Where Do I Belong?
Chapter 9 – The Kiss
Serena and the Outers arrival back at the Tsukino residence was met with exhaling of relieved breaths and a thankful hearts for their safe return. After Serena gave a brief summary of the battle, they pushed their energies into arranging the foods and setting up the table. An hour before dinner found Serena and Molly in the bathroom bathing and dressing themselves in identical stylish skirt but different colors. Molly a blue denim skirt with three layers of red colored eyelet ruffles reaching to just the upper knees. She matched the skirt with a beautifully stylish red halter top with a low V neckline. Serena and Rini wore the same only Rini's was pink and Serena's what white. Afterward Serena straightened out Molly's hair and weaved an extension into it to make it longer, reaching Molly's waist. She then used make up expertly to cover Molly's freckles and eye shadows to bring out Molly's beautiful honey eyes.
"How do this?! It's like magic!" Molly said when she was finally allowed to gaze at her reflection in the mirror. She looked so different and sexy that she was at first startled thinking someone else's reflection stared back at her.
"It is in a way like magic. I have the ability to see what a person can look like with a little more effort; this is one of the looks that is you if you put in effort." Serena explained.
"From you Aunt?" Molly asked with a raised eyebrow.
"There were a lot of things I learned in my short stay at my Aunt's place."
"I wonder what you would have turned out to be if you had been there for a little too long." They both laughed. The Serena let down Rini's hair and straightened it down her back so it landed at her waist. Then she curled the front to frame her innocent face and the ending of the straightened back. Rini looked gorgeous. Serena on the other hand let her hair out into a thick wave down her back almost to the floor and on her head rested a white hat. Rini wore a floor dressy shoe with red strings weaving around her legs and Serena and Molly wore a stylish heel with strings also wounding around their legs matching in color to their outfit.
"How am I supposed to walk in this?" Molly asked in a panic, the heel was one and a half length from the ground though Serena's was three inches long.
"Easy, command your legs to move as you wish." Serena instructed, taking Molly through severely steps that landed them plenty of times on the floor but eventually she got the hang of it, so much so that she planned never to take them off. Rini sat on the bed, laughing at them the entire time. Now as they faced the mirror waiting for them to be called to their duties, Molly's insecurities began to set it. Serena noticed it by the worried dim in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Serena asked.
"I…nothing.." she sighed.
"You are not looking at an impostor. This is you Molly; don't feel like you are trying to be someone you are not. Molly, do you know yourself?" Serena asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"What do you see when you think of yourself?"
"Mmm…when it comes to look wise I say I am just ordinary, I mean it's not like if I were standing with you or the other scouts I would be chosen over them." Molly said with a downcast expression. When they had been kids there were times she had been jealous of Serena's natural beauty but as they grew up, she lost the jealousy yet she had never quite gotten over the fact that she could not shine as well as Serena or the scouts. Personally she thought she didn't even want to shine as bright as Serena did and that no one could match her, but she at least wanted to know she stood at the same level as someone fashionless as Amy.
"Melvin chose you over all the scouts and so have I. are we not enough? Molly, you have a natural beauty hidden within you. as sailor scouts whether we try or not, our ageless forms allows us to shine without even trying but sweetie your beauty is natural not supported by magic or any other substance of power. You just need to use the right instrument to bring it out. Someday this will be you or the other two looks I have seen in my peripheral eyesight. But this can only be if you have the courage to reach it. This is you, Molly, the diva in you that is waiting to get out when you realize your full potential and I will help you realize it, the potential that lay deep in you. Besides tonight, if you stand next to any of the scouts you would shine brighter than them not because of your looks but because of the confidence you show. What makes the scouts beautiful is because they have faith in their looks and in themselves… that is the shine you see…not the outlook." Serena explained, hoping it would cheer her friend up. When they had been kids she had been aware of the little jealousy Molly had felt but Molly had not succumb to that jealousy but rise about it, Molly was beautiful. In and out, she just had to believe that she really was. Molly turned around and hugged Serena tightly.
