to the hospital whether you like it or not"

Darien looked at the four girls standing in front of him then at the blood stain on his shirt that was getting bigger by the minute he told them "fine I'll go, but then I just want to be left alone, I don't want any of you hanging around is that clear"

The girls all nodded as Darien zipped his jacket and walked out of the apartment then locked it behind them as they headed off to the hospital.

At the hospital Darien was getting checked out by the doctors. When Lita walked over to Rei asking "do you think Darien will be alright"

Rei looked to her friend as she told her "yeah I'm sure Darien will be fine he has us whether he likes it or not, it's Serena that I'm worried about. One way or another I'm going to find out what happened, I know Darien knows more then he's telling and I'm going to find out what?"

End Chapter 6

Author's note: I hope everyone enjoyed chapter 6 please stay tuned for chapter 7 there's still much more to come. If anyone has any ideas or thoughts please let me know; and as always please read review and enjoy! Thank you Mars Light.