Chapter Two

Raye's eyes locked with Darien as she rushed down the hallway leaving Amy and Lita to console Ken and Irene. Mina had stayed back at home to comfort Sammy and Renee. They were stunned when they were told of Serena's attempt to suicide. The girls understood exactly why she had attempted something so heartless. Her broken heart was torn into pieces when she saw Darien with another woman. The little hope she had, disappeared. But it was so unlike her; of course she was clumsy and brain dead at times but it had never occurred to Raye that she would attempt suicide.

She rubbed her arm across her face wiping the remains of her dried tears. She had to be strong for now. There was much more ahead, she could feel it. Her pace slowed as she reached Darien "How is she?" she questioned, her voice hoarse.

"I don't know" he whispered "they haven't said anything"

Raye clenched her teeth once she noticed his state. His eyes were red and puffy, his nose runny from all the sniffing, his skin dry from the cried tears. Why did he do this to her if he cared so much. Why had he broken her heart so brutally "if anything happens to her" she spoke threateningly "I will make your life a living hell" she paused to glare "and you know I mean it"

He nodded silently, his wet lashes lowered "I'm sorry" he whispered

"You should be" she muttered walking towards Serena's confused parents. She led them to a bench in the waiting room "she's still being examined" she informed

Irene nodded weakly "why did she do it?" she whispered, her eyes met Raye's "I know my Serena. She isn't one to commit suicide. What happened? Why did she—"her voice hushed as a sob escaped her "why?"

Raye looked towards Amy and Lita anxiously, raising her brows in question. Amy sighed seating herself next to Irene "she's been having a hard time Irene but she'll be fine. Serena's a strong girl"

"Girls, I'd really appreciate it if you told me the truth. My daughter would never take such a drastic step without a reason. I want to help her"

"Ok Irene, we'll tell you the truth" Lita heaved, kneeling in front of her

"But Lita—"Amy protested

"There's no reason we should protect him Amy. He broke her heart" Lita exclaimed "he shouldn't even be here" she said glaring daggers at Darien who's head lowered further.

Kens face immediately shot up looking at Lita stunned. He noticed her glare and followed her gaze to a young man with ebony hair. He felt anger surge through him as he rushed towards Darien, grabbing his collar "you beast! What did you do to my baby girl" he yelled "how dare you touch her?"

Irene rushed forward pulling ken off the young man "ken, let him go" she pleaded "please ken"

Ken loosened his hold still glowering at Darien "I don't want you anywhere near my daughter, so you better keep your distance" he warned

"I'm sorry" Darien whispered, a sob escaping his throat "I didn't want to hurt her"

"You liar" Lita growled "you never would have broken her heart if you didn't want to hurt her"

"I', sorry" he repeated whimpering "I'm really sorry"

"Mina, why are you crying?" Renee asked, her voice filled with panic "you said Serena was fine"

"I'm not crying" she answered wiping the tears "I just had something in my eye" she watched Renee eye her with suspicion "believe me Renee, Serena will be ok"

"Will be?" she questioned, her eyebrow arched

Mina sighed "she's ok Renee" she stood up taking Renee's hand "now I know no ones in the house except you and Sammy, but it does not mean its not your bedtime" she's said leading Renee up the stairs

"But I don't want to sleep mina. Cant we visit Serena?"

Mina shook her head "not now Renee. I just had Sammy go to sleep. I can't leave him alone right now. We'll visit tomorrow"

"But mina"

"Renee please" she pleaded "it's been a long day, its time you go to bed"

Renee nodded silently, climbing up the stairs. She felt bad for treating Serena so badly. She wasn't as bad as she seemed. She thought back to last night, whilst she had watched Serena cry herself to sleep. Of course it had annoyed her last night when Serena mumbled and reasoned why Darien had left her but now that she thought of it, she felt bad. She should have sat up and consoled her instead of telling her to shut up. "Oh Serena" she mumbled "please be okay"

Luna crawled into the room meowing. Her wide cat eyes scanned the room for Renee and Sammy, then settled by Mina who looked lost. Her eyes shone with tears of understanding "is there any news of Serena"

Mina shook her head sadly "Amy said the doctors were still inside when they got there" she paused "Oh Luna, do you think there could be more to this? I mean you probably know Serena more than me; you've known her longer but I really don't think she is someone who would commit suicide"

Luna frowned "what do you mean mina?"

