The next morning, Serenity put down her cup of coffee, and looked at the other four girls.
"I think I know just who I like!"she told them.
Everyone looked up expectantedly.
"I would like to marry Prince Endymion."she said, her eyes sparkling.
Mercury who had been sipping her coffee, spat it out, and coughed.
"What?!"
Mars looked at her in surprise. Jupiter couldn't conceal her glee. If Princess Serenity married Prince Endymion, while all the other suitors left, Nephrite would, of course, stay with the prince. Venus looked overjoyed.
"That's just exactly whom I had in mind for you from the very beginning, Princess!"she exclaimed.
"Then, does that mean we start the wedding preparations right away?"Mars asked.
"Well, first, we have to let everyone know, don't we?"
Jupiter leapt up from her seat, causing the chair to topple backwards, and crash into an expensive vase behind it.
"Oops."
She rang for someone to come and pick up the pieces.
"Well, there'll probably be tons more for the wedding gifts."said Venus happily.
Mars sipped her coffee, and looking around, decided that perhaps it was best to tell everyone. After all, it would be best to clear everything up before things went too far.
"You know, there was something I wanted to say just last night."she told them, frowning.
"What is it?"asked Serenity.
"Well, you remember that…meeting with Prince Endymion?"she asked.
"Of course."
"Well, last night, as I was dancing with Jadeite, he's one of the Prince's guardians, you know, he said something rather…peculiar."
Everyone looked concerned.
"You see, he said that Princess Serenity had sent a note."
"What?"
Venus dropped her fork.
"Impossible!"she said.
"I know."Mars told her. "I just don't know what to make of it! I've been thinking about this all night! I can't come up with a solution!"
Venus and Jupiter exchanged glances.
"Well, that's past now, isn't it?"Jupiter asked.
Mars frowned.
"I don't know."
"Who cares?"said Venus happily. "We have a wedding to plan! We have to let the Queen know as well!"
She skipped out of the room.
"Perhaps you ought to think it over better, Princess!"suggested Mercury, who had remained quiet through most of the conversation.
Everyone turned to stare.
"Maybe…maybe you're making a mistake?"
"How could there be a mistake?"asked Jupiter. "Princess Serenity chose him, and Venus agrees with her. After all, when have you heard of a couple that any Venusian has gotten together, who have not been perfect for one another? Or, any couple that any Venusian has supported gone wrong?"
"I…I guess I should probably get started on the invitations?"she said.
She really had hoped that Princess Serenity making a choice would put an end to this whole mess! She didn't know why, but after Serenity had mentioned Endymion, she realized that if Endymion stayed, Zoicite would as well. She didn't understand. Zoicite always make her uneasy.
Jupiter had realized the same thing as Mercury, of course, but she reacted differently. When Serenity had mentioned that she had decided, her heart had almost stopped for a while. If she decided in favor of anyone, more than likely, Nephrite would be on his way back to Earth maybe that very afternoon! She didn't want to think what would've happened if Serenity hadn't made the right choice.
"Now, if I can only just…"she began to herself. "Oh, well! If things are going so well for now, they're bound to be in my favor later!"
She was almost jumping up and down, as she ran to catch up with Venus to tell the Queen the news.