Lea-chan: When did we end up in this story?
Jeh-kun: since I don't know their other class mates and plus I make you dance in a micro mini!
Lea-chan: the last time I wore a dress was when I went to prom with jeh-kun after being forcefully dragged in a plot by her and my own mother!!
Jeh-kun: what about the little French maid number that you wore for my birthday.
Lea-chan: again putting words in my figure!!! WE WENT TO ROCKY HORRAH!!!! I DID NOT JUMP OUT OF A CAKE LIKE ALL YOU LITTLE PERVS ARE THINGKIN!!
Jea-kun: I think thy lady protests too much.
Lea-chan: I'LL KILL YOU! AND TURN YOU IN TO HALOPINO ON A STICK!!!!!!!!!! ON A STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sudden Realization
Dear book with blue writing lines and red margins,
Have you ever walked out to the middle of a lake in the dead of winter at three am? Everyone says that four am is when the world stands still, that is just when people are awake enough to realize it. At three am those headed home from the bars are close to their destinations and are hushed enough so that if they stumble in they land on plush carpet rather than rattling the side table and waking up whom they live with or you can even say it is before the morning commuters have to awake, not even the sun has shown the faintest interest in rising and the sky is its darkest with twinkling white stars that are crisp against the frosted winter chill. Three am is when the magic happens.
So standing there at this magical hour of three am, you wearily inch your feet across the rugged surface. A frozen lake is nothing like the glossy well groomed skating rink, no it is real. It has rocks that protrude at the surface's edges and lumps here and there. You glide your feet wearily and squint your eyes with no one around to save you so you know if you fall that's the end of it. You make your way to the center and you hear the ice cracking underneath your feet but that doesn't stop you.
As you squeeze you eyes tight you take a deep breath and before you let all the air that is in your lungs you let out a high disceheveled scream and fold you knees to your chest as you jump in the air, letting the full of your body weight slam down onto the surface. Smashing through the fidget ice pins and needles dagger your sides and you let out your gasp in shock. The wrong thing to do as you desperately try and spit the water back but only end up choking on the cold. Frantically you kick and you scream and you try to find a grip as you close your eyes and let your fearful tears mingle with the icy water.
It is in that very moment that nothing no longer matters. How much you now look like a sickly cancer patient, how much you have hurt your friends, and how seeing them everyday makes you fell worse than you are now. You grip you chest as your heart beats twenty times the normal rate and you shake with fear that this is the end and it is far more painful than you have hoped.
It is in that very moment of hopelessness that a mirical happens. Someone digs their hand into the ice water and grips your writs, the strength amazes you as you rise through miles of ice water that streams past you like a techno- colored light show warmth starts to reach you appendages as you finally let in that desperate gasp for air, tears of relief fall down your face, you have never been more thankful. It has never hurt more to breath as a chainsaw rips apart you esophagus and lungs. You finally are able to open your eyes and as you are about to mutter thanks you see who has saved you. Your heart plummets into your stomach down your intestine and lands somewhere thousands of feet below you.
That's how I felt when Darien told me that everyone would never know what it would be like for me to take away their memories of being sailor scouts, before I had gotten so depressed that they all had to worry why I had lost 30 some odd pounds off my 110 figure, and before I had to kill them to save the rest of the world. He took all their memories and I only feel guilt because I although they may never know about my sins, I must atone for them every day.
Mental Case 0000870636310000872009
Aka Serena Usagi
"You shouldn't interfere." Serena said in a wince as Jeh-kun put ointment on the bruises on Serena's arms and Lea-chan dabbed at her black eye with face powder in the back room of The Cat. "He is more defused when I just take the hit."
"Okay hun now I want you to face the back wall." Jeh-kun said as Serena bent down so that Jeh-kun could put a creamy foundation that Lea-chan would then cover with face powder on top of the bandages. Darien had slammed her against the trash can and then yanked her by the wrist into the alley being followed by Lea-chan and Jeh-kun.
"I'm sorry that we interfered."Lea-chan said like a whisper to the wind.
"Its fine, sadly this didn't even hurt." Serna stood up and then looked in the mirror she had red boddy shorts and a red see-through lacy bra, a gartered belt was draped around her body hips that connected to red transparent tights that peeked out of red heels. She sighed like the weight of the world was bearing down on her shoulders. Jeh-kun took the see through red robe and draped it on her shoulder. Lea-chan helped her arms into the sleeves. While Jeh-kun fixed her hair so that it held two small knots at the nape of her neck and the remainder of the hair trailed down her back.
"WE WELCOME TO THE STAGE MOON-DASIOUS!" the announcer said as a girl clutching her clothing came off the stage with a smug smile across her face like she enjoyed her job.
"That is you hun." Jeh-kun gave a faint smile.
"No I am going to stay back stage in the little box I dug out of my heart where Darien loved me and my friends didn't have so much disdain feelings towards me. From now on I am Moon-Dasios. That way I can pretend." Serena said feeling her sanity slip away.
