~Darien's P.O.V~
        I slowly walked to my angel, with my eyes watery. I sat down in a 
chair next to her bedside, and lightly caress the smooth skin of her cheek. I 
rested my head next to hers, so I was facing her, and let my tears roll from 
my eyes, down my face and onto her soft, white pillow. I let my heart take 
over me, and began to speak to her softly; wishing she would wake up and 
everything would be ok.
        "Serena, I know you can't hear me," I whispered softly into her ear, 
"but I want you to know, that what I said that day about you wasn't true. I 
care for you a lot, and I…I…I want you to come back to us!" I put my arm 
around her limp body, and nuzzled her, fighting back my rush of tears. I 
rubbed her back softly, feeling the worlds around me disappear, and it was 
just me and my angel. My lip quivered as I rubbed my cheek against hers. My 
eyes closed tightly and I felt dizzy. I felt my whole world crumble around 
me. It was beginning to fall apart with her not being in my life. I softly 
brushed my lips against her jaw line, and up to her earlobe. I lifted my head 
to look at her peaceful, yet painful slumber. I suddenly felt a hand on my 
shoulder, and I turned around to be face to face with Andrew. His face was 
expressionless, or at least I couldn't figure it out. 
        "It's time to go…and leave her with her parents." He whispered 
huskily. I looked at him and shook my head franticly.
        "No! I can't leave her! Not now! Please! No!" I exclaimed, my vision 
becoming blurry. He shook his head and motioned for me to leave. I looked 
down, and then directed my attention back to Serena. I lightly brushed her 
bangs away from her face, and kissed her a soft, gentle kiss.  "I'll visit 
you tomorrow…" I whispered, just as Andrew helped me up and we all walked 
out, bowing to Mr. and Mrs. Tsukino as we went. 
    
~Dad A.K.A Ken's P.O.V~
        The next morning, Eileen woke me up to get the morning paper. I could 
barely get up. My eyes were puffy, and my head ached so badly that I couldn't 
think straight. I slipped on my loafers and robe, and went outside to get the 
newspaper. I walked slowly down the driveway, and picked up the newspaper. 
Sheer horror ran through my body as I looked at the front page. It was a 
picture of the black haired young man holding my daughter in his arms, and 
tears were flowing down his cheeks. Her face was so pale, and her body was 
lifeless, lying limp in the arms of that boy. I felt my hands begin to shake, 
and my knees become weak. I knew that I would have a rough day, and tried to 
walk back to the house, with my head spinning. The pain was unbearable, and I 
quickly made it to the door and grabbed it for balance when I heard my 
neighbor call to me. 
        "Hey, Ken! Are you all right? Do you need help?" He asked me, 
grabbing the attention of two of my other neighbors. I slowly looked up at 
him with a new day's tear falling from my tear duct. I shook my head, and 
collapsed to the ground suddenly hearing footsteps running up the driveway. 

~Darien's P.O.V~ 
        I woke up with a disturbing feeling in my stomache. I couldn't get 
up, and I had no will to get up. I felt horrible knowing that I didn't do 
anything to help her. My heart felt like it shattered when her body hit the 
cold grass. I rolled over to see Pierce sleeping next to me. His eyes were 
gazing at me, so focused and intense like he was able to see into my soul. I 
smiled through my depressed state, when a loud buzzing noise was heard. I 
nearly jumped out of my skin, and accidentally pushed Pierce off the side of 
my bed. I turned around to be faced with the dreaded alarm clock. I picked it 
up, looked at it for a second, and walked out of my bedroom. I stepped onto 
the balcony and grinned evilly. I looked over the edge and then looked at my 
alarm clock.
        "Say goodbye you dumb piece of crap!" I said psyco like. I then threw 
it over the edge and yelled, "Have a nice trip! See you next fall!" I laughed 
like a demon had taken over me, and went to get dressed for school. . I 
walked into my room, and turned on my boombox to listen to the radio. I 
flipped it to warm 101.3 and grabbed my black pants, white shirt, tie, 
jacket, and shoes so that I could finally get dressed. As I slipped off my 
P.J's and put on my school uniform when something caught my attention on the 
news.
        "Serena Tsukino, a 15 year old girl at Juuban High School was hurt 
yesterday at a football game, and is now hospitalized from a fall off the 
pyramid of girls. Isn't that right?" One person said.
        "Sure is," the other said, "what I heard from Dr. Naikyo was that 
Serena had a part of her back bone pressing on her spinal cord. That's gotta 
be horrible! I wouldn't want that to happen to me. I feel bad for her 
parents. They must be taking this so hard. Dr. Naikyo said she had almost 30 
visitors in her room yesterday. That's a lot."
        "Yea, what about the kid in today's news paper? The one who was 
holding her in his arms? It seemed like he took it hard too. Poor guy. Did 
you find out his name? I would like to find out. Maybe interview him. Hey, if 
you're listening, give us a call sometime. I would love to hear what you 
think. Any way I…" I never let him finish. Tears were streaming down my face 
again. A huge part of my life is taken away from me, and I need her back. I 
unplugged my boom box and grabbed my book bag and money for lunch. 

