Rei walked back and forth in the bathroom. The party had started a while ago and she was doing just fine considering she only vomited twice so far.
She was seriously beginning to think that life just hates her. Everything so far in all her twenty-four years have gone wrong. All the signs and paths led her down the dark road that shed no light for her.
Suicide had crossed her mind several times, but then she'd see the image of her friends in jail, and that made her want to live. She wanted to live so she could save her friends. If it were only for herself than she could've committed suicide. That's another reason why life didn't like her. She couldn't even kill herself!
"Rei, please come out" Mina said gently.
"Rei, get your sorry butt out here now! I did not throw this party for nothing!" Makoto began her tirade.
"Fine" Rei slammed open the door and rushed past her friend.
"Finally" Mina sighed and blew a strand of hair away from her face.
"Yeah, cause I need to go" Makoto ran in the bathroom and locked the door.
"Hey! I was here first!" Mina started pounding on the door.
Rei had scurried off to find Ami. The sooner she could find a guy, the sooner all this hell would be over.
As Rei entered the ballroom she began her search for the blue haired genius. It wasn't hard to find Ami due to her cerulean colored hair.
"Ami," Ami turned around and smiled at Rei.
"How's it going?" Ami checked her list of men so far.
"Well, I only barfed twice" Rei shrugged.
"C'mon Rei. I found a guy who's worth five million" Ami began to drag Rei, but her heels were firmly planted in the ground.
"That won't be enough" she stated flatly.
"Yeah, but do you know how impossible it is to find a guy that rich? Six million is a lot of money, especially in a divorce. I still think you weren't thinking clearly when you made that bet. Six million is impossible" Ami began to drag her again, this time she went.
Before she knew it, she was in a deep discussion about how rich he was. The man talked more than Usagi! Man, was he conceited and vapid. But at least he's rich. Rei shuddered as she imagined walking down the isle and marrying him. She winced at the thought, and almost vomited again when she conjured up a picture on them on their wedding night.
"I got to go" Rei ran to the bathroom and slammed the door and puked out her lunch.
Usagi and Mina watched as her friend ran to the bathroom yet again. Mina groaned and Usagi had a hard time trying to stifle her giggles. Mina glared at the other blonde.
"This is no time to be laughing" Mina scolded as the approached the bathroom with Usagi following behind.
"Rei come out" Mina pleaded.
"No, never. He's a disgusting lecher" Rei shuddered again before vomiting again.
"Rei let me" Mina banged on the door, and reluctantly Rei opened the door and pulled her in then slammed it shut and locked it.
"Whoa!" Usagi's eyes widened. "Guess I can go" Usagi turned around so abruptly that she didn't notice a man just a few inches behind her and walked right into him. The impact was so sudden that she fell to the ground with a thump.
"Ow" Usagi got up and rubbed her back.
"Are you okay? I didn't mean to make you fall" the man tilted her chin up to face him. Immediately her cheeks flushed with heat, but then she remembered what her place was. And hit his hand away. She didn't even give him a glance and walked away.
"Don't touch me you moron!" She stormed off. He sighed and followed after her.
"Can we start over? That wasn't the first impression that I wanted to make" he explained quickly while walking up to her.
"Fine, I'm Miss leave-me-alone-or-I'll-shove-my-heel-up-your-ass!" She hissed at him, still not looking at the man as she tried to get away from him.
"Wait a minute" He gently grasped her arm and swung her around to face him.
"God you are insistent-" her train of thought vanished as she finally looked at him. It was him with a capital H. His black haired seemed blacker up close, his features were sharp and breathtaking. His eyes were cinnamon brown. They hypnotized her. She didn't even realize she was gawking at him until he laughed at her. Then all thoughts disappeared and anger took over.
"Go away" she struggled to get away from his grasp.
"I'm sorry-"he began.
"You should be" Usagi stomped on his foot, which immediately caused him to release her arm.
"Okay, you win" he said in defeat.
Usagi let out a satisfied grin and walked off. Well this shows that people aren't what they appear to be. Who did he think he was; yet again this proves men are jerks. Then suddenly in the middle of her thoughts a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and a head rested on her shoulder.
"John, I'm tired" Usagi sighed.
"I'm not John" the man replied. Usagi eyes widened like melons with shock.
Then she fumed with anger. She tried to remove his arms around her small waist before John or anyone f his friends found her in a position like this.
"Don't you get the point I'm trying to make?" After some desperate attempts she gave up and let him have it his way.
"The point is you want me" he grinned as he took in her scent. Usagi would've melted in his arms, but his words were so self-assured and so damn arrogant that she wanted to prove him wrong.
"Let me go. I despise you and have no intentions of wanting you, you chauvinistic ass of a man" She wished that it was the truth because she knew it was a lie. Her words didn't even convince herself, and she doubt it would convice him.
"I think you're lying" he held her tighter against his chest. Usagi sucked in her breath. And since when did he become so daring? He barely knew her and they were in a room filled with guests.
"I'll scream" she threatened.
"Not if I do this" he swing her around to face him and quickly lowered his lips on hers.
The kiss was a demanding kiss as if he wanted to get something out of her; perhaps it was her relent that he wanted. And she gave it without a fight. His lips were soft and gentle yet unyielding. The kiss stirred something within her. She felt the heat rise to her cheeks as she began to shyly kiss him back.
Then he pulled away. the kiss was short, too short. She barely had time to savor it. Usagi touched her lips where he planted the kiss. Then looked up at him. Probably in the first time since a long time she was confused and had no control over a situation with a guy.
"I'm Chiba Mamoru" he panted out.
"I'm- my name..." Usagi couldn't believe it but a man actually made her forget her own name! Damn him. She knew he was going to be the downfall of her
"Tsukino Usagi" she blurted out.
"Hey Honey!" Usagi turned around and saw John waving at her. She turned back to Mamoru and frowned.
"I have to go" she offered quickly before dashing off.
Mamoru was left standing there alone. But he wasn't in the least faded. He knew she would come back. It was there in her eyes. He had nothing to worry about. He sighed happily as he turned and walked to the bar.
Meanwhile, Mina had finally forced Rei out of the bathroom and wore a very satisfying smirk. She could always talk her friends into feeling guilty. And this time she worked her magic on the Raven haired friend.
"We all put a lot of effort into throwing this party and at least all you can do is try to find someone you'll like" Mina used her sad-puppy-eye look.
"Fine," Rei replied dully as she lugged herself around.
"And fill up that stomach of yours. I swear by the way you going on in the bathroom, I'd say about three days worth of food is done the toilet" Mina shouted across the room at Rei.
Rei rolled her eyes and grabbed a plat at the buffet table. She sighed at all the food before her eyes, and sadly knowing that it would also end up in the toilet. There was no way she can keep anything thing down in her stomach.
"So we meet again" Rei turned around and faced him again.
Rei looked up at the ceiling and rolled her eyes, "Does someone hate me up there?" she asked.
"Am I that bad?" he cocked an eyebrow.
"You have no idea" she said slowly, emphasizing each word.
"You look wiped out" he grinned at her.
"Are you stalking me? It's illegal you know?" she glared at him.
"You like sick" he stated, plainly avoiding her last comment.
"Thanks!" she turned spun her back to him and started to slam spoonfuls of food on her dish.
"I didn't mean it that way" he walked up besides her. "Would you like to take a walk outside with me?" he offered.
Rei gently set her plate down and looked up at him to see if he was serious. He was, his eyes showed said it all.
"No, I'm busy" she said curtly.
"Busy with what?" he asked.
"What is this an interrogation?" her voice was tinted with annoyance. Hopefully he got the point cross.
"Perhaps" he grinned.
"How dense are you?" Rei walked off leaving her plat behind and entered the bar.
As soon as Rei entered the bar room she stopped dead in her tracks. Of course he followed her. She knew he would, it was useless to lose him. The man was so damn determined. But what made her freeze was the sight of Frederic. She hoped he hadn't seen her yet. She thanked god when he hadn't but as he started to turn around. Rei began to panic. She wouldn't be able to leave the room in time for him to not see her.
Rei had no time to think of a good plan, so she let her instincts take control of this. She grabbed Jadeite's collar and pulled him towards her and kissed him with his back hiding Frederic from seeing her.
The kiss was so sudden for him that he didn't know what to do, but her lips were so soft against his that he let his thoughts run away and began to kiss her back. His arms found their way down to her waist.
Rei wrapped her arms around his neck and stood on her tip toes. She kissed him desperately and passionately. Through the entire kiss she had kept looking over Jadeite's shoulder and to Frederic to make sure was hadn't seen her. She was relieved when he and his friends left the bar through the door without even noticing her. Then Rei broke from the kiss and pushed Jadeite off of her.
"How dare you kiss me!" Rei said disgustedly at him and walked off to the bar.
"What?" he said confused. "You kissed me" he followed her.
"You didn't have to kiss back!" she wiped the kiss from her lips.
"I'll never understand women!" he sighed and ran his hand through his hair as he took a seat by the bar next to her.
"Ugh!" Rei grunted as she fold her arms.
"What can I get for you two?" the bartender asked.
"Beer!" they shouted. The bartender jumped back a little but then grinned.
"What are you grinning at?" Rei asked curiously.
"I'm grinning at you two. I see you have a 'young couple's argument'" he replied.
"Yeah, right. Like I'd ever date her" Jadeite scoffed. Rei took offense and glared at him.
She quickly composed herself and straightened out her mini skirt and stood closely beside him. Rei practically gave him a award winning view of her chest. And grinned at him as she placed her hand on his thigh.
"I don't believe you" she let her words come out slowly. Jadeite gulped and began to sweat.
"I don't either right now" he admitted. Rei smiled at her triumph. Then she noticed the bartender drooling at her.
"Sicko!" Rei glared at the bartender and left the room in a haste. As she left she felt Jadeite's eyes on her back.
By the time the party was over several guests were still hanging around. Some were to drunk to drive home. Others simply were to tired or lazy.
Makoto was searching every nook and cranny of the mansion for Rei. But in ended in vain. She was no where to be found. Makoto sighed and fell onto the ouch and sipped her beer.
"I swear this day cannot get any worse" Makoto groaned.
"I wouldn't be surprised if she left the party hours ago. No one has seen her since she left the bar" Ami piped up as she entered the room and slouched on a seat across from Makoto's.
"I wouldn't blame her. She has a lot on her mind. Maybe we shouldn't thrown just a big gathering. Well she missed the countdown of the new year" Makoto sighed.
"I'm sure she'll be okay. She's tough, I know she'll find a way out of this, I hope" Ami began to drift off to sleep.
"Yeah" Makoto yawned.
