Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Remember Me ❯ Small Dilemma ( Chapter 3 )

Remember Me

By AngelnamedEcarg76

 

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters, well only the doctor, Daniel Alexander =D, I just love those names!

 

“Hello, doctor,” Serena said quietly.

“I hope you've rested and been fed alright. You really do need all the strength you can get. Hopefully tomorrow you'll feel up to going outside to the garden, it's quite magnificent,” he told her as he once again took her pressure and temperature.

“I hope so, even though I'm not quite sure if my legs will,” she answered honestly.

“There's no need to worry about that at the moment, your legs will need time to get their strength back. Besides, I was told that there are many pink roses in bloom during this time of year. Perhaps you would like to accompany me to see them tomorrow morning,” he looked at her, waiting for her answer.

She smiled kindly to him, `He remembered', she thought surprised, yet flattered. She then replied, “I would love to.”

“It's arranged then, I'll come and check on you in the morning and then we can head out to the garden. Don't worry, I'll bring you a wheel chair, just in case,” he told her, glad that she accepted his offer.

“I'll see you in the morning then,” he walked towards the door, “Get a good night's rest,” he turned to her.

“I'll try, thank you,” she told him.

He smiled compassionately to her before he headed out. He stood in front of the door for a minute and smiled, `No, thank you for coming into my life…angel,' he thought to himself.

 

 

Serena woke up earlier the next day, not because of the doctor's offer, but because she couldn't stop thinking about why she was there. Also, she kept thinking whether or not the scouts were in need of her help. It was almost 8 in the morning, when the door opened. She faced the person, or better yet people who were coming in to see her. Serena's eyes lit up.

“Hi, Serena!” said Ami.

“It's great to see that you're awake today,” said Mina.

“Yeah, we came by yesterday morning, can you tell?” Lita asked mischievously.

“Yes, thank you all,” Serena said, regarding all of the pink roses that sat on either side of the bed.

“Yeah, but unfortunately, we couldn't stay long, not that we didn't want to, but because the doctor came in to check how you were doing, so he asked us to leave,” Rei explained.

Mina sighed amorously, “I didn't mind. Did you see him? He was gorgeous! I'd be glad to be sick in his hands,” she said dreamily.

“Ooh, I know what you mean,” Lita said in the same tone.

“He was pretty handsome, but probably he was just in training, he can't be a doctor that young can he?” Rei asked disbelieving.

“He is,” Serena answered her question.

“So you mean that he'll be coming in here to check up on you again??” Mina asked optimistic.

“Yeah, or at least he said so. He told me he was also going to be taking me out to the garden,” she explained.

“What would he want to do in the garden?!” Mina asked confused.

“Well, he told me that there are many pink roses in bloom during this time of the year and that he wanted to show them to me,” Serena told her.

“Pink roses? But those are your favorite, how did he know?” Rei asked, before eyeing the roses that they had each brought the day before, “Oh. But then, Serena? What about Darien? Don't you care about him anymore?”

Serena looked confusedly at her for a moment, then she opened her mouth slowly, “…Darien? Who's he?” she asked sincerely.

All four girls looked at her, then at one another, a bit puzzled.

“What's wrong?” Serena asked them, for she could tell just how mystified they had turned after her question.

They couldn't bring themselves to say something to her, they simply kept quiet.

“Rei?” Serena made her sad friend's face gaze hers.

 

Suddenly, the door opened. They all turned to see that it was the doctor from the day before.

“Good morning, Serena,” he smiled at her, “They told me you had visitors,” he said while glancing kindly over at the girls surrounding Serena.

“Yes, they're my best friends,” Serena responded.

“Nice to meet you all. I'm Dr. Alexander, we met yesterday,” he introduced himself to them.

“Of course we remember!” Mina answered truthfully, while rushing over to get closer to him.

“Serena just told us you volunteered to take her out to the garden, why'd don't you let us take her? We have plenty of time on our hands,” Rei told him, while also eyeing the rest of the girls to back her up. She wasn't going to let some random guy take Darien's place. It was their destiny to protect the King and Queen, meaning Darien and Serena, even if they were having problems at the time, no one was about to change that.

