Chapter 8

Sarah's Room

As May entered she was quite amazed to see all the fighting equipment. It was the first time she had ever been here.

All that were involved at the stage knew that if you had troubles she would listen to them, and now aparently it was her turn.

Sarah had seen many hoplessly lost faces in the past, but May toped all of them.

Both sat down on the red couch and May despite having asked her openly for help didn't know how to explain her problem. The british woman saw how unconfortable the blackhaired girl was but they couldn't just sit there for the rest of the day.

'So would you mind telling me what the problem is?' May looked at her realizing that she didn't know what exactly was the problem.

'I'm not sure but yesterday, the show, then after that, I was very happy, we performed well, I liked the roles, I scared ...' her babeling was interrupted.

'Wait. Slow down. I don't get a thing you are saying.' 'Try to calm your thoughts whilst I make us a batch of tea.'

With that the british woman left May for a short while to group her thoughts. Then when she returned with a platter she presented the cups of tea.

Oddly. altough the chinese wouldn't have felt insulted, there where two types of cups.

One quite lavish with a teaspoon, the other one a simple cylindrical chinese cup without a spoon. It was a surprise to her, she hadn't seen one in quite a while and as she tasted the tea she saw it was even in a native flavour.

Funny how diffrent cultures evolved similar traditions as problems usually in either England or China where solved over a nice cup of tea. The exquisite flavour worked wonders to calm May down and Sarah having her own cup was glad she enjoyed it.

'Now are you ready to tell me what's going on?'

May then rembered and it quickly brought a blush on her face. Sarah now understood the nature of her troubles, but still wanted to make her feel at ease.

'Is the tea to hot?' May shook her head.

'No its not that, its something else.'

Sarah put half a teaspoon of sugar in her cup. 'I've got time.'

Maybe it was the traditionalflavoured tea or the unbearable question that burned it her, but her mouth was unlocked and started retelling yesterdays events. It was unusual for May to talk this much and so fast and quickly the british woman felt herself drawn to the story and overwhelmed but the events.

Nervously sipping from her cup when her mouth got dry she continued.

'And there on the bench yesterday night we just looked at the sunset and then the stars. I was happy so was Rosetta and we thanked eachother for being partners. Rosetta told me she enjoyed the performing with me the most and I told her I was glad I met her. Then we just stared at eachother and I stroked her cheek. And after that I couldn't help myself, we where only inches away from eachother and we almoast ...' she went silent as her blush got more intens.

'Almoast what?' In a almoast unhearable voice May responded.

'Kissed.'

The chinese expected the older woman to freak out, but she just had a surprised look. So knowing Sarah could grasp her problem and would not walk out on her she continued.

'We just stood there for a moment until I opened my eyes and saw just what I was about to do and quickly excused myself and left her... I left her... I ran away. After that I am afraid of seeing her and ... well here I am.'

The darkcolored blond was amazed. Of course she had heard about countless infatuations along the years, but never would she have thought May to tell her, let alone it involving Rosetta.

'I figured you could help me because I heard you and Kalos went trough something similar some time before I joined the stage. So what do you think my problem is?'

Sarah was a bit amuzed, it was a tipical case of knowing the symptoms but not the disease.

'Well its true that Kalos and I performed side by side whilst he was a magician, but if you say that what you are going trough I went trough with him then I think the answer is clear as day.'

May's eyes filled with hope. 'What? What? Tell me!'

The british woman really was astounded just how little insight she had into herself.

'I think its obvious that your like Rosetta in more then one way.'

This was nothing like what the chinese expected, she might have settle to be emotional unstable or confused by the moments, but what she heard trew her off guard.

'Are you saying I'm in love?'

She couldn't even rember ever having pronounced love and hoped that Sarah was joking, but the woman just noded.

'I can't belive this. I out of all people in love? Why me?' she asked.

The british woman was quite amuzed because she noted just how flustered she became and how she wasn't disagreeing, just trying to understand.

'Relax, everyone trips over love now and then, its who falls in love that should be concerned.'

May found the small speck of wisdom intriguing.

'How will I know which one I am?'

Sarah got the two empty cups on the platter and left for the other room.

'You'll know in due time.'

