Mina's Love Life
By: Jessica Willmington Bailey
Hey all! Thanks so much for all the
great comments and such for my stories,
Thanks Guardian Mercury and Quitenis,
and BBunny. You guys are the greatest.
Anyway, on with the story.
(Insert stupid, annoying, obvious disclaimer
here.)
Chapter 3: By Herself and With Him
The two had a very nice conversation over
ice cream and made plans to hang out again
the following day. Mina made her way home
on cloud 9. She unlocked her front door and
went up to her room.
Humming a little tune to herself, she turned
on the lights and set her bag down.
"Where have you been?! Do you know what time
it is, young lady?" Artemis asked.
Mina glanced at her watch, which read 8:55pm.
"It's almost 9. Why?" Mina replied.
Artemis growled.
"You had me worried. You didn't leave a message
when you left." Artemis said.
"Well, I couldn't really leave a message if
I never came home." Mina replied.
"Where were you then? You see this?" Artemis
started, pointing to the wrist communicator;
"This is a communicator. You can use this to
check in with us. That way we know where you
are if we need you." he finished.
"Artemis, I may be blonde but I'm not stupid.
Ya' know maybe I needed a little time to myself.
Its called privacy, but that would be a foreign
concept to you. Wouldn't it?" Mina snapped.
The feline looked shocked at the girl's
attitude. *What's wrong with her? Why is she
acting this way? *
"You want your privacy, Mina? Fine. I'll be at
Luna's." the cat said.
He promptly jumped out Mina's open window and
ran down the street. Mina ran to the window to
see the furrball's fleeing figure.
"Artemis!" Mina yelled.
The cat didn't stop and Mina sunk to
the floor underneath her window.
"Why was I so mean to him? He was only worried
about me. I shouldn't have yelled at him. Now
he probably hates me." Mina mumbled
sadly.
She hated the fact that she may have hurt his
feelings and she knew that she would have to
mend the bridge tomorrow.
She got up off the floor and changed into her
orange pajamas.
Untying the red bow, she brushed out the golden
blanket of hair and crawled into bed, not
bothering to turn off the lights.
The next day was Friday and Mina made her
usual '10 minute dash' to school and arrived
just in time. Throughout the day, Mina and
Andros talked between
periods. They even ate lunch together. Mina
was happy that she had found a new friend.
""Hey, Mina, do you want to go out sometime?"
Andros asked.
"Like on a date?"
"Well, yeah. How about going to the park and
having a picnic lunch tomorrow afternoon?"
"Sure, sounds like fun," Mina said, " But I
have some friends, who would like to meet you first."
"OK." Andros replied.
After school let out, Mina was a little
disappointed that Artemis wasn't there waiting
for her.
"Hey, where's your cat?" Andros asked.
"I don't know, but I'm sure he's alright. He's
a smart cat." Mina replied.
The two made their way towards the Cherry Hill
temple. After being introduced the the inner
scouts, Andros left quickly. Saying that he had
to get home to take care of something.
Mina could hardly blame him, after seeing the
death glares that Raye and Lita were shooting
in his direction. Ignoring them, Mina turned to
Amy and Serena.
"So?" Mina asked.
"So what?" Amy asked, confused.
"What do you think of Andros?"
"He seems nice..." Serena started.
"I don't know..." Amy started, glancing at Raye
and Lita.
"Something about that guy bothers me." Lita said.
"His aura is fuzzy. Something about him isn't
right." Raye said, arms crossed over her chest.
Mina glanced from the nervous Amy and Serena
to the stubborn Lita and Raye.
"Well, anyway... Have you guys seen Artemis?"
Mina asked.
"Yeah, he stormed over to my house last night
and talked to Luna for a good hour." Serena replied.
"I had a fight with him last night and he left.
I haven't seen him since last night and I owe
him an apology."
"You certainly do." Luna's voice said from the
doorway.
"Is he with you, Luna?" Mina asked the black
lunarian.
"No, he's not. He's still angry with you, Mina.
Why would he come if he knew that you were going
to be here?"
"Oh, man! I knew he was steamed but avoiding me.
That's so immature!" Mina said.
"I can hardly blame him after hearing about the
verbal thrashing that you gave him." Luna replied.
"If he wants to avoid me, fine, he can just do
that." Mina whispered.
"Excuse me, guys, but I need to be alone." Mina
added, quickly jumping up and running out of the
room.
"Mina!" Serena cried, getting up to run after
her friend.
"No, Serena! She needs to fix this herself." Luna snapped.
