Hey! I told you I would continue typing! Ne who I have one thing to tell you that has nothing to do with this. I read a book the other day and I finished it that day. IT WAS REALLY GOOD!!!! It is a very romance book! It is called Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson. You HAVE TO READ IT!!!!! Ne who back to the story. I don't own any of these characters and never will. As for the story line it is completely mine, no I am not kiddin. I made it all up. Ne who to the story!!!! ^_~ ^_^

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Usagi slowly opened her eyes to another snowing day. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. She sat up and leaned against her headboard. She couldn't get the dream out of her head. It stuck with her like glue. She remembered how the voice had helped her. She brought her hands to her chest and breathed in and out. She felt something new inside of her. She felt new. She remembered how she had gotten rid of the fear in her dream. She knew what she felt. The dream had helped her a lot. Her fear was gone and now she looked in her heart. She remembered how the voice said how obvious the road was. So what was that road?

Then she thought of the problem about the concert and ceremony. How would she solve this one? Duo had told her to do it for him. So what did this mean. She wanted to see him so bad she would do everything. She knew she could not reschedule the award ceremony and she knew he could not for his concert. Then she remembered what Duo had said not to do yesterday. What if she just didn't go to her ceremony? She already knew she was getting an award. That was good enough for her. She knew though that she would have to have someone to cover her up in her place. Who would be willing to do that for her though? Usagi rubbed her head in frustration.

Then her eyes caught her phone. How would she solve this? Who knew her the best? 'Minako' she thought. That would be mean though. She just couldn't make Minako do that, although she could ask and hope. She could have Minako give her the tickets from Duo. Usagi bit her lip and slowly reached for the phone. She wasn't sure of anything right now but this was her only hope.

The phone rang once. Twice. Finally on the third time someone answered.

"Aino Minako speaking" Minako answered in a rather tired voice.

"Hi" Usagi answered in a soft and shy voice. She was ashamed she hadn't called once since she had been gone.

"Usagi?!?" Minako shrieked immediately waking up.

"Yeah, It's me" Usagi answered taking a big breath.

"Oh my gosh! I haven't heard from you on the telephone since you left!" she shrieked again.

Usagi let out the air and got ready to ask.

"Minako? I have a question" Usagi stated softly.

"Go ahead" Minako chirped happily.

"Um, I won an award for my book and the ceremony is the same day of Duo's concert and I really wanted to see it and........." Usagi was cut off in the middle.

"You won an award?!? Wow! I'm behind. I get what you're saying though. Um I guess I could cover for you" she answered all in one.

Usagi stood in shock. She thought Minako would be busy or something. She probably wanted to go see Quatre sing. She couldn't be serious! Usagi stood in the middle of her room in awe. Finally she answered.

"Thank you so much Minako!!!!!!!!! You're the friend who knows me best. Thank you so much. You're a saint!" Usagi shrieked.

"So what do I have to exactly have to do?" Minako answered ready with a pencil and paper in her hand.

"All you have to do is say I'm not there and I will give you a paper to read off of" Usagi answered.

Minako lowered her pencil and smiled. This wasn't going to be too hard. She loved being the center of attention, this was her chance. Then she remembered something.

"Do you want me to keep it a secret from him so you can surprise him? I could tell him I just have a friend who would like to go." Minako answered.

"That would be great" Usagi replied happily.

"I'll mail the tickets to you as soon as I can" Minako answered smiling on her side of the phone.

"Thanks Mina-chan" Usagi answered.

"Bye" Minako answered.

Minako slowly hung up with her best friend. She had seen plenty of Quatre this year. Now it was Usagi's turn. She wondered what was going on between them now. She knew Usagi had not been ready when Duo had told her that he loved her but now what were they like? What about Usagi's fear? Minako could only worry for the fear. If the fear reacted everything would be ruined, unless Usagi had gotten rid of it. She wasn't aware on anything right now. She hadn't seen her friend in over a year. She just couldn't wait to see what would happen. She smiled and got an idea. There had to be a surprise for Usagi too and she needed the girls and boys help. The only people that would be excluded would be Duo and Usagi. They would find out soon enough though.

Usagi sat on her bed thinking into her own world. Minako was actually letting her do this. She would actually go for her award ceremony! The thought of seeing Duo was unbearable. His long brown braid, his masculine chest and his love. She wasn't afraid anymore. She realized that if she did love Duo everything would be fine because she could trust him completely. Usagi closed her eyes and imagined being in his protective embrace. She wanted to feel his love inside of her completely. She had three weeks. She knew they would feel like 3 million years but she would have to live. She couldn't wait to see the look on his face when she would show up in the front row cheering him on. She opened her eyes and snapped back to reality. The only way to keep time going was to continue until it came up.

Usagi got up off of her bed and sat at her desk and pulled out a piece of paper. Now was the time to write the essay for Minako. Her book "The Only One" was about to go into an award. She smiled finally grateful she had gotten this far. She thought for a second and then immediately started to write.

Minako rung the doorbell to Ami's house and waited, her arms full of supplies. The door opened with three other voices talking all at once. Ami peeked out and smiled when she saw her blonde haired friend. Unlike Usagi she was closer and was taking the weekend off. Minako had not told anybody why they were gathering here. Minako walked in and gave them all a bag to hold. They all looked in and saw streamers, banners, paint and other goodies.

"What is all this for?" Rei asked puzzled looking up from her bag.

"We're going to have a surprise party!" Minako exclaimed.

Everyone smiled and started to talk. Makoto's eyes glittered wondering of how she would please people with her art skill.