May wondered wheter her newfound affections where as Sarah said a simple trip or something much deeper. Suddenly all events that had happened flooded her mind, how she cared for Rosetta in the hospital how she in turn was there for her at the funeral and finally how together they created a most wonderfull show. Now it seemed that she knew just why they had performed so well. Unbound for the time spent on the stage she expressed her desires which she never even knew existed. But even if she finally admitted to like her friend beyond partnerships she knew not how to progress beyond.

'What should I do now?' she asked as Sarah had come back into the room.

'That you'll have to discover for yourself. The greatest blasphemy in romance is spoiling the game of love.'

May looked a bit peeved at her as she was talking in proverbs. Sarah laughed at the looked she got from her but as she May was about to close the door behind her she added.

'May?' The chinese turned.

'Never forget, every heart beats for more then one person.'

The blackhaired girl understood what she meant and left feeling a bit better.

'Thank you.'

Sora's Room

Rosetta could have sworn she heard a door open as she was waiting to be let in by Sora and she suspected it to be May and as much as she wanted she couldn't bring herself to turn around and make sure.

This impalpable fear was one of the things she hoped to figure out and as always it was Sora who she turned for help. The lavanderhaired girl when opening the door didn't notice May who had quickly rushed to hide as the troubled face on Rosetta was much more disturbing.

She had seen her like this many times in the past, but she always despised anything that tarnished the redheads everpresent good nature and fiery character. Rosetta wondered how Sora would react and for the time being settled to just sit and gather her thoughts.

But only to her did she feel comfortable speaking about such things because doesn't one always as his older sibling for advice? And Sora was the only thing that she could call a sister.

Taking one deep breath she silently asked her friend.

'Sora? Did you ever like somebody?'

It just was too obvious where the redhead was heading. She always knew one day she would have this kind of a talk with Rosetta and despite not having had any solid relationships herself, she did have a knack for getting involved and bring couples together if she truly saw they fitted together. Sarah and Kalos and also Jerry and Kate where one of the cases. However if she didn't see a strong affection she would not just not get involved, but not even notice it at all.

But seeing the frightened, but glittering eyes she knew that this was more then Rosetta realized. However she was also curios to see if she would admit it to her.

'Yes. I like many people, you, May, Layla, and all our friends, and I still do today.'

Rosetta shook her head slightly.

'That's not what I meant. I mean when you really like someone.'

It sounded so childishly sweet hearing her friend talk about it. If Mia was here she probably would have been all over her trying to get any last detail, but to the redheads luck she was not here at the moment.

'Are you telling me you like someone? Are you sure?' she asked not wanting to be persistant, but still if her friend wanted her help she would have to come clean.

'I don't know... yet. What do you think?'

Sora felt a bit unsure how to react.

She knew someday they would discuss this but now that they did she had no clear idea on how to proceed, but as a performer she just found a quick way and hoped it worked. She took Rosetta's chin with her indexfinger and thumb and started tilding the head in many angles, humming curiously like a doctor. The strategy was simple, troubling Rosetta if it was obvious and it worked like a charm as the growing blush confirmed.

She had seen enough and gently patted her friend.

'I think your pretty much in love.'

Secretly the redhead hoped that to be her answer.

'You really think?' she asked with hope in her eyes.

Sora nodded. She could place herself in the redheads position and sympathised with her, everything must seem scary to her.

'Now that we established that would you mind telling me who it is?'

It dawned on Rosetta again and made her just as uncomfortable. To her it was no real problem, but telling others is what she dreaded as their reaction could range from approval to rejection, and she was in bane if they would abandon her.

But she couldn't just keep her feelings locked up this time as they where to great, the compulsion to admit more tantalizing then clouding it in mystery, so with her heart hanging off a thread she hoped that at least Sora would understand.

'I don't know how it happened, I think I've felt this for some time and it has built up to a point I can't contain it. I really don't know how to tell you this, it seems so awkward to me too, but just as exciting...'

'Who is it?' asked Sora getting impatient, but not out of lack of manners, she was just too curios.

Rosetta looked in the ground as if something in her head told her to be ashamed.

On Sora's response now rested if she continued what had started such a long time ago, so with a dim voice she silently but clearly said. '... May.'

