The sun shone brightly the next day, matching Usagi's mood as she woke up.
She pulled out her favorite pink sundress and put it on, fixed her hair,
and put in new earrings, completely forgetting about the silver crystal in
the nightstand drawer.
She went down the stairs, smiling, until she heard Demando yell in frustration.
"Princess Serenity," said a servant coming up to Usagi. "Prince Demando wants to see you in his study, now."
"Okay," said Usagi, brightly. Nothing was going to spoil her day, not even one of Demando's bad moods.
She opened the door to see Demando trashing his study. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"You know good and well, you little thief. What did you do with the crystal?"
"What crystal?" Usagi asked, running over to the glass case. "Oh my God!" she gasped. "The crystal's gone!"
"No, really," replied Demando sarcastically. "Once again, my sweet, what did you do with it?" Demando started to move closer to Usagi, finally cornering her against a wall.
"I don't have it!" Usagi protested. "Believe me, if I had taken it, I wouldn't have been stupid enough to leave behind the brooch," she added.
"Good point," he said.
Usagi leaned forward and cupped Demando's face in her hands. She pulled him into a long and passionate kiss. It put everything that she had been trying to say for days into something that words couldn't say. When the kiss ended, neither one spoke. They just stood there and looked at each other.
"Usagi, I'm really sorry that I yelled at you last night and just now. I don't know what came over me. My temper sometimes gets the best of me, and I say things that I really don't mean," Demando started to apologize.
"It's okay, I understand," replied Usagi.
Demando reached into the open glass case and pulled out Usagi's henshin brooch. "Here," he said. "Open it."
AN: This is just an extra chapter for those of you who can't wait * grins * Gee, I wonder what could be inside the henshin brooch. Wait until tomorrow to find out!
She went down the stairs, smiling, until she heard Demando yell in frustration.
"Princess Serenity," said a servant coming up to Usagi. "Prince Demando wants to see you in his study, now."
"Okay," said Usagi, brightly. Nothing was going to spoil her day, not even one of Demando's bad moods.
She opened the door to see Demando trashing his study. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"You know good and well, you little thief. What did you do with the crystal?"
"What crystal?" Usagi asked, running over to the glass case. "Oh my God!" she gasped. "The crystal's gone!"
"No, really," replied Demando sarcastically. "Once again, my sweet, what did you do with it?" Demando started to move closer to Usagi, finally cornering her against a wall.
"I don't have it!" Usagi protested. "Believe me, if I had taken it, I wouldn't have been stupid enough to leave behind the brooch," she added.
"Good point," he said.
Usagi leaned forward and cupped Demando's face in her hands. She pulled him into a long and passionate kiss. It put everything that she had been trying to say for days into something that words couldn't say. When the kiss ended, neither one spoke. They just stood there and looked at each other.
"Usagi, I'm really sorry that I yelled at you last night and just now. I don't know what came over me. My temper sometimes gets the best of me, and I say things that I really don't mean," Demando started to apologize.
"It's okay, I understand," replied Usagi.
Demando reached into the open glass case and pulled out Usagi's henshin brooch. "Here," he said. "Open it."
AN: This is just an extra chapter for those of you who can't wait * grins * Gee, I wonder what could be inside the henshin brooch. Wait until tomorrow to find out!