More of "Loved and Lost"...I find this a bit harder to write than my other fiction...because it's not about
me coming up with the story...it's about me narrating the story. But I'll try my best....
Disclaimers apply.
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Ami and Zoisite were soon inseperable friends. The two "brainiacs" of the group they hung out in, they
talked about everything from the most personal things to the next calculus assignment together. Of
course, all this made their friends Mina and Lita very eager to set the two of them up, but the two of
them steadfastly and patiently ignored all the hints and teasing, and remained the best of friends.
~ ~ ~
12 March 2000
Ami sat at the lab table in the back of Dr. Godwin's classroom. As the Chairperson of the Biology sector
of the high school's Science Club, she had stayed after that day, as there had been a club meeting. But
now, the rest of the club members had left the classroom of the AP Biology teacher for home. Ami, on
the other hand, remained seated where she was, and buried her head in her hands.
Once again, her life, as she knew it, was taking a drastic turn for the worse. Her mother, after several
months of cold war, had decided to divorce her father. That was two months ago. At first, it did not
affect Ami so much. But now, her father, who had not laid so much as a finger on her since that brutal
beating she'd received when she was 13 was discovered at school and they had threatened to call the
police, was making life miserable for her.
Upset by the fact that his wife was kicking him out of her home, he had lately started to take his anger
out upon Ami. Not by physical force, of course. After several years of karate training, with Rei and Lita's
help, it would no longer be in any way prudent to try to beat her into submission. But there would be the
long and loud tirades, trying to coerce her into making her mother change her mind. Belittling her. Calling
her a fool. A disobedient, ungrateful, fucking bitch.
Suddenly, Ami felt a gentle hand stroking her hair. A familiar baritone voice sounded by her ear. "Are you
all right?"
Ami was not all right. But she had been pretending to be all right for the past two months. And now, all
of the sudden, under Zoisite's understanding gaze, everything poured out. Finally, she raised her slightly
teary face from where it had been muffled against his chest, and looked into his eyes.
"I've really got a fucked-up life, don't I? Zoisite, how does it make you feel that your best friend is a god
damned hypocrite? The one who lives a lie...who spends her days trying to appear like little miss perfect
when in actuality she's just this totally messed-up psycho who has way too many problems?" She asked
him, her voice quivering a little.
He sighed, then said firmly, "Ami, look at me." She did. "You're NOT fucked up. Admittedly, you've got a
considerable number of bad experiences in your life. But it's because of those very experiences that you
have become such a strong person."
Ami laughed bitterly. "Strong? Yeah, right. I only WISH I had the strength of the others. Take Mina, for
example. She's always so resilient, so happy, she's able to spare a smile for everyone. I only WISH I had
that sort of power."
Zoisite continued to gently stroke her hair. "Perhaps. But had Mina ever had to deal with being sexually
molested? Or being beaten? Or anything of that sort that YOU have had to deal with?" Ami shook her
head. "Of course not, for which I am very glad. None of them should ever have to go through that kind
of thing."
"Agreed. But you DID go through those things. But you have not become a juvenile delinquent. You have
not tried to drown your sorrows in alcohol and drugs. Heck, you've not even let it affect your academics.
DESPITE all of that shit that's happened to you, you've never let that make you an unkind person, or let
that drag down your studies and your daily life. I'm PROUD of you. Now, let me give you a ride home."
~ ~ ~
"I really don't know what I would do without him." Ami remarked to Lita one day during lunch. The other
girl looked at her blue-haired friend slyly.
"Oh, is that so?" Lita winked one green eye at the other girl. "He IS quite cute. Of course, not as cute as
Nephrite, but pretty cute nonetheless. And he's smart. And he CLEARLY likes you."
"No, of course not!!" Ami blushed slightly. Why could they not give her a rest about that already? Zoisite
was her FRIEND, they should know that!
Lita persisted in her teasing, "What, you don't think he's cute?"
Ami almost blushed purple. "I--I---that's NOT what I said, and you know it! Besides, we all know that he
does not view me as a sex object, but as a friend!"
Lita's eyebrows shot up slightly. "No one talked about sex here, hon, I meant, he LIKES you. Isn't that
so, Mina?" The blonde Mina nodded vigorously in agreement, then caught sight of the guy being discussed
making his way towards the table. She waved him over.
Lita went straight to the point. "So, Zoisite, we were just telling Ami that you like her. Isn't that right?"
Zoisite took one glance at Ami's furiously blushing face, and chided the two persistent matchmakers. "I
plead the fifth. And stop teasing her, you two!"
