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Chapter 35
"Serenity, calm down." Endymion sighed. He stretched on their bed lazily while Serenity ran up and down in their room, wearing only her robe.
"Calm down?! I can't calm down! The ball is TONIGHT and I have no idea what to wear!! I didn't have time to talk with your sister and... oh what do you think about this?" she took a silver dress from the wardrobe.
"No. You would look gorgeous and I don't want to spend my night with keeping away all the men from you. You know that potato sack seems a really good idea now."
Serenity rolled her eyes but put the dress away. "And we missed breakfast... again." she finished her sentence.
"And? What is wrong about it?" Endymion stretched again, the blanket slipped down exposing his strong and naked chest.
"It is improper... they will suspect... We miss too many breakfasts."
Seeing his wife's red face made Endymion chuckle.
"Suspect? I think they know it already dear. Anyway I don't care. When and how often I make love with my wife is my business." he said watching her every move intensively.
"Endy!" Serenity gasped stunned. He talked so easily about... this subject. "Just get up and put on some clothes! I am sure they need some help with the preparation. You can go and talk with your father and Generals about the safety of the guests and stuff like this. I am going to help your mother and sister."
"We have servants, no need for you to help. I want you to take things easy." Endymion said honestly.
"Yeah-yeah." Serenity murmured, put her hand on her hips and walked to the bed.
He grinned up to her and with a quick movement pulled her on top of him.
Serenity yelped with surprise. "Hey! You have to get up no-" she couldn't finish what she was saying. Endymion's lips dragged hers in a passionate kiss and he rolled around so he was on top.
"Endy! We have no time for this!" She tried while her robe flew through the room exposing her naked body.
"They managed it without us this far, they will survive for a few more hours."
Serenity moaned when he massaged her inner thigh and kissed her breast. Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Sorry to disturb you. Can I come in?" Jedite asked from outside.
Endymion murmured some unpleasant words, wrapped the blanket around Serenity's body, and putting on some boxers opened the door.
"What?" he asked furiously.
"Sorry, did I interrupt something?" Jedite asked. Seeing his friend standing uncomfortably before him, he glanced toward the tomato red Princess laying on the bed and grapping the blanket tightly.
"Stop staring! What do you want here?" Endymion asked irritated. He stepped aside hiding the bed from Jedite' eyes.
"We have a meeting about the safety of the ball in an hour. I thought you might want to come. If you aren't too... busy of course." Jedite grinned.
"Where?" Endymion asked still glaring at him.
"Your father's study."
"Anything else?" The Prince wasn't well known about his patient so Jedite answered quickly.
"Terra was looking for you."
"She can wait." Endymion said shortly.
"All right. See you in an hour then." Jedite answered. He shook his head grinning when Endymion closed the door without answering. 'Not patient at all.' He thought and walked away.
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"Terra!" Someone cried happily.
"Sophie!" Terra hugged her friend tightly.
The girl had long black hair and black eyes. She was tall and curvy in all the right places.
"I am so happy you are here! Are you hungry? You missed breakfast but I can-"
"Terra, relax." Sophie laughed. "I am fine thank you."
"Come, come I will show you to your room!" Terra grabbed her friend's hand and leaded her up the stairs.
"Usually, this rooms aren't for guests but we made an except with you." Terra smiled mischievously.
"This is the private part of the Palace?" Sophie asked smiling.
"I hope you don't mind that your room is close to Endy's bedroom? And to mine of course." Terra grinned.
"I think I will survive." Sophie answered with bright eyes. Just thinking about the Prince made her heart jump.
"We have a small problem though..."
Sophie raised an eyebrow.
"He got married. But don't worry, I don't think this wife of his will cause any problem."
Her friend frowned worriedly. "Okay, if you think so... Can I meet with him now?" she asked excitedly.
Terra smiled. She won't ever forget the way her friend was always talking about her brother. They have never met before but Sophie was already in love with him. Her eyes shone brightly and she sighed dreamily every time someone mentioned Endymion's name.
"I haven't seen him today, but I know he has a meeting in about an hour in my father's study." Terra winked.
Te girls smiled at each other and stepped in Sophie's room.
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"We are sooooo late because of you." Serenity whispered as they were heading toward the ballroom.
"Don't look at me like this. If I remember correctly you wanted me just as much as I wanted you." Endymion grinned.
Serenity's face turned red. "You are taking advantage of my hormones going crazy." she murmured.
