So how did everyone like my little ending last chapter? : ) So moving on to replys to my reviewers!
MinnieMoosi: Yes I know, I am Evil! Mwhaaa ha ha! Also I know exactly how you feel about suspense…and waiting…and patience. I am exactly the same way, but I admit, begrudgingly, that a little suspense and waiting and patience is needed and if your patient enough good things will come in due time. Thanks for Reviewing!
mangamania: It will be a little bit yet before the reason for Serena's sudden departure is revealed so please stay stunned!
TropicalRemix: I must say you ask all the right questions, you can get all kinds of info out of me I never thought to put into the story, so I'll try my best to answer them, k. Yes Darien's mother doesn't like her. No she doesn't do that to all girls Darien is with as you will find out later and Serena is not the first girl that Darien has been with. And last but not least, I know she should trust Darien, but she's confused. She doesn't know what to think, he has disappointed her before, why couldn't it happen again? So she does what she thinks is best for her.
CCFan4Life: I know as I said to MinnieMoosi, I am Evil! Mwhaa ha ha! But not so evil to stop at the last chapter, there is more so no fear! ;-)
Jessie F. Babi: I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear in previous chapters but she has slept with 7 other people and she doesn't remember a thing which means she was basically raped. Which I kind of count as sexual abuse. I really am sorry if you didn't get that from before, I need to work on the details of my stories so my readers can understand everything I want them to know. Sorry!
And now that I have answered my oh-so-nice reviewers I shall begin the next chapter! *happy cheer and applause*
Seven years later…
"Please honey, do you really have to stay there over the holidays?"
Darien sighed in frustration, "Yes mother, I told you, I have a meeting tomorrow and a lecture to attend after New Years, it would be too time consuming to come home for the holidays."
"I think you're just using your job as an excuse to not visit not that its time consuming. You've been like this ever since that girl left," Mrs. Shields said nastily.
"I'm not discussing this mother and I'm not coming home, goodbye," Darien slammed the hotel phone down and put his head in his hands. Even though it had been seven years he couldn't get her out of his thoughts. He tried everything, other women, alcohol, and anything else that he could think of to forget her. Nothing worked for long. Darien sighed again, and then stood up. He decided to walk around and look at the sights to distance himself for a time.
As he was walking he suddenly felt someone bump into him, when he looked down he saw the young boy that had run into him. The boy seemed nervous and scared. Darien could see unshed tears in his eyes. He squatted down to the child's height and smiled, "Are you lost?" The boy nodded slowly, guarded, "What's your name?" The boy seemed unsure if he should tell a stranger his name. Darien glanced up from the boy and saw a police station, just down the block, "Look," he said pointing towards the station, "I'll take you to the police station over there," Darien smiled and held his hand out to the child.
The child took his hand and followed Darien across and down the street to the police station, but before they got there out of nowhere a purse appeared hitting Darien on the head many times yelling, "Let. Go. Of. My. Son!" Each word punctuated with a hit. Darien let go of the kid's hand and grabbed the women's arm tightly to stop her from hitting him. "I would appreciate it if you quit assaulting me. I was simply taking this child to the police station because he said he was lost," Darien said without looking at the woman.
She was silent for a moment, "Honey, is this true?" The boy nodded. Darien let go of the woman's arm and glanced at her face. She was blushing slightly. Darien froze. "I apologize for my reaction," she reached for her son and hugged him close, "but Lucas is my life," she was smiling lovingly down at the boy.
Darien shook himself out of his stupor. "I understand," he said then began to walk away.
"Wait, please would you let me apologize and thank you by buying you dinner one day?" He nodded once, she smiled then took out a piece of paper and a pen writing down her number, handing it to him when she finished. "Call me whenever you are free," she began to walk away, but stopped and turned around, "By the way, my name is Serena," she smiled once more then walked away.
Sorry this one is short, but I like how this ended and I really needed to end it here. Don't worry though, a few reviews and I'll have another chapter out by the end of the …Don't forget to review!