Serena stopped at the door and watched Mina run
off of the temple grounds. *Oh, Mina...*
Mina ran from her friends. She didn't exactly
know where she was running but she ran. She ran
to the park, the only place of solitude that her
heart knew.
She collapsed under a large maple tree and cried.
Not tiny tears of dismay but heart
wrenching sobs. Artemis was her one true friend,
who had been with her since the
beginning.
Nobody quite understood the relationship that
the two shared. It was different from Luna and
Serena. Luna was the worrying, motherly type,
but Artemis was a totally different story.
Mina considered him to be like an
over-protective brother and she loved the
furrball in the same way. He was a friend and
mentor. Someone whom she could trust with
her darkest secrets and fears with no worry.
She was upset that she might have destroyed
that relationship with a few sharp words
that she hadn't meant. It seemed that her
whole world was falling apart before her
eyes. Her friends didn't trust her judgment,
Artemis was angry with her, and her parents
were being their usual self-absorbed selves.
Everything was going wrong.
The only bright spot in her life seemed to be
Andros. He made her smile and she got the
warm-fuzzies whenever she was around him. Was
this love that she was feeling? Something in
her heart screamed 'yes', but her head screamed
'trust you friends'. Confused and hurt, Mina
wandered from her thoughts to her emotions,
on a roller coaster that she wouldn't soon
forget.
Physically and emotionally exhausted, she fell
asleep under the maple.
She opened her eyes and was enshrouded in mist.
Confused, she stood up and
looked around her. In the mist she
saw eleven figures.
"Hello?" Mina called.
The mist cleared and Mina saw her friends
standing there; Serena, Rini, Raye, Amy, Lita,
Darien, Alex, Michelle, Trista, Luna and Artemis. Her
gaze softened and she smiled.
"Hey, guys. What's up?"
Her friends looked at her but didn't answer.
"Mina." a voice called.
Mina looked over her shoulder and saw Andros.
"Oh, hey, Andros." Mina said with a smile.
Mina turned back to her friends to find them no
longer there.
"Guys? Hey, where'd ya go?" Mina shouted.
She turned around to find Andros gone too.
"Andros? Serena? Artemis? Anybody?" Mina yelled.
She was lost and totally alone. Scared, she
started to cry.
"Stop crying, Mina." a sharp voice commanded.
She looked up to see a tall, white-haired man
standing before her.
"Malachite?" Mina asked.
"Yes, I am very disappointed. Some leader you
are. Sitting here crying like a baby. I honestly
don't know what ever saw in you." Malachite said,
his voice full of malice.
"Go away, Malachite. You don't understand. You
would never understand." Mina sobbed.
"You're right, I don't understand. But I know
that sitting here crying isn't going to help
anything." he snapped.
"Leave me alone." Mina whispered.
"As you wish." Malachite said, fading away,
leaving her alone once again.
The light around her began to fade until she
was alone in the darkness.
"Some leader you are...."
"You're making a mistake..."
"You want your privacy, fine..."
All the angry comments flowed through her and
she screamed out loud.
"Mina, Mina! Wake-up!" a voice said through the darkness.
She felt someone shaking her and she opened her
eyes. She looked into the concerned face of
Andros.
"Andros? What happened?"
"I found you asleep and you were crying." he
replied.
"I had a bad dream."
"No kidding. Care to talk about it?"
"Everyone had left me alone." Mina whispered.
"No way. Your friends would never leave you
alone. I would never leave you alone." he said,
wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
She snuggled closer to his chest and cried.
After a few minutes, she stopped and wiped her
eyes.
"Oh, Andros, I'm sorry. I got your shirt all
wet. You must think I'm silly, crying like
that..."
"No, Mina. I don't think that." Andros said,
taking Mina's chin in his hand.
The two inched closer until their lips met in
a head-spinning kiss. Mina felt a jolt of energy
between them. After they parted, Mina rested her
head on his lap and fell asleep once again.
Andros looked at the sleeping girl, he had never
known what it was like to love someone and he
knew that he needed this girl more then
he needed anything in the whole universe.
He gently picked her up and carried her to his home.
*******************************************
Hahaha don't you just hate that! Cliffhangers!
*dodges flying fruit* What will happen next
between Mina and Andros? What did Mina's dream
mean? What's up with Mina's friends and Andros'
past? Where does Andros live?
If you wanna find out, ya gotta stay tuned.
I won't have the next chapter out for at least
3 weeks, I'm going on vacay. See you then.
Love ya tons,
Jessica Willmington Bailey
Check out my site and submit your stories:
princessmercury.cjb.net
Also read any fics by Lena Sauran, she's an
awesome writer. Love ya babe!
