AN: something was wrong with my html last time, so it wasn't able to post.but
i decided to do part 3 anyway, even without the comments. but now you can
gimme all your comments, flames and great compliments! =)
can someone tell me about the prom? as in...if you have to register, reserve
seats, that kinda stuff? i'm not a senior YET, so i dunno. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~overcoming obstacles - part 3by Sailor Em---
   Serena sniffled as she went down the hall to Andrew's room. What had 
possessed her to give him a rose? Of course he wouldn't like it! He was such
a....guy. No romantic bone in his body. Not that she was trying to romance
him. But he had not love of beauty at all. She was disgusted. Even Melvin
would appreciate the rose somehow! Even if he would try to analyze the 
stomagooze and the whatchmop. But the head of the football team, the Head
Honcho would definetely not appreciate it. Although she had expected more of
him. Somehow, Darien seemed the kind of guy that would appreciate beauty. But
looks were always deceiving. She sighed. Ah, too bad. He wasn't her dream
hunk after all. Serena got to Andrew's room and opened the door quietly.
   "Andrew?" she whispered softly.
   She looked around the room. It was filled with bright helium balloons and
flowers. 'Okay,' thought Serena. 'Now THIS is a guy who is loved! Big
improvement from Darien's bare room.'
   Andrew looked up. "Serena Tsukino? Is that you? Sure nice to see you,
Rena. I've been missing a face around here."
   Serena smiled. "Hey Andrew! I'm gonna miss seeing you around the arcade.
It won't be the same without your encouraging face to help me face the bad 
guys!" Serena had grown to know Andrew well, after spending time in the 
arcade with him.   "Don't worry. I'll be back soon, right?"
   "Yeah. About 3 weeks."   "So how's Darien?"
   "Uh, Darien is fine. He bruised a few ribs, nothing big. He'll be out in
3 weeks too. He's doing just..great. Yeah. He's fine." Serena finished hastily,
not wanting to spill any of Darien's information.
   "Will you miss him more than me?" Andrew asked, teasingly.
   "Of course not! I wouldn't miss him at all. Sure, i'm sad he's hurt, but
not to the point that I will pine for him."
   Andrew noticed the change in her voice. "Yeah right, Rena! You're really
gonna miss him, aren't you? His loving looks, his cute pet name for you..."
   "What?!?!?" she shrieked. "FYI, his loving looks are usually sneers and
evil eyes, and his "cute" pet name is Meatball Head. And you KNOW how I hate
that!"   "No, I don't know. I think you love it."
   Serena threw a bear at his face. "Well, let's check up your status." She
attempted to change the subject. 
   "No changing subject here, Serena. I KNOW you like it. Serena likes 
Darien! Serena likes Darien!" Andrew sang.
   Serena rolled her eyes. Sometimes Andrew was so immature! "Hold up, Andrew
Crown! I do not like Darien. And Darien does not like me. Now act like the
mature Senior you are and shut up!"
   Andrew laughed. Boy, was HER affection obvious! He desperately needed to
get them together. And soon. Prom was coming up. "Okay, okay. Back to 
serious business. How am I doing?"
   "Well, not too bad. You have a fairly shallow gash on one side of your 
leg and you twisted your wrist. Not the worst that could happen."
   "Okay. Let's chat. How's your love life?" 
   Serena laughed. "Not too good. How about yours?" 
   Andrew groaned. "Not too good either. We are both pathetic! Azabu's 
most eligible bachelor and bachelorette with no soulmate in sight!"
   'but your soulmate is closer to you than you think, Serena.'
   There was a knock on the door, and a nurse came in with a plate of food.
   "Mr. Crown? Miss Tsukino? Excuse me. Mr. Chiba needs to have his dinnernow."
   "So?" Serena asked suspiciously.   "And Miss Tsukino has to give it to him."
   "Why do I have to give it to him?" Serena asked.
   "He needs someone to feed him because his hand is really ripped up. And
everyone else is on dinner break right now. I'm leaving soon."
   "ugghhh..." Serena groaned.
   "Hey," said Andrew, "Think of it as an extended date."
   "You're gonna pay for that, buddy! I'll talk to you later." Serena stalked 
out of the room with the plate of food.
   When Serena got to Darien's room, she knocked quietly. Silence. She 
knocked louder. Still no sounds. "Darien?" she called.
   She looked at his bed. He lay there, asleep. Serena smiled. What a hottie!
He even looked cute with bandages all over his body. She walked over to his
bed and placed the plate on his bedside tray. She shook his shoulder gently.
   "Darien? Wake up. You gotta have your dinner now."