"Thank you." There was no need for any other words.
"Girls" Mrs. Tsukino called out. "Time to welcome the guests!"
They both sighed.
"And our brilliant entrance on the guest goes down the drain." Molly said with a melodramatic misery.
"Well let's give them a welcome that would keep them coming." Serena said before spreading her both her hands, taking Rini's small one in one and taking her best friend's in the other. The marched out of her room and descended down the stairs with the flair of super models.
"Wow, you girls look amazing!" Mrs. Tsukino said as Sammy whistled and Mr. Tsukino smiled proudly before frowning…how is he suppose to keep his little girl away from boys when she looked like that? the same idea was passing through Amara's head as she gazed at her princess but she was already planning several torturous devices that could be use if any guy looked at her a little too long.
"You girls are beautiful! Serena you've got to do my make up and hair for me!" Michelle said.
"Mmmhm…yes, mine too!" Trista agreed.
"And the outfits are supper hot." Mrs. Baker added.
"The makeup and hair are my creation but the outfit is by Trista." Serena said as the door bell rang for their first visitor.
"Uh oh…we better get moving. I guess we're out of time." Michelle said with disappointment, thinking about the hairstyle she had to give up.
"You women go up and start dressing. Molly and I will welcome the first visitors and I will slip there in a few minutes to do your hair but have on your clothes and everything." Serena instructed as she moved to the door to open the door. The group dispersed to their individual tasks.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Kohina, such a pleasant sight you are. Please come in." Serena said with a bright smile as she greeted her neighbor three buildings away from her own.
"Serena, wow look at you! So beautiful and all grown too!" The woman said and embraced Serena. Serena returned the hug whole heartedly and then gave one to the woman's husband before assuring them in while taking their coats. She turned to the couple's two children.
"Ten'na and Touya, welcome to our home." She said with a polite smile.
"What a good house wife you're turning out to be." Ten'na, the girl of the two, sneered at Serena. Long past when they had been children, they had all been friends but Ten'na had never recovered from rejection her long time crush gave her when he proclaimed for all the world to hear that he loved Serena instead of her.
"At least my husband wouldn't have anything to worry about in my duties as a wife." Serena said smoothly. The girl had made her life hell in the past but this time they were on her turf and she wasn't about to let some spiteful fireball ruin the night for her!
"Oh hi Touya!" Molly greeted the brother with a little more enthusiasm that should be and totally ignoring the fuming girl.
"Wow Molly, if it wasn't for your voice I wouldn't have recognized you at all!" Touya said, finally managing to tear his eyes away from Serena. He had been in shock when he had seen her upon her answering the door, gosh she had become so damn sexy that he could barely breathe in her presence.
"Why is that?" Molly asked to his question.
"Well …because you look so…different. I mean you were cute before but I didn't think…" he trailed off upon the raised eyebrow the two dress alike best friends were giving him.
"So you got yourself new clothes and more hair, big deal!" Ten'na snapped.
"At least I am making progress into life unlike you whole is still stuck in the past with your unreasonable grudge." Molly shot back.
"Calm down both of you. It will do no good to start a fight here." Melvin's voice broke through the tense atmosphere as he appeared behind the Kohina children.
"Melvin!" Molly and Serena both uttered in surprise. He looked really good in hot black pants and shirt with two open buttons at the top, his hair combed back with a few bangs falling into his hazel eyes. Molly stepped out around the two guests and hugged Melvin.
"You are gorgeous Molly." He whispered into her ears. They broke apart, Molly from confusion and Melvin with a calm smile. He reached up and gave Serena a hug too before entering the house. Molly watched his retreating back with feelings of disappointment.
"Well come in." Serena said to the two siblings who had their jaws dropped to the floor in open astonishment. Serena had always been gorgeous but to find Molly and Melvin so insanely good looking was beyond shocking to them. Ten'na could already feel her heart beating; it wasn't long before she formulated thoughts of wanting Melvin for herself. They entered the house, leaving Molly and Serena at the door waiting for the next guess to arrive.
"What's the matter?" Serena asked Molly.
