Disclaimer: (Do I really need one in every chapter?) Any characters or references from Sailor Moon do not belong to me , I think we all know that.

A/N: Yay, and here is the fourth! It certainly took me 3 years to write again but it seems this story is going to come out in just a few weeks Thanks for your reviews, and please keep reviewing they really make me want to write some more lol!

Forget me not

Chapter 4: Nightmares and awakenings

"Calm down Shizuka, it was just an unfortunate accident." Shizuka looking furious brushed her hair and looked at Haruka through the mirror. She was trying really hard to get a hold of herself but she was positively furious.

"Calm down, you say? How would you feel in my position? how can you explain the fact that I found a naked woman on your bathtub?"

"In fairness I don't know anybody that takes a bath fully dressed… you walked into somebody bathing so…" Haruka got the iciest stare on the history of mankind; Shizuka's sense of humor was nowhere to be seen.

"You are serious! Why was she there in the first place?"

Haruka placed her arm around Shizuka's shoulders. "Oh Shizuka, it's not like I was in there along with her, I let her use the Jacuzzi tub, I wasn't even upstairs, you didn't walked into the sitting room where I was, you went into my bathroom where Michiru was... " Shizuka zipped up her dress looking stern.

"Hmmmm … " Once she finished getting dressed she left the room, Haruka followed her downstairs.

"So, are you still staying for supper… dear?"

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Michiru sat down on her bed, she got dressed and was ready for supper but wasn't sure if she was welcomed downstairs at all, she bitted her lip softly. She had many expectations regarding Haruka's girlfriend, she guessed right that she was a very beautiful girl, she couldn't compete with someone like that, so tall and gorgeous… compete? Why did that thought occurred to her? She was letting this feelings for Haruka grow out of control, now that she was remembering things nonstop it was only a matter of time before she would have to return to her real life and stop daydreaming of romance.

She couldn't shake out of her mind the image of the woman with long sea green hair, her mother. Where was she now? Was she out there looking for her? Maybe, she wanted so badly to remember but at the same time she feared that once her memories came back entirely she will no longer have an excuse to stay in this house… life was always so complicated.

Knock, knock…

"Come in." Haruka walked in the room quietly.

"Hi."

Michiru still sitting on the bed looked like a beautiful rose placed on a white mantel, she looked so frail on the enormous bed."Hey"

"Are you joining us for supper?"

"Should I?" She asked hesitant.

Haruka nodded. " We should take this like grownups, so you saw her naked and we saw… you" "naked, naked, naked…say something that doesn't make you sound like a complete pervert…naked Michiru….hmmm" "It was not a big deal was it?"

Michiru blushed again, Haruka saw her naked, she probably compare her to her own girlfriend and those big boobs of hers, how humiliating… "Yeah, no big deal…"

"So shall we go have dinner then?." Michiru nodded and they walked downstairs, she sat at the table right across from Shizuka who didn't look friendly at all. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Shizuka placed her glass of wine down and looked right at the smaller girl, dressed in a delicate green chiffon dress.

"So Michiru…, no last name huh? Have you started remembering things yet?"

"Yes, some of them, it seems to be a bit more complex that I thought at first…"

Shizuka cut her off. "How old are you?" Michiru felt under a microscope, Shizuka's piercing blue eyes were measuring her carefully.

" Twenty years old."

"Are you sure?"

"Hum…yes."

"I see, that's quite peculiar don't you think Haruka? That she can remember it so clearly, no doubts. How can you be so sure?"

"I...I don't know I just am."

Haruka wondered where was this conversation going, why was Shizuka so interested on it anyways. "Because, you could be 20, or 40, or 16… My brother met a girl once who claimed to be 18, next thing you know she tried suing him for statutory rape, she was just a 16 year old slut, a goldigger…"Did Shizuka just called her a slut? Michiru raised an eyebrow, Haruka looked uncomfortable, Shizuka laughed softly. "Of course that is not important in your case is it? It was just a story… I'm just saying it would be a shame if you think you are of age and then it turns out to be different, people could get in trouble, of course like I said it is not the case here really…

Michiru struggled with the urge to slap her back an insult and instead she took a sip of her drink. Haruka's voice broke the silence that followed Shizuka's 'lovely' story.

"You know maybe we could go out for supper…"

"Actually Haruka, I am feeling rather tired, maybe you and Shizuka should go out without me."

Shizuka smiled triumphant, so this girl was no threat after all, just a small little inconvenience. "Oh dear, she should totally rest if she is tired… you and I could definitely go out tonight."

"Hum, are you sure Michiru? " Michiru nodded softly and smiled, she excused herself shortly afterwards and left the room.

"You know Haruka? You were right… I like her…"

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Michiru lay on the bed her face buried on a pillow, she cried softly humiliated and vulnerable, up until now everything and everybody had been so nice she thought the world was bright and colorful, but Shizuka was a cold woman and her disdain sprang memories in Michiru, the memories were fuzzy and hard to define but she could feel pain, real palpable pain, a deep sorrow sat on her chest and she knew that there were dark memories nested deep on her brain and she wished with all her heart they will never come back, cause this feeling of deep loneliness and pain was unbearable.

That throbbing headache came back, flashes of arguments and fights with a woman whose face she could not see clearly threaten to drawn her. Broken objects, treasures, her paintings… a shattered violin…sorrow, so much pain, when she opened her eyes again she noticed the day was breaking, all this memories were imbibed on her dreams, nightmares.

She lay on her back staring at the ceiling, cursing herself for being so weak, she remembered now, she remembered her…Claire. There were many, many things she couldn't be sure about, but right now she knew that love could overcome everything but what she had felt for Claire wasn't love, it was need, and need had drove her to cling to Claire even when she had hurt her so badly, when she was for her more a poison than a remedy, all this time she was afraid of being alone, to not be able to make it on her own, but now she was free…free to be herself, whoever that was, it didn't mattered, but that person was going to live without Claire, no more pain. And for starters she was going to show Shizuka she was not some push over she could insult, and if Haruka threw her on the street for being herself with that snobby girlfriend of hers…well so be it. "It is over Claire…. Forever."

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Haruka looked at her girlfriend dancing with some of her friends, she felt bored and overwhelmed, all she wanted was a quiet night out with Shizuka to smooth things out, the whole incident with Michiru was really just the tip of the iceberg. Their relationship seemed destined to fail, Shizuka was always jealous, accusing her of cheating constantly and always pushing for commitment. Up until now she had put up with it just because the perspective of going out and trying to find someone else was overwhelming itself, she liked Shizuka, she was attractive and smart, resourceful, she knew her way around Haruka's business and social world, always a perfect hostess, always perfect… Haruka's own mother had called her a Diamond once, how true, just like a diamond, beautiful but cold.

She was brought back from her thoughts by a female voice. "So Haruka you guys should come to my soirée tomorrow, everyone who's anyone is going to be there…" Haruka looked at Mizuki and nodded politely. "You should bring your amnesic guest too… it will be fun." Haruka nodded again and finished her drink.

"If you'll excuse me." She walked towards Shizuka, se was tired and wanted to go home now, maybe tomorrow would be a better day to talk to Shizuka.

The guy sitting next to Mizuki waited until Haruka blended with the crowd and looked at his date. "Mizuki, why did you do that for? Shizuka is going to flip out."

"Bah, don't be so boring, it´s going to be fun, trust me, I have a plan… Shizuka is my best friend after all…isn't she?"