A Story To Remember
Chapter 3: A New Love?
Serena lay in bed staring at the ceiling. She had spent the rest of the day shopping with Madison and Mirai, both convinced that you could never have TOO big of a wardrobe. It seemed that her new life was fantastic, but she couldn't help but miss her sailor senshi, who had been her best friends since she was 14. After the three roommates had gotten back from the mall, Serena had taken steps to learn more about them and had taken time to look at her dorm room more carefully. Rolling over she thought to that afternoons events.
Flashback
Laughing, Serena, Mirai, and Madison stepped into their dorm room, each woman holding 7+ bags of clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, and movies.
"God!" Serena exclaimed, "We must have spent at least $300 on all this!"
"More!" Madison replied setting her bags down on her bed and sifting through them.
Mirai sat down on her bed, folding her legs Indian style; she too began searching through her bags. She smiled at her friends, and then crossly reminded them that most of the money had been hers.
"Madison, you owe me big for this one." She said, glaring at the dark-haired girl, "I'm like, broke now."
Looking at Serena, Madison said in a quiet voice,
"She always says that after we go shopping, but she forgets when she gets to
show off her new stuff."
Serena giggled, feeling like a teenager again, living in a perpetual slumber party filled with laughter and illumination.
"Thanks for taking me shopping." Serena said, smiling at her new friends. Madison hugged her, while Mirai dismissed the gratitude with a wave of her hand. It was almost 11:00 PM and they were all very tired.
"Shit." Mirai mumbled, "We missed all our classes."
Madison gasped, "Mon Dieu! You're right!" She grumbled something in French, before grabbing her nightclothes. "We'll just have to make it up then won't we?"
"Great," Serena said, "It's my first day, and I miss all my classes." She moaned at the thought of doing double work the next day.
"Don't worry." Mirai said casually, "You haven't even picked the classes you want to take, you'll be fine."
She threw off her sweater and jeans and pulled on her nightshirt and shorts.
"You should go to sleep Serena, they'll wake you up VERY early to go choose your classes before they start."
"Great, just what I want to do.." She dropped her shopping bags on the floor and shoved things haphazardly into her bureau. Grabbing the nightgown she had chosen for her self, she took of her clothes and pulled it on over her head.
"You know, for adults, we act pretty immature." She said smiling.
"Adults?" Mirai asked, "I'm 22, *I* can drink."
"Hey, so can I!" Madison called out from the bathroom; she stepped out holding a brush in her hand. "But I don't, neither does Mirai."
Serena stuck her tongue out at them, only to be lobbed in the head with a pillow by Mirai.
"Who's being immature now Sere-chan?" She said with a laugh.
She threw another pillow at Serena and Serena threw it back hitting Mirai in the face, knocking her backwards. Before long Madison had joined in, throwing and dodging pillows in an all out war.
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It was 12:00 AM then and Mirai was asleep. Sprawled across her bed. Serena sat with her back to Madison on her bed, while she brushed her long, blonde hair.
"Madison, do you know what Mirai's name means?"
"Serena." Madison said with a slow smile, "I don't exactly speak Japanese, I'm from France remember?"
She tapped Serena's head gently with her brush. Her accented words filled with amusement.
"I was just wondering if you did." Serena said quietly, "Mirai means future in Japanese, I was wondering, you know, why she was named that way. She seems so..distant in some ways, I dunno."
Madison stopped brushing, and Serena turned around to face her.
"Mirai can seem that way at times. She doesn't trust too many people. She was hurt a lot in her past and she came to this school not only to learn, but for a chance to escape."
"I know how that feels." Serena said sadly her mind drifting to her sailors, and Darien.
Nodding slowly Madison continued, "I can tell she really likes you though, you're like a little sister to her."
"She barely knows me though." Serena said.
"You don't have to KNOW someone's past to like them in the future. I don't know why Mirai was given her name, but she has always watched out for me in this country...in this school, and she would do the same for you too Serena."
Serena looked turned back around, and Madison continued to brush. She glanced at Mirai, thinking on what Madison had told her. She looked up and around at the walls and noticed they were covered in paintings. Landscapes, portraits, abstract etc paintings decorated the walls.
"Where'd you get all these paintings?" Serena asked.
Smiling proudly Madison had answered, "I did them myself."
"YOU?!" Serena exclaimed.
"Yes, that's why I'm here. I'm taking classes in art. My parents didn't have the money to send me to a professional art school, so when I was accepted here for free, I agreed. They have good teachers here and I enjoy my classes."
"Wow." Serena breathed, awed by the talent her friend had, "You remind me so much of Michelle." She whispered, tears coming to her eyes.
"Who?" Madison asked.
"Just someone I used to know." She wiped away her tears, before turning around and getting off Madison's bed. "I'm going to sleep now Madison Ok."
