'Watch Out Meatball Head !'
Chapter nine
******************************Sammy***********************************
I looked at my digital clock 4.45 a.m. and frowned as I got out of bed, I wouldn't have ever got out of bed in the first place if I didn't need to try out for the foot ball team. I would always be more into video games than foot ball, but I'd lost that stupid bet and now I was forced to enter for the football try outs. I'd be lucky if I could kick the ball straight.
I quickly changed, I looked all over for my favorite lucky black baseball cap, but I couldn't find it anywhere. My frown deepened. If this was how my day was getting started I didn't even want to think about how bad it could get.
I went downstairs, quickly grabbed a bowl, poured some cereal in, and started eating keeping an eye on the clock on the kitchen wall. I had to be there at five, so I didn't have much time left.
I choked on my cereal when the back door burst open, and a smiling Serena stepped inside the house. But her smile froze as soon as she saw me.
I grabbed for the pitcher of water and quickly drank some to stop myself from choking the on the cereal entirely.
*************************************Serena*****************************
"Uhh, hi Sammy," I couldn't believe how stunned I was to see Sammy up at 5 in the morning. I hadn't expected anyone to be up at 5 !
"Serena ?" he asked, it took me a while to realize he was waiting for an explanation.
"I couldn't sleep." I said lamely. He stood there for a minute longer, not saying anything.
"does mum and dad know, about the little walk you took before dawn, all alone ?" he smirked. He was mocking me. He knew as well as I did that if mum and dad found out about this, they'd never let me out of their sight for the rest of my life.
"Sammy, pleeaaaaaaaasseee, you cant tell them ! they wouldn't let me go out with my friends ! you cant tell them about this at all ! they'd kill me, they'd lock me up ! all I wanted was too see out, go around and think for a while." I begged, I fell on my knees and grabbed his hands, clasping them in from of me. (Serena's POV: I had to come up with some way to keep him quiet, and I did take him by surprise !)
he looked down at me and snatched his hands away from me looking startled and uncomfortable at the same time. "ok ok ok fine, but you owe me sis, you owe me BIG" he said grinning.
I got back up to my feet. "fine, I owe you – as long as you don't tell mum and dad." I replied calming down a bit. I'd deal with whatever Sammy wanted, when it came to it. But right now I had to get back upstairs and back into my bed before mum and dad come down.
"Hey, why are you up so early ?" I asked realizing that it wasn't normal for any sane human being to be up at 5 a.m. in the morning. He blushed and looked away from me.
"I uhh have something to do." With that he quickly got up and dashed out into the hall. Whatever Sammy was up to, I'd figure out what it was later, but now I had to quickly get back into my bed.
*********************************Andrew********************************
I starred at my best friend. He had his eyes closed and his face was scrunched up as thought he expected me to …… hit him ?? I placed my hand on his shoulder. His eyes flew open in surprise.
"Andr- Andrew !" he stuttered. I gave him an easy smile.
"hey," I said. He starred at me for a minute his eyes filled with confusion.
"You alive !" he asked. He reached out and grasped my arm, as if to check if I was really there or not.
I laughed. "you think an easy punch in the face was gonna kill me ?" he looked pained when I said that.
"you know I didn't mean to . . . to – you know" he said avoiding my eyes.
I gripped his shoulder tighter. "maybe that punch did more good than bad, I know you didn't mean it. What I meant was, I know its hard for you. Despite the fact that I never knew lots of things about you, you were always my best friend. Loosing your memory is probably the hardest for you than it is for Serena. But you both have people who care about you. And I want you to know that no matter how much you push me away I will always be there for you. Even though you're my best friend you never told me how you felt, the girl you liked, the things you hate etc. those simple but important things. now that you lost all this thoughts I cant help you regain them because, I never knew these things. Do you know how guilty I feel ? no you wouldn't, you're too wrapped up with yourself to even realize. Don't make the exact same mistake again by shutting me out." I let go of Dariens shoulder and stepped back away from him.
Throughout my entire speech Darien remained still with the same blank expression.
"I want to help you Darien, please let me into your life, don't block me out." I said my voice raspy from emotion. "call me when your ready to talk." I said quietly.
