"This is a bit ridiculous. I mean what could've happened in a week?" Rei whispered to her friend.
"Well if we learned anything from '24', a lot can happen in a day. So just think what went on without us." Minako said eyeing Javier. "I don't know about you but I think I found my future husband."
Rei glanced over and all Minako did was making Javier uncomfortable by treating the man like eye candy. "Please if anyone has a chance its me. Who wouldn't want a sophisticated woman like me. I'm much better than some washed up singer."
Minako took offense and glared at her best friend. "Excuse me? Washed up? What about you? Miss I have to lose three pounds every three days?!"
"Being a model is hard work and you're over exaggerating!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Guys!" Usagi cut them off. They failed to realize they were making a scene. Not noticing their voices were getting loud. They turned red and stayed quietly in their seats. Of course it was a bit odd of Usagi to be the voice of reason.
They had been waiting for hours on end. Usagi, being the way she is, set out a few blankets on the floor and the kids were laying on them. Yuki and Chibiusa were playing with Evelyn while she was reading. She didn't mind because she would play with them but right now it was annoying her. Seiya had gotten up to grab something to eat for everyone. Michiru refused and so did Mamoru, but it could've been because Seiya asked. When she came to Javier and Neiva, he asked for something light. Usagi and Evelyn just wanted sweets and soda.
Of course Evelyn got a fatherly glare from her dad. So she changed her mind and just asked for juice and chips. Usagi quietly told Evelyn she would share her sweets and the two made a pact.
After, Neiva was still quiet. Not really sure how to take this. So Javier leaned close to her. "Neiva?" He ran his hands through her bangs, getting them out of her face. "You know you're lucky Evelyn called when she did. I was getting on the plane." He said. She didn't say anything. "Are you gonna..." he looked around. "...ser de este modo todo el día?" He kept his eyes on her. "Para alguna...chica?"
"Javier, such nombre es Haruka." Neiva sighed. "Y no se trata sólo de que." Neiva got up. "Ah I dunno." She said and went over to one of the nurses. After a few exchange of words, one of the nurses took Neiva to another room.
Evelyn, looking back, wondered where her mom was going. So she looked at her dad. "Papá, ¿dónde está mamá va?"
"Veremos, cariñito. mamá no es tan así."
Evelyn looked back at her book, frowning. Javier sat back in his seat and became a little surprise when a bright eyed blonde sat in the empty seat next to him. "Eh?"
"You know. I know a little Spanish." Minako said in a flirtatious tone. "Mi te amó azul el de jefe de verano. Aplicación chica revista por favor."
Javier stared blankly at the Japanese woman and her horrible use of Spanish. Evelyn began snickering and Usagi laughed the moment Evelyn explained what Minako said. Not really knowing what to say, he chuckled. " Tienes suerte tu mira están trabajando para usted."
Minako smiled. "Si si. Oh mucho gracias." Minako went back to Rei and grinned. "He likes me."
Rei did her famous 'what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about' face. "Uhh are you sure?" Rei pointed in the direction of the laughing seven year old girl. "Maybe you need better classes." Minako crossed her arms over her chest and huffed angrily but still conceived she said something sexy and cute to him.
Another five minutes passed before everyone was getting uncomfortable. Neiva had came back and whispered something to Javier. But still tensions were high. Seiya leaned over to Usagi and was telling her something about one of the kids but Mamoru took it otherwise. "That's it!"
Mamoru voice startled the toddlers and everyone. But the adults looked at him. "I can't be quiet about this. Usagi, are you seriously going be with Seiya. I mean she's not much of a difference from me!"
"Mamo? What are you talking about?" Usagi asked.
"Me? You're dating some girl that shares similar features to me, Usagi." Mamoru stated causing the blonde queen to look at the two. "I know you're not the brightest but come on!"
"Mamoru I have no idea what you're talking about." She said calmly and in an innocent tone. Though Seiya was feeling that this little act started going too far. "I didn't notice any of that, I guess your jealously is getting the best of you."
"This isn't...that...you..." Mamoru stumbled on his words. "This isn't you moving on this you trying to get back at me!" Mamoru yelled.