"Melvin." Was all she had to say. Serena gave a half chuckle before pulling Molly to herself and resting Molly's head on her shoulder.
"His reaction surprised you did it? You thought his mouth would drop open and he would stammer for words that would elude him." Serena summed up Molly's feelings for her and the girl nodded, tears pulling in her eyes.
"Don't ruin your make up." Serena said gently and Molly fought to reclaim control of her teardrops.
"Sorry"
"Melvin didn't react the way you expected him to react because to him there was no change in you." Serena said and she looked at her confused.
"The reason Melvin seemed so indifferent is that to him you haven't change. This is how he had always seen you, a gorgeous girl. So there is no difference. You can use all the make up in the world to turn yourself from one level of beauty to another but in the end you are still Molly no matter what form you take. You have always been gorgeous to him, tonight you are just a little more dressy than normal which is why he said you were gorgeous but this new look is no different from how he has always seen you."
"Oh, I think I get it."
"Good, now take care of the welcoming, I will tell Melvin to join you. I need to go do Michelle's hair." She said and moved into the living room where a conversation on the political matter of a president in a scandalous affair with a prostitute was going on. She nodded at Melvin and indicated her head a little in the direction of the door. Taking her cue he roused after she moved on to the door where his girlfriend stood.
"You ok?" he asked before pulling her into a hug.
"Yeah." She said with a blush and laid her head on his shoulder. He was so warm. They did not see the two eyes that surreptitiously stared at them, one set of eyes belonging to Molly's mother held warmth while the other to the spiteful girl burning with jealousy.
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Serena knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in Sere" Michelle called out. The Outers were occupying a guest room at the far end of their hall. This would be temporary used as their room when they came over to the Tsukino house from their apartment. Serena entered and smiled widely at the beauties before her. Michelle was wearing a beautiful aqua body tight dress that ended almost at her knees in an elastic band with a pair of matching heels ending at her calf. Even without makeup and hair undone, she looked like a super model. Not to be outdone, Trista wore black pants with a curvy halter top and a neck tie that let loose down her back. Her feet adorned a beautiful black slipper heel. Her hair was out of the bun and she was breath taking. But typical Amara just wore some black pants, not form fitting but well made for her and a black shirt with a white insider and two buttons on the top of the shirt open with shoes of white and black. Even so, she would give both male and female running for their money.
"Ready for my magic touch?" Serena said with her hands on her waist and her body slightly bent and pushed to one side, a sexy pose that would send many hearts souring through the sky.
"Yes, but start with me first. I have to go down and help your mother" Trista said and Serena nodded before moving to stand behind Trista who had occupied the chair in front of the vanity table. Serena began to work, using the curling iron to put layers in to the outer parts of the hair. To give it a more bouncy feel she curled opposite ways, making them meet and at the front she straightened one side of the face while curling the other side. She brought the curled part to the back and folded it in with the back hair by weaving black sparkling beads into it. For her makeup, Serena blended a light pink and purple eye shadow to make her maroon eyes stand out while applying a generous amount of blush on the cheek and straightened out the eye lashes with black light pink eyeliner and a black Mascara that made the lashes stand up beautifully. Then she lined up the eyebrows, making it thin and curvy and black. With that done Serena created a nude, glossy lip with lip gloss of misty color. Earlier she had polished Trista's nails and painted on it a beautiful maroon rose. Trista stood up and looked at herself in the full fledge mirror and smile happily before suddenly embracing Serena.
"Wow!" Michelle said ecstatically with a girlish glint to her eyes. Amara just whistled. Then the door opened slightly and Rini walked in.
"Aunt Trista you look so beautiful!" Rini praised.
"Thanks darling" Trista said with a wink. "No I've got to go. See ya in a few minutes." She said and picked up Rini and left the room. Michelle took to the vanity table in seconds, wanting to experience the magic of Serena's creation. For Michelle Serena did a simple look that brought out the elegance in the already beautiful aqua soldier of the waters. She straightened out Michelle's naturally curled her and curled only the ends, then parted a line far too close to the right so some of the hair fell on one eye of Michelle which she pulled back behind the ears. Then for her face she used a light green eye shadow for the lower parts and worked her way up to bluish purple. Her brows were drawn back just a little bit to give enough space and her lips was shaded a gentle red.