"I don't know Luna. All of us just snapped and blamed Serena's condition on Darien. I know he hurt her deeply and I will never forgive him for it but there's something more. I don't think she would take such a big step just because Darien broke her heart and moved on with another girl. She's not weak"

"Well if we think about it, it was totally unexpected but this is Serena. She does things without thinking. She doesn't think about the trouble she will cause or what will happen, she does what she likes. If anything, she should have thought of her duty as sailor moon. She really crossed the line this time" the cat growled

"This is exactly what I mean Luna. Look at the lack of trust you just showed her. And its just not today, it's everyday. One of us just has to go and make her feel like she's such a loser. She's a klutz, a brain dead teenager. What we all forget is the amount of sacrifices she has made for us. Every time we're in trouble she's the one who saves us, although she is a little late at times but she still manages to save the day. We have so many complaints piled for her when we see her but have any of us ever sat there praising her just once. Have we Luna?" she questioned, her eyes filled with emotional rage

The cat's eyes lowered silently, guilt seeping into her tiny heart. She watched mina stand up, rushing up the stairs, tears trickling down her eyes, realization dawning upon her. They had really treated Serena badly and the black cat could only wish they had a chance to ask for forgiveness.

The girls sat beside Serena's parents waiting anxiously for any news, their eyes glued to the closed doors, where Serena lay unconscious, their worry was increasing by every second ticking by. Why hadn't anyone come out yet?

Darien still stood to a side despite the several glares and taunts he was receiving. He cursed himself silently for believing those horrendous dreams he had. His life was a mess since the dreams had started. It had shattered his heart watching Serena trying different things just so that she could impress him. She had tried her level best to please him; but what did he do? He broke her heart. Shattered it so much so she would hate him, but she didn't hate him? She couldn't. She chose to die instead of enduring his hatred and just that knowledge was enough for him to fall deeper in the guilt hole. All he could do was pray for his beloved who still lay passed out behind those doors.

They all rushed towards the doctor once he stepped out of the room, waiting eagerly for what he had to say "How is she doctor?" Amy asked once the crowd stopped bombarding him with questions

"She slipped into coma" he sighed, hearing the gasps

"But that's not possible" Irene sputtered "she cant, oh" she moaned "tell me this is a bad dream. My baby girl can't just leave us like this. She has so much to do and—and she was "

"I'm really sorry. We tried our level best but there's still hope" he assured trying to calm the panicking woman "she slipped into coma. She can still come back"

"I don't understand though" Amy exclaimed "you can't slip into coma by cutting your wrist"

"it is possible" the doctor replied "When she slit her wrist, the knife she used slit over her carpal tunnel which is over here" he said pointing to the bottom of the palm " she didn't cut into it but she cut the surface. Because of this the carpal tunnel swelled. The swelling of the carpal tunnel can lead to comatose and unfortunately she didn't survive the swelling and slipped into coma"

"She can't though" Darien mumbled "she can't just leave me"

Raye turned towards him angry "this is all your fault Darien. If you didn't want her from the very start then you should have told her. She'd understand then. Why did you break her heart? Don't you have any humanity" she roared

"I didn't mean it" he murmured, tears framing his eyes "I wanted to protect her"

"And how the hell do you think you could protect her by breaking her heart Darien" Lita barked "you know what, I've had enough. You should really get going before I do something you regret"

The doctor cleared his throat "this is a hospital ma'am" he reminded

The two glared at Darien along with ken then turned towards the doctor "I'm sorry doctor" Lita muttered

He nodded then turned back hearing the frantic calls of the nurse "doctor Zuki" she called "the patients pulse is sinking"

"You said there was hope" Irene accused as she sobbed "she can't go"

"I'm sorry ma'am, I'm trying my best" he answered rushing back to the room he emerged from minutes before.

Mina sat on Serena's bed memorising the moments she had spent with Serena. She hoped she was ok. If anything happened to her she would never forgive herself. She wished she was there when Serena was weeping at her loss. They had all left her alone to weep. None of them had thought to keep an eye on her. She broke out of the train of thoughts hearing Renee yell. Mina rushed out of the door towards the attic where Renee lay gasping and writhing as she watched herself disappear "Mina" she yelled once again "what's happening to me?"

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Sorry once again for a very late chapter. I've been very busy with exams and then other stuff so havent had time to write up the chapter. But I finally managed today. Hope you like it. Thanks for the reviews and keep them coming :D

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