Minako had them spread it out on the floor and showed them her plan for their party. They all agreed upon it and split jobs. Before doing anything they did their secret friendship swear not to tell Duo or Usagi. Minako looked at all of her happy friends. 'Now only if Usagi were here' she thought. She looked at the banner in front of her and continued to draw her part of it. She couldn't wait to show Usagi and Duo.

Makoto glanced over at the daydreaming Minako. She was glad to have such a high spirited friend. She smiled thinking of all the times they had been friends. She looked down at her part of the sign. It made her think of her lost friend Usagi. She wished she were here. The group never felt complete without her. Usagi was so high spirited and cheerful. She remembered the first time Usagi had changed. She had just starting Derek as she recalled. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Flashback*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Makoto walked through the halls with Ami, Minako and Rei as they walked to homeroom. Usagi seemed to be missing. Usagi was rarely sick and never missed talking to her friends. Makoto looked around for her friend who was not showing up. They all met before homeroom and chatted for awhile. It had been a tradition since seventh grade.

Just as they were about to enter homeroom a long strip of golden hair caught Makoto's sight. She stayed behind and let the rest of the girls go in homeroom without her. She eyed Usagi carefully without being caught. She had dark circles under her eyes and didn't look too happy. She glanced at Usagi's limped posture and then realized an unknown hand around her waist. She followed up the arm and realized who it belonged too. Derek smirked as he talked with the rest of the group. He rubbed Usagi's waist as he talked with the group. Usagi looked a little uncomfortable about this but didn't say anything. She was put under his pressure and letting him do as he please. Makoto frowned. Usagi shouldn't let him get advantage of her. She also hated the kind of guys who did so. She watched as the group started to part their own ways to their homerooms. Derek turned Usagi around and slowly bent down. Makoto was shocked at what he was doing. Derek placed a kiss on Usagi and she could see Usagi's unhappy clearly show. She watched as the kiss was parted and knew she had to get back before Usagi saw her.

Makoto sat in the back of the room and eyed the back of Usagi's head. Usagi looked back for a second and then regretted the move. She swiftly turned back to the teacher and tried to shake off her friends confusing stare. Makoto was having a hard time dealing with this 'new Usagi. This wasn't like Usagi at all.

Makoto walked into the lunchroom with her friends and looked around for Usagi. They usually all sat together at one table but she couldn't spot Usagi right away. Then she spotted that familiar long blonde hair and looked up. Usagi was surrounded with a mob of kids talking to them. Most of them were in Derek's group. Usagi glanced at her friends but then looked back. She glared at her feet feeling the guilt inside of her. She blushed and ignored their stares as much as she could. Makoto looked at Minako who had a sad expression. Ami and Rei did too. They had just lost a big part of their friend group. They wouldn't mind if she came back to them but so far she wasn't. They all sighed and went to go sit down at their regular table.

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Makoto smiled, happy Usagi was back. She was not completely back to normal but knew it would come soon. She knew the only person that could help her was Duo. He was the big part of her life. She had immediately seen the bond but hadn't said anything. She knew Usagi didn't like things like that to be blurted out. She stared back at the poster and did her best to make it look good. They only had two weeks left to organize this.

Then after that destiny would just have to flow on its own. Makoto smiled and added another stroke of her paint- brush.

Usagi looked out the window of the classroom and admired it's beauty. Snow softly fell to the ground making it look like a frost land. The snow glittered as it fell to the already white ground. Usagi snapped out of her chance and went back to listening to her professor. She had tried her hardest to listen and concentrate. There was a week and half left. She had gone through half of the suffering. She thought of Duo and wondered what kind of songs he had now. She glanced at her notes on her laptop and watched as the professor continued talking about the law. Usagi enjoyed learning this and she had always wanted to become a lawyer but the past week had been the most boring of them all. She just hoped January 28th would come sooner than she thought.

Minako knocked on Duo's door and waited for a reply. She rehearsed the words in her head. She hoped she could get away with her little excuse. Duo was pretty smart. The door slowly opened and Duo's familiar face appeared. He smiled and greeted her.

"Hi Minako"

"Hey" Minako answered cheerfully trying her best not to give away anything. This had to be perfect.

"So, What brings you here?" Duo asked raising an eyebrow.

Minako smiled and started her plan.

"I was wondering, since you have two left over tickets um I have a friend who really loves your music. I was wondering if she could use them, the rest are all sold out." Minako finished and held her breath for his reply. She just hoped he would be his usual cheery self.

"Sure, hold on, let me go get them" he answered smiling running into his room and grabbing a small white envelope. He remembered when he was about to address it to Usagi. Now that chance was over. He rubbed the material in his hand and then walked back to the door. This letter gave him too many memories of Usagi. He had wanted her to come so bad and she was the one who would have had these tickets but now she was gone. He bit his lip but then came up to the door.

"Here you go" he said handing the white envelope to Minako.

"In there is two tickets. One is front row and the other is backstage" he said trying not to hesitate.

Minako smiled back at him and slowly left. As soon as she got in her car she cheered for her victory. Success! Everything was going as planned. Now all they had to do is keep the secret and wait. Minako couldn't imagine what would happen when the two met. Only one knew though. The party would be a surprise though. She smiled and drove off in her car.

Hi! Sorry I haven't updated in ages! I found out I am now on my school bball team and practice is every night! I have just enough time for hw! EEK! Ne who I will only be writing on the weekends unless I get no hw but don't count on it! I need more REVIEWS FOR MY GOAL!!! PLEASE?!?!?!?! *_*. ^_^ Ja ne! * Usagi princess *