"I think I'll take the kids..." Hotaru said to no one in particular but she quickly got Yuki and Chibiusa while Evelyn grabbed the blankets, snacks, and toys. Both of them left going to another area. Evelyn had peeked in and saw an empty room they could use, while Hotaru would explain that someone could need it, she looked at the others and realized they did need it. "Hurry." She whispered and shut the door behind them.
"Really?" Usagi said still in her innocent tone.
"Usagi I'm not an idiot!"
"Really!" Usagi puffed her cheeks and stood up from her chair. "You're not idiot! You of all people!? Well I'm glad you think so now cause you were one dumb son of a bitch when you fucked Michiru!" Usagi said, still new to the world of cursing some one out. "Did you think you were a genius then!?"
Mamoru didn't really have anything to say about her words, which cause Seiya to jump in. "Usagi-"
"No, because I've been holding this for too long. Mamoru, I'm not dating Seiya it's just when I saw how you reacted how could I miss the chance to mess with you? You think I moved on and in some ways I have but every time I look at our daughter it pisses me off what you did. What you both did!" She said glaring at Michiru and Mamoru. "But you know what, I'm done and over you. This pass year I've thought about getting back together, giving you a second chance-"
"Should we go?" Minako asked, whispering to Rei.
"Do you want to?" Rei whispered back.
"No."
"But the more I think about I realized that would make me look more of an idiot. No matter how much we are suppose to be together we can't because you fucked it up, Mamo. You, you could've talk to me, I maybe a stubborn person but you know I would've listen, instead you went over to someone else and looked what happened!"
"I feel like your insulting me, Usagi." Michiru jumped in.
"No, you think, genius!" Usagi snapped, "You were my friend and you still did it, It seems apparent the only person who has brains is Ami." Usagi added.
"I said I was sorry." Michiru said trying to keep her cool.
"Well sorrys aren't going to cut it. But for my sake, for my peace at mind." Usagi breathe. "I forgive you both because what you two did isn't my burden. It's yours and you two have to live with that, not me. In my past life my mother was a strong ruler on her own." Usagi said and it felt like a huge weight was lifted as she released those words she had built up. It may not have been much but the Queen was glad to get it out.
"Usagi, all I've been thinking about is you. I would want to be with you again." Mamoru told her as he stood up. "This time, we won't have anything between I mean..." he looked around. "I slept with Michiru again I didn't care too much for it."
"What!?" Michiru said.
Usagi looked at him with uncaring eyes. "Well that's a shame, I guess you're all used up." Neiva had muttered, which cause their attention to look at her while Usagi grinned.
"Says someone who slept around more times than-"
Neiva sat there not even looking at Michiru. "Oh I'm sorry, that wasn't your cue to vent your misplaced anger at me."
Michiru crossed her arms over her chest. "Misplaced, it's not misplaced."
"Oh no it is because you see, I'm sure I look nothing like your probably absent mother or your drunk and or abusive father."
"You don't know a damn thing about me. And if you had kept your nose out of my life, we wouldn't be here at all!" Michiru yelled.
"Your life? Please, the second you opened those legs of yours to what's his face. Your life became, her life, his life, and for some damn reason my life because you don't seem to want to leave me alone." She said as she pointed to Usagi, Mamoru, and herself.
"Because you're trying to hook Haruka into some trap!"
Neiva quickly turn her attention to Michiru, with everything happening this is something and someone she didn't want to deal with. "Neiva, just stop." Javier has said to her. "Shut the fuck up." Neiva snapped at him as she got up. "Is that what you think? That I am out to get her for something? What could I possibly do to her? Oh, wait, I guess if being in a happy and loving relationship is a trap then I'm all guilty for that. But then that would leave you alone with your unhappiness and guilt. Because as we all know, misery loves company. Which is pretty sad that Yuki only has you to depend on and you're stuck with something you can never get back."
"Don't you dare bring her into this. All I am doing is protecting Haruka from sleazy sluts like yourself. I don't even know why you're here, I've already told Haruka everything about you. It truly saddens me when women like you choose to throw your lives away for easy money."
