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Title: Lost Star Light, Burn Bright
Chapter Eleven
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" Terri! Please come back! Don't be so stubborn!" Terrestria stopped and whirled around angrily, her brown locks flying freely about her. Rei caught up to her and tried to put her love's hand in her own, but Terri snatched it back. Her and Kirei had only been on Earth for a week. Things had been going nicely…until now.
" Why should I stop being stubborn?! I only came back to Earth to have Kirei meet her father and family! Then you pull this! Are you insane Rei Hino?! Somehow I knew you would try this!" Terri flew her hands up and continued her walk to the dining room for lunch. Rei scurried behind trying to get her to listen.
The Senshi heard the two arguing from outside the room and looked at each other worriedly. The doors burst open to show the infuriated High Queen Terrestria in her casual wear, followed by Senator Mars who ran behind her trying still to get Terri to listen. Kirei's amethyst eyes watched her parents with a small amused smile. The little princess was overjoyed to meet her father and her mother's family. Nothing could go wrong her in her little four year old mind. Though the hurt in her daddy's voice was starting to bother her.
" Rei, I told you not to do this! I said last Friday why! Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Terri was not happy as the others could see and now Kirei frowned at the interruption to her sandwich.
" Mommy? What da matta? You dun look happy." Terri smiled and her daughter next to her, ruffling the girls hair while Rei plopped into the seat next to the her love.
" I'll be happy soon little one. Your daddy is just being stupid and stubborn." At this her anger blazoned navy eyes redirected themselves onto Rei. Rei just gulped.
" Terri, what's going on? What's with all the yelling?" Serena was looking confused at all the commotion like the others.
" I'll tell you. Rei proposed to me." Jaws dropped at her explanation. They stared at her like she was crazy.
" You guys were arguing about getting married? Why?" Amara looked puzzled by it all. Rei looked at Terri sternly.
" That's what I want to know. And don't feed me that crap about last Friday!!!" They all watched in interest as Terri sipped at her drink.
" What about last Friday?" Serena had turned her attention to the bickering women.
" Damn it Rei! I told you I can't ask you to leave Earth and learn totally new things! It would be too difficult for you to travel and protect Serenity as you should. Your part of her court, you will stay on Earth." It was clear she wasn't going to listen to anyone, even though Serenity would gladly let Rei live on Teres with her family. The Teres Queen was just not going to sway, by this maneuver anyways. Lunch was turned to a different subject, but the tension newly created between Rei and Terri stuck. When she was finished Terri stood up.
" Come on little one, lets go out for the rest of the day. Would you like that?" Kirei grinned happily and nodded her head vigorously. She got up and grabbed hold of her mothers hand.
" Hotaru, Rini, would you like to join us? Anyone else?" Rini and Hotaru looked toward their parents who nodded approval and joined them at the doors to the dining room. Michelle and Mina also joined them on their way to the Senshi's garage. The others stepped through the glass double doors into the large holding room for the cars while Terri hung back, hearing her name called.
" Rei, put the subject to rest, I said no. I'm not going to change my reasons." Rei grabbed her hands and smiled inwardly to find Terri didn't take them back. Their fingers intertwined as Rei brought her dragon closer.
" Terri, I don't understand. We should be together, I mean by marriage. Dragon, why can't you just say yes. I can still stay in Serenity's court. How do you think they did it in the Silver Millennium?" Rei smiled lopsidedly at her. Her hope was starting to fall, but she'd keep trying.
" Oh Rei." Terri bent her down and then smiled back up at the taller woman.
" You know I love you Rei. I can't ask you to move though. You'd have to learn new traditions and even a new language. I don't know, maybe I'm just scared, but what ever it is, I just can't ignore it. Now kiss me, because they're waiting for me Firebird." Terri grinned but it fell a little at the sadness in her Firebirds eyes.
" Fine. I'm not giving up. I'm gonna get a ring on your finger." Rei smiled and leaned in to kiss her. Their lips met and the familiar electricity flowed through them at the touch. When they parted Terri hugged her goodbye.
" See ya later love." Rei waved goodbye through the glass doors and watched black convertible back out.
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" So what should we do?" The three youngest ones shrugged, Michelle looked dazed, Mina was looking out the window.
" Jeeze, what a bunch of zombies! How about the Zoo?" The four in the back perked up at the sound of the zoo and nodded happily.
" Michelle? Are you in there?" Terri looked over at her aqua haired friend before returning her eyes to the road. Michelle jerked at the call of her name.
" The zoo is fine with me." Terri grinned and turned up the music. Soon they were all singing to the fast beat music coming from the radio.
They parked close to the entrance and paid their way in. After twenty minutes of walking around, Rini and Hotaru went off with Kirei to show her the birds of Earth. Or some of them anyways. Mina and Michelle stayed with Terri to look at pandas that had been rescued from poachers.
" Aren't they cute Terri? Especially the little one there." Mina pointed to a small baby who was yipping at it's moms ankle to pick it up. The baby was so small compared to it's mother.
" Yea, I love pandas. They sort of remind me of Rei. I don't know why either. " Terri smiled at them when they nodded. The three moved on and sat down at a ice cream shop within the Crystal Zoo.