The redhead still had her sight in the ground so she didn't see the surprised look on her friends face. Sora felt no disgust, but sheer amazement as this was the first time she had directly known someone who didn't allow gender to play against the mechanisms of love.

Back home in Japan same gender couples where generally dispised and most would consider them not capable of becoming reasonable adults. However if they made their relationship official they where regarded as integrated members of society and not be scolded. At least that was the point of view of the elders, the much younger generation where always fascinated with the subject.

To them it just was a strong show of what many considered ludacris and inexisting and was generally referred to as true love.

But Sora snapped out of it as her thoughts had wandered too far and she needed to return to the matter at hand. She saw clearly that Rosetta was as her not at all disgusted or confused, just afraid.

Vulnerable as the redhead now was she had gotten herself into one serious relationship and if she walked alone she would probably fail and end up heartbroken and suffering.

Wanting to exclude that possiblity Sora knew exactly what her friend needed and didn't hesitate to give it to her and with a hug that was just as strong as it was quick made sure to the redhead what her beliefs on the matter were.

'I'm so glad for you. Whatever you do now don't back out now, you're in love and no one can take that away from you.'

Rosetta was relieved and cried two warm tears. Knowing that Sora would support her decision she realized just how important it was to her.

'Thank you.' she said and left feeling better.

Whatever the outcome her unrelated sister would be there for her.

But there still was something on her mind left, even if she admitted to liking May in a way she never truly yearned for someone, what was next? How would she end up filling the gap in her heart, was the risk worth the reward? She still was unsure in that regard.

Sora was just to openminded and nice to object in that regard. Maybe she needed a second opinion, someone less involved but still close enough to whom she could admit.

Both girls for the rest of the day avoided eachother and decided to keep it that way for the time being. Neither was ready for anything else and still felt as if they were rushing things.

May's Room

"I need a second opinion. Sarah is just too kind for her own good."

May tried to make herself out. She just still couldn't fully belive that she was interested in Rosetta. But slowly she started to accept the idea and this awkward infatuation, but still didn't know whether to pursue it.

She heard of this many times and altough never showing interest in it found out just what a great impact it could have on someone. But who else could help her?

"I won't call mother just after all that has happened and Meryl is on tour with her stundents."

She didn't have much choice, there was nobody she could actually entrust something of this proportions. Leon would probably tell her to keep her mind on the stage and altough much more pleasent then before still was the cold and calculated performer.

"That's it! They both came at the same time!" May remebered what Mia told her. It was the last person she felt was superior to her and also had a uncanny ability to see past her rough edges. It was settled, but it already was too late to meet that person just now. Even tough the questioned burned within her she needed to wait, for now.

Sarah's Room

Never one to disrespect her guests or forget her customes the british woman sat and drank her cup of tea.

Sora however wasn't even paying attention to that as she needed to discuss how she would handle Rosetta

'Are you sure you don't want your tea? I'll drink it if you don't want it.' Sora interrupted.

'Please listen to me I want you to know something. It's really urgent.'

The british woman still was reflecting on her meeting with May, she always did like a good love story and this unlike the other seemed that it would lead somewhere.

'What so important that we can't have tea?'

Sora was starting to get frustrated she wasn't paying attention.

'I think one of our friends might be head over heels in love.' Now Sarah turned to her.

'You know too? I thought she only told me?' Sora was equally surprised.

'She came to you too? She didn't mention that. I thought she wanted to keep in a secret. So do you think she should continue?' Sarah noded

'I think it already out of our control, it would be best if she played it out.'

Sora wanted to agree but knew just how cruel other people could be.

'It's not exactly your usual kind of crush you know.' Sarah noded again.

'I know, but both aren't usual kind of girls either.'

The lavander haired girl however was worried far deeper because of another thing.

'But we don't know if May feels the same.'

If her friends love was onesided it could be heartbreaking even before it started but the british woman didn't understand what she was talking about.

'Don't you mean Rosetta? We don't if she ...'

Both women thoughts overlapped as they realized that all along they where thinking that they were talking of the same person.

'So May came to you?' Sora asked leaving Sarah just as pleasently surprised.

'Yes. So I take it Rosetta came to you?'

Sora noded, now both where overjoyed as they knew that both May and Rosetta had mutual interest in eachother. Now in theory there should be nothing against it, but the lavanderhaired girl remebered.