"Sure. Good night Serena. Madison pulled her covers up to her chin and closed her eyes, just to fall asleep minutes later.
"Same to you Madison."
End Flashback
Serena glanced at her two roommates, both were sound asleep. She just couldn't close her eyes though. Her mind was on Darien, the man she THOUGHT she had loved. The more she thought about it, the more she felt she despised him. She loved Rini, that was true, but it seemed that her affection for Darien had really been that of friendship.
'I wonder then, is there another for me? Will I find love in this universe?'
Sighing Serena suddenly felt very tired. Lying back on her soft bed, she closed her eyes, and buried herself in her pillow.
Dream Sequence
'Where am I?' She thought to herself.
Everything looked blurry and indistinct. She was in some type of woodland.
'Why am I always in the woods?'
Her long hair was down and flowed to the ground. She was still in her nightgown. She felt something wet land on her face and looking up she sighed as it began to snow. The small flakes touched her skin, making her shiver. Looking around, she made sure no one was watching her. As the snow collected on the ground, she began to dance. She swirled around and around, slowly letting her hand touch and sweep through the increasing snowfall. She stopped and laughed at her self.
'This is a strange dream.'
She shook the snow out of her hair, her sapphire blue eyes sparkling and dancing with happiness. She stopped suddenly, sensing someone.
'What is this strange energy I sense? It's so intense.'
She was oddly unafraid though. Walking closer to the shadows at the edge of the forest she saw someone. He was obviously a male from his stature, and looked very strong and muscular. He stood, arms crossed over his chest, a scowl on his face.
'He looks so angry, so inhuman. I should leave before he sees me.'
But she kept walking closer and closer to him. She stepped closer to him, a smile crossing her delicate features.
"Who are you?" She asked.
Smirking at her, he pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Serena." He whispered.
She gasped at his closeness
'how does he know my name.'
She started to ask him who he was again when he kissed her softly on the mouth. She tried to pull away from him, but he held her tightly. He pulled away and she stared into his eyes. They were a mysterious, coal black that held obscurity and arrogance. Running her hands through his spiky hair that seemed to defy gravity, she hugged him tightly, wrapping her arms around his neck. She breathed in his spicy scent and sighed deeply. He kissed her again, but this time deeper, hungrier, asking for something that neither knew. Resisting the urge to moan, Serena relaxed against him, never wanting to let go. Kissing lower, he bit her neck softly, she gasped in pleasure. She pulled away again.
"Who are you?" she murmured.
"Serena, My name is.."
"Yes?"
"My name is Vege."
End Dream Sequence
6:47 AM
"SERENA YOU BAKA, GET UP!!" Mirai screamed.
"Huh? Nani? Go away." Serena mumbled closing her eyes again.
"Kami-sama." Mirai sighed.
"Don't worry Mirai, I got it." Madison said, handing a pitcher of ICE-cold water to her.
"Fine Serena, you don't want to get up? Lets see how fast you run when you're FREEZING COLD!" With that, she dumped the water right over Serena's ENTIER body.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Satisfied, Madison and Mirai watched Serena dash for the bathroom hopping, and dancing about.
"AHHHHH, COLD, COLD, COLD, COLD, COLD. I'm FREEEZING."
"We wouldn't have done that if you had gotten up when you were supposed to!" Madison said in her French accent.
In one hand she held a case that was filled with brushes, pencils and her other art supplies. And in the other, she held one of her MANY sketch books. She wore a knee length black skirt and a black spaghetti strap shirt. On her head was a black beret tipped at an angle. Mirai had a navy blue windbreaker set on that had one silver stripe running down it and was holding a black sports bag.
"Serena no baka, hurry up so that we can go." Mirai said impatiently, hearing the water running in the shower.
She ran out in a towel, too stressed to think of her dream. Throwing on a pink sweater shirt, and blue jeans from what she had bought yesterday, she put her hair up in her usual odangos chaotically while grabbing some white shoes.
"OK." She said trying to breathe, "Lets go."
The group left their dorm along with other girls and women, getting ready to start yet another day. Mirai told her where the place she would choose her classes and have them recorded in her file was, 6 halls away.
"Good Luck!" Madison called before following a rush of girls to her art class.
Mirai pulled Serena close to her and whispered in her ear, "Pretty spicy dream you were having Serena. I wanna know all about it tonight."
Serena blushed furiously, fumbling for an excuse, "Mirai I....I mean..."
"Ja ne Sere-chan!" Mirai called out, dashing through the rush of girls and women to get to her training. Serena stood there for a moment before remembering where she had to go.
"Kuso!" She screeched and turned to start her 6-hall sprint to the office, her long blonde hair flying out behind her.