"I look fantastic if I do say so myself" She said when the makeup was over.
"Yes, you look hot!" Amara agreed and Michelle blew the light blond haired woman a teasing kiss.
"Anything for you Amara?" Serena asked.
"No, just the hair." She sat down and Serena worked with her hair, pulling it back from the front and leaving bangs on one side, giving her a natural look of a hottie with a don't mess with me personality.
"Now lets go." The three made their way down the hall and were greeted by the sight of all their guest and Darien. He nearly chocked when he saw Serena so beautifully decked in her white apparel. When she he had seen Molly, it was her voice that had made everyone recognize her, the voice that was distinctively hers. Having seen such a beautiful sight, he thought he was prepared for the sight of Serena but she looked especially too delicious from his expectations. He wasn't the only guy looking so hungrily at her and when he caught the narrowing of Amara's eyes, he straightened up. Serena descended the stairs like an imperial princess walking into court.
"It's been a while everyone." She said. Most of the guests present were her neighbors, whom she had grown up with and loved.
"Serena you look stunning!" Andrew, always so straight forward and honest, dared to pick up Serena and sing her around while everybody else kept their distance from the death glare Amara was shooting them. The females came to hug her and she in turn hugged all of them, males included to the displeasure of the wind soldier.
"Darien." She said softly when he was the last one to be hugged.
"Hey gorgeous, I think tonight you planned to stop my heart from beating." Darien said with a rakish grin and Serena giggled at that.
"You weren't even invited." Amara murmured but Serena heard anyway.
"Yes he was, I told Andrew to bring him along."
"And why wasn't I told about this?" Amara fumed
"Because you would have spent all day planning ways to making Darien have a hell of a night." Serena said to which Amara could not contradict. She then leaned up and hugged Darien, a little tighter than she had the others to which he happily returned. When they separated, Darien kept a light hand behind her back and gently steered her to the courtyard where the other guest awaited. Amara fumed and was about to march up to them and take out Darien but she was held back by two sets of hands.
"Let them have fun" Michelle said.
"No freaking way! She is too young to be concerned with boys." Amara said angrily.
"She is 15 and a sophomore in high school! She can take care of herself, not to mention that if things go bad we can always step in." Michelle argued.
"Besides, the only reason why you can bully Darien around now is because he doesn't know yet that he is the prince. When he find out he can easily other you to keep your distance when he is with Serena. So I would think it's best to establish a relationship with Darien where the two of you protect her from other predators out there." Trista said before walking out with Michelle.
"I don't agree with them. That Darien guy seems like a good enough guy but… something is odd about him." Mr. Tsukino said from behind Amara.
"He pisses me off!"
"mmm…I've got an idea." Mr. Tsukino said and he shared his idea with Amara whose eyes brightened with a sinister smirk. If anyone had seen them, they would have shuddered and ran away crying for their mother.
The dinner soon began with conversation and musics and drinks, no alcoholic beverage. There were lots of stories of old and childhood told and laughter dominated the party. When all had stuffed their bellies, they moved to the dance floor, some in groups, others individually and others just sat as spectators. Amara went up to Darien.
"Darien is it?" she said, not so friendly and not so hostile either. If she had been friendly he would have suspected something was up but too hostile would have sent him seeking for Serena.
"Yeah." He answered uncertainly.
"Care to give me this dance?" She said and extended her hand out to him. Darien noticed that people were watching and he had no idea how to reject the offered hand. He didn't want to be dancing with a man and to a waltz of all things! He looked around him with a frantic searching gaze, looking for a savior but none came, Serena was in the kitchen with Molly and Rini and the other two Outers knew if they got involved, Amara would take things too far. They didn't know her plan but they knew when she was up to no good.
"um…you see…" he began looking for an acceptable excuse.
