Disclaimer- I do not own sailor moon

Petiyaka-thank you. ^.^ and yes, haruka does end up feeling very guilty :/

SailorPluto-thank you :) and i'll try to read your story first chance i get

3 Years Later

Haruka wiped sweat off of her forehead as she glared at the car. She had washed it nearly four hours ago, but since the car her dad was going to drive had a problem with the engine, he had taken

the red one. And now it was dirty so she had to wash it...again.

As she dug out of the supply closet for a cloth, she thought about the racetrack. She loved it here. She loved the cars, the grimey tools, the sarcastic crew, Mr. Toshio, the feel of flying around the track,

hearing the roar of the crowd cheer...but her mother hated it. She would have a heart attack if she ever found out. Sighing, Haruka began to gently washed the car. She wished that her mother did not

hate racing so much. She loved it like crazy and wanted to share her joy with her mother like she did with the piano. She wanted her to understand that it wasn't always about crashing and stays in

the hospital.

Haruka picked at her food listlessly. She was tired and not at all hungry. She just wanted to go up to her room and sleep.

"Haruka-chan, are you feeling ok? You've barely eaten anything," Mizuki eyed her daughter worriedly.

"I'm just tired mom. School sucked and I spent a lot of time washing cars today."

"Why did school suck?"

"My teacher gave a pop quiz in history. It was terrible; half of the stuff on the pop quiz was stuff we haven't even gone over yet."

"Maybe they wanted to test your knowledge to see how much all of youknow?" Mizuki suggested to try and brighten her up.

"No, it wasn't like that. I got a thirty-four percent on it and the teacher said I should have studied harder."

"But you haven't gone over the material yet?" Ryu interjected.

"Right. The stuff was from a chapter near the end of the book. During free time, Yusuke and I looked it up."

"Well that's just plain wrong," Ryu grumbled. "I'm going to have a word with that teacher tomorrow."

"Don't get all upset, darling,"Mizuki said though she too appeared slightly aggravated.

"Well, what do you expect me to do? Say, 'well, you should have studied for something you haven't covered yet'?"

"No, I'm just saying you shouldn't get too upset. Maybe it was a misunderstanding. Teachers have lessons planned before the start of school so maybe they gave the wrong test."

"Then say what you mean the first time!" Ryu grunted.

"Honey, please..." Mizuki began before Ryu cut her off gruffly.

Ryu and Mizuki sat there bickering as Haruka slowly got up and threw her food away. Looking sadly at her parents, she trudged up the stairs knowing the secret her and her dad shared was slowly

eating at both her parents, even if her mom didn't know about it.

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