Plot: Darien broke her heart, as if that weren't enough, a few weeks later her life falls apart. When her moms in the hospital the guy she loves dumps her, and worst of all. No one believes iner. Not the scouts, not luna, not even her own father.
I DO NOT OWN SAILORMOON! DO NOT OWN IT JUST LOVE READING/WATCHING/WRITING ABOUT IT!
Running. Sammy. Rini. They were the first two people in her mind. She ran, faster than she usually did, but she didn't care if she couldn't breathe, she didn't care if her legs hurt. She just ran as if someone with a gun was chasing her. She fought tears from falling but failed, tears were streaming down her cheek. She crashed into someone, or a group of people. I don't have time for this Serena thought as she stood up and ran with all her strength. She had to get Rini and Sammy. She finally reached Sammy's school, it's been out for a few hours. There she spotted a little blonde boy, sitting down, drawing on the dirt with a stick.
"Sammy" Serena croaked. The blonde boy shot his head up. He frowned, his father had promised to pick him up so they could go to the arcade for some father son quailty time. He was about to respond with a mean remark, when he noticed Serena's puffy eyes and trembling lips.
"Ser. Serena? What happend" Sammy asked scared, the only time he's ever seen his sister this way when they found out their grandmother was in the hospital.
"come on we better get Rini" Serena stated as she grabbed his hand and started sprinting to Rini's swiming class. After she got them, they kept asking question after question after question. Andrew turned to see a pair of meatball heads that he hasn't seenin a while.
"hey Sere-" he also noticed something was off, before he could ask she asked if she could borrow a phone, he lead her to the back where the phone was. Andrew turned to the small kids in front of him. "Hey Sammy, hey. I haven't seen you before. I'm Andrew" Andrew said with a friendly smile. The pink haired girl returned a smile. "how would you two like a famous tripple chocolate shake on the house?" the two kids nodded in excitment. Andrew smiled, starting to work on the kids milkshake, his eyes wondering off to where Serena was. His back was on the wall, nodding slowly. The bell chimes rang as a tall raven haired man appeared.
"Darien!" Rini sang as she jumped into his arms. He smiled.
"hey Rini" he said down beside Sammy. "hey Sammy Hey drew" Darien added, he purposely ignored the love of his life.
"hey dude" Andrew said as he handed Sammy a shake. "so you know what's up with Serena?" Darien knew what was up, he had after all broken up with her. Darien faked a coughed and shrugged.
"Meatball head is losing it" Sammy broke the awkward silence. "she won't tell me anything!" Serena hung up the phone, minutes before Darien entered. She took a deep breathe and entered. "Hey Serena will you tell me what's wrong now?" Sammy begged.
"Sammy just go do your homework alright? I'll tell you later. I promise" Serena said unsure, she didn't want to tell Sammy the bad news, Sammy was about respond with a typical 'why?' "please Sammy, just please" Serena sighed out exhausted. He just nodded and went to work. Serena covered her face with her hands.
"Hey Sammy why don't you go to the booth with Rini and Darien, I gotta talk to Serena about something" Andrew said, Rini watched Andrew carefully when they reached the booth. Andrew's arm was around Serena. "Sere, what happend?" Andrew said carefully.
"everything is falling apart" Serena croaked quiet enough so Andrew wouldn't hear her. She shook her head. "Forget I said anything Andrew"
"no, Serena. We haven't talked in ages. If something is wrong tell me, your like the sister I always wanted unlike my real sister" Andrew teased. Serena didn't laugh or smile. "come on I miss the bubbly Serena, what happend?"
"forget it Andrew, it's nothing. Don't worry about it" Serena said faking a smile. Andrew sighed and started to go back to cleaning tables. Nothing's wrong Andrew, nothing except for the fact that the guy who I'm madly in love with broke up with me for no reason, replaced me with Rini, my friends abandonded me, I quit being Sailor Moon, my own cat turned her back on me, my mom is in the hospital right now because she has a chance of cancer and to top it off no one believes in. No one believes that I can make it to college. Serena thought, she sighed hard. Her eyes wondered to her little brother. I hope he doesn't grow up to fast. She quickly wiped a tear from her eyes. The bell chimes rang once again as Serena sat in front of Sammy, watching him do his homework. The girls entered, seeing Rini they casually forgot the fact that Serena was there and headed off to were Rini and Darien were.
