CHAPTER THREE
Unbeknownst to the blonde, in an equally quiet apartment, just four blocks away sat Darien on his bed also contemplating their predicament. To be honest, Darien was still quite surprised with himself that he agreed to this suggestion of Serena's. He was not really known to be a grantor of favour unless it was for Andrew. And he could not really afford to stay away for two weeks being in the middle of his residency. He had goals which did not include being sucked in to paly Serena's fake fiancé. It was a good thing that his mentor at the hospital had suggested he needed a break. He had been working harder than anyone and the exhaustion was starting to show.
Andrew had been as equally shocked and let him hear all about his displeasure of the whole situation after Serena made her exit.
"Are you nuts?! Why did you say yes?" Andrew all but screamed at him. He was very red in the face. Splotches of anger were showing up on his forehead that Darien thought it would explode.
"No. Why not?" Darien just answered flatly frowning at his best friend.
"Because it's crazy and stupid! You call her right now to say the deal is off," Andrew pointed out getting splotchier by the second.
Darien just raised an eyebrow at his friend, "No."
Andrew choked. At a loss for words, which was so unlike him. He always had something to say. Andrew, with his constant talking more than made up for Darien's lack of conversation.
"No?!" Andrew asked indignantly.
"You heard me. It was her cockamamie idea and I want that wish," Darien answered even though he could internally admit that, that reason sounded flimsy. He was not up to deeply examining his real reasons for accepting this favour.
When Darien had finally left his best friend, Andrew was still spluttering incoherently. Darien ran his hand through his hair messing up the dark locks even more. His sapphire blue eyes looked exhausted just thinking about what the next two weeks would entail.
He stood up and went to a set of drawers that he had never opened since moving into his apartment at 18 years old eight years ago. Darien pulled out the box that held the only remaining piece of his childhood. He would need to give it to Serena. He placed the box on his bedside table as a reminder to bring it with him in the morning, and then went about packing his suitcase.