If it wasn't apparent before, it was now. That struck a nerve with Neiva as Michiru spoke. Because whether Michiru intended to or not, to Neiva it sounded like she spoke low of her. "You're lying..." Neiva growled.
Michiru took a few steps closer to her. "Am I? Did she tell you we were meeting today? Did Haruka even mention anything about me to you? Though Michiru was pulling half her words from thin air it didn't stop Neiva from thinking Haruka was leading her on. She looked around the waiting room. "Oh you guys don't know what I am saying. How rude." Unknown to any of them Hotaru and Evelyn peeked out the door. "This woman here, thirty-four years of age. Born in Nerja, Spain. Has on her criminal record few counts of drug possession. Intent to sell, mind you. Gun running. Prostitution. Need I go on?
Did six years, right?" Michiru said in a smartass tone.
"Seven..." Neiva corrected.
"Oh right, you know it's hard to keep the information right when you can't believe how someone like you got to be a citizen in this country. Or are you even legal here?
Neiva gritted her teeth even though Michiru was less than an arms length away. "Of course, as long as I didn't commit a crime while I was getting our citizenship here."
"You don't need to do this." Javier told her.
"No, she thinks she can get under my skin. Let her."
Usagi became concern at how odd Michiru was becoming. They all knew how ruthless Mixhiru can be but this seemed to be going too far. "Everyone makes mistakes Michiru come on..." Usagi pleaded.
Michiru ignored her once friend. "That seems to fall in line before Evelyn." She looked at Javier. "I'm curious how you two met. What when you got out you couldn't stop that lifestyle and he had a problem, like typical rich kids."
Javier was about to speak when Neiva cut him off. "You think by bringing some old stuff about me I'm supposed to hang my head low? Well sorry but I already known the shit I did and so does he. But let me tell you something that no policía record will ever show. I was eighteen I didn't have much of an education and there wasn't much I could. So yeah, I did take an easy route and got caught. I wasn't thinking and then I had another chance when his family was a part of some program for girls like me. So instead of doing ten years I took the seven and worked for them. And unlike you they didn't make me feel less of myself.
And despite things not working out between us I wouldn't take it back. I got pregnant by accident so what, I went back to walking the streets because after he was being an ass I wasn't about to go on back and beg for money so I did what I did to take care of my baby when she was sick and no regular job was enough to keep us in that crappy ass one bedroom apartment. So we weren't homeless or in a shelter." Neiva grabbed Michiru by the collar. "I'm not proud of what I did but I wasn't going to let my pride get in the way of my responsibility to provide for her.
Which only brings me back to you. I didn't waste my time trying to convince Javier to come to me or stalk the shit out of his bitch of a fiancée, at the time, I moved on. Which is sad for you because you just can't accept the fact that despite my faults, I am still better than you, more appealing than you, and more of a woman than you will ever be in your miserable life."
Michiru bit her tongue and then grinned. "Well let's just see what Haruka thinks the same as you." She paused, "what you're not gonna slap me?" She said as Neiva let go of her.
"You're in front of your friends, people I don't know." Neiva began, Michiru straighten out her blouse. As Michiru kept her guard up, Neiva took a few steps backwards. "But then again..." Neiva had went to slap Michiru with her left hand and as expected she simply dodge it, leaving the aquamarine hair woman open as Neiva sucker punched Michiru with her right hand. Her body went limp and fell to the floor. Out of instinct Usagi went to see if she was alright, though she may of deserve that. "you're in a hospital, so I'm sure that works out in some ways." Neiva grinned then she finally got sight of Evelyn, who wasn't in shock over her mom hitting someone, that was an everyday thing she got used to.
"Oh dear, Evelyn..." Neiva began to call but the girl ran off. "Damn it..." She put her hands on her temple and began to wonder what to do.
"Neiva?" Usagi questioned as Michiru began to come to.
Seyia, closest to Javier, turned to him, "What's wrong with your daughter?"
"She was listening...? Shoot...Evelyn didn't know that about Neiva." Javier said. Then got up and left as he was getting on the phone. He began to talk to someone in Spanish.