"Hey Hey!" Mina sang as she sat beside Rini. "What's up!"
"Nothing, except Serena is going crazy! On our way here she didn't say a single word! Not one word! And then she went straight to the phone! And she instructed Sammy to do his homework! Serena hasn't ordered any food, nothing!" Rini exploded in confusion.
"somethings wrong" Lita pointed out the obvious. "I mean Serena and no food is crazy!" They stared at the meatball hair girl as she constantly wiped tears from her eyes.
"why do you think she's acting this way?" Raye asked. "I'll ask the fire tonight!"
"Maybe because someone who's name rhymes with smarian broke her heart!" Mina said harshly as she glanced at Darien. Darien sighed, Mina was the only one who seemed to be on his back about this.
"No no no!" Rini complained as her small fist banged on the table. "Serena's mommy was suppose to get me so we could go shopping since I don't have that many clothes but Serena showed up instead, and today Serena's dad was suppose to picks Sammy up but Serena did!" Rini said as she hugged her Luna ball. "I swear you teens are clueless"
"So you think something is wrong with Serena's parents?" Amy asked, Rini nodded. They all took this consideration.
"Where's mom?" Sammy asked worried.
"go to your room with Rini, I need to talk to Serena alone" Ken said in a harsh voice. Serena looked down at her hands as she sat, her nails digging in her palm. Sammy nodded, he was actually at the edge of the staircase while Rini played with her Luna ball. He sat as he watched his father sit in front of Serena.
"Serena you need to start pulling your own weight around here, you need to do better in school too! Your Teacher called and said your failing English? How are you failing English!" Ken started to babble on and on. Serena knew she wasn't the best student in the world, but it wasn't her fault. Everything just seemed less important due to her fights with monsters, her training. She honestly did try even though it wasn't always one-hundred percent. Serena sat there, with her head hung, tears in her eyes. Her father lecturing her. Telling her that she won't be able to make it to college with her current test grades. She had shown him, her recent test. It was a Seventy-one percent, wasn't the best but it was good for her. "what are we gonna do with you Serena!" Her father Ken yelled, she flinched. Biting her lower flip, she slowly put the piece of paper onto the table. He took it vicously. "An A in Art? What's that going to do with your future!" Ken yelled louder, he slammed the report card onto the table. Before he could say anything, he shook his head. "Make sure Rini and Sammy eat, take them out or something" Ken whispered low as he headed out. The car was starting, he was headed to where her mother was. Serena inhaled a deep breathe hoping that no tears were to be able to be seen. Serena headed for the door. Her plan was to go and buy some pizza or something.
"Serena" she paused, she turned to see her brother with a smile. "can we go eat at the arcade instead" Serena shrugged, Sammy rushed upstairs for his money and his shoes, he made Rini rush too. The walk to the arcade was silent. Serena had her hands stuffed in her hoodie while Sammy looked around, Rini following Sammy and Serena. They reached the CROWN arcade, Serena sat down at the counter, Sammy sat beside her, and Rini sat beside Sammy. Sammy smiled at the arcade manager.
"Good afternoon you three once again, what can I get you?" Andrew asked as he pushed aside a strand of blonde hair from his face.
"I'll have a cheeseburger, fries and a triple chocolate milkshake" Sammy stated with a smile.
"Me too!" Rini sang happily.
"I'll have fries and a triple chocolate milkshake" Serena ordered politely with a fake smile plastered on her face, Andrew went to get what they ordered. "go play, I'll call you when your food comes" Serena said. Sammy and Rini smiled and went to play the arcade games. After a few minutes their food was there and Sammy and Rini returned, they were eating and smiling. He was truely Serena's little brother. Rini excused herself to play some DDR. Serena played with her fries as she slowly drank her drink.
"Serena." Sammy said carefully as he finished his burger. Andrew was carefully listening to their conversation, knowing something was wrong with his little 'sister'. That's what she always been. His little sister. "why didn't you show dad the acceptance letter you got to that one art school"
"how did..." Serena already knew the answer. "ooh sammy!" she said scruntching her eyebrows together mad.
"Why didn't you?" he asked again as he took a bite of his french fry.
"it's complicated Sammy" Serena said as she continued to poke her fries with a straw.
