Dreams
Darien swiftly turned the car around and called Trista.
"Darien! What are you doing?" Raye asked holding on for dear life as her brother sped down the road.
"That Matt guy. He's one of them."
"WHAT!?"
"Hello?"
"Trista, it's Darien. Serena just text me. Matt is one of them."
"No."
"I'm telling you. He took her to a dark room. No office."
"Fuck."
"I'm on my way back."
"Don't do anything. I'm going to call the authorities and get there myself. You'll only be putting yourself and possibly her at risk."
"Just please hurry."
"I'm working on it."
…
"I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't even know he was into all that until that night." Serena had since backed against a wall, the man towering in front of her.
He slammed his hand into the wall right next to her face. "You'd be wise to tell me the information I want to know." He held up his other hand holding the weapon. "Or it'll be your life."
She had tears pouring down her face. "I don't know!"
…
"I want you to stay here and wait for Trista." Darien told his sister as they stood next to Trista's office. "Okay?"
Raye nodded. "Bring her back safely, Darien."
He just nodded before running off. "Where the fuck is she?" Darien asked himself running down halls. "She said something about a long hallway." He told himself. He then spotted a long hallway to his right and began running down it. Sorry Trista. You're too late. He said as he heard screaming.
"I don't know!"
Serena! He then heard a horrifying sound. A gunshot. "Fuck." He ran full force into the door, knocking it down instantly. He looked for Serena only to find her against the wall, crouched down, knees against her chest sobbing. The man in front of her held the gun pointed up. A warning shot?
He moved to get up, but the man pointed the weapon at his head. "Move and die."
"Let her go. She doesn't know anything."
"She knows everything I need to know. Now shut the fuck up!" Darien stood up. "I SAID DON'T MOVE!"
"She doesn't know anything."
"Dare, please. Go. I don't want you to get hurt."
"Too late for that." Matt muttered before firing a shot.
Serena immediately bolted to Darien's side as he fell backwards from the impact. Serena immediately placed her hand over the wound in his chest. "Dare, please. Don't die."
He grasped her hand and squeezed it tightly. "Run. Get away."
"No." She had tears pouring heavily down her face. "I'm not leaving you."
"Sere." He said weakly. "Go. If you stay, you're just going to get hurt."
"I can't do that. I don't care if I die. I'm not leaving you." He coughed a little, Serena seeing blood coming from his mouth. "Dare." She cried. "Don't die on me. Please."
"I-I love you."
"No. You're not dying. You're not allowed to."
He let out a weak chuckle. "Unfortunately, you can't determine that."
His grip on her hand loosened. "No." She whispered. "NO! DARIEN! DON'T LEAVE ME. YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME." She sobbed. "DARIEN!"
Someone shook her roughly. "Serena."
Her eyes fluttered open. She was breathing heavily; sweat forming on her forehead and tear marks on her cheeks. "W-what?"
"Sere." A silky masculine voice said from beside her.
"D-Dare?"
"Who did you expect?" She looked around her. She saw a dark room, the only light coming from a window next to where she was laying. She then looked to the man next to her in the bed. She was laying on a soft king size bed with silky sheets draped over her body. She bolted to a sitting position and hugged him tightly as she began crying.
"Whoa. What's wrong?"
"You're alive."
"Yeah, I know. Though if you keep squeezing me like that, I won't be for long." She let him go and hit him playfully. "Now what was all the screaming for?"
"You were dead. How did we get here? Where is here?"
"Are you feeling okay?" He felt her forehead. "We're home." He placed his fingers of his right hand on his left wrist and felt his pulse. "And I'm sure not dead."
"But, but..."
"Take a deep breath and close your eyes." She did as told and her memories of her life flooded her mind. Her dates with Darien, her wedding day, the birth of their baby girl. "It was a dream."
"What was?"
She leaned forward and hugged him again. "It was more of a nightmare."
"You were screaming a lot."
"Well basically after our night when I was 16, we didn't talk to each other. You went back to California. I got involved with this guy who did drugs. I was with him and a mob attacked us. I was put into the witness pro tection and placed in California. I got a job where you worked, but since we hadn't seen each other, you didn't recognize me. I didn't recognize you until you were on the phone with Raye because she was upset because all the girls thought I was dead. And then we went to a dinner, Raye came to visit, my secret was revealed, the mob was after me again, I was taken to the police station, the boss was keeping an eye on me, you came to save me because he was one of the mob members, and he shot you, you were dying, and, and..."
"Shhhhh." He gently rocked her. "Everything's okay. I'm fine." He placed her hand over his chest on his heart. "Feel that? That's my heartbeat. I'm alive and well."
"I love you."
"I love you too." He kissed her forehead. "No more of Andrew's famous ice cream sundaes before bed for you."
"I second that."
"And no more working late."
She smiled lightly as a wail was heard. "Oops. Guess I woke the baby."
"Darling, I think you woke the neighborhood." He chuckled. She hit him playfully again. "Go get Rini before she does wake the neighborhood."
"And why don't you?"
"Because I'm tired." She said burying her face in the pillow.
He chuckled at his wife's words. "Next time it's your turn." He said getting out of bed. Her only response was a wave of the hand. "Get some rest."
"If you'd shush I'd be able to." She said into the pillow.
He picked up the child and crawled into bed. Rini proceeded to crawl onto her mother's back. "Rini, it's time for bed." She groaned turning over holding the baby so she wouldn't fall. She placed her on her own stomach. She cuddled her daughter as the family of three drifted to sleep again.
Serena's dreams were filled with dreams of her future. Rini's high school, her prom day, her wedding day. Peaceful dreams.
A/n: Okay, hope you don't completely hate me at the moment, lol. Keep an eye on it, this isn't the last chapter! Let me know your thoughts! PS...the bold is explained in the AN of the next chapter
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