Then I turned and walked away with my back to him.
As I walked out of the park my head ducked down, I could still feel his gaze burning into my back. I had done all I can, I just hope he started to come around.
****************************************Amy****************************
I had run for about an hour and was still thinking about Serena and our meeting when I almost ran straight into someone, coming at top speed around the corner.
"hey!" I gasped, almost loosing balance and tripping over the edge of the pavement.
"ooh sorry! AMY !!!! just the person I was looking for !" said an excited voice. I looked up to see a very breathless and flushed Mina. "I just got the greatest idea !!! I was just sleeping and dreaming about all that's happened and the solution to our problem just banged into my head ! its so simple ! I cant believe we didn't realize it before ! but then again I am the goddess of love ! its just like me to…." I let her rattle on for about a minute or so, trying to absorb everything that she was saying.
"Mina, stop. Calm down – talk slowly, even I cant understand what your saying!" I interrupted. She stopped and took a deep breath, and opened her mouth to repeat everything she had just said.
I stifled her by placing my hand over her mouth. "why don't you save it for the meeting, we're having at the temple tomorrow ." I said quickly.
She shook her head prying my hand away from her mouth. "I got your message but when I tried to call back on the phone and the communicator no one answered. Same happened with Lita. So I figured I'd go to your and Lita's house. So anyway this is very important it cant wait till tomorrow. I told everyone to meet at the crown arcade in an hour or so. But I didn't ask Serena to come. 'cos this is about her." She said all in one breath.
I raised an eyebrow and took a step back away from her. "ok, I'll meet you in an hour or so. I need to go back home, pick up my communicator. I must have left it on my desk. Plus I need to take a shower." I said scrunching up my nose.
"you do!" Mina giggled.
I smiled – it had been a long time since before Serena's accident that I'd seen Mina smile let alone giggle. Like I'd said before, everyone of us thought individually we were to blame for the accident that could've killed the 'moon princess' which we were supposed to have been protecting. I watched as Mina hurried away from me waving as she did so.
What ever it was that Mina had in mind was enough to cheer her up, and seeing Mina so happy made me happy.
***********************************Serena*******************************
I hadn't been able to sleep when I'd got home so I was up pretty early, considered from what my mum had said about my sleeping habit. I was sitting in the living room couch watching a movie, but I couldn't really concentrate on it. I was actually waiting for the phone to ring. For the past hour I had kept glancing at the phone, trying to will it to ring. But from what it seemed like my friends had forgotten about me and the promise they had made me.
I threw the phone a final wistful glance, when my mum walked in. she had a frustrated look on her face. "what is it Serena ?" she demanded. I look up at her from my sitting position, surprised. "You've been giving the phone glares that could scare the dead!" she said, nodding at the phone.
I blushed, and looked away. Was I that obvious ?
"instead of waiting for them to call, why don't you call one of the girls ?" she asked. I brightened instantly. Without another word I rushed to the phone, I grabbed the phone book and flipped through it to find Amy's number. Once the phone was ringing, I waited patiently for Amy to pick up. When the phone was picked up, it wasn't by Amy but by her mother.
"hello?" said Mrs. Mizuno's voice.
"Hi, this is Serena, is Amy there ?" I asked.
"oh hello Serena, how are you ? I'm afraid that Amy has gone to the arcade, I'll tell her you called. Ok ? sorry but I have to rush, I'm already late, bye!" she said.
"oh ok. Bye" I hung up the phone, disappointed. My mum came over to me, "try one of the other girls?" she said squeezing my shoulder soothingly.
I did. I tried calling Mina, Lita and Raye but I got the same answer all the time. 'gone to the arcade. I felt hollow disappointment spread through the pit of my stomach. They had gone to the arcade without me.
My mother must have realized how 'down' I was feeling when she burst up with a sudden idea. "well I know I said you couldn't go out today. But since you are looking so well and healthy why don't I drop you off at the arcade, for lunch with the girls ?" she said.
