Title: BROKEN

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Authors Notes: Okay, here's the next chapter. Hope you like it!

Darien smiled to himself as he sipped the black coffee in front of him. Memories of the night before coursed through him and he simply couldn't find it in himself to feel dark today. She had left, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to come back.

He felt calm and collected. For the first time it was if his mind had simply settled down and he could think clearly and logically.

Darien couldn't wait to see her again. Every time the bell above the door rang he hoped with all his heart that it was her. He wanted to see those beautiful blue eyes and glossy golden hair. It was like his entire being waited for her. He felt giddy and lightheaded.

The bell rang again and he looked to see Lita walk in. Her expression confused him. She walked right up to him, worry written across her features.

"What did you do?" She asked sitting close to him. She kept her voice low.

Darien looked at her confused.

"Nathan came over last night and he waited for Serena for hours. When she finally came home she wouldn't look him in the eye. She went upstairs to her room and locked the door. Nathan said she was wearing your shirt. So what did you do?"

Darien didn't know how to answer. But he felt the good feeling wash out of him. If Lita was this upset, that probably meant that Serena was pretty upset. But why would she be upset? Darien furrowed his brow. Hadn't last night been a good thing?

"Did you sleep with her?" Lita asked.

He nodded slowly.

"Did she come to you?"

He nodded again.

"Darien, she asked me to tell you to leave her alone. This morning she asked Nathan to leave her alone. She asked everyone to leave her alone. Nathan was not very happy about that."

"I don't care about Nathan," Darien said softly.

Lita frowned. "You should, he's ready to kill you."

Darien didn't say anything. All he could think about was that she didn't want to see him.

"I would do what she asks," Lita said. "The last time I saw her this upset about something it was the last time she slept with you. I don't know what it is about you, but apparently having sex with you nearly destroys her."

"You're awfully calm for someone who told me to stay away from her," Darien said hesitantly.

Lita shrugged. "It's to late now, you've already done your worst."

"Worst?" Darien asked.

"I'm going to go home now," Lita said softly. "Mina's with her now, but she still hasn't come out of her room. I just wanted to deliver the message. The best thing you can do is stay away from her like she asks. If you don't she'll just be angrier with you."

Darien nodded.

Neither of them looked up when the bell above the door rang.

"Hey Nathan!" Andrew said walking over towards Lita and Darien.

Lita froze Darien looked up.

Nathan punched him with all the force he had in his body.

Darien took the unexpected hit and fell.

Lita only had enough time to gasp.

Nathan stood there, his eyes red with anger and his muscles clenched. Andrew looked wide eyes in astonishment. It seemed that the whole arcade froze at the action. When Darien moved, all eyes were on him.

Darien touched his mouth and tasted blood. It was running down from his nose and he was sure his lip was cut. Despite the pain the coursed through him, he laughed. It was a slow obvious sort of laugh.

"What's so funny?" Nathan almost snarled at him.

Darien pushed himself up, standing tall in front of Nathan. His stormy blue eyes were alight with amusement. He let the blood run freely down his face. He felt alive.

"With every move you make, you're just pushing her closer to me," Darien said smiling.

"You bastard," Nathan cursed. "How could you?"

"How could I what?" Darien raised his voice. "Love her? Want to be with her?"

Nathan stood completely still. His eyes looked at Darien with hate and anger, but also confusion and hurt.

"How could you betray me?" he asked softly.

Darien's smile quickly became a frown and he stood completely still.

"It never even occured to you did it?" Nathan asked with hurt in his eyes. "This was never about her. I like her and it hurt that she was apart of this. But this has always been about you. You're supposed to be my friend."

Darien felt his shoulders slump. He hadn't even thought of it that way. For the first time in days he finally saw Nathan for who he was, his best friend. After everything they had been through together, he had betrayed him for a girl.

He felt ashamed.

The room was silent.

Both Lita and Andrew looked on in silence wondering what to do.

Nathan sat down heavily and Darien looked back at him. The man looked defeated. He looked exactly how Darien felt.

What had he turned into? Serena didn't want him, Nathan hated him and he had alienated Andrew days ago. All these people were loyal to him until he came back. How had it all come to this? How had he become this monster?

Darien could feel the guilt rise up within him as he looked at Nathan. This whole time Nathan hadn't been angry about Serena, he had been angry with him. For Nathan it had nothing to do with Serena. He could see the pain of betrayal on his face and it made his chest hurt. This was not how he wanted to live his life. This was not the person he wanted to be. He wasn't ready.

"I'm going back," he said softly.

