Chapter 10- A Little Secret
The color drained out of Serena's face.
"You- You cannot tell my Mom," she pleaded.
"It's not my business to tell her, but you can't keep it a
secret for long you know."
Serena nodded.
"Something tells me Melvin is not the father."
"No." * EWWW! *
"I know it's not my place to ask, but since I already know,
you wouldn't have to tell anyone else yet if you wanted to talk."
"What do you think about the Earth-moon war?"
"I think that the Earthlings deserve whatever they get for
treating us like that in the past and being so cocky, but please,
Princess, don't change the subject."
"I wasn't. I had to know before I talked to you."
* Hmm, what does the war have to do with it? *
- dismissal bell -
"Can I leave?"
"Sure, but I want you to see a doctor within the next week."
"Right," she started for home.
* How am I going to tell him? What's he going to think? What
about Mom? She'll kill me! This'll never work! *
"Serena!"
"Ami?"
"Hey, feeling any better?"
"Yes and no."
Ami looked confused. Serena sighed. * I have to talk to
someone. This is out of control now, I need help. Ami should be
able to keep a cool head about the whole thing, and she's smart,
she might know what to do *
"Ami, could I talk to you?"
"Sure, Serena," Ami noticed the seriousness in her friend's
voice.
Serena looked around, then brought Ami over to an
out-of-the-way place behind the school.
"Serena, what is wrong? What did the nurse find out?"
"Ami, you have to PROMISE not to tell ANYONE what I am about
to say. Even the other princesses, especially Rei."
"Why so serious all of a sudden?"
"PROMISE!"
"Okay Serena. Okay. I promise, geez."
"Sorry, you will understand once I tell you."
"What is it already?"
"Ami....I am pregnant."
"What?!" Ami stared in amazement. "Bu-but wha...Who?"
"The 'who' is why I made you promise not to tell."
Ami looked at her strangely. Serena took deep breath.
"You know how I went to Earth and got captured a while
back?"
"Yeah, but what does that- wait, Serena, did one of the
guards-"
"No, well, one tried, but he stopped him."
" 'He' who?"
"The father."
"So he is from EARTH, and you WANTED to?! Serena!"
She looked as if she was about to cry.
"No, I am sorry, please, go on."
"Well, he got me away from the guard by bringing me up to
HIS room-"
"So it was not a guard, but still you did not actually-"
Serena shook her head. "He really was different from what we
have been taught."
"But WHO is it?"
Serena took another breath, "Darien."
"You do not mean-"
"Yes."
"But Serena, the PRINCE, why?!"
"Oh Ami, he was so kind, and we have so much in common, we
could just feel it. He does not believe in this stupid war
either."
"Does he know you're the Moon Princess?"
"Well....you know how we cannot stay disguised when we get
too emotional, and it was kind of hard not to.....when he-"
Serena blushed.
"I get the idea," Ami stopped her. She tried to let it all
sink in. It was very overwhelming to have this dumped on her
shoulders all of a sudden. "I do not think this will work
Serena."
"We are working on it. The Earth is going to attack
tomorrow, and after the battle Darien is going to talk to my mom,
but now.....that might be a little awkward."
"When are you going to tell her?"
Serena sat down on a bench and closed her eyes. "I do not
know," she put her head in her hands and started to sob. "This is
all too much now. I just do not know how to deal with it anymore.
That is why I needed to talk to someone."
"Well, all I can say is that things always work out in the
end, right?" she sat down and put her arm around her friend. "It
will be okay, now why don't we go get something to eat? You have
slept all day, and considering the circumstances, you must be
starved. Besides, we'll need our strength for the fight
tomorrow."
Serena nodded; she hadn't realized how hungry she was until
then. They stopped at a cafe on the way home.
The color drained out of Serena's face.
"You- You cannot tell my Mom," she pleaded.
"It's not my business to tell her, but you can't keep it a
secret for long you know."
Serena nodded.
"Something tells me Melvin is not the father."
"No." * EWWW! *
"I know it's not my place to ask, but since I already know,
you wouldn't have to tell anyone else yet if you wanted to talk."
"What do you think about the Earth-moon war?"
"I think that the Earthlings deserve whatever they get for
treating us like that in the past and being so cocky, but please,
Princess, don't change the subject."
"I wasn't. I had to know before I talked to you."
* Hmm, what does the war have to do with it? *
- dismissal bell -
"Can I leave?"
"Sure, but I want you to see a doctor within the next week."
"Right," she started for home.
* How am I going to tell him? What's he going to think? What
about Mom? She'll kill me! This'll never work! *
"Serena!"
"Ami?"
"Hey, feeling any better?"
"Yes and no."
Ami looked confused. Serena sighed. * I have to talk to
someone. This is out of control now, I need help. Ami should be
able to keep a cool head about the whole thing, and she's smart,
she might know what to do *
"Ami, could I talk to you?"
"Sure, Serena," Ami noticed the seriousness in her friend's
voice.
Serena looked around, then brought Ami over to an
out-of-the-way place behind the school.
"Serena, what is wrong? What did the nurse find out?"
"Ami, you have to PROMISE not to tell ANYONE what I am about
to say. Even the other princesses, especially Rei."
"Why so serious all of a sudden?"
"PROMISE!"
"Okay Serena. Okay. I promise, geez."
"Sorry, you will understand once I tell you."
"What is it already?"
"Ami....I am pregnant."
"What?!" Ami stared in amazement. "Bu-but wha...Who?"
"The 'who' is why I made you promise not to tell."
Ami looked at her strangely. Serena took deep breath.
"You know how I went to Earth and got captured a while
back?"
"Yeah, but what does that- wait, Serena, did one of the
guards-"
"No, well, one tried, but he stopped him."
" 'He' who?"
"The father."
"So he is from EARTH, and you WANTED to?! Serena!"
She looked as if she was about to cry.
"No, I am sorry, please, go on."
"Well, he got me away from the guard by bringing me up to
HIS room-"
"So it was not a guard, but still you did not actually-"
Serena shook her head. "He really was different from what we
have been taught."
"But WHO is it?"
Serena took another breath, "Darien."
"You do not mean-"
"Yes."
"But Serena, the PRINCE, why?!"
"Oh Ami, he was so kind, and we have so much in common, we
could just feel it. He does not believe in this stupid war
either."
"Does he know you're the Moon Princess?"
"Well....you know how we cannot stay disguised when we get
too emotional, and it was kind of hard not to.....when he-"
Serena blushed.
"I get the idea," Ami stopped her. She tried to let it all
sink in. It was very overwhelming to have this dumped on her
shoulders all of a sudden. "I do not think this will work
Serena."
"We are working on it. The Earth is going to attack
tomorrow, and after the battle Darien is going to talk to my mom,
but now.....that might be a little awkward."
"When are you going to tell her?"
Serena sat down on a bench and closed her eyes. "I do not
know," she put her head in her hands and started to sob. "This is
all too much now. I just do not know how to deal with it anymore.
That is why I needed to talk to someone."
"Well, all I can say is that things always work out in the
end, right?" she sat down and put her arm around her friend. "It
will be okay, now why don't we go get something to eat? You have
slept all day, and considering the circumstances, you must be
starved. Besides, we'll need our strength for the fight
tomorrow."
Serena nodded; she hadn't realized how hungry she was until
then. They stopped at a cafe on the way home.