~!*Chapter 2 *!~
It was a while before my life went back to normal reutine, a still hung out with the girls' at school but, I geuss we couldn't really relate as much now. Lately I've hung out with Molly, me and her actually have some things in common, both sort of neglected by friends because they had something important to do, in our cases: scout work. Me and Molly grew pretty tight, I'd tell her about the things like Andrew and stuff. She could also relate to having an unattainable guy, she had been in love with Nephlight before he had died. Of course he returned her feelings before he left but still he was gone and she was still in the healing process. And then there was Melvin, major nerd yes, but he's also totally sweet. He's been extra nice to Molly, I think that he actually has a crush on her but, I don't say anything because the last time I did they both freaked out and started blushing like crazy. It was cool seeing that Molly could get over it and have someone to be there for her after such a tradgedy. As for me, no such luck. Andrew was still as unreachable as before, maybe a little more. It hurt alot to see him and Reika together but, he's happy so..well I'm not really happy too. Afterall, it's not me standing in Reika's position. Me and Molly decided to get together after school at the arcade, of course I made her promise she wouldn't say anything to Andrew about my little crush before I agreed.I sat in the same booth I had sat in the day I more or less told Serena about Andrew. I ordered a Dr.Pepper and swirled my straw in it the same way. It was a little re de vue actually since, I found myself looking at Andrew working again. I heard the door bell jingle and a couple seconds later Molly was sitting across from me. She waved Andrew over so she could get herself a Coke. I sipped cutely at my straw and looked down so Andrew couldn't see me blushing. "So what are two cute girls like yourselfs doing in a place like this?" Andrew asked casually as he gave Molly her can. Molly shrugged, "you know the usual, Mina here just got dumped by her boyfriend," Molly added with a wink to me. I was utterly shocked, what the heck did she say that for? Andrew's eyes softened and he muttered and appoligy and sat down next to me."You'll get over it" he muttered wrapping a free arm around my shoulder. I tensed up, oh Molly was a sly one! Getting Andrew to sympithize me by telling a lie, mental note: Tell Melvin that Molly likes him. That'll get their relationship to move forward. I nodded dumbly still trying to figure a way to get Molly back big time. "Well, I better get back to work, get feeling better 'kay?" he added to me as he stood up and went over to a line of waiting customers. "Molly!" I hissed as soon as he was out of hearing distance, Molly shrugged "come on, admit it, you liked his arm around you!" Molly retorted wiggling her eyebrows up and down suggestively. "He has a girlfriend!" I told her, Molly's expression stayed the same, "so?" she muttered."So, that was TOTALLY pointless!" I screeched quietly.Molly shrugged again and took a swig of Coke, "hey you gotta start somewhere" she told me whipping her mouth with the back of her hand. "Like you and Melvin's 'friendship'?" I returned taking a sip of my Dr.Pepper. Molly blushed and looked down into her can of Coke, "yeah" she muttered. I grinned broadly, I had to set these two up, I may not be the Sailor Scout of Love anymore but I still made one hell of a matchmaker. I started humming the Matchmaker song off of Fiddler On the Roof that we had watched at my house the previous Saturday. "Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.." I began, "fish me a fish, catch me a catch!" Molly finished. We both laughed, threw our finished drinks in the trash and walked out of the arcade singing the rest of the song.I saw Andrew smile out of the corner off my eye as we exited and my day had been made.Hyped up on sodas, Moly and I went to the movie theater to see Titanic for the 3rd time in the past 2 weeks. Molly made a rude comment about me and Andrew during the 'car scene' and I hit her lightly on the arm but, laughed anyway. We both cried when Jack slipped out of Rose's grasp and into the freezing water even though we had seen the movie before and had known it was going to happen. As we exited the theater room Molly reached in her purse to get spare change for a toll phone nearby the woman's bathroom. "Hey Mom? Yeah it's Molly, me and a friend are at the mall and I might come home a little late. Mina. 