" Alright, ask me. I know you want to convince me that Rei and I should get married. Get it over with." Terri chuckled as they blushed at being caught.
" Fine. Why? She loves you, you love her. Why don't you just put on something white and get married already?" Mina looked a bit flustered. Terri sighed.
" I don't know. I could be scared, or stuck in romantic movie mode. Where the woman always wonders if the person who wants to marry her is truly in love with her or if it's the for the sake of the child. In this case Kirei. It's so stupid, Rei isn't at all like that. I love her so much it could kill me, but marriage seems so…completely wrong." Terri frowned and swirled her vanilla ice cream in it's dish. Michelle looked at her with a gentle smile.
" Wrong huh? I always wondered what the crystal had been thinking, if it could think. Your sure it isn't the fear of marriage that makes it seem wrong?" Michelle watched Terri shake her head.
" Oh I don't know Michelle. May the gods help me figure this out. I feel so stupid. Rei and I should get married. Nothing is stopping us really. But this feeling I have, it reminds me so much of when we fought Quorphoin." Silence was all that could be said. They remember the battle with the large dragon like creature. Most importantly what happened after the beast had been dusted.
" Ignore it. Stop suffering with it, push the feeling away. Rei and you were brought together. Why does this have to be so complicated?" Mina shook her head. The goddess of love was frustrated by this whole thing. She hated it when there was nothing she could do.
" Wish I could ignore it."
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Rei Hino paced impatiently for her dragon to return from her walk. Terri had left for a short walk through the gardens after they had put Kirei to bed. That had been over an hour ago.
- Where is she? Terri why won't you marry me?- Her thoughts were interrupted when Terri came into the living room of her chambers.
" Have a nice walk?" Rei smiled at the beauty.
" Yeah, it was refreshing." Terri wrapped her arms around her neck and removed the gap between them. Rei moaned into the searing kiss as they stumbled back onto the couch. Their hips meshed together in a delightful sensation, making Rei lean back more. They stopped for air and the raven haired woman searched the face of her love.
" Terri, you've never wanted to do this before. Anything wrong? You seem a bit different." Terri frowned down at her.
" I reconsidered your proposal, I guess. Your right, we're in love and should finalize it." Rei grinned happily and smiled before planting her lips back onto Terri's.
The make out session was becoming quite heated with roaming hands and moans. Terri suddenly stopped. She put a tan finger to Rei's lips and got up.
" I'll be back my love." Rei watched her leave, a puzzled expression on her face.
- My love? She's never called me that before…so strange.- Her head snapped up to look at the now reopening door. The door closed behind Terri and she came before the couch, smiling at Rei.
" Wow, that was fast." Rei smiled at her and sat up.
" What do you mean? I've been gone an over an hour and a half. You look out of breath. What were you doing?" Rei became confused and examined Terri.
" Your were just here, we were kissing on the couch, you said we should get married." Terri laughed and pulled her up.
" Wishful thinking Firebird. I just came back from my walk. Sorry I took so long though, I ran into Ami. We played a game of chess." Rei shook her head and stared at her.
" No, you were definitely here. You may have seemed different, but you felt real. Very real." Terri lead her upstairs and into what was now their bedroom.
The two Senshi started undressing and changed into their bedclothes. Terri brushed her hair out while Rei sat in their large bed still confused about how Terri was here and there at the same time. Terri sighed while climbing in bed and curling up next to Rei.
" Your so cute when your puzzled like this. Maybe it was a very nice dream? I know I dreamed of some very…romantic dreams while I was on Teres." Rei turned over and laid somewhat on top of the brown haired goddess. Terri stared up at her with an expectant look. Their lips met in a gentle kiss. It grew quickly into something deeper and more passionate. Bodies meshing in a heavenly feel for both.
- This is different. So different. The last time it had been fast, not so soft and growing…what's going on?-
Terri stopped and stared up at her. Worry in her eyes.
" Rei? Firebird? What's wrong?" Rei looked at her with confusion.
" It was different. So different. We were going to…" Rei rolled off of her love and stared at the ceiling.
" This is the first, no second time I've kissed you all day long Firebird. What were we going to do? Have sex? I would have remembered." Rei frowned.
" Have you called me 'my love'? Ever?" She watched as Terri shook her head.
" No, I've said 'love', only once. It didn't really fit. I like Firebird best. You said I said I would marry you. I haven't even thought about it since we got back from the zoo. I wouldn't change my mind so quickly Rei." Rei nodded, her head was starting to hurt from it all. She turned back over and onto Terri again.
" Let's figure it out tomorrow. More of this now." Terri grinned and kissed her soundly. The foreboding feeling in the pit of her stomach yet again. Did she ever hate that feeling. But as Rei held her and caressed her, it faded to almost nothing.
" Rei?" Rei stopped kissing her neck and looked at her.
" Hmm?"
" I love you." Rei grinned.
" I love you too."
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A/N: A bit sappy, maybe a little off the curve. Oh well! Was it Terri that Rei was kissing on the couch? A dream? Or someone else entirely? Only I know. It would be disappointing if it were a dream, wouldn't it?? Review Pleasssssseeeeee!!!!! C ya!
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