At first I wasn't too excited about going, but my mother talked me into the idea. So in the next few minutes I found myself been driven to the 'crown arcade' I tried to listen intently as my mother went through a list of safety precautions I should take while walking home with the girls. But my mind was still fixed on the fact of being left out.
A few minutes later as Serena entered the crown arcade. . . . . . .
I looked around and saw Andrew, serving a customer at the counter he hadn't noticed me entering yet. I scanned the crowded arcade and spotted the four girls sitting at a table for five. I smiled and walked towards them quickly deciding to join them. But I froze as a sharp voice sliced through me.
"Are you crazy ? why should we even let Serena into our group ? she is such a ditz ! nothings going to change that ! I think we should leave her out completely ! she wont notice the difference, she's lost her memory anyway." It was Raye, she was speaking loud enough for anybody to hear. I felt my throat tighten.
"Raye don't be so harsh-." Amy stopped when she realized that I was standing a few feet away from the table. And was in ear shot of the conversation. Slowly the rest of the girls turned towards me and raised there eyes to see what had made Amy stop talking.
They sat there for a minute, frozen in there seats. I felt tears fill up my eyes.
I cant give them the satisfaction of seeing me cry, I thought as I hurriedly turned away from them and made a dash, towards the arcade door.
But I barely made it through the door when I ran into something hard. "Watch out meatball head!" I heard the person say as he grabbed me by the waist to keep me from falling.
By now I had the entire attention of the arcade for the commotion I had caused, I raised my eyes and they locked into dark blue eyes that I had starred into before, which mirrored the same confused expression I had on.
*~*~*~* yeay ! another chapter done !!! well I know you have already guessed who the stranger with blue eyes had to be, so I guess that this is another chapter which doesn't end 'sniff' in suspense. Well its close enough for me (. Plus someone very 'kindly' pointed out that I had spelt 'Ray' (sailor mars) wrong. So I'd like to apologize for any confusion I had caused or will cause. And I will now spell her name as 'Raye'. ( see ? now everyone's happy . . . . I hope ! I can honestly tell you that the next chapter wont be coming out for a while, so for that I'm apologizing in advance ! ~crescentmoon_bunny@yahoo.co.uk
Chapter nine
******************************Sammy***********************************
I looked at my digital clock 4.45 a.m. and frowned as I got out of bed, I wouldn't have ever got out of bed in the first place if I didn't need to try out for the foot ball team. I would always be more into video games than foot ball, but I'd lost that stupid bet and now I was forced to enter for the football try outs. I'd be lucky if I could kick the ball straight.
I quickly changed, I looked all over for my favorite lucky black baseball cap, but I couldn't find it anywhere. My frown deepened. If this was how my day was getting started I didn't even want to think about how bad it could get.
I went downstairs, quickly grabbed a bowl, poured some cereal in, and started eating keeping an eye on the clock on the kitchen wall. I had to be there at five, so I didn't have much time left.
I choked on my cereal when the back door burst open, and a smiling Serena stepped inside the house. But her smile froze as soon as she saw me.
I grabbed for the pitcher of water and quickly drank some to stop myself from choking the on the cereal entirely.
*************************************Serena*****************************
"Uhh, hi Sammy," I couldn't believe how stunned I was to see Sammy up at 5 in the morning. I hadn't expected anyone to be up at 5 !
"Serena ?" he asked, it took me a while to realize he was waiting for an explanation.
"I couldn't sleep." I said lamely. He stood there for a minute longer, not saying anything.
"does mum and dad know, about the little walk you took before dawn, all alone ?" he smirked. He was mocking me. He knew as well as I did that if mum and dad found out about this, they'd never let me out of their sight for the rest of my life.
"Sammy, pleeaaaaaaaasseee, you cant tell them ! they wouldn't let me go out with my friends ! you cant tell them about this at all ! they'd kill me, they'd lock me up ! all I wanted was too see out, go around and think for a while." I begged, I fell on my knees and grabbed his hands, clasping them in from of me. (Serena's POV: I had to come up with some way to keep him quiet, and I did take him by surprise !)
he looked down at me and snatched his hands away from me looking startled and uncomfortable at the same time. "ok ok ok fine, but you owe me sis, you owe me BIG" he said grinning.