   His eyes fluttered open. "Hey, Rena." he said softly.
   "How did you know my nickname?"
   "Oh...........I heard Andrew call you that before."
   No answer. 'Omigod! It sounds so cute when Darien says it!'
   "Serena? Is it okay?"
   "Yeah, yeah." she brushed it aside. "Well, here is your dinner. Gotta go
now. Bye."   "WAIT!"   Serena turned around."What?"
   "Well, I sorta need your help." He gestured to his hand.
   "I was hoping you would forget about your hand." Serena flopped down on 
his bed, bringing his bed up to a sitting position. She grabbed his spoon.
   "What do you want?"   "I dunno. Pick whichever is the best."
   Serena didn't know which food was the best, so she just closed her eyes
and picked one. The green stuff. It looked sort of like green peas. She 
spooned a heaping spoonful of it and brought it to his mouth. He grinned and
opened his mouth. She stuffed it in his mouth, and he ate it. He closed his
eyes, chewing. Then he stopped.   "Darien? Is that stuff okay?"   No answer.
   "DARIEN!!!!" she said, more urgently. She checked his status. He was still
alive, at least. The horrible food hadn't killed him. Serena looked on the 
wall for the nurse's guidelines. Wait for five minutes if the patient is 
unconscious. Do CPR if patient wasn't breathing, then press the help button 
immediately.    Serena shook Darien's shoulder. "Darien, wake up!"
   Darien's eyes fluttered open. "Seren..heellp...can't...breathe..."
   "WHAT?!?!" Serena flew into a panic. 'Okay Serena. Calm down. What
should I do?' she thought. Her eyes scanned nervously for the nurse 
guidelines. 'where is it?!?! Uh.........do CPR. okay. CPR.'
   She leaned over and breathed into Darien's mouth. One two three. She 
repeated the procedure and Darien finally was able to breathe on his own. He
grinned.   "Thanks Meatball Head!!"   "Huh?"   "Thanks for saving my life."
   "You mean that was all a hoax?"
   "No, that's just what happens when you feed mushed peas to an injured guy
so roughly."
   "WHAAATTTT!!!" She screamed. "You almost killed me there! I thought you
were dying because of that food!"
   "Okay, okay. Calm down." He laughed."It wasn't all a joke. I nearly 
fainted from the taste of that goop. Are you trying to kill me?"
   "Well," Serena muttered, "That wouldn't be such a bad idea. Listen, I
gotta go now, okay?"   "Why? Your shift isn't over yet."   "How would you know?"
   "I asked the head nurse."
   "Weell...fine. My shift isn't over. But I gotta go anyway. A little girl
downstairs needs some company." 'wow! he actually wanted to find out stuff
about me!'
   "But I need you too." Darien stuck out his lower lip and made a face at 
her. "Serena-Rena! I need you! I neeeeed yooouuu toooo!" He sang.
   "Darien! Shut up!" Serena growled. If the other nurses heard him singing,
she would never hear the end of this. Too late. The intercom sounded.
   "Nurse Serena, please keep Mr. Chiba company." The voice over the intercom
laughed. "And be nice!"   Serena blushed bright red. Darien grinned.
   "Okay Darien. If I bring you some McDonald's tomorrow, would you do me a 
favor and help me get Andrew and Mina together? They've been sending each
other looks for the longest time--"   "Forever."
   "Yeah, and I am getting really annoyed. I've gotta get them together 
before Andrew graduates."   "I'm graduating too!"   "AND you. So will you?"
   "Sure. I think they'd look cute together. But how can you bring food to 
the hospital? It's against regulations."
   "I AM an assistant nurse here, you know. I can cut through stuff."
   Darien grinned. "So you can, NURSE Serena Tsukino. Here, give me a piece
of paper. I'll give you my phone number so we can talk about our matchmaking
plan."
   "Okay." Serena handed him a scrap of paper and he wrote his number down.
   "I don't think I'll be eating anymore, Meatball Head. I wanted to say 
something to you. I'm.....sorry about the flower thing."
   "Oh, it's okay. I don't know why I even gave a flower to the most popular
guy in school."   "It's not that! I appreciate it. I really do."
   "Yeah. Sure..." 
   Darien realized that she wouldn't believe him. "Yeah,well thanks.See you."
   "Bye."
   He blew a kiss to her flirtatiously. Serena laughed and waved him off.
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okay! what do you think? i know this is sort of short,but next chapter, i
want to write about after Darien got out of the hospital. unless you guys
want him to stay in the hospital for a while longer! what do you think?
flames...comments...anything! thanx!~Sailor Emsailorgalaxia1@yahoo.com