Through His Eyes
"How can it be true" Serena squeaked out in between sobs, "how can someone suddenly be blind." Now matter how much she said those words she still couldn't comprehend that she was blind, she couldn't believe it. "It's not true," she cried out.
Darien could only sit there giving her soothing words and hold her tightly, he had never been so affected by a patient before, his heart felt for her. Darien placed his chin on her small head, his rough chin an opposite of her silky hair; he pulled her body completely on his lap his arms surrounding her in attempt to soothe the distraught woman. "She seems so frail," he thought, his blue eyes shone with pity and worry for the woman he just barely met, "I'll find a way to fix this," he whispered in her ear, his voice sincere and loving, his only way of expressing how he felt at the moment.
Serena stopped crying his sweet words influencing her in a way that touched her heart; she believed him and held to him as if he was the center point of her survival. She pulled her head back her eyes a dark blue and puffy from all the tears, she had no way to express the gratitude she felt towards the stranger holding her in his arms so intimately. "Thank you Doctor," she whispered, untangling herself from him in realization that this was someone she never met before, she hugged herself trying to relive the warmth that just left her. She looked towards where she thought he was, "I think I would like to be left alone," she announced softly. The need for him that she strongly felt scared her, and she needed to be alone to sort though all the emotions that plagued her, swirling dangerously in her head.
Darien frowned as Serena pulled away from him. Her eyes shone a desperation and internal sadness and he wished he could hold her and make that sadness go away. He watched her hold herself and he wished he could be the one holding her. Her words cut through the euphoria he felt; he was just her doctor to her nothing more. He sadly sighed, "Your Welcome Serena," he was confused with what he was feeling. "If you need anything from me call one of the nurses and they will come and get me immediately, I'll be back later to check on you," he announced, attempting to speak in a professional manner but failing miserably. He slide off of her bed his tall and quickly straightened his white coat and slowly walked out of the door. Turning to close the door behind him he gave one last look at Serena, she still had her arms around her small body, her eyes closed with an expression of pain apparent on her face, he felt a strange pang in his heart.
Serena slowly released herself, resigning herself to lie back down on the bed. She couldn't believe it, she was blind. "I . . . ." she said out loud to herself, she broke into a fresh sob. She sat there tears streaming down her face, life was never going to be the same for her, ever. Like a child she slowly pulled her knees up putting them under her chin, her arms wrapping around her legs, trying to find solace in herself. "I don't think I can live anymore," she whispered, her eyes staring off unfocused a bright blue, but yet held no real warmth in them.
Darien sighed as he walked back into the doctor's lounge, he was completely depressed. His hands in his pockets, he quietly took a seat next to Malachite, his mind on Serena and how he could help her. "What's wrong Darien?" questioned Malachite, he knew something was bothering his buddy; his mood was even more melancholy then normal.
Darien looked up slightly startled, "Nothings wrong Mal," he answered offhandedly, he didn't understand his feelings towards Serena just yet, so he didn't want Malachite catching a drift of what was going on. He leaned back in his chair, bringing his coffee cup to his lips sipping it slowly, his eyes half closed as if nothing was really the matter.
Malachite knew better, and knew how to get it out of Darien, he smiled mischievously, "It must be a woman," he thought to himself. "So did you think about going to meet that girl I was talking about?" he questioned nonchalantly, his eyes glinting otherwise.
Darien stopped sipping his coffee, he slowly set his cup down, "No, I don't think I want to do it Mal, I just don't think it will work." He was tired of his friend setting him up on dates.
Malachite pushed on, "Aww come on buddy Rei is a great friend of mine and you two are perfect together," he leaned forward as if he was telling a secret, he knew that Darien would get angry for pushing him so much.
Darien wasn't in the mood to be persuaded, "No Mal, I don't want to see Rei or any other crazy girl that you think is perfect for me, I'll make that decision," he snapped. Darien began to form a slight headache and he didn't need Malachite's banter to make it worse. He picked up a newspaper at an attempt to take his mind off of things.
Malachite smiled, he had him just where he wanted, "So what is her name?" he asked quickly as if he asked how the weather was. He grinned hoping Darien would fall into his trap.
"Serena," Darien answered quickly, trying to get Malachite to leave him alone, "Now if you would. . ."
"Aha!" Malachite screamed, "So you've found yourself a woman." He stood up attempting to dance a little jig, "I can't wait to tell Mina," he laughed happily.