'What about Kalos?' The british girl also realized.

'That will make things more complicated, he has a strict policy on anything that could interfeer with the stage.'

It was the only concern left, but it still was along way off, but it had the potential to ruin their careers at the stage.

'We'll just have to see how it unravels itself, but belive me when I say that it may just be worth it this time.' said Sarah with finality so that Sora understood not to interfeer.

The next day both girls woke up with anticipation courisng trough them and so their pursuit for any insight continued.

May called and arranged a meeting with the only person she knew would have some of the answers she seeked.

Rosetta also knew just one person who might just know what was going on, but she was was much closer and easy to reach. With both their rooms on the same floor from time to time each girl peeked making sure if the other one was around and finally the chinese dressed formal left the complex leaving the redhead free to seek her friend out.

Tranquillity of Awakening Orchids

A purple haired woman entered the strange complex and found herself overwhelmed by the boasting archtitecture and vivid colors.

"It looked much smaller from the outside." she thought as she was led to the inner most sanctum of the garden.

Locked away in here was a impressive pond surrounded by hundreds of orchids all tended by a small girl to busy to even notice her. It was surly a nice retreat from the chaos of daily life, but she was here for a purpouse, she had been called here.

"I wonder if she forgot." thought the woman spotting a stone bench to sit on, but as much as she tried couldn't get comfortable. However she tried seating herself the sturdy bench just remained what it was ... rocksolid.

But her focus was diverted as a voice called her.

'Cathy ...'

The woman turned and finally confronted the person who had arranged this meeting in the first place.

'Finally May, I thought you bailed.'

It also was the chineses first visit to this garden and was also calmed by the aura that surrounded this retreat, but she wasn't at all interested in the surroundings and quietly sat down next to the older woman.

'So what is it this time?' May was surprised how openly she was asked, it almoast felt like an interogation.

'Am I that obviously troubled?'

Cathy laughed, the girl couldn't hide her anxiety at all, slightly trembling not even looking in the general direction to where she was.

'You never could act, but thats allright for a trapese artist like you. But yes, calling me personally to this place alone,a newly opened chinese garden. It doesn't get any clearer. So you got my attention, lets hear your story.'

This rather rough approach was something May had in common with the woman, but she knew just what a skilled diplomat the director was and how easily she saw past deception. That was the reason she called upon her in the first place. If she could help her how to deal with the new situation she would not hesitate to ask and so started to retell her tale.

At first it sounded reasonably good to Cathy, she had heard few stories centred around friendships and tried not to criticise the sometimes obvious nature of the plot for this was a real experience not a scenario.

But as the tale reached its climaxe and May confessed the interest she had in Rosetta Cathy's was just dumbstruck. She fell of the bench in sheer amazement and asked.

'Say that again?' beliving her hearing was playing tricks on her.

May having now said it once didn't feel that unconfortable telling her again.

'I said I think I've taken a liking to Rosetta.'

Cathy got back on the bench and sighed.

'That's what I thought you said. You really can pick'em.'

May found her tone dissapointed somehow which made her worry.

'Is there something wrong?' Cathy sighed again.

'Sarah went too easy on you. Yes there is something wrong.'

The chinese was filled with suspiction of what the problem could be.

"You in love with another girl." "It will end your career as a perfomer." she tought as it seemed to be the most obvious thing that anyone would scold her about.

But Cathy found those minor detials and expressed her real concern in a quite loud voice.

'You just ran away from her!?'

The flowermaid who was watering her orchids shushed the woman with her indexfinger over her lips and Cathy obliged to lower her voice.

'May, you can't just keep avoiding eachother for the rest of your life why don't you ... Ahhhh now I understand.' said the elder woman having reached a conclusion.

'What?' asked the blackhaired girl unsure what she was talking about.

'You came to me for advice in love.'

May promplty blushed, she wanted to find a solution to her yearning, but the way Cathy put it made it sound emberassing.

'I thought so.' she said.

She always did sympathise with May.

'I just want to know what to do.' The older woman raised an eyebrow curious.

'Wait you like her don't you?' The chinese wasn't sure about that herself.

'She likes you right?' May just answered.