I got back up to my feet. "fine, I owe you – as long as you don't tell mum and dad." I replied calming down a bit. I'd deal with whatever Sammy wanted, when it came to it. But right now I had to get back upstairs and back into my bed before mum and dad come down.
"Hey, why are you up so early ?" I asked realizing that it wasn't normal for any sane human being to be up at 5 a.m. in the morning. He blushed and looked away from me.
"I uhh have something to do." With that he quickly got up and dashed out into the hall. Whatever Sammy was up to, I'd figure out what it was later, but now I had to quickly get back into my bed.
*********************************Andrew********************************
I starred at my best friend. He had his eyes closed and his face was scrunched up as thought he expected me to …… hit him ?? I placed my hand on his shoulder. His eyes flew open in surprise.
"Andr- Andrew !" he stuttered. I gave him an easy smile.
"hey," I said. He starred at me for a minute his eyes filled with confusion.
"You alive !" he asked. He reached out and grasped my arm, as if to check if I was really there or not.
I laughed. "you think an easy punch in the face was gonna kill me ?" he looked pained when I said that.
"you know I didn't mean to . . . to – you know" he said avoiding my eyes.
I gripped his shoulder tighter. "maybe that punch did more good than bad, I know you didn't mean it. What I meant was, I know its hard for you. Despite the fact that I never knew lots of things about you, you were always my best friend. Loosing your memory is probably the hardest for you than it is for Serena. But you both have people who care about you. And I want you to know that no matter how much you push me away I will always be there for you. Even though you're my best friend you never told me how you felt, the girl you liked, the things you hate etc. those simple but important things. now that you lost all this thoughts I cant help you regain them because, I never knew these things. Do you know how guilty I feel ? no you wouldn't, you're too wrapped up with yourself to even realize. Don't make the exact same mistake again by shutting me out." I let go of Dariens shoulder and stepped back away from him.
Throughout my entire speech Darien remained still with the same blank expression.
"I want to help you Darien, please let me into your life, don't block me out." I said my voice raspy from emotion. "call me when your ready to talk." I said quietly.
Then I turned and walked away with my back to him.
As I walked out of the park my head ducked down, I could still feel his gaze burning into my back. I had done all I can, I just hope he started to come around.
****************************************Amy****************************
I had run for about an hour and was still thinking about Serena and our meeting when I almost ran straight into someone, coming at top speed around the corner.
"hey!" I gasped, almost loosing balance and tripping over the edge of the pavement.
"ooh sorry! AMY !!!! just the person I was looking for !" said an excited voice. I looked up to see a very breathless and flushed Mina. "I just got the greatest idea !!! I was just sleeping and dreaming about all that's happened and the solution to our problem just banged into my head ! its so simple ! I cant believe we didn't realize it before ! but then again I am the goddess of love ! its just like me to…." I let her rattle on for about a minute or so, trying to absorb everything that she was saying.
"Mina, stop. Calm down – talk slowly, even I cant understand what your saying!" I interrupted. She stopped and took a deep breath, and opened her mouth to repeat everything she had just said.
I stifled her by placing my hand over her mouth. "why don't you save it for the meeting, we're having at the temple tomorrow ." I said quickly.
She shook her head prying my hand away from her mouth. "I got your message but when I tried to call back on the phone and the communicator no one answered. Same happened with Lita. So I figured I'd go to your and Lita's house. So anyway this is very important it cant wait till tomorrow. I told everyone to meet at the crown arcade in an hour or so. But I didn't ask Serena to come. 'cos this is about her." She said all in one breath.
I raised an eyebrow and took a step back away from her. "ok, I'll meet you in an hour or so. I need to go back home, pick up my communicator. I must have left it on my desk. Plus I need to take a shower." I said scrunching up my nose.
"you do!" Mina giggled.
I smiled – it had been a long time since before Serena's accident that I'd seen Mina smile let alone giggle. Like I'd said before, everyone of us thought individually we were to blame for the accident that could've killed the 'moon princess' which we were supposed to have been protecting. I watched as Mina hurried away from me waving as she did so.