Darien's eyes grew wide, Malachite had tricked him again, "Now wait a minute, that's not what I meant" he stuttered, "I've only met her this morning, there is nothing between us," he forced out, his heart beating fast, he new that glint in Mal's eye and it meant bad trouble for him. "Now Mal, please don't think something of this," he started, "she is just a patient, the girl, you know, I performed surgery on her yesterday." Malachite just stood there, he knew he had Darien when he babbled on like this, "when I went to visit her today, she found out she was blind because of the accident, that's all to it," he begged trying to convince Malachite.
"Sure Darien I believe you," Malachite stated, he didn't really and had a plan formulating in his head already, but he had to meet this mystery girl first.
"Thanks Mal, I'm just worried about her is all, it would be hard to wake up one day and find out you were blind." Darien's soft words portrayed more then even he could understand.
"Serena?" a timid voice broke through the silence that was ensuing in Serena's room. Out of habit she looked up, blinking several times in attempts to see the person calling her name. A small hand touched her forehead causing her to flinch, "Serena, its Ami," the small woman forced out, her blue eyes shining with sadness and pity for the petite woman lying helplessly on the bed before her. She blinked in an attempt to fight back the tears forming in her eyes, she had never seen Serena is this state before, she always seemed to be so strong and now she saw a small woman cowering in fear and desolation.
Serena, close her eyes resigning, "Oh Ami, this is just horrible," she started out, her voice oddly calm and strong compared to the tumultuous storm inside her heart. "I am sure the doctors have told you what happened to me." She hung her head in defeat. She could hear a small scraping on the floor as Ami dragged a chair near her bed.
Ami took Serena's hand in her own giving it a small squeeze, "Yes, I found out," she whispered, "Doctor Shields told me that he will do everything he can for you, I know we can get through this." Ami tried to console the trembling woman before her, "They say that there is a big chance of you getting your sight back, you don't have to worry about coming back to work, Molly said she could fill in for a while to do some of the paper work, and I think I'll be able to take care of things for a while, you need to concentrate on getting better." Ami talked, and talked as Serena sat there silently her body slightly shaking.
Finally Serena spoke up, "Thank you Ami," she leaned back resting her head on the soft pillow behind her, her expressive eyes staring upwards unfocused and broken. They sat there in a companionable silence, Ami holding onto her hand giving her an undying support.
A soft knock on the door announced another presence, a man with a deep voice cleared his throat, "Serena?" he questioned walking slightly forward giving an acknowledging nod towards Ami, "I am Malachite, a doctor here," he said cheerfully, "The nurses are busy at the moment, so I decided to come and bring you your dinner." He walked up to her a smile on his face. "She's beautiful, Darien sure picked a good one from what I can see," he gently placed the food tray in her lap, "I would be glad to tell you what is what, but it would be a waste of time since it all tastes the same, and its all pretty bad" he said jokingly trying to force a smile from the woman's lips.
A half smile formed on Serena's lips, "Thank you Doctor." Malachite grinned foolishly, her smile was mesmerizing.
"Well I'll be seeing you around Serena," he said slowly backing up and walking out of the door, he did what he wanted to do and couldn't wait to go home and talk to Mina.
Ami quickly looked at her watch, "I'm really sorry Serena, but it's dinnertime already, I have to go." She stood up, giving her friend a huge hug and then ran out of the door.
"Bye," Serena said to her retreating body. She moved her legs in a crossed form as she reached for her fork, her fingers slowly sliding on the plastic tray as her fingers fumbled across the smooth rim and slowly found there way to the small plastic fork. She picked it up and attempted to fork what was on the tray, it hit nothing but plastic at first, then it finally made its way to an unknown meat, she sat there deciding on where or not she wanted to take a bite. She bent her head down facing her tray, placing her fork down as she thought about what happened today. She just couldn't believe it, yesterday she was just a normal person going about doing normal everyday things taking them for granted so easily, and now she is just struggling with trying to find the fork on her plate. She tried to break her thoughts by sliding her finger tips back to where she thought the fork was.
Slowly but surely she found the end of it that was sticking out, her fingers slightly pressing on it to sense what it was, then suddenly the fork gave into the pressure and flew off of the tray clattering on the floor. Serena's eyes grew wide, as tears began to slide down her cheeks, "I can't even eat with out someone's help," she screamed frustrated with the whole ordeal, she hastily gripped the edge of the tray in her lap and flung it as hard as she could against the wall, the hard plastic smacking loudly against it then slowly sliding down and with a loud thud hitting the floor. She couldn't stop the feeling of frustration, desperation, and fear seep through her body. "Am I just broken?" she cried out loud to herself.
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