10:00? Okay,love you, bye Mom" Molly finished with smoochie noises and hung up the phone. I raised my eyebrow, "tradition" Molly muttered shrugging."So, we've got the food court, clothes stores, toy stores and purses full of allowance, what do you wanna hit first?" I asked her. "CLOTHES!" we said at the same time, laughing we ran to the nearest Limited Too and had a feild day. After getting a couple off cute outfits and lipglosses we decided to hit the record store. "Ugh, look at this trash..." Molly murmured flipping through boy band after boy band trying to find a coutnry music CD. "It would help if you'd look in the country section.."I told her pointing to a nearby rack."Hey, I wanted to look at the hot guys first!" Molly whined. "I thought you said it was 'trash'" I laughed my hands on my hips. "It is but, a girl can't pass a chance of seeing Lance Bass without a shirt on!!" Molly giggled. I rolled my eyes and pulled her to the country rack.After Molly bought some Shania Twain CD's we hauled our bags off to a toy store. "Awww, look at the cute monkey!!" I squeled pointing to a stuffed TY monkey. "I already have that one..hummmm..here's one I don't have!" Molly added picking up a lepoard. "Freckles,aww how cute!" I added after reading the tag. I picked up a pink flamingo and the monkey I was looking at before and then we headed towards the food court. I groaned as I looked at all the Mcdonalds and Burger King booths and we decided to go to the arcade for food instead."So you think we'll see Mr.Gorgeous?" Molly asked me, "duh, he owns the place" I muttered, Molly let out a small 'oh yeah, oops' before we entered. "Hello my little broadway singers!" Andrew laughed. We both started a verse of Tomorrow from Annie then stopped because we were laughing too hard. "You wouldn't mind rustling us up some grub would ya?" Molly asked as we sat all our shopping bags down beside us. "No not at all, can I join ya'll?" Andrew asked as he headed towards the kitchen. "Sure" Molly called after him as I got my monkey and flamingo to play with while we waited. "Stuffed animals?" Andrew tease sitting down next to me while handing us our cheese burgers. I made the monkey hit him on the arm with his little hand and we all laughed. With the three TY toys we started acting out scenes from our favorite movies. "No Jack!" I squeked making the flamingo try to hold on to the monkey as he slipped off the table. Molly laughed and Andrew rolled his eyes and muttered something about 'chick flicks'. "And what's so bad about chick flicks?" I asked my hands on my hips, "yeah!" Molly put in defensively. We both glared at him until he squirmed uncomfortabley. "I dunno it's always about love or somebody battling cancer and either that perons dies or they live 'happily ever after'" Andrew finished in a high pitched voice like the lady who use to come to the school library to read fairy tales to the younger kids."And you don't cry at all when you take Reika to see thoughs kind of movies!" Molly accused still glaring at him. Andrew blushed a little and mutter a quiet 'yeah...' making us burst out laughing. "Geez what do you want form me?! First you want me to be sentimentle then you tease me about it! Ya'll are so abusive.." ANdrew muttered wipping a fake tear from his eye. "Aww, it's okay Little Andwew" I said in my high voice, making my monkey give his wrist a hug. Andrew patted the monkey's head and smiled at me. Molly gave me a wink and we started to eat our cheese burgers and sip at our sodas. "You are such a natural flirt Mina!" Molly praised me as we were walking to her house. I shrugged and stared at my feet. My own boldness tonight had surprised me and I couldn't believe I behaved that way even though Andrew had a girlfriend. "Hey you gotta start somwhere!" I qouted Molly, she smiled then started to hum the Matchmaker song again. I hit her arm playfully and we both laughed. I decided to spend the night a Molly's house instead of walk to an empty house at 10:30 at night so, I called Artemis to tell him and he sighed and told me it was probally a good thing that I was taking break from being a scout and something about all the pressure I already had to go through being a teen and stuff.I think Artemis was right,I was having a pretty good time without having to save the world and worry about the next alien enemy. My mood had really lightened when I was with Molly and I think that we could be really good friends. Maybe being just plain old teenage Mina instead of Sailor V would actually be fun!