What ever it was that Mina had in mind was enough to cheer her up, and seeing Mina so happy made me happy.
***********************************Serena*******************************
I hadn't been able to sleep when I'd got home so I was up pretty early, considered from what my mum had said about my sleeping habit. I was sitting in the living room couch watching a movie, but I couldn't really concentrate on it. I was actually waiting for the phone to ring. For the past hour I had kept glancing at the phone, trying to will it to ring. But from what it seemed like my friends had forgotten about me and the promise they had made me.
I threw the phone a final wistful glance, when my mum walked in. she had a frustrated look on her face. "what is it Serena ?" she demanded. I look up at her from my sitting position, surprised. "You've been giving the phone glares that could scare the dead!" she said, nodding at the phone.
I blushed, and looked away. Was I that obvious ?
"instead of waiting for them to call, why don't you call one of the girls ?" she asked. I brightened instantly. Without another word I rushed to the phone, I grabbed the phone book and flipped through it to find Amy's number. Once the phone was ringing, I waited patiently for Amy to pick up. When the phone was picked up, it wasn't by Amy but by her mother.
"hello?" said Mrs. Mizuno's voice.
"Hi, this is Serena, is Amy there ?" I asked.
"oh hello Serena, how are you ? I'm afraid that Amy has gone to the arcade, I'll tell her you called. Ok ? sorry but I have to rush, I'm already late, bye!" she said.
"oh ok. Bye" I hung up the phone, disappointed. My mum came over to me, "try one of the other girls?" she said squeezing my shoulder soothingly.
I did. I tried calling Mina, Lita and Raye but I got the same answer all the time. 'gone to the arcade. I felt hollow disappointment spread through the pit of my stomach. They had gone to the arcade without me.
My mother must have realized how 'down' I was feeling when she burst up with a sudden idea. "well I know I said you couldn't go out today. But since you are looking so well and healthy why don't I drop you off at the arcade, for lunch with the girls ?" she said.
At first I wasn't too excited about going, but my mother talked me into the idea. So in the next few minutes I found myself been driven to the 'crown arcade' I tried to listen intently as my mother went through a list of safety precautions I should take while walking home with the girls. But my mind was still fixed on the fact of being left out.
A few minutes later as Serena entered the crown arcade. . . . . . .
I looked around and saw Andrew, serving a customer at the counter he hadn't noticed me entering yet. I scanned the crowded arcade and spotted the four girls sitting at a table for five. I smiled and walked towards them quickly deciding to join them. But I froze as a sharp voice sliced through me.
"Are you crazy ? why should we even let Serena into our group ? she is such a ditz ! nothings going to change that ! I think we should leave her out completely ! she wont notice the difference, she's lost her memory anyway." It was Raye, she was speaking loud enough for anybody to hear. I felt my throat tighten.
"Raye don't be so harsh-." Amy stopped when she realized that I was standing a few feet away from the table. And was in ear shot of the conversation. Slowly the rest of the girls turned towards me and raised there eyes to see what had made Amy stop talking.
They sat there for a minute, frozen in there seats. I felt tears fill up my eyes.
I cant give them the satisfaction of seeing me cry, I thought as I hurriedly turned away from them and made a dash, towards the arcade door.
But I barely made it through the door when I ran into something hard. "Watch out meatball head!" I heard the person say as he grabbed me by the waist to keep me from falling.
By now I had the entire attention of the arcade for the commotion I had caused, I raised my eyes and they locked into dark blue eyes that I had starred into before, which mirrored the same confused expression I had on.
*~*~*~* yeay ! another chapter done !!! well I know you have already guessed who the stranger with blue eyes had to be, so I guess that this is another chapter which doesn't end 'sniff' in suspense. Well its close enough for me (. Plus someone very 'kindly' pointed out that I had spelt 'Ray' (sailor mars) wrong. So I'd like to apologize for any confusion I had caused or will cause. And I will now spell her name as 'Raye'. ( see ? now everyone's happy . . . . I hope ! I can honestly tell you that the next chapter wont be coming out for a while, so for that I'm apologizing in advance ! ~crescentmoon_bunny@yahoo.co.uk