"Whatever you need to do." Lea-chan said as she swallowed hard and smoothed her hands down her skintight pleat her micro mini crop top dress. It cut off just above the bust and low enough that if she bent down to touch her toes the world would get a show. Lea-chan wore whipped jeans under her dress and ballet flats while Jeh-kun wore a garter belt the peeked out of the bottom of the dress and gripped onto a pair of fishnets and wore stiletto heels. It was safe to assume that Jeh-kun got more tip money, but Lea-chan went home with more self respect.
DD
The next day it the powdery lines of face powder were apparent on her shiner and bruised cheek, the red lipstick didn't cover the cracked lip that still had the faint stain of blood and she was still shaking because she thought that the marks on her upper shoulders and back could be seen through the white of the school uniform that had faded so it was more of an off eggshell color. The hem was frayed and the color had started to unravel, every part of her look fragile she now weighed 82 pounds and her teachers were starting to wonder if something was wrong, but didn't dare to ask. There was one teacher that was on a mission to find out what had happened.
Hiraoka-sensei walked straight to the board regardless that it wasn't her class, a chorus of where is our teacher broke out but she was too determined to do anything about it. It was health and we all know the fun things like abuse, sex and drugs we covered but this point she wrote a topic that was several chapters ahead. She screeched the white chalk on the black board and slammed it down into the holder as she turned to show the class what she had written a grown filled the class they weren't getting a free period.
'Spousal Abuse'
Two words that made Serena go paler than her almost transparent skin, she then started to chuckle. Which made Jeh-kun and Lea-chan giggle, their giggles and chuckles turned into outright laughter till they were holding their sides as their faces turned red and gasped for air. The class turned about face to see the trio in the back right hand corner. While a trio in the middle left section gave skeptical glances. The teacher slammed the text book on Serena's desk.
"IF YOU FIND THIS SO FUNNY THEN I WANT YOU TO TURN TO PAGE 348 AND START BY READING ALOUD THE FIST PARAGARPH!" The teacher with mousy brown hair and hazel eyes said with a jagged tone.
"1 out of every 3 women will be assaulted by an intimate partner during her lifetime.60 to 70% of men who abuse their female partners also batter their children. These are just numbers but that doesn't tell us what spousal abuse is and how it effects the mental and physical status of the other partner. You can have the answer to that pressing question, Is she/he in a dangerously abusive relationship? You understand what intimate partner violence is. You know what partner/spousal abuse is. You know the signs of emotional and verbal abuse. And you have insight into what stops it. At this point please take out a pen and paper and answer the following questions-"Serena looked up to see that the teacher had taken over.
"I want you all to open to the next page of you note book and answer with a yes or no response. Now I know that you all are young and haven't had too much experience but I want you to think of your most recent boy friend/ girl friend or even your parents. It can be how they act towards you or how you act towards them, there is no grade and I won't be collecting them, this is for you to look at and share with whom you choose." The teacher looked at Serena the whole time as she felt like she needed to smile to get the hazel eyes that seemed to bare into her soul.
"1. Your partner checks up on you a lot to see where you are how long you will be there. Are their check in times that if you miss they will come looking for you?
2. Are you ever put down, with name calling, constant criticism, public or private humiliation or making the partner feel crazy?
3. Do they try and control you, but keeping you away from certain places or people?
4. They act jealous and possessive?
5. Destroys or threatens any of your belongings?
6. Touches you in a way that scares you?
7. Is sexually abusive to the point where it can be rough and painful?
8. Blames you for everything and gets angry in a way that might be harmful to your health?
9. They tell you that other relationships aren't real or important?
10. If after answering yes to all this you are willing to defend them still?" The teacher shut her book and sighed. "I want you all to discuses aloud what kind of person would answer yes to number ten?"
"Obviously someone with a very small sense of self worth." Amy said without even raising her hand.
"How would I guess you would say something like that? Miss I only had a guy for two second in eighth grade." Serena said smugly.
"What and I confused a stripper like you to understand what it is like to have a healthy normal relationship?" Amy laughed along with Lita and Mina.
"Did I hear that correctly?" The teacher asked as Serena stood on her desk and did a turn popping her hip in the air as they swayed back and forth, while her wrist were locked above her head and the boys began to clap a beat. Jeh-kun stepped up on her chair and Lea-chan on hers so that they wouldn't out stage her or leave her alone.
"I don't know what it is like to have mommy and daddy to pay for anything, but whatever pays this good is worth the price of your soul." Serena, Lea-chan and Jeh-kun laughed as Serna and Jeh-kun pulled at the edge of their skirts so that it was going well higher than the school limit.
"GET OFF THAT DESK THIS INSTANT!" The teacher hollered as she yanked Serena's boney ankle making her crash onto the desk with her legs crossed. Lea-chan and Jeh-kun sat on the edges of their own desk that sat either side of her.