"oh, can I see your drawings then?" Sammy asked, he wasn't the nicest little brother in the world, but he knew Serena had potential, he knew she had a future if she only reached for it. Serena took out her sketch pad and handed over to him. He squinted his eyes as he looked at each picture. Andrew's eyes wonder to the pictures as well. "Wow Serena, these are amazing!" Andrew yelled. Serena blushed. The door chimes went off. Serena slowly put the sketch pad back into her bag, she quickly went into the girls bathroom knowing who would it be. The girls returned, as they usually did after fighting a monster. Serena quickly went to the bathroom. Her phone rang, and she knew it was her father about to blow another gasgit. Darien soon followed, as usual. Rini ran to the raven haired mans arms.
"Hey Dare, long time no talk" Andrew said smiled at his best friend. "it's been like what? Three hours?"
"yea man" Darien replied "such a long time" he teased. He was mostly paying attention to Rini who was finishing up her food.
"Hey Sammy, Rini why are you here all alone?" Raye asked.
"oh I'm not, I went here with Serena because our dad nagged at her and I thought I should give her some company along with Rini of course" Sammy said.
"are you feeling sick Sammy? I mean you are never nice to Serena" Raye asked, everyone knew it was true. Sammy frowned, everyone teased Serena but sometimes it would go way to far. And sammy understood that what Raye said crossed the line. Sure, he wasn't the best brother in the world but he sure was an alright one. He has always had her back, let her borrow money for school and stuff. In fact he was more like the older one than Serena.
"yea I know, but you had to be there when our dad said she would be better working at a carwash than going to college" Sammy spat. "I honestly never saw Serena this down. On the walk here she didn't say a single word, she didn't stop or trip. Usually Serena brushs this stuff off, but I can see that it hurt her bad"
"poor Serena," Andrew said. He noticed that the girls didn't seem to care.
Lita sighed, it's been tough it's been exactly a day since she talked to Serena. She quit being sailor moon because well in the meetings all she ever heard them talk about was her. How she was late, how she always ate how she always did terrible in school how she always clutz out before she had a chance to stand. So she quit, believing they deserved a better leader.
"So what will you guys have?" Andrew said tryig to fill up the silence. Darien asked for his usual coffee, Lita asked for a chocolate smoothie, Mina asked for a strawberry smoothie, Amy asked for water and Raye asked for a sunday. They all sat on the counter beside Sammy. Serena got off the phone, she was in trouble. She sat on the bathroom floor, letting the tears fall down. She couldn't take it anymore. She washed her face and put on a fake smile. She peeked out to see the gang on the counters, slowly making their way to their usual back booth. Darien even had the guts to join the girls. Serena walked her way to her little brother.
"Hey Sammy, get your stuff. Dad's gonna pick you up" Serena said sadly. Sammy knew not to question and just nodded. Ken walked in, he sighed at his daughter. He wasn't in the mood to give his daughter another lecture. He took Sammy and walked out without listening to Sammy complain about staying with Serena. Serena held back tears. She felt ignored, forgotten, unloved. She grabbed the nearest trashcan, took out her sketch book, and started ripping pages out one by one crumbling them and throwing them in the trash. Until the final thing left to crumble up was the acceptance letter. She slammed it in the trash bin along with a small composition book, took her bag and ran out of the arcade in tears. Darien and Amy were the only ones to see her behavoir. Amy got up, brought the trashcan over.
"what are you doing?" Mina asked confused. Amy dumped the trash as Mina screamed. "eww! Amy!" She whined.
"Serena threw these away." Darien explained, they eached opened a crumble sketch paper. Being amazed and shocked.
Mina was looking at a portrait of her alterego Sailor V, surrounding her a beautiful background. Lita was looking at a portrait of herself, her alterego Sailor Jupiter, surrounding her was a beautiful background of the park. Raye was looking at a portrait of herself, she was wearing her Sailor Mars, surrounding her was anything that related to fire. She smiled, a sweat bead fell in the picture as Serena wrote a little comedic note. Amy was looking at a portrait of herself, she was wearing her Sailor Mercury suit. Amy had a huge smile but she was holding a ruler like a teacher. Rini looked at a portrait of herself, amazed and shocked all together. She had been sleeping outside, she remembered this picture. It was the night where herself, Serena and Sammy put up a tent outside to watch the stars, There she was laying there asleep, the moon shining behind her. Darien was looking at a portrait of himself, it was at the park. Their usual bench. He had doze off, as usual. His glasses were covering his face, which made him sort of look like Tuxedo Man. The moon was behind him, it reflective beautifully in the background. The more drawings they found were either funny, adorable, or just plan out amazing. The letter was soon found, guilt ate all of the girls. They never did believe Serena would get into a college.