Released: 6/22/00
By: Jessica Willmington Bailey
Hey all! Thanks so much for all the
great comments and such for my stories,
Thanks Guardian Mercury and Quitenis,
and BBunny. You guys are the greatest.
Anyway, on with the story.
(Insert stupid, annoying, obvious disclaimer
here.)
Chapter 3: By Herself and With Him
The two had a very nice conversation over
ice cream and made plans to hang out again
the following day. Mina made her way home
on cloud 9. She unlocked her front door and
went up to her room.
Humming a little tune to herself, she turned
on the lights and set her bag down.
"Where have you been?! Do you know what time
it is, young lady?" Artemis asked.
Mina glanced at her watch, which read 8:55pm.
"It's almost 9. Why?" Mina replied.
Artemis growled.
"You had me worried. You didn't leave a message
when you left." Artemis said.
"Well, I couldn't really leave a message if
I never came home." Mina replied.
"Where were you then? You see this?" Artemis
started, pointing to the wrist communicator;
"This is a communicator. You can use this to
check in with us. That way we know where you
are if we need you." he finished.
"Artemis, I may be blonde but I'm not stupid.
Ya' know maybe I needed a little time to myself.
Its called privacy, but that would be a foreign
concept to you. Wouldn't it?" Mina snapped.
The feline looked shocked at the girl's
attitude. *What's wrong with her? Why is she
acting this way? *
"You want your privacy, Mina? Fine. I'll be at
Luna's." the cat said.
He promptly jumped out Mina's open window and
ran down the street. Mina ran to the window to
see the furrball's fleeing figure.
"Artemis!" Mina yelled.
The cat didn't stop and Mina sunk to
the floor underneath her window.
"Why was I so mean to him? He was only worried
about me. I shouldn't have yelled at him. Now
he probably hates me." Mina mumbled
sadly.
She hated the fact that she may have hurt his
feelings and she knew that she would have to
mend the bridge tomorrow.
She got up off the floor and changed into her
orange pajamas.
Untying the red bow, she brushed out the golden
blanket of hair and crawled into bed, not
bothering to turn off the lights.
The next day was Friday and Mina made her
usual '10 minute dash' to school and arrived
just in time. Throughout the day, Mina and
Andros talked between
periods. They even ate lunch together. Mina
was happy that she had found a new friend.
""Hey, Mina, do you want to go out sometime?"
Andros asked.
"Like on a date?"
"Well, yeah. How about going to the park and
having a picnic lunch tomorrow afternoon?"
"Sure, sounds like fun," Mina said, " But I
have some friends, who would like to meet you first."
"OK." Andros replied.
After school let out, Mina was a little
disappointed that Artemis wasn't there waiting
for her.
"Hey, where's your cat?" Andros asked.
"I don't know, but I'm sure he's alright. He's
a smart cat." Mina replied.
The two made their way towards the Cherry Hill
temple. After being introduced the the inner
scouts, Andros left quickly. Saying that he had
to get home to take care of something.
Mina could hardly blame him, after seeing the
death glares that Raye and Lita were shooting
in his direction. Ignoring them, Mina turned to
Amy and Serena.
"So?" Mina asked.
"So what?" Amy asked, confused.
"What do you think of Andros?"
"He seems nice..." Serena started.
"I don't know..." Amy started, glancing at Raye
and Lita.
"Something about that guy bothers me." Lita said.
"His aura is fuzzy. Something about him isn't
right." Raye said, arms crossed over her chest.
Mina glanced from the nervous Amy and Serena
to the stubborn Lita and Raye.
"Well, anyway... Have you guys seen Artemis?"
Mina asked.
"Yeah, he stormed over to my house last night
and talked to Luna for a good hour." Serena replied.
"I had a fight with him last night and he left.
I haven't seen him since last night and I owe
him an apology."
"You certainly do." Luna's voice said from the
doorway.
"Is he with you, Luna?" Mina asked the black
lunarian.
"No, he's not. He's still angry with you, Mina.
Why would he come if he knew that you were going
to be here?"
"Oh, man! I knew he was steamed but avoiding me.
That's so immature!" Mina said.
"I can hardly blame him after hearing about the
verbal thrashing that you gave him." Luna replied.
"If he wants to avoid me, fine, he can just do
that." Mina whispered.
"Excuse me, guys, but I need to be alone." Mina
added, quickly jumping up and running out of the
room.
"Mina!" Serena cried, getting up to run after
her friend.
"No, Serena! She needs to fix this herself." Luna snapped.
