My writing is probably dull considering I'm not a guy nor am I a mind reader. (but wouldn't it be sooo cool if I could be a mindreader? MWAHAH!) Also it could be due to my lack in editing this. (I will revise it as soon as I finish it.) I promise to try and make it less dull from now on! *victory sign*
Chapter 8 explanation.. Endymionchan just looses it.. The way I wrote it was the way I thought his mind would work, trying to put myself in the same kind of position. He went out with Beryl a couple of times and suddenly they were supposedly engaged.. so why couldn't Serena try the same thing? especially when he found out she was secretly in love with him? *blink* well of course my mind is twisted and evil so what do I know? *laughs*
*GLOMPS everyone* Hehe! Onward! Guess what.. this is the laast cliffhanger and tomorrow the end of the story! Exciting yet depressing isn't it? *laughs*
Chapter dedicated to Clare who will beat me over the head with her english text book if I don't finish the story(so don't worry reviewers who say they know where I live.. she really does and can hurt me if I dun finish.. *eeps!*
Chapter 9: Christmas.
From that day, things had only gone from horribly horribly bad to "yes.. it can get worse than this." Endymion wouldn't speak to her or accept apologizes. He ignored the phone calls, ignored the letters, ignored her. To make matters worse Serenity's house had been broken into. The odd thing was the thief only took photo albums. Serenity didn't think much of it until she began to notice all of the pictures of Endy had started to show up in the tabloids... For heavens sake was the entire universe against her? What kind of Christmas present was this?! What had she done so horribly wrong to be so horribly misjudged?!Of course Endymion thought that she had done this on purpose and her spirits worsened with the thought that he could possibly be even more angry at her. To top everything off with the cherry of misery...Serenity was walking out of her office building and past a news stand she noticed the breaking headlines. "Sheilds finds new love in old fiancee." There clinging on Endymion's arm as if he were a lifeline, in an all revealing olive dress was Beryl. Serenity's heart felt like it was being shredded into a million pieces. Her soul was dying. She was broken inside, hollow, slowly wasting away.
She was falling into a pit of despair, pure agony and it showed. Her eyes had lost their enchanting sparkle. When she smiled(which was rarely) it was weak and forced. She had taken to eating very little if anything at all. Thus she was deathly thin. Her face was pale and her hair even appeared to be limp in her depression. It was not in losing her love, her depression came from loosing the most valuable of friends. Her other friends were worried. The boys, under the encouragement of their wives had tried to talk to Endymion but when ever they mentioned Serenity's name, Endymion became hard, his eyes glittering like a blue fire. His voice was harsh and he left before any of them could beat any kind of sense into his stubborn brain.
Christmas day had finally arrived and Serenity felt like crawling into a corner and dying instead of passing out presents. She could be found in her kitchen for most of the morning, trying her luck at cooking. Serenity was a horrible cook. Her idea of cooking was usually calling Boston Market and begging them to deliever, or else putting some toast in the toaster(although sometimes the toast would be burnt, and then other times it wouldn't toast at all...
"Some Christmas this is.." she whispered to herself wiping her cheek with her hand leaving a dusting of flour. The doorbell rang and Serenity put down her spoon. She walked through a doorway just as Lita waltzed into the house with Nephrite on her arm looking very much in love. Serenity's heart clenched. It was amazing their relationship which had started out rocky turned to love when the two realized they were madly in love with each other. Nephrite had pretty much grabbed Lita one day, kissed her, and demanded that she marry him. Although she was a very independant woman and in normal circumstances would have been miffed to be ordered around. Given the demand, and the adorable brown eyes.. she accepted and the relationship had been going strong ever since.
Lita's eyes softened when she saw Serenity looking frail enough to break like a china piece and she rushed over to give her friend a warm hug. Nephrite followed and kissed Serenity's cheek. Serenity gave them a weak smile.
"Merry Christmas you two.." she said softly. Nephrite stared at her with great sympathy.
"I tried Serena.. he just won't listen to anyone.."