Serena closed her eyes, she didn't want to go home. She wanted to run in front of a truck and let it hit her to let the pain in her chest go away. She inhaled the cold air, till it filled her lungs. She took out her sketchbook, she found six blank pages left. She took out her pencil bag, and started to trace a perfect rose, it was in the middle of the lake, the moon shining, reflecting through the lake. It was the perfect setting. Her mind was rewinded to Rini, whom she forgot at the arcade and was responsible for. She groaned, she didn't feel like seeing the girls or him. Her eyes wonder back to the view, she smiled. She sighed, she wasn't the best artist. In fact she didn't have much talent, let alone any talent.
"that's very good drawing you have their Serena" a familiar feline voice said. Serena jumped as she slammed her sketchbook shut.
"oh, Luna you scared me" Serena said casual. Her mind slipped about the argument she had with the cat.
"the scouts showed me the drawings, the letter. Why haven't you shown it to any of us" Serena shrugged, she knew why. But she didn't want to explain it to her cat. "Serena. Talk to me" Serena kept her tough face on. "Serena, quitting the scouts was a bit overdramatic don't you think" Serena couldn't believe this. Luna only cared about the stupid scouts, not about her. They just needed someone who can work the wand to dust off the bad guys. Her tears hit the picture she had just drawn. "I've been replaced and feel unloved. I'm just not enough" Serena whispered to herself, she wiped her tears as Luna seemed to continue about how overdramatic she was being. She knew she was being overdramatic by quitting but what could she do? Run back saying how they were right about her, even though they were right about her she didn't want to be that pathetic girl anymore who had to rely on someone else. Luna finally stopped talking, realizing that she was making things worse.
"What happend to your mother Serena" Luna finally asked. This broke Serena, she fell on her knees, right off the bench and broke down. "Ser. Serena" Luna's never seen Serena this way, not even when she lost Darien.
"I'm fine Luna, I promise" Serena said in a unease voiced, she wiped her tears that kept falling down. She felt shadows behind her.
"Serena" Luna repeated, this time in a worried tone.
"Luna, I'm fine. I promise" Serena said as she stood up, she wiped her tears. "Don't worry. No need to worry" she stated.
"Serena" Rini stuttered. Serena slowly turned around to find the girls with Rini. "What's wrong" Serena shook her head.
"Just don't worry about it Rini. I promise, nothing's wrong" Serena reassured. Amy saw through this, so did Lita, Raye, and Mina. Rini sighed, she said goodbye to the girls and started walking home with Serena. The walk home was quiet, but a shadow seemed to be following Serena and Rini.
Serena woke up earlier than usual, she got ready much earlier than she usually did, she woke up Rini and Sammy for school. Their father had been gone since three in the morning, it was now six. Serena even made some eggs, bacon and toast for breakfast because that's the only thing she could make. Serena made sure they got out of the house by seven. She dropped Sammy off and now was wondering where Rini had to go. Today was wensday and that was the day when Rini didn't have any ballet, art, or swimming classes. While they were walking, Serena was thinking. Unknowingly she turned the corner, crashing into someone hard. It felt familiar because it was familiar. It was Darien.
"oh sorry" Serena looked up to see the man who hurt her, physically and mentally. Her head shot back down, but an idea hit her in the head.
"hey, your pretty early" Darien tried to sound friendly.
"mhmm" was all Serena could say. "can you. watch Rini for me for a few hours. Until I get out of school"
"um sure but what about-" before Darien could ask Serena was already running, she knew she was going to be late.
"I'll meet you at the arcade and get her there!" Serena yelled as she ran
Serena walked into the Crown arcade with Sammy and his friend Mika and Bobby. Mika, Bobby, and Sammy were at a booth doing their homework. Serena slid a seat by the counter. Andrew handed her a chocolate shake. "Hey" Andrew said with a friendsly smile. "I heard" Of course he heard, their fathers worked together for a quite a while. News would of course trail to him.
"yea, well I haven't got the courage to tell Rini or Sammy" Serena replied as she took a small sip of the shake in front of her.
"your dad didn't tell them?" Andrew asked confused. Serena shrugged.