“I really don't mind, I would be more than glad to take her there myself,” Dr. Alexander insisted.

Rei eyed him with curiosity.

“You know Rei, it's alright with me, I actually have a little studying to do,” Ami cut in.

`Ami!' Rei thought to herself exasperated.

“Yeah, I left Artemis by himself. He's probably already messed up all of my ribbons by now,” Mina said sighing.

Rei looked even more annoyed, `Why aren't they backing me up?!'

“Come on, Rei,” Lita put her hand on Rei's shoulder.

Rei sighed, `Are all of them oblivious of what he's trying to do?'

Rei reached for her bag, more infuriated than ever, and went out the door.

“I'll walk you girls out,” the doctor volunteered.

“Oh, thank you!” Mina said in an affectionate tone.

“We'll see you later, Serena. And don't worry about a thing, you just rest up, alright,” Lita told her.

“Bye, Serena,” Ami said before closing the door behind her.

 

::Outside Serena's room::

 

“Please don't upset her,” the doctor encouraged, making all four girls turn to him.

“What's wrong with her?” Lita asked before anyone else could.

“What do you mean?” the doctor asked curiously.

“Well, before you entered the room, we had asked her about a person, but…she didn't know who that person was,” Lita continued.

“So my question's finally answered,” he said more to himself than to the girls, but they overheard him.

“What question?” Mina asked, now being more serious.

“Your friend has lost some part of her memory,” he looked over at their astonished expressions, “And now with the information that you've given me, it seems like this person that you're speaking of, is the part that's missing from your friend's memory.”

All of the girls looked at one another worriedly.

Rei stepped forward, “Listen, just because part of my friend's memory has been erased does not mean you can just barge in on her love life and try to make her fall for you!”

He looked at her astounded, at the same time as the rest of the girls looked at her with the same expression.

“I know what you're trying to do! And I'm not just going to stand here and watch as you change her destiny!” she nearly screamed.

He didn't know what to say at first, but he quickly thought of something rational, “I'm sorry. But my heart has chosen who to love and I can't change that. To be honest…I don't want to. And I'm not about to give up. If it was destiny that brought her into my life, then destiny will decide if I'm meant to be with her or not.”

Rei looked at him speechless. She understood what he was saying. Her expression changed into a calm one and spoke peacefully, “Then we'll have to see what destiny makes out of all of this. Let me just tell you; you're not going to be the only one fighting for her.” With that said, Rei turned around and headed towards the exit. The rest of the girls were still in shock of what Rei had just said, but they didn't say anything to the doctor, they simply left.

Dr. Alexander stood in front of Serena's room, thinking about what Serena's friend had said. `I'm not the only one fighting for her?' he repeated inside his head. But he quickly recomposed himself, `As long as she's here, I will fight for her.'

 

He entered her room.

“I'm sorry about my friend,” she quickly said.

He smiled, “Don't worry about it. Are you ready to go?” he changed the conversation.

“Yeah, except, I'm really going to need a wheel chair,” she informed him.

 

After they achieved on getting a wheel chair, they headed out towards the garden. Serena couldn't believe how many pink roses grew there, along with so many other flowers. In the middle of the garden was a small lake. The way it glistened with the sun was something Serena couldn't describe.

 

“Isn't it magnificent?” he asked her.

“It is,” she admitted softly.

He looked down at her. He could've sworn she looked many times more magnificent than the garden did. Serena sensed he was looking at her and looked up at him. His eyes had a vague look in them as he continued to stare at her. She had to admit to herself that he was very attractive.

 

He so much as wanted to kiss her right then and there. But he knew that, for the time being, he couldn't. Doctors were not allowed to have personal contact with patients.

 

He looked away from her as casual as possible, in case anyone was looking.

“We should head back,” he said.

“Yes, we should,” she said, understanding.

 

Days passed quickly and Serena was now able to leave the hospital. Serena had found out by Rei that her mother didn't know anything about her tragic accident, and she still didn't want to worry her. So, instead of going back home, she decided to go stay with Rei for a couple weeks. Rei informed Serena's mom right away after this decision. Not that Serena was going to stay with her, but that Serena's trip was going to be taking up a couple more weeks. They had come the day before to drop off some stuff for her to wear the next day.