"You won't dance with me? Just because I am a g…g…" at the (g) word she made her body shake and her lips into a pout. The other two Outers were dong their best to hold in their laughter, Amara had been a child star and can easily cry as she can easily get mad.
"No no no…I mean…that is." Darien looked desperate, the tears pulling in Amara's eyes was getting him glares he didn't deserve.
"I understand…. You look down on me…because…just because…" she trailed off with her tears falling over.
"No, I mean yes…I mean…urrrr ...I'm a guy!" he said, trying to make her understand.
"Yes, that's why I am asking you to dance. I thought we might get to know each other." She said with a cute little pout that was turning the inside of everyone's stomach.
"But I am a straight guy…and this is a waltz!"
"Yeah so?" She asked with a raised brow. He sighed, utterly defeated. Amara decided to push a little more. "You reject me because of the unfortunate circumstances of my birth? Because of my gender? How cruel, you didn't even get to know me!" she cried and murmurs of agreement began to circulate among the watchers. Darien felt very humiliated.
"I just don't swing that way." Darien tried to defend the little pride he had.
"Oh, so you don't like females? Geez you could have just said that!" Amara said with ease, drawing back a little of her shirt to reveal a shape that were most definitely breasts. Everyone gave Darien the look, the look that said he was an outsider and didn't fit in with the straight people. It was funny because a time ago when he had been in the company of gay people, they had given him the same look that said he wasn't accepted into the company of gay people because he was straight but with all the whispering going on and the humiliation, he could not find the merit in it. Serena had come out around the ending of Amara's show and witnessed what had gone on. She sighed.
I've got to hand it to her; she really knows how to play dirty. Serena thought before she moved to Darien. But if she can play dirty so can I!
"Darien" she said, drawing the attention of all and she leaned up and kissed him smack on the lips. She stretched up and circled her hands around his neck to deepen the kiss, unable to stop it Darien gave in and they both lost themselves into their passionate kiss. Mr. Tsukino fainted, a wide green spread across Mrs. Tsukino and Baker's face as well as Michelle, Trista, Molly, and Rini. Melvin watched on with a raised brow while Andrew tried to piece together the fact that these two friends of his who were arch enemies were kissing as if they needed it to survive. He slid to the ground unceremoniously. Amara's first reaction was a slack jaw and wide eyes then anger but when the kissing became a tongue kiss, she followed Mr. Tsukino in the abyss of unconsciousness. Finally they came out of their blissful state for air. The other spectators watched with various degrees of emotions. From the males side was pure jealousy and hatred for Darien yet the girls had several emotions. Some who were romantic at heart celebrated such a passionate kiss, others were jealous Serena had such a hot guy and the rest sighed in relieve knowing that their boyfriends or crushes definitely had no chance with Serena with a guy like Darien around. Some of the parents watched in shock, others in disapproval for such an open display of affections and the others just enjoyed it all.
When they came out of their kiss, they stared at each other for a few minutes, each seeking the assurance that this kiss meant something to each of them. Seeing the longing and lust in the reflection of their own eyes, they did not doubt that they belong in each others arms. Darien drew her tightly against him in a joyous embrace. He was starting to believe that it was possible for Serena to belong to him. He had always wanted her and no one else; tonight he was sure that with a little more work, she could learn to love him. Such thoughts were the reflection of Serena's own.
"Thank you." he whispered into her ears, his hot breath tingling down her spine and an image of a man in amour sucking on the ears of a girl wearing a long white dress giggling flashed through both their eyes. Darien seemed to draw back slightly. Serena had silver hair and Serenity had blond hair, the image of the giggling girl had been one with blond hair. In that minute Serena wanted to scream that it was her and not the fake Serenity but she knew she couldn't. Darien's sudden withdrawal from her hurt her more than she cared to admit and Darien stood there with feelings of guilt. He did not regret kissing Serena, what he did regret was how he hadn't made things clear. Here he is kissing the girl of his dreams and images of another girl were intruding his mind. He felt guilty for it, but for some reason he couldn't say that he loved Serena more than Serenity though he certainly felt that way. Why were Serenity's sad eyes suddenly making him feel like an asshole? She hadn't told Serenity that he loved Serena and had no plans of staying with her regardless of their past relationship for reasons he denied himself to explore. He had been keeping her as a back up plan, just in case he lost Serena. Darien wanted someone who would love him very much and he knew Serenity did but he wanted someone he could love with his entire being which was Serena. But unlike Serenity, he didn't know of Serena's affections or whether there would be something in between them, so he had shied away from making things clear to the princess and now he was feeling guilty because he was starting to question his heart which one it loved most.