"It doesn't seem like they know, and I'm gonna make sure it stays that way. For a while anyways" Serena said, she looked up to see Andrew's arm around her shoulders, pulling her into a hug. "Andrew. Don't." Andrew slid his arm off slowly, confused. "I don't need any sympathy. Please." Serena begged as she pushed her shake away.
"I wasn't-"
"it doesn't matter. Just." Serena sighed. "act as if you don't know. Please. For me" Andrew nodded slowly, unsure. The door to the chimes rang. Andrew's hand was on Serena's waist. He saw Darien, he dropped his hand and went back behind the counter. Serena didn't notice anything happen. Her mind was too blurred up. Darien turned his hands into fist, making his knuckles white. Rini ran to Sammy and his friends. She loved Mika, she knew that Sammy and Mika would be together some day. Even at her age she knew.
"you know your going to have to tell Rini and Sammy sooner or later" Andrew pointed out as he whiped the table.
"Thank you for pointing the obvious Andrew" Serena said sarcasticly.
"tell Rini and Sammy what?" Darien asked curiously.
"and you have to tell-"
"thank you Andrew, stop talking" Serena interupted annoyed now. She knew Andrew was up to something.
"I'm just saying! Word travels by fast" Andrew said, he handed Darien his usual coffee, Darien took it and walked over to Sammy and Rini. Serena glared at Andrew, knowing he was up to something. "You should tell Darien" She knew Darien told him that they were over. Serena rolled her eyes. "And the girls"
"um, I'm good" Serena said as she bite her straw.
"Serena!" Andrew said loud enough so that Darien, Rini, and Sammy could hear.
"Andrew" she replied in the same tone. She fought a smile.
"If you don't tell them I will" Andrew joked, Serena faked a gasp.
"How rude!" She stated as she continue to sip her shake. Darien watched as they laugh, his nail dug deep into his palm as he closed them to fist.
"are you sure Amy?" Lita asked again. Raye rolled her eyes.
"Of course she's sure!" Raye yelled. "We have to talk to her now!"
"Now girls. I don't think she's in the mood to talk" Luna explained. "it's been difficult on her, she's up early and is replacing her mom around the house" They all looked over at the counter were Serena was, she was reading something. Most likely a comic book. Raye thought.
"her mom has cancer, she's been checked in the hospital for a couple of days" Amy repeated. "She's going to need some time"
"how do you know this again?" Mina asked as she stood up.
"she's my mothers patient. And where are you going?"
"To get more smoothies, I'm thirsty!" Mina lied as she skipped over to the counter where Serena and Andrew were.
"Andrew! I'm serious" Serena said in a stern voice, avoiding laughter. She was suppose to be sad but Andrew was making it very difficult.
"So am I" Andrew teased. He knew Serena needed a good laughing. Serena smiled she rolled her eyes and continued to read her book.
"Hey Andrew! I'm gonna need three more strawberry shakes please!" Mina asked nicely, she sat beside Serena. "Hey Serena!"
"Hey Mina" Serena said with a friendly smile. Mina frowned, she could see past her fake smile. She knew something was wrong.
"So how's your mom? Is she doing better?" Mina asked, Serena shot a look at Andrew. "He didn't say anything. Your mom is Amy's mom's patient. So is she doing good?"
"I don't know. I haven't visit her. I'm too busy watching Rini or Sammy" Serena spoke in a soft voice. She wanted to visit her mother, but her father wouldn't hear it. "Please don't say anything to Darien, or Rini or Sammy" Mina gave her a small comforting smile.
"I promise, I'll make sure the girls stay shut too" Serena gave Mina a smile, Mina returned the smile, grabbed the drinks and skipped her way to the girls.
"you amaze me Serena" Andrew spoke truthfully, his face was serious. Serena looked at him confused. Darien who was dozing off from Rini's talking saw the way they looked at each other, jealousy struck him hard. He tried to listen carefully to their conversation. "I mean, here you are. Smiling like nothings wrong. And you make it seem like nothings wrong"
"years of practice" Serena replied with a fake smile. "years of practice" she repeated
ANY QUESTIONS? REVIEW!
so I had this idea from reading a few stories, man Serena/Usagi reminds me of myself. I eat to much, I sleep alot, always running late, clumsy, talkative, etc. And most of the feelings in this story is how I feel/ how I think Serena would feel.