Chapter 6
Hi y'all! How are ya? Here's chapter 6 of Learning To Love Someone You Hate!
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Chapter 6
"Who's there?" I asked, while clutching Darien. There was silence.
Then I heard Darien say, "Meatball Head, they're your friends. You know, those girls you always hang out with." I didn't reply. I didn't know what to say. They had betrayed me. They didn't want me as leader. So that meant that they weren't my friends. I still didn't say anything.
"Serena, don't you want to talk to them?" he asked. I slowly released my grasp on him. I was still silent. I put my hands on my lap and just sat there. I could feel Darien getting up and walking across the room. Then he said, "I'll be right be back, okay? Don't move." I nodded. Then, I was all alone…again.
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(Outside Serena's room)
*Author's POV*
"What's wrong with her, Darien?" Raye asked frantically.
"What, you mean you don't know?" he said.
"Of course not! We just found out that she was in the hospital just twenty minutes ago! Do you really think we know what happened?!" she yelled.
"All right, Raye. Just let Darien talk, okay? Calm yourself!" spoke up Amy.
Darien sighed as he said, "Well, she was running from your temple. She looked like she was crying. So I watched her run across the street. Then, all of a sudden, this huge truck came out of nowhere and it was heading for her. So I ran as fast as I could and pushed her out of the way. Then I don't know what happened after that because I was unconscious. Well, just thirty minutes ago, she was in my room and she was going to the door when she collapsed. When she woke up, she couldn't see. Then, her doctor examined her and well, she announced that Serena was blind." The girls all gasped and Mina and Raye seemed to have tears forming at their eyes. Then Darien said, "I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I should have thought of another way to get her out of the way of the truck."
Amy then stepped forward and put a comforting arm on his shoulder and said, "Don't blame yourself, Darien. If it weren't for you, Serena would probably be dead already. You couldn't have known that she was going to hit her head. You still saved her life. We're all glad that she's alive and we all want to thank you for putting yourself in danger for her."
"What I don't understand is why she was running away from the temple and crying. She could have seen the truck if she wasn't." said Darien.
"Well, that's kind of our fault. We were having another study session at the temple and we all got mad at Serena because she was always late. Then she ran out of the temple, crying." Said Lita.
"Oh well, do you want to talk to her? I mean, she may be blind but she can still hear." Suggested Darien.
"Nah, we better not. She should get some rest." Mina said.
"Okay, I was going to go back to my room anyway, after I tended to Serena. It's pretty late. Why don't you guys go home?" he asked.
"All right, we'll come back tomorrow. Take good care of her." Said Raye. Then the girls left and Darien went back to Serena's room.
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(Serena's Room)
Darien sat on the chair that was next to Serena's bed. She sort of stared into space. "Do you need anything?" he asked.
"No. Go back to your room. You're hurt too, you know. I can handle myself." She said.
"Okay. Good night, Meatball Head." Darien said with a smile.
"Dariennnn!!!!!" she shouted and Darien's grin grew wider.
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Three weeks later…..
Darien's wounds had healed and he spent most of his time taking care of Serena. The scouts and her had made up and were friends again. Serena couldn't be Sailor Moon anymore but that didn't matter because there hadn't been any attacks for nearly three years. Just the day before, Dr. Samato decided that it was time for Serena to leave the hospital. The bruise on the back of head had healed but she was still blind. Now, on with the story…
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(Tokyo General)
*Serena's POV*
"Darien, you better not had stuffed my bunny into the box because if you did, I swear…" I threatened. It was finally the day I left the hospital. It was the day I would go back to my apartment and live on my own again. The hospital was nice but I wanted my real home.
"Don't worry, sheesh. I wouldn't touch that furball, for fear that I'd be pounded by the great Serena!" Darien laughed.
When we were done packing, Darien loaded my boxes into his car and then came back for me. He grabbed my wrist, urging me to hurry up. I didn't want to trip so I walked slowly. Then I heard him sigh and say, "Could you please hurry up? A turtle could travel faster than you could." In response, I walked ever slower. I could hear him groan and mutter under his breath nonsense words. That made me smile. Then, to my surprise, I could feel myself being lifted off the floor. I squealed and wriggled, trying to get loose from his grasp. But he was much stronger than I was so I had no chance of escaping. I was pretty soon in his arms, being carried like a bride to his car. I stayed stiff, feeling angry with him, but I bet Darien felt it too because he loosened his grasp on me and I fell back against him. I guess he was trying to make me feel comfortable, but I felt like a woman who had just married and was being carried to a limousine. I don't know why, but I felt that the position we were in was meant to be, but I quickly shook the feeling out of my head. Then I had an idea. I snuggled deep into his arms and put my arms around his neck and buried my head into his shirt. Then I pretended to cry. But I guess Darien knew what I was getting to because he stopped and lifted me up higher, so that my face was centimeters away from his, and he wrapped his arms around me even tighter. I looked deep into his beautiful blue eyes and he looked into mine. I don't know what made me do it but I moved my head towards his and he moved his towards mine. Soon, our lips were almost touching and I knew what was going to happen next…
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