"Its all right Neph.. thank you for everything.. now..I know as much as you love Lita.. you'll die of boredom from girl chatter.. Entertainment center is upstairs third door on your right." Serenity responded, her mouth twitched with amusement as his face lit up.
"I thank you fair lady you seem to be reading my mind." He said great relief in his eyes before mock bowing and tearing up the stairs as fast as he could. Lita shook her head and rolled her eyes at the trail of smoke her husband had left behind before she whirled to look at Serenity.
He's such a flirt!" she exclaimed with a scowl, "now to the kitchen so I can fix up any mess you've made of the turkey." Serenity nearly laughed.
" Oh believe me Leets, this years mess tops the charts. It shall challenge even your perfect record as a cook."
"If I didn't know better I'd say you deliberately mess up Christmas dinner just so I can try to fix it." Lita accused as they walked into the kitchen. Lita put on an apron over the dark green dress she was wearing.
That evening after Lita had managed to save the turkey from a horrible demise of being thrown into the trash Nephilite floated down the stairs, his nose leading him towards the kitchen and towards the delicious smells of pumpkin pie wafting through the air.
"Fair lady what enchanting concotions are you making in this room?" He asked before spotting sugar cookies that had just been set out to cool. His hand snaked out to snatch one before being harshly whapped with a whisk.
"Touch that and face the consequences." Lita growled. Serenity shook her head in annoyed humor before excusing herself to go get dressed. As soon as she went upstairs Nephlite looked to Lita in worry.
"She's getting thinner.." He said quietly. Lita nodded sadly.
" We have to figure out how to get those two back on friendly terms!" Lita said slamming the whisk into her palm in determination, her eyes lit within. The doorbell rang and Lita opened it to find the three other girls and guys clustered together on the doorstep. Mina was bouncing around happily Kunzite was leaning against a pillar looking at his wife in amusement, Raye looked annoyed at something Jedite had said, he was smirking, Zoicite and Amy were gazing at each other lovingly.
"Why Lita darling why didn't you tell us you stole Serena's house from her?" Jedite said with what he thought to be a winning grin. Lita waved her whisk around in mock annoyance nearly taking Jedite's head off. Luckily the whisk missed, but Raye's elbow in his gut did not. Nephlites eyes shone in merriment.
"Such gentle creatures our wives are.." He said in a light voice before Mina gasped in admiration. Everyone's eyes turned to where Mina was staring and saw Serenity looking as beautiful as ever. Her dress was a deep scarlet red, a V-neck with thick straps creating an X in the back. The skirt was poofed enough to make a nice crinkling sound with every step Serenity took in her red satin sandle covered shoes. She wore a modest emerald necklace with matching earrings and her hair was done in a simple bun.
"Well blondie you look dressed to kill!" Raye said in appreciation, a grin plastered on her face. She looked worried. The dressed looked as if it had to be pinned to fit upon Serenity's waist which had managed to get impossibly smaller.
"Are you all going to stand on my doorstep or are you coming in?" she asked in an amused voice.
"I'm so glad you're wearing my design Serena.." Amy said quietly, her eyes shinning. Serenity managed a smile to them all before taking a small step foreward before her eyes fluttered shut and she crumpled upon the staircase.
"Oh my god! Serenity!" Mina screamed, Amy and Zoicite quickly rushed over to check pulse and breathing. Kunzite whipped out his cell phone and dialed 911 before he even tried to comfort his hysterical wife.
"Strong pulse and even breathing.." Amy said quietly to Zoicite, she looked up at him with worry written all over her face.
"It has to be lack of nutrition.. " Zoicite said patting Amy on the arm trying to offer any source of comfort he possibly could.
"Oh get her off the stairs!" Raye cried wringing her hands frantically. That damn ambulance was taking too long!! Jedite bent over and picked up the unconcious girl before taking her into the livingroom.
"That ambulance had better hurry.." Nephrite grumbled holding Lita tightly.
Uno more chapter and its sweet.. *hides behind fortress* Chapter 10 will be done tomorrow! No worries!!!! ^_^ It'll Endymion's point of view again. Hehe!