Seeing the turmoil in Darien, Serena on the pretense of checking on her father departed from Darien and went to her father. The rest of the party ended an hour later and the guest left with full bellies and a promise to do it again. Left in the house was the Outers, The Tsukinos, the Bakers, Melvin, Andrew and Darien. Serena excused herself to bed with a pleading of a headache and left for her room. Darien made a move to call her but the look in Amara's eyes made him rethink it. He needed to fix it before the gape between them grew too wide.
"Well we have to home now. Thank you for inviting us." Andrew said and he and Darien bowed in respect.
"It was our pleasure." Mrs. Tsukino said kindly.
"Melvin do you want me to drop you home?" Andrew asked Melvin who agreed. Melvin took Molly a bit to the side and gave her a goodnight kiss before leaving for Andrew's car. Darien also went over to his own car.
"I need a minute with Darien." Amara whispered to Michelle and a the sea girl gave her a look that spoke of warnings. She followed Darien to his car as soon as the door to the Tsukino house was closed behind her. Walking to the drier's seat, she punched Darien in the stomach and dragged his head and ears next to her lips so her words were for him alone.
"Get your act together. Don't you dare come near the Serena if you don't know who you want." She said with hate firing in her eyes before shoving Darien back inside the car and walking back to the Tsukino home. Darien managed to drive home safely before collapsing on her bed from the impact of Amara's fist that was making him dizzy.
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"Serena?" Molly said softly when she entered Serena's dark bedroom. Serena was on the bed with closed eyes already changed into her pink happy bunny pajamas with the bunny smiling and saying; I Love Boys, They're stupid. Molly sat behind Serena and run her hands through Serena's silky hair.
"Everything will be ok." Molly said before rising to the bathroom for changing. She had noticed the distance hurt look that had replaced the happy look right after the kiss with Darien. She didn't know why but she knew that it had something to do with Serenity. The thought of the other girl grazed on her nerves that she began moving in haste to finish dressing. She slipped out of the bathroom seconds later in her own red pajamas and went under the covers and took Serena's arms before softly wiping the tears from Serena's eyes.
"Talk to me." She said quietly as the two stared into each others eyes, one for warmth and the other to give warmth.
"When I arrived at Aunt's house I learned a lot of things." Serena began, recounting everything from her stay in her Aunt's eyes.
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Serena arrived at the air port in Romania lost and looking for a woman who bored close resemblance to her own mother. To her credit her ever hyper Aunt had set up a stand with a sign board with Serena's name on it in bold letters. After sweat dropping at her Aunt's display, she grabbed her bag and hurried over to the table where she was squashed into a tight embrace before she was released.
"Oh Serena darling I've missed you so much!" Her Aunt had said with happy tears.
