Disclaimer: I do not own this series at all the only thing I do own
is the plot and the characters William O'Dell, Lady Zaira and Guardian .....

This Fic is dedicated to my own moon princess, you know who you are......

Chapter 17: Reason for Change

Guardian stood there in shock,then a look of sadness crossed his face. He
then turned to Rei "Rei, can you do me a favor?" Rei's face lit up, "Yes,
brother what can I do for you? "Can you link two minds together so that
someone can check for something? Guardian asked. "Yes I can do that for
you, But you have to receive the permission of the other party first. May I
ask who and why?" Rei asked. As Serena walked back in to the room,
Guardian quietly answered Rei's question "I Will explain later." Serena,
who just realized that school would resume the next day, was worried about
her "new" apearance. "Girls?, Can I please speak to you privately in the
next room?" She asked shyly, looking down on to the floor and blushing.

William looked around his former classroom, as he put his belongings in
a box. He chuckled as he thought *This has to be a record, the shortest
teaching position in history. Oh well, at Least some of the students will
be happy about no early morning class. But this also means no Trip to
Ireland for them either, the district board couldn't help that school
was canceled or almost a month. At least they were nice enough to keep
me on as a teacher, now that I have more free time I guess I will tour
this lovely country.* The bell to start class interrupted William's
Thoughts, as his class started to drift threw the door. As he scanned
the room he noticed that Serena and her friend's seats were empty. Just
then the door opened and in ran Ami, Lita, Rei, Mina and Serena.
William took one look at Serena and along with the rest of the guys
in the room, quietly picked up their jaws from the classroom floor.

Serena was fully prepared for all of the male students to give her a
once-over, but she blushed deeply when she found that William was doing
the same. *WOW!, look at her* thought William flushing as Serena walked
in to the room, *I try to be a true gentleman, But even I have my limits.*
As Serena sat down blushing crimson, she modestly tried to pull her skirt
to cover more of her legs and was failing miserably. When William was
finally able to tear his eyes from Serena's long legs, started class with
"Class, I have some good news and some bad news for you." The room suddenly
became so quiet,that you could hear a watch ticking. "The Bad news is that
The Ireland trip has been postponed until further notice." After the room
became quiet again, William continued "The trip was postponed due to the
snow and the amount of school that was missed. The district board feels
that the amount of classwork missed, cant be made up in the short time
that is left of this term. The second piece of bad news is that since
the trip is postponed, they no longer have the need for my class now."

Serena was in shock she couldn't belive she had just heard. The only
time a day that she could see and be close to her crush William was
now gone. As tears started to form in her eyes, she stood up and ran
out of the room not wanting William to see her cry. "Last the good news,
you can now sleep in or do whatever until your next class" William
stated to the class. He watched in shock as Serena ran out of the room,
when he glanced at her friends the also seemed to be surprized of what
she had done. "Since that is all I had to say, you are now dismissed"
William spoke as if half of his attention was elsewhere. Serena sat down
on a bench over looking the lake on the campus grounds, as tears
continuously flowed down her silken cheeks. She thought to herself
*Why did I fool myself in believing, that William would ever care about
a nobody like myself? The age issue is no longer a problem, for I am
close to HIS age now.* Serena's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of
someone walking up behind her. A affectionate male voice that seemed to be
off in the distance asked "Miss Serena, Are you ok?"

Serena's eyes flew open, she quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and her face.
William started looking all over the campus, to see if his princess
was alright. He finally came to the one place on the grounds that was
peaceful, the campus lake. As the lake came in to view, he discovered
Serena, his princess, sitting on a bench looking at the lake. Not wanting
to frighten her or intrude on her privacy, William quietly walked up behind
her. His concern for her well-being overruled his respect for her privacy.
William softly asked her, just in case he startled her, if she was alright.
"W-W-William, W-what are you doing here?" Serena asked slighty scared that
he had found her so quick, but at the same time thrilled that he was
concerned about her. "Miss Serena I was worried about you, Its not ever day
that I have one of my students suddenly run out of the room. May I sit down?"
William replied as he stood beside the bench, Sitting only after Serena
nodded her answer.

William looked over at his princess, and found that she had been crying.
He could also tell that Serena had tried to cover up the fact,but her
eyes were still red. "Serena, Please tell me what's wrong? Is it that
baka Darien? Did he do this, If so I will do everything in my power to
get him expelled." William softly asked starting to deeply worry about
what was bothering his princess. As much as she would have liked to see
Darien expelled, Serena softly said "No Darien didnt do anything wrong,
its just too embaressing for me to say." "Uh....Should I go get one of
your female friends?" William asked starting to turn crimson, thinking
it was one of THOSE problems. "NO! dont do that! " Serena nearly shouted,
wanting to spend time with her crush William ALONE. When she realized
what she had just done, Serena deeply blushed and buried her face
totally embarrassed. It was then that William figured out what was wrong
with his princess.