There you go, chapter 3
Chapter 3: A New Love?
Serena lay in bed staring at the ceiling. She had spent the rest of the day shopping with Madison and Mirai, both convinced that you could never have TOO big of a wardrobe. It seemed that her new life was fantastic, but she couldn't help but miss her sailor senshi, who had been her best friends since she was 14. After the three roommates had gotten back from the mall, Serena had taken steps to learn more about them and had taken time to look at her dorm room more carefully. Rolling over she thought to that afternoons events.
Flashback
Laughing, Serena, Mirai, and Madison stepped into their dorm room, each woman holding 7+ bags of clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, and movies.
"God!" Serena exclaimed, "We must have spent at least $300 on all this!"
"More!" Madison replied setting her bags down on her bed and sifting through them.
Mirai sat down on her bed, folding her legs Indian style; she too began searching through her bags. She smiled at her friends, and then crossly reminded them that most of the money had been hers.
"Madison, you owe me big for this one." She said, glaring at the dark-haired girl, "I'm like, broke now."
Looking at Serena, Madison said in a quiet voice,
"She always says that after we go shopping, but she forgets when she gets to
show off her new stuff."
Serena giggled, feeling like a teenager again, living in a perpetual slumber party filled with laughter and illumination.
"Thanks for taking me shopping." Serena said, smiling at her new friends. Madison hugged her, while Mirai dismissed the gratitude with a wave of her hand. It was almost 11:00 PM and they were all very tired.
"Shit." Mirai mumbled, "We missed all our classes."
Madison gasped, "Mon Dieu! You're right!" She grumbled something in French, before grabbing her nightclothes. "We'll just have to make it up then won't we?"
"Great," Serena said, "It's my first day, and I miss all my classes." She moaned at the thought of doing double work the next day.
"Don't worry." Mirai said casually, "You haven't even picked the classes you want to take, you'll be fine."
She threw off her sweater and jeans and pulled on her nightshirt and shorts.
"You should go to sleep Serena, they'll wake you up VERY early to go choose your classes before they start."
"Great, just what I want to do.." She dropped her shopping bags on the floor and shoved things haphazardly into her bureau. Grabbing the nightgown she had chosen for her self, she took of her clothes and pulled it on over her head.
"You know, for adults, we act pretty immature." She said smiling.
"Adults?" Mirai asked, "I'm 22, *I* can drink."
"Hey, so can I!" Madison called out from the bathroom; she stepped out holding a brush in her hand. "But I don't, neither does Mirai."
Serena stuck her tongue out at them, only to be lobbed in the head with a pillow by Mirai.
"Who's being immature now Sere-chan?" She said with a laugh.
She threw another pillow at Serena and Serena threw it back hitting Mirai in the face, knocking her backwards. Before long Madison had joined in, throwing and dodging pillows in an all out war.
*******************************************************
It was 12:00 AM then and Mirai was asleep. Sprawled across her bed. Serena sat with her back to Madison on her bed, while she brushed her long, blonde hair.
"Madison, do you know what Mirai's name means?"
"Serena." Madison said with a slow smile, "I don't exactly speak Japanese, I'm from France remember?"
She tapped Serena's head gently with her brush. Her accented words filled with amusement.
"I was just wondering if you did." Serena said quietly, "Mirai means future in Japanese, I was wondering, you know, why she was named that way. She seems so..distant in some ways, I dunno."
Madison stopped brushing, and Serena turned around to face her.
"Mirai can seem that way at times. She doesn't trust too many people. She was hurt a lot in her past and she came to this school not only to learn, but for a chance to escape."
"I know how that feels." Serena said sadly her mind drifting to her sailors, and Darien.
Nodding slowly Madison continued, "I can tell she really likes you though, you're like a little sister to her."
"She barely knows me though." Serena said.
"You don't have to KNOW someone's past to like them in the future. I don't know why Mirai was given her name, but she has always watched out for me in this country...in this school, and she would do the same for you too Serena."
Serena looked turned back around, and Madison continued to brush. She glanced at Mirai, thinking on what Madison had told her. She looked up and around at the walls and noticed they were covered in paintings. Landscapes, portraits, abstract etc paintings decorated the walls.
"Where'd you get all these paintings?" Serena asked.
Smiling proudly Madison had answered, "I did them myself."
"YOU?!" Serena exclaimed.
"Yes, that's why I'm here. I'm taking classes in art. My parents didn't have the money to send me to a professional art school, so when I was accepted here for free, I agreed. They have good teachers here and I enjoy my classes."
"Wow." Serena breathed, awed by the talent her friend had, "You remind me so much of Michelle." She whispered, tears coming to her eyes.
"Who?" Madison asked.
"Just someone I used to know." She wiped away her tears, before turning around and getting off Madison's bed. "I'm going to sleep now Madison Ok."