Usagi got up since Michiru was sitting on her own, she had a bit of blood dripping from her lips but otherwise fine, for now. "Thanks Usagi-"
"Don't thank me, Michiru that wasn't nice of you." Usagi snapped and went to Neiva's side instead. Michiru lookd at Mamoru who looked away from her, he then got up and went to the room his daugthers were in. Michiru then glanced at Rei and Minako and casually looked around or looked at their phones. Anything to avoid eye contact.
Have I really gone too far? For Haruka's sake? Michiru thought in her mind. Then wiped her face with the back of her hand.
Usagi put her hands on Neiva and noticed the woman was holding back tears. "I thought you were fine..." Usagi whispered.
"How can I? What child would want to know the worst moments in their parent's lives? She'll never-" Neiva broke her sentence and walked away and to Haruka's room. Nurses were trying to ignore the event that was happening in front of them but they couldn't let non-family members in her room. Though Neiva pushed her way though, it helped more in her favor because none of the ladies want to get hit in the face.
Usagi watched her go. "I can't imagine having any secrets from Chibiusa..." she muttered as Seiya came next to her.
"Sometimes parents do things to protect their kids, especially when it'll do more harm than good." Seiya added and gestured Usagi to sit down.
Tears blurred her vision causing the white hallway to merge into what seemed like an endless space of nothingness. How could she, mom always told me things like that were bad and to never be around people like that. She lied to me. Mommy why did you lie to me?! Evelyn screamed in her mind as she shut her eyes. Trying to convince herself that it was only lies that woman was saying but when her mother had confirmed those lies. It felt like her whole life was a lie. And in some ways, a mistake.
I'm...a mistake...a accident. I wasn't suppose to be born.
Evelyn stopped near some elevators and kneel down in a corner. I cause mommy to go through more pain because she had a mistake. She didn't have a choice. Evelyn's mind was filled with what Neiva had said. About how she had to support her. About her dad not helping. I knew daddy could be mean but why was he so mean to mom then, was it all my fault? Everything's my fault...
Her crying caused an eldery woman to walk over to her as she got off the elevator. Evelyn didn't noticed her, all she thought about was Neiva lying to her bout her past and their reason for moving to Japan. Then the fact she was an accident in first place is what cause her heart and mind to nearly break.
"Excuse me, little girl." A woman with a French accent spoke to her in English.
Evelyn looked up, eyes red and nothing but tears on her cheeks. "E-e-ex-cuse me?" she said wheezing between letters. Breathing hard. Evelyn knew English because her dad spent time dealing with English speaking countries, so he taught her a few things.
The elderly woman gave a smile and reached in her purse. "You know," she went to speaking Japanese. "pretty little girls shouldn't cry." She finished and got out a tissue and wiped Evelyn's cheeks. "What's wrong?"
Evelyn sniffed, "I think I'm a mistake." she spilled and more tears ran out.
The woman looked surprise. "What makes you think that?"
"My mommy said I was."
She let Evelyn have the tissue and frowned. "Your mother is a horrible person to say that to a sweet child like you."
Evelyn stopped crying and frowned as well. "My mommy isn't bad...I mean...she didn't say it to me but... I think I ruined her life." As she finished she looked at the titled flooring.
As the woman stood up, Evelyn looked at her clothing. It looked so 1930's. A light blue sleeveless knee length dress with a thin white belt at the waist. Lace gloves on her wrinkled hands. Adorn with a couple of bracelets. Pearl necklace and earrings. "Why don't you tell me about it. You know I'm here to see my own daughter, she isn't well. Maybe you can help me too."
Evelyn noticed her fair skin and blonde hair mixed with greys and whites. Her slightly wrinkled face but you could tell she had aged quite a bit. And those deep blue eyes. "How?" Evelyn got up and wiped her eyes some more.
"Let's just say, we're like two sides of the same coin." She smiled and held out her hand.
Evelyn thought about it before grabbing her hand and walking with her. "I don't get it."
She laughed, "neither do I."
"I'm Evelyn."
"Cherie."