Andrew finally unfroze and stepped around the counter and came to stand in front of him. He felt Nathans look at him and Lita shuffled like she wanted to say something but wasn't sure what to say.

"What do you mean?" Andrew asked.

"I'm going back to the hospital. They let me go to soon," he said.

"Darien, you're being ridiculous," Andrew tried, but he wasn't convincing and his eyes were uncertain.

"Look at me," Darien said in a whisper. "Look at what I've become."

"It's just taking you longer to work through this….."

"I'm not even trying," Darien said shaking his head. "All this time I should have been trying to live my life again and make it through each day on my own. Instead I became so obsessed with Serena that I betrayed a friend and hurt the people around me. And I hurt her," he said with pain in his voice. "I'm a monster."

Andrew didn't know what to say. He was torn. Part of him believed that maybe Darien was right, but part of him knew he was wrong.

"You're standing here right now, speaking and thinking rationally," Andrew said after a moment. "That's progress."

"It's not enough," Darien said sadly.

He heard Nathan sigh. "You should have just told me not to ask her out."

Darien looked at him. Their moment of anger seem to have faded. Nathan stood up and walked towards them. Despite the lack of anger in his eyes, the bruise forming on Dariens jaw caused him to step back. Nathan just looked tired, like he had been fighting forever.

"If you had told me what happened and what you were feeling, things would have been different."

Darien didn't know what to say.

"I'm still here if you need me," Nathan said.

"Why?" Darien asked honestly confused. Why would anyone want to help him now after everything he had done?

Nathan shrugged. "Because you were my best friend," past tense noted. "And even though I think you're completely insane, I would never choose a girl over you."

"Not even Serena?" Darien asked.

"Obviously she doesn't seem to mean as much to me as she does to you. I care about her, but we hardly even had a relationship. We never slept together, we kissed a couple times and we went on a couple dates. The whole time we were together we were fighting against you. I never even had a chance to get to see the real her. Maybe that's why I'm not as damaged as you."

"You're saying she did this to me?" Darien asked.

"I think the feelings you have for her are what overwhelmed you in the first place. Think about it, the first attack you had was right after you slept with her."

Darien looked at Andrew who shrugged. Obviously he had told Nathan the details.

"The second big one was when she told you she hated you," Andrew said.

Nathan looked surprised. "She said she hated you?"

Darien nodded.

"Ouch," Nathan cringed.

"So what, I'm going to be a mess unless I break it off with her? If that's what my life is then I don't want it," Darien said sighing.

"Darien, realize that she's not going anywhere and teach yourself how to ease into it. You're acting like if you don't have her now your life will end. Maybe the key to beating this thing is to start from the beginning and take it slow."

"It's already to late," Darien said. "You heard what she said."

"Yeah well, she said she hated you and then slept with you so….." Andrew said.

"You slept with her again?" Nathan asked.

Darien was surprised that he blushed.

Lita had stayed quiet until now but she felt it was time to talk. "Serena is the most forgiving person I've ever met. She might not be able to love you like she did again, but she'll be able to be your friend. She'll still be in your life. You're going to have to learn to not go overboard with her."

"You're an idiot," Nathan said surprising everyone. "You were winning. I could see it in her every single day that you were winning. That's twice you've screwed things up by sleeping with her. Why not try to go on a date or something before you get into bed with her and we'll see how much better that does," Nathan said.

Darien couldn't help but smile. "Well she's very desirable."

Andrew rolled his eyes. "So we're done talking about going back to the hospital right?"

Darien nodded.

"Good. Then why don't we call the guys and have a little break from all this girl nonsense. Tomorrow will be another day."

Darien looked at Nathan not convinced that he would come.

Nathan hesitated. "Darien, you might have to start at the beginning."

He nodded. "I'm prepared for that."

Lita nodded. "Does this mean you'll leave Serena alone for awhile?"

Darien didn't want to but he had to admit that he should. Slowly he nodded.

"Good," Lita said softly. "I'm going to tell her what happened her. I'm going to tell her exactly how you feel about her and I'm going to tell her to stay away from you. She'll have some time to think things over. If you're really the one for her then she'll forgive you. If not, you're going to have to deal with that this time."

Darien nodded slowly.

"Are you saying you don't want them to be together?" Andrew asked.

"I think Serena deserves the person who's going to treat her the best," she answered honestly. "If Darien can prove he's stable enough for that then I have no problem with it. But if she's against him then so am I."

"That seems fair," Nathan said shrugging.

Darien could see in Lita's eyes that she was serious.

"I suggest that you're obsession changes from being with her to making her happy," Lita said.

"I will," Darien said softly.

End of Chapter Eleven!

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