The Class Act
Epilogue, The final chapter.
No really it is.
By kattia_rose
If you remember what happened last time, Serena and Darien are back
together. But we don't know what happened to Serena's family or Scott or
what. So this is what this FINAL FINAL chapter is about. It resolves any
unanswered questions asked during the course of the story.
If you still have questions after this then please email me( my email is kitty_kat84@go.com ) or review
Remember: all notes occur throughout the story. This should not surprise you!
Serena walked into the house as her mother was setting the table
for breakfast.
"Hi Mom," Serena said cautiously as she stepped into the kitchen.
Her mother froze, plate in one hand, toast in the other. She turned slowly
to Serena. Irene (I think that's what her name is, I know that Chibiusa
calls her Ikako-mama or something like that, lets call her Irene) let the
plate and toast slip from her hands. The plate smashed at her feet as she
burst into tears.
"Serena, you're home!" Serena couldn't breath. She wasn't sure if
it was because she was so happy to be home or because her mother was so
happy she was home. Serena's mother pulled away as her father and brother
entered the room. Serena experienced the same feeling while embracing her
father and brother. Ken looked her sternly in the eyes and opened his
mouth to ask her a question Serena could not answer honestly.
'Uh, oh, I don't know what I'm going to say.' Serena thought.
'Well you should have thought of that before going in, dummy.' she
scolded herself. Lucky for Serena her father said nothing; he burst into
tears and held his daughter close.
"I've missed you all so much." Serena muttered as the sobbing
became contagious. "I'm so sorry.
"Hey what all the commotion-" Renee broke off as she walked
sleepily into the room. "Serena..."
Serena looked at her future daughter, and could say nothing.
'How terrible am I?' she asked herself. She slowly knelt and
looked into Renee's tear filled eyes.
"Renee... I..." 'God, I can bearly look her in the face. I'm
such a terrible person, how could I do this to her?' She felt the pain that
she'd felt for Darien, that had lifted, return.
Renee said through trembling lips: "Where have you been? All this
time?"
"Renee, I'm sorry, I couldn't, I had to... please understand! I
had no choice. I'm so, so sorry!"
"Did you patch everything up with you're family?" Lita asked as
they sat around the table at Raye's temple.
"Yeah, it was really tough. At first I thought I was going to
have to tell them about you know..." Serena looked up as Chad opened the
door slowly. She finished her sentence by pointing to her locket on the
front of her uniform.
"Uh hi Raye," Chad stuttered. "Just stopped by to say it's like
wicked cool to have you back, Serena. I'm really glad you're OK an'
everything."
"Chad, that's very nice of you to stop by and everything, but can't
you ever knock?..." Raye said in that voice. (Come on you know the one
I'm talking about)
'Poor Chad, Raye's really chewing him out.' Serena shook her head.
"Raye, it's not the end of the world. Relax a little, Chad didn't do
anything! It wouldn't hurt to be nice to someone for once. " Raye turned
to look at her, ice in her eyes. "OOPS, it seems I was wrong. It does
hurt." Serena giggled as she rolled out of Raye's reach. "You better
escape while you can Chad," she called to him.
"Welcome back Serena." Chad ran for it.
"Come on Raye, I was just kidding. Can't you take a joke. Oh
that's right-- I'm sorry I couldn't help it!" Serena covered her head.
"Maybe I should have stayed with Rubeus."
Raye stopped dead in her tracks. Amy, Mina, Lita and Renee, who
were all there too, froze. "Why did you say that?" Raye asked, her voice
trembling.
"Um, no reason. Maybe we should get back to whatever we were
doing." Serena smiled sheepishly as she sat back down.
'I didn't mean to say it like that, it was supposed to be a joke.
I wish I could take it back.' Serena said to herself.
"Right so where were we?" Lita asked, taking her seat nest to Serena.
"Serena was about to tell us how she convinced her parents of ..
what had happened, her absence, and all that." Amy put in.
"Right, oh yeah. I didn't have to tell my parents about the Mega
verse or any of that. I'm just grounded for a month or so." Lita laughed
at that. "It's that or having Renee brainwash the entire world."
"What are you going to tell everybody? Like you said, you have to
convince nearly the entire world." Mina asked.
"Mom's going to call the police chief in charge of the
investigation, or something. And I now I have a reputation as a runaway."
Serena sighed. "And hopefully everything with go back to normal. As
normal as normal can be."
"Your parents just accepted that you ran way?" Amy asked, her
eyebrows raised high.
"Nope, but Serena didn't give them anything else. They'll have to
believe it." Renee spoke up.
"Listen guys," Serena said getting to her feet. "I have to go and
you make up with people and so on. I'll catch you later."
Serena walked into the arcade, and looked around for any familiar
faces, she saw some girls from school she'd spoke with that day at school.
'Ah man, that reminds me, I've got a lot of work ahead of me.'
Serena groaned inwardly.
'It's the price you have to pay for saving the universe.. yet
again.' She told herself.
'Right indeed.' Serena nodded her head and headed toward the counter.