"Sure. Good night Serena. Madison pulled her covers up to her chin and closed her eyes, just to fall asleep minutes later.
"Same to you Madison."
End Flashback
Serena glanced at her two roommates, both were sound asleep. She just couldn't close her eyes though. Her mind was on Darien, the man she THOUGHT she had loved. The more she thought about it, the more she felt she despised him. She loved Rini, that was true, but it seemed that her affection for Darien had really been that of friendship.
'I wonder then, is there another for me? Will I find love in this universe?'
Sighing Serena suddenly felt very tired. Lying back on her soft bed, she closed her eyes, and buried herself in her pillow.
Dream Sequence
'Where am I?' She thought to herself.
Everything looked blurry and indistinct. She was in some type of woodland.
'Why am I always in the woods?'
Her long hair was down and flowed to the ground. She was still in her nightgown. She felt something wet land on her face and looking up she sighed as it began to snow. The small flakes touched her skin, making her shiver. Looking around, she made sure no one was watching her. As the snow collected on the ground, she began to dance. She swirled around and around, slowly letting her hand touch and sweep through the increasing snowfall. She stopped and laughed at her self.
'This is a strange dream.'
She shook the snow out of her hair, her sapphire blue eyes sparkling and dancing with happiness. She stopped suddenly, sensing someone.
'What is this strange energy I sense? It's so intense.'
She was oddly unafraid though. Walking closer to the shadows at the edge of the forest she saw someone. He was obviously a male from his stature, and looked very strong and muscular. He stood, arms crossed over his chest, a scowl on his face.
'He looks so angry, so inhuman. I should leave before he sees me.'
But she kept walking closer and closer to him. She stepped closer to him, a smile crossing her delicate features.
"Who are you?" She asked.
Smirking at her, he pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Serena." He whispered.
She gasped at his closeness
'how does he know my name.'
She started to ask him who he was again when he kissed her softly on the mouth. She tried to pull away from him, but he held her tightly. He pulled away and she stared into his eyes. They were a mysterious, coal black that held obscurity and arrogance. Running her hands through his spiky hair that seemed to defy gravity, she hugged him tightly, wrapping her arms around his neck. She breathed in his spicy scent and sighed deeply. He kissed her again, but this time deeper, hungrier, asking for something that neither knew. Resisting the urge to moan, Serena relaxed against him, never wanting to let go. Kissing lower, he bit her neck softly, she gasped in pleasure. She pulled away again.
"Who are you?" she murmured.
"Serena, My name is.."
"Yes?"
"My name is Vege."
End Dream Sequence
6:47 AM
"SERENA YOU BAKA, GET UP!!" Mirai screamed.
"Huh? Nani? Go away." Serena mumbled closing her eyes again.
"Kami-sama." Mirai sighed.
"Don't worry Mirai, I got it." Madison said, handing a pitcher of ICE-cold water to her.
"Fine Serena, you don't want to get up? Lets see how fast you run when you're FREEZING COLD!" With that, she dumped the water right over Serena's ENTIER body.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Satisfied, Madison and Mirai watched Serena dash for the bathroom hopping, and dancing about.
"AHHHHH, COLD, COLD, COLD, COLD, COLD. I'm FREEEZING."
"We wouldn't have done that if you had gotten up when you were supposed to!" Madison said in her French accent.
In one hand she held a case that was filled with brushes, pencils and her other art supplies. And in the other, she held one of her MANY sketch books. She wore a knee length black skirt and a black spaghetti strap shirt. On her head was a black beret tipped at an angle. Mirai had a navy blue windbreaker set on that had one silver stripe running down it and was holding a black sports bag.
"Serena no baka, hurry up so that we can go." Mirai said impatiently, hearing the water running in the shower.
She ran out in a towel, too stressed to think of her dream. Throwing on a pink sweater shirt, and blue jeans from what she had bought yesterday, she put her hair up in her usual odangos chaotically while grabbing some white shoes.
"OK." She said trying to breathe, "Lets go."
The group left their dorm along with other girls and women, getting ready to start yet another day. Mirai told her where the place she would choose her classes and have them recorded in her file was, 6 halls away.
"Good Luck!" Madison called before following a rush of girls to her art class.
Mirai pulled Serena close to her and whispered in her ear, "Pretty spicy dream you were having Serena. I wanna know all about it tonight."
Serena blushed furiously, fumbling for an excuse, "Mirai I....I mean..."
"Ja ne Sere-chan!" Mirai called out, dashing through the rush of girls and women to get to her training. Serena stood there for a moment before remembering where she had to go.
"Kuso!" She screeched and turned to start her 6-hall sprint to the office, her long blonde hair flying out behind her.
There you go, chapter 3