Serena stopped at the door and watched Mina run
off of the temple grounds. *Oh, Mina...*
Mina ran from her friends. She didn't exactly
know where she was running but she ran. She ran
to the park, the only place of solitude that her
heart knew.
She collapsed under a large maple tree and cried.
Not tiny tears of dismay but heart
wrenching sobs. Artemis was her one true friend,
who had been with her since the
beginning.
Nobody quite understood the relationship that
the two shared. It was different from Luna and
Serena. Luna was the worrying, motherly type,
but Artemis was a totally different story.
Mina considered him to be like an
over-protective brother and she loved the
furrball in the same way. He was a friend and
mentor. Someone whom she could trust with
her darkest secrets and fears with no worry.
She was upset that she might have destroyed
that relationship with a few sharp words
that she hadn't meant. It seemed that her
whole world was falling apart before her
eyes. Her friends didn't trust her judgment,
Artemis was angry with her, and her parents
were being their usual self-absorbed selves.
Everything was going wrong.
The only bright spot in her life seemed to be
Andros. He made her smile and she got the
warm-fuzzies whenever she was around him. Was
this love that she was feeling? Something in
her heart screamed 'yes', but her head screamed
'trust you friends'. Confused and hurt, Mina
wandered from her thoughts to her emotions,
on a roller coaster that she wouldn't soon
forget.
Physically and emotionally exhausted, she fell
asleep under the maple.
She opened her eyes and was enshrouded in mist.
Confused, she stood up and
looked around her. In the mist she
saw eleven figures.
"Hello?" Mina called.
The mist cleared and Mina saw her friends
standing there; Serena, Rini, Raye, Amy, Lita,
Darien, Alex, Michelle, Trista, Luna and Artemis. Her
gaze softened and she smiled.
"Hey, guys. What's up?"
Her friends looked at her but didn't answer.
"Mina." a voice called.
Mina looked over her shoulder and saw Andros.
"Oh, hey, Andros." Mina said with a smile.
Mina turned back to her friends to find them no
longer there.
"Guys? Hey, where'd ya go?" Mina shouted.
She turned around to find Andros gone too.
"Andros? Serena? Artemis? Anybody?" Mina yelled.
She was lost and totally alone. Scared, she
started to cry.
"Stop crying, Mina." a sharp voice commanded.
She looked up to see a tall, white-haired man
standing before her.
"Malachite?" Mina asked.
"Yes, I am very disappointed. Some leader you
are. Sitting here crying like a baby. I honestly
don't know what ever saw in you." Malachite said,
his voice full of malice.
"Go away, Malachite. You don't understand. You
would never understand." Mina sobbed.
"You're right, I don't understand. But I know
that sitting here crying isn't going to help
anything." he snapped.
"Leave me alone." Mina whispered.
"As you wish." Malachite said, fading away,
leaving her alone once again.
The light around her began to fade until she
was alone in the darkness.
"Some leader you are...."
"You're making a mistake..."
"You want your privacy, fine..."
All the angry comments flowed through her and
she screamed out loud.
"Mina, Mina! Wake-up!" a voice said through the darkness.
She felt someone shaking her and she opened her
eyes. She looked into the concerned face of
Andros.
"Andros? What happened?"
"I found you asleep and you were crying." he
replied.
"I had a bad dream."
"No kidding. Care to talk about it?"
"Everyone had left me alone." Mina whispered.
"No way. Your friends would never leave you
alone. I would never leave you alone." he said,
wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
She snuggled closer to his chest and cried.
After a few minutes, she stopped and wiped her
eyes.
"Oh, Andros, I'm sorry. I got your shirt all
wet. You must think I'm silly, crying like
that..."
"No, Mina. I don't think that." Andros said,
taking Mina's chin in his hand.
The two inched closer until their lips met in
a head-spinning kiss. Mina felt a jolt of energy
between them. After they parted, Mina rested her
head on his lap and fell asleep once again.
Andros looked at the sleeping girl, he had never
known what it was like to love someone and he
knew that he needed this girl more then
he needed anything in the whole universe.
He gently picked her up and carried her to his home.
*******************************************
Hahaha don't you just hate that! Cliffhangers!
*dodges flying fruit* What will happen next
between Mina and Andros? What did Mina's dream
mean? What's up with Mina's friends and Andros'
past? Where does Andros live?
If you wanna find out, ya gotta stay tuned.
I won't have the next chapter out for at least
3 weeks, I'm going on vacay. See you then.
Love ya tons,
Jessica Willmington Bailey
Check out my site and submit your stories:
princessmercury.cjb.net
Also read any fics by Lena Sauran, she's an
awesome writer. Love ya babe!
Released: 6/22/00