"Hey Andrew, I'll have the usual." Serena said looking for some
sign of Darien, just to make things easier, to back her up.
"Sure thing-" Andrew stopped and stared at the blond.
'He looks like he's seen a ghost. OOPS, he has, me! I completely
forgot that Andrew would be someone who might worry a little about me.'
"Hi Andrew, how's it going?" She asked casually. Andrew rubbed his
eyes, then pinched himself. "No you're not dreaming, silly." Serena
giggled. Andrew ran around the counter, and grabbed Serena by the
shoulders.
"God Serena, what, what happened to you? Where have you been. The
whole town was worried sick, not to mention me and Darien."
"You .. and Darien where worried about me?" Serena asked amazed.
"Duh! Without you I could barely keep the arcade open." Andrew
smiled teasingly at her. "I'm glad you're back."
"Thank you," Serena held Andrews hand for a moment then dropped it
as Molly slowly stepped into the room. "I have to go. Thank you, again."
"Molly," Serena walked up to her. 'She was so upset this morning,
will she talk to me now?' "Hi," She steered her tearing friend to a
table. "Molly, will you please talk to me, please?"
"Serena, I don' believe that you ran away. You would never do
that. I know you, I can't, I won't accept that. And even if you did, how
could you not tell me or someone? You're not that responsible, but you'd
tell someone if you were going anywhere, to the candy shop, or the USA.
How could you not come to me with... with whatever's going on? Can't you
trust me? I would never tell anyone anything if you didn't want me to. Is
it me, did I do anything? Did I say something to hurt you, if I did I
didn't mean to. I'm sorry Serena, I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Serena
wrapped her arms around her oldest and closest friend and soothed her as
she sobbed into Serena's shoulder.
"It wasn't you. I promise." Serena whispered.
'OK, so that's Mom and Dad and Sammy, and Molly, and she'll tell
Melvin, and Andrew. Who's left?' Serena counted off all the people she'd
made up with and all that. "Scott."
Serena made her way to the university, she looked over the campus
with eyes wide for Scott or any of his friends that she'd met. No success.
She went to his apartment, and found nothing but a giant mess. With
little hope left in her heart, Serena ran down to the lake. She didn't
see her tall, fair, athletic, hunky friend. She sat at the water's edge
for some time.
"It's getting late," she said aloud to herself, "Should be home
before Mom and Dad get any more mad at me than they are already." She
stood slowly up, as she turned she saw a man huddled on "their" bench.
'Was he there before?' she asked herself. After watching him for a moment,
she decided he was not the happiest of persons. 'Probably homeless.' She
waked over to him as sat down on the other side of the bench.
"Hi," Serena said carefully. The man didn't seem to notice her
presence. She leaned back and followed his gaze out to the water.
"Beautiful evening huh?" The man did not respond. Serena began a
one-sided conversation with this man, the topic spanning from weather, to
school, from her friends, to her home.
"Serena," the man finally said, after listening for a while.
Serena hadn't even realized he'd turned and looked at her.
"Yes?" Serena looked at him for a moment, then she said: "How did
you know my name?" She moved closer to the man. She peered deeply into
the shadows of his face, into familiar golden eyes. Her hand flew to her
mouth.
"Serena? What, how.... where..." Scott shook his head in
disbelief. "My God, are you really here, or is it my imagination. A
dream? Have I gone insane, am I seeing things?" Scott dropped his head
in his hands.
"What happened to you?" Serena asked looking him over. He hadn't
shaved for weeks, his closed looked really to walk away. He didn't smell
that great either. "What have you done to yourself?"
"Where were you all this time? Everyone's falling apart because of
you; don't ask me what happened!" Scott voice rose. "What is all this
about, what happened that night at the old port?"
"Shh!" She looked around nervously in case anyone was within
hearing distance. "I can't explain it. I just had to go away for a little
while. But I'm back now. And I wont be going anywhere for a long, long
time." She tried to wrap her arms around him. She felt a pang in her
chest as he pulled away.
"That isn't good enough!" He boomed, standing up. "Is it because
you're Sailormoon, and you were on a mission of some sort?"
Serena froze. 'I hope nobody's around to hear this.' "Yes, I was
on a mission. I was saving the world... AGAIN!" She was beginning to yell
too. 'All the things I do for you, and this is the thanks I get?'
'You tell him girl!!' she told herself. "I was--"
"You were what?" Scott interrupted. "Your scout friends didn't
know anything. Why didn't you tell them?"
"It's complicated." Serena sighed. "I can't explain it, I would if
I could, but I don't think you'd understand."
"Try me!"
Serena heaved another large sigh, and tried to think of how to put
her feelings into words. "I don't see how it matters what I was doing.
I'm home now, safe and sound. I'm still who I am, Sailormoon or not.
Isn't that what's important?" Scott sat back, he looked up into the sky
He seemed to be considering her words.
"So," he said finally, "You're Sailormoon huh?" Serena laughed and
threaded her arm through his. They stood and walked out of the park,
vowing forever to be friends.
THE END
NO REALLY, I MEAN IT THIS TIME!!