Chapter 9 The Last Kiss

"Serena, are you all right," I heard Darien say with deep concern.

"Diamond!!" I screamed his name was only thing on my mind.

"Serena, what's wrong?" he asked again with the same emotion.

"He was in a car accident, I have to go," I said scrambling my legs to stand up. Tears were rolling down my cheeks and ruining my freshly applied make up but I didn't care I had to go.

"I'll drive you up there," he said also standing up and getting the keys.

"No, I don't want to ruin your evening just because of me," I said but I was glad that he offered in this time of need.

"No, I won't have fun anyways when I'll know someone is in trouble," he said still offering.

"Okay I said finally giving in.

The ride to the hospital was long and silent. Darien didn't even stop the ignition when I hoped out of the car and started running to Diamond. The faster that I ran seemed the longer it took. Finally I reached the receptionist office and asked for Diamond's room. She told me he was in the I.C.U. I reached it and saw Diamond's mother sitting with her husband bawling her eyes out. I put my hand on her shoulder. She looked up and smiled bitterly at me.

"Oh Serena, Thank God you came I thought it would be too late," she said as fresh tears were coming out of her eyes"Can I go in?" I asked hopefully.

"Yes, just go right ahead," said Mark, Diamond's dad.

I opened the door slowly. I saw machines everywhere humming softly. I reached the bed and saw Diamond lying there like a lifeless body. I sat down beside his bed by clutching his hand fearing that I would loose him any second. His eyes started to open slowly and stared at me like I wasn't real.

"Se-Se-Serena is that you?" he asked slowly.

"Yes I'm here and everything would be alright," I said reassuringly even in my heart I knew nothing was all right.

"No Serena, I have to tell you something before it's to late and never say it again," he said sadly.

"Don't say that, nothing's going to happen to you," I said as tears were building around my eyes.

"Serena you have to listen to me this isn't easy for me either," he said it again softly.

"Okay" I said more bravely this time.

"Serena the day that I met you I've fallen in love with you and I can't think of the day without you but it's time for me to go I don't want to but I have to," he said taking a breath and continuing on as he stared directly into my eyes "I wanted to spend the rest of my life and have kids with you but my life is too short to do that but promise me one thing."

"What?" I asked hoarsely and dreading the answer.

"That you will find someone else and continue on with your life,' he said now also in tears.

"How could you say that Diamond when you know that Diamond when you know that you'll always have my heart," I practically screamed and crying the tears now holding back for such a long time.

"Oh Serena, I know but my life must go on when you know that now I only have minutes to live," He said rather weakly.

"But-" I said but I was interrupted by him again.

"No buts Serena, buts only create complications, you have to try thought won't you to stay happy for me?" he asked hopefully.

"I'll try," I said and sounded defeated.

"Now there, put a smile on now you don't look good when you're sad," he said grinning up to me like his old plain self.

I tried with tremendous amount of power to smile but at the end it was just a thin line.

"So what did you plan for us this evening?" I asked, deciding to change the subject.

"A moonlight picnic at the beach and a walk in the rose garden doesn't that sound perfect?" he asked as he winked up at me.

"Just perfect,' I said smiling but still the tears were coming down even thought how hard I tried to stop them. I bent down slowly and kissed him on the lips, it was a sweet simple kiss. Wondering if that would be our last.

"I love you, I said and meant every single word.

"I love you too," he said with the same kind of emotion as mine.

"I think it's time for me to go now it's been too ling," he said now sounding weaker than before. I could feel him slipping away from me.

"No this can't be, you can't leave me Diamond please hold on for a little longer," I pleaded with everything I had.

"I can't" I heard the last thing he said. I felt really helpless that the one I loved I couldn't even save.

"HELP!! SOMEBODY HELP ME," I screamed as loud as I could. I heard people rushing in the room; I couldn't see their faces because my vision was blurred with tears. Somebody held me close I didn't know who because I was still yelling at them to make him better and that everything was going to be all right.

"When suddenly I saw this stocky man coming up to me and said with the expressionless voice I ever heard.

"I'm sorry but he's no more"

No more! How can he say that? Doesn't he know that many lives are dependant on Diamond that he can't pass away?

"You can't say that! Aren't you suppose to save lives not loose them see I'm going to go and wake him up," I snapped back at him.

"I'm truly sorry about your loss that's all we could've done," he said with the same expressionless face. What's with this guy doesn't he know Diamond's going to wake up and say he was just playing a joke, and laugh about it afterwards.

I shaked Diamond's body and it felt cold but he still smelled like his cologne that I brought for him for Christmas this year.

"Wake up Diamond! HAHAH that was a good laugh but now you have to wake up so we could celebrate our anniversary," I said shaking him lightly. "C'mon Diamond you have to wake up" I said pleading as tears rolled down my cheek. Somebody put his hand on my shoulder I turned around. I was surprised because it was Darien still standing there with the same warmth in his eyes..

"I think it's best if we should go, you need rest," he said finally.

"But he's going to wake up any second now, he'll be looking for me when he wakes up," I said refusing to accept the fact that Diamond was gone, gone forever.

"Oh Serena dear, please don't make it harder for you than it already is," Mrs. Sheffield said, coming around and hugging me tightly. I started to cry for everything, my parents and now for my only love. Finally when the tears stopped we broke apart. I saw she was still clutching Diamond's favorite jacket.

"Can I keep that?" I asked her softly.

"Of course," she said giving it to me. I hugged it and it smelled like Diamond.

"Well I should go now and get some rest," I said.

"Yea we should too," they said and left the room.

I looked over as the nurses were wheeling out Diamond's body out of the room.

"Wait!" I said. I went up to the bed and for the last time I looked down and trying to remember everything about him. I bent down and kissed his cheek.

"Goodbye Diamond, maybe another lifetime we could be together forever," I said and left the room. And I'll always remember the last kiss that we shared.

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