"Sorry teach, but you know us wild girls." Serena laughed and the teacher sighed.
"I am going to ask but I already know the answer, did you answer yes to any of those questions?" The teacher asked as Jeh-kun passed around of gum and Serena chewed till she was able to blow a large bubble and pop it with a loud crack.
"So what if I said yes to all of them? Who are you so high and mighty to say that you got it right?" Serena munched on her gum as the teacher gave her a death glare.
" 'sides it beats the alternative." Jeh-kun said with a wicked smile.
"What is that?" The teacher asked putting her hands on her hips and looking at her in disdain.
"Being a dateless shrew like you." Lea-chan said daringly, as a chorus of fast wipers swept across the class room like a scratchy broom on a wooden floor. While Jeh-kun and Serena gave each other an air five.
"YOU THERE I WANT YOU OUT RIGHT NOW!! TWO BUCKETS OF WATER FULL TO THE BRIM IN THE HALL NOW!!!!" The teacher said shouting as loud as she could as Serena stuck out her tongue at the teacher.
"I would never befriend myself with such a juvenile." Amy said.
"But she did have some valid points." Lita said and instantly regretted it.
"I have to agree with Lita, my parents are divorced. And Lita lives on her own, while what you dad is off painting cause he didn't feel like an office job and you mom is one of the top doctors in the country." Mina agreed.
"Like you know shit! I see my mom once a week passing by and I study so much so that I don't mind the definating quite unless one of the maids are cleaning!' Amy said in a hushed urgent voice that cracked as she shared her motives. "Plus I don't need a guy to tell me that I am worth anything." Amy store straight at the board meaning that they couldn't gage her further in the conversation.
"The thing about girls and boys that are being abused, they tend to act out or be quiet about what is happening to them. They need friends although they will try and push them away as much as possible." The teacher said as she picked up the book and read a quote she smiled at, she then read it out loud. "a good friend will stand by your side and let you make a mistake, helping you clean up the cuts and bruises, while a best friend will slap the other cheek and make sure that you understand what you did wrong so you can change yourself and learn from your mistakes." This seemed to strike a chord for the three girls sitting in the middle of the class room and like a the ringing of a church bell something gonged inside them squawking their souls.
"I remember." The three said all at once as they stood up and ran towards the door.
DD
Darien had a tall red head that had seemed to surgically attach herself to his hip as he held her side with the tips of his finders dipping into the top of her white washed jean micro mini skirt. She had on an ocean blue crop top and had wild red hair that matched her sea foam eyes Her long legs extended out of a pair of ankle onyx colored ankle boots.
"Hey Elizabeth." Darien waved to a girl in the same uniform as Serena. She looked shocked at first to hear her name called, because she had skipped her last class period to get to work early.
"Darien?" She said as he walked closer not once letting go of his read head. "Who is that?"
"Stacy thank-you kindly. Darien who is this chick?" She asked eyeing Elizabeth like she was a chicken with its head in the gluten.
"Just my best friend's little sister, no one important." HE said as he kissed her forehead.
"How is Serena, did you ever find her? And give her, her punishment?" She said with an icy stair.
"Some chick that ran away, but she doesn't matter." He said playing the game.
"Okay!" She said with a bubble smile and laugh.
"What happened to you? You were prince charming?" Elizabeth said cocking her hip in the air and letting her bag swing so that it almost brushed the ground.
"I found out that all fairytales have their end." He said and continued to walk past the high school.
DD
"Pst, Jeh-kun, did you?" Lea-chan gestured to the window as Darien walked past with a red haired girl that seemed to have lost her way out of the red light district.
"Hey Lea-chan I am surprised that you aren't freaking about getting dentition?" Jeh-kun said as Serena looked at Lea-chan who bit down on her lip and looked like she needed to cry.
"They won't call my parents will they?" Lea-chan said as she strained with her two buckets.
"Oh my gosh hun, I didn't even think about dragging you guys down with me!" Serena said as she looked remorse full. She looked out the window and dropped her bucket. Water splashed everywhere leaving a puddle in each of their shoes.
"It's okay if we didn't join in it wouldn't have happened." Jeh-kun got down to her knees and pulled the knicerhife from her uniform and started to mop up the mess, She winced as she looked at Serena's blank expression.
"I saw." Serena looked down and tear rolled down her cheek.
"It is amazing how you can still hurt after all your torture." Lea-chan held onto her and she shook with tears. The classroom door slammed open to see Lita, Mina and Amy looking in shock as Jeh-kun mopped at water that spilled all over and Serena crying into Lea-chan's shoulder crumpled over in agony.
"We remember." They said making Serena look up in shock.
"How much?" Serena said after several moments of shallow breathing.
"Our friendship….was there more to it?" Mina asked as Serena shakily got to her feet.
"No, just real good friends." Serena said in a melancholy way.