'I don't know.' Cathy slapped herself over the forhead.

'Come on, give me a break. You called me all the way out here in secrecy just to tell me your afraid of a little crush. I didn't think you where this indecisive.'

This slight offense to her ego made May's eyes regain their former determination altough still having a blush on her face.

'I know how I feel about her, I just don't know what to do next.'

Cathy again smiled at her.

'And now its the old May back. Your indecisive about being indecisive. Let's get everything in the open. You like her.'

May noded.

'Rosetta likes you.' May answered as before.

'I'm not sure.'

Cathy continued

'You want to see where this leads to?' May noded again.

'Then I think its clear as day what you should do.'

On the verge of having her question answered the chinese was eager.

'What? What?' Cathy couldn't belive just how little she knew about the crushes.

'You really are blind. Go and tell her just what you feel, she'll either aproove or reject you, either is better then not knowing at all.'

Just how deep was her fear routed asked May herself at that moment, all this time this was what kept her away. The fear of being rejected was profoundly ingrained within her and was the last thing that kept her usual strength and courage locked. Cathy was amazed just how inexperienced she was and felt happy to have restored her, but added getting off and walking away.

'Consider if the risk is worth the prize before throwing herself, because there is no way to turn back this time.'

May understood that this time it was she who hesitated to confront someone as this time there was not just a competition or a lead role at stake, if she would dare on releasing her innermost feelings she would have to wager her most prized possesion, her heart.

Mia's Room

'You sure you don't know where she went?' asked a tall girl frustrated hanging up.

"I thought she would come and discuss the script. I wonder where she went."

Her thoughts where interrupted as a knock came from the door and she replied even tough not knowing who it was.

'Come in.' Mia coming from her room was surprised who she found.

'Oh Rosetta its you. Is there something wrong? Do you want to discuss the script?'

The redhead made her way to the nearest furniture and took a seat.

The young writer noted the serious look in her friend.

'Mia you always liked romantic stories didn't you?' The strawberry haired girl noded.

'Yes, the're so dramatic and most have such a beautiful ending. But why do you ask?'

Rosetta still was unsure about revealing her secret to anyone else so opted to get her answers in another way.

'I heard this story some time ago and maybe we could include some parts in the script.'

Mia was surprised, the redhead never complained or wanted to change her stories, but as lead director she had to be open to new ideas wherever they may come from.

'Let's hear it.'

Rosetta took a deap breath and chose her words carefully not to give away her implications.

'There where these rivals who battled it out daily ...' she started retelling her events masking them in the form of a fable.

She spoke clearly and quickly, it was obvious just how deeply they were etched in her memory, but unlike the other times knowing that Mia had no idea this story was about herself made her feel at ease and showed just how enticing the past days events had been for her.

Captivated by Rosetta the story altough sounding like a fairytale clearly was built on realism, but on verge of her preception and trough the redheads eyes she saw just what the reason for the story was.

'The warrior then euphoric after their last victory in battle shares a few lonly minutes with the sister-in-arms. It was in that time that somehow both had something together, not in common, but something that only together they created. He just as she didn't know just what it was and surrounded by the celestial bodies almoast kissed, but the warrior ran away from his comrad.'

Mia interrupted as the obvious question popped put of her mind.

'Did he run away in fear or just didn't feel the same?' Rosetta sunk her sight into the ground.

'I don't know.'

Mia got up quickly pointing at her.

'Ha! You gave yourself away. This story is about you!'

Rosetta felt emberassed having been found out and hoped Mia wasn't upset with her because she hadn't been honest to her, but the director didn't mind, if that Mia felt a sense of victory having found her out.

'So then what happened?'

Rosetta was now uncapable of talking as poetic as she just did and quietly mumbled, but the strawberryhaired girl still heard clearly.

'After that I didn't follow, I just sat there, I was equally unprepared and after that when ever I've been avoiding that person.'

Mia had quite a dissapointment.

'Oh well I guess theres no helping it, but I still don't get it why you told me this? If both of you blew your chance and are now afraid what do you want me to do?' Rosetta looked up.

'Tell me how to make it right. How can I tell if its worth it or not? How can I show her what I feel and make her feel the same way?' Mia raised her hand.