 

It was early in the morning, and Serena was already dressed in a simple, yet elegant, light blue dress, which went up just about ten inches from her knees. It was said that if Serena was going to be going out in public, that she should change her hair style, just incase her mom passed by and recognized her. So, she had made a high pony tail, but instead of leaving all of her hair hangs down, she folded half of her hair up, tying it with the ribbon Mina had lent her, and leaving her bangs free, as usual.

 

For Serena, it had been the quickest days of her life. Not that she had anything to complain about, on the contrary, they had been the best days of her life as far as she can remember. Her relationship with Daniel, that's what he had told her to refer to him as, has been unbelievable. He has been checking on her everyday without fail. And, to her amazement, their relationship had grown deeper. Not that either had told the other of how they felt.

 

`He couldn't possibly like me,' Serena thought to herself, `Besides, I'm only 18. To him, I'm only an immature little girl barely coping with the fact that she's now an adult,' she sighed, `Still, I want to see him before I leave here today.'

 

Just then, the door opened and Serena turned to face the person. There stood Daniel, holding up the biggest bouquet of pink roses Serena had ever seen. Her pink lips parted slightly in amazement. The exact thing happened to Daniel once he looked at her from head to toe.

 

“Hi,” Serena broke the silence.

“Hey, I thought you'd be gone by now,” he said relieved.

“Yeah, I was actually waiting for…,” she couldn't bring herself to finish, “Well, I would just like to thank you for helping me through all of this.”

He smiled, “These are for you,” he handed her the bouquet.

She smiled at the roses, “They're beautiful.”

“Not as much as the person they were meant for,” he said softly.

This made Serena look into his eyes, searching for anything that resembled sarcasm, but she didn't find any. He walked closer to her. His green eyes looked slightly down to her blue ones. He backed away a little.

 

“Are you in a hurry to leave?” he asked her, wondering and hoping that she wasn't.

“No,” she answered.

“Walk with me?” he kindly asked.

Serena was a little confused, “Where?”

“The garden,” he said.

“Sure,” she smiled.

 

They walked side by side through the garden in silence.

“You know,” he began, “when I first saw you, I could've sworn you were an angel with broken wings,” he said not daring to look at her, but not feeling embarrassed to tell her. She looked at him in astonishment. “And now that you're wings have healed, you are free to fly where ever you want,” he continued, still not staring at her.

She coyly reached for his hand and stopped walking, “It's all thanks to you.” He also stopped and looked back at her. Her eyes showed such honesty and kindness that he intertwined his fingers with hers and pulled her closer to him. They kept eye contact, until he closed the gap between their lips. God, it's like she had taken him to heaven! She wrapped her arms around his neck, while he held her soft face with his hands. He licked her bottom lip, asking for entry. She slightly parted her lips and he moved his tongue smoothly inside, meeting and tasting her sweet, soft tongue for the first time. They parted slowly, and he gave her a quick, soft kiss.

 

They stared at each other for a moment. Then he brought her into his arms and embraced her. He felt so happy to know she felt the same about him.

 

They returned to her room to retrieve her belongings. They then walked to the front of the hospital to wait for her friends to arrive.

“Perhaps, we can go out to dinner Saturday night,” he suggested.

“That would be wonderful,” she smiled.

 

Serena's friends arrived about five minutes after.

“Hey Serena,” they all greeted her.

“Are you ready to go?” Rei asked, not noticing Dr. Alexander's hand intertwined with Serena's.

“Yes, I'm ready,” she answered.

“I'll get your stuff,” Lita volunteered.

“Thanks,” Serena said sincerely, not noticing Rei's defiant stare facing Daniel, until she felt Daniel's hand tighten a little around hers. She looked up at Daniel then at Rei, her eyes grew small in concern.

“Rei?” Serena got her attention.

Rei looked at Serena; she noticed her concern in her eyes so she looked away, “We should get going.”

 

...To be continued

 

I'm going to leave it there for now; I really want to know what you guys think of it! `Cause I'm thinking about erasing it, well, I don't know! There's going to be some action on the next chapter! Please R&R!