"Don't say you only want me because you are pregnant." he whispered huskily in her ears and kissed her neck lightly.
"Endymion! Can't you keep your hands and... mouth away from her for more than 5 minutes?! Your father is waiting for you." Nephrite said from behind them, grinning like an idiot.
"Yeah, of course." Endymion said and turned to Serenity. "Go and eat something and just take things easy, okay?"
"I am not a baby." Serenity rolled her eyes.
Endymion kissed her lips once more and walked away with Nephrite.
Once she ate breakfast, Serenity hurried to the ballroom.
"No-no-no! Not that way! And where are the ribbons?" Gaia stood in a corner shouting orders to everyone. The ballroom was in a mess.
"Can I help?" She stepped to the Queen smiling.
"Oh, Serenity! Good to see you up." Gaia smiled knowingly. When Serenity's face turned red, she hugged her lovingly.
"You can help with those ribbons." She said nodding toward the other end of the room.
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Endymion watched his friends as they laughed. The meeting was over in 20 minutes and his father went to talk with the guards immediately after the meeting. He and the Generals stayed to talk a bit. Jedite was talking about how much he missed Rei when someone knocked on the door.
"Hello! Are you finished with your meeting?" Terra stepped in the room with Sophie.
The Generals stood up when the ladies walked in, Endymion only smiled at his sister.
"Oh, Father already left I see. I wanted to introduce Sophie to him..." Terra said with a secret smile.
"Oh, you are Sophie then? We heard a lot about you." Zoisite said and the Generals bowed.
"It is nice to meet you." Sophie said.
"Hey Endy! Where are your manners? You should stand up when ladies step in a room." Terra turned toward her brother.
"What ladies? I only see my annoying little sister." Endymion grinned but stood up and smiled at Sophie. "I am sorry, I didn't mean you of course. Welcome in the Palace Lady Sophie."
"Th-thank you." Sophie felt herself melt under his deep blue eyes.
"Oh Endy! Can you please show Sophie around?" Terra asked with bright eyes.
"She is your guest. Why don't you show her around?" He asked with raised eyebrow.
"Because... because I wasn't here for a few years now! A lot of things had changed!" Terra answered quickly.
"Well you can re-discover the palace with your friend then. If you need someone I am sure Kunzite can accompany you."
"Why not you?" Terra asked.
"I have to do something."
"Something like Serenity right?!" Terra snapped angrily.
"Yes, do you have a problem with it?" Endymion's eyes flashed with anger. "If you will excuse me." He said and walked out the door.
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It wasn't easy to organize a ball so quickly. Serenity stood before a ladder sighing. Everywhere she looked servants was running up and down. Some of them were normally working in the kitchen or in the laundry, but because they had to prepare this ball so quickly, they needed a lot of extra help.
"We should fix this ribbon to the ceiling." Serenity said.
Turning to Gaia she noticed that they were almost finished as well. When she turned back, she gasped in surprise. A young girl, not older than her, stood before the ladder.
"Wait! What are you doing?" Serenity cried out and run to the girl. "You can't climb up the ladder!" The ladder was at least 25 feet high. Serenity looked at the obviously pregnant girl worriedly. Glancing at her belly Serenity guessed she was around 7-8 month pregnant.
"But nobody else is nearby." The girl said quietly.
Serenity glanced around. She was right, but she couldn't let her climb the ladder with such a big belly!
"Give me the ribbon, I will do it." She said after a while.
"But your Highness..."
"I will be fine, but you can't balance yourself with such a big belly. I can't believe they let you work in your state!" Serenity promised herself she would talk about this with Endymion later.
"I am just helping out in the kitchen. Nothing hard. They just sent me here to help for today." The girl smiled. Her friends weren't lieing, the Princess was really nice.
Serenity took the ribbon from her, looking around the room she gulped. Gaia was busy talking with some other servants and if she was lucky, Endymion was still in the King's study. She just had to climb up, fix the ribbon and climb down. Not a big deal, right?
Everything went all right. She climbed up, fixed the ribbon and sighed in relief when Gaia screamed. 'Uhh... no.' she thought.
"Serenity!! Oh my dear God, what are you doing up there?!" Gaia was sure she would die in heart attack.
"What the-?" Endymion's deep voice sounded like a thunder in the quiet room. When he stepped in the room he was confused first. Everybody stood in a stunned silent staring at one corner of the room. He slowly turned around to see what they were watching. When he noticed Serenity, his heart jumped in worry.