'Slow down. First of all, you don't make someone fall in love with you, that would lead to an unhappy relationship. Secondly I can't tell you how you feel about that person, you'll have to see for yourself if its worth it. Thirdly ...' Mia then rembered what Rosetta had just had.

'Wait did you say her?'

Rosetta's response again was lowering her sight emberassed.

Now Mia understood what had been one of the critical obstacles to her story, but that made the story all the more exciting. For this had been the first time anyone she knew confessed to having liked someone of the same gender. Of course anyone knew someone who heard about someone who supposedly was involved in this kind of relationship, but now firsthand in front of her was her first real case.

'Wow.' she said swooning picturing Rosetta with an equally cute girl which however brought the question to her mind.

'So who is she? I bet she's really dreamy, is she smaller then you? ...'

Many questiones posed Mia too fast for the redhead to answer, Sora was not the kind of person to have such girlish talks with, but Mia sure was.

'So do I know that person?' Then oddly a possiblilty dawned on her.

'Don't tell me its ...'

'It's May.' said Rosetta cutting her off.

She probably would have said Sora who she knew shared a deep bond with, or any other girl from the stage, maybe she had fallen to Anna's charms, but out of all people never did she consider the chinese. At first Mia was a bit repulsed.

'May? Are you certain? I mean she's not the nicest person in the world? Couldn't you find someone more delicate?'

Rosetta didn't like that kind of talk about her first crush altough knowing most of it applied still got up as her fiery temper revealed itself again.

'You don't know her! She changed much in the last years.'

Instead of being scared or upset about her outburst a sparkle hit Mia's eyes as she was now convinced.

'You really do like her don't you? You just stuck up for her as if you were a couple already.'

Rosetta's only answer was a strong flustered expression, but she couldn't deny it anymore and sat down again and asked silently.

'You really think we could become a couple?'

Mia's eyes widened at the question. It had been quite a shock hearing that there might be something between the two, but picturing them already together was quite a leap. It showed just how deep Rosetta's craving was, she wasn't interested in worshiping from afar.

However the strawberryhaired girl always did have a vivid imagination and she started posing them together. It seemed just so odd and unlikly which made it all the more intriguing. Even just picturing the two there was the obvious diffrence in appearence, both even she admitted where quite cute girls, but built in two diffrent ways which made them together looking quite complementary,

Rosetta lightly built and seductive, whilst May was generous formed and strongly built.

Thinking however how much had happened to May and Rosetta in the last time she saw that trough all the rough events they had had eachother. She also remebered the show which they had performed two days ago and saw that this was the battle from Rosetta's story, and she started to fit together the pieces.

So two days ago they had almoast indulged in their longing and since then it seemed the redhead avoided it. Two days was quite a short amount of time to build up a relationship, but she knew just how close they had been, the foundation for their love had been build in the last years and only now was it getting out of hand.

Out of all the love stories Mia ever read and ever wrote this somehow was the most amazing partially because of the odd couple, but what made it much better was that it was real, Kaleido Stage's real Romeo and Juliet. However she returned out of her thoughts as her mind was too far into what could be and told Rosetta.

'It's possible, if you really love May you should definatly go and tell her. Then you'll see.' Rosetta raised an eyebrow.

'That's it? I expected much more from you. No words of wisdom?' Mia shook her head slightly.

'Not this time, you'll have to discover your own time, but in true love there is nothing complicated, there are no hidden signs and moves, no grand interpretation of every little word and action, there is just you, her and what both of you have together. But as simple as it sounds makes all the more difficult to get past that initial step.'

Rosetta understood and somehow felt her fear just as keenly as she ever had, but now it was accompanied by a greater feeling of exhilaration. Neither seemed to take over her body and at the edge of these two contradicting emotions she was now ready to make her choice.

Fool had as always kept an eye on the conversation and had also seen May's earlier one. His cards now wouldn't help as she knew what was coming for them, but it was rather how it progressed that had him intrigued.

"Funny how both asked a writer for a second opinion and the future also will also see a event that is similar at its core mirrored. With the hearts starting to beat ever closer in together the blood that runs trough it will now have to make its appearence. Tomorrow the last obstacle awaits. Blood of family is the last thing that stands between them."