~Sammy's P.O.V~
        When I woke up, I quickly ran into Serena's room to make sure 
everything that happened was just a nightmare. I opened the door… to find her 
bed empty. I sunk my head low, and trudged down the stairs, with my bag in 
hand. I walked slowly into the kitchen to see my mom put my sandwhich in my 
lunch bag. I hugged her tightly and she kissed the top of my head. 
            "Mommy, I'm going to visit Serena after school, is that ok?" I 
asked her. She smiled softly and kissed me on the forehead.
            "Sure, but don't stay anymore that 45 minutes. 
            "Ok Mommy. I'll see you later, bye!" I said running out the door. 
        I walked into school, when I noticed a small can on a table in the 
front saying, "Donate to Serena Tsukino." I felt tears jerking my eyes, and a 
grabbed the table for support. A small little girl walked up to the cup and 
studied it. I looked at her, wondering what she would do. I saw her reach 
into her the small pocket of her jeans, and take out four quarters. She 
grabed the cup and tried to drop the coins into the slit. She faultered a 
little, so I walked over to her and helped her. She looked up at me, and 
smiled.
            "Tell Serena I said feel better, ok?" She asked. I nodded and 
walked to my class, to be surprised by people giving me a huge card for 
Serena. I looked at the card, and then sat in my seat and cried. I cried 
almost all my tears out, and could not even think about anything else but 
Serena. 

~Darien's P.O.V~
        I walked into Mr. Wakagi's room, and was suddenly surrounded by 
people with cards and small gifts. I slowly made my way through all of them 
and sat at my seat. I looked up at Mr. Wakagi, who was barely visable because 
of my overflow of tears. He handed me a small card, with a gift attatched to 
it. At first I thought he was pittying me, but then, the look in his eyes 
told me otherwise. I slowly reached for the gift and examined it. It was 
semi-small, but not very large. It was medium sized, and odd shaped. I slid 
off the light blue bow, and took off the wrapping paper. I gasped loudly to 
see a football, that was signed by the American football team the Giants. I 
was shocked, and I looked up and saw Mr.Wakagi smiling, and he motioned for 
me to look at the card. I looked at it and saw a picture of Serena and I, 
when I had just put her down that morning I decided to run her across the 
street. Tears were welling in my eyes as I saw that the team had signed the 
picture. I couldn't take it anymore, so I collapsed in my chair and cried. 

~A staff member's P.O.V~
        I was sitting in the office, when the phone suddenly rang. I jumped 
about two feet in the air before rushing to the phone to pick it up. 
            "Hello, Juuban High!" I said into the phone. 
            "Hi, my name is Dr. Naikyo, and I need you to send a message for 
me." The deep male voice said. I told him I would, and he explained to me 
what to do. 
            "I need you to somehow tell Darien Chiba," he sniffled a little, 
"that during Serena's surgery on her back, her heart had somehow stopped and… 
and we don't know if she'll make it." I heard Mr.Naikyo's voice crack a 
little, but he continued. 
            "I give Darien permision to come here as soon as possible. 
Thankyou, goodbye," he said. Just before he hung up, I heard him choke out a 
loud sob.I quickly ran down the hall to find Darien Chiba and tell him. 

~Darien's P.O.V~
        I sat quietly in Mr.Wakagi's class, again, and watched him talk to us 
about science. Suddenly, a secretary walked in and said, 
            "Darien, I need to see you. It's really important." I looked at 
Mr. Wakagi and he let me go. I stood up from my seat and followed her out the 
door. She closed the door and looked down. 
            "Dr. Naikyo called just now," she said softly. I looked at her 
curiously as she continued.
            "During Serena's surgery, he said her heart had stopped… and they 
don't know how long she'll survive. She may, or may not." My heart began to 
speed rapidly, and tears started to form in my eyes. 
            "Oh god, no…" I whispered. She told me I was able to go, and I 
ran down the halls as fast as I could. I ran through the doors, almost 
busting them down, and then I ran down the street towards the hospital. Each 
step I took, I knew that it was taking away time. I began to run with all my 
heart and muscle's strength, never stopping till I knew I was with Serena. I 
saw the hospital, and I ran through the big doors, and down the hall, passed 
the desk and guards. I saw Serena's room approaching and I slowed down a 
little. When I look through the glass windows, I saw Serena laying there, 
pale, with the doctors just standing there, one holding a pen and a chart. 
Tears were yet again running down my cheeks, and I walked into the room. Just 
as I did, the horrifying words rang through my whole body.
            "Time of death…" 

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ok minna, are you ready to kill me or what? I know, it's mean of me, but I 
swear, Mystical Angel made me do it!! It wasn't my fault! Ok, I'm over it. 
Mystical Angel, thankyou for helping me out on this, cause we rule! I would 
like to also thank Dawn, Michi, Mr, Rosenburg, a teacher on my team, and Mr. 
Lenis, the coolest sub on earth for reading my story. I know that all of you 
wanna kill me for my cliffhanger, but I HAD to do it! E-mail me at 
Mickey6157@aol.com! I love feedbacks! 
Love Always, 
Lynn Minmae-chan