"I've missed you too Aunt Silvia." The older woman chatted as they left the airport headed to their car. Serena thought he Aunt not changed at all, she looked as beautiful and energetic as ever. She was the younger sister of Serena's mother at age 28, divorced on Romania's number one fashion designer. When Serena was little, she had enjoyed her Aunt's company more than anyone else, he Aunt had spoiled her rotten and every year of her birthday, Christmas, Thanks Giving and any other occasion, her Aunt would send her bags packed with clothes. When her Aunt had been around when she was little, Serena had been a model for kids, always introducing her Aunt's designs to society, combing the awesome design with Serena's ability to draw people into made Serena very popular, a reason why almost all of Tokyo know her. He Aunt had parted though when she had gotten married, Serena had been her only flower girl but there had been lots of bridesmaid and Mrs. Tsukino had been the maid of Honor. Two years later into the married, her Aunt had been divorced because she could not bare a child. Her husband had left and married someone else who had bore him six kids, four boys and two girls and he had lost them all. He hadn't had the means to support them and so the state had taken them away from him and his abusive wife. Thanks to her Aunt, the kids were put under her care and she had been raising them as if they were her own. Something Serena admired her Aunty greatly for because she didn't think she could be that forgiving. The kids loved her Aunt more than their father who is always working and their deceased mother who had died form AID's she had contracted from some man after the children were born and she had gone about sleeping with other men. Now the kid's father lived in the US, coming to Romania in the summer to see them and returning back to his work. To the kids, they didn't care whether he came or not, they had found a happy and carefree home with Serena's Aunt.
Serena and her Aunt arrived at a BMW car with a driver at the front. After settling into the car, the driver began to drive.
"Amara, meet Serena. Serena my dear, meet Amara Ten'ou, my male model." He Aunt introduced.
"Pleased to meet you Amara." Serena said with a smile.
"Same to you. sorry I can't do proper introduction while I'm driving." Amara had said.
"No problem."
"You speak English rather well." Amara commented and Serena blushed.
"Yes, I used to visit my Aunt most of the time in the summer in my younger days; she forced me to learn English."
"That's good but we can also speak Japanese." Amara said in Japanese and Serena blinked before giggling. They traveled to her Aunt's mansion in conversation and finally arrived at their destination. She had then been introduced to Michelle and Trista and they had talked a lot, getting to know each other. Over the week they opened up to each other but the one thing they didn't share was their secret identity as sailor soldiers. On the first full day after her arrival and after they had gone shopping, Serena had been in her room sketching designs when the three Outers had gone to her room and bowed to her and called her princess. Confused, she asked them to explain and they explained about Serena's past as Princess Serenity and her guardians and lover. Serena then confided in them about the arrival of the new girl they called princess Serenity. Eventually they concluded that she was a fake pretending to be the Princess Serenity. With this had followed days of hard training, her sense of all kinds awakening and her powers increasing. Then they had found Rini and Trista had explained to her the trouble in the future and why it was important to be in the past. But of all the revelations, the one of Darien being her soul mate had been her most cherished dreams. She had always crushed on and to know that he had always been hers thrilled her to no ends. Then she remembered that currently he belonged to the fake princess. The outers had wanted to dial the inner scouts to warn them but Serena had stopped them. If they knew Serena was their real princess, they would come back to her out of duty but that was not what Serena wanted. Most importantly she wanted Darien to choose her, not the princess she had been in the past.
The reaming time at her Aunt's had been spent with tutors, modeling for her Aunt and shopping and just plain having fun. She had not wanted to leave but Molly's condition in the hospital had made up her mind for her and she had returned back to Japan.
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"Tonight when he kissed me, a memory of our time in the silver millennium passed through our minds but the image had someone with golden hair like Serenity though it was me. He sort of felt bad I guess, I don't know but he pulled away from me. I couldn't help but feel he had chosen the fake Serenity and the only way to have him for myself is to reveal that I am the princess." Serena finished explaining as fresh tears danced down her face.
"Maybe he feels guilty because of his duty to her? Is he not her protector or something like that? So if he protects her and she loves him as we all know, then it is no rare that he might feel guilty because he is hurting Serenity. He might just be acting like that out of a need to fulfill his duties. Give it time, if after a while he doesn't realize that he's loyalty is being deceived then you can tell him." Molly advised.
"By the end of this coming week, the secret will be out. I want him to love me for me." Serena said sadly.
"And eh will, you just believe in yourself and in him, ok?"
Serena looked into Molly's sincere eyes and smiled.
"Thank you."
"Welcome."
"Goodnight Molly."
"Night Sere."
They fell into a dreamless sleep, awaiting for the rise of the sun for the following day's meeting.
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