May's Room

'I'm fine. Yes I'm going on stage in a few weeks.' The chinese always detested calling her family because everytime she called one of the younger ones would pick up and bombard her with all manner of questions.

'Don't worry I just want to ... No not today. ... Not tomorrow either.'

May was getting frustrated, every one of her siblings wanted to have their turn, but she had more serious things to talk about.

'Would you please get mother or father for me.'

The younger brother on the other line obliged, but yelled after one of his parents with the phone still next to his mouth which meant that May was also on the end of that earpiercing scream. After a few minutes of waiting and after the deafness receded she heard her mother voice.

'Is there something wrong?' May felt better hearing her mothers voice.

'You could say that, but I think its nothing bad, I don't want to talk this over the phone, you think you or father could come down here so we could talk directly?'

The woman answered barely having understood with all the children in the background.

'Well father will be heading down into town tomorrow for some buisness, I will tell him to go and see you.'

May had hoped to talk to her mother in private, her father was much more imposing then she was and the news she had for him weren't that easy to comprehend.

But she also knew that after that she had was free to indulge in her affections as the hardest part would be over.

'Thank you. Good night.' May's mother in similar fashion replied.

'Good night.'

Then just before hanging up all the children in choir yelled out the same thing.

Sora's Room

'Seems the big secret isn't so secret anymore.' said Cathy rocking in the chair at the table. Around her where Mia, Sarah and Sora.

'Kalos already knows, as manager he needs to know, he said as nothing is yet clear he will stay put.' Sarah continued.

Even tough nothing was yet sure somehow all four had a permonition that this wasn't going to be something temporary and wanted to help the girls in any way they could.

'You know just how badly it will effect their careers if word spreads out.' said Mia, it was the last problem the two needed to confront, but Sarah reassured her.

'Don't worry about that, even if it does come out it wouldn't matter.'

Sora was a bit confused, how could having a controversial pair not be reason for concern.

'Why not?'

The british woman chuckled a bit remembering.

'Before you came to the stage there always was this rumour that Layla and Yuri where dating, after you and Layla completed the legendary maneuver you two where considered a pair, then you were paired up with Leon, its almoast like a unwritten law that the top pair is considered a couple.'

She had never heard anykind of rumour surrouding her and being considered Layla's consort was quite emberassing as her blush hinted. But thankfully the moment ended quickly as the phone in the hallway rang.

Of course Sora was quick to jump to it still confused by what Sarah had said. Unlike Rosetta and May she never even considered liking someone more then a friend, let alone another girl, which made the two even more brave in that regard. She picked up the phone and answered in a friendly tone.

'Hello. Who is this?'

The voice on the other line seemed to recognize her voice and became extremely irritated.

'Sora is that you? How could you? I thought you had everything under control.' The lavanderhaired girl didn't at first recognize the voice.

'Wait, who are you and what ...' Sora gulped now she rembered the female voice. 'Mrs. Passel?'

Rosetta's mother was on the other end of the line and seemed also at wits end.

'Didn't I leave Rosetta in you care? Is this how you watch after her?'

Sora understood what she was so upset about and figured that Kalos must have told her. She couldn't blame him, as her agent and mother she had a right to know, but the timing was just aweful.

'Please don't jump to anything, we still don't know if its what truly what she wants, we just have to let her ...'

'You'll be hearing from me.' ended the angry voice and hung up.

The japanese girl never could handle spite like that and knew that Rosetta was in for a rough ride with her mother, but hoped that the redhead would find the courage to confess to May before that happened.

The next day May got a call from her father and arranged to see him. She was a nervous wreck all morning and chose her wardrobe carefully.

Normally she never was much for dressing up but now she was about to see her father, one of the persons she respected the most and on his reaction depended if she would follow her heart. At the end of the day she would have her answer and it all hung on the outcome of this meeting. Finally she decided and got dressed in a outfit which was mostly in a dark color.

May wanted to show her father that she still was mourning her grandmothers loss.

She also didn't want to be late and cosntantly was watching her clock, the finally she got out and walked to the cab she had called.

Rosetta had seen her friend all ready to head out and wondered.

"Where could she be going?"

But it didn't matter thought Rosetta as she decided that after she got back she would confess her feelings towards May and finally end the stalemate she now endured.