Serenity closed her eyes for a second. She played with the idea of staying on top of the ladder. How long can she stay alive there without eating or drinking? Glancing carefully at Endymion she closed her eyes again. Oh yeah... he was angry... Taking a deep breath, she climbed down slowly. She was nervous and that a whole room full with servants was watching her didn't help either.
Endymion watched her without blinking. He saw 100 different ways this could go wrong. Serenity feeling dizzy and felling off, Serenity taking a wrong step, Serenity slipping...
Once she finally climbed down, he grabbed her shoulders.
"What the hell were you thinking?!" He shouted.
"I-"
"It was my fault your Highness." The pregnant girl took a step closer a bit shaking seeing how angry the Prince was.
Endymion looked at her stunned.
"It was my fault." she repeated again with tears in her eyes.
"I couldn't let her climb up! Look at her she is pregnant!" Serenity said looking in his eyes bravely.
'No! Don't dare to tell me that I am pregnant too! You think she could keep her balance in her state?' she said through their link. Endymion went quiet.
"Please, it was really my fault. I... I am the one you should punish..." The girl all but cried.
"Don't worry, you did nothing wrong. Someone look for her husband." Endymion said. "Who was it? Who sent you here to help?" he asked angrily. Now that his wife was pregnant as well, he couldn't help but feel angry. How could someone allow a pregnant girl to do something this dangerous?!
"Mr. Smith." The girl said sniffing.
"I will talk with him." Gaia took a step closer. "I am really sorry. When I saw you were pregnant, I should have sent you back. I am really sorry." The Queen said smiling at the girl.
Endymion glanced at Serenity and putting his hand on her shoulder, he leaded her out the room.
"I know you are angry..." Serenity said after a while.
Endymion sighed. "I know you wanted to help but... God Serenity you scare me to death with your daring ideas!"
"I can take care of myself."
"I don't think so!" he shouted again. "No don't say anything! Let me finish my shouting first!"
Serenity looked at him puzzled first then smiled a small smile. He wasn't that angry... he was only worried and she deserved a bit of scolding after all.
"You are the most stubborn woman I know!" He said and pulled her in his arms.
Serenity smiled and stood on her tiptoes. Their lips were almost touching when...
"Sere! I find you! Finally! The dress we were talking about is ready!" Molly shouted. "Oh, should I come back later?"
Endymion closed his eyes. "It seems today I can't touch you without someone interrupting us." He let her waist go and took a step back. "Okay let's go. I am curious of this new dress."
"No!" Serenity said flushing. "It is a surprise! You can't see it until the ball."
"You want to say I can't see you or go to out room until the ball begins?" Endymion raised an eyebrow.
"Thank you Endy! I knew you will understand!" She kissed him lightly and grabbing Molly's hand, they walked away.
Endymion shook his head smiling, turned around and walked away to look for his Generals.
Did you like it? We finally met Sophie and got to know Terra a bit better!
jupiter2005: I can promise something: she won't give up easily.
serenity11287: Here you go!!
RoyalLovers1418: Well Sophie is in love with Endy so…
kyil, Riri2885: I already know how the girls will be together with the Generals but right now we have some other things to focus at (: About Sophie and Terra let's see what they have planned for the ball.
lilcatfish96: Thanks! But no, Terra won't give up any time soon…
whitesari: I updated fast right? (: About my other story: I am going to update it once I am finished with this one. And it will be about Sere and Endy they are my favorite character (:
empty-spaces: Thank you so much! Well I am not planning to make Sophie a very important character, I mean sure she is the one who wants to have Endy but actually it is Terra who is trying her best to get her friend together with Endymion.
lovelyl: Terra is the stubborn little sister who thinks she knows everything the best.
chibiangel413: The golden crystal can protect Serenity and it will be really important later!
xxxTigerLilyxxx: Endymion is always overprotective isn't he? (: If the Generals have to fight against Terra or not we will find out later.
raye85: Yes the golden crystal and the fact that it can protect Serenity and the baby will be quiet important later in the story. Terra made up her mind to separate Serenity and Endymion…
HarryPotter'sgirl17: Really?? Well congratulation then!! Back to the story: All the difficulty makes their love stronger right? (:
yuskeilove: Yes Terra will realize her mistakes later but the question is, will she be too late to make her mistake right?