"Awwww, he's being protective!" Mina cooed. Ami blushed even harder.
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me coming up with the story...it's about me narrating the story. But I'll try my best....
Disclaimers apply.
* * *
Ami and Zoisite were soon inseperable friends. The two "brainiacs" of the group they hung out in, they
talked about everything from the most personal things to the next calculus assignment together. Of
course, all this made their friends Mina and Lita very eager to set the two of them up, but the two of
them steadfastly and patiently ignored all the hints and teasing, and remained the best of friends.
~ ~ ~
12 March 2000
Ami sat at the lab table in the back of Dr. Godwin's classroom. As the Chairperson of the Biology sector
of the high school's Science Club, she had stayed after that day, as there had been a club meeting. But
now, the rest of the club members had left the classroom of the AP Biology teacher for home. Ami, on
the other hand, remained seated where she was, and buried her head in her hands.
Once again, her life, as she knew it, was taking a drastic turn for the worse. Her mother, after several
months of cold war, had decided to divorce her father. That was two months ago. At first, it did not
affect Ami so much. But now, her father, who had not laid so much as a finger on her since that brutal
beating she'd received when she was 13 was discovered at school and they had threatened to call the
police, was making life miserable for her.
Upset by the fact that his wife was kicking him out of her home, he had lately started to take his anger
out upon Ami. Not by physical force, of course. After several years of karate training, with Rei and Lita's
help, it would no longer be in any way prudent to try to beat her into submission. But there would be the
long and loud tirades, trying to coerce her into making her mother change her mind. Belittling her. Calling
her a fool. A disobedient, ungrateful, fucking bitch.
Suddenly, Ami felt a gentle hand stroking her hair. A familiar baritone voice sounded by her ear. "Are you
all right?"
Ami was not all right. But she had been pretending to be all right for the past two months. And now, all
of the sudden, under Zoisite's understanding gaze, everything poured out. Finally, she raised her slightly
teary face from where it had been muffled against his chest, and looked into his eyes.
"I've really got a fucked-up life, don't I? Zoisite, how does it make you feel that your best friend is a god
damned hypocrite? The one who lives a lie...who spends her days trying to appear like little miss perfect
when in actuality she's just this totally messed-up psycho who has way too many problems?" She asked
him, her voice quivering a little.
He sighed, then said firmly, "Ami, look at me." She did. "You're NOT fucked up. Admittedly, you've got a
considerable number of bad experiences in your life. But it's because of those very experiences that you
have become such a strong person."
Ami laughed bitterly. "Strong? Yeah, right. I only WISH I had the strength of the others. Take Mina, for
example. She's always so resilient, so happy, she's able to spare a smile for everyone. I only WISH I had
that sort of power."
Zoisite continued to gently stroke her hair. "Perhaps. But had Mina ever had to deal with being sexually
molested? Or being beaten? Or anything of that sort that YOU have had to deal with?" Ami shook her
head. "Of course not, for which I am very glad. None of them should ever have to go through that kind
of thing."
"Agreed. But you DID go through those things. But you have not become a juvenile delinquent. You have
not tried to drown your sorrows in alcohol and drugs. Heck, you've not even let it affect your academics.
DESPITE all of that shit that's happened to you, you've never let that make you an unkind person, or let
that drag down your studies and your daily life. I'm PROUD of you. Now, let me give you a ride home."
~ ~ ~
"I really don't know what I would do without him." Ami remarked to Lita one day during lunch. The other
girl looked at her blue-haired friend slyly.
"Oh, is that so?" Lita winked one green eye at the other girl. "He IS quite cute. Of course, not as cute as
Nephrite, but pretty cute nonetheless. And he's smart. And he CLEARLY likes you."
"No, of course not!!" Ami blushed slightly. Why could they not give her a rest about that already? Zoisite
was her FRIEND, they should know that!
Lita persisted in her teasing, "What, you don't think he's cute?"
Ami almost blushed purple. "I--I---that's NOT what I said, and you know it! Besides, we all know that he
does not view me as a sex object, but as a friend!"
Lita's eyebrows shot up slightly. "No one talked about sex here, hon, I meant, he LIKES you. Isn't that
so, Mina?" The blonde Mina nodded vigorously in agreement, then caught sight of the guy being discussed
making his way towards the table. She waved him over.
Lita went straight to the point. "So, Zoisite, we were just telling Ami that you like her. Isn't that right?"
Zoisite took one glance at Ami's furiously blushing face, and chided the two persistent matchmakers. "I
plead the fifth. And stop teasing her, you two!"
"Awwww, he's being protective!" Mina cooed. Ami blushed even harder.
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