He looked at the ground ashamed of what he had done earlier, "Serena, I
would like to apologize to you for not being a gentleman and for staring
at your legs earlier like a common hentai. That was completly out of line,
especially considering I am your teacher. Its just that you looked like a
perfect angel sitting there, so innocent, so modest, that I couldn't help
myself. If you feel like slapping me, I will completely understand and
rightfully deserve every single second of it." Serena blushed very deeply,
at what William had just said, *Does this mean he likes me?* she wondered.
William sat there awaiting Serena to start slapping him, when nothing
happened he glanced over at her. *Well here goes nothing, Its not like I
can embarress myself anymore then I already have* though Serena.
"Oh William" Serena sobbed as she threw herself into her crushes arms.
William at first paniced not knowing what to do, he then relaxed and
started comforting his sobbing princess. After talking with her a little
while, he slowly started to realize that she had a crush on him.

"How are your doing now, Princess?" William absent-mindedly asked Serena.
Serena's eyes grew wide when she heard him call her princess, *Why does
he remind me so much of Guardian? Here I am being held in the arms my
crush and all I can think about is Guardian. Maybe its because they are
both caring, considerate, and I dont about William but Guardian is a
fabulous kisser. I wonder.....* Serena thought blushing. William noticed
that his princess was blushing again about something when he looked down
to check on her. As he returned to watching the wind form ripples on the
lake, he faintly heard Serena ask "William, can I ask a request?" William
turned to where Serena was and found her looked at him with wide, innocent
eyes. "What is your request Serena?" William asked, Serena was thinking
*This may be your only chance to kiss him, so dont go and get all timid
now.* "W-WIlliam w-will y-y-you k-kiss m-m-me?" Serena asked feeling
nervous, worried, and thrilled all at the same time.

William looked in astonishment at the trembling young lady in his arms.
Did she just ask him what he thought he heard? Serena wanted HIM to kiss
her, William looked into her worried, innocent eyes. *It would not be right
for a teacher to kiss a student, and she is vulnerable right now so she
is clearly not thinking straight.* Tears came to Serena's eyes when all
William did after she asked him was look at her. William saw that Serena
was starting to cry again, then it hit him *How can I be such a Baka, when
I didnt answer she took that as a refusal.* He reached out and gave Serena
a large hug, "I am so sorry Serena, I didnt mean to make you cry. I would
love to kiss you but Your a student and I am a Teacher, do you understand
that would cause so much trouble?* In a pitiful and begging tone, Serena
replied "There is no one around to see William, and I wouldn't tell anyone
if you kissed me." After what seemed to be hours to Serena, William after
looking around to make sure that they were alone, gave in and started to
lean down to kiss her quivering pink lips.

Serena started to pant in rapture as she saw that William was about to
kiss her. Slowly William's lips came closer and closer, he was so close
she could feel him breathing on her. Just when her lips where about to
touch his, she heard "Serena, There you are! We have been looking
everywhere for you." William's eyes grew impossibly wide when he heard
the voice, he looked down into Serena's eyes as to say I am so sorry.
Serena knowing full well who's voice that was and not wanting to lose
her chance, leaned up and kissed William on the lips herself. William
looked into the worried eyes of Serena after she kissed him, and thought
*I can't take this anymore and I dont care who voice that was* as he
leaned down and softly kissed Serena's gorgeous soft lips. Rei was
shocked when she saw Serena kiss William, and even more speechless when
William kissed her back. Ami, Lita and Mina walked up behind Rei and
noticed the shocked look on her face.

"What's wrong Rei?" Ami asked voicing the same concern that rest of the
girls had. All Rei could do was point, it was now Serena's turn to be
shocked as William kissed her back. William softly caressed the
side of Serena's face as he softly kissed her satin lips again.
Serena was embarrassed as a small whimper escaped her mouth and her
face went crimson. William smiled as he softly whispered "We have
alot of explaining to do, now that your friends are here and found us
like this." Serena looked up at William worried, "Do you think you can
leave without them knowing who you are?" William smiled as he gave Serena
another kiss on her soft lips, this time extracting a small moan out of
her mouth. "You dont grow up as a mischief maker where I come from and
not have ways of getting out of trouble" William stated winking at her,
he then pulled a pink rose out of thin air. William placed the pink rose
on her lap, he then whispered "This rose pales in comparison to the
beauty of your lovely face. Serena blushed with delight at William's
whispered comment, "Until another time Lady Serena." William whispered after
kissing her hand, with that the whole lake area became clouded with fog.